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way across the ocean on her return voyage; or, sec. that the election
must, by chart. be made on the last Wednesday of Easter term, whereas
this was almost the last Monday of Trinity; or, final. and especial. that
this was not a court of elections at all, but a Court of Assist. the rec.
being plain eno. It ought, however, in part, to excuse this blunder, to
be noted, that this section of Mr. Drake's Hist. was issued in Jan. 1853,
and the first vol. of Col. rec. (tho. accessib. bef. in MS. to everybody)
came from the press in the latter part of the same yr. In 1630 there
was no election, both people and govrnm. being upon the ocean, in the
Arbella, and sev. other ships; the rec. call. Winthrop Gov. at this first
meet. in Mass. as at the last meet. in Eng. and Capt. Endicott, wh. had
been chos. one of the eighteen Assist. in Oct. 1629, was not qualified
by tak. the o. bef. 7 Sept. of NEXT YR. By interchange of office with
Dudley and others, W. sometimes was chos. dep.-gov. and sometimes an
Assist. yet always by distant corresp. seems to have been regard. as
chief in direct. of Colon. affairs. Of any details of his serv. since his
life is in the annals of the country, no need is felt of transcript, for on
both sides of the ocean he is commonly regard. as the f. of New Eng.
He m. 17 Apr. 1605, Mary, d. of John Forth, Esq. of Great Stambridge,
Co. Essex, had John, b. 12, bapt. 16 Feb. 1606; Henry, bapt.
19 Jan. 1608; Forth. prob. 1610 at London (wh. was adm. at the univ.
of Cambridge, Apr. and matric. 4 July 1626 of Emanuel, in rank of
pensioner, betroth. to a maiden, Ursula Sherman, when he d. and was
bur. at Groton 23 Nov. 1630); Mary, prob. 1612, at London; Ann,
bapt. 8 Aug. 1614, at Groton, bur. the same mo. again, bapt. 26
June 1615, the same day her mo. was bur. and she was bur. three days
aft. He m. next, 6 Dec. of the same yr. Thomasine, d. of William
Clopton, Esq. of Castleins, Groton, near five yrs. older than hims. had a
ch. bapt. 2 Dec. foll. and bur. prob. bef. the mo. wh. was bur. 11 of the
same. For third w. he took 29 Apr. 1618, Margaret, d. of Sir John
Tindal of Great Maplestead, Co. Essex, a master in chancery, wh. had
been assassina. by a suitor (against wh. he made report) 12 Nov. 1616.
She was a. three yrs. younger than her h. and had Stephen, bapt. 31
Mar. 1619; Adam, b. 7, bapt. 9 Apr. 1620; unless we may assume
(wh. I dare not) the error of a yr. in the ch. reg. of Greton; Deane, 23
Mar. 1623; Nathaniel, 20 Feb. 1625, prob. d. young; Samuel, 26
Aug. 1627; Ann, 29 Apr. 1630, a few wks. aft. her f. left Eng. wh. he
never saw, as she d. next autumn, on the voyage hither; William, at
Boston, b. 14, bapt. 26 Aug. 1632; and Sarah, bapt. 29 June 1634;
both prob. d. soon, as nothing is heard of them aft. This w. d. 14 June
1647, aft. very few hour's illness, and with brevity and elegance, he
mark. her charact. in the Hist. II. 310. Martha, wid. of Thomas
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