Sedgwick, Robert, becomes a major-gen-
eral, I. 585; commands an expedition
for Cromwell against New Netherland
and Acadie, II. 284; made governor
of Jamaica, 297.

Seeley, Lieut. Robert, engaged in the ex-
pedition against the Narragansetts, II.
226.

Selden,

English author, IV. 384, n.
Selectmen, chosen for the government of
the towns, I. 381, II. 13, 14.
"Self-denying Ordinance," so called,
passed by the Commons, II. 97.
Seller, John, fac-simile of his map of New
England, III. 489.

Senecas, Indians, the attack of M. de
Nonville upon them, IV. 40; result of
the attack of De Barré upon them, ib.
"Sentiments of a British American," by
Oxenbridge Thacher, on the adoption
of the Sugar Act, V. 280-283.
Separatists, rise of, I. 122; punishments
inflicted upon, 123; emigrate to Hol-
land, 126; congregation of, at Scrooby,
133; distinguished from Nonconform-
ists, 241.

Sequasson, sachem of Sicaiog, attempts
to procure the assassination of Con-
necticut magistrates, II. 232.
Servitude, penal, I 553; law of, in Mas-
sachusetts, II. 29.

Sessims, Darius, lieutenant-governor of
Rhode Island, V. 507.

Sewall, Rev. Joseph, Whitefield preaches
in his meeting-house, V. 9; chosen
moderator of a meeting of ministers,
20; a writer of verses, 217, n.; the
presidency of Harvard College offered
to, 404, n.

Sewall, Samuel, purchases a patent to
his lands from Governor Andros, III.
553; his incompetency as a judge in
the witchcraft cause, IV. 121; his tract
"Selling of Joseph published, 189,
n.; mentioned, 298, n., 299, n.; extracts
from his journal concerning Dudley,
306, n., 308, n.; quoted in vindication
of Mr. Higginson, 307; journal quoted
on bills of credit, 217, n., 334, n., 339, n.,
340, n., 387, n., 530, n.; interested in
establishment of Yale College, 372;
address to Lieutenant-Governor Dum-
mer in the Council Chamber, 431, ».;
letter of, on the apostasy of Timothy
Cutler, 478, n.

Sewall, Stephen, chief-justice, death of.
V. 229; concerning the legality of
Writs of Assistance, 235.
Shadwell,

English author, IV.

384, n.
Shaftesbury, Ashley Cooper, Earl of, one
of the Cabal ministry, III. 11; the
Achitophel of Dryden, ib.; lord chan-
cellor, 14; issues Writs of Election
under the Great Seal, 17; justifies the
war upon Holland, ib.; disaffection of,

from the king, 18; Great Seal taken
from, 20; his Parliamentary tactics,
23; imprisoned in the Tower, 25; sus-
pects the loyalty of New England, 34;
his connection with the Popish Plot,
248; enters an information against the
Duke of York, 255; close of his pub-
lic career, 259; withdraws to Holland,

262.

Shakers, the, at Salem, IV. 97, n.
Shakespeare, William, IV. 384, n.
Shapleigh, Nicholas, elected councillor in
Maine, II. 384.

Sharpe, Governor, of Maryland, favor-
able to the stamp duties in the colo-
nies, V. 287.

Sharpe, Mr., concerning William Shir-
ley, for governor of Massachusetts,
V. 49, n.

Sharpe, James, made archbishop and
primate of Scotland, II. 439, III. 29;
his persecution of Nonconformists, III.
30; murdered, 268.

Shattuck, Samuel, bearer of a message
from the king respecting the Quakers,
II. 519.

Shawomet, lands at, sold by Miantonomo
to Gorton, II. 122.
Sheffield, Edmund, Lord, conveys Cape

Ann to Winslow and Cushman, I. 222.
Shelburne, Lord, mentioned, V. 260, n.,
553; concerning the right of taxation,
353; quoted, 367, n.; removed from
office of secretary, 396.

Shepard, Rev. Thomas, comes to New
England, and settles at Newtown, I.
453.

