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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Champlain , Samuel de 1567 -1635 (search)
Champlain, Samuel de 1567-1635
French navigator; born in Brouage, France, in 1567.
His family had many fishermen and
Samuel De Champlain. mariners, and he was carefully educated for a navigator.
In early life he was in the cavalry of Brittany, and was with his uncle, pilot-general of the fleets of Spain, when that officer conducted back to that country the troops who had served in France.
In 1599 he commanded a vessel of the Spanish fleet that sailed to Mexico, and he drew up a faithful account of the voyage.
On his return he received a pension from Henry IV.
of France; and he was induced by M. de Chastes, governor of Dieppe, to explore and prepare the way for a. French colony in America.
Chastes had received a charter from the King to found settlements in New France, and the monarch commissioned Champlain lieutenant-general of Canada.
With this authority, he sailed from Honfleur on March 5, 1603, with a single vessel, commanded by Pont-Greve, a skilful navigator.
In Ma
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Claiborne , or Clayborne , William 1589 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornwaleys , or Cormwaleys , Thomas (search)
Cornwaleys, or Cormwaleys, Thomas
pioneer; born about 1600; was one of the leaders in the establishment of the colony at St. Mary's. In 1635 he led a force against Claiborne, and in 1638, when Lord Baltimore sent out a code to be adopted by the General Assembly, he opposed it, alleging that the charter of the freemen gave them the right to enact their own laws.
During 1638 he was made deputy governor; in 1642 was commissioned commander of an expedition against the Indians; in 1652 became a member of the general court; and in 1657, when the government was restored to Lord Baltimore, he was appointed assistant governor.
He returned to England in 1659, and died there in 1676.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Folger , Peter 1617 -1690 (search)
Folger, Peter 1617-1690
Pioneer; born in England in 1617; emigrated to America with his father in 1635; settled in Martha's Vineyard in 1641; became a Baptist minister and was one of the commissioners to lay out Nantucket, receiving one-half of the land for his services as surveyor and interpreter.
In his poem entitled A Looking-glass of the times; or, the former spirit of New England revived in this generation, he pleaded for liberty of conscience and toleration of all sects, even the Quakers and Anabaptists.
He died in Nantucket, Mass., in 1690.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gardiner , lion 1599 -1829 (search)
Gardiner, lion 1599-1829
Military officer; born in England in 1599; was sent to America in 1635 by the proprietors for the purpose of laying out a city, towns, and forts at the mouth of the Connecticut River.
He built the fort which he called Saybrook after Lord Saye and Sele and Lord Brooke.
In 1639 he purchased Gardiner's Island, at the extremity of Long Island, then known by the Indian name of Manchonat, and at first called Isle of Wight by Gardiner.
He secured a patent for the island, which made it a plantation entirely distinct and separate from any of the colonies.
It contains about 3,300 acres, and has descended by law of entail through eight lords of the manor, the last being David Johnson, who died in 1829.
From him the property was passed through the hands of his two brothers and two sons.
This is believed to be the only property in the United States which has descended by entail to its present holders (see entail of estates). The manor house built in 1775 is still
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield , James Abram 1831 -1881 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gorges , Sir Ferdinando 1565 -1647 (search)