PREFACE

VOLUMES XXII and XXIII, now completed, contain the first three volumes of the original records of the First Church in Plymouth. The printing of these volumes has been undertaken in coöperation with the New England Society in the City of New York.

Of the material here presented, only a portion has hitherto appeared in print. The first of the three original volumes consists of five parts, each separately paged. A considerable portion, but by no means all, of the first part was printed in 1841 by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Young in his Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers; and the second part of the first volume has been printed in the Mayflower Descendant. But the third, fourth, and fifth parts of the first volume, and all of the second and of the third volume, are now published for the first time. It is believed that no more important contribution to the ecclesiastical history of New England has been made than will be found in these volumes.

For the Introduction, the Society is indebted to one of its members—Mr. Arthur Lord. The Editor is under obligations to Mr. William Bradford Browne and Mr. George Ernest Bowman for genealogical information kindly furnished by them.

Three sets of photostatic reproductions of the first three original volumes of the Plymouth Church Records have been made: one for this Society; one for the Massachusetts Historical Society; and one for Mr. Arthur Lord, who intends to deposit it in Pilgrim Hall.

The Committee gratefully acknowledges the Society’s indebtedness to several institutions, and to friends and members of this Society, for permission to reproduce documents in their possession, or for other courtesies, namely: to Mr. Arthur Lord, Mr. Chandler Robbins, the First Church in Plymouth, and the Pilgrim Society.

For the Committee of Publication,

Fred Norris Robinson,

Chairman.

Boston, 1 September, 1920.

1 P. vii.

2 Bradford, History, i. 98.

3 Winslow, Hypocrisie Unmasked (1916), p. 93.

4 Id. p. 97.

5 Id. p. 93.

6 Works (1608), pp. 1, 2.

7 Works (1851), iii. 427, 429, 431.

8 Cf. pp. 145, 154, 172, 175, 178, below.

9 2 Collections New York Historical Society, iii. 301–302.

10 P. 98.

11 See p. 36, below.

12 In an Appendix (p. 3) to the sermon preached by the Rev. Philemon Robbing at the ordination of his son the Rev. Chandler Robbins at Plymouth on January 30, 1760. This John Cotton (who was a son of Josiah Cotton, a grandson of the Rev. John Cotton of Plymouth, and a great-grandson of the Rev. John Cotton of Boston) graduated at Harvard College in 1730, was ordained the first minister of Halifax in 1735, was dismissed in 1755, retired from the ministry and settled at Plymouth, where he died November 4, 1789. He will be mentioned again in this Introduction: see pp. xxxvi–xxxix, below. For the title of Mr. Robbins’s sermon, see p. lxi, below.

13 Mr. Norton arrived in the vessel in which Edward Winslow returned. When Winslow went to England in 1634, he was commissioned “to procure them an able man” to be helpful to Mr. Reyner, and was “prouided of one (as hee hoped) to Come ouer with him viz: one m^r Glouer a very able dispencer of the word; but hee ended his life in London before hee Came on board” (p. 73, below). George E. Littlefield identified this “m^r Glouer” with the Rev. Jose Glover, who died on the voyage from England to Boston in 1638: see Littlefield, Early Press of Massachusetts, i. 19, 34–35. Cf. W. C. Ford, in Bradford’s History, ii. 161 note.

14 P. 108, below.

15 Plymouth Colony Records, ii. 81.

16 History, ii. 369.

17 Bradford’s History, ii. 275 note, where the letter is printed in full.

18 Plymouth Town Records, i. 77.

19 i. 53.

20 i. 154. In 1676 Mr. Cotton had been allowed £60 (i. 150–151).

21 Sheldon vs. Congregational Parish in Easton, 24 Pick. 281.

22 Avery vs. Tyringham, 3 Mass. 160.

23 Plymouth Colony Records, xi. 57.

24 xi. 57–58.

25 xi. 64.

26 xi. 207–208.

27 See the meetings held on January 28, February 1, 11, 13, December 19, 1770, January 6, 1771, and March 21, 1786: pp. 332–336, 366, below.

28 See pp. 350, 351, below.

29 Curiously enough, no marriages were recorded until 1760, when Mr. Robbing began the practice.

30 The dates of some early ordinations are to be found in these records only.

31 Cf. Charles Francis Adams’s paper on church discipline in New England (2 Proceedings Massachusetts Historical Society, vi. 477–516). “I have alluded,” he said, “to the early church records of Plymouth as probably offering a peculiarly interesting field of inquiry in this matter. I have never seen those records, and know nothing of them” (p. 510). These records fully bear out Mr. Adams’s opinion as to their probable value.

32 See p. 148, below.

33 The Plympton church, to which Mr. Cushman was called in 1695 and over which he was ordained on October 27, 1698, was the fourth offshoot of the Plymouth Church.

34 Sewall, Diary, i. 472–473. Cf. C. Mather, Diary, i. 79, 194, 236, 237, 277, 319; Sibley, Harvard Graduates, i. 496–508.

35 History of the Town of Plymouth (1832), p. 302.

36 See p. 203, below.

37 In Thacher, History of Plymouth, p. 306, where the passage is quoted from John Cotton’s Account, in which it “is extracted from some Manuscript Memoirs, written by one contemporary with him” (p. 24).

38 P. 218, below.

39 The organization of the fourth church at Plympton has already been noted (p. xxxi note 2, above).

40 Manomet is still part of Plymouth, and the church at Manomet is the Second Church of Plymouth.

41 Andrew Croswell was born at Charlestown in 1709; graduated at Harvard College in 1728; was ordained at Groton, Connecticut, in 1738; was installed over the Congregational Church in School Street, Boston, in October, 1748; and died in Boston April 12, 1785. He was a noted controversialist.

42 Mr. Leonard also attended Mr. Croswell’s installation at Boston in 1748.

43 Thacher, History of Plymouth, pp. 309–310.

44 There have been two societies in Plymouth, each called the Third Church. The first of these lasted, as stated in the text, from 1744 to 1784, when it was re-united with the First Church; the second was organized in 1801.

45 P. 325, below.

46 Pp. 326–327, below.

47 P. 335, below.

48 For this John Cotton, see p. xxii note 1, above.

49 That is, the second Third Church, organized in 1801.

50 Pp. 334–345, below.

51 General Practice of the Churches of New England relating to Baptism, Vindicated [1772], pp. 20–21.

52 New Englands Memoriall (1669), pp. 77–79.

53 That is, the fourth and last essay in Mr. Cotton’s first pamphlet. For the titles of the four pamphlets printed (two by Mr. Cotton and two by Mr. Robbins), see pp. lvi and note 2, lvii and note 1, below.

54 The extracts in the text are from Mr. Cotton’s first pamphlet, The general Practice of the Churches of New-England, relating to Baptism, Vindicated [1772], pp. 20–21, 34, 36, 41, 72–73.

55 See the reasons given by himself in 1771 for recording confessions, pp. 287–288, below.

56 P. 520, below.

57 P. 623, below.

58 Diary (1886), i. 99.

59 These words were used when presenting to Dr. Kendall a casket containing $400 from friends in Boston and vicinity on January 1, 1850: see his Discourse delivered on that day, p. 24.

60 Proceedings, etc. (1871), pp. 140–141.

61 Acts and Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1801 (1897), pp. 342–344.

62 Perhaps “3044.”

63 Cf. p. xxx and note 2, above.

64 Pp. 574–575, below.

65 P. 579, below.

66 Pp. 590–591, below.

67 Pp. 718–719, below. The reference is to Mr. Edward H. Hall.

68 The two earliest allusions to the first meeting-house appear to be the following. On December 4, 1647, a committee was chosen at a town meeting “to make the rate for comon charges being 3£ And allso 25 pounds for ye meeting house;” and on May 17, 1649, a town meeting was “holden at the meeting house” (Plymouth Town Records, i. 22, 28).

69 Two sketches of the second meeting-house are reproduced facing p. xiviii. When or by whom they were drawn is not known, but they came into my possession from the family of William S. Russell. The handwriting of the inscription underneath the lower sketch has not been identified. But the words “Meeting House Plymouth Built 1683,” written above the upper sketch, are in the hand of Samuel Davis (1765–1829), as appears from a comparison of them with a manuscript volume now owned by the Boston Atheraeum. This volume, with the printed label “Historical Extracts” on the back of the cover, contains entries about Plymouth made by Mr. Davis in the years 1810–1814. On p. 74 he mentions the second meeting-house, but makes no allusion to these sketches.

It is pertinent to add that it was Samuel Davis who, so far as is known, first used the term Pilgrim Fathers. In an ode written by Thomas Paine (later Robert Treat Paine, Jr.) for the anniversary of the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society on May 29, 1795, we read:

But, lo, across th’ Atlantic floods,

The Star-directed pilgrim sails!

In an ode written for the Boston celebration of Forefathers’ Day on December 22, 1798, Mr. Paine employed the expressions “pilgrim man” and “heirs of Pilgrims.” Mr. Davis’s ode in which the term Pilgrim Fathers first occurs, was written for the Boston celebration of Forefathers’ Day in 1799. See Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, xvii. 326, 331, xviii. 32–33.

70 A sketch of the third meeting-house is reproduced facing p. 288, below. When or by whom it was drawn has not been ascertained, but it also formerly belonged to Mr. Russell. In his Historical Extracts, mentioned in the previous note, Mr. Davis does not mention the sketch, but writes: “The model of this House seems to have been taken from the Old Brick Church which formerly stood in Cornhill Boston. . . . The Bird on the spire is of copper gilt — & was made at Boston by M^r Drowne” (p. 75). The allusions are to the meeting-house of the First Church, Boston, built after the fire of 1711, and to Shem Drowne.

71 P. 584, below.

72 A reproduction of the fourth meeting-house faces p. 584, below.

73 Old Silver of American Churches (Letchworth, England, 1913), pp. 374–376.

74 Previous to Mr. Cotton’s ministry, the dates are more or less conjectural.

In addition to the pastors in the list, all of whom were regularly settled, the following preached at different times, but were never settled: John Lyford, 1624–1625; —— Rogers, 1628; Roger Williams, 1631–1634; John Norton, 1635–1636; Charles Chauncy, 1638–1641; James Williams, between 1654 and 1667; William Brinsmead, between 1654 and 1667. A Mr. Glover was apparently to come over in 1635, but died in London before his expected departure. There are allusions in the Plymouth Town Records to James Williams, who on September 16, 1663, was allowed £60 (i. 54); and to William Brinsmead under dates of December 27, 1665, February 5, and September 11, 1666 (i. 77, 78, 82).

In 1757 James Sproat, in 1759 Job Whitney, and in 1759 Nathaniel Potter were chosen pastors, but declined.

75 On March 7, 1694, Thomas Faunce and Isaac Cushman were “nominated . . . for Elders” (p. 173, below). On June 16, 1695, the “matter of Elders being named, & then nominated, desired to give their answer, Bro: Faunce declined a present acceptance of the call from sense of his owne unfitnesse, Bro: Isaac Cushman desired further time of consideration; In which time our bretheren engaged in promoting a new society in our westerne praecincts, gave Bro: Cushman an earnest call to teach the word of God to them & desired our chh to consent thereto” (p. 177, below). Isaac Cushman accepted the call to the new society, which later became Plympton. On April 3, 1699, Thomas Faunce was again chosen elder, this time accepted, and was ordained October 4 (pp. 187, 189, below).

76 Some of the dates are conjectural.

There is mention of “Deacon Rob^t Harlow” on May 12, 1751 (p. 447 below); of “Deacⁿ Nathaniel Warren” on February 26, 1767, and December 27, 1792 (pp. 396, 420, below); and of “Deacon Cornelius Holmes” on August 11, 1773 (p. 402, below). All three were presumably deacons of some other church.

Sylvanus Bartlett and Lemuel Bartlett were chosen deacons in 1777, but declined. (Pp. 352, 353, 354, below.)

