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MAYFLOWER COMPACT SIGNER RICHARD WARREN,my 12th great grandfather
Richard Warren was not of the Leyden Company, but joined the Pilgrims in London. He came alone on the Mayflower and was one of the nineteen signers of the Compact who survived the first winter. Under the land division of 1623, his apportionment, as one of the Mayflower passengers, fell in the north side of town, and under those who came in the Ann (arriving the latter part of July 1623), his wife and daughters having come on that ship, his lands were 'on the other side of the towne towards the Eele River,' where he made his home, in the sectional later known as Wellingsley or Hobshole, and where he died in 1628. He also owned land along the shore of the present Warren's Cove. The date and place of his birth is unknown. He married in England before 1610, Elizabeth; born before 1583 and died 22 October 1673 at Plymouth aged above 90 years. In the early Plymouth Colony records she was usually spoken of as Mistress Elizabeth Warren, an uncommon designation, and she was one of the few widows of the Colony who did not remarry." From Families of The Pilgrims, compiled by Hubert Kinney Shaw (1956) and published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. www.pilgrimhall.org/warrenrichrecords.htm
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Conditions in England
Henry VIII, king of England from 1509 to 1547 instigated the Reformation of the English church.Although the it stemmed from Henry's desire to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, it became a controlled revolution.Henry VIII broke with Rome, ended monasticism, and annexed vast church properties to the crown. The last were gradually sold and came into the hands of the gentry and middle classes, immensely increasing their economic strength and leading them to claim greater political power through the House of Commons.
Henry VIII was followed by his son Edward VI (1547-1553), and then his daughter Mary I (1553-1558). After Mary’s death Elizabeth I (1558-1603) became Queen, who was also the daughter of Henry VIII second marriage to Anne Boleyn. Noted for her long preserved virginity (the Colony of Virginia was named for her), Elizabeth I was responsible for one of the greatest periods in English history, later known as the Elizabethan Age. England not only became a leading maritime and commercial power but also enjoyed a major cultural and artistic renaissance, epitomized by the great dramatist William Shakespeare.
Religion in England had been unsettled since Henry VIII's break with the pope in 1533. Moderate Protestantism had been practiced under Henry, and more radical Protestant programs were implemented under Edward VI; but Mary had restored the Roman Catholic faith and papal jurisdiction to England. Elizabeth herself was a moderate Protestant. Her settlement again excluded papal authority, and it brought back the Book of Common Prayer, an English-language liturgy, but it did not recognize the demands of the more extreme Puritans. The Puritans were eventually driven underground, to reappear in the early Stuart period.
Since Elizabeth had no children and there were no other descendants of Henry VIII, the Tudor line was extinguished upon her death. Throughout her reign Elizabeth refused to designate a successor, but it is clear that she expected King James VI of Scotland to follow her. When Elizabeth died on Mar. 24, 1603, James, the son of Mary Queen of Scots but a Protestant, succeeded without incident as James I of England.
Although raised as a Presbyterian, he immediately antagonized the rising Puritan movement by rejecting a petition for reform of the Church of England at the Hampton Court Conference (1604).
As we have seen, small numbers of English Puritans, known as Separatists, broke away from the Church of England because they felt that it had not completed the work of the Reformation. They wanted to purify the Church of England by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence. They committed themselves to a life based on the Bible. In 1617, discouraged by economic difficulties, the pervasive Dutch influence on their children, and their inability to secure civil autonomy, the congregation voted to emigrate to America. Unable to finance the costs of the emigration with their own meager resources, they negotiated a financial agreement with Thomas Weston, a prominent London iron merchant. A small ship, the Speedwell, carried them to Southampton, England, where they were to join another group of Separatists and pick up a second ship. After some delays and disputes, the voyagers regrouped at Plymouth aboard the 180-ton Mayflower. It began its historic voyage on Sept. 16, 1620, with about 102 passengers--fewer than half of them from Leiden.
