Thomson - Mendon - Maverick - Crowne
Dear Tommies - Aside from the fact that you can
almost see Thomson's Island from the eastern portions of Weymouth -
to state that John Thomson of Weymouth and Mendon could not be Mr.
John Thomson (a ship's captain) because in Mendon he was referred to
as Goodman is NOT a cogent argument, but dubious at best.
- Genevieve Fraser
Webster's dictionary defines Goodman as
follows:
Main Entry: good?man
Pronunciation: \'gud-mən\
Function: noun
Date: 13th century
- archaic : the master of a household
- archaic : mr.u
Aside from the fact that John Thomson (born in
Plymouth, England in 1619) was the same age as John Thomson of
Waymouth/Mendon, there is also the matter of Col. William Crowne who
moved to Mendon shortly after Goodman Thomson did. Crowne was an
agent for Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arundel - the man David Thomson
wrote to in 1626. However, I have been trying to find a connection
with Samuel Maverick and have now found one.
Maverick was tied in with Captain Breedon and
Charles LaTour. So was Col. William Crowne of Nova Scotia and
Mendon.
Suffolk Deeds:
in good repaire. This deed was dated 15 (5) 1646.
& acknowledged before John Winthrop Governor the same day.
This Indent' of a fraightm' made the 14th
day of January 1645. betweene Sr Charles of S'. Steven Knight senr
de la Tour of the one part & Samuel Maverick for & in the behalfe of
the Right WoEp" Sir David Kirke knight one of the Lords Proprietors
of New found land & Governor thereof of the other part,
Witnesseth That the said Samuel Maverick in behalfe of the said Sr
David Kirke hath le[ ] vnto freight vnto the said Monsieur la Tour a
certaine vessell called the plan[ ] burden thirty fyve tunns of
there about, for a voyage in her to be made vppon [76.] the coast of
Lacadie betweene the Capes of Sable & Britton & for the time of thre[
] months or neere thereabout next ensueing the date hereof, dureing
wch time he is to keepe the said vessell as ueere as may be tight &
well furnished wth sailes rigging cables anchors foure guns two
murderer 6 Musketts wth powder shott match & other necessaries, & to
haue a Master & seven able seamen, for whom he is to gvide good &
sufficient gvision of victualls dureiug the said voyage, as also
revision for the said Mousr La Tour & three men to attend on him.
And in consideration of the hyre of the afore said vessell & the
chardge afore expressed the said Monsr. La Tour is to pay vnto the
said Samuel Maverick for the vse of Sr David Kirke & partners, wthin
six dayes after his returne from this his intended voyadge, the ful
one halfe part of all such Bever Moose & other furrs & Merchandize,
as he shall get by way of trade wto the Indians in this his voyage,
the value of the goods he now carries forth for trade, beinge first
payd for according to an Invoyce now before his setting forth giuen
in. And for pformance of the premisses & every part thereof the
aforesaid parties bind them selvs theire heires Executors assigues &
goods, in the penall summe of three hundred pounds steri. And in
witnes of the truth haue here vuto interchangably sett theire hands
& scales the day & yeare aboue written.
signed Le cheualur De la tour. Witnessed by vs
Joshua Scotto
Miguel de lugarate
This was certifyed to be the hand & scale of the
sd MODS' La Tour (by the oath of the wtllin named Joshua Scotto,
taken at Boston in New Engl. 23 (5) 1646. Before John Winthrop
Governo':
Annal of Mendon:
COL. WILLIAM CROWNE was appointed the first Town
clerk of Mendon by the " Committee Respecting the prudential!
affayres of Mendon," as by their certificate, heretofore recorded,
dated Dedham 2, 2, 1667.
The first mention I have found of Col. Crowne may
be seen in a French publication, as quoted by Hazard in his
Historical Collection, page 616, entitled Memoires de L'Amerique,
Tom. 2. p. "l11.
In this document, which is a grant from Cromwell,
we find that "Olivier, Seigneur, Protecteur de la Republique
d'Angleterre. de E'cosse et d' Irelande," conveyed to Charles de
Saint Etienne. (la Tour) Sir Thomas Temple and Col. William Crowne
the territory of Acadie in Nova Scotia. The concession was dated
August It, 1656. From this fact it is presumed that Crowne had held
the commission of Colonel in the army of Cromwell.