In his Account of the Church (Appendix to Mr. Philemon Robbins’s Sermon, 1760), Mr. John Cotton gave the names of the deacons down to 1760. In a copy of the Account owned by Mr. Lord, in the margin of p. 4 is written, in the hand of Mr. Cotton, “M^r James Hirst.” There was a James Hirst (or Hurst) at Plymouth in the early days, but his name apparently does not occur in the church records, and the authority for Mr. Cotton’s statement is unknown.

77 Nathaniel Atwood is in the records variously called “Atwood” and “Wood.” The date of his death is unknown. Whether he was the father of Deacon John Atwood, whose name also variously appears as “Atwood” and “Wood,” has not been ascertained.

78 Haviland Torrey and Thomas Clark were chosen deacons on January 22, 1728, the choice was concurred on February 11, and they were “in the Name of the Chh desired . . . to Accept of that Office and take their places in the Deacons seat & be assisting with the other Deacons as Occasion shall require till they be Regularly Ordained.” Haviland Torrey was duly ordained on December 29^th, but Thomas Clark died on March 18^th before ordination. (Pp. 237, 238, 239, below.)

79 Exactly how long John Bishop remained deacon is uncertain. He was elected deacon on April 10, 1797 (p. 513, below). On March 6, 1800, he requested “to be dismissed from his office, as deacon, in this Chh,” but “was prevailed with to withdraw his request” (p. 543, below). On September 24, 1801, a John Bishop was dismissed from the First Church to the Third Church (p. 547, below), and presumably this was Deacon John Bishop. At all events, there is no further allusion to John Bishop as deacon until January 6, 1812, when the church voted “to adjourn this meeting to first tuesday in Feb. for the purpose of making choice of a Deacon in the room of Dea. Bishop resigned some years since;” and on February 4 the adjourned meeting voted to “proceed to make choice of a Deaⁿ to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Deaⁿ Bishop” (p. 559, below). Yet his gravestone states that he died March 26, 1830, and that “he was Deacon of the Church 34 years” (Kingman, Epitaphs from Burial Hill, p. 165). Perhaps he became deacon of the Third Church in 1801.

80 Ichabod Morton resigned as deacon on February 19, 1841, and on October 23, 1842, at his own request, his connection with the First Church was dissolved. (Pp. 597, 598, below.)

After 1800 it clearly became difficult to induce members to accept the office of deacon, and vacancies remained unfilled for many years. On February 19, 1841, “It was then proposed to chose a substitute to fill his [I. Morton’s] place in the Office of Deacon of the Chh. After some consultation — it was Voted to postpone the meeting indefinitely — for the purpose of selecting and agreeing on some suitable person among the brethren, who might be willing to accept the office, if chosen” (p. 597, below). Mr. Morton’s resignation left the church with but a single deacon, William P. Ripley; and from the death of Mr. Ripley on November 10, 1842, to March 13, 1853, the church was apparently without a deacon.

81 These include only (1) the writings of the settled pastors and associate pastors of the First Church from 1620 to the end of the year 1859, and (2) the sermons preached at the ordination or at the funeral of the settled pastors. Of the early ministers who preached at Plymouth but were not regularly settled (see p. li note 1, above), only three appear to have published anything — Roger Williams, John Norton, and Charles Chauncy.

Mr. John Cotton assisted the Apostle Eliot in his Indian translations, but published nothing under his own name. After the death of John Alden in 1687, two poems were printed in broadside. The authorship of one of these has never been ascertained, but the other, signed “J. C.,” is usually attributed to Mr. Cotton. (See Proceedings Massachusetts Historical Society, xli. 208; Mayflower Descendant, ix. 129–131, 193–196. If the attribution is correct, the poem was overlooked by Sibley in his Harvard Graduates, i. 507–508.) This poem is entitled:

“Upon the Death of that Aged, Pious, Sincere-hearted Christian, John Alden Esq: Late Magistrate of New-Plimouth Colony, who dyed Sept 12th. 1687. being about eighty nine years of age.”

Mr. Little’s only known publication was a Preface to a sermon printed in 1720: see the text on this page.

Mr. Leonard apparently published nothing, but he may have been the author (or part author) of a pamphlet printed in 1745. This was signed (p. 14) by fourteen pastors, headed by “Nath. Leonard, Pastor of a Church at Plymouth.” The title reads:

The Testimony of A Number of Ministers Conven’d at Taunton, In the County of Bristol, March 5. 1744, 5. In Favour of The Rev. Mr. Whitefield, &c. Giving the Reasons of their inviting him into their Pulpits. . . . Boston: . . . 1745.

It is possible that a charge delivered by a pastor of the First Church was printed in some sermon preached by the minister of another church. But, so far as is known, no sermon or discourse by a settled pastor of the First Church was published until nearly a century and a half had elapsed after the settlement of Plymouth.

From 1767 to 1859, inclusive, thirteen discourses were published by Dr. Robbins, eighteen by Dr. Kendall, and twelve or more by Dr. Briggs.

Mr. Myrick and Mr. Ball apparently printed nothing, and Dr. Hall’s publications, coming after 1859, are not included in these bibliographies.

82 These dates indicate when the sermons or discourses were delivered or written, the date of publication being in some cases a year later.

83 The Preface is dated “Plymouth, Dec. 30, 1720,” and fills pp. i–iv. The Sermon fills pp. 1–32.

84 This pamphlet was in reply to Mr. Cotton’s first pamphlet entitled:

The general Practice of the Churches of New-England, relating to Baptism, Vindicated: or, some Essays on this important Question, Whether the Practice of Persons owning or renewing the Covenant, and having Baptism for their Children without coming immediately into full Communion, be warrantable? Delivered at several Church-Meetings in Plymouth. With some Letters that passed on the Subject. By John Cotton, A.M. of Plymouth. . . . Boston: . . . .

Mr. Cotton’s pamphlet, according to Evans, was published in 1772.

85 This pamphlet was in reply to Mr. Cotton’s second pamphlet, entitled:

The General Practice of the Churches of New-England, Relating to Baptism, Further Vindicated; Containing an Answer to the Rev. Chandler Robbins’s Reply, Relative to this Question, Whether the Practice of persons owning or renewing the Covenant, and having Baptism for their Children, without coming Immediately into Full Communion, be Warrantable? Wherein the Affirmative is more Fully Confirmed. Together with some Further Remarks on Mr. Robbins’s injurious Treatment of the Author. In Three Parts. By John Cotton, A.M. of Plymouth. . . . Boston: . . . 1773.

86 An edition of this Sermon was published at Stockbridge in 1796.

87 The Liberal Preacher was at that time “Published by John Prentiss, Keene, N. H. and Bowles & Dearborn, Boston. Printed at Keene, by J. Prentiss.”

88 The “Charge. By Rev. James Kendall, D.D. of Plymouth, Mass.,” fills pp. [19]–26.

89 Collation: Title, 1 p; Correspondence between Committee of Arrangements and Dr. Kendall, 1 p; Discourse, pp. [3]–21; Notes, pp. 21–23; Exercises in the Church, p. 23; Social Gathering in the Evening, pp. 23–24.

90 The preface is dated “Plymouth, Mass., December, 1845;” the text ends on p. 216; and the book was copyrighted in 1845. See under 1854 for a later edition (p. lxi, below).

91 The notice is without a title.

92 This has a double pagination: pp. [3]–22, and pp. [97]–116.

93 Reprinted from The Monthly Religious Magazine, December, 1853, x. 558–568.

94 The preface is dated “Salem, (Mass.,) December, 1853.” It contains twenty-four discourses and the text fills 280 pages. For an earlier edition, see under 1846 (p. lx, above).

95 Title, 1 leaf; Note, 1 leaf; Sermon, pp. [5]–31; Appendix, pp. [33]–38.

96 Dr. Briggs also published “Hymns for Christian Worship, Boston, 1845:” cf. L. B. R. Briggs, “George Ware Briggs, 1810–1895,” in Heralds of a Liberal Faith, III, The Preachers, Boston, 1910, pp. 37–40. The Massachusetts Historical Society owns what appears to be a proof of a “Sermon by Rev. George W. Briggs, D.D., Salem, Mass. Daniel V. 27.” It consists of four pages, printed on the recto of each leaf; but in what magazine or newspaper the sermon was printed has not been ascertained.

97 Title, 1 leaf; An Ordination Sermon, pp. [3]–22; An Appendix, pp. [1]–35. The heading to the Appendix reads:

An Appendix, Containing An Account of the Church of Christ In Plymouth, The first Church in New-England, From it’s Establishment to the present Day. By a Member of said Church.

This Appendix was written by the Rev. John Cotton of Halifax, later of Plymouth: see p. xxii note, above.

98 Collation: Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; [Mr. French’s] Sermon, pp. [5]–23; Charge, by the Rev. John Howland, pp. [24]–25; Right Hand of Fellowship, by the Rev. William Shaw, pp. [26]–28; Title [to Dr. Tappan’s Sermons], 1 leaf; Sermon I, pp. [3]–21; Sermon II, pp. [23]–46. Though Dr. Tappan’s Sermons are separately paged, the pamphlet has a continuous register. The title to Dr. Tappan’s Sermons reads:

The Beauty and Benefits of the Christian Church, illustrated in Two Sermons, delivered to the First Religious Society In Plymouth, On January 5, 1800, Being the Lord’s-Day immediately following the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Kendall To the Work of the Gospel Ministry in that Society. By David Tappan, D.D. Hollis Professor of Divinity in Harvard College. . . . Boston. 1800.

How both Mr. French and Dr. Tappan came to preach sermons is explained by Dr. Briggs: “Dr. Tappan, who had been requested to prepare himself to preach the Sermon, on account of the feeble health of Mr. French, remained in town over the following Sabbath, and preached all day from Psalm xlviii. 2” (Sermon, March 20, 1859, p. 34).

99 For the full title of Dr. Briggs’s Sermon, see p. lxi, above.

100 Mr. Davis died 29 March, 1920.

101 This heading, as throughout the volume, is not a part of the original records, having been inserted for convenience by the Editor. A short rule always separates the heading from the text of the records.

Volume I was originally bound in vellum and contained 84 leaves, constituting Parts i, ii, iii, and iv as indicated in the headings of the present volume, each part being separately paged. The pages measure 11¼ inches in height by 7½ inches in width, and the watermark is the same throughout. On the front of the original vellum cover are written in ink these words in the hand of Nathaniel Morton:

A Breife Eclesiasticall

History of the Church of

Christ Att Plymouth

Ann^o Domi

1680

Many of the leaves of the vellum-covered volume being badly worn, some years ago the volume was taken to pieces and the leaves (including the vellum cover) inserted in a new volume bound in leather. Where a leaf is written on one side only, it is sometimes pasted on a page of the new volume, but most of the leaves are mounted. When this was done, Part v, which contains 17 leaves, was also included in the volume, though as its leaves are smaller and have no watermark Part v could not have been a portion of the original vellum-covered volume. Hence as now made up, Volume I contains 111 leaves in five parts, each separately paged.

Volume I, as now bound in leather, has printed on the back of the cover, which measures 12¾ inches in height by 8⅜ inches in width, the words:

Plymouth.

First Church

Records.

And on the front cover are printed these words:

Plymouth First Church

Records.

First Book

The Lord our God be with us as he was

with our Fathers.

Part i is, with the exception of a few words on p. 3 of this volume (see page 3 note 2), wholly in the hand of Nathaniel Morton. It contains 41 leaves, or 82 pages, of which six are not numbered, while the remainder are numbered from [1] to [76]. Six pages are blank — p. [3], p. [60], and four unnumbered pages, one being the verso of p. [1] and another the verso of p. [76]: see p. 3 note 2, above, and pp. 6 note 1, 8 note 3, 10 note 2, 113 note 4, 141 note 2, below.

For descriptions of Parts ii–v, see pp. 142 note 1, 190 note 1, 224 note 1, 249 note 1, below.

102 These words, in an unknown hand, are on an unnumbered page, at the top of which something is written in an unknown hand, but as the leaf is torn only the words “Children of the Church” can be made out. The words on this page are the only ones in Part i not written by Nathaniel Morton. The verso of the page is blank.

103 Written above “accoun,” crossed out.

104 Printed at our Cambridge in 1669: see Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, xiv. 268–281, xviii. 15–26.

105 Here “Related” is crossed out.

106 This date, which is twice underscored, is doubtless an error for 1676, for it was in the fire of November 27, 1676, that Increase Mather (to whom Morton here refers) lost part of his library: see Mather’s Diary under that date, 2 Proceedings Massachusetts Historical Society, xiii. 373, 404.

107 Words or letters blotted or torn away or undecipherable are enclosed within square brackets. Such words or letters are in many cases taken from Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation (edition of 1912), and in some cases from Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers (1841).

108 Here the word “secondly” is crossed out.

109 The date is underscored three times. This address is written on an unnumbered page, the verso of which is blank.

110 The heavy face figures within square brackets indicate the pagination of the original.

111 Words written in the margin are sometimes, as in this instance, printed in the margin; sometimes printed in the text; and sometimes printed in the footnotes.

112 Here the words “and hart burnings” are crossed out.

113 This word (now obsolete) is plain, but was printed “others” by Young in his Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, p. 8.

114 Morton’s quotation marks, usually placed in the margin, can not be printed in that fashion and are here transferred to the text.

115 Here “vs” or “vse” is crossed out. The word employed by Bradford is “ure” (History, i. 6).

116 This figure is uncertain.

117 The verso of p. [1] is blank.

118 Here “advantages” is crossed out.

119 A Brieff Discours off the Troubles begonne at Franckford in Germany Anno Domini 1554, compiled by William Whittingham.

120 Here something, perhaps “On side,” is interlined and crossed out.

121 Here “Popp” is crossed out.

122 Here “way” is crossed out.

123 Here the words “as neither the Comon p^rsecution” are crossed out.

124 The words “& Now,” which are interlined and perhaps crossed out, are obscure: they are not in Bradford’s History (i. 9).

125 Here the words “in those p^rtes” are crossed out.

126 Here “wyl” is crossed out.

127 William Perkins, Godly and learned Exposition of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, 1618.

128 Page [3] is blank.

129 Here a word, apparently “father,” is crossed out.

130 Morton has here written in the margin: “this eleuation of speritt was a considerable time after the first pening of thes writings but heer entred because of the suitablenes of the mater goeing before it;”

131 Here “vnde” is crossed out.

132 Bradford died May 9, 1657.

133 Perhaps “hore.”

134 This paragraph is of course Morton’s. The words torn away are supplied from Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, p. 17.

135 Here the words “of truth” are interlined and crossed out.

136 Here two letters, apparently “xe,” are crossed out.

137 Here the words “some of the” are crossed out.

138 Emanuel van Meteren’s General History of the Netherlands was translated by Edward Grimstone.

139 Against this paragraph and the next is written in the margin: “[Th]e Reformed [Chur]ches shapen [muc]h Nearer the [pri]mitive Pateren [th]en England [f]or they Casheired [t]he Bishopps [w]ith all theire [Cou]rt Canons and [Cer]emonies att [the] first and [left] them amongst [the] popish trash [to w]hich they [app]ertaine.”

140 Here a word is crossed out.

141 Here a word, perhaps “p^rsecution,” is apparently crossed out.

142 Morton’s error for Bradford’s “Lincollinshire” (History, i. 22).

143 This refers to the church which, originally set up at London in 1592, soon after removed to Amsterdam. Francis Johnson was the pastor and Henry Ainsworth the teacher.

144 Altered from “Catchpoles.”

145 Here Bradford has “7” (History, i. 31).

146 The reference is to pp. [40–41] of the text, or p. 80 of this volume.

147 Here a word, perhaps “distinct,” is crossed out.

148 Here “weomen” is crossed out.

149 Written above “them,” crossed out.

150 Here “say” is crossed out.

151 Here the word is crossed out.

152 Here the words “with such other expressions as I will forbeare” are crossed out.

153 Something in here crossed out.

154 Here the words “vnto all” are crossed out.

155 Here “send” is crossed out.

156 Here “sea” is crossed out.

157 Here the letters “dep” are crossed out.

158 Here “vnder” is crossed out.

159 Here some letters are crossed out.

160 Here “leg” is crossed out.

161 “In this history the Low Provinces mean the two provinces of Holland and Zealand” (W. C. Ford, Bradford’s History, i. 36 note).

162 Here the letters “victo” are crossed out.

163 See p. 15 note 1, above.

164 Here “in” is crossed out.

165 Here something is crossed out.

166 Here “euen” is crossed out.

167 Here the words “Noe other Meanes” are crossed out.

168 Here some words are interlined and crossed out.

169 Here a word, perhaps “Invey,” is crossed out.

170 Here “which” is crossed out.

171 Here “to” is crossed out.

172 Written above “wery,” crossed out.

173 The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperor and Eloquent Oratour, a translation by Lord Berners of a French version of Antonio de Guevara’s Libro Aureo de Marco Aurelio (1528). In 1529 Guevara published an enlarged version entitled Libro de Emperador Marco Aurelio cō Relox de Principes, which was translated by Sir Thomas North. See The Diall of Princes (ed. K. N. Colvile, 1919), pp. ix, xlii, xiv–xv, xliii–xliv.

174 Altered from “Against.”

175 Here a word, perhaps “singular,” is crossed out.

176 Above this name, which is underscored but not crossed out, is written, in a different hand, “Episcopius.”

177 This name is underscored.

178 Here “Cyttey” is crossed out.

179 Written above “a,” crossed out.

180 This heading is written in the margin.

181 A truce of twelve years was concluded between Spain and the Netherlands on March 30, 1609.

182 Here the letters “wh” are crossed out.

183 Here “Cato” is crossed out.

184 Apparently altered from “thought.”

185 Here the letters “las” are crossed out.

186 Here a word is crossed out.

187 Here “habitations” is crossed out.

188 Here “like” is crossed out.

189 Here “hot” is crossed out.

190 Here a word is crossed out.

191 Here “Case” is crossed out.

192 Here the words “the difficulties were” are crossed out.

193 Here a word is crossed out.

194 Here the words “and all of them through the healp of God by fortitude and patience” are crossed out.

195 An asterisk precedes this word, follows “honorable” at the end of this paragraph, and precedes “They” at the beginning of the next paragraph.

196 Here some words, apparently “theire Calling lawful and vrgent; and therefore they might expect a blessing of God in their proceeding,” are crossed out.

197 See p. 25 note 2, above.

198 This heading is written in the margin.

199 Morton should have written “the.”

200 Altered from “Verginnias.”

201 Here a word is crossed out. The two chosen were Robert Cushman and John Carver: cf. letter of Sandys, p. 32, below.

202 Sir Robert Naunton.

203 Robert Cushman and William Brewster: cf. p. 38, below.

204 Morton has here omitted Bradford’s “subscribed” (History, i. 72).

205 Altered from “forwards.”

206 Morton has here omitted Bradford’s “hands of the” (History, i. 74).

207 Altered from “agents.”

208 Here a word is crossed out.

209 Here Morton has omitted Bradford’s “great” (History, i. 77).

210 Here “hope” is crossed out.

211 Here “any” is crossed out.

212 Here a word or two are crossed out.

213 Here the letters “ther” are crossed out.

214 Here “my” is crossed out.

215 These words are written in the margin.

216 Altered from “hopes.”

217 Here “more” is crossed out.

218 Here “to” is crossed out.

219 Here “no” is crossed out.

220 These words are written in the margin.

221 Here “and” is crossed out.

222 Here “taken” is crossed out.

223 These words are written in the margin.

224 Altered from “them.”

225 Here “head” is crossed out.

226 Here Morton has omitted Bradford’s “very” (History, i. 83).

227 This letter was written by Sabine Staresmore.

228 Here a word, perhaps “wondered,” is crossed out.

229 Here the letters “March” are crossed out.

230 Here a word is crossed out.

231 Written above “bin,” crossed out.

232 Here “soe” is crossed out.

233 Here “m^r” is crossed out.

234 Here two or three letters are crossed out.

235 Sabine Staresmore.

236 Here “thes” is crossed out.

237 Here some letters are crossed out.

238 Here the letters “wh” are crossed out.

239 Here some letters are crossed out.

240 Here the words “in and tedius” are crossed out.

241 Here the letters “vnde” are crossed out.

242 The sentence beginning “I haue bin” and ending with “New England” is written in the margin.

243 Here a word is crossed out.

244 This word has been altered.

245 Here a word is interlined and crossed out.

246 Here two or three letters are crossed out.

247 Here a letter is crossed out.

248 Here a word, perhaps “turmoill,” is crossed out.

249 The Speedwell, which is nowhere mentioned by name in Bradford’s History.

250 Here a word or two are crossed out.

251 The Mayflower.

252 Written above “of,” crossed out.

253 The words from “Gott in” to “our substance” are underscored.

254 Cf. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, xvii. 293–391.

255 Here the letters “th” are crossed out.

256 Here the letters “de” are crossed out.

257 Here a word is crossed out.

258 Here a word is crossed out.

259 Here a word or letter is crossed out.

260 Here the words “or write” are crossed out.

261 Written above “wee,” crossed out.

262 Altered from “Christes.”

263 Here the letter “w” is crossed out.

264 Written above a word crossed out.

265 Here “foresee” is crossed out.

266 Here “hated” is crossed out.

267 Here Morton has omitted Bradford’s “as the scriptures speaks. Neither are you to be exhorted to this grace only upon the commone grounds of Christianity, which are, that persons ready to take offence, either wante charitie, to cover offences” (History, i. 132).

268 Here one or two letters are crossed out.

269 Here “the” is crossed out.

270 Here “dew” is crossed out.

271 Written above “a,” crossed out.

272 Here “and” is crossed out.

273 Here the letters “sel” are crossed out.

274 Written above “either,” crossed out.

275 Here one or two words are crossed out.

276 Here “but” is crossed out.

277 Here “Companie” is crossed out.

278 Morton’s error for Bradford’s “cuntrie” (History, i. 156).

279 Here a letter is crossed out.

280 Here “them” is crossed out.

281 Written above “should,” crossed out.

282 Here “and” is crossed out.

The portion thus far given is printed in Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, pp. 3–108. In a footnote he said:

“Here we take leave of Morton’s copy of Gov. Bradford’s History. As the rest of it is lost, except the few scattered passages preserved by Prince and Hutchinson, and as we have a Journal of ‘the troubles that befell them after their arrival,’ written at the time, and chiefly, as I conceive, by Gov. Bradford, and much more copious and minute than the account in Morton’s Memorial, the narrative will proceed in the words of that Journal” (p. 108).

Young then prints what is commonly known as “Mourt’s Relation,” pp. 109–251. Young was mistaken in supposing that “the rest of” Bradford’s History was “lost, except the few scattered passages preserved by Prince and Hutchinson.” What here follows is partly Morton’s own, but is largely taken from Bradford’s History, sometimes paraphrased by Morton. Indeed, Young himself recognized a few passages as taken from Bradford’s History and printed them in his Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers: see pp. 52, 54, 62, 82, 115, below.

283 Here “be” is crossed out.

284 Written above another word, crossed out.

285 Here “of” is crossed out.

286 This paragraph is printed in Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, p. 200 note.

287 Three or four words are crossed out before “With.”

288 Perhaps “others.”

289 Here the words “for you” are crossed out.

290 Perhaps “m^tris.”

291 Here the words “and for those adversaries” are crossed out.

292 This letter is printed in Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, pp. 475–477.

293 Perhaps “vile.”

294 Here a letter is crossed out.

295 Here “and” is crossed out.

296 Here “against” is crossed out.

297 Here “to” is crossed out.

298 Apparently altered from “Elders.”

299 Here “openly” is crossed out.

300 Here the letters “depa” are crossed out.

301 Written above “Releiue,” crossed out.

302 This word is obscure.

303 Here the letters “vab” are crossed out.

304 Here the letters “thr” are crossed out.

305 Here “an” is crossed out.

306 Here two or three letters are crossed out.

307 Here “heervnto” is crossed out.

308 Here a letter is crossed out.

309 Here “that” is interlined and crossed out.

310 Written above “may,” crossed out.

311 Here “they C” is crossed out.

312 Here “them” is crossed out.

313 Perhaps “were.”

314 Here the letters “Con” are crossed out.

315 Written above “the,” crossed out.

316 The words “Ve nobis” are underscored twice.

317 Here a word is crossed out.

318 Here “Indeuer” is crossed out.

319 Here the words “might haue bin large” are crossed out.

320 Written above “and,” crossed out.

321 This word is obscure.

322 Here “in” is crossed out.

323 Here five or six words are crossed out.

324 Here “Restore” is crossed out.

325 Written above “with,” crossed out.

326 Written above “and,” crossed out.

327 Here “them” is crossed out.

328 This paragraph is written in the margin.

329 Here “Came” is crossed out.

330 Here “and” is crossed out.

331 Here the words “yett wee shally by the Mercye of God” are crossed out.

332 Here “God” is crossed out.

333 This letter is printed in Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, pp. 478–480.

334 Here “our” is crossed out.

335 Here “New” is crossed out.

336 Written above “them,” crossed out.

337 Here something is crossed out.

338 Here something is crossed out.

339 Written above “they,” crossed out.

340 Here “deseaces” is crossed out.

341 Written above “outward,” crossed out.

342 Here a word is crossed out.

343 “Signed by Samuel Fuller and Edward Winslow, but evidently written by Winslow” (W. C. Ford, Bradford’s History, ii. 114 note 4).

344 “Signed ‘your loving brother in law, Samuel Fuller’” (W. C. Ford, Bradford’s History, ii. 117 note 2).

345 Here the words “of whom” are crossed out.

346 Here “the” is crossed out.

347 Here “one” is crossed out.

348 Here the letters “wh” are crossed out.

349 Here “wee” or “woe” is crossed out.

350 Here “the” is crossed out.

351 Here the words “Bay of” are crossed out.

352 Something in here crossed out.

353 Apparently altered from “the.”

354 Here “at” is interlined and crossed out.

355 Here “and” is crossed out.

356 Here “diuers” is crossed out.

357 The words “diuers out” are written over another word crossed out.

358 Here “hee” is crossed out.

359 Here “he” is crossed out.

360 Here “sending” is crossed out.

361 Here “so” is crossed out.

362 Here “haue” is crossed out.

363 Here “But” is crossed out.

364 Here “att” is crossed out.

365 Here “sole” is crossed out.

366 Here “but” is crossed out.

367 The words “m^r Winslow” are written above “hee,” crossed out.

368 Here “a” is crossed out.

369 Here “somway” is crossed out.

370 Here “and” is crossed out.

371 Here “he” is crossed out.

372 Here “afterwards” is crossed out.

373 This word is uncertain.

374 Here the words “by the Chu” are crossed out.

375 Here a word, apparently “Aprill,” is crossed out.

376 A word is here crossed out.

377 Here a word or letter is crossed out.

378 Here the letters “hi” are crossed out.

379 Here a word is crossed out.

380 Altered from “1643,” or perhaps “1643” altered from “1644.” In his New England’s Memorial (ed. 1669, pp. 116–117), Morton gives “about” April 18, 1643, as the date of Brewster’s death, following Bradford’s History (ii. 342). In the so-called “Brewster Book” is the entry: “William Brewster dyed at Plymouth in New England the 10^th of Aprill 1744” (Mayflower Descendant, i. 7).

381 Here a word is crossed out.

382 The sketch of Brewster is continued on p. [40] of the text, or p. 78 of this volume.

383 Here the words “a manife” are crossed out, as should also have been the words “It is.”

384 Here a word is crossed out.

385 Here “an” is crossed out.

386 Here “Not” is crossed out.

387 Here “hold” is crossed out.

388 Here the words “and is” are interlined and crossed out.

389 Here the words “was & is full” are interlined and crossed out.

390 Perhaps “Commitation.”

391 Here the words “being now stricken in yeers” are crossed out.

392 The reference is to p. [37] of the text, or pp. 72–73 of this volume.

393 Here “take” is crossed out.

394 Here a word is crossed out.

395 The sketch of Brewster is continued from p. [38] of the text, or p. 76 of this volume.

396 “The town of Flushing, the Castle of Ramakins in Zealand, and Brill in Holland, which were held by way of caution from the United Provinces, to insure their dependency upon England, the King resolved to render them up, as being meerly cautionary” (Rushworth, Historical Collections, 1659, i. 3). They were held from 1584 to 1616, when they were surrendered by James I.

397 Here “Rid” is crossed out.

398 Something is here crossed out.

399 Here the words “Assist and healp” are crossed out.

400 See p. 13, above.

401 Here “the” is crossed out.

402 Here a word is crossed out.

403 Here “pleasant” is crossed out.

404 Here a word, perhaps “more,” is crossed out.

405 Here “hart” is crossed out.

406 Here a word is crossed out.

407 This sketch of Brewster is printed in Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, pp. 461–469.

408 The reference is to pp. [6–7] of the text, or pp. 16–17 of this volume.

409 Altered from “Notwithstandinging.”

410 Here a word is crossed out.

411 Altered from “then.”

412 Here “wants” is crossed out.

413 Here “deceigh” is crossed out.

414 Here a word is crossed out.

415 Here some letters are crossed out.

416 Written above “find,” crossed out.

417 Here a word is crossed out.

418 Here a word or letter is crossed out.

419 Here a word, perhaps “ther,” is crossed out.

420 Here a word is crossed out.

421 Here “m^r” is crossed out.

422 Here “hee” is crossed out.

423 Here several words are crossed out.

424 “Chancellor” is intended.

425 Here “English” is crossed out.

426 The ampersand is perhaps crossed out.

427 Here “Ecclesiaticall” is crossed out.

428 Here a word is crossed out.

429 Here the words “shalbe proclaimed” are crossed out.

430 Here a word is crossed out.

431 The word “Prouinces” is written above another word, crossed out.

432 Here some words are crossed out.

433 Here “further” is crossed out.

434 The words “aimed att” are written above another word, crossed out.

435 Here a word is crossed out.

436 Written above a word crossed out.

437 Here the words “to which m^r” are crossed out.

438 Here “exercise” is crossed out.

439 Here a word is crossed out.

440 The words “young folks” axe underscored.

441 The words “Church of Barnstable” are perhaps underscored.

442 Here a word, perhaps “and,” is crossed out.

443 The reference is to p. [37] of the text, or pp. 72–73 of this volume.

444 This sentence is written in the margin.

445 The words “a member of the Church” are written above a word, crossed out.

446 Here “Church” is crossed out.

447 Here a word or letter is crossed out.

448 Here a word is crossed out.

449 Here a word is crossed out.

450 Here some words are interlined and crossed out.

451 Here a word is crossed out.

452 Here “after” is crossed out.

453 Here two words are interlined and crossed out.

454 Here a word is crossed out.

455 Here “eighteen” is crossed out.

456 Here “those” is crossed out.

457 Here “minnestreyes” is crossed out.

458 Here “it” is crossed out.

459 Here something is crossed out.

460 Here “Gods” is crossed out.

461 Here a word is crossed out.

462 Here a word is crossed out.

463 Two or three words are crossed out before “whether.”

464 Here a word is crossed out.

465 Here “by” is crossed out.

466 Here “to” is crossed out.

467 Here “and” is crossed out.

468 Written above a word crossed out.

469 Written above a word crossed out.

470 Here a word is crossed out.

471 Here a word is crossed out.

472 Here a word is crossed out.

473 Here a word or two are crossed out.

474 Here a word is crossed out.

475 Here “emty” is crossed out.

476 Here “Grace” is crossed out.

477 This word has apparently been altered.

478 Here some words are crossed out.

479 Written above a figure crossed out.

480 Here some words are interlined and crossed out.

481 Here some words are interlined and crossed out.

482 Here some words are interlined and crossed out.

483 Here a word or letter is crossed out.

484 Here “for” is crossed out.

485 Apparently altered from “Lordshippe.”

486 Here a word is crossed out.

487 Here a word, apparently “promise,” is crossed out.

488 Written above a word crossed out.

489 Here “in” is crossed out.

490 Here “and” is crossed out.

491 Here the words “of the Gospell” are crossed out.

492 Here “vnder” is crossed out.

493 Perhaps “these.”

494 Here the letters “ord” are crossed out.

495 Altered from “times.”

496 Here the words “and otherwise” are crossed out.

497 Perhaps “wher.”

498 Here the words “To be allowed” are crossed out.

499 Apparently altered from “after.”

500 Here “Lords” is crossed out.

501 Here a word, perhaps “denote,” is crossed out.

502 Here a word, perhaps “is,” is crossed out.

503 Written above “goeing,” crossed out.

504 Here a word is crossed out.

505 Here “menss” is crossed out.

506 Here a word is crossed out.

507 Here something is crossed out.

508 Altered from “theire.”

509 Apparently altered from “Called.”

510 Here “he” is crossed out.

511 Here some words are crossed out.

512 Perhaps “Charge.”

513 Here some words are crossed out.

514 Here “hour” is crossed out.

515 Here “away” is crossed out.

516 Here “any” is crossed out.

517 Here the words “Called holy” are crossed out.

518 Here some words are crossed out.

519 Here some words, perhaps “and what man appoints,” are crossed out.

520 Here the letters “spea” are crossed out.

521 Here a word is crossed out.

522 Here “therein” is crossed out.

523 This word is uncertain.

524 Here a word is crossed out.

525 Here some words are crossed out.

526 Written above a word crossed out.

527 Here the words “by the” are crossed out.

528 Here “amongst” is crossed out.

529 Here “and” is crossed out.

530 Written above “and,” crossed out.

531 Here the words “of Aprill” are crossed out.

532 Here “and” is crossed out.

533 Written above a word crossed out.

534 Here some words are crossed out.

535 Written above a word crossed out.

536 Written above “doe,” crossed out.

537 Here the letter “w” is crossed out.

538 Here the words “some for” are crossed out.

539 Here “fornamed” is crossed out.

540 Here a letter is crossed out.

541 Here a figure is crossed out or blotted.

542 Here “with” is crossed out.

543 Here “and” is crossed out.

544 Here “beging” is crossed out.

545 Here “thinges” is crossed out.

546 Here “of” is crossed out.

547 Here some words are crossed out.

548 This figure has been altered.

549 Here “hath” is crossed out.

550 Here “Jerusalem” is crossed out.

551 Here some letters are crossed out.

552 Here “and” is crossed out.

553 Page [60] is blank.

554 This word is perhaps crossed out.

555 Here “Giue” is crossed out.

556 This word is perhaps crossed out.

557 Here “do” is crossed out.

558 Here “a” is crossed out.

559 Here a word is crossed out.

560 Here “which” is crossed out.

561 Here “Good” is crossed out.

562 John Coppin: see p. 123, below.

563 Elias Thacker: see p. 123, below.

564 This Dialogue, together with Morton’s preface, is printed in Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, pp. 411–457.

565 Apologia Ivsta, et Necessaria . . . Qvorvndam Christianorum, . . . dictorum Brownistarum sive Barrowistarum, etc., 1619. Printed in English in 1625.

566 Here “acknow” is crossed out.

567 The Way of Congregational Churches Cleared: In two Treatises, etc., 1648.

568 Written above “which,” crossed out.

569 Here “Sinods” is crossed out.

570 The words beginning “*When in” and ending with “good time after” are written in the margin.

571 Here “with” is crossed out.

572 A Ivstification of Separation from the Church of England. Against Mr. Richard Bernard his invective, Intitvled; The Separatists schisme, etc., 1610.

573 Here the letters “Ch” are crossed out.

574 Here a word, perhaps “Cheifly,” is crossed out.

575 William Fulke, The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, translated out of the vulgar Latine by the Papists of the traiterous Seminarie at Rhemes, etc., 1589.

576 Perhaps “Contends.”

577 Here the letters “fayli” are crossed out.

578 See p. 120 note 4, below.

579 Here some words are crossed out.

580 See note 4, below.

581 Here a word is crossed out.

582 The three paragraphs beginning “*3 And the Cheife” and ending with the words “following page” are written on a small sheet of paper pasted to p. [64] of the text. The verso of the sheet is blank. The page measures 5 inches in height by 5⅞ inches in width.

