. King's handbook of Boston harbor. ich-mond, and many other powerful English nobles and gentlemen. There werein this company traders and farmers and mechanics, many of them bringingtheir families; with the Rev. William Morrell, an Episcopal divine, as itsspiritual head; Francis West, as Admiral of New England; and othergrandiose officials. Gorges took possession of Westons abandoned block-house and clearings; and, with the title of Governor-General, endeavoredto found here the capital of a feudal palatinate. Here dwelt Blackstone,afterwards the pioneer at Boston; Walford (probably), the first
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. ich-mond, and many other powerful English nobles and gentlemen. There werein this company traders and farmers and mechanics, many of them bringingtheir families; with the Rev. William Morrell, an Episcopal divine, as itsspiritual head; Francis West, as Admiral of New England; and othergrandiose officials. Gorges took possession of Westons abandoned block-house and clearings; and, with the title of Governor-General, endeavoredto found here the capital of a feudal palatinate. Here dwelt Blackstone,afterwards the pioneer at Boston; Walford (probably), the first settler atCharlestown; and Maverick, who afterwards ruled at East Boston. Butthis show of mediaeval rank was rather laughed at by the New-Englanders;and within a year Gorges returned to England, and was soon followed bythe amiable Morrell. Wessagusset was shown to be an impractical pointfor a trading-post, on account of its long and devious channel; and most ofthe settlers soon went away. In 1635 a third settlement was established. Ancient Colonial House, Hingham. 84 KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. here, by twenty-one families (one hundred and five persons), who had beeninduced by the Rev. Joseph Hull, their leader, to emigrate from Dorset-shire. About a month after arriving at Boston, they took ship again, andsailed down the harbor, and through the southern islands, and into ForeRiver, which they ascended for several miles, and formed a settlement,named Weymouth in memory of the old English village from which theyhad emigrated. Fragments of the colonies of Weston and Gorges remainedin occupation of Wessagusset, tilling their lands, and enlarging each hisindividual domain. The pleasant heights of Burying Hill and King OakHill, overlooking the harbor expanse, were surrounded by their farms ; andon the summit of the former soon arose the village church and watch-house,the Acropolis of the new colony. During King Philips War, Weymouth suffered from several Indianattacks, and man
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