. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. FiK-r Ski i ;);s (^N Tjikik \\av id -iue Ci innkc i u r r \ CHAPTER II. THE SETTLEMENT.—THE SMITHY.—THE LYCH-GATE -ALL-SAINTS • CHURCHSPRINGFIELD • ENGLAND I two. T WAS in mid-May of theyear 1636 that the settlersof Springfield leftRoxburyto find themselves a home inthe valley of the were not many, perhapstwenty, perhaps forty, whocame at first. How many chil-dren there were we do notknow; but there w
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. FiK-r Ski i ;);s (^N Tjikik \\av id -iue Ci innkc i u r r \ CHAPTER II. THE SETTLEMENT.—THE SMITHY.—THE LYCH-GATE -ALL-SAINTS • CHURCHSPRINGFIELD • ENGLAND I two. T WAS in mid-May of theyear 1636 that the settlersof Springfield leftRoxburyto find themselves a home inthe valley of the were not many, perhapstwenty, perhaps forty, whocame at first. How many chil-dren there were we do notknow; but there were at leastTheir names were John and Mary Pynchon. John and Mary were both under twelve years old, but old enough towalk some part of the way and some of the time they probablyrode on one of their fathers horses. In fact, their father,William Pynchon, was the leader of the expedition and thefounder of the new plantation. There could have been nobetter man for the purpose. He was alike good and true,brave and kind, and understood how to deal with white menand Indians. John and Mary grew up to be like him in manyrespects. The travelers were, of course, some days, perhaps a week,on the journey; for they had only the forest path to follow,good enough for Indians, but not
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