Bigelow, rev. jacob. iii. 269. of sud- Blackbourne, rev. gideon, missionary
Biggs, john. vii. P. 86. Bigelow, william. ii. 252. Billerica, table of its marriages, births and deaths; granted by henry dun- ster and others to ralph hill and others. ii. 162. iv. 76. settled. vi. 372. or shashin, settled. vi. 545. Billingsgate, cape cod. iv. 283. Billington, francis. iv. 93. discovers billington sea. ix. 37. 44. Billington, john, executed at plymouth for murder. 5. 101. being the first execution there. vii. P. 2. Billington sea. iii. 170. 180. 181. iv. 88. discovered by francis billington. ix. 44.
Bills issued by massachusetts to pay the expense of expedition to canada. iii. 259. form of. 261. Bingham, caleb. ii. 175. Biography of rev. charles morton. i. 158. 161. of rev. john lothropp of scituate and barnstable. i. 163. of rev. dr. john eliot, of boston. i. 211. of gov. james sullivan. i. 252. of rev. william emerson, of boston. i. 254. of isaac lothrop, esq. i. 258. of edward johnson. ii. 95. of rev. joseph s. buckmin. ster, of boston. ii. 271. of major general benjamin lincoln. iii. 233. of joshua scottow, esq. iv. 100. of master ezekiel cheever. vii. 129. of rev. peter whitney. vii. 177. of rev. dr. joseph mackean. viii. 157. of father ralle, or rasles. viii. 250. of caleb gannet, esq. viii. 277. of hon. william tudor. viii. 285. of hon. joshua thomas. x. 1. of hon. james winthrop. x. 77. of professor william dandridge peck. x. 161. of rev. william blackstone. x. 170.
Bird, sir william. vii. P. 44. Bird, thomas. iv. 240. 242.
Bird, rev. samuel, of dunstable. x. 55. Bird island. iv. 253. Bird's hill. i. 180.
to cherokees. ii. 13. his manner of teaching indians. 14. 21. 22. iv. 66-68.
Black fox, an indian. ii. 13. Blake, benjamin. iii. 119. Blake, john. vii. 121. Blake, rev.
vii. 167. Blake, sergeant major. viii. 235. Blake, nathan. x. 177. Blackfeet indians, their residence, language and number. ii. 42. Black liston, john. vi. 349. Blackman, mrs. rebecca. iv. 101. Blackman, rev. adam. iv. 234. Blackman, peter. iv. 259. Blackman, or black, rev. Blackmer, iv. 260. 294. Blackmer, capt. iv. 261. Blackowitz, charles, surveys plymouth harbour. iii. 197.
Black point, maine, planted by capt. cammocks, mr. gains and others. v. 224. vi. 600. attacked by in- dians and resolutely defended.
532.533.
Black rock. Blackstone,
rev. william. ii. 70. 86. iii. 285. his sale of boston. iv. 202. 203. v. 113. vii. P. 4. X. 171. sworn a freeman. P. 29. episcopal minister, found by massa- chusetts colony at boston; removes to pawtucket, now cumberland ri- ver; is said to have had the first or- chard in boston; had the first or- chard that bore fruit in rhode island; his "yellow sweetings; used to preach often at providence, and to travel on a bull. ix. 175. memoirs of. x. 170. 171. 172. in- ventory of his estate. Blackstone, mrs. sarah. Blackstone, john. x. 171. Blackstone's meadow. x. 172. Blackstone's point. ii. 86. iv. 203. Blackstone's spring, in boston. 175.
Blackwater, in rochester. iv. 253. Blackwater. iii. 163.
Bloody tenent washed, by rev. mr. cotton, quoted. vi. 402. Blossom, thomas, a pilgrim, dies. vii. P. 96.
Blueberry island. viii. 174.
Blue hills. iii. 163.
Blue mountain. iii. 285. Blue river. x. 62. 70.
Boar, (bear?) a great black one, eight feet in length, killed at dedham. vi. 649.
Boardman, rev. andrew, of chilmark. iii. 74.
