The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . sist of skilledworkmen and artisans of all crafts, besides large quantitiesof stores of subsistence, swine, cattle, and horses, and alsoto send over ministers to afford religious instruction to thevast number who would emigrate. Mathew Cradock, whowas the Governor of the colony in England, wrote Endicottin February, 1629, that in the spring they would send infour ships, about three hundred people, and one hundredcattle and r
The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . sist of skilledworkmen and artisans of all crafts, besides large quantitiesof stores of subsistence, swine, cattle, and horses, and alsoto send over ministers to afford religious instruction to thevast number who would emigrate. Mathew Cradock, whowas the Governor of the colony in England, wrote Endicottin February, 1629, that in the spring they would send infour ships, about three hundred people, and one hundredcattle and requests that he have houses built for as many aspossible; that three ministers at least would be sent, towhom was left the manner of exercising their ministry, andthat the council have confirmed him as Governor of thecolony and have appointed as his council the Rev. SamuelSkelton, Rev. Francis Higginson, Rev. Francis Bright, Brown, Mr. Samuel Brown, Mr. Thomas Graves, andMr. Samuel Sharpe. The twentieth of April, 1629, the expedition was started^On that date the ship George Bonaventure sailed fromGravesend, carrying twenty cannon, with fifty-two planters 61. and the Rev. Samuel Skelton, his wife, an-d three Skelton, who had been the rector of the old SempringhamChurch for several years, was an extreme non-Conformist,for which he had been removed from his church, and as thosein charge of the sending out the colonists were well awareof this, it is to be supposed they were of the same faith. Theship George arrived at Salem, June 22d. The ship Talbotsailed April 25th, carrying twenty-four cannon, one hundredplanters, cattle, and provisions, and also Rev. Francis Hig-ginson and family, arriving at Salem, June 29th. The LionsWhelp sailed and arrived the same day as did the Talbot,bringing over eight cannon, stores, and provisions, and aboutfifty planters, also Rev. Francis Bright. These ships werefollowed by the Four Sisters and Mayflower, the historicship which
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