Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p129

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his A. B. 1613, but our Gov. and comp. felt some distrust of his tendency
to separat. and his success in various stations seems abundant. to
confirm their judgment. He m. perhaps in 1634, Mary, wid. of Richard
Masterson
, and for a time gave up his office in 1635, when a hope
of obtain. Norton was felt, but prob. resum. it, and was active in opposit.
to Gorton, 1638; but dismiss. bef. 1645, when he preach. to the small
body at Manchester, was of Salem ch. 1647, and perhaps with w. Mary,
wh.
join. in 1650; but in 1655 was among the early sett. at Eastham,
(unless this man was ano. Ralph); but out of office he d. at Boston 1
Mar. 1661, the rec. proves, not 2 as Farmer had been told. Among his
many wanderings, he may have found trans. resid. 1657, at New London,
and again in 1659. Caulkins, 322. RALPH, Hingham, from Hingham, Co.
Norf. came, it is said by Lincoln, 1633, and sat down at our Hingham 1635;
prob. went to Eastham, there, was constable 1660; had Deborah, b. 8 Mar.1654;
Samuel, older than her; Thomas; and prob. other ch. His w. Grace with s. Samuel,
had admin. of his est. 27 Oct. 1685. Yet in this much doubt is felt, for Roxbury
rec. of d. in 1672 has Ralph, aged 95, of wh. more strange is it, that
nothing else was ever heard, so that I fear error in this Roxbury rec.
tho. he may have been the Hingham man. RICHARD, Taunton 1638,
one of the first purch. was from Gloucestersh. may be the man, wh. went
to R. I. the next yr. and some yrs. aft. was the promin. man on the
main, hav. a large trad. ho. in the Narraranset land, perhaps two,
North Kingston and Wickford, purch. of the sachem in 1641, and this,
in my opin. led to tak. side against Gorton and his assoc. wh. bot. of
other sachems a principality of Showamet, or Warwick, to the Northward
of Smith, wh. made Arnold and comp. of Providence cry out
against G. and his friends, wh. preach. bad doctrines in the judgment of
Mass. people, and thence in the summer came the cruel, if not perfidious,
slaughter of Miantinomo, head of both parties of the Ind. and next the
relig. war of 1643 against Gortonism. For his knowledge Smith was
employ. with others, in Oct. 1643 "to fetch the cattle from Providence,"
being the plunder our forces took with the misbelieving prisoners.
Comp. Col. Rec. II. 43 with Winthrop II. 84 and 142-8. In that wide
estate, aft. a brief trial at Newtown, L. I. he enjoy. gr. esteem forty yrs.
as sovereign of all Misquamicuck, Caucumsquissic, and Pettaquamscut,
was honor. with a commiss. as chief magistr. from Conn. 1671, as he had
support. their rights against the claims of Providence, wh. were favor. by
the royal commiss. in 1665. His s. of the same name was made constable
there 1663, when the Conn. Counc. dignif. his neighborhood with the
town rights of Wickford; but the ultimate decision of the disput. title, in
the highest tribunal at home, went contrary to both Mass. and Conn.
RICHARD, Wethersfield 1648, then hav. full grown childr. of wh. Mary
m.
that yr. Matthias Treat, was involv. in the controv. with his min.