Tag: Roger Williams
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Quaker Genes: The Quakening, Part 4, featuring Daniel Gould
Mary Dyer disembarked from the Woodhouse to find things much changed in Newport. There was new construction everywhere, including the mooring dock on which she stood. Word of their arrival electrified Newport Town, and before long Mary could see her husband striding towards her, trying his very best not to break into a run. BTW,…
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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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New England Genes: Anne Marbury Hutchinson Part 4: If You Can’t Join ’em, Beat ’em: The Founding of Portsmouth, featuring John Coggeshall
As a Magistrate of Boston, William Coddington was forced to take part in the trial of Anne Hutchinson. He defended her as best he could, but Coddington could see the writing was already on the wall, so he tried shaming Anne’s accusers. Shaming the court was a dangerous tactic, and ineffective, but perhaps Coddington knew…