Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the PilgrimsMacmillan, 1. 4. 2007 - Počet stran: 272 David Lindsay, researching old records to learn details of the life of his ancestor, Richard More, soon found himself in the position of the Sorcerer's Apprentice-wherever he looked for one item, ten more appeared. What he found illuminated not only More's own life but painted a clear and satisfying picture of the way the First Comers, Saints and Strangers alike, set off for the new land, suffered the voyage on the Mayflower, and put down their roots to thrive on our continent's northeastern shore. From the story, Richard emerges as a man of questionable morals, much enterprise, and a good deal of old-fashioned pluck, a combination that could get him into trouble-and often did. He lived to father several children, to see, near the end of his life, a friend executed as a witch in Salem, and to be read out of the church for unseemly behavior. Mayflower Bastard lets readers see history in a new light by turning an important episode into a personal experience. |
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... Elders in a private way, because for want of proof we could go no further. He was at last left to himself so far as that he was convicted before justices of the peace by 3 witnesses of gross unchastity with another man's wife and was ...
... elders stood and spoke plainly and secured a vote for the casting out. You must have been present for that. Having played a central role in his capture, you would not have missed his confession. But how powerful was your vision, really ...
... elders had described immoral behavior as “disorderly walking,” and as a sailor, Richard had a wobbly gait that matched the expression exactly. On they walked, the churchmen purposeful in their stride, Richard walking disorderly, as if ...
... elder brothers would live to be heir. But Jasper More had kept a loose house, like the new squire in the ballad of the day, and he had spent much of his time dunning the locals to fill his own coffers while his children ranged as they ...
... elder Richard More agreed in writing to maintain “the grandchildren of the said J.M. [ Jasper More] for the 21 years.”14 This careful mention of Katharine's late father served, among other things, to keep a fifty-pound annuity flowing ...
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THE PROMISED LAND | |
A MOTHERS WISH | |
TO | |
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF RICHARD MORE | |
THE BELL | |
THE QUAKER CRISIS | |
BATTLES LARGE AND SMALL | |
UNDER WATCHFUL EYES | |
HYPOCRISY UNMASKD | |
HYSTERIA | |
STONE REMAINS | |