Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . s one of the com-missioners for the united colonies of New was in the battle with the Narragansetts in1675, and was one of the commissioners that nego-tiated the treaty with that tribe. In 1682 he wentto England as agent for the colony, and, being un-able to obtain a confirmation of the old charter,served himself, and became a candidate for thechief was appoint-ed president ofNew England byJames II. in made chiefjustice of the su-preme court in1687. He was ar-rested as one ofthe friends of An-dros, with whomhe was
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . s one of the com-missioners for the united colonies of New was in the battle with the Narragansetts in1675, and was one of the commissioners that nego-tiated the treaty with that tribe. In 1682 he wentto England as agent for the colony, and, being un-able to obtain a confirmation of the old charter,served himself, and became a candidate for thechief was appoint-ed president ofNew England byJames II. in made chiefjustice of the su-preme court in1687. He was ar-rested as one ofthe friends of An-dros, with whomhe was sent toEngland, wherehe was receivedwith favor. Hewas chief justiceof New Yorkfrom 1690 till1693, and in thelatter year againvisited England,became deputygovernor of the Isle of Wight, and was elected toparliament from Newtown in 1701. In the follow-ing year he returned to this country, and was madecaptain-general and governor of Massachusetts,serving until 1715, when he retired to his rural homein Roxbury. He carried the doctrine of submis-. 344 DUDLEY DUENAS Bonto royal and ministerial authority to extremes,ami v - - I to boa w philosopher and a scholar, ? divine and a lawyer, all combined.—His , jurist, b. :^ Sept., 1675: d. in Roxbury, 21Jan., 1751, was graduated at Harvard in 1690, and studied law at the Temple in London. Ho re-turned to Massachusetts in 1700 with acommissionfrom Queen Anno as attorney-general o\ the prov-ince, which ho hold until his promotion to thebench in 1718. In 1745 ho became chief represented Roxbury for several years in the_ slature. He was a learned naturalist, a fellowof the Koyal society of London, and bequeathedB100 to Harvard for the support of an annuallecture to be delivered on one of the four subjects. d in succession—natural religion, the Chris-tian religion, the errors of the Roman Catholicchurch, ami erne to explain and to maintain thevalidity of the ordination of ministers according tothe ancient custom of New E
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