Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the PilgrimsDavid Lindsay, researching old records to learn details of the life of his ancestor, Richard More, soon found himself in the position of the Sorcerer's Apprentice-wherever he looked for one item, ten more appeared. What he found illuminated not only More's own life but painted a clear and satisfying picture of the way the First Comers, Saints and Strangers alike, set off for the new land, suffered the voyage on the Mayflower, and put down their roots to thrive on our continent's northeastern shore. From the story, Richard emerges as a man of questionable morals, much enterprise, and a good deal of old-fashioned pluck, a combination that could get him into trouble-and often did. He lived to father several children, to see, near the end of his life, a friend executed as a witch in Salem, and to be read out of the church for unseemly behavior. Mayflower Bastard lets readers see history in a new light by turning an important episode into a personal experience. |
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... could never have been. There are less economical ways to protest the violation of marriage vows. Admittedly, Katharine More had never expected to find herself in such a bind. The youngest daughter of a local bailiff who had SWAN SONG.
... married and her other brothers dead of disease or fate, she was thrust to center stage of the household, with ... marriage, and Katherine may well have searched that very painting for resemblances that day. Was her neck as straight? Her ...
... marriage settlement specifically asked for the arrangement to be conducted “without tabling,” thus allowing Samuel to remain at his own Linley Hall, ten miles to the west of Larden Hall, at his leisure. The iciness shows through in the ...
... married. It was not an engagement. Having uttered their vows, neither person could marry anyone else without committing bigamy. They did, however, need to be able to produce at least two witnesses to their vows, and Samuel ...
... was valid with or without witnesses. Intentionally or not, this was a departure from standing matrimonial law, not least because her insistence on the validity of her precontract automatically made her marriage to Samuel an act of.
Contents
THE PROMISED LAND | |
A MOTHERS WISH | |
TO | |
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF RICHARD MORE | |
THE BELL | |
THE QUAKER CRISIS | |
BATTLES LARGE AND SMALL | |
UNDER WATCHFUL EYES | |
HYPOCRISY UNMASKD | |
HYSTERIA | |
STONE REMAINS | |