Bradford, William, in Scrooby, 7; quoted, 15-16; Governor of Plymouth, 17; _History of Plimouth Plantation_, 19; dead before 1660, 78 Bradstreet, Governor of Massachusetts, 191 Bradstreet, Simon, 103 Branford, (Conn.), 70 Brenton, Governor, quoted, 114 Brewster, William, father of William, elder of Plymouth, 6 Brewster, William, Elder of Plymouth, 6, 8 Browne, John, 41 Browne, Samuel, 41 Bulkeley, Peter, 156 Cambridge platform (1648), 79 Canonchet, Indian chief, 142, 143, 144 Carr, Sir Robert, 119, 122 Cartwright, George, Colonel, 119, 122 Carver, John, Governor of Plymouth, 13 _Charity, The_, ship, 13 Charlestown (Mass.), 29, 35 Charter Oak, 181 Child, Dr. Robert, 38, 116 Church, Benjamin, Captain, 142 Clarendon, Lord, Prime Minister of England, 113, 116, 117, 120-21, 126 Clark, John, of Newbury, 83 Clarke, Dr. John, 47, 48, 103, 106, 112, 113 Clayton, Richard, 6 Coddington, William, 43, 47, 48, 49, 54-55 Coggeshall, one of founders of Portsmouth, 48 Connecticut, leaders who influenced, 47; settled by Massachusetts people, 56; four claimants for, 57; migration from Massachusetts, 57-61; commission government, 60-61; government, 62-64; witchcraft in, 81; sends petition to England, 103-04; charter granted (1662), 108; extends authority of colony, 108-10; claims Long Island, 130; title under charter recognized by Massachusetts, 131; debates joining New York, 173; Andros endeavors to bring under control, 180; consents to join Massachusetts, 180-82; renews old forms, 192 Cooke, a leader of conservatives in Boston, 164 Cotton, John, 78 Council for Foreign Plantations, Committee of the, 34 Danforth, a leader of conservatives in Boston, 164 Davenport, John, of New Haven, 47, 67, 68, 78, 111, 112 Deerfield (Mass.), massacre of, 141 Delfthaven, Pilgrims embark at, 10 Denonville, Marquis de, Governor of Canada, 178 Denton, Richard, 70 Desborough, 78 Dongan, Colonel, Governor of New York, 178, 180, 183 Dorchester (Mass.), 35 Dover (N. H.), 65, 66 Downing, Emanuel, 35 Dudley, Joseph, 168, 169-70, 173-74 Dudley, Thomas, 28 Dyer, Mary, 80 Eaton, Samuel, 67 Eaton, Theophilus, 47, 67, 68, 69 Education in New England, 83-85 Eliot, John, 94 Endecott, John, in congregation of Rev. John White, 24; sent as governor to Salem, 25; disregards claims of Gorges, 26; defaces royal ensign at Salem, 32; banishes colonists for religious differences, 41; signs petition to England, 104 England, in early seventeenth century, 2 _et seq._; awakes to importance of colonies, 101-102; new colonial policy, 102-103; affairs in seventeenth century, 126-27; attitude toward Massachusetts, 150; finances under Charles II., 151-152; future of New England decided in, 194 Exeter (N. H.), 65, 66