That Col. Crowne came to New England in 1617 is
quite probable; as we find, from a note at the bottom of page 206 of
Hutchinson's History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, that Sir
Thomas Temple came over in that year, "having, with others, obtained
from Oliver a grant of lands in Acadia or Nova Scotia, of which he
was made governor." By the treaty of Breda. Acadia was restored to
France, and thus Col. Crowne lost his interest in the grant made by
Cromwell. In 1660 Col. Crowne was in Boston. Whaley and (ioffe, two
of the regicides, who had arrived July 27, were, soon after, visited
by him at Cambridge, as we learn by the diary of UofTe. At this time
he is set down as a noted royalist. Upon the restoration of Charles
2d, complaints were directly made against the Colony by its enemies,
and in 1660 orders were received from him " that persons should be
sent over to make answer." Upon this, Simon Bradstreet, a
magistrate, and John Norton, one of the ministers of Boston, were
chosen by the (General Court as Agents to plead the cause of the
Colony before the King.
History of New England, Volume 2
By John Gorham Palfrey
Footnote:
* I wish I knew more of the antecedents of this man. I gather from a
letter of Thomas Lake to Leverett, (Mass. Hist. Coll., XXVII. 120,)
that Breedon was in Boston before September, 1657, and that he was
in some relations with Sir Thomas Temple. The prosperity of Boston
now invited single commercial adventurers from England, who often
came with no intention of permanent residence ; and I think that
Breedon was one of these. May 5, 1660, he and Hezekiah Usher gave a
bond to "Colonel William Crowne" to secure to Crowne
the payment by Temple of four years' lease of Crowne's "whole truck
and trade with the Indians and natives in all his division and
extent of land to him belonging in the country of New Scotland or
Lacadie." (Mass. Archives, II. 506 - 508.)
ANNALS OF MENDON
To the Honoured the General Court sitting at
Boston,
The Humble Petition of William Crowne
Shewetb
That about six years since y' petitioner resolved
to lease out his Township in ye East web Coll. Temple, since Knight
& Baronet, by his Articles of Agreement made upon or division of or
several parts, confirmed and settled y same upon him and his Heires
for ever wth all ye priviledges thereunto belonging, as by those
Articles may appear. Yor Petitioner made his tender of ye lease
first to Sir Thomas out of his love to him & ye peace of or future
tranquility, but he refusing it, Capt. Convin & Ensign Scottoe
tooke ye lease for several years at an hundred & tenn pounds per
annum, clear rent, to be paid in Boston. But within one year after
it so came to pass that Sir Thomas and they fell out ife troubles
increased and nothing would com pose it but that I must turn them
out and put him into ye lease; and the chief ground was yr
Petitioner verily believeth y1 Mr. Scottoe gave out they cleared
300? y1 year lfe so by over persuasion of all hands & to compose y1
difference; C'apt. Breedan & Mr. Usher pressing also &
offering their bond to pay me the rent constantly in Boston, during
the tearme, Capt. Corwin and Ensign Scottoe surrendering up to me ye
lease, I made it to Sir Thomas for ye remaining parte of theire tyme.
wch was 4 year & took Capt. Breedan it Mr. Usher's bond for ye rent
and they paid me ye first year, upon Sir Thomas his order upon ye
bond, but they refused to pay me any more. Upon wch yor Petitioner
complained to Sir Thomas, who very ingeniously confessed to me
before Lieut. Cook, it was my due, but his hands were tied up by
Capt. Breedan & company y1 he could not dispose of a skin and wished
to sue them and gave his full leave; upon which I commenced a suite
against them in ye County court upon ye bond for what rent then due
<fc had a verdict but ye honoured Magistrates not accepting it, it
fell in course to ye Court of Assistants and then neither jury nor
Magistrates found for him & so by yr law yr are pleased in such
cases, when they have run ye progress in ot her Courts, to seek
reliefe of you, therefor I humbly crave the benefitt of yv law and
for that also there is no other Court to be appealed to but this
Honoured Court. There is now due to y Petitioner ?380 certain rent
besides four years forbearance wch maketh near ?4(M).
Premises considered yr Petitioner doth humbly
beseech this Honoured Court to appoint him a day for hearing the
whole case & to do therein as ye justness thereof in yr grave wisdom
you shall see fitt. For justice is God's work & you are his Agents
in that worke. so a just sentence is God's sentence, soe y'
Petitioner commits his cause to God it yon, And shall pray,
WM. Crowne.
The Magistrate judge meete to grant the
petitioner a hearing of the case mentioned in his petition at the
next session of this Court, the petitionr giving the parties
concerned timely notice thereof, their brethren the deputyes
consenting thereto.
EDWARD RAWSON, Secy.
8 May 1666. Consented to by the deputyes.
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ROBERT CARR AND SAMUEL MAVERICK TO THE EARL OF
CLARENDON.
RIGHT HONOR.
May it please your Lord? In octobr last
were two letters writen to you, and in my absence att New Yorke,
were by Captaine Breedon committed to the care and trust of Mr
Bendall and Cap' Clarke, In this fleete are sent two
pacquetts, the outward Couert is directed to Sf Will: Couentry, in
those are letters to his royall highnes, your Lord? and Sr Will:
Morice, In all wch an account is giuen, how al thinges stand heare
att this tyme. One Samuell Wheate will repaire to yor Lordl and
[* Accompanying copies of the two preceding
documents.] 1 and counsell of the Messachusette, exhorting them to
obedience and theire answer to it. by wch it is euident, they intend
to stand out as long as they can. In the letters before mentioned
were sent Copies of Petitions deliuered to the last Court subscribed
by many considerable p[s]ons of seuerall townes desiring they would
obay his Matie" Commaunde. And how the petitioners were delt w'!' by
that Court for theire prsumption.
Good my Lord we most humb[l]y desire you would be
pleased to procure some speedy order may be taken for the quelling
of the rebellious, and incouragm' of the loyall and well affected
partie, for if they be suffered to "oe on in rebellion it will be an
ill and daungerous prsident to the other Collonyes, Two yeares since
we prsumed to shew or opinion, how this might be donn wth the least
charge and trouble, and wlh most securitie to the Innocent.
At first by sendinge for some of the most eminent
offenders was this yeare doune but takes no effect.
next seisinge on their estate where euer found,
and prohibitinge them all trade wth any of his Malie" Collonyes or
in any other ptes, wth the subiecte of any prince in league wtu his
Ma*, vnlesse they can prduce a certificate vnder the hand and scale
of such as his Maiestie shall appoynt for that purpose, that they
belong to such or such a Collonv wch are in obedience to his Matie,
or to such or such a pson in the Messachusets, who haue declared
them selues, and are certainely knowne to be lo}-all subiecte.
seuer[a]ll shipes wch went in the last fleete & now in this also,
belong in whole or pte to disaffected psons, and goods to a great
vallew.
another way may be the keeping of a small frigott
or two who may intercept all trade & comerce wth Boston or any other
port belonging to the Messachusette. wch will soone bring them downe.
We humbly leave it to consideration. My Lord if some speedy course
be not taken, those wch haue submitted, or declared for his Matie by
petitioninge or otherwise will be in a miserable condition. Yf we
may be any waves seruisable, we are at his Ma"ea Comaund. So craving
your Lordp? pardon for giuinge you this trouble we remayne.
Yourr Lordship" Most humble seruants
ROBERT CARR
SAMUELL MAVERICKE.
Boston Janu: 10. 166(8?)
My Lord I intended to haue come in this fleete
and had all thinges ready abord. but the shippes being 20 dayes
since driven ashore and and (sic) not able in 15 dayes to gett of, /
in the meane tyme I was seased on by a litt of sicknes wch hath so
weakned me, as that by aduise of P[h]isitian and freinds, I am
aduised not to aduenture. Pardon I beseech you these scribled lyenes
in haste. I Remayne
Your Lordsp. most humbl servant
SAMUELL MAVERICKE
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