october july colonial magistrate served terms governor chief founder later cambridge massachusetts built town home provided land funds establish signed new charter term governor devout opposed religious views rigid early massachusetts leaders like son military man died young saw military service french wars religion acquired legal training entering service likely earl lincoln lincoln circle helped organize establishment massachusetts bay colony sailing served year terms governor colony regularly positions authority descendants include daughter prominent early american poet famous americans gates existed named honor harvard named family early years born village near england october roger father captain english army apparently killed battle time believed killed battle unlikely later found widowed battle suggested occasion death family long asserted connections similarity coats arms association probable common ancestry demonstrated mother descended ancestors like young men good birth page case household william baron nearby castle later raised company men following arms served english army led sir fighting king henry france french wars religion fought spanish siege september surrendered final action war discharged military service returned entered service sir relative mother clerk lawyer later judge recognized honesty time judges susceptible sympathetic cause exposure legal affairs religious views probably significant influence sudden death took position clinton 4th earl lincoln serving steward responsible managing earl estates earl estate lincolnshire center thought recognized virtues time entered earl service according biography successfully legacy financial difficulties bequeathed earl earl consequently came depend financial advice services entirely nature said important role securing engagement clinton lord daughter acquired assistance eventually drawn daughter anne married years later briefly lincoln service time lived growing family boston lincolnshire likely church preached known lincoln estate daughter anne came smallpox treated massachusetts bay colony decided form view establishing colony north_america appear land grant issued company year certainly involved formative stages company investors supporters included individuals earl lincoln circle company sent small group colonists led begin building settlement called salem shores massachusetts bay second group sent company acquired royal charter april later year critical decision transport charter company corporate governance colony enabled shareholders buy remained written october elected governor chosen deputy fleet preparing sail march decided leave england immediately chosen deputy governor place family sailed new world flagship april arrived salem harbour june finding conditions salem inadequate establishing larger colony led watershed apparently unable immediately agree site capital limited time establish concerns rumors potential hostile french action leaders decided distribute colonists places order avoid presenting single target hostilities probably spent winter boston leadership chose stay choice found inadequate water letter wrote lincoln march narrated year experience colonists arrived fleet intimate tone son servant appeared print time compilation early colonial documents founding cambridge spring leadership agreed establish colony capital near present day harvard square cambridge town surveyed laid built houses anger decided build boston decision caused rift resigned posts considered returning england reconciled retracted reported kept peace good love friendship dispute harshly questioned authority governor number actions consulting council assistants differences came fore january orchestrated series accusations overly judicial decisions expense erected renamed cambridge enclosed acres land principally defense wild animals indian raids colony agreed imposing taxes area communities meetings need instances truly representative government north_america town chose representatives advise governor subject principal extended govern colony year elected governor term colony established committee oversee military affairs manage colony munitions colony came legal threat sir attempting revive earlier claim territory raised issues colony charter governance colony governing drafted response charges raised opposing language referring king sacred majesty bishops church_of_england reverend bishops quo writ issued calling charter returned england king financial straits prevented served issue eventually died affair following years elected deputy governor member council assistants governor henry colony split actions come colony began preaching grace following mentor colony leadership including ministers espoused view works split divided colony cotton supported end colonial strife called banished colony number followers left colony consequence settled rhode_island persona non massachusetts theological differences offered shelter role affair unclear historians supportive cause argue significant force unhappy colony adopt rigid stance ban followers turned office affair insistence flying english flag colony fort felt flag symbol replaced served terms according concerns length service led election governor clashed number issues agreed banning relationship significant positive elements granted tract land miles concord northward reportedly went area survey land select parcels governor deferred deputy governor choice land land place properties met marked large stones carved owner described spot brothers remembrance brothers children marriage political activities term office new laws passed led introduction following year document contains guarantees later placed united states bill rights term joined including opposing attempts local clergy prominent explicit role colony governance governor colony threatened war making war english allied prompted leader sign peace agreement new_england colonies lasted king philip war broke years later presided trial held year charged abuses power magistrate residents previous year appointed serve commissioner president umbrella organization established new_england colonies address issues common interest ill aging consequently unable discharge duties office despite illness elected governor fourth time notable acts term issuance new charter judicial decision burn price redemption book springfield resident religious views ruling called views chose return england instead facing years massachusetts governor served deputy governor colony commissioners served magistrate colonial courts sat committees drafted laws colony views conservative english flag act deprived office year sided moderate faction issue believed flag depiction reduced symbol nationalism early chronicler plymouth colony wrote zeal order appeared good laws executing criminal offenders true religion piercing judgment discover wolf clothed early massachusetts historian wrote public private life character modern historical view observes precise rigid moderate approach issues facing colonists founding harvard colony established committee order new college committee consisted colony elders including childless bequeathed colony library half estate contribution college consequently named honor college charter issued second charter issued signed governor served years college harvard_university administrative unit located hall actual house torn named honor family gate bearing words written daughter anne torn 1940s way construction reverend established school living gave significant donations land money school survives day family legacy married children samuel came new world married daughter mary alliances family later served pastor exeter new_hampshire married poet published north_america child sarah married militia officer union unhappy resulted reported instance divorce colony returned england marriage formal divorce proceedings known sarah eventually married patience fourth child married colonial militia officer mercy children married minister died december years age remembered daughter anne poem lies worthy life loving mother wife friendly neighbor poor fed clothed store married second wife widow descendant noble berkeley families children joseph paul joseph served governor paul confused joseph son paul served provincial attorney general time colony register moved cambridge moved died july buried descendants including son joseph grandson paul buried famous descendants include naval commander revolutionary war military commander democratic presidential candidate united_states senator massachusetts secretary state justice past political figures president new_hampshire senator massachusetts named paul william owns parcel land called governor brothers rocks located area listed national_register_of_historic_places road historic district 12th great grandfather heather tampa florida
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