The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02

ever revisited Plymouth. but she came to
Salem in 16e9 with number of pilgrims
from Leyden. bound for Plymouth. She
but no mention is made of her in the Ply
mouth records after that year. Az in
effectual effort was made by ill-disposed
persons to prove that she was subsequently,
engaged in the slave trade, but the un-
truthfuIness of their statement has been
shown by the fact that the vessel which
was used as a SLAYER was of $50 tons burden
more than twice as large as the glorious
Maynower of happy memory, 1t has also
of the same name III different ports about
the time mentioned.
The first marriage in the colony occurred
May %, 1921. Edward Winslow, who had
been a widower seven weeks, marrying
Susanna White. who had lost her husband
less than twelve weeks before. The mar
rage was not regarded as being at all in
decorous, Mrs. White having been left with
a large family of children. while it was de-
sirable that Winslow. like other able-bodied
men in the colony, should be at the head of
a family. Josiah WinslOw was the result
of this maria ge. Fifty-two years later he
became the first native Governor of an
The colony suffered greatly from famine
in 1922, while in 1923 worse famine pre-
vailed. In July the ship Anne. 40 tons,
arrived from England, and ten days later
from England, came to anchor in Plymouth.
Both craft brought 100 persons, many of
them relatives of the earlier settlers. At
the close of 1923 about $50 emigrants in all
were living at Plymouth.
The first law entered in the colony record
book was enacted Dec. 81. 1923. 1t is rem
dered all the more important because of the
fact that it is the first order issued by the
America. The original document, which is
now in the archives of Plymouth county,
in that town. is as follows:
Orders agreed on at several times for the gen.
eral good OF the colony, and the better govern
ment and preservation of the same.
1t asOrdained 18th day Of Decemb Ammo
1923, by the court then held, that all crimynall
facts; and also all matters Of trespases ana
debts between man, and man should be tried by
the verdict OF twelve honest men, TO be impan-
eled by authority, in forme of jurye upon their
oaths.
Rose Standish. the wife of Myles, had
died Jan. %, 1920. presumably for want of
proper food, as did many other Pilgrims
about that time. Bradford merely referred
to the fact, and the circumstances attend
ing her death are consequently not known.
About the end of September, 1929 Captain
Standish married young woman named
Barbara, whose family name is not given
by historians. In 1921 the colony made the
hrst law establishing a custom-house. The
original document. which with many others
Is at present preserved in the county build
ing at Plymouth, is as follows:
1t was ordained the said 90 of March. 1926
Tor the preventing scarcity, as also for the fur
der1ng or our trade, that no cOrne, beans, or
pease, be transported, Embarked or sold TO that
| end to he conveyed out of the colony without the
leave and excuse OF the Governor and COUNSEL:
the breach whereof to he punished with loss OF
the goods so taken or proved to be solo, and the
seller furder lined or punished or both at the dis
erection OF We Gown and COUNSEL.
In 1927 the construction of a canal across
the Cape Cod isthmus was first considered
| by the Pilgrims. and the question became
one OF much interest in Massachusetts,.
June l, 1927, the division of all the cattle in
the colony took place, In accordance with
| the agreement made by the colonsts among
| themselves before leaving England, where
| by their joint partnership was to continue
Tor seven years after landing, when the di-
vision of the original capital and profits
| was TO be made. The colOnists were divided
into twelve companies, and the cattle di-
| vided among them. Those drawing each
| lot We're to have the use of the stock for
| ten years, when the animals, with oDe-half
| OF their increase, were to revert TO the
colony.
The Council for New England sent over
| new patent for the Plymouth territory in
1880: 1t defined the grant as coextensive
| with the present Massachusetts counties of
| Plymouth. Barnstable and Bristol. and also
included the island of Rhode Island hut
an adverse claim being made against the
granting OF the latter place. the Pilgrims
| William Bradford, his heirs and associates,
| thus leaving him to decide who should be
his associates, If any, or to make himself
| lord of the manor and hold the other colo
! nists his tenants and subOrdinates. This
| patent was signed by the Earl of Warwick,
president of the Council for New England,
| and is to-day preserved among the Ply
| mouth registry of deeds. 1t was lost for
many years, but in 1741 was received from
| private hands.
| The first legal execution in the colony
| took place in 1880, when John Ellington,
who came in the May flower with the first
Pilgrims, and who was regarded rs a dan
| gerous person generally. was put to death
for shooting and killing John Newcomer
| In 1896 the first revision of the laws took
place. The first recorded law had been
that of 1923, establishing trial by Jury; the
| second In 1G26, forbade the expectation OF
food and lumber without an official permit
| In 1923 matched roofs were ordered to be
| changed for those of boards. In 1852 fences
| were ordered for cultivated land. and every
man was required to keep firearms Drunk
enness in ones house was made Unable in
1888. 1t was also provided that Plymouth
| should be the colonial capital, and the
home OF the Governor; that jurors receive
six pence for each case tried before them
that wills be proved within one month
before the Governor and council, and
that n mans widow should he his
| administrators. There were no criminal
Jaws, the Governor and council being given
much discretion in cases of q criminal
nature, together with trial by jury. The
smoking OF drinking" of tobacco, az it was
| termed, was in 1888 forbidden on the high
way or out of doors within one mile of q
dwelling. or while at work in tho fields
In 1861 Ralph Smith, of Cape Cod. while ol
watch for whales, having lied about seeing
one, was fined 20 shilllngs. In the same
| year William Randall was fined 10 shillings
for telling lie. James Leonard, an inn
keeper of Taunton, in 1854, lost his wife by
death, whereupon his license was takeI
away because The was not SO we'll fitted a:
before to keep an inn.' confederation
| called 1.-The United Colonies of New
England" formed of Massachusetts,. Ply
mouth, Connecticut and New Haven, wa.
established in 1913 after discussion which
lasted six years, and which had been com
menced by Plymouth. Each State was Il
| annually choose two church members as ii.
commissioners. Each colony was to retain
full control of its internal affairs.
| The Pilgrims suffered a severe loss abou-
harvest-time of 1856 in the death of Capt
Myles Standlsh. About 1881 he had re
moved to tract of land between a higl
| hill and the shore at Duxbury, few miles
| from Plymouth. The hill is now known a.
Captains hill, on which stands monu
ment 10 feet in height. surmounted by
| statue of Standish. He suffered greatly
during the last months of his life, his dsati
being caused by gravel and strangnry
While the exact place of his burial i.
slightly in question, it is almost certain
that the grave is in the old cemetery a
| South Duxbury, and is marked by two