Samuell Gorton: A Forgotten Founder of our Liberties; First Settler of Warwick, R. I. — John Shaqi
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.)
=Philip=, King.
His war with the white settlers, 68
Samuell Gorton’s life saved, 69
Warwick’s sufferings during the war, 69
A battle fought in Warwick, 69
=Philosophy=, Samuell Gorton’s, 74, _et seq._
=Pilgrims=, 26
=Plymouth.=
Gorton’s residence in, 26
His banishment from, 29
Sends men to Warwick during King Philip’s war, 69
=Pomham.=
His assent to Gorton’s Shawomet purchase, 37
He repudiates his signature, 38
His submission to Massachusetts Bay, 38
His Block-House on Warwick Neck, 51
He sells his claim to Samuell Gorton, 57, and _note_.
=Popaquinepaug=, (See Pawtuxet.)
=Portsmouth.=
Town-government instituted, 29-31
Union with Newport, 31
Gorton’s troubles in, 32-33
Gorton returns to, 49
=Portsmouth.=
Is elected to a magistracy, 49
Union with Northern towns under Charter of 1643-44, 56
=Pottowomut= Neck, Indian relics found on, 14
=Pottowomut= River, 14
=Prayer=, Samuell Gorton’s definition of, 91-92
=Providence.=
Samuell Gorton emigrates to, 34
Controversies in, 34, and _note_, 35
Peacemakers from, interfere at Shawomet, 40, and _note_.
United with Aquidneck under Charter of 1643-44, 56
=Providence= Plantations.
Antagonism of Massachusetts to, 49-55
Charter obtained for, 56, and _note_.
Action of General Assembly of in 1645, 53
=Prudence= Island.
Its strategic importance in the struggle with Massachusetts Bay, 50
Its purchase by Gov. Winslow, 50, and _note_.
=Puritans.=
Their revolt against religious formalism, 23
Send an armed force against Gorton, 40
Their preaching to the Gortonists, 46, 47
Their opposition to soul liberty, 78-81
=Quakers.=
Gorton’s defence of, 66, and _note_, 67
His letters to, 66, _note_, 78, _note_.
His theology compared with that of, 90-91, 93-94
=Rawson=, Edward, on Samuell Gorton, 83-84
=Religion=, Samuell Gorton’s views concerning, 82-102
=Religious= development, Samuell Gorton on, 99
=Remphan=, Chion, Moloch, 44
=Revolutionary= War, the first blow struck in Warwick, 11
=Rites= and ceremonies, Gorton’s distrust of, 90-91, 92-93
=Rhode Island.=
Interesting character of its early history, v, 17
Settlement of, 29-30, 34, 36
Soul Liberty established in, 15, 19, 78-81
Contest with Massachusetts Bay, 38-58
First Charter of, 56, and _note_, 61, _note_.
Earliest Code of, 60-63
Triumph of Rhode Island principles, 79-81
=Salvation= by character, taught by Samuell Gorton, 97
=Sanford=, John, marries Mary, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108, _note_.
=Saracens=, 81
=Separatists=, 23, 26
=Shawomet.=
First settlement of, 37, and _note_.
Gorton’s troubles in, 38-48
Becomes Warwick, 49-58
=Sheffield=, Hon. William Pitt.
His address on Samuell Gorton, 18, _note_, 40, _note_, 41, _note_.
=Simplicities= Defence Against Seven-Headed Policie, 18, _note_, 33,
_note_, 39, _note_, 42, _note_, 47, _note_, 54, 117
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