Tag: John Cotton
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Quaker Genes: The Quakening, Part 3 featuring Robert Fowler, Mary Dyer, and the Monster
My 9th Great-grandfather Rev. Christopher Fowler was born in 1611. He was a minister of the Church of England and a fellow at Eton College, but he was removed from both for “scandalous” behavior. He was said to have “used odd gestures and antic behavior from the pulpit” (Chalmers’ General Biographical Dictionary Vol. 15, p.…
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Quaker Genes: The Quakening, Part 1: Founding the Friends, featuring George Fox and Mary Fisher
As with many political movements, the reformers become the tyrants once they reach a certain level of power. Even in the fledgling days of the United States of America, men who had filled Boston Harbor full of tea to protest a tax on tea, and fought a war to free themselves from the “tyranny of…
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New England Genes: Anne Marbury Hutchinson Part 5: The Founding of Newport and Massacre in the Bronx, featuring John Throckmorton
Anne Hutchinson was very ill after her incarceration in the Weld house. Yet, the likes of Winthrop and Dudley had little compassion for her. The harsh winter was coming to an end. People wanted to get out of their houses, so it was time for a show trial. Most of Anne’s family were gone to…
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New England Genes: Anne Marbury Hutchinson Part 3: William Coddington, a Powerful Ally
William Coddington was only eighteen when his father died. He was to inherit his father’s wealth and his mother’s land in Marston, but Coddington’s separatist leanings led him to Boston, Lincolnshire, where he joined the House of Burgesses. Coddington soon found himself in league with other men of import from Lincolnshire who made a stand…
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New England Genes: Anne Marbury Hutchinson Part 2: You’re So Vane, featuring John Winthrop, Henry Vane, John Wheelwright, and the Antinomian Controversy
Upon arriving in Boston, the wealthy Hutchinson’s built a large home next door to the now governor, John Winthrop. They became close with Lord Henry Vane the Younger (ancestor of Sir Winston Churchill, whose mother was American lest we forget). A member of King Charles’ court, Lord Henry’s father was the King’s Comptroller, or in…
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New England Genes: Anne Marbury Hutchinson Part 1: King James, John Cotton, William Laud, and William Blackstone
Anne Marbury, born 1591 in Alford, Lincolnshire, was the daughter of Rev. Francis Marbury, a playwright contemporary of Shakespeare, author, and early Puritan leader. I will have a blog post dedicated to him very soon, but for now just know he was imprisoned for heresy in the notorious Marshalsea Prison for his influence. Queen Elizabeth…