583 Here “soe” is crossed out.

584 Richard Bernard, Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace. Also Disuasions from the Separatists schisme, commonly called Brownisme, etc., 1608.

585 Altered from “theire.”

586 Here “Justi” is crossed out.

587 Written above a word crossed out.

588 Here “Greenoods” is crossed out.

589 A plaine Refutation of M. Giffard’s booke, intituled A short Treatise against the Donatistes of England, etc., 1605.

590 Here “ouer” is crossed out.

591 Here a word is crossed out.

592 Here the letters “we” are crossed out.

593 Here a word, perhaps “truth,” is crossed out.

594 A Dissuasive from the Errours of the Time; wherein the Tenets of the Principall Sects, especially of the Independents, are drawn together in a map, 1645–6.

595 Here the words “in the Countrey” are crossed out.

596 Perhaps “workeing.”

597 Here a word is crossed out.

598 Here some words, perhaps “by hearing,” are crossed out.

599 Here “denis” is crossed out.

600 John Coppin (Copping) was hanged in 1583. Sketches of Henry Barrow, John Coppin, John Greenwood, and John Penry will be found in the Dictionary of National Biography.

601 This was Elias Thacker, who was hanged in 1583: see Stow, Annales, or Generall Chronicle of England (1615), p. 696.

602 Here some words, perhaps “were wrested,” are crossed out.

603 Written above “theire,” crossed out.

604 Here “Go” is crossed out.

605 Written above a word crossed out.

606 Here “and” is crossed out.

607 Here a word, perhaps “seak,” is crossed out.

608 Here the words “with them” are crossed out.

609 Here “this” is crossed out.

610 Here “soe” or “for” is crossed out.

611 Here “those” is crossed out.

612 Here “an” is crossed out.

613 Written above “and,” crossed out.

614 Here the words “and is free to Choose” are crossed out.

615 Here “a” is crossed out.

616 Here a word is crossed out.

617 Written above “of,” crossed out.

618 Here “minnory” is crossed out.

619 This word is underscored three times.

620 Here “vs” is crossed out.

621 Here some words are crossed out.

622 Written above “after,” crossed out.

623 Here “164” is crossed out.

624 Here some words are crossed out.

625 Here “on” is crossed out.

626 Here some words are crossed out.

627 Here a figure is crossed out.

628 This word has been altered.

629 Here a word is crossed out.

630 Here “diuers” is crossed out.

631 Altered from “harder.”

632 Here “lb” is interlined and crossed out.

633 Here the letters “th” are crossed out.

634 Here a word is crossed out.

635 Here “m^r” is crossed out.

636 Here “and” is crossed out.

637 Here something is crossed out.

638 Referring to the year 1564, Fuller said: “The English Bishops . . . began . . . urging the Clergy . . . to subscribe to the Liturgie, Ceremonies, and Discipline of the Church, and such as refused . . . were branded with the odious name of Puritanes, a name which in this notion first began in this year” (Church History, ix. i. § 66).

639 Here the word “book” is interlined and crossed out.

640 Here “16” is crossed out.

641 This date is underscored twice.

642 Here “Sacrem” is crossed out.

643 Neal (History of the Puritans,1754, i. 164) gives this name as “Rowland.”

644 Here the words “and other Commissioners” are crossed out.

645 Here “owne” is crossed out.

646 Here a line and a half is crossed out.

647 Here a word is crossed out.

648 Here the words “by Judge Cooke sett at” are crossed out.

649 Perhaps “tongves.”

650 Here “stil” is crossed out.

651 Here “him” is crossed out.

652 Here a word is crossed out.

653 Here the words “was an eminent man” are crossed out.

654 Here the words “to it” are crossed out.

655 Here “Church” is crossed out.

656 Here “him” is crossed out.

657 Here “answared” is crossed out.

658 Here the words “Learned in” are crossed out.

659 Here something is crossed out.

660 Here “vp” is crossed out.

661 The verso of p. [76] is blank. This is the end of Morton’s entries, except a few words found on a later page: see p. 247, below.

662 Part ii contains 18 leaves, or 36 pages, of which two (the verso of pp. [31] and [34]) are blank. The pages measure 11¼ inches in height by 7½ inches in width. Like Parts i, iii, and iv, Part ii is a portion of the original vellum-covered volume, the leaves being the same size and the watermark identical.

Pp. [1–29] of the text, or pp. 142–184 of this volume, are wholly in the hand of the Rev. John Cotton, except three marginal entries — one on p. [8] of the text, the other two on p. [20] of the text: see pp. 152 note 3, 170 note 1, 170 note 2, of this volume. Pp. [30–34], in an unknown hand, were originally not numbered, but page-numbers have been inserted in a later hand in pencil.

Mr. Cotton’s account was written about 1697 or 1698: see pp. 174, 181, below.

Part ii is printed in the Mayflower Descendant, iv. 212–217, v. 214–217, viii. 214–217, xii. 26–28, xiii. 72–75, 152–158, xiv. 101–106, 188–192, xv. 21–23, 223–227, xvi. 53–57.

663 The upper corners of pp. [1–29] of the text are in places worn away, leaving the page-numbers in some cases obscure.

664 The reference is to p. [59] of the text of Part i, or p. 113 of this volume.

665 Here something is crossed out. The reference is to pp. [1–29] of the text, or pp. 142–184 of this volume.

666 Mr. Cotton almost invariably writes “cħħ” for “church,” but the word is always here printed “chh.”

667 Here a word, perhaps “for,” is crossed out.

668 Here a word is crossed out.

669 Here “September” is crossed out.

670 The third figure in this date has been altered.

671 Here a word is crossed out.

672 This sentence is written in the margin.

673 Here a word is crossed out.

674 Altered trom “the.”

675 Here “place” is crossed out.

676 Here some words, perhaps “to make,” are crossed out.

677 Written above “soe,” crossed out.

678 Here “in” is crossed out.

679 This paragraph is written in the margin.

680 These words are written in the margin.

681 Written above “one,” crossed out.

682 Altered from “attended.”

683 Here a word is crossed out.

684 Here a word, doubtless “where,” is crossed out.

685 Altered from “esteam.”

686 Here a word is crossed out.

687 Apparently altered from “solomne.”

688 The words “August 12: as a day of publick Thanksgiving” are underscored in red ink, an asterisk is inserted after “August,” and in the margin is written in red ink: “*Qu. as to the correctness of this date. Saturday, August 12th was the day on which Philip was slain; and we learn from the co-temporary historians, I. Mather & Hubbard, that the Thanksgiving was on Thursday the 17^th of that month. J. D.” This marginal entry is presumably in the hand of John Davis (1761–1847; H. C. 1781).

689 Apparently altered from “for.”

690 This sentence is written in the margin.

691 Perhaps “18.”

692 Here a word, perhaps “respited,” is crossed out.

693 Written above a word crossed out.

694 Perhaps “&.”

695 Here “times” is crossed out.

696 Here “their” is crossed out.

697 Here three or four words are crossed out.

698 Here “towards” is crossed out.

699 Here a word or letter is crossed out.

700 Here “were” is crossed out.

701 Altered from “yeares.”

702 Here a word is crossed out.

703 Written above a word, apparently “to,” crossed out.

704 The agent from Plymouth Colony was the Rev. Ichabod Wiswall; the agents from Massachusetts were the Rev. Increase Mather, Elisha Cooke, and Thomas Oakes.

705 This paragraph is written in the margin.

706 Here a word is crossed out.

707 This paragraph is written in the margin.

708 This paragraph is written in the margin.

709 Perhaps altered from “30.”

710 Altered from “commended.”

711 Altered from “males-children.”

712 A word, doubtless “on,” is crossed out before “April.”

713 There is an asterisk before “Ezek:” and in the margin is written in a later hand (perhaps that of the Rev. Ephraim Little):

“1. Fast Text *And y^e Glory of / G. of Israel was gone up fr. y^e Cherub w^rupon he was to the Threshold of y^e house. And he calld to / man clothed with Linnen, w^c had the writers inkhorn by his side — And y^e L. s^d unto ＼ go thro y^e midst of / City, & set a mark on y^e forheads of / men y^t sigh for all y^e Abomination y^t be done in / midst thereof.”

714 The words “Isa: 58: 1:” are underscored, there is a dagger before “Isa:” and in the margin is written (in the same hand as the preceding marginal entry):

“† Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, & shew my people their transgression, & the house of Jacob their Sins.”

715 The reference is to pp. [18–19] of the text, or pp. 167–169 of this volume.

716 The reference is to pp. [6–7] of the text, or pp. 149–150 of this volume.

717 The reference is to pp. [7–8] of the text, or pp. 151–152 of this volume.

718 See The Psalmodies of Plymouth and Massachusetts, by S. L. Thorndike (Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, i. 228–238).

719 Written above a word crossed out.

720 The reference is to pp. [14–15] of the text, or pp. 161–162 of this volume.

721 Altered from “generally.”

722 This paragraph is written in the margin.

723 Cf. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, xxi. 262 and note.

724 This word has been altered.

725 Here some words are crossed out.

726 Altered from “about,” or perhaps “about” altered from “in.”

727 Here “July” is crossed out.

728 Altered from “them.”

729 Written above a word crossed out.

730 Here a word, perhaps “soe,” is crossed out.

731 Here a word or letter is crossed out.

732 Altered from “their.”

733 This sentence is written in the margin.

734 Here a letter is crossed out.

735 Here something is crossed out.

736 This paragraph is written in the margin.

737 Here a word, perhaps “asked,” is crossed out.

738 Here a word or two are crossed out.

739 The words “the two” are written over a word crossed out.

740 Here two or three words are crossed out.

741 Here something is crossed out.

742 Here something is crossed out.

743 Here end the entries in the hand of the Rev. John Cotton.

744 The entries on pp. [30–34] of the text, or pp. 184–189 of this volume, are in an unknown hand. These pages were not originally numbered, but page-numbers have been inserted in a later hand in pencil.

745 Here the words “their Names” are crossed out.

746 This word has been altered.

747 Here a word, perhaps “while,” is interlined and crossed out.

748 Here “was” is crossed out.

749 Here “and” is crossed out.

750 Perhaps “workes.”

751 The verso of p. [31] is blank.

752 Here two words, perhaps “a very,” are crossed out.

753 Here the words “all the” are crossed out.

754 Here “did” is crossed out.

755 Apparently altered from “3^d.”

756 Here something is crossed out.

757 Here the letters “th” are crossed out.

758 Altered from “begam.”

759 Here some words are crossed out.

760 The verso of p. [34] is blank.

761 Part iii contains 23 leaves, or 46 pages. The pages measure 11¼ inches in height by 7½ inches in width. Like Parts i, ii, and iv, Part iii is a portion of the original vellum-covered volume, the leaves being the same size and the watermark identical. Pages [23, 25, 27, 29] are blank; two pages (here numbered [18a] and [19a]) are not numbered; what ought to be page [22] was numbered [21], the error being continued to the end; and two pages here numbered [32a] and [33a] were misnumbered [32] and [33], thus causing a reduplication of two page-numbers.

Part iii is in the hand of the Rev. Ephraim Little, with the exception of two entries on pp. [33] and [41]: see pp. 217 note 2, 223 note 4, below.

762 Here a word, perhaps “any,” is crossed out.

763 Written above “that,” crossed out.

764 In this list and in other similar lists, a name is preceded sometimes by an asterisk (or two asterisks), sometimes by a dagger (or two daggers), sometimes by a cross (or two crosses), sometimes by special marks (as , etc.), and sometimes a short vertical mark is inserted between a christian name and a surname. As the meaning of these marks is nowhere explained, they are omitted in printing. In this list, as in all similar lists, superfluous punctuation and other marks are not reproduced in type.

