The history of Lynn - Lynn Massachusetts Genealogy Project

62 HISTOliy OF LYNN. [l63t°sacus,after this desolation of his tribe, and ruin of his hopes,fled to the Mohawks. He was soon after murdered, as wassupposed, by an Indian of the Narragansett tribe, who werehis enemies, and a lock of his hair was sent to Governor Winthrop.Thus perished Sassacus, the last and noblest of thePequods ; a Chief, who, in the struggles of Greece, would havereceived the fame of a hero,^n the war of American Freedom,the praise of a patriot.On the twenty third of June, Governor Winthrop \asitedLynn, and was escorted by the inhabitants to Salem. He returnedon the twenty-eighth, travelling in the night, in consequenceof the heat, which was so excessive that several personsdied.i There were at this time but thirty-seven ploughs,in the whole colony, most of which were at Lynn.^The Rev.Thomas Gobbet arrived from England on the twen-'ty-stxth of June, and was soon after installed a colleague in the'ministry with Mr. Whiting.^ Though a small portion only ofthe people had assented to the covenant, yet there were manyinhabitants who needed the public services of the ministry; andthe ministers w'ere not then settled by the covenanters, but by ageneral vote of the town. Mr. Whiting was styled the pastor,as being the principal, and Mr. Gobbet was called teacher, anoffice in some degree subordinate, though his talents were superior.This year a large number of people removed from Lynn,and commenced a new settlement at Sandwich. The grant ofthe township was made on the third of April, by the General,Court of Plymouth Colony. " It is ordered that these ten menof Saugus, namely, Edmund Freeman, Henry Feake, ThomasDexter, Edward Dillingham, Wilham Wood, John Carman,Richard Chadwell, William Almy, Thomas Tupper, andGeorge Knott, shall have liberty to view a place to sit downon, and have sufficient land for three score families, upon the;conditions propounded to them by the Governor and Mr. Winslow."3The other proprietors were, George Allen, ThomasArmitage, Anthony Besse, Mr. Blackmore, George BHss,Thomas Boardman, Robert Bootefish, Wilham Braybrook,John Briggs, Thomas Burge, Richard Burne, George Burt,Thomas Butler, Thomas Chillingworth, Edmund Clark, GeorgeCole, John Dingley, Henry Ewer, John Friend, John Fish,1 Winthrop. 2 Graham. 3 Plymouth Rec.