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A further Account of the A£tions 



in the more later Wars againft the Common 

 Enemy and Indian Rebels in the Eaftern 

 Parts, under the Command of the aforefaid 

 Capt. Benj. Church. 1 



IN the time of Sir Edmund Andrqfs's' 3, Government 

 began that bloudy War in the Eaftern Parts oi 

 New-England ; fo that immediately Sir Edmund 

 fent an Exprefs for Capt. Church ; who then being 

 at Little Compton? received it on a Lords Day 4 in 



land ; and, 13 June, that of Connecticut, 

 which he claimed by fupplementary in- 

 ftructions. After the news of the land- 

 ing of the Prince of Orange reached 

 Bofton, an infurrection took place there 

 18 April, 1689, an d Andros was im- 

 prifoned. In Feb., 1690, he was fent 

 home to England, by command of Wil- 

 liam III., who, in 1692, appointed him 

 Governor of Virginia, where he for the 

 firft time had a popular adminiftration, 

 but returned to England in 1699; was 

 Governor of Guernfey from 1704 to 

 1706; and died in London, Feb., 1714, 

 at the age of 82. [Governors of Mafs. 

 Bay, 403-422.] 



3 Capt. Church muft have been at 

 Saconct on a tranfient vifit, as he was 

 at this time a refident of Briftol. [See 

 Inirodutfory Memoir., Part I., of this 

 work, p. xxviii.] 



4 The date of this occurrence would 

 feem to be approximately fixed by the 



1 See Introduction, for fome account 

 of the caufes which led to thefe " more 

 later wars." 



2 Sir Edmund Andros was born in 

 Guernfey in 1632; went into the army, 

 where, through favor of the Duke of 

 York, he received promotion; in 1664 

 was appointed Governor of the Duke's 

 territories in America ; arrived at New 

 York 31 Oct., 1674; foon began to fu- 

 pervife the moral and religious, as well 

 as the civil affairs of the people; in 

 1675, attempted in vain to extend his 

 authority over Connecticut. In Feb., 

 1685, the Duke of York, fucceeding to 

 the throne as James II., appointed An- 

 dros Governor of all the New-England 

 Colonies except Connecticut. He ar- 

 rived at Bofton 20 Dec, 1686, and began 

 to remove old officers, overturn ex- 

 ifting inftitutions, and enter upon a 

 practical defpotifm. 12 Jan., 1687, he 

 affumed the Government of Rhode If- 



