SALTONSTALL RICHARD, esq. son to the worthy knight of the same name, came over here in the year 1635, and was chosen one of the assistants in 1637. He continued a number of years to help on the affairs of this little commonwealth. Johnson says, that father and son ought to be remembered, and celebrates their worth with some of his poetical effusions. If the lines would not immortalize their deeds, or the genius of the writer, they have the New England spirit to recommend them: "His father gon, young Richard on, here valiantly doth war, For Christ his truth, to their great Ruth, heathens opposed are."

Accrding to Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Saltonstall continued in the magistracy till the year 1680, ex. cept the time he was in England. He had made a vow, when he first came over, that he never would leave the country, while the ordinances continued in their purity. His wife was very sick, and advice was given by the physician, that she should take a voyage to England. He consulted Mr. Cotton whether it would be breaking his vow, if he went. He decided that it would not, because the marriage vow was the most binding. M. C. was doubtless a greater divine than a casuist! In 1672, Mr. S. again went to England, and made a present to Whaley and Goffe of 50%. before he sailed, which they acknowledged in their mss. We suppose this to be the Mr. Saltonstall, mentioned by gov. Winthrop, who wrote a book in 1642, "against the standing council," which was censured by the court, and answered by Mr. Norris of Salem. This gentleman returned to Boston in 1680, and was again chosen the first assistant, and also two years succeeding. In 1683, he went back to England, and died at Hulme, April 29, 1694. He was a relation to the famous J. Hampden, was opposite to the court, and attached to the principles of New England government and churches.*

**The first form of their government, was that of governour, deputy governour, and assistants; the patentees with their heirs,

SALTONSTALL HENRY, grandson of sir Richard, was in the first class of graduates of Harvard College. He received a degree of doctor of medicine from Oxford, and was fellow of New College in that university.

SALTONSTALL NATHANIEL, grandson of sir Richard, was graduated at Harvard College, 1659, chosen assistant 1679, under the old charter, and was appointed one of the council of which Dudley was president in 1686. He refused to serve, because he had taken the oath as assistant. He was a firm friend to the old charter, hence his name is enrolled among those whom Randolph marked in his letters, and who were called a faction by that spy of the British court. We read also that in August, 1680, the deputy governour, Mr. Saltonstall, Nowel, &c. sailed from Boston with 60 soldiers in a ship and sloop, to still the people at Casco Bay, and prevent Andross's usurpation.

Mr. Saltonstall was appointed one of his majesty's council in the charter of William and Mary. He left two sons, Nathaniel and Gurdon, who made a figure in publick life.

SALTONSTALL GURDON, governour of Connecticut, was the great grandson of sir Richard Saltonstall, first assistant of Massachusetts, and son of Nathaniel, one of his majesty's council.- He discovered genius and an excellent mind, and was sent to the seminary where his father was graduated, to complete his education. He received the honours of Harvard College, 1684. Having a mind disposed unto serious things, he made divinity his study,

assigns and associates, being freemen, &c. But, in this general court, they agreed on a 2d form as follows: The freemen to have the power of choosing assistants, when they are to be chosen; and the assistants from among themselves to choose the governor and deputy governour, who with the assistants were to have the power of making laws, and choosing officers to execute the same. This was fully assented to by the voice of the people. A list of freemen amounting to 108, desired to be made freemer, Samuel Mavericke, Edward Johnson, &c.

became a very accomplished preacher, and was of dained pastor of the church at New London, 1691. In this conspicuous orb he shone with a most engaging lustre. He did good to the souls of men, and was frequently consulted by the magistrates of Connecticut upon their most important affairs. He was an oracle of wisdom to literary men of all pro. fessions. Upon the death of Fitz John Winthrop, esq. in 1707, Mr. Saltonstall was elected governour of the state. So great was the respect of the people for him, "that the assembly repealed the law which required that the governour should be chosen from among the magistrates in nomination, and gave liberty to the people to elect him from themselves at large." A letter was addressed to him by the assembly, requesting him to accept the trust; another was addressed to the church and society, begging them to give their consent that he should leave the pastoral office. They gratified the wishes of the colony. The first of January, 1708, gov. Saltonstall accepted the office, and took the oaths appointed by law. He was elected by the freemen the succeeding year. In 1709, chosen agent to the court of Great Britain to present an address to his majesty, "praying for an armament to reduce the French in N. America to her majesty's obedience," &c. The governour did not accept of the appointment. The assistance was granted, and several expeditions carried on against Port Royal and Canada, as we read in the chronicles of those years. Gov. Saltonstall was continued in office as long as he lived, maintained the dignity of his station, and was accepted by the multitude of his brethren. He died, Sept. 20, 1724, aged 59, leaving a widow, who has been celebrated in New England for her fine accomplishments, and munificence to literary and pious societies, and her charity to the poor. The governour is also reckoned among the benefactors of Harvard College.

