See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• SIR WILLIAM PEPPERRELL (1696-1759)

PEPPERRELL (1696-1759)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Kittery, See also:

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

Maine, then a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

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

Massachusetts, on the 27th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1696 . He studied See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying and See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation, and joined his See also:

• FATHER

father in his See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• BUILDING

building, fishing and See also:

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

general trading business, quickly becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential men in the See also:

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

province . He was commissioned See also:

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

captain (1717), See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major, See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, and in 1726 colonel of See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia . See also:

• PEPPERRELL, SIR WILLIAM (1696-1759)

Pepperrell served in the Massachusetts 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 (1726-1727), and in the See also:

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

governor's See also:

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

council (1727-1759), of which for eighteen years he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president . Although not a trained lawyer, he was See also:

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

chief See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the court of See also:

• COMMON

common pleas from 1730 until his See also:

• DEATH

death . In 1745 he was See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-chief of the New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England force of about 4000, which, with the assistance of a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron under See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren, besieged and captured the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French fortress of See also:

• LOUISBURG

Louisburg, the See also:

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

garrison surrendering on the 16th of June and Pepperrell and Warren taking See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession on the following 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 . For his services Pepperrell, in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1746, was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet—the only New Englander so honoured . He was active in raising troops II a, Flowering See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch reduced) ; b, calyx showing See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth (enlarged) . during the " French and See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

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

War," and received the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of lieutenant-general in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1759 . He died in Kittery, Maine, on the 6th of See also:

• JULY

July in the same See also:

• YEAR

year . See See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

Usher See also:

• PARSONS
• PARSONS (or PERSONS), ROBERT (1546-161o)
• PARSONS, THEOPHILUS (1750-1813)

Parsons, See also:

• LIFE

Life of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Pepperrell, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart . (See also:

• CAM (CAO), DIOGO (fl. 1480-1486)

Cam-See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., 1855), based on the See also:

• FAMILY

family papers .