765 Written over a word erased.

766 Perhaps “1717.”

767 This name begins the second column.

768 The reference is to p. [18] of the text, or p. 206 of this volume.

769 Here the words “Mary Morton, The wife of John Morton” are crossed out.

770 This word precedes “Mary” and is perhaps erased.

771 Here the words “Margarett Pratt, The wife of John Pratt” are crossed out.

772 This word precedes “Mercy.”

773 This word precedes “Susannah.”

774 Here some figures are written:

115

775 Here some figures are written:

103

776 Here something is crossed out.

777 This word precedes “Hannah.”

778 The words “yⁿ Baptized” precede “Hannah.”

779 The words “yⁿ Baptized” precede “Martha.”

780 The words “yⁿ Baptized” precede “Joanna.”

781 This figure has been altered.

782 Here a word or two are crossed out.

783 The reference is to p. [14] of the text, or p. 203 of this volume.

784 Altered from “June,” or perhaps “June” altered from “July.”

785 Here something, apparently the letters “th,” is crossed out.

786 This word is obscure.

787 This word has been altered.

788 Perhaps “y^t.”

789 This name is obscure.

790 Perhaps “decayes.”

791 Here “and” is crossed out.

792 Perhaps “y^t.”

793 This word is obscure.

794 The words “we believe” are uncertain.

795 Apparently altered from “Ebenenez^r.”

796 Here a word, perhaps “July,” is crossed out.

797 Perhaps “30^th.”

798 Here something is crossed out.

799 The words “July 24” are crossed out before this word.

800 Perhaps “where.”

801 The reference is to p. [5] of the text, or p. 195 of this volume.

802 This letter is obscure.

803 Here “Doty” or “Doten” is crossed out.

804 The reference is to p. [15] of the text, or p. 205 of this volume.

805 Continued from p. [14] of the text, or p. 204 of this volume.

806 The reference is to p. [19] of the text, or p. 208 of this volume.

807 Written above “Hannah,” crossed out.

808 This word is obscure.

809 Perhaps there is a question mark here.

810 Continued from p. [2] of the text, or p. 192 of this volume.

811 By an oversight this page was not numbered, “18a” being inserted for convenience.

812 Altered from “5^th.”

813 Continued from p. [15] of the text, or p. 205 of this volume.

814 Perhaps “Wiborg,” the last letter having apparently been altered.

815 The reference is to p. [21a] of the text, or p. 211 of this volume.

816 By an oversight this page was not numbered, “19a” being inserted for convenience.

817 Above the names of the months is written “1,” “2,” “3,” “4,” and “5,” respectively.

818 From this point on, many (but by no means all) proper names are underscored. As, however, there is no uniformity in underscoring, all names are printed in roman type.

819 Originally written “Wood,” and then “at” interlined.

820 The figures are underscored.

821 The figures are underscored.

822 Apparently altered from “20.”

823 This name is obscure.

824 This name is obscure.

825 Here “Job” is crossed out.

826 This page by mistake was numbered “21,” but is here numbered “21a” for convenience.

827 The words “in 31” are interlined, the word “in” being obscure.

828 Continued from p. [19] of the text, or p. 208 of this volume.

829 P. [23] is blank.

830 This word is obscure.

831 P. [25] is blank.

832 P. [27] is blank.

833 P. [29] is blank.

834 This word is blotted: it may be “6.”

835 This figure is uncertain, haying been altered.

836 This page is misnumbered “32,” but is here numbered “32a” for convenience.

837 Here the letters “sabb” are crossed out.

838 Altered from “8.”

839 Altered from “8^th.”

840 The words “Joanna y^e wife of N. holmes” are so placed as to make it difficult to know whether they should be entered under the head of baptisms or of admissions.

841 This line was inserted later, as it is apparently in the hand of the Rev. Nathaniel Leonard.

842 This name is uncertain.

843 This page is misnumbered “33,” but is here numbered “33a” for convenience.

844 Here “mentioned” is crossed out.

845 The reference is to p. [34] of the text, or p. 218 of this volume.

846 Here some words are crossed out.

847 The asterisks refer to the entry on p. [33a] of the text, or p. 217 of this volume.

848 The reference is to p. [35] of the text, or p. 219 of this volume.

849 Here “19:” is crossed out.

850 Here the words “Abigail Wethered Aprill 12^th” are crossed out.

851 That is, turn to p. [38] of the text, or p. 221 of this volume.

852 This date is obscure.

853 Here a word, perhaps “July,” is crossed out.

854 This word is obscure.

855 This name is obscure.

856 Here a name is crossed out.

857 Perhaps “these.”

858 Here “&” crossed out.

859 Here “Apr” is crossed out.

860 This figure is uncertain, as it has been altered.

861 Altered from “May.”

862 Here end the entries in the hand of Mr. Little.

863 This entry is in an unknown hand.

864 Part iv contains 12 leaves, or 24 pages. The pages measure 11¼ inches in height by 7½ inches in width. Like Parts i, ii, and iii, Part iv is a portion of the original vellum-covered volume, the leaves being the same size and the watermark identical. Four pages (here numbered [17], [18a], [20], and [22]) are not numbered; and p. [20] and the verso of p. [22] are blank.

Part iv is wholly in the hand of the Rev. Nathaniel Leonard, with the exception of a few entries on p. [22] of the text: see pp. 247–248, below.

865 At the top of p. [2] is written “Church Records.”

866 Written over “m^r.”

867 Here “Revd” is crossed out.

868 Here “m^r” is crossed out.

869 Altered from “and.”

870 At the top of p. [3] is written “Church Records.”

871 Written over “m^r.”

872 Written above another word, crossed out.

873 Written above “John,” crossed out.

874 Here a word is crossed out.

875 This name is obscure.

876 This name is somewhat uncertain, as it has been written over another name.

877 Here “3^tii” is crossed out.

878 This figure has been altered.

879 Written over another word.

880 Altered from “23” or “28.”

881 Here the words “now the wife of” are crossed out.

882 Here “removed” is crossed out.

883 Here a word is crossed out.

884 Altered from “100” and written above “99,” crossed out.

885 Written above a word crossed out.

886 Altered from “27,” or perhaps “27” altered from “28.”

887 This name is somewhat uncertain.

888 The second figure is torn off, but evidently the reference is to p. [13] of the text, or p. 238 of this volume.

889 Here some letters are crossed out.

890 Here nearly a line is crossed out.

891 Continued on p. [8] of the text, or p. 232 of this volume.

892 Between pp. [6–7] of the text are inserted two leaves, the pages measuring 8 inches in height by 3½ inches in width. The four pages, which are not numbered, contain an index to “Robinsons book” — presumably the Rev. John Robinson’s A Ivstification of Separation: see p. 118 note 3, above.

893 The reference is to p. [11] of the text, or p. 236 of this volume.

894 Before this word, “Octo^b” is crossed out.

895 Continued from p. [6] of the text, or p. 231 of this volume.

896 Cf. Acts, x and xvi.

897 This word is uncertain, having been altered.

898 Here some words are crossed out.

899 This word has been altered.

900 Here “Foster” is crossed out.

901 This name is uncertain.

902 Here “Cur^t” is crossed out.

903 Perhaps “Ford,” the first letter having been altered.

904 Continued from p. [9] of the text, or p. 235 of this volume.

905 Written above “Hannah,” crossed out.

906 The reference is to p. [15] of the text, or p. 240 of this volume.

907 Written above “members,” crossed out.

908 Here “Aug” is crossed out.

909 Continued on p. [14] of the text, or p. 239 of this volume.

910 Continued from p. [5] of the text, or p. 230 of this volume.

911 In the upper left-hand comer of the page the words “and be assisting” are crossed out.

912 Continued from p. [12] of the text, or p. 238 of this volume.

913 This name is somewhat obscure.

914 Here “Thursday” is crossed out.

915 Here something is crossed out.

916 The reference is to p. [12] of the text, or p. 237 of this volume.

917 Here “by” is crossed out.

918 Apparently altered from “and.”

919 Continued from p. [11] of the text, or p. 236 of this volume.

920 Written above “William,” crossed out.

921 Here something is crossed out.

922 The references are to pp. [6, 8] of the text, or pp. 230, 232 of this volume.

923 The reference is to p. [18] of the text, or p. 243 of this volume.

924 This page is not numbered in the original.

925 Here “Dead” is crossed out.

926 Here a name, apparently “Johnson” or “Jackson,” is crossed out.

927 Continued from p. [16] of the text, or p. 242 of this volume.

928 Here a word is crossed out.

929 Here the letters “th” are crossed out.

930 Written above “with,” crossed out.

931 Here “called” is crossed out.

932 This page, not numbered in the original, is here numbered “18a” for convenience.

933 The “1” in this figure has been torn off.

934 Altered from “1732.”

935 Here a word is crossed out.

936 Written above “effect,” crossed out.

937 This paragraph is written in the margin.

938 This page, the recto of p. [21], is unnumbered and blank.

939 The “2” in this figure has been torn off.

940 Altered from “these.”

941 The reference is to p. [19] of the text, or p. 245 of this volume.

942 Here a letter or two are crossed out.

943 The entries in the hand of Mr. Leonard end here.

944 This page (the verso of which is blank) is badly mutilated, the page-number (if there was one) and a marginal entry being torn away.

945 Here “wch” is crossed out.

946 Written above “late,” crossed out.

947 Here a word, apparently “boke,” is crossed out.

948 To this point, the entries on this page are in the hand of Nathaniel Morton.

949 Written above “Trunes,” crossed out.

950 This entry is in the hand of Nathaniel Leonard.

951 Part v (not including the title, for which see note 2, below) contains 16 leaves, or 32 pages. Some of the pages measure 8⅛ inches in height by 6 inches in width, but others are smaller. Some of the leaves are badly worn, especially at the comers, and the original page-numbers have in many cases partly or wholly disappeared. The pages, however, have been numbered in pencil, and this notation is followed in the present volume. As the paper of Part v differs from that of Parts i–iv, and as it has no watermark, Part v could not have been a portion of the original vellum-covered volume: cf. p. 3 note 1, above.

Part v is wholly (except as noted on pp. 249 note 2, 271 note 1, below) in the hand of the Rev. John Cotton, and evidently contains the notes (made no doubt at the times of entry) from which Mr. Cotton compiled the “further account” which forms Part ii. As Part v begins with 1682 and ends with 1693, and thus covers only twelve years of Mr. Cotton’s pastorate, presumably there were once in existence other pages which have since disappeared.

952 This title, written on a piece of paper (pasted to p. 1) measuring 8 inches in height by 6⅛ inches in width, is in a much later hand. The verso is blank.

953 Cf. Mayflower Descendant, i. 141, 144, 209, 210, v. 53.

954 This word is uncertain.

955 This word is uncertain.

956 The reference is to p. [5] of the text, or p. 253 of this volume.

957 Altered from “the.”

958 Here a word, perhaps “she,” is crossed out.

959 Here a word is crossed out.

960 The reference is to p. [3] of the text, or p. 251 of this volume.

961 Written above a word, perhaps “for,” crossed out.

962 Here a name is crossed out.

963 Here a word, perhaps “our,” is crossed out.

964 Here a word, perhaps “the,” is crossed out.

965 This word has been altered.

966 Altered from “they.”

967 The words “being newly entered into” are written above “in,” crossed out.

968 The reference is to p. [11] of the text, or p. 259 of this volume.

969 Here something is crossed out.

970 Above “March,” which is not crossed out, is written, apparently in a different hand, “Feb.,” which is underscored.

971 Here a word is crossed out.

972 The figure “91” is uncertain.

973 The words “eighty first” are written above a word crossed out.

974 Here the words “& they” are crossed out.

975 Written above a word crossed out.

976 Written above a date crossed out.

977 This word has apparently been altered.

978 Here a word is crossed out.

979 The fourth letter in this name has been altered from “j.”

980 Here a word is crossed out.

981 Acting under a warrant from Andros dated February 23, 1688, on March 3 Phillip Wells surveyed and laid out Clark’s Island for Nathaniel Clark. On June 22, 1689, the sale of the island was authorized by the town of Plymouth, and in 1690 it was sold to Samuel Lucas, Elkanah Watson, and George Morton. Cf. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, xxi. 333–334; Records of the Town of Plymouth, i. 192–193, 197–198, 223–224; J. Thacher, History of the Town of Plymouth (1832), pp. 165, 359–361.

