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fent for Capt. Church to come to Bojlon, as loon as his 

 bufinefs would permit: Where-upon he went to Bq/lon, and 

 waited upon his Honour; 11 who told him he was requefted 

 by the Council to fend for him, to fee if he could be pre- 

 vail'd with to Raife Volunteers both EngliJJi and Indians 

 to go Eaft; for the Eaftward Indians had done great fpoil 

 upon the EngliJJi in thofe Parts; 12 giving him an account 

 of the Miferies and Sufferings of the People there: Capt. 

 Churches Spirits being affecled, faid, If he could do any 

 Service for his Honour, the Country, and their relief, he 

 was ready and willing: His advice was asked, How he 

 would a£t, he faid, He would take with him as many of 

 his old Souldiers as he could get, both EngliJJi and In- 



lived afterward at Ipfwich, Ando- 

 ver, Bofton, and Salem. He was the 

 firft Secretary of the Mafs. Colony ; 

 Commiffioner of the United Colonies; 

 Deputy Governor 1672-9; afterward 

 Governor until 1686; was the head of 

 the moderate party, but oppofed An- 

 dres's arbitrary acts, and refumed his 

 place at the head of affairs when An- 

 dros was depofed, where he continued 

 until Sir William Phipps came, in 1692, 

 with the new Charter. He died 27 

 March, 1697, aged 94. He married (1) 

 Ann, daughter of Gov. Thomas Dud- 

 ley, by whom he had Samuel, Dorothy, 

 Sarah, Simon, Hannah, Mercy, Dudley, 

 and John; (2) Ann, widow of Capt. 

 Jofeph Gardner, and daughter of Eman- 

 uel Downing. [Savage's Gen. Did. i : 

 236; N. E. Hift. & Gen. Reg. i : 75.] 



11 The date of this is approximately 

 fixed by cotemporary documents. Gov. 



Bradftreet wrote to Gov. Hinckley, 17 

 July, 1689, " We have written to Capt. 

 Church"; and 2 Aug., 1689, "Capt. 

 Church having alfo been written to 

 from hence thereabouts, who is now 

 here with the Council treating about 

 that affair," &c. [Hinckley Papers, 4 

 Mafs. Hift. Coll. v : 204-5.] 



12 In April, 16S9, the Indians renewed 

 hoftilities at Saco; and 27 June, Coche- 

 co (now Dover, N.H.) was furprifed, 

 and Maj. Waldron and 23 others were 

 killed, and 29 were taken captive, and 

 fold to the French in Canada. 2 Aug., 

 Pemaquid was deftroyed, and the in- 

 habitants Eaft of Falmouth (Portland, 

 Me.) withdrew in terror to that town, or 

 removed to other places of fuppofed 

 fecurity. [Mather's Magnolia (orig. 

 ed.), Book vii: 64-5; Williamfon's 

 Hift. Maine, i: 610; Willis's Hift. 

 Portland, 275.] 



