Samuell Gorton: A Forgotten Founder of our Liberties; First Settler of Warwick, R. I.Janes, Lewis G. (Lewis George)
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Samuell Gorton: A Forgotten Founder of our Liberties; First Settler of Warwick, R. I.
Janes, Lewis G. (Lewis George)
Gorton, Samuel, 1592 or 1593-1677; Rhode Island -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Warwick (R.I.)
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INDEX
=Adams=, Charles Francis, on Samuell Gorton, 83
=Agnosticism=, Gorton’s views on, 88-89
=Aldredge=, Mrs.
Her trouble with the Plymouth authorities, 28
Samuell Gorton’s defence of, 28-29
=Anarchism=, Gorton’s alleged, 74-78
=Anchor=, the Seal of Rhode Island, 115
=Andros=, Governor, 78
=Antinomianism=, 97 and _note_.
=Apponaug.=
Town Hall of Warwick in, 9, 14
Ancient records in, 14, 15
=Aquidneck.=
Settlement of, 29-31
Effort of Massachusetts to separate from Providence Plantations,
49-55
A refuge for Warwick residents in King Philip’s war, 70
=Arnold=, Hon. Samuel G.,
His History of Rhode Island, 17, 19
On Samuell Gorton’s political creed, 75
His kinship to Samuell Gorton, 75, 110
=Arnold=, William,
His contentions in Providence and Pawtuxet, 34, 36
His alliance with Massachusetts Bay, 36
His small following, 36, _note_.
His friends accuse the men of Shawomet, 62, and _note_.
=Arrow-heads=, 14
=Atherton= Company, 39, 49
=Awoshosse=, 52
=Barton=, Benjamin,
Marries Susanna, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108, _note_.
=Bible=, Samuell Gorton’s principal text-book, 22, 99
=Bibliography=, 119-122
=Blasphemy=, Charges against Gorton for, 39, 43, 45
=Boston=, Sympathy with Gorton in, 45-46
=Bradford=, William, 10
=Brayton=, Hon. George A.
His Defence of Samuell Gorton, 18, and _note_, 19
On Gorton’s noble connection, 21-22
On the peace-makers from Providence, 40, _note_.
=Canonchet=, 69
=Carder=, Richard.
His banishment from Portsmouth, 33-34, _note_.
His imprisonment in Massachusetts, 47
=Channing=, William Ellery.
Samuell Gorton’s theology compared with, 96
=Charles= the First.
His contest with Parliament, 35
=Charles= the Second.
Gorton prepares an address to, 67
Grants the Charter of 1663, 68
=Charlestown=, Samuell Gorton’s imprisonment in, 45
=Charter.=
Of Providence Plantations, 1643-44, 53, 56, 60, 61, _note_.
Of Warwick, 54
Royal Charter of 1663, 68
=Christ=, Samuell Gorton’s teachings about, 88, 89, 91, 95-97
=Christocentric= character of Samuell Gorton’s theology, 88
=Church= of England, Samuell Gorton’s indebtedness to, 23
=Clam-bakes=, 14
=Clarke=, John.
Represents Rhode Island in England, 66
Gorton’s letter to, concerning the Quakers, 67
Secures the Charter of 1663, 68
=Coddington=, William.
Settles at Aquidneck, 30
Removes to Newport, 30
Establishes a Theocracy, 30
Supported by a minority, 31
Opposes union under the Charter of, 1643-44, 56
Secedes from the Charter Government, 63
Governor under the Royal Charter, 30, _note_.
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