CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS; BEING A SUMMARY AND EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE MOST MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS AND OCCURRENCES ... FROM THE DISCOVERY OF CAPT. GOANOLD, IN

by Thomas Prince

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 ...B At length we receive letters from the adventurers in England of Dec. 22 and April 9 last, wherein they say, It rejoiceth us much to hear those good reports that divers have brought home of you; and give an account, that last fall, B Oct. 16, Pur a ship, the Paragon, sailed from London with passengers, B thirty-seven, Sm or rather sixty-seven, Pur for New Plymouth; being fitted out by Mr. John Pierce, in whose name our first patent was taken, his name being only used in trust; but when he saw we were here hopefully seated, and by the success God gave us, had obtained favor with the Council for New England, he gets another patent of a larger extent, meaning to keep it to himself, allow us only what he pleased, hold us as his tenants and sue to his courts as chief lord. But meeting with tempestuous storms, B in the Downs, Mem. the ship is so bruised and leaky that in fourteen days she returned B to London, Mem. was forced to be put into the dock, one hundred pounds laid out to mend her, and lay six or seven weeks to Dec. 22, before she sailed a second time; but being half way over, met with extreme tempestuous weather about the middle of February which held fourteen days, beat off the round house with all her upper works, obliged them to cut her masts and return to Portsmouth; having one hundred 1623. King of G. Britain, James I.--France, Lewis XIII.--Spain, Philip IV. and nine souls aboard, with Mr. Pierce himself. Upon which great and repeated loss and disappointment, he is prevailed upon for 500 pounds to resign his patent to the company, which cost him but fifty pounds; and the goods with charge of passengers in this ship cost the company 640/. for which they were forced to hire another ship, namely, the Ann of 140 tons, to transport them, namely, sixty ...

142 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

Thomas Prince (May 15, 1687 – August 22, 1758) was an American clergyman, scholar and historian noted for his historical text A Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals. Called 'an American pioneer in scientific historical writing', Prince influenced historians such as Jeremy Belknap and Thomas Hutchinson, and his Annals was still being used as a reference text as late as 1791.

He was the fourth child of Samuel Prince Esq. and Mercy Hinkley, and entered Harvard University in 1703, graduating in 1707 with a B.A. While at Harvard his interest in books was sparked after he "chanced in my leisure Hours to read Mr. Chamberlain's Account of the Cottonian Library: Which excited in me a Zeal of laying hold on every Book, Pamphlet, and Paper, both in Print and Manuscript which are either written by persons who lived here, or that have any Tendency to enlighten our History" and began the formation of his "New England Library". After graduation he began teaching at Sandwich while working on his M.A, which was granted in absentia in 1710 a year after he had begun travelling. He spent 2 years travelling to places such as the West Indies and Madeira before travelling to England in 1711 and preaching in Coombes. While in England he gathered texts on the subject of early American history, hoping to write a book on the topic, but looking after the church and local citizens did not leave him enough time to do so. He returned to Boston in 1717, homesick, and traveled with Deborah and her brother Samuel Denny, members of the congregation at Coombes. He married Deborah on October 30, 1719; they had four daughters and a son. He was ordained as a minister on October 1, 1718 by Dr. Joseph Sewell, and became the pastor for Old South Church, a position he retained until his death.