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ti-ates of the Massachusetts Colonie" on behalf of himself 

 and other persecuted citizens of that town. The petition- ^J/^l'^"^ 

 ei-s stated tliat they "are for their religion sake, outed 

 ajid expelled from their habitations and dwellings in 

 Eotchell," and humbly crave the " liberty to come heather, 

 here to inhabit and abide amongst the English in this 

 Jurisdiction, and to follow such honest endeavours & 

 ymploymts, as providence hath or shall direct them unto, 

 whereby they may get a livelihood, and that they might 

 have so much favour from the Govmt here, as in some 

 meiisure to be certayne of their residence here before they 

 undertake the voyage, and what privileges they may 

 expect here to have, that so accordingly as they find 

 incoridgmt for further progress herein, they may dispose 

 of their estates of Eotchell, where they may not have any 

 longer continuance." In October of that year the Gen- October 1662 

 eral Court of Massachusetts granted the petitioners the 

 right to take up their residence in the Colony, but how 

 many took advantage of the opportunity it is quite impos- 

 sible to tell. A list of the petitioners was forwarded with 

 the petition itself, but unfortunately it was destroyed. 

 Doubtless several of them found their way to Boston, for 

 we have evidence that Jean Teuton himself arrived in 

 Massachusetts during the very year of the petition. In 

 1687 we find him again addressing the General Court, de- 

 claring that he had ' ' ever since the year 1662 been an 

 Inhabitant in the Territory of his Majesty." 



Philip English, who was baptized Phillip L'Anglois, 

 came to Salem, Massachusetts, in or about the year 1670. saiem 1670 

 He was a high-spirited man and possessed of a great store 

 of energy, and he at once made a place for himself in the 

 affairs of that thriving seaport. He built up a large trade 

 with France, Spain and the West Indies, and soon came 

 to be recognized as one of the most prosperous merchants 

 of Salem. At one time, when at the height of his good 

 fortune, he was credited with owning fourteen buildings phiiip English 

 in the town, a commodious warehouse and wharf, to say 