Boerhaave. i. 108. 138. Bohonnon, andrew. x. 75. Bohonnon, tabitha. x. 177. Boiling rock
Bolton, rev. robert, notice of; his works esteemed in new england. vii. P. 54.
Bolas river, virginia. ix. 110. Boluxas indians, their residence and number. ii. 26. Bond, dennis. ix. 185. Bonham, george. iii. 187. Bonitham, capt. obtains a grant from sir f. gorges, of land about saco river. v. 224.
Bonney, thomas. vii. 138. Book savouring of fifth monarchy spi- rit creates disturbance in new eng- land. vi. 575.
Books distributed among indians. ii. 48.
Books and manuscripts deposited in the library of massachusetts histo- rical society by old south church. vii. 179. Boon, viii. 242. Borland, john, impeached; claims habeas corpus in massachusetts.
viii. 240-242. Boscawen, new hampshire, account of. x. 71. its boundaries. 71. its rivers, ponds, aspect and soil. 72. its intervale. 72. its health and mortality; its schools, societies and library. 73. its population at different periods; its villages and ecclesiastical history. 74. its in- dian name. 74. 75. its history; its original grant from massachu- setts. 75. its indian troubles, fort, and incorporation; origin of its name. 76.
Boston. i. (ix.) account of fires in, from 1701 to 1800. i. 81. its alms- house. i. 126. its church gather- ed; its fairs; johnson's description of its buildings, trade, etc. ii. 91. 92. remonstrates against the in- corporation of brookline. 143. opinion of its ministers on the sub- ject of episcopacy. 133-137. called by the indians shawmut. 141. its first baptist church gath- ered at charlestown. 1665. 172. copy of a letter of its ministers, in- tended to have been sent those of connecticut. 257. a place of trade. iii. 142. iv. 71. sale of, by black- stone. 202. SO named on ac- count of rev. john cotton; set- tled. v. 134. 135. 158. its fort ordered to be finished. 162. its military company made the first. 165. its church flourishes. 190. its deputies sent home, having been illegally chosen. 259. meeting of ministers at, about church diffi- culties. 286. discussions in its church relative to settling rev. mr. wheelwright. 287. 288. rours in its church. 291. 292. 294. men in and about, go to rhode island with mrs. hutchinson. vi. 336. its church sends messengers, with letters to mr. coddington about communicating with excommuni- cated persons. 340. its forti- fications erected. 445. its har-
bour frozen over from jan. 18 to feb. 21. vi. 421. a company of its people incorporated for discover- ing the great lake, and carrying on the beaver trade; who are op- posed by the swedes of delaware. 442. 443. a ship captured in its harbour, under a pretended com- mission from the admiralty court in england; disturbances in conse- quence. 474. 476. some of its merchants trade with la tour. 478. court of commissioners at. 542. meeting of commissioners at,
account of rumours of war. 546. its church forbidden by ge- neral court to settle mr. powell, in consequence of which he is made ruling elder. 551. convention of ministers at, and their answers to questions proposed by the general court about baptism, etc. 587. relieves 250 people who had been driven from st. christopher's, and sends them to the caribbee islands. 592. its merchants send provi- sions to his majesty's fleet in distress at the caribbee islands. 592. its church disputes about the settle- ment of rev. j. davenport. 602. synod at on account of public ca- lamities. 621. fire at, in 1676. 648. 649. fire at, in 1679. 649. its meeting house burnt. 649. its batteries, &c. vii. 24. 54. its castle built and rebuilt, cost £4000. 56. 57. account of small pox in. 71. methods taken in, to prevent small pox, and the effica- cy of them. 72. deaths in, by inoculation and by the natural small pox. 74. its bill of mor- tality for 1816. 134. its votes in 1635, relating to new comers, law suits; etc. 136. contained but one congregation in 1635. 136. appoints allotters. 136. taxed £11 out of £50 in massachusetts. vii. P. 1. its first burying ground. P. 2. its first baptism. P. 5. its ferry to charlestown proposed; its taxes for the support of ministers. P. 6. its neck proposed for a for- tified town. P. 7. gov. winthrop the first member of its church. P. 12. ice in its harbour breaks up for seven years on feb. 10. P. 19.
