The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 31 1877 |
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... Early Religious History of , 135 Massachusetts Historical Society's Proceedings ( 1875-6 ) , 133 ; Collections of , 236 Medfield , Mass . , Centennial History of the Baptist Church , 453 ; Bi - Centennial of its Burning by the Indians ...
... Early Religious History of , 135 Massachusetts Historical Society's Proceedings ( 1875-6 ) , 133 ; Collections of , 236 Medfield , Mass . , Centennial History of the Baptist Church , 453 ; Bi - Centennial of its Burning by the Indians ...
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... early settlers of , note , 429 Harvard College Triennial , 334 Harvard graduates , dates wanted , 430 Harwinton , Ct . , churches in , 195 Harwood , William , note , 200 Hay , note , 428 Healey , William , note , 224 Hill , Eliphalet ...
... early settlers of , note , 429 Harvard College Triennial , 334 Harvard graduates , dates wanted , 430 Harwinton , Ct . , churches in , 195 Harwood , William , note , 200 Hay , note , 428 Healey , William , note , 224 Hill , Eliphalet ...
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... early years were passed in that outpost of New England life . When of age , about 1795 , he started for what then was the far west . through Troy and Schenectady , and up the Mohawk valley to Utica , then a village , through the White's ...
... early years were passed in that outpost of New England life . When of age , about 1795 , he started for what then was the far west . through Troy and Schenectady , and up the Mohawk valley to Utica , then a village , through the White's ...
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... early life in the woods ; and how , when Millard was born , he went seven miles through the forest for a phy- sician , and when he returned in haste to say that the physician would soon be there , he found the baby boy rocking in a sap ...
... early life in the woods ; and how , when Millard was born , he went seven miles through the forest for a phy- sician , and when he returned in haste to say that the physician would soon be there , he found the baby boy rocking in a sap ...
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... early period . We know that Hugh was born in 1676. No record has as yet been found of John except as a " shop - keeper in Boston , " February , 1699. Mat- thew's birth is not found , but he married , Nov. 17 , 1715 , Kathe- rine ...
... early period . We know that Hugh was born in 1676. No record has as yet been found of John except as a " shop - keeper in Boston , " February , 1699. Mat- thew's birth is not found , but he married , Nov. 17 , 1715 , Kathe- rine ...
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Page 148 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...
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Page 149 - But forasmuche as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the Minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings to his owne glory and the good of this Plantation.
Page 440 - Which words of the Prophet together with my cousins discourse (things of high and rare delight to my yong nature) tooke in me so deepe an impression, that I constantly resolved, if ever I were preferred to the University, where better time, and more convenient place might be ministred for these studies, I would by Gods assistance prosecute that knowledge and kinde of literature, the doores whereof (after a sort) were so happily opened before me.