Sherburne, Henry, proposed by Belcher
as lieutenant-governor of New Hamp-
shire, IV. 568.
Sherlock, English author, IV. 384, n.
Sherlock, bishop of London, V. 95.
Sherlock, James, appointed sheriff by

,

Andros, III. 553; arrives in England
with Andros, IV. 67.
Sherman, Mrs., her dispute with Captain
Keayne, I. 620.

Sherman, Roger, mentioned, IV. 496.
Sherwood, Joseph, agent for Rhode Is-
land in England, V. 204.

Sherwood, Samuel, extract from his ser-
mon on the closing of the port of
Boston, V. 532, n.
Ship-building in New England, II. 55; as
described by Randolph, III. 300.
Ship-money, exaction of, I. 561.
Shipping and mariners, regulations for,
in Massachusetts, III. 50.
Shipwrights, the, of England, desire a
duty on ships built in New England
and doing foreign trade, IV. 452, n.
Shirley, Gov. William, his views on the
multiplication of towns, V. 43; ap-
pointed advocate-general of New Eng-
land, 45; arrival of, in Boston, ib.;
desires other offices, 46; applies for a

salary, ib.; his relations to Belcher in
regard to the collectorship, ib.; un-
pleasant relations with Governor
Belcher, 46, 48; proposed for gov
ernor, 47, 49, n.; his activity in en-
listing troops, 48, 49, n.; receives
commission as governor, 49; his abil-
ity and fitness for the office, 50; his
inaugural speech, ib.; supplies the
treasury by the issue of paper-money,
53; his claim for a fixed salary, 54;
action of the Legislature concerning
his salary, 55, 56, 58; satisfies himself
as to the friendly relations of certain
Eastern Indians, 57; alters the enact-
ing style of laws. 57, n.; prepares for
defence, upon war being declared be-
tween France and England, 59; pro-
posal to General Court to seize the
fort at Louisburg, 61; the scheme
declared impossible, 62; his persist-
ence in the scheme, 63; finally adopted
by the Court, 64; makes preparations
for the attack, 65; commissions Wil-
liam Pepperell commander of the at-
tack, ib.; his instructions to General
Pepperell, 68; visits the garrison at
Louisburg, 81; applies to be governor
of Nova Scotia, 82, n.; proposes an
attack on Quebec, 83; proposes to
attack Crown Point, 85; the chief
motive for the attack, 85, n.; allows
an impressment of seamen, 88; threat-
ened by a mob, and retreats to the
Castle, 89; returns to Boston and
promises redress, 91; his proposal for
taxing the colonies, 94; vote of the
General Court to reduce his salary,
96; visits England, ib.; letter of,
giving an account of the emission of
bills of credit in Massachusetts, 102, n.;
marriage of, 117; return to Boston,
ib.; renews the treaty of peace with
the Eastern Indians, 118; urges the
defence of Nova Scotia, 120; his ex-
pectations in case of a union of the
colonies, 124; extract from a letter
by, concerning the union of the colon-
ies, 125. n.; superintends the building
of forts on the Kennebec, 128; meets
General Braddock and colonial gov-
ernors in council at Alexandria, 180;
commands an expedition against Fort
Niagara, 142; appointed commander-
in-chief of the forces of North Amer-
ica, 143; holds a conference of
governors, 144; appointed governor
of Jamaica, 145; his disaffection with
Sir William Johnson, 145, n.; returns
to England, 146; made governor of
the Bahama Islands, ib.; death of,
in Roxbury, Mass., ib.; his "Electra,"
and other poems supposed to have
been written by him, 147, n.; builds
Fort Halifax and others on the Kenne-
bec, 174; his campaign against Crown

Point mentioned, 195; quoted con-
cerning the government of Rhode Is
land, 206; concerning the legality of
Writs of Assistance, 235.

Shirley, Mrs William, V. 46, 48.
Shirley, William, Jr., V. 82, n.
Shirley, Fort, built by Governor Shirley,
V. 175.

Short, Captain, his quarrel with Gov-
ernor Phips, IV. 147; the subject of a
quarrel Le ween Phips and Usher,
210.