its people die of scurvy. P. 19. fires at. P. 22. 29. its ferry to charlestown regulated. P. 30. alarm at. P. 24. the neck of land between pullen point and powder hill annexed to it. P. 72. 73. its tax. P. 57. & P. 31. viii. 230. its church advises with plymouth, whether a magistrate can be a ruling elder, and whether there can be several pastors to the same church. P. 64. its fortification or fort on cornhill begun. P. 61. its meet- ing house begun by contributions made there and at charlestown, then being one congregation. P. 65. its camp to prepare soldiers against the indians. P. 67. a house for the beadle ordered to be built at. P. 68. ordered to be the place of all publick meetings. P. 68. list of 151 members who had joined its church whilst joined with charlestown. P. 68. 69. its church dismisses rev. mr. james and others of charlestown people, to form a church in the latter place. P. 69. 70. its church admits members. P. 70. corn sent to its windmill from piscataqua P. 70. its church ordains rev. john wilson as pastor, and mr. th. oliver as ruling elder. P. 73. its harbour frozen over. 76. its fort ordered to be complet- ed. P. 84. its tax. P. 85. its second church gathered, being the 30th in massachusetts. viii. 16. its bill of mortality, 1817, with the disorders of which persons died. 40. 41. its batteries and fort. 72.
its petition to general court against disloyalty, and in favour of appeasing charles ii.; with the names of the petitioners. 103 -105. entreats its representatives to abolish slavery. 184. its beaver trade. 231. list of its donations from different towns, states and individuals during its port bill. ix. 158-166. its num- ber of dwellings and stores; its publick buildings, and its streets, in 1789, with their names at that time, and some of the changes made in them prior to 1822. 204-222. list of its representatives before the revolution. x. 23. 24. its repre-
Bowdoin, james, esq. Bower, george. iv. 100. Bowers,
viii. 112. Bowles, deacon william. ii. 153. Bowman, nathaniel. vii. P. 4. Boyer, capt. viii. 156. Boyle, sir robert, friendly to new eng- land. i. (xxvii.) x. 125. the "particular acquaintance and correspondent of gov. j. winthrop of massachusetts; his letter to gov. endicott, acknowledging the honour conferred on him by massachusetts, and advising a more guarded lan- guage to be used towards the english government. viii. 49–52. eliot's dedication of the "indian grammar begun to him. ix. 245. Boys, antipas. viii. 105.
Boylston, dr. zabdiel, introduces in- oculation for small pox into massa- chusetts. i. 106. encounters op- position on account of it; is made a member of the royal society. ii. 159. dies. i. 106. ii. 159. Boylston, ward-nicholas. i. 118. Boylston medical society. i. 127. Boylston, town of. i. 162. Boylston, peter. ii. 144.
Boylston, nicholas, presents a bell to the church in brookline. ii. 151. Boylston, richard. ii. 181. Boylston, thomas. ii. 181. Brackenberry,
v. 109. Brackett, james. iii. 103. Brackett, joseph-warren. iii. 103. Brackett, joshua. iii. 119. Brackett, dr. x. 163. 164. Bradbury, thomas. iv. 170. Bradbury, k. x. 69.
Braddock, edward, commander in chief of the king's forces in north america, killed. viii. 155. 156. his defeat on the banks of the mo- nongahela an original account of british and american officers killed and wounded. viii. 153–157. Bradford, iii. 66. iv. 284. Bradford, william, governour of ply- mouth colony. i. (vi. xxix.) his manuscript history. i. 170. ii. 260. v. (vi.) iii. 164. 100. 184. 220. iv. 249. 291. v. 67. 90. P. 70. assists in organizing the church at salem. v. 119. 168. dies. vi. 329. 555. vii. 138. deputy governour of plymouth colony. iii. 164. 190.
