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Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder (April 1, 1593 – March 25, 1682) established the first European settlement on Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and adjacent islands in 1642. He is one of the editors of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book published in the Thirteen Colonies.[1] His assistant Peter Foulger was the grandfather of Benjamin Franklin.

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Thomas Mayhew

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Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder (April 1, 1593 – March 25, 1682) established the first European settlement on Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and adjacent...

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Matthew Mayhew

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Governor Matthew Mayhew (1644 or 1648 – 1710) was son of Thomas Mayhew Jr., and grandson of Thomas Mayhew Sr., an early settler of Martha's Vineyard, and...

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Peter Mayhew

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Peter William Mayhew (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British-American actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series...

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Jonathan Mayhew

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descent from Thomas Mayhew (1592–1682), an early settler and the grantee (1641) of Martha's Vineyard and adjacent islands. Thomas Mayhew, Jr. (1622–1657)...

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Ince and Mayhew

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Thomas Chippendale; Ince, who was a subscriber to the first edition of Chippendale's Director, was chiefly responsible for the designs, while Mayhew contributed...

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Hiacoomes

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Christianity under the tutelage of the missionary Thomas Mayhew Jr. He would then, with the assistance of Mayhew, become a leading preacher to his fellow Wampanoag...

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Joseph Mayhew

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Massachusetts. Joseph Mayhew was a lineal descendant of Thomas Mayhew, Governor of Martha's Vineyard. His father Simon Mayhew was the youngest brother...

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Lavinia Warren

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distantly descended from a French family named Bonpasse, from Governor Thomas Mayhew, and five Mayflower passengers: John Billington, Francis Cooke, Edward...

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Naushon Island

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island at the time, Thomas Mayhew, and his son, John Mayhew, bought out the Native Americans' shares of the island. During the Mayhew's ownership of the...

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Experience Mayhew

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son of Rev. John Mayhew, missionary to the Indians, nephew of Gov. Matthew Mayhew, and great-grandson of Gov. Thomas Mayhew. The Mayhews’ missionary work...

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Nantucket

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neighboring island of Martha's Vineyard by the English-born merchant Thomas Mayhew. In 1641, Mayhew secured Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, the Elizabeth Islands...

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Henry Mayhew

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Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 – 25 July 1887) was an English journalist, playwright, and advocate of reform. He was one of the co-founders of the satirical...

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Bay Psalm Book

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hired "thirty pious and learned Ministers", including Richard Mather, Thomas Mayhew, and John Eliot, to undertake a new translation, which they presented...

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Cuttyhunk Island

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sold the islands to Thomas Mayhew in 1641, and in 1663 James Stuart, Duke of York assumed proprietorship over them. In 1668, Mayhew sold Cuttyhunk to Philip...

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Elizabeth Islands

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Council of New England because he did not care to have them. In 1641, Thomas Mayhew the Elder, of Watertown, Massachusetts, bought the islands—along with...

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Winthrop Fleet

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early settler of Hampton, New Hampshire and Nantucket, Massachusetts Thomas Mayhew Allan Perley Robert Seeley Isaac Stearns John Taylor Captain John Underhill...

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Schoolhouse Blizzard

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General Adolphus Greely. The indications officer (forecaster), Lieutenant Thomas Mayhew Woodruff in St. Paul, Minnesota, said: "A cold wave is indicated for...

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Mayhew Folger

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Nantucket. Mayhew was the uncle of Lucretia Coffin Mott, daughter of his sister, Anna Folger, and Thomas Coffin. Folger's grandson, William Mayhew Folger...

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Edward Winslow

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Gospel amongst the Indians in New England (1649) with John Eliot and Thomas Mayhew Jr. sold by John Bellamy. Edward Winslow, along with William Bradford...

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Richard Mather

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which the English Congregationalists were then tending. With Thomas Welde, Thomas Mayhew and John Eliot he wrote the "Bay Psalm Book", or, more accurately...

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