Shrewsbury, Earl of, secretary of state,
IV. 14, 181; member of Privy Coun-
cil, 20, n.; concerned in a new govern-
ment for Massachusetts, 61; recon-
ciles the king to Lord Bellomont,
169.

Shrimpton, Samuel, one of Governor
Andros's Council, served with a writ
of intrusion, III. 553.
Shute, John (Lord Barrington), IV.

386.

Shute, Samuel, appointment of, for gov

ernor of Massachusetts, IV. 386; his
arrival in Massachusetts, 387; pros
pects of his administration, 388; ex-
tract from speech of Cotton Mather
to, 389, n.; some opposition to his
government, 391; his instructions from
the ministry, 392; his speech to the
Legislature, ib.; his contention with
the General Court concerning the
naval stores, &c., 402, 403; the Legis
lature refuses to establish him a salary,
ib., 403; his opposition to Elisha Cooke
for speaker, 408; rejects Byfield and
Clark as councillors, 409; his friend-
liness to Harvard College, 416; action
concerning the claim of tutors to be-
come members of the corporation of
Harvard College, 417; renews Dud-
ley's treaty with the Eastern Indians,
419; dissension with the Court con-
cerning a settlement with Eastern
Indians, 421; quoted concerning the
Indian hostilities, 423, 423, n.; dis-
agreement with the General Court
concerning Colonel Walton, 426, 427;
his departure for England, 428; letter
of Demmer on his treatment as
governor of Massachusetts, 428, n.;
his complaint to the king against the
House of Representatives of Massa-
chusetts, 446; his complaint sustained
by the Privy Council, 451, 451, n.;
pensioned in England, 456, n.; calls a
meeting of the House and Council in
New Hampshire, 459; dispute with
Lieutenant-Governor Vaughan, ib.;
concerning his pay as governor while
in England, 465, n.; his friendly rela-
tions with the Mohegans, 480; his
income from the administration of
Massachusetts, 498, n.

Sickness at Plymouth, I. 174, at Salem,

315; at Charlestown, 321; at Boston,
324; at Plymouth, 1633, 337.
Sidney, Algernon, a Whig leader, and
one of the Council of Six, III. 261;
arrested, 262; his trial, 264; his con-
viction and execution, 265.
Simsbury, Conn., copper found at, IV.

474.

Singing-schools, first established in New
England, V. 220, n.

Six Articles, Statute of the, I. 110, 111.
Six Nations, the, are willing for their
warriors to enter the English service,
IV. 434; include the Five Nations and
the Tuscaroras, V. 122, n.

Skelton, Rev. Samuel, settles at Salem,
I. 293; made pastor of the church
there, 295; imitates the Plymouth
Church scheme, II. 36.

Skene, Philip, governor of Ticonderoga,
plan of, concerning the land grants in
New Hampshire V. 560, n.
Skippon, Philip, major-general of the
London train-bands, I. 576.
Slavery, criminals sold into, I. 553; re-
stricted in Massachusetts, II. 30; pro-
hibited for a longer term than ten
years in Providence Plantations, 356,
n., III. 44, n., 298, 303, 420, 427; In-
dian captives sold as slaves, III. 221;
in Massachusetts, as described by Ran-
dolph, 298; statement of Bradstreet
in reference to, 334, n.
Slavery in Massachusetts, IV. 394, n.
Slave-trade, testimony against the, in
Massachusetts, II. 254, n.

Sloughter, Colonel, mentioned, IV. 149.
Small-por, prevalence of, in Boston, IV.
414; the question of inoculation for,
414, n.; spread of the, in Boston, V.
116.

Smibert, portrait painter, V. 220.
Smith, Adam, quoted, IV. 17; proposed
a general taxation, V. 270, n.
Smith, Rev. Henry, emigrates with the
Watertown Company to Connecticut,
I. 454.

