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:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• THOMAS MORTON (c. 1590-1646)

MORTON (c. 1590-1646)  , usually called 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:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton of Merrymount, See also:

• ENGLISH

English adventurer in See also:

• AMERICA

America, was a lawyer of See also:

• CLIFFORD
• CLIFFORD, JOHN (1836- )
• CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDON (1845-1879)

Clifford's See also:

• INN

Inn, See also:

• LONDON

London, and seems to have practised in the See also:

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

west of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . He spent three months in America in 1622; returned in 1625, and settled at See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM (1659--1724)
• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828)

Wollaston, in what is now See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy, See also:

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

Massachusetts; and in 1626, when most of the settlers removed to See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, he assumed command of the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, and renamed it Merrymount . 2 Morton, a Royalist See also:

• RAKE (O.E. rata, cognate with Du. raak, Ger. Rechen, from a root meaning to scrape together, heap up)

rake, soon became a See also:

• THORN (O. Eng. porn, cf. Du. doorn, Ger. Dorn, &c)
• THORN (Polish Torun)

thorn in the flesh of the sober colonists at See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth . On May-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day in 1627 his companions erected a May-See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole, and, assisted by See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, indulged in all the revelry and See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence then customary in England . " The setting up of this May-pole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise Separatists that lived at New Plimmouth," says Morton . " They termed it an Idoll; yea, they called it the See also:

• CALF
• CALF, THE GOLDEN

Calf of See also:

• HOREB

Horeb, and stood at See also:

• DEFIANCE

defiance with the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, . . . threatening to make it a woefull mount and not a merry mount." In disregard of a royal See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation, Morton sold ruin and See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-arms to the natives, not only injuring the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of Plymouth, but also endangering the safety of the colonists . Morton was therefore arrested and sent to England; and when 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 See also:

• ENDECOTT, JOHN (c. 1588-1665)

Endecott, with a patent from the See also:

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

council for New England, arrived soon afterward he visited Merrymount, which See also:

• LAY

lay within his See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction, rebuked the inhabitants, cut down the May-pole, and renamed the place Mount See also:

• DAGON

Dagon . In 1629 Morton returned to America, but was arrested on trivial charges by the Massachusetts authorities, and was confined in the See also:

• STOCKS

stocks . Later his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house was burned and he was sent to England, where he spent a See also:

• TERM

term in the 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 See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

gaol . After his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release he wrote his New English See also:

• CANAAN, CANAANITES

Canaan (1637), in which he describes the Indians and the natural features 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 heaps ridicule upon the New England colonists . In 1643 Morton returned to America .

He was imprisoned in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, and was tried before the See also:

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

general See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court for complaining against the See also:

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

colony before the Privy Council; he was recommitted to gaol pending the gathering of further See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, and after a year's confinement was fined boo and released . He retired to Agamenticus (now 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), See also:

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

Maine, and in 1646 died poverty-stricken . See the New English Canaan, edited by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams (Publications of the See also:

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

Prince Society, vol. ix., Boston, 1883) ; C . F . Adams, Three Episodes of Massachusetts See also:

• HISTORY

History (Boston, 1896) ; and, for a more favourable view of Morton, A Few Observations on the Prince Society's Edition of the New English Canaan, revised and reprinted from the Churchman (New York, 1883) . Morton's adventures have furnished material for Nathaniel See also:

• HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL (1804-1864)

Hawthorne's See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, The Maypole of Merrymount, and for John Lothrop See also:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

Motley's novels, Morton's See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope (1839) and Merry Mount (1849) .