^fiamtds Gkfier , but their abiding^place 
was at Salem^ where they built a Town in 
1^5^, and there they gathered their firft 
Church, confiftingbut of Seventy pcrtbns > 
i>ut afterwards increafed to forty three 
Churches in joynt Communion with one 
another, and in thole Churches were about 
Seven thoufand, fcven hundred and fifty 
Souls, Mr. Endicoi was chofen their firft 
Govcrnour» 
The Twelfth of July Anno Vom. 16^0. 
John iVmhorf Efq-, and the affifiants, arri- 
ved with the Patent for the Mj^uchufeti^ 
the paffage of the people that came along 
with him in ten Vcflcls came to ^5000 
pound I the Swine, Goats , Sheep ^ H^^t, 
HorCeseoft to tranfport I2QC0 pound, b - 
fides the price they coft them i getting food 
for the people till they could clear the 
ground oi wood amounted to 45000 
pound : Nails, Gkrs, and other lion work 
for their meeting and dwelling houfcs 
l?00O pound vAims, Powder, BuHet, and 
Marcn, together with thrir Aitilkry 22000 
pound, the whole Turn amounts unro Oae 
hundred ninety two tHouiand pounds They 
Ml down firft uponN( Me -//7i«^^ ifier wards 
they began to build upon the main. In 1637* 
ckre were not many houics in the Town of 
