See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

JONATHAN See also:

• MAYHEW, HENRY (1812-1887)
• JONATHAN MAYHEW (172o-1766)
• MAYHEW, THOMAS

MAYHEW (172o-1766)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American clergyman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Martha's Vineyard on the 8th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1720, being fifth in descent from See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• MAYHEW, HENRY (1812-1887)
• MAYHEW, JONATHAN (172o-1766)
• MAYHEW, THOMAS

Mayhew (1592-1682), an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early settler and the grantee (1641) of Martha's Vineyard . Thomas Mayhew (c . 1616-1657), the younger, his son See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John (d . 1689) and John's son, Experience (1673-1758), were active missionaries among the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians of Martha's Vineyard and the vicinity . See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan, the son of Experience, graduated at Harvard in 1744 . So liberal were his theological views that when he was to be ordained See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston in 1747 only two ministers attended the first See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council called for the ordination, and it was necessary to summon a second council . Mayhew's See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching made his church practically the first " Unitarian " Congregational church in New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, though it was never officially Unitarian . In 1763 he published Observations on the 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 and Conduct of the Society for Propagating the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel in See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign Parts, an attack on the policy of the society in sending missionaries to New England contrary to its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original purpose of " Maintaining Ministers of the Gospel " in places " wholly destitute and unprovided with means for the See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of ministers and for the public See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of See also:

• GOD

God; " the Observations marked him as a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader among those in New England who feared, as Mayhew said (1762), " that there is a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme forming for sending a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop into this See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and that our See also:

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

Governor,' a true churchman, is deeply in the See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot." To an American reply to the Observations, entitled A Candid Examination (1763), Mayhew wrote a Defense; and after the publication of an See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

Answer, anonymously published in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1764 and written by Thomas See also:

• SECKER, THOMAS (1693-1768)

Secker, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, he wrote a Second Defense . He bitterly opposed the See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

Stamp See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act, and urged the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of colonial See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union (or " communion ") to secure colonial liberties . He died on the gth of See also:

• JULY

July 1766 . Mayhew was Dudleian lecturer at Harvard in 1765, and in 1749 had received the degree of D.D. from the University of See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen . See Alden See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford, Memoir of the See also:

• LIFE

Life and Writings of Rev .

Jonathan Mayhew (Boston, 1838), and " An Early See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

Pulpit See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

Champion of Colonial Rights," See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter vi., in vol. i. of M . C . See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler's See also:

• LITERARY

Literary See also:

• HISTORY

History of the American Revolution (2 vols., New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1897) .