Part 14

=Weymouth=, Action on Stamp Act, 71, 72. Action on tax on tea, 72, 73. Allowed a deputy to the Gen’l Court, 45, 111. Arrival of Weston’s party 8. their character, 11, 12. Attack on, anticipated in the Revolution, 74-76. Attitude at opening of the Revolution, 73-76. Birth record, 93. Bridge, 91. Centre of the Gorges movement, 132. Changes in, 88. Chooses three deputies, 45, 111. Church troubles, 102-111, 138. Comparative size of, 94. Clergymen, 66-70, 95-113. Council, 1637, 102, 103, 111. Council, 1639, 103, 104, 106. Date of settlement, 7, 90, 91, 114. Deaths in 1718, 98. Deserters from Continental army paid, 80. Distance from Boston, 55. Episodes in its early history, 118-123, 144. European contemporaries with its settlement, 6. Expenses, 58, 82-84. Extinguishes Indian title in 1642, 94. Families in 1644, 107. Facts as to early settlement, 94. Ferry, 56, 91. First twenty years, 87. Fisheries, 62. Grant for tanyard, 61. Great snow-storms in, 64. Holidays observed, 66. In the Civil War, 76, 147, 148. Intemperance in, 147, 153. Jealousy of, 95. Made a plantation, 45, 100. Meeting-house burned, 50, 51, 152. Morals of, 65, 152. Number of families in, before 1644, 93. Old North Church, organization of, 87, 88. Origin of name, 90. Originally called Wessagusset, 116. Pisciculture in, 62. Plague centre of prelatical poison, 142. Population of, 1635, 93. Post Office established, 150. Probable date of settlement, 114. Records, extracts from, etc., 48-50, 54, 57-66, 77, 78, 81, 82, 90, 92, 153, 154. Religion in, 153. Rival claimants to pastorate, 111, 112. Rules concerning fires, 58. Sad accident at, 66. Schools, 57, 82, 83, 153. School-master, 57. Settlement antedates Boston, 127. Sickness in, 52, 63. Sketch of, by Cotton Tufts, 47, 52, 55, 64. Soldiers and the Lord’s day, 66. Soldiers in Canada campaign, 78-79. Soldiers in Civil War, 79, 148-151. Soldiers in Continental service, 77-81. Snow-storm of 1717, 64. Theory of pastoral succession, 113. Town bounty to soldiers, 79-83. Town debt, 77, 83. Town meetings, 60, 61, 76. Treatment of the poor, 153, 154. Weston’s influence in, 9, 10.

=Weymouth=, England, 36, 90, 91, 93, 97, 101, 131.

=Weymouth= River, 13.

=Wheelwright=, Rev. John, 140-142.

=White=, Asa, 77. Dr., 62. James, 77, 78. Samuel, 49.

=Whitman=, Capt., 77, 82.

=Whitman’s= Pond, 85.

=Whitmarsh=, Ezra, 61.

=Whittier=, John G., 118.

=Wilson=, Rev. John, 44, 103, 104.

=Winnisimmet=, 130, 135.

=Winslow=, Edward, 11, 17.

=Winthrop=, Gov. John, 34, 36, 87, 91, 93, 102, 106, 109, 127, 128, 135-139, 141, 144. His map of Massachusetts, 123. Visits Wessagusset and Plymouth, 34, 44, 91, 94, 134.

=Winthrop= settlement, contrasted with that of Gorges, 127, 128. Theological and democratic, 127.

=Wituwamat=, 25-28, 119, 120, 122.

=Wollaston=, Capt., 37, 38. Arrival of his company, 11, 12. Settlement at Mt. Wollaston, 38. Settlement broken up, 41-43.

=Yarmouth=, 100, 101.

=York=, Maine, 101.

APPENDIX.

_The Number of Acres in each Person’s Lot in 1663._

44 Bates. _Bayley._ _Berge._ Bicknell. _Blake._ _Bolter._ 3 Briggs. 35 Burrell. _Burg._ _Butterworth._ _Byram._ _Charde._ _Comer._ 5 Cook. _Down._ _Drake._ 10 Dyer. 8 Ford. 28 French. _Fry._ _Gilman._ _Guppie._ 2 Harding. 4 Hart. 29 Holbrook. 8 Humphrey. 34 Hunt. 2 King. 2 Kingman. 5 Leach. 13 Lovell. _Luddon._ 27 Nash. _Newbury._ 2 Osborne. _Otis._ 1 Parker. 6 Phillips. _Pitty._ 18 Pool. 7 Porter. 68 Pratt. _Priest._ 11 Randall. 3 Reed. _Reynolds._ 22 Richards. _Roe._ 2 Rogers. 36 Shaw. _Staple._ _Streame._ 22 Smith. _Snooke._ 2 Taylor. _Thacher._ 8 Thompson. 25 Torrey. 21 Vining. 30 White. 5 Whitman. 1 Whitmarsh. _Warrens._ _Woren._

Total, 64.

_Poll List of 1774._

1 Arnold. _Ayrs._ _Badlam._ 7 Bayley. 44 Bates. 6 Beals. 21 Bicknell. 6 Binney. 32 Blanchard. 35 Burrell. 4 Canterbury 1 Colson. 3 Copeland. 50 Cushing. 11 Derby. 10 Dyer. _Eager._ 8 Ford. 28 French. _Goold._ 1 Gurney. 29 Holbrook. 19 Hollis. _Hovey._ 8 Humphrey. 34 Hunt. _Jeffers._ 4 Jones. 13 Joy. 2 Kingman. 45 Loud. 13 Lovell. 27 Nash. 20 Orcutt. 6 Phillips. _Pitty._ 18 Pool. 7 Porter. 68 Pratt. 25 Reed. 8 Rice. 22 Richards. _Ripley._ 2 Rogers. 36 Shaw. 22 Smith. 25 Thayer. 61 Tirrell. 25 Torrey. 1 Trufant. Tufts. 3 Turner. 21 Vining. 3 Vinson. 1 Wade. 1 Ward. 1 Waterman. 2 Webb. 2 Weston. 30 White. 5 Whitman. 1 Whitmarsh. 4 Williams.

Total, 63.

Transcriber’s Notes

Errors in punctuation have been fixed.

In a few cases, where the original book left blank space to indicate an omitted word, -- or ---- have been substituted.

Page 42: “rest of the worties” changed to “rest of the worthies”

Page 111: “in this place or people” changed to “in this place for people”

Page 132: “my deficiences” changed to “my deficiencies”