The character of Madame Saltonstall, in the New England

SEWALL SAMUEL, chief justice of Massachusetts Bay, was the son of Henry Sewall who came into this country in 1634, and made a plantation in Newbury. His father soon followed, whose name was also Henry: he was the son of Henry Sewall, esq. a linen draper of Coventry in Great Britain. That gentleman possessed an ample fortune, and was mayor of the city. The father of Judge Sewall

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journal,Jan. 26, 1729,30, I suppose to be drawn by Mr. Prince : It carries intrinsic marks of his pen; and the lady attended his ministry. She descended from the rev. William Whittingham, a famous puritan, who, in the reign of queen Mary I. left an estate in England worth 1100 a year sterling, and fled to Geneva to preserve his conscience and religion. There he gathered a church in the congregational way, which seems to be the first instance of it in these latter ages, and was chosen their pastor. Upon queen Elizabeth's accession, he returned to England, and was created dean of Durham, and assisted Mr. Sternhold in the old England version of the psalms of David, being the author of those composures prefixed with W. W. and compiled such a treatise against the ecclesiastical constitutions, as the learned Mr. Lee used to say never was, and never could be answered. estate chiefly lay at Southerton about 6 miles south of Boston in Lincolnshire. His only son Baruch was the principal builder of the church there, having his name distinguished in almost every window, to be seen many years after. He designed to visit New England, but was taken sick and died. His widow came over and had a son, who was the heir of the family, named John. He married a daughter of the rev. William Hubbard of Ipswich, and lived and died in the town. He left three sons, John and Richard, who went to England, and died there unmarried. The third son was named William, and he was the father of Madame Saltonstall. He took his degree at Harvard College, 1660, and settled at Boston, married a daughter of John Lawrence, (formerly of Ipswich, afterwards alderman of the city of New York) applied himself to merchandize, and going over to London, to take care of the estate falling to him, died of the small pox. He left five children, 1. Richard, who took his degree at Harvard College in 1689. 2. William, a merchant, who went to the West Indies, and died. 3. Mary, Mrs. Salstonstall. 4. Elizabeth, wife of the hon. S. Appleton of Ipswich. 5. Martha, married to rev. John Rogers of the same town. Mary, now deceased, first married William Clark, esq. merchant of Boston, in 1683. He died in 1710. She was then married to gov. Saltonstall, and upon his death returned to Boston. As for her character, she was universally known to be a gentlewoman of bright intellectual powers, and to have made a good improvement of them. Full of spirit,

married the daughter of Mr. Stephen Dummer. They were members of the first church in Newbury, where Messrs. Parker and Noyes officiated. Mr. Dummer being in a poor state of health, they all returned to England. They dwelt at Warwick, and then removed to Bishop Stoke, in Hampshire. In this place Mr. Sewall lived some time. His eldest son Samuel was born, March 28, 1652, and was baptised the Sunday following in Stoke church, by Mr. Rashly, who was once a member of the old church in Boston; then went to England; was one of the subscribers to the truths of the gospel, 1648, with the London ministers, and ejected by the Bartholomew act, in 1662.

In the year 1661, Mr. Sewall returned to New England, with his family. The subject of this article was 9 years old. He was sent to the school of Mr. Parker, and made great proficiency for one of his age. He was admitted a student of Harvard College, in August, 1667, and received his first degree from the hands of president Chauncy; the degree of master of arts he received, from president Hoar, in 1674. He was fellow of Harvard College a number of years, and his name is recorded with the benefactors of that seminary. In 1684, his name is among the magistrates of the colony. For several years succeeding, all was confusion and disorder in Massachusetts. Mr. S. went to England

much inclined to reading, and the most instructive company. At the head of the neighbouring colony, she shone in every accomplishment and virtue that became her exalted station. And wherever she went, she was admired for her superiour knowledge, wit, good sense and wisdom. Above all was adorned with exemplary piety. Before gov. S. died, she gave 100 pounds a piece to the two New England Colleges, and by her will 1000 pounds more to this at Cambridge, to be appropriated to two students of bright parts, sober lives, designed for the ministry. She has also left a very large silver bason to the south church in Boston, of which she had been a long while a great ornament; ten pounds to each pastor, and a hundred pounds to the poor of the town, besides sereral other noble bequeathments and legacies to others; and her will was all written by her own band.