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"To the decision of Kieft Mr. Doughty strongly objected, re- garding it as not only unjust, but in direct violation of his patent, therefore he appealed from the sentence, which offended Kieft who had previously cut off the right of appeal to the courts of Holland, and, telling Doughty that his judgment was final and absolute, the despotic governor fined the defenseless clergyman $10 and locked him up for twenty-four hours in the common jail. Discouraged at this, Mr. Doughty requested the director-general of New Netherland 'that as he had lived and done duty a long time without suitable support and as his land was now confis- cated' he might be permitted to take ship for the West Indies or the Netherlands. The request was refused, as the director-gen- eral had no desire to have his acts laid before the diet. Later Mr. Doughty was minister at the Flushing church, where he preached a year for the sum of 600 guilders. He finally departed for the 'English Virginias' in 1648."

This is one side of the story — Doughty's side.

The colonial records show the Dutch view of the case to be different. Without going into this in detail, we will simply state that the Dutch claimed a debt of 1,100 florins from Mr. Doughty, which he refused to pay. It was out of this that the trouble arose. The last notice of this man is found in Dr. O'Callaghan's Colonial Documents where it reports a commissioner sent from New York to Maryland colony as saying that during a visit to Cecil, Lord Baltimore, he met Mr. Doughty at a dinner given by the Maryland governor and found him " looking much the same" as when he last saw him in New Amsterdam and very bitter against the Dutch. After the burning of Mespat village by the Indians in 1643, Mr. Doughty sought refuge in New Amsterdam with all his followers. Here they resided for several years, Mr. Doughty purchasing property just outside the fort. Within the fort he established an English church and preached regularly to his flock. Thus the Rev. Francis Doughty was the first preacher in the English language in New York city — " a fact we never saw commented on in any history of New York."

From the Calendar of N. Y. Hist. Mss. in the Secretary of State's Office at Albany, N. Y., Part I of Dutch Mss., we learn that 1642, March 28, a patent of 6666 (Dutch) acres of land at Maspeth was issued to Rev. Francis Doughty and his associates, page 49, vol. G. G.

1645, June 10, Rev. Francis Doughty sued Wm. Gerritson, an Englishman, for libel consisting of a defamatory song against plaintiff and his daughter. The defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced, &c., page 224, vol. 4.

1646, March 22, Rev. Mr. Doughty appointed a referee.

1647, Feb. 7, Wm. and Richd. Smith vs. Rev. Francis Doughty. Defendant ordered to declare who are his partners. Vol. 4, page 283.

Soon after this probably, he removed to Maryland, where his brother-in-law, William Stone, was Governor. He married Bridget (?Stone). Children: