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.)
=Indians.=
In Warwick, 12
At Pottowomut Neck, 14
Employed by Massachusetts against Gorton, 40, 41
Their sympathy with Gorton, 46
They save his life, 68-69
He is their trusted counsellor, 69
=Individualism=, Samuell Gorton’s, 77, 105
=Inner= Light, Gorton opposes the Quaker doctrine of, 93-94
=Intolerance.=
Of the Puritans, 25
Samuell Gorton opposes, 78, 94
Its contest with Soul Liberty, 78-80
Final overthrow of, 81
=James= the Second, 78
=Liberty= of Conscience.
Gorton leaves England for, 25
Not found in Massachusetts, 26
Nathaniel Ward on, 48
Upheld by Gorton and Roger Williams, 78-81
=Lincoln=, Abraham, 76
=Lippitt=, Hon. Charles Warren, 110
=Lippitt=, Hon. Henry, 110
=London=, Gorton’s residence in, 24
His return to, 54-55
=Lord’s= Prayer, Gorton’s Commentary on, 85, _et seq._
=Mace=, William, married Sarah, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108,
_note_.
=Mackie=, John M. his Life of Samuell Gorton, 17, 21, 23, 106, _note_,
119
=Magna= Charta, 76
=Mahershallalhashbaz=, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108
=Manhattan=, 54
=Maplett=,
Dr. John, Brother-in-law of Samuell Gorton: his bequest to his sister
and her children, 27, _note_.
Mary, wife of Samuell Gorton, 26, 27, _note_, 29, 72, 107
Mary, mother of Mrs. Gorton: her bequest to her daughter, 27, _note_.
=Massachusetts Bay.=
Intolerance of its government, 25
Gorton banished from, 45
Its contest for the control of Narragansett Bay, 49-58
Its efforts blocked by Samuell Gorton, 51-58
Failure of its theocratic policy, 79-81
=Miantonomi.=
Gorton purchases Shawomet of, 37, 38
Winthrop and Roger Williams purchase Prudence Island of, 50, and
_note_.
His murder by the Mohegans with the consent of the Boston elders, 52
=Mixan=, 52
=Monism=, Samuell Gorton’s, 89
=Morton=, Nathaniel,
On Samuell Gorton, 33
Gorton’s correspondence with, 22, _note_, 84
=Mysticism=, Gorton’s, 84, 94
=Narragansett Bay.=
Gorton’s residence on, 13, 37, 112
Settlement of Aquidneck on, 29
Efforts of Massachusetts authorities to control, 50, 55
=Narragansett= Indians.
Allies of Gorton, 10
Gorton purchases Shawomet of, 37
Gorton obtains their submission to Great Britain, 51-53
Massachusetts declares war against, 53
Gorton publishes their submission in London, 55
=New England= Confederation, 39, 53
=Nowell=, Increase, on Gorton’s alleged blasphemies, 39, and _note_,
83, _note_.
=Ordinances= of religion, Gorton’s opposition to, 90, 93
=Palfrey=, John G.
His account of Samuell Gorton in his History of New England, 18
Admits sympathy with Gorton in Massachusetts, 46
=Pawtuxet.=
Gorton’s settlement in, 35
His contest with William Arnold, 36
His departure from, 37
Contest of Massachusetts for, 50
=Pawtuxet= River, 8, 14
=Peage=, 57, and _note_.
=Perry=, Hon. Amos, 85
=Pessicus=, 52
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