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THE VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER
William Bradford and Edward Winslow were the only Pilgrims to leave accounts of the Mayflower and the voyage from England to Cape Cod. Being landlubbers, the Pilgrims were nervous about their future welfare as well as the long voyage to reach their final destination. It is no wonder the accounts of Bradford and Winslow are filled with the negative aspects of the voyage. Their experiences for the past three years had been fretful, troublesome and full of doubt. Unfortunately, it has left us with account which cannot in any measure give us a true description of that great voyage across the Atlantic.The Mayflower made the crossing in 66 days, which would average out to about 2 miles per hour. It must also be remembered that in coming from England to Cape Cod the Mayflower was sailing against the strong currents of the Gulf Sream as well as the stormy winds of the North Atlantic. As the fishermen of the day knew all too well, September was the time to seek safe harbors for winter. Undoubtedly, the Pilgrims had been warned of the dangers which they would face in the North Atlantic if they insisted on beginning their voyage at that time of year. However, their money was at an end - not to mention the fact the English authorities were still searching for William Brewster, who was concealed on the ship. They had no choice but to continue. Master Christopher Jones, the skipper, had sailed the waters of the North Sea during stormy seasons, and he knew how to handle Mayflower under such stressful weather conditions. www.mayflowervoyage.com
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AUDUBON'S FRIEND
Isaac Sprague (1811-1895)
 Young Sprague first met Audubon when the older man admired Sprague's bird drawings in 1840. Sprague was invited to join Audubon's expedition up the Missouri River in 1843. On that trip near the mouth of the Yellowstone River Edward Harris and John Bell shot a small brown bird. Audubon realized it was a new species and named it "Sprague's Missouri Lark." Now Sprague's Pipit. Sprague himself laid down his drawing tools a few days later and found his namesake's nest and eggs in a mound of prairie grass.
Some of Sprague's fine drawings were incorporated into Audubon's later publications, without credit. However, Sprague soon became America's best known botanical illustrator of his day. He was chosen to illustrate Asa Gray's classic Botanical Textbook and then his subsequent Flora.
Isaac Sprague - self taught landscape, botanical, and ornithological painter - was born on September 5, 1811 in Hingham, MA and died (presumably) near Needham in Grantville, MA in 1895. His addresses are listed as Cambridge from 1846 to about 1855 and Grantville from about 1855 to 1895.
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EDMUND MAHAR( a Maine relative)
A pioneer of Eastern Maine, Edmund Mahar (or Meagher) came from the vicinity of Belfast, Northern Ireland to the eastern shores of North America. He was an Irish “Regular” soldier in the British Army, and served with General Wolfe in Captain Robert Wilson’s company at the siege and capture of Louisburg, Cape Breton, Canada. In 1759, he was again with Wilson at the battle on the Plains of Abraham and at the siege of Quebec, Canada.
After the war, Edmund came with Captain Wilson to Kittery, Maine, then to Portsmouth, N.H., and later to Campobello Island, N. B., Canada. In 1770, Capt. Wilson, Hataville Laighton(another relative) and William Clark began lumbering operations at Leighton’s Point, Pembroke, Me. Edmund Mahar, Luke Kelley, and William assisted in the cutting and preparing of pine timber for shipment.
About 1773, Edmund Mahar settled at the point west of Leighton’s homestead. This site, close to the falls of Cobscook and opposite Falls Island, has for many years born the name of Mahar’s Point. (Lot # 37, Map of 1810) It was here that he and his wife, Rebecca Riley, lived and raised their nine children. Edmund worked for Wilson, Laighton and Clark as a lumberman from 1770 to 1782. He was a farmer and also a pilot at the falls, a most important post. The falls, now known as “Reversing Falls,” are located just off Mahar’s Point on Leighton Neck in Pembroke. The half- mile long falls are a notable natural phenomenon of Washington County, Maine. Through a 300-yard wide gap passes most of the tide flow, which alternately fill and drains both Whiting and Dennys Bay. The 25 mph current roars for hours over jutting rocks.
Edmund was the first nonnative to navigate the rushing, foaming waters of the falls, demonstrating the feasibility of vessels passing through or around the falls in comparative safety when skillfully piloted. Under his guidance, on May 17, 1786, the Lincoln expedition(carrying my Sprague ggg-grandparents) from Hingham area) was able to navigate the treacherous waters. He guided the settlers up the north branch of the Dennys River to what is now Dennysville, Maine.
Edmund Mahar first cleared the virgin forest growth from the acres at Mahar’s Point. Amid the tangled thickets of roses and thorn bush on its outmost verge, he is buried in the family plot.
The excerpt from Donald Sprague’s paper gives a good overview. He presents excerpts from the paper “ A History of Pembroke” dealing with Edmund Mahar and his associates. I have also corresponded previously with Donald (another relative). He helped me with some of my early geneological research and is quite an expert in family research.-John.
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