Smith, Capt. John, his favorable opinion
of Massachusetts and of its native
inhabitants, I. 21; his "Generall
Historie of Virginia," cited, 44, 94, 95,
98, 154, 285; sails from London for
New England, 85; his early history,
86; engages against the Turks, ib.; is
captured, 87; his adventures, ib.; his
"True Travels, Adventures, &c.," 89,
n.; his connection with the London
Company, 91; his voyage to Virginia,
92: his voyage to New England, ib. ;
makes a map of New England, 93;
presents a copy of his map and jour-
nal to Prince Charles, 94; his with-
drawal from the London Company,
ib.; is engaged by Gorges in the ser-
vice of the Plymouth Company, ib.;
vainly endeavors to unite the two

companies, ib.; representation of his
map of New England, ib.; sails again
for New England, 95; his continued
exertions in England, ib.

Smith, John, connected with the Presby-
terian Cabal, II. 169; restrained from
going to England, and fined, 175;
made president of the Providence Col-
ony, 222, 356.

Smith, Joseph, of Hampton, quoted on
Dudley for governor, IV. 345, n.
Smith, Josiah, South Carolina, V. 8.
Smith, Rev. Ralph, minister at Ply-
mouth, I. 331; il success, 545; re-
signs his ministry, ib.; harbors Samuel
Gorton, II. 118.

Smith, Richard, Roger Williams's ac-
count of, II. 218; a sufferer in the In-
dian war, III. 437.

Smith, Sir Thomas, first governor of the
Virginia Company, I. 152.

Smith, William, his "History of New
York," cited, I. 235, n.
Smithfield, R. I., IV. 585.

Snyder, - a German boy killed in a
street quarrel, V. 416.

Society for Propagating the Gospel in
New England incorporated, II. 198;
correspondence of the, with the Fed-
eral commissioners, 332; opposition
to their work, 334; a new charter
granted to the, 445.

"Society for the Propagation of the Gos-
pel in Foreign Parts," V. 253.
"Society for Promoting Christian Knowl-
edge," &c., V. 254.

Soil of New England, I. 14.
Solemn League and Covenant, the, I.
379; provisions of, II. 79; adopted
by the Westminster Assembly and by
Parliament, 87; how understood by
the Presbyterians, 88.

Somers, John, one of the council for the
Seven Bishops, III. 466; adviser of
William of Orange, 592.

Somers, Lord Chancellor, IV. 181; pro-
posed impeachment of, 183.
Somers, Conn., IV. 474, n., 576, n.
Somers, Mass., desires to be annexed to
Connecticut, V. 196.

"Sons of Liberty," name adopted by a
club in Boston, V. 388, n.
South, -, English author, IV. 384, n.
Southampton, Earl of. See Wriothesley.
Southampton, Long Island, settlement at,
I. 604; annexed to Connecticut, 605,
II. 112.

South Carolina issues bills of credit, IV.
404, n.
Southern,
English author, IV.

384, n.
Southertown, the early name of Stoning-
ton, II. 383.
Southhold, settlement at, I. 601; the

Dutch commissioners refused permis-
sion to abide there, III. 124; is gar-

risoned by Connecticut troops, and
resists an attack from the Dutch,
125.

Southwick, Daniel and Provided, Quak-
ers, ordered to be sold, II. 474.
Southworth, Alice, II. 212.

Spain, peace with, 1604, I. 75; Crom-
well's war with, II. 296.

Sparhawk, M., rejected as councillor, V.

871.

Sparks's

"American Biography," V.

389, n.
Sparks's "Collection of Bernard Letters,"
cited, V. 405, n., 498, n.

Sparks's "Works of Benjamin Frank-
lin," cited, V. 477.

Speech, form of, in New England, II. 67.
Speedwell," the, embarkation of the
Pilgrims in, at Delfthaven, I. 156; ar-
rives at Southampton, 159; incapacity
and failure of, ib.

Spencer, Joseph, leads militia from Con-
necticut to Boston, V. 564.
Springfield, settlement at, I. 454; an-
nexed to Massachusetts, 604; why so
called, ib.; position of Massachusetts
in respect to, II. 4; refuses to pay ex-
port duty to Connecticut, 240; is at-
tacked by the Indians, III. 171.
Spurwink, Indian ravages at, IV. 260.
Squanto, an Indian, kidnapped by Hunt
I. 178; captured by Corbitant, and
rescued by the English, 185.
Squaw, Mount, Maine, I. 6.

Squaw Sachem, of the Massachusetts, I.
186.