982 Here a word, perhaps “she,” is crossed out.

983 Here some words are crossed out.

984 This word has been altered.

985 At the top of the page is written “1688.”

986 Here some words, perhaps “that she,” are crossed out.

987 See p. 164 note 4, above.

988 Perhaps “Edwards.”

989 Apparently altered from “that.”

990 “67^th” is written above a word or figure crossed out.

991 Here some words, apparently “by the,” are crossed out.

992 Pasted to p. [22] is a small leaf written on both sides, headed “m^r Robinsons discourse.” It is not in Mr. Cotton’s hand, apparently has no reason for being where it is, and appears to be a continuation of the sheet inserted between pp. [6–7] of Part iv: see p. 231 note 2, above.

993 Here a word is crossed out.

994 Here a word or two are crossed out.

995 Here a line is crossed out.

996 Here a word or two are crossed out.

997 At the top of the page is written “1692.”

998 See pp. 148–152, 167–169, above.

999 Here a word is crossed out.

1000 At the top of the page is written “1692.”

1001 See pp. 149–152, above.

1002 Here “all” is crossed out.

1003 Here the words “this day” are crossed out.

1004 Here something is crossed out.

1005 Here some words, apparently “July 19,” axe crossed out.

1006 Here “Bay” is crossed out.

1007 Here something is crossed out.

1008 The reference is to pp. [27–28] of the text, or pp. 276–277 of this volume.

1009 Something is here crossed out.

1010 The reference is to p. [29] of the text, or p. 278 of this volume.

1011 Here a figure is crossed out.

1012 Perhaps “5.”

1013 Altered from “they.”

1014 Here “formerly” has been interlined and then crossed out.

1015 Perhaps “June.”

1016 Altered from “chosen.”

1017 Volume II contains 119 leaves, or 238 pages. This enumeration does not include p. [a], which is pasted on the inside of the front cover. The pages measure 12⅜ inches in height by 7¾ inches in width. The first six pages (here for convenience labelled [b-g]) and several other pages are not numbered; and, beginning with p. [87], the page-numbering is often wrong. The volume is bound in its original vellum cover, which, however, has no label or writing on it.

The entries in Volume II are chiefly in the hand either of the Rev. Nathaniel Leonard or of the Rev. Chandler Robbins, the handwriting being identified in the footnotes.

1018 This page, here labelled [a] for convenience, is pasted on the inside of the front cover. The entries are in the hand of the Rev. Chandler Robbins, with the possible exception of the words written in pencil: see p. 286 note 12, below.

1019 This word is underscored.

1020 P. [117] of the text, or p. 429 of these volumes.

1021 This word is underscored.

1022 P. [155] of the text, or p. 452 of these volumes.

1023 P. [168] of the text, or p. 468 of these volumes. Mr. Robbins first wrote “170,” then crossed out that figure and wrote “168.”

1024 The words “Chh Members admitted” are underscored.

1025 P. [172] of the text, or p. 471 of these volumes. The figure “172” has been altered, apparently, from “173.”

1026 This word is underscored.

1027 P. [191] of the text, or p. 492 of these volumes. Mr. Robbins first wrote “209,” then crossed out that figure and wrote “191.”

1028 P. [213] of the text, or p. 510 of these volumes.

1029 P. [216] of the text, or p. 512 of these volumes. The figure “240” has been altered, apparently from “340.”

1030 This word is underscored.

1031 P. [254] of the text, or p. 521 of these volumes.

1032 P. [255] of the text, or p. 521 of these volumes.

1033 P. [171] of the text, or p. 471 of these volumes. The figure “171” has been altered, apparently from “173.”

1034 P. [79] of the text, or p. 374 of these volumes.

1035 P. [94] of the text, or p. 390 of these volumes.

1036 P. [92] of the text, or p. 388 of these volumes.

1037 P. [83] of the text, or p. 377 of these volumes.

1038 P. [88] of the text, or p. 383 of these volumes.

1039 P. [218] of the text, or p. 514 of these volumes.

1040 P. [38] of the text, or p. 326 of these volumes.

1041 These entries are written in pencil, and perhaps are not in the hand of Mr. Robbins.

1042 P. [b] is the recto of the first leaf.

1043 This word is uncertain.

1044 To this point the entries are in the hand of Mr. Leonard.

1045 The date is underscored. This entry is in the hand of Mr. Robbins.

1046 Here “which” is crossed out.

1047 P. [79] of the text, or p. 374 of these volumes.

1048 P. [c], which is the verso of the first leaf, is blank.

1049 P. [d] is the recto of the second leaf.

1050 This entry is in the hand of Mr. Leonard.

1051 P. [e], which is the verso of the second leaf, is blank.

1052 P. [f], which is the recto of the third leaf, is blank.

1053 P. [g] is the verso of the third leaf. The entries on p. [g] of the text are in the hand of Mr. Leonard.

1054 Here some words are crossed out.

1055 The entries on pp. [1–18] of the text—or pp. 289–305 of this volume — are in the hand of Mr. Leonard.

1056 Here “made” is crossed out.

1057 Written over “to.”

1058 Here some words are crossed out.

1059 These two words are somewhat obscure.

1060 Altered from “2.”

1061 This word has apparently been altered.

1062 Some words before “The” are crossed out.

1063 Here some words are crossed out.

1064 This word is obscure.

1065 Written above “Assistance,” crossed out.

1066 This word has been altered.

1067 Here the words “He was then” are crossed out.

1068 Here “Harlow” is crossed out.

1069 At the top of p. [5] is written “Chh Records.”

1070 Written above “with,” crossed out.

1071 This word is perhaps written over another word.

1072 At the top of p. [7] is written “Church Records.”

1073 The first letter in this word has been altered.

1074 Apparently altered from “57.”

1075 Altered from “in.”

1076 At the top of p. [12] is written “Chh Records.”

1077 This word has apparently been altered.

1078 This word has apparently been altered.

1079 Written above a word crossed out.

1080 Apparently altered from “1744.”

1081 Here “with” is interlined and perhaps erased.

1082 This word has been altered.

1083 Altered from “in.”

1084 Here the words “but were” are crossed out.

1085 Altered from “they.”

1086 This word is obscure.

1087 Here “Consid” is crossed out.

1088 Written above “without any Negative voice,” crossed out.

1089 The letter “W” is written over “Tu.”

1090 At the top of p. [18] is written “Chh Records.”

1091 The words “shall be” are written above “was,” crossed out.

1092 The entries in the hand of Mr. Leonard here cease.

1093 The entries on p. [19] and part of p. [20] of the text — or pp. 305–307 of this volume — are in the hand of Mr. John Cotton.

1094 P. [17] of the text, or p. 304 of this volume.

1095 Here the entries in Mr. Cotton’s hand cease.

1096 The entries from here to the point indicated on p. [22] of the text — or p. 310 of this volume — are in an unidentified hand, perhaps that of the Rev. Chandler Robbins.

1097 Here a word is crossed out.

1098 Here a word is crossed out.

1099 Here a word is crossed out.

1100 Here a word is crossed out.

1101 Written, apparently, in the hand of Mr. John Cotton, over another word.

1102 Here the unidentified hand ceases.

1103 From here to the bottom of p. [23] of the text — or p. 312 of this volume — the entries are in the hand of Mr. John Cotton.

1104 The square brackets are in the original.

1105 The square brackets are in the original.

1106 The square brackets are in the original. Here the hand of Mr. Cotton ceases.

1107 From here to the end of p. [34] of the text — or p. 322 of this volume — the entries are in the hand of Deacon Thomas Foster.

1108 The words “To the” are apparently written over “for this.”

1109 Here “affairs” is crossed out.

1110 Written above “and,” crossed out.

1111 Here “will” is crossed out.

1112 Here “was” is crossed out.

1113 The words “tho’ he had a Call from the first Chh in Marblehead” are inserted in the hand of Mr. John Cotton.

1114 Here “the” is crossed out.

1115 Here “of” is crossed out.

1116 Here “but” is crossed out.

1117 An evident error for “1759.”

1118 Written over another word.

1119 Written over another word.

1120 Here the words “in a” are crossed out.

1121 This word has been altered.

1122 Here a word is crossed out.

1123 This word has been altered.

1124 Altered from “was.”

1125 Altered from “renewed.”

1126 The fifth letter in this name has been altered.

1127 This word is in the hand of Mr. John Cotton.

1128 The fifth letter in this word has been altered.

1129 The first part of this word has been altered.

1130 This word, apparently in the hand of Mr. John Cotton, is interlined.

1131 Here end the entries in the hand of Deacon Thomas Foster.

1132 This entry is in the hand of the Rev. Chandler Robbins.

1133 The hand of Mr. Robbins here ceases.

1134 From here to the bottom of p. [38] of the text — or p. 327 of this volume — the entries are in the hand of Mr. John Cotton.

1135 Rev. Philemon Robbins, father of the Rev. Chandler Robbins. For the title of Mr. Robbins’s sermon, see pp. lxi–lxii, above.

1136 The square brackets are in the original.

1137 This extract is taken from the Boston News Letter of June 25, 1761, p. 3/1. The entries in the hand of Mr. John Cotton here cease.

1138 The entries on pp. [39–102] of the text — or pp. 327–429 of this volume — are in the hand of the Rev. Chandler Robbins.

1139 The words “Votes” and “Transactions” are underscored.

1140 Here a word is crossed out.

1141 Altered from “them.”

1142 The headings to the pages and the dates at the beginning of entries are frequently underscored in the original. They are here printed in roman type.

1143 This word, badly blotted, has apparently been altered.

1144 Here “represent” is crossed out.

1145 This word has been altered.

1146 At the top of p. [43] is written “Transactions of y^e Chh.”

1147 Here the words “for introducing Tate & Brady’s or y^e Old Version” are crossed out.

1148 At the top of p. [44] is written “1770 Church Records.”

1149 At the top of p. [45] is written “1770 Church Records.”

1150 The square brackets are in the original.

1151 Here “Psalm” is crossed out.

1152 P. [45] of the text, or p. 335 of this volume.

1153 Here “a” is crossed out.

1154 Altered from “owning.”

1155 Altered from “comeing.”

1156 At the top of p. [49] is written “1770 & 1771 Chh Records.”

1157 P. [71] of the text, or p. 365 of this volume.

1158 This line was inserted at a later date. Following the line is a record of the transactions at a, meeting held November 28, 1771, containing fourteen lines on p. [49] and ten lines on p. [50], all of which is crossed out. Cf. p. 365, below.

1159 For the title of the sermon, see p. lvi, above.

1160 P. [47] of the text, or p. 338 of this volume.

1161 P. [49] of the text, or p. 340 of this volume.

1162 As early as 1764 (see the case of Lydia Cornish, p. 328, above), a difference of opinion in regard to baptism arose between Mr. Robbins and Mr. Cotton, and later developed into an acrimonious dispute. For the titles of the four pamphlets that were published, see pp. lvi–lvii and notes, above.

1163 Written above a word crossed out.

1164 Here two lines are crossed out.

1165 At the top of p. [53] is written “1772 Chh Records.”

1166 Here two or three words are crossed out.

1167 The first letter in this word has been altered.

1168 Altered from “humam” or “humane.”

1169 At the top of p. [55] is written “1775 Church Records.”

1170 Written over “of” erased.

1171 The first letter in this word has been altered.

1172 The date is uncertain, as the second figure has been altered.

1173 At the top of p. [56] is written “1775 Church Records.”

1174 This word had been altered.

1175 Here a word is crossed out.

1176 Altered from “their.”

1177 At the top of p. [59] is written “Chh Records.”

1178 Here a word is crossed out.

1179 P. [57] of the text, or p. 347 of this volume.

1180 P. [59] of the text, or p. 350 of this volume.

1181 This page is not numbered in the original.

1182 Written over “Wednesday.”

1183 Mr. Robbins wrote “7,” no doubt intending to insert a second figure when he ascertained Mr. Foster’s age.

1184 Here the figure “1” is crossed out.

1185 No meetings were recorded between June 30, 1772, and February 5, 1775, nor between February 23, 1777, and February 6, 1780: cf. pp. 342–345, above.

