we find monuments of the persons spoken of in this book, or of their contemporaries. One word respecting the descendants of Brewster, Bradford, Robinson, and Clifton. The Brewsters and Bradfords took root in The descen dants of the four principal persons. New England, where they flourished, and are still flourishing. Brewster gave to his children names of quite the ultra-puritan mintage, Patience, Fear, Love, Wrestling, Brewster. and Jonathan: I say of an ultra-puritan mintage, but there was a meaning and purpose in the adoption of names such as these. The names previously used in England, had been for the most part the names of holy men and women, who had been honoured in the ancient church, and placed by her in the Kalendar. They had therefore a relation to the abrogated system, and they contributed to keep up the memory of it, which the Puritans wished to see die away. They had recourse therefore to Old Testament names, and to such words as fear, love, and patience, which we see Brewster selected out of a pretty copious vocabulary. In one parish in England, that of Halifax, Old Testament names supplanted almost entirely the former personal nomenclature, and prevail to a very great extent even to our times, when the reason for the use of them is forgotten. They prevail still to a great extent in New England. They were generally inelegant, but our New England brethren seem sometimes as if they sought out from these Hebrew words those which were the least pleasing and almost unpronounceable. In Brewster's choice the names do not distinguish the sex, so that it may be well to say that Patience and Fear were women, and Love and Wrestling, men. Patience married Thomas Prince or Prence, and Fear, Isaac Allerton, both men noted in the affairs of the colony. Two of the sons settled at Duxbury, which is near Plymouth. Dr. Young, from whom I take this, says, "there are many descendants of the worthy elder in Plymouth, Duxbury, Kingston, Pembroke, and in Connecticut and elsewhere.61 There is a larger account of them in the History of Duxbury by Mr. Justin Winsor, 8vo, Boston, 1849.62 In the 61 P. 470. 1 62 P. 234. This work of Mr. Winsor is a remarkable proof of the fondness of the people of New England for genealogical research. Our English books of Topography are sometimes censured for the minuteness of their details and for being overloaded with genealogical matter. But we have no book which can compare in September of last year, there was a meeting of gentlemen who claim the honourable distinction of descent from Eider Brewster, at Norwich in Connecticut, when it was resolved to adopt some special means to do honour to the memory of their common ancestor, and a Committee was appointed for the purpose. Governor Bradford had John, William, Mercy, and Bradford. Joseph. Of their descendants, amongst whom are several distinguished names, there is a large account in Mr. Winsor's History of Duxbury, pp. 230-4. The Bradford and Brewster families became connected by the marriage of Joseph Brewster, with Susan, daughter of Captain Scott Bradford, soon after the close of the war. these respects with the History of Duxbury; and future generations will most certainly estimate as they deserve the labour and research of its author. But a work professedly genealogical (not topographical) is anxiously expected from Mr. Savage, who has promised what he modestly regards as a new edition of Farmer's Genealogical Register, but which after so much labour as he has bestowed upon it will be well entitled to be considered an original and substantive work. But with respect to the Brewsters, whatever skill and diligence can do will be done by the Rev. Ashbell Steele, to whom the committee have assigned the duty of preparing an ample account of the Life of Brewster, to be printed as one part of the honours about to be paid to his memory. Though Robinson himself did not put in execution his avowed intention of emigrating, his Robinson. son probably did so, as he bought land at Isaac Creek, which, however, he soon sold. His name was Isaac. The researches of the American genealogists have not been very successful in tracing his posterity. It is to be feared they never rose to eminence among the population of the new country." 63 The Cliftons who had left the Leyden church, and continued at Amsterdam, did not emi- Clifton. grate. We have spoken of the children of the minister already: but the fly-leaves of the Bible in the Taylor Institution, contain information respecting later descendants. The two children of the first marriage of Zachary Clifton died in infancy, as did six of the ten children of his second marriage, so great was mortality of infants in those days as compared with the present happier times. The others were, Zachary, Eleazer, Richard, and Hannah. Of these Eleazer died at Rotterdam, 9th June, 1667, aged 31, and was buried in the French church there. Zachary, Richard, and Hannah lived with their father at Newcastle, but Richard and Hannah died 63 See Mr. Winsor's History of Duxbury, 8vo, 1849, p. 297. before him, namely, Richard on November 10th, 1664, at the age of 22, and Hannah on the 18th April, 1671, six weeks before her father, at the age of 23. They were both buried at All Hallows Church in the north alley near the Quire door next to the burial place of Dr. Newton, on the north side. : There remains only Zachary of whom a full and good account is given by himself. "Zachary, son of Zach. Clifton, by Elizabeth his wife, was born May 10th (stylo novo) anno 1633. He was promoted out of the Latin school at Amsterdam, April 4th, anno 1649 went to the University of Utrecht, May 5th, anno 1650 from thence to the University of Leyden, August 9, anno 1652. He commenced Master of Arts at Leyden, August 9th, anno 1654, and came thence for England in June following he arrived at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, (viz.) June 26th, anno 1654. Went to live with Mr. Ralph Delaval, Esquire, at Seaton Delaval, where he performed family duties and taught his sons Latin. He stayed with the said Mr. Delaval from the 16th January, 1654, to May 14th, anno 1657. He went from Newcastle to London August 27th, anno 1658; arrived 2d September following, and preached his first sermon, at St. Helen's : |