See also:

• SIR

SIR FERDINANDO See also:

• SIR FERDINANDO GORGES (c. 1566-1647)

GORGES (c. 1566-1647)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English colonial See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer in See also:

• AMERICA

America and the founder of See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• SOMERSETSHIRE

Somersetshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, probably in 1566 . From youth both a soldier and a sailor, he was a prisoner in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-one, having been captured by a See also:

• SHIP

ship of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada . In 1589 he was in command of a small See also:

• BODY

body of troops fighting for See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and after distinguishing him-self at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen was knighted there in 1591 . In 1596 he was commissioned See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and keeper of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle and fort at See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth and captain of St See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas Isle; in 1597 he accompanied See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex on the expedition to the See also:

• AZORES (Acores), or WESTERN ISLANDS

Azores; in 1599 assisted him in the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to suppress the See also:

• TYRONE
• TYRONE, EARLS OF

Tyrone See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and in 1600 was implicated in Essex's own attempt at rebellion in See also:

• LONDON

London . In 1603, on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I., he was suspended from his See also:

• POST

post at Plymouth, but was restored in the same See also:

• YEAR

year and continued to serve as " See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the forts and See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Plymouth" until 1629, when, his See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison having been without pay for three and a See also:

• HALF

half years, his fort a ruin, and all his applications for aid having been ignored, he resigned . About 16o5 he began to be greatly interested in the New See also:

• WORLD

World; in 16o6 he became a member of the Plymouth See also:

• COMPANY

Company, and he laboured zealously for the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of the See also:

• POPHAM, SIR HOME RIGGS (1762-1820)
• POPHAM, SIR JOHN (c. 1531-1607)

Popham See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony at the mouth of the Sagadahoc (now the Kennebec) See also:

• RIVER

river in 1607 . For several years following the failure of that enterprise in 16o8 he continued to See also:

• FIT

fit out See also:

• SHIPS

ships for fishing, trading and exploring, with colonization as the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief end in view . He was largely instrumental in procuring the new See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of 162o for the Plymouth Company, and was at all times of its existence perhaps the most influential member of that body . He was the recipient, either solely or jointly, of several grants of territory from it, for one of which he received in 16J9 the royal charter of Maine (see MAINE) . In 1635 he sought to be appointed governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of all New England, but the English See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War—in which he espoused the royal cause—prevented him from ever actually holding that See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . A See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time before his See also:

• DEATH

death at See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ASHTON

Ashton in 1647 he wrote his Briefe Narration of the Originall Undertakings of the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

Advancement of Plantations into the Parts of America . He was an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate, especially See also:

• LATE

late in See also:

• LIFE

life, of the feudal type of colony .

See J . P . See also:

• BAXTER, ANDREW (1686-1750)
• BAXTER, RICHARD (1615-1691)
• BAXTER, ROBERT DUDLEY (1827-1875)
• BAXTER, WILLIAM (1650-1723)

Baxter (ed.), See also:

• SIR

Sir Ferdinando See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

Gorges and his See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

Province of Maine (3 vols., See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 189o; in the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince Society Publications), the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of which is a memoir of Gorges, and the other volumes contain a reprint of the Briefe Narration, Gorges's letters, and other documentary material .