1186 The first letter in this word has been altered.

1187 This word has been altered.

1188 At the top of p. [65] is written “1780 & 81 Church Records.”

1189 Written over another word.

1190 This page is not numbered in the original.

1191 Written over “Shaw.”

1192 Written over “Bridgewater.”

1193 At the top of p. [68] is written “1782 Chh Records.”

1194 Here seven lines are crossed out.

1195 P. [71] of the text, or p. 365 of this volume.

1196 This is written in the margin.

1197 P. [71] of the text, or p. 365 of this volume.

1198 Here twenty-two lines, containing a record of meetings on May 11 and 14, 1783, are crossed out.

1199 Here the words “with us” are crossed out.

1200 This word is obscure.

1201 Here “that” is crossed out.

1202 Pp. [49, 50, 68, 69] of the text, or pp. 340, 340, 362, 362, of this volume.

1203 Here a word is crossed out.

1204 Written over another word, perhaps “in.”

1205 At the top of p. [73] is written “1790 Records.”

1206 Written above a word crossed out.

1207 Written above a word crossed out.

1208 P. [40] of the text, or p. 328 of this volume.

1209 The words “recieve her to their” are somewhat obscure, being written over some words erased.

1210 Altered from “72.” The words “1791 Church Records continued” are written at the top of p. [74].

1211 The first letter in this word is written over “C.”

1212 Written over another word, perhaps “hearts.”

1213 At the top of p. [76] is written “Records & Transactions continued.”

1214 Here the words “the minds of” are crossed out.

1215 Here “being” is crossed out.

1216 Written over another word.

1217 The words “the Brethren” are written over some other words, perhaps “the Congregation.”

1218 At the top of p. [77] is written “1792 Records &c continued.”

1219 Written over “to.”

1220 At the top of p. [78] is written “1792 Church Records Continued.”

1221 Here “Vote” is crossed out.

1222 Here a word, perhaps “Church,” is crossed out.

1223 The reference is to p. [81] of the text, or p. 375 of this volume.

1224 P. [39] of the text, or p. 328 of this volume.

1225 Altered from “this.”

1226 P. [80] is blank.

1227 P. [78] of the text, or p. 374 of this volume.

1228 Altered from “their.”

1229 For the title of the address delivered by Mr. Robbins, see p. lvii, above.

1230 P. [81] of the text, or p. 375 of this volume.

1231 Here “&” is crossed out.

1232 Apparently written over “or.”

1233 Here a word, apparently “beside,” is crossed out.

1234 Written over “things,” crossed out.

1235 This word has been altered.

1236 Here “their” is crossed out.

1237 Altered apparently from “arduus.”

1238 P. [76] of the text, or p. 371 of this volume.

1239 Here “therein” is crossed out.

1240 This word has been altered.

1241 At the top of p. [86] is written “1793 Nov^r 11^th Chh Records continued.”

1242 Every page-number on pp. [87–101] of the text has been altered.

1243 P. [39] of the text, or p. 328 of this volume.

1244 P. [73] of the text, or p. 368 of this volume.

1245 Pp. [76, 82] of the text, or pp. 371, 376, of this volume.

1246 P. [88] of the text, or, pp. 383–384 of this volume.

1247 P. [89] of the text, or p. 384 of this volume.

1248 Pp. [88–89] of the text, or pp. 383–384 of this volume.

1249 This word had been altered.

1250 This word has been altered.

1251 Written above two words, crossed out.

1252 This word has been altered.

1253 At the top of p. [91] is written “1794 & 1795 Continued.”

1254 P. [76] of the text, or p. 371 of this volume.

1255 The words “also the” are written over other words.

1256 This word has been altered.

1257 This word has been altered.

1258 This word has been altered.

1259 At the top of p. [92] is written “1795 June 17^th Chh Records continued.”

1260 P. [90] of the text, or p. 386 of this volume.

1261 This word has been altered.

1262 Written over another word.

1263 Written over another word.

1264 P. [186] of the text, or p. 486 of these volumes.

1265 This name is badly blotted.

1266 This name is badly blotted.

1267 The first three letters in this name are blotted.

1268 The second column begins here.

1269 The third column begins here.

1270 This name is obscure.

1271 Apparently altered from “Wid^w.”

1272 Here “84” is crossed out.

1273 The second column begins here.

1274 Altered from “28” or perhaps “28” altered from “29.”

1275 Perhaps “Elem.”

1276 The third column begins here.

1277 Here a word, perhaps “wid^w,” has been interlined and crossed out.

1278 Perhaps “Zatter.”

1279 This figure has been altered.

1280 Apparently altered from “Watsons.”

1281 Here “Daughter” is crossed out.

1282 Here follows some shorthand.

1283 This name is obscure.

1284 This name is obscure.

1285 This begins the second column.

1286 Apparently altered from “Eleaz^r.”

1287 Altered from “25.”

1288 This name is uncertain.

1289 This begins the third column.

1290 This name is uncertain.

1291 Altered from “15.”

1292 This name has been altered.

1293 Here follows some shorthand.

1294 Altered from “22.”

1295 This date has apparently been altered.

1296 This begins the second column.

1297 This begins the third column.

1298 Perhaps “Ind^ns.”

1299 This date is uncertain, having been altered.

1300 This word is obscure.

1301 This begins the second column.

1302 Apparently altered from “May.”

1303 This begins the third column.

1304 Apparently “July” has been crossed out before “27^th.”

1305 This name has been altered.

1306 This entry begins the second column.

1307 This begins the third column.

1308 This date is uncertain, the second figure having apparently been altered.

1309 Here follows some shorthand.

1310 The figure is uncertain, having been altered.

1311 Perhaps “Fish.”

1312 This name is obscure.

1313 Here a line is crossed out.

1314 There is a date or some letters (perhaps “sp”) before “Peleg.”

1315 This figure is uncertain.

1316 This figure is uncertain.

1317 This word is obscure.

1318 This begins the second column.

1319 This name is uncertain.

1320 This name is uncertain, the third letter being obscure.

1321 Altered from “21.”

1322 This begins the third column.

1323 This name is obscure.

1324 This name is uncertain.

1325 Altered from “75,” or perhaps “75” altered from “73.”

1326 Here is some shorthand.

1327 Altered apparently from “75.”

1328 Written over “29,” erased.

1329 Written over “Wid^o,” erased.

1330 Perhaps “M^r.”

1331 This entry, which is badly blurred, appears to read as given in the text; but the death of David Barnes Cotton on April 27, 1793, is recorded in Kingman, Epitaphs from Burial Hill, p. 68.

1332 This date is obscure.

1333 This date is uncertain.

1334 This date is uncertain.

1335 This date is uncertain.

1336 This date is obscure.

1337 Here follows what appears to be a word or two in shorthand.

1338 This name is underscored.

1339 This entry begins the second column.

1340 Written over “May.”

1341 The fourth and fifth letters in this word have apparently been altered.

1342 This begins the third column.

1343 This date has been altered.

1344 This date has been altered.

1345 This date has been altered.

1346 The square brackets are in the original.

1347 This word is uncertain.

1348 This date is uncertain, having been altered.

1349 Apparently a letter follows this name. The young woman was Sarah, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Davie.

1350 This date has apparently been altered.

1351 This is obscure.

1352 This begins the second column.

1353 The second figure in this date has apparently been altered.

1354 Here follows some shorthand.

1355 Here the entry “18 Hannah Donham Maiden” is crossed out.

1356 This date has been altered.

1357 Here the entry “5 Dan^l Jackson’s Child Mistake” is crossed out, except the word “Mistake.”

1358 This begins the third column.

1359 Here the hand of Mr. Robbins ceases. See p. 620, below.

1360 Pp. [103–106] of the text are blank, pp. [104] and [106] not being numbered in the original.

1361 There are no pages numbered [107–116], p. [117] following p. [106]. Many of the page-numbers on pp. [117–220] of the text have been altered.

1362 The entries on pp. [117–153] of the text — or pp. 429–451 of this volume — are in the hand of the Rev. Nathaniel Leonard.

1363 Here a date is crossed out.

1364 This name is badly blurred, and may have been crossed out. It is apparently followed by another word, which is undecipherable.

1365 The fourth and fifth letters in this word have been altered.

1366 Here “Ruth” is crossed out.

1367 Here a figure is crossed out.

1368 Apparently altered from “Jul.”

1369 The fourth figure has apparently been altered.

1370 Written above “Decem,” crossed out.

1371 “Decem” is crossed out before “Jan.”

1372 Written above “John,” crossed out.

1373 Here “Jun^r” is crossed out.

1374 The words “Jan^ry 10 1735/6 Ebenezer” are crossed out before “Sep.”

1375 Here the letters “Ja” are crossed out.

1376 Perhaps “Murdoch.”

1377 Here the letter “J” is crossed out.

1378 Here “Children” is crossed out.

1379 This word has been altered.

1380 Written above “rest,” crossed out.

1381 Here some words are crossed out.

1382 Written above “Sarah,” crossed out.

1383 Here the words “Samuel & Experiance” are crossed out.

1384 Written above “Son,” crossed out.

1385 Altered from “15,” or perhaps “15” altered from “8.”

1386 Written over another name.

1387 Here “Dunham” is crossed out.

1388 The second figure in this date has apparently been altered.

1389 Written above “Elizabeth,” crossed out.

1390 This date has been altered.

1391 Written above “Doty,” crossed out.

1392 Here “Swift” is crossed out.

1393 Written over “Octo,” or perhaps “Octo” written over “Nov^r.”

1394 The second figure in this date is uncertain.

1395 Written above “Holmes,” crossed out.

1396 This figure is uncertain.

1397 This date has been altered

1398 Altered from “Doty.”

1399 Here “Church” is crossed out.

1400 “Jabez” is crossed out before “Experiance.”

1401 This entry is in the hand of Mr. Robbins.

1402 The letters “Elk” are crossed out before “Marston.”

1403 This name is obscure.

1404 Here the entries in Mr. Leonard’s hand cease.

1405 Beginning here, the entries on pp. [153–206] of thè text—or pp. 451–510 of these volumes—are in the hand of the Rev. Chandler Robbins. Between the word “Since” and the previous word “Amen,” the following entry has been crossed out:

Children baptized p^r me Chandler Robbins as follows
Baptisms
Feb^r 3^r 1769	Diman Son to Ebenezer & Abig^l Bartlett
	Hannah Daughter of Jonathⁿ & Hannah Churchill
Feb. 10^th	Rebecca Daughter of Jabez & Experience Harlowe
Feb. 24^th	Rebecca Daughter of Joshua & Jane Swift
	John Son to John & Mercy Russell
	James Son to John & Mercy Russell
March 9^th	Philemon Son to Deacⁿ Th^s & Mary Foster

1406 See the note preceding this.

1407 See the top of p. [155] of the text, or p. 452 of this volume.

1408 Here the words “to Sampson — all” are crossed out.

1409 P. [154] is blank.

1410 Written above “Mary,” crossed out.

1411 Written above another name, perhaps “Mary” or “Mercy,” crossed out.

1412 Written above “Morton,” crossed out.

1413 Here follows some shorthand.

1414 Here a word, perhaps “Exp^ce,” is crossed out.

1415 Here “Experience” is crossed out.

1416 Altered from “Isaack.”

1417 P. [159] of the text, or p. 456 of this volume.

1418 Altered from “Anna,” or perhaps “Anna” altered from “Anne.”

1419 Perhaps “23.”

1420 Written over another name, perhaps “Eleazer.”

1421 This name has been altered.

1422 The fifth letter in this word has been altered.

1423 Altered from “10^th.”

1424 P. [176] of the text, or p. 477 of these volumes.

1425 Asterisks also precede many names, but as their meaning is not explained they are omitted in printing.

1426 “Deacⁿ” precedes “Joseph.”

1427 Here the words “Patience Clark Wid^w” are crossed out.

1428 “Deacon” precedes “Thomas.”

1429 Written over another name.

1430 Written over another name.

1431 P. [168] of the text, or p. 468 of this volume.

1432 This name is obscure.

1433 Here “Mary Johnson” is crossed out.

1434 “Deacon” precedes “John.”