The Puritan in England and New England . , as the Roxbury churchrecords say, but they do not give the date of themarriage. Mrs. Pynchon died at Wraysbury,October 10, 1657. ^ * Mr. Pynchon lately lost a boy, who tending cows near ourriver, too venturously went into a birchen canowe, which overturned,and he was drowned. [Mr. Moxons letter to Governor Winthropabout 1638.] — Conn. Valley, vol. i. 40. 2l8 THE PURITAN IN ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND. There is a striking portrait of Mr. Pynchon inthe possession of the Essex Historical Society ofSalem. It was painted in England, and sent byhim to his son J
The Puritan in England and New England . , as the Roxbury churchrecords say, but they do not give the date of themarriage. Mrs. Pynchon died at Wraysbury,October 10, 1657. ^ * Mr. Pynchon lately lost a boy, who tending cows near ourriver, too venturously went into a birchen canowe, which overturned,and he was drowned. [Mr. Moxons letter to Governor Winthropabout 1638.] — Conn. Valley, vol. i. 40. 2l8 THE PURITAN IN ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND. There is a striking portrait of Mr. Pynchon inthe possession of the Essex Historical Society ofSalem. It was painted in England, and sent byhim to his son John. The frontispiece of thisvolume is taken from that painting. With hislong, closely-fitting coat and small-clothes, thebroad collar or band of linen lying flat uponhis shoulders, and a closely-fitting silk cap uponhis head, he was the impersonation of quietdignity, and patriarchal grace. His seal ring,with his arms, is still in existence, in the pos-session of a descendant at the South. V. The Family and Social Life ofthe COLONEL JOHN HUTCHINSONOf Owthorpe. The Family and Social Life ofthe Puritans. T T OME, as we conceive it now, says Mr. John?- -*- Richard Green, was the creation of thePuritan. He gives the reason for his and child rose from mere dependants on thewill of husband or father, as husband and fathersaw in them saints like himself, souls hallowed bythe touch of a divine Spirit, and called with a di-vine calling like his own. The sense of spiritualfellowship gave a new tenderness and refinementto the common family affections. ^ The philo-sophic historian is undoubtedly correct. ThePuritan had broken away from the old traditions,and from ecclesiastical bonds, and had come intoa realm of comparatively free and liberal fellowship was with the Father, and with HisSon, Jesus Christ, without the intervention of thepriest or of the Church. So far forth he was afree man, in personal relations with God. All themembers of his family
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