The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . In this,De Vries, the traveler, seems to confirm the Domines state-ments. Kieft tried to stop the Domines sermons by drums,shouts, and the firing of cannon. He also forbade anappeal to Holland. Finally they set sail for the fatherland,to settle their differences there. The ship went on the rocks,broke in eight pieces, and sank while Kieft, extending hishand to his enemies, asked their forgiveness.^ The widowAn
The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . In this,De Vries, the traveler, seems to confirm the Domines state-ments. Kieft tried to stop the Domines sermons by drums,shouts, and the firing of cannon. He also forbade anappeal to Holland. Finally they set sail for the fatherland,to settle their differences there. The ship went on the rocks,broke in eight pieces, and sank while Kieft, extending hishand to his enemies, asked their forgiveness.^ The widowAnnetje made her will at Beverwyck, in January, 1663,and mentioned Willem, Cornelis, Jonas, and Pieter Bo-gardus, her children, as well as others by her formerhusband. Bogardus was a leader of men, courageous, clear-headed,and, on the whole, a champion of the right. His pastoralduties were not neglected, although his temper and habitswere not always an example for his flock. Manual of the Reformed Church, 1879, page 187. Historic New York; Half Moon Papers, 1897, pages 121-158. ^ Winthrop refers to this tragedy as an observable hand of God against tle Dutchof New Netherlands. 226. EVERARDUS BOGARDUS I607-1647 (^-^7) THK NEW YOKKPUBLIC LIBRARY Samuel Carpenter, treasurer of Pennsylvania, wasborn, 4 November, 1649, ^^ Horsham, Sussex, and wasbaptized in the beautiful Plantagenet church, where allhis family worshiped. He early became a Quaker, andsettled in Barbados about the year 1672, to escape perse-cution. Here he amassed a fortune during the next tenyears, but was harassed by calls to bear arms and to supportmilitary measures. He determined to change his home, andarrived in Philadelphia in July, 1683. On the 12th ofDecember, 1684, he married Hannah Hardiman, who hadcome from Haverford West, in Wales, a month after hisarrival, to dwell in the same city. He was then thirty-fiveyears of age and she was thirty-eight. The young merchantprospered in houses, mills, and lands, and died
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