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Con/iant Church,™ James Cole,™ John Dyer™ 1 John Cook, 

 Caleb William/on 983 and Edward Church?® of the Forces 

 raifed by Col. Church, each Company being filled up with 

 Englijh & Indians as they agreed among themfelves, and 

 by the Colonel's directions; Capt. Lamb™"' and Capt. 

 Miricks 285 Company, who were raifed by his Excellency's 

 direction, were ordered to joyn thofe aforefaid under the 

 Command of Col Church. Matters being brought thus 

 far on, Col. Church waited upon his Excellency at Bojion 

 to know his pleafure, what further meafures were to be 

 taken; and did humbly move that they might have liberty 

 in their Inftructions to make an Attack upon Port Royal:™ 

 Being very well fatisfyed in his opinion, that with the 

 bleffing of God, with what Forces they had or mould 

 have; and Whale-boats fo well fitted with Oars & Pad- 



279 See references to his name in the 

 Index of Part I. 



280 James Cole was admitted freeman 

 of Swanfea, 1682; Enfign, 1686: Lieu- 

 tenant, 1689; Deputy, 1690. [Blym. 

 Col. Rec. vi : 86, 189, 223, 240.] 



281 I cannot certainly identify this 

 captain ; nor Cook, next named. 



282 Caleb William/on, of Barnftable, 

 was perhaps fon of Timothy of Marih- 

 field ; married Mary Cobb ; had Mary, 

 William, Timothy, Sarah, Ebenezer, 

 Mercy, and Martha. He removed to 

 Hartford, Conn., where he died 24 Dec, 

 1738, cet. 87. [Savage's Gen. Did. iv : 

 572-] 



283 [See Part I. xliv.] 



284 Col. Jojhua Lamb, fon of Thomas 

 of Roxbury, in 1713, one of the firft 



proprietors of Leicefter ? [Barry's Hijl. 

 Framingham, 311; Wafliburn's Hijl. 

 Leicefter, 9, 10.] 



285 There was an JJ'aac Mirick, fon 

 of James of Newbury, who was now, 

 if alive, near 40 years old ; having been 

 born 6 Jan., 1665. [Coffin's Hijl. Nevj- 

 bury,T ) \o.~\ This captain's name further 

 on is feen to have been Ifaac (p. 119, 

 orig. paging.) 



286 Port Royal was a fort upon the 

 inlet of that name almoft due fouth 

 from the outlet of the St. John, acrofs 

 the Bay of Fundy, which is here fome 

 two leagues wide. It was named by 

 De Monts, and was exceedingly diffi- 

 cult of accefs becaufe of the narrownefs 

 of the mouth of the bay ; only one 

 lhip being able to enter at a time, and 



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