See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL See also:

• GORTON
• SAMUEL GORTON (c. 1600-1677)

GORTON (c. 1600-1677)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English sectary and founder of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SECT

sect of Gortonites, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1600 at See also:

• GORTON
• GORTON, SAMUEL (c. 1600-1677)

Gorton, See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire . He was first apprenticed to a See also:

• CLOTHIER

clothier in See also:

• LONDON

London, but, fearing persecution for his religious convictions, he sailed for See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, in 1636 . Constantly involved in religious disputes, he fled in turn to Ply-mouth, and (in 1637-1638) to Aquidneck (See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport), where he was publicly whipped for insulting the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy and magistrates . In 1643 he bought See also:

• LAND

land from the Narraganset See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians at Shawomet—now See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick—where he was joined by a number of his followers; but he quarrelled with the Indians and the authorities at Boston sent soldiers to See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest Gorton and six of his companions . He served a See also:

• TERM

term of imprisonment for See also:

• HERESY

heresy at See also:

• CHARLESTOWN

Charlestown, after which he was ejected from the See also:

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

colony . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1646 he published the curious See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract " Simplicities See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

Defence against Seven Headed Policy " (reprinted in 1835), giving an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his grievances against the Massachusetts See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . In 1648 he returned to New England with a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of See also:

• PROTECTION

protection from the See also:

• EARL

earl of Warwick, and joining his former companions at Shawomet, which he named Warwick, in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the earl, he remained there till his See also:

• DEATH

death at the end of 1677 . _ He is chiefly remembered as the founder of a small sect called the Gortonites, which survived till the end of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . They had a See also:

• GREAT

great contempt for the See also:

• REGULAR

regular clergy and for all outward forms of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, holding that the true believers partook of the perfection of See also:

• GOD

God . Among his See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint writings are: An Incorruptible See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

Key composed of the CX . See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms wherewith you may open the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Scriptures (1647), and Saltmarsh returned from the Dead, with its sequel, An Antidote against the See also:

• COMMON

Common See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

Plague of the See also:

• WORLD

World (1657) . See L .

G . See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones, See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Gorton: a forgotten Founder of our Liberties (See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence, 1896) .