St. Albans, Lord, impeachment of, I.
257; his "Sermo de Unitate Eccle-
siæ," 414. See Bacon, Sir Francis.
St. Andrew's society formed in Boston,
1657, II. 280, n.

St. Botolph's church, Boston, England,
I. 368.

St. Castine, Baron de, his mission among
the Kennebec Indians, IV. 423.
St. Christopher, island of, IV. 17, n.
St. Domingo, defeat of the English at,
II. 297.

St. Francis River, source and direction
of I 7, 9.

St. François, an Indian settlement at, IV.

259.

St. John, Henry (Lord Bolingbroke), Tory
statesman in England, IV. 278; suc-
ceeds Henry Boyle as secretary of
state, 279, 279, n., 336. See Boling-
broke.

St. John, Oliver, an Independent, II. 86;
at Uxbridge, 94; sent to negotiate
with Holland, 281.

St. John River, source and direction of,
I. 7.

St. Lawrence River, I. 1; influence of
the tide in the, 2; visited by Aubert,
65.

Stafford, William Howard, Earl of, con-

victed and executed for treason, III.
257.

Stafford, Conn., IV. 474, n.
Staffordshire, ministers in, I. 124.
Stagg, Capt. Thomas, his capture of a
Bristol ship in Boston harbor, and
difficulty with the Massachusetts mag-
istrates, II. 161.

Stamford, founded, I. 601.

Stamp Act, the, mentioned, IV. 363; pro-
posed by Grenville, V. 286, 287, n;
an extension of, proposed by William
Keith and others, 287; the passage of
in Parliament, 288; the provisions of
the, ib.; resistance to, in the colonies,
308, 327; news of the passing of, re-
ceived in Boston, 316; measures de-
vised for evading the, 316, n.; action
of the mob in Boston concerning the,
319-323; resistance to, in New Hamp
shire, 324; resistance to, in Connecti-
cut, 325; resistance to, in Rhode
Island, ib.; Governor Bernard's deter-
mination to enforce the, 327, 327, n. ;
a congress of the colonies held at New
York to consult on the, 328; answer
of the General Court to Bernard con-
cerning the, 333; the courts have a
hearing, and decide not to use the
stamped paper, 340, 341; the repeal
of, urged by Pitt and merchants of
London, 346, 347; repeal of, advised
by Benjamin Franklin in a speech to
the House of Commons, 348, 351; re-
solves of the House of Commons ad-
vising the repeal of, 352; debated in
the House of Lords, 353; the repeal
of, 354; reception of the news of the
repeal in New England, 354; not en-
forced in New Hampshire, 491; action
in Connecticut concerning, 516, 517.
Standish, Miles, account of, I. 161; com-
mands an exploring expedition, 167;
made captain of a military company,
176; commands an expedition to Na-
masket, 185; is threatened with assas
sination by the Indians, 199; sup-
presses an Indian plot at Wessa gusset,
202 goes to England, 224; engaged
in the expedition against the Narra-
gansetts, II. 226; his death, 407; his
character, ib.

Stanhope, Lord, IV. 460, n.
Stanhope, General, loses the battle at
Almanza, IV. 276; serves in the
administration of George the First,

381.

Stark, John, lieutenant in an expedition
against Crown Point, V. 139; (after-
ward brigadier-general) commands a
company of New Hampshire rangers,
190; arrives in Boston with militia
from New Hampshire, on the breaking
out of the rebellion, 564.
Statute of the Six Articles, I. 110.
Steele,

English author, IV. 384, n.

Steele and Stanley v. Griswold, case of,
cited, IV. 232, n.
Steele, William, president of the Society
for Propagating the Gospel in New
England, II. 382.

Stevens, Captain Phinehas, maintains the
post of Charlestown, New Hampshire,
against Indians, V. 184.
Stevenson, Marmaduke, a Quaker, his
prosecution and death, II. 474.
Stileman, Elias, a magistrate and secre-
tary of New Hampshire, III. 404; su-
perseded by Richard Chamberlain,
406; appointed deputy-governor, 407.
Stiles, Rev. Ezra, "History of Three of
the Judges," cited, I. 335.
Stillingfleet,
384, n.
Stith's "
192.

