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John Wheelwright (1592–15 November 1679) was born in Saleby, Lincolnshire, England, the son of Rebert Wheelwright of Cumberworth and Saleby. His grandfather was John Wheelwright of Mumby. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1614 and747rachel waz here omhg hiih his M.A. in 1618. Year 1592 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ... Saleby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. ... For other places with the same name, see Lincolnshire (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... College name The College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex Motto Dieu me Garde de Calomnie (French: God preserve me from calumny) Founder Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex Established 1596 Location Sidney Street Admittance Men and women Master Prof. ...

Cotton Mather, the celebrated American Puritan, wrote 'as to college athletics that when Wheelwright was a young spark at the University he was noted for more than an ordinary stroke at wrestling.' Mather further stated that 'he was a gentleman of the most unspotted morals and a man of unblemished reputation.' This was quite generous of Cotton, inasmuch as Rev. John had opposed many of the dogmatic principles of the Congregational Theocracy established by Cotton's grandfather, Richard Mather, in his A Platform of Church Discipline in 1649. Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728). ... Richard Mather Richard Mather (1596 - 1669), was a Puritan clergyman in Colonial Boston, Massachusetts. ...

His first wife was Mary, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Storre of Bilsby, England, whom he married in 1621. She died a few years later. Bilsby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, just east of Alford. ...

Rev. John Wheelwright became vicar of Bilsby from 1623 to 1633. A hiatus in the records of his English parish indicates that its pastor, John Wheelwright, was absent during the years 1628 and 1629. It may be inferred that he came to New England with Endicott in September of the former year, and lived with associates in Massachusetts during the succeeding winter. The conditions were favorable for Wheelwright, or any other congenial foreigner, to obtain a right of settlement within the limits of New Hampshire. The principal result of Wheelwright’s activities at this time appears to have been the execution of a settlement treaty or option with the Indian sagamores of southern New Hampshire, to which Oldham was a witness. This document was later disputed as a forgery by many historians. In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ... John Endicott (c. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area  Ranked 46th  - Total 9,350 sq mi (24,217 km²)  - Width 68 miles (110 km)  - Length 190 miles (305 km)  - % water 4. ... A sagamore is the head of a Native American tribe. ...

His second wife was Mary, daughter of Edward and Sussana Hutchinson of Alford, Lincolnshire, England; whom he married in England about 1631. While Rev. Wheelwright was vicar at Bilsby in 1636 he was driven from his Anglican church for non-conformity. With his second wife, her mother Sussana, and their five children and accompanied by Augustine Storer, brother of his first wife, he sailed for Boston where they arrived on 12 June 1636. Rev. John was well received and became pastor of the Eaxe Chapel at Mount Wollaston, Boston, for a few months. Alford (pronounced Olford) is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of about 3,500 people. ... Mount Wollaston, also known as Merrymount, is a neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. Mount Wollaston has a most unusual history. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ...

All went well for a time, but he, with his sister-in-law Anne Hutchinson, and Henry Vane, Governor of the Colony, were soon in hot controversy with the conservative part—the “Covenant of Grace versus the Covenant of Works.” The party that Wheelwright stoutly defended stood for freedom of speech and opinion, but there was a great deal of political partisanship mixed with these theological disputes, and the controversy between Wheelwright and the conservatives was the principal issue in John Winthrop’s candidacy for governor of the colony against Vane. Winthrop was elected, and Vane returned to England, while Wheelwright was banished from Massachusetts along with Anne Hutchinson and other friends. Anne Hutchinson on Trial by Edwin Austin Abbey Anne Hutchinson (July, 1591 – July, 1643) was the unauthorized Puritan preacher of a dissident church discussion group and a pioneer settler in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Netