[Tommies] Thomson - Mendon - Maverick - Crowne

[Quintin Thompson]

Hi, Near the end of this presentation, "Samuell Mavericke. Boston  
Janu: 10. 166%" is recorded.  Is the % a typo instead of the lower  
case 5 which would make it 1665?    Quint

On Dec 21, 2009, at 10:56 PM, <gcfraser at peoplepc.com>  
<gcfraser at peoplepc.com> wrote:

> Dear Tommies -
> Aside from the fact that you can almost see Thomson's Island from  
> the eastern portions of Weymouth - to state that John Thomson of  
> Weymouth and Mendon could not be Mr. John Thomson (a ship's  
> captain) because in Mendon he was referred to as Goodman is NOT a  
> cogent argument, but dubious at best.
> Genevieve
>
> Webster's dictionary defines Goodman as follows:
>
> Main Entry: good·man
> Pronunciation: \ˈgu̇d-mən\
> Function: noun
> Date: 13th century
> 1 archaic : the master of a household
> 2 archaic : mr.
>
> Aside from the fact that John Thomson (born in Plymouth, England in  
> 1619) was the same age as John Thomson of Waymouth/Mendon, there is  
> also the matter of Col. William Crowne who moved to Mendon shortly  
> after Goodman Thomson did.  Crowne was an agent for Thomas Howard,  
> the Earl of Arundel - the man David Thomson wrote to in 1626.   
> However, I have been trying to find a connection with Samuel  
> Maverick and have now found one.
>
> Maverick was tied in with Captain Breedon and Charles LaTour.  So  
> was Col. William Crowne of Nova Scotia and Mendon.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --
>
> Suffold Deeds:
>
> in good repaire. This deed was dated 15 (5) 1646. & acknowledged  
> before John Winthrop Governor the same day.
>
> This Indent' of a fraightm' made the 14th day of January 1645.  
> betweene Sr Charles of S'. Steven Knight senr de la Tour of the one  
> part & Samuel Maverick for & in the behalfe of the Right WoEp" Sir  
> David Kirke knight one of the Lords Proprietors of New found land &  
> Governor thereof of the other part, Witnesseth That the said Samuel  
> Maverick in behalfe of the said Sr David Kirke hath le[ ] vnto  
> freight vnto the said Monsieur la Tour a certaine vessell called  
> the plan[ ] burden thirty fyve tunns of there about, for a voyage  
> in her to be made vppon [76.] the coast of Lacadie betweene the  
> Capes of Sable & Britton & for the time of thre[ ] months or neere  
> thereabout next ensueing the date hereof, dureing wch time he is to  
> keepe the said vessell as ueere as may be tight & well furnished  
> wth sailes rigging cables anchors foure guns two murderer 6  
> Musketts wth powder shott match & other necessaries, & to haue a  
> Master & seven able seamen, for whom he is to gvide good &  
> sufficient gvision of victualls dureiug the said voyage, as also  
> revision for the said Mousr La Tour & three men to attend on him.  
> And in consideration of the hyre of the afore said vessell & the  
> chardge afore expressed the said Monsr. La Tour is to pay vnto the  
> said Samuel Maverick for the vse of Sr David Kirke & partners,  
> wthin six dayes after his returne from this his intended voyadge,  
> the ful one halfe part of all such Bever Moose & other furrs &  
> Merchandize, as he shall get by way of trade wto the Indians in  
> this his voyage, the value of the goods he now carries forth for  
> trade, beinge first payd for according to an Invoyce now before his  
> setting forth giuen in. And for pformance of the premisses & every  
> part thereof the aforesaid parties bind them selvs theire heires  
> Executors assigues & goods, in the penall summe of three hundred  
> pounds steri. And in witnes of the truth haue here vuto  
> interchangably sett theire hands & scales the day & yeare aboue  
> written.
>
> signed Le cheualur De la tour. Witnessed by vs
>
> Joshua Scotto
>
> Miguel de lugarate
>
> This was certifyed to be the hand & scale of the sd Mods' La Tour  
> (by the oath of the wtllin named Joshua Scotto, taken at Boston in  
> New Engl. 23 (5) 1646. Before John Winthrop Governo':
>
> ________________________________________
>
> Annal of Mendon:
>
> Col. William Ckowne was appointed the firsf Town derk of Mcndon by  
> the " Committee Respecting the prudential! affayres of Mendon," as  
> by their certificate, heretofore recorded, dated Dedham 2, 2, 1667.
>
> The first mention I have found of Col. Crowne may be seen in a  
> French publication, as quoted by Hazard in his Historical  
> Collection, page 616, entitled Memoires de L'Amerique, Tom. 2. p.  
> "l11. In this document, which is a grant from Cromwell, we find  
> that "Olivier, Seigneur, Protecteur de la Rcpubliqued'Angleterre.  
> de E'cosse et d' Irelande," conveyed to Charles de Saint Etienne.  
> (la Tour) Sir Thomas Temple and Col. William Crowne the territorv  
> of Acadie in Nova Scotia. The concession was dated August It, 1656.  
> From this fact it is presumed that Crowne had held the commission  
> of Colonel in the armv of Cromwell.
>
> That Col. Crowne came to New Kngland in 16"i7 is quite probable; as  
> we find, from a note at the bottom of page 206 of Hutehinson's  
> History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, that Sir Thomas Temple  
> came over in that year, "having, with others, obtained from Oliver  
> a grant of lands in Acadia or Nova Scotia, of which he was made  
> governor."
>
> By the treaty of Breda. Acadia was restored to France, and thus  
> Col. Crowne lost his interest in the grant made by Cromwell. In  
> 1660 Col. Crowne was in Boston. Whaley and (ioffe, two of the  
> regicides, who had arrived July 27, were, soon after, visited by  
> him at Cambridge, as we learn by the diary of UofTe. At this time  
> he is set down as a noted rovalist.
>
> Upon the restoration of Charles 2d, complaints were directly made  
> against the Colony by its enemies, and in 1660 orders were received  
> from him " that persons should be sent over to make answer." Upon  
> this, Simon Bradstreet, a magistrate, and John Norton, one of the  
> ministers of Boston, were chosen by the (General Court as Agents to  
> plead the cause of the Colony before the King.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> History of New England, Volume 2
>  By John Gorham Palfrey
>
> Footnote:
>
> * I wish I knew more of the antecedents of this man. I gather from  
> a letter of Thomas Lake to Leverett, (Mass. Hist. Coll., XXVII.  
> 120,) that Breedon was in Boston before September, 1657, and that  
> he was in some relations with Sir Thomas Temple. The prosperity of  
> Boston now invited single commercial adventurers from England, who  
> often came with no intention of permanent residence ; and I think  
> that Breedon was one of these. May 5, 1660, he and Hezekiah Usher  
> gave a bond to " Colonel William Crowne " to secure to Crowne the  
> payment by Temple of four years' lease of Crowne's "whole truck and  
> trade with the Indians and natives in all his division and extent  
> of land to him belonging in the country of New Scotland or  
> Lacadie." (Mass. Archives, II. 506 - 508.)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> ANNALS OF MENDON
>
> " To the Honoured the General Court sitting at Boston,
>
> The Humble Petition of William Crowne
>
> Shewetb
>
> That about six
>
> years since y' petitioner resolved to lease out his Township in ye  
> East web Coll. Temple, since Knight & Baronet, by his Articles of  
> Agreement made upon or division of or several parts, confirmed and  
> settled y same upon him and his Heires for ever wlh all  
> yepriviledges thereunto belonging, as by those Articles may appear.  
> Yor Petitioner made his tender of ye lease first to Sir Thomas out  
> of his love to him & ye peace of or future tranquillity, but he  
> refusing it, Capt. Convin & Ensign Scottoe tooke ye lease for  
> several years at an hundred & tenn pounds per annum, clear rent, to  
> be paid in Boston. But within one yearc after it so came to pass  
> that Sir Thomas and they fell out <fc troubles increased and  
> nothing would com pose it but that I must turn them out and put him  
> into ye lease; and the chief ground was yr Petitioner verily  
> believeth y1 Mr. Scottoe gave out they cleared 300£ y1 year lfc so  
> by over persuasion of all hands & to compose y1 difference; C'apt.  
> Breedan & Mr. Usher pressing also & offering their bond to pay me  
> the rent constantly in Boston, during the tearme, Capt. Corwin and  
> Ensign Scottoe surrendering up to me ye lease, I made it to Sir  
> Thomas for ye remaining parte of theire tyme. weh was 4 year & took  
> Capt. Brcedan it Mr. I'sher's bond for ye rent and they paid me ye  
> tirst year, upon Sir Thomas his order upon ye bond, but they  
> refused to pay me any more. Upon woh yor Petitioner complained to  
> Sir Thomas, who very ingeniously confessed to me before Lieut.  
> Cook, it was my due, but his hands were tied up by Capt. Breedan &  
> company y1 he could not dispose of a skin and wished to sue them  
> and gave mis full leave; upon which I commenced a suite against  
> them in ye County court upon ye bond for what rent then due <fc had  
> a verdict but ye honoured Magistrates not accepting it, it fell in  
> course to ye Court of Assistants and then neither jury nor  
> Magistrates found for him & so by yr law yr are pleased in such  
> cases, when they have run ye progress in ot her Courts, to seek  
> reliefe of you, therefor I humbly crave the benefitt of yv law and  
> for that also there is no other Court to be appealed to but this  
> Honoured Court. There is now due to y Petitioner £380 certain rent  
> besides four years forbearance weh maketh near £4(M).
>
> Premises considered yr Petitioner doth humbly beseech this Honoured  
> Court to appoint him a day for hearing the whole case & to do  
> therein as ye justness thereof in yr grave wisdom you shall see  
> fitt. For justice is God's work & you are his Agents in that worke.  
> so a just sentence is God's sentence, soe y' Petitioner commits his  
> cause to God it yon, And shall pray,
>
> Wm. Crowne.
>
> The Magistrate judge meete to grant the petitioner a hearing of the  
> case mentioned in his petition at the next session of this Court,  
> the petitionr giving the parties concerned timely notice thereof,  
> their brethren the deputyes consenting thereto.
>
> Edward Rawson, Secy.
>
> 28 May 1666. Consented to by the deputyes.
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
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>
> Robert Carr And Samuel Maverick To The Earl Of
>
> Clarendon.
>
> Right Honor"."
>
> May it please your Lord? In octobr last were two letters writen to  
> you, and in my absence att New Yorke, were by Captaine Breedon  
> committed to the care and trust of Mr Bendall and Cap' Clarke, In  
> this fleete are sent two pacquetts, the outward Couert is directed  
> to Sf Will: Couentry, in those are letters to his royall highnes,  
> your Lord? and Sr Will: Morice, In all wch an account is giuen, how  
> al thinges stand heare att this tyme. One Samuell Wheate will  
> repaire to yor Lordl and
>
> [* Accompanying copies of the two preceding documents.] 1 and  
> counsell of the Messachusette, exhorting them to obedience and  
> theire answer to it. by wch it is euident, they intend to stand out  
> as long as they can. In the letters before mentioned were sent  
> Copies of Petitions deliuered to the last Court subscribed by many  
> considerable p[s]ons of seuerall townes desiring they would obay  
> his Matie" Commaunde. And how the petitioners were delt w'!' by  
> that Court for theire prsumption.
>
> Good my Lord we most humb[l]y desire you would be pleased to  
> procure some speedy order may be taken for the quelling of the  
> rebellious, and incouragm' of the loyall and well affected partie,  
> for if they be suffered to "oe on in rebellion it will be an ill  
> and daungerous prsident to the other Collonyes, Two yeares since we  
> prsumed to shew or opinion, how this might be donn wth the least  
> charge and trouble, and wlh most securitie to the Innocent.
>
> At first by sendinge for some of the most eminent offenders was  
> this yeare doune but takes no effect.
>
> next seisinge on their estate where euer found, and prohibitinge  
> them all trade wth any of his Malie" Collonyes or in any other  
> ptes, wth the subiecte of any prince in league wtu his Ma*, vnlesse  
> they can prduce a certificate vnder the hand and scale of such as  
> his Maiestie shall appoynt for that purpose, that they belong to  
> such or such a Collonv wch are in obedience to his Matie, or to  
> such or such a pson in the Messachusets, who haue declared them  
> selues, and are certainely knowne to be lo}-all subiecte. seuer[a] 
> ll shipes wch went in the last fleete & now in this also, belong in  
> whole or pte to disaffected psons, and goods to a great vallew.
>
> another way may be the keeping of a small frigott or two who may  
> intercept all trade & comerce wth Boston or any other port  
> belonging to the Messachusette. wch will soone bring them downe. We  
> humbly leave it to consideration. My Lord if some speedy course be  
> not taken, those wch haue submitted, or declared for his Matie by  
> petitioninge or otherwise will be in a miserable condition. Yf we  
> may be any waves seruisable, we are at his Ma"ea Comaund. So  
> craving your Lordp° pardon for giuinge you this trouble we remayne.
>
> Yourr Lordship" Most humble seruants
>
> Robert Carr
> Samuell Mavericke.
> Boston Janu: 10. 166%
> My Lord I intended to haue come in this fleete and had all thinges  
> ready abord. but the shippes being 20 dayes since driven ashore and  
> and (sic) not able in 15 dayes to gett of, / in the meane tyme I  
> was seased on by a litt of sicknes wch hath so weakned me, as that  
> by aduise of P[h]isitian and freinds, I am aduised not to  
> aduenture. Pardon I beseech you these scribled lyenes in haste. I  
> Remayne
>
> Your Lordsp." most humb1 servant
>
> Samuell Mavericke
>
>
>
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