English author, IV.

History of Virginia," cited, I.

Stockbridge, town of, V. 129.

tice, 112; mentioned, 121; councillor
under the new government, 142; suc-
ceeds to the administration on the
departure of Phips, 153; makes a pro-
visional arrangement for Harvard
College, 193; the government again
devolves upon him after the death of
Lord Bellomont, 197; death of, at Dor-
chester, ib.; his character depicted, 198;
partner in a trading company, 395, n.;
mentioned, 431, n.; his administration
in Massachusetts, 595.

Stor, —, English author, 384, n.
Stowe, William, his "Annals," cited, I.
62, n.

Strachey, William, his Journal of the
Popham Colonists, cited, I. 63, n., 84.
Strafford, Lord. See Wentworth.
Strafford, Conn., settlement at, I. 538.
Stratham, town of, set off from Exeter,
IV. 461.

Stoddard, Rev. Solomon, mentioned, IV.
255, n.; revivals in religion during his
ministry, V. 4.

Stone, John, murdered by the Pequots,
I. 456.

Stone, Rev. Samuel, emigrates to New
England and settles at Newtown, I.
367; account of, 445; removes to Con-
necticut, 453; takes a part in the ex-
pedition against the Pequots, 463;
value of his library, II. 45; suspected
of heterodoxy, 487; controversy in his
church at Hartford, 489; his death,
490.

Stonington, settled by Cheesbro, and in-
corporated by Massachusetts, II. 383;
possession of, disputed with Connecti-
cut by Rhode Island, III. 110; the in-
dustries of, IV. 474.
Stoughton, Israel, his difficulty with the
magistrates, I. 427; disqualified from
bearing office, 428; engaged with
Mason in the expedition against the
Pequots, 469; elected an assistant,
481; commands a regiment for the
Parliament, 585, II. 253.
Stoughton, William, agent from Massachu-
setts to England, III. 293; favors a
compliance with the Navigation Laws,
311; chosen to go to England a sec-
ond time, but declines, 342; a leader
of the moderate party in Massachu-
setts, 362; refuses to take the oath of
office as assistant, 389, 484; loses the
public favor, 481; deputy-president
of the provisional government, 485;
committed to Andros, 519; “Judge of
the Superior Court," 520; one of the
judges at the trial of the Ipswich men,
526; made lieutenant-governor, IV.
86; one of the judges at the trial of
the witches, 105; disapproves of the
pardons, 112, 114; made chief-jus-

Straumfördr, name given by the North-
men to Buzzard's Bay, I. 55.
Straumoey, name given by the Northmen
to Martha's Vineyard, I. 55.
Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth), comes
under the jurisdiction of Massachu-
setts, I. 592.

'Stray-Sow" case, in Boston, I. 618.
Strype, Annals of the Reformation cited,
I. 118, n.; Life of Whitgift, 122, 126,
130.

Stuyvesant, Peter, governor of New Neth-
erland, II. 202; his difficulties with the
New England Confederacy, 203; visits
Hartford, 309; surrenders New Am-
sterdam to the English, 591.
Subercase, officer at Port Royal,
capitulates to Col. Nicholson, IV. 277.
Subsidies granted, I. 247, 257; their
amount, 247, n.

-

Subsidy, treaty for a French, III. 257.
Succession, discussion about the, III.

477.

Succotash, a preparation of maize, I. 28.
Sudbury, attacked by the Indians, III.
187.

Suffield, Mass., claimed by Connecticut,
IV. 233; desires to be annexed to
Connecticut, V. 196.

Suffolk, England, resistance in, to Queen
Mary, I. 115.

Suffolk, one of the original counties of
Massachusetts, towns in, in 1642, I.

617.

Sugar Act, the suit of James Otis to re-
cover certain moneys under the, V.
232; a revenue to be enforced from
the colonies, under the, 260; adoption
of, by Parliament, 272; news of the,
received in Boston, ib.; the sentiments
of Oxenbridge Thacher against the
Sugar Act, 280; remonstrance of
Rhode Island against the, 295, 298;
the people of Connecticut protest