Tag: Massachusetts Bay Company
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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 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…