iv. 266. vii. 144. 148. governour of plymouth, notice of vi. 550. 661. vii. 117. 190. vii. P. 3. (in prince's advertisement) quoted. P. 48. 62. vii. P. 58. his mistake corrected. P. 62. 74. sends sir christopher gardiner a prisoner to boston; letter to, from governour winthrop. vii. P. 27. comes to boston. vii. P. 38. after being go. vernour of plymouth colony nearly 12 years, requests to be excused, and is chosen assistant. vii. P. 83.
his letter from governour winthrop, giving an account of the hearing before the privy council, morton and others against massachusetts. P. 89. his history ends at 1647. P. 92. his letter from james sher- ley, one of the partners of the profits of plymouth colony. P. 93. comes to boston about a company to trade to connec- ticut. P. 94. viii. 182. ix. 38. "is vehemently taken with a grief and pain, and so shot to his huckle bone," but recovers. 44. supposed to be the author of a part of mourt's relation. 73. his letters referred to. x. 2. 61. declines a re-election; his reasons. x. 70. 65. 67. 68. 69.
Bradford, alden, letter from. i. 103. vii. 181. his letter about duxbury and plymouth. x. 57. Bradford, gamaliel, warden of state prison. ii. 175.
Bradford, rev. john, of roxbury. ii. 152.
Bradford, gershom. iii. 209. Bradford, major john.
Bradford, israel. iii. 208.
Bradford, hezekiah. iii. 208.
Bradford, perez. iii. 208.
Bradford, ephraim. iii. 208.
Bradford, william. iii. 208.
Bradford, david. iii. 208.
Bradford, john. iii. 190. 209. x. 67. Bradford, elisha. iii. 209. Bradford, capt. william. iv. 86. Bradford, mrs. alice. iv. 243. vii. 148.
Bradford, hon. william, of bristol, rhode island. iv. 285.
Bradford, rev. ephraim-p. of new bos- ton, new hampshire. viii. 177. Bradford, joseph. x. 67.
Bradford, hannah. x. 180. Bradford, john. vii. 138. Bradley, isaac, taken prisoner by in- dians. iv. 128.
Bradley, joseph, his garrison taken by indians. iv. 129.
Bradley, mrs. kills an indian with boiling soap. iv. 129. Bradley, rev. caleb, of falmouth, maine. iv. 181. Bradstreet, simon, first secretary of massachusetts. ii. 87. vii. P. 29. iv. 22. 104. 110. with others, plants andover. viii. 14. gover- nour of massachusetts. iv. 203. assistant. v. 124. arrives. 133. vi. 363. commissioner. 466. ditto to maine. vi. 542. sent to eng- land to represent the loyalty of massachusetts to charles ii. vi. 576. elected governour of massa- chusetts several years in succession. 612. vii. 129. 190. assistant. vii. P. 5. 6. 21. notice of; governour to lord rich, at college; steward to earl of lincoln, and to the countess of warwick; an assistant. vii. P. 15. 21. 23. 25. 27. 30. 31. 32. 34. 35. 58. 60. 61. 63. 65. 66. 68. 69. 72. 85. 86. 91. 92. 93. builds at newtown. vii. P. 36. agent of massachusetts to england. viii. 53. 55. 56. protests against an answer of the massachusetts general court to charles ii. viii. 108. 88. 91. 99. 100. his letter from roger williams, concerning a book he was about to publish, and an answer to gorton. 196. 198. viii. 229.
Bradstreet, rev. simon, of charles- town. ii. 171. 178.
Bradstreet, samuel. viii. 105.
Bradstreet, rev. nathan, of chester, new hampshire. ix. 368.
Bragdon, arthur, ensign at york. vi. 600. Bragg,
printer of haverhill
paper. iv. 126. Brainford, conn. settled. vi. 319. Braintree, formerly mount wolaston. v. 102. ordination at. v. 276. petitions for leave to begin a plan- tation at showamet. vi. 414. 20th church in massachusetts planted at. vii. 24. 25. company, by or- der of court, remove to newtown. vii. P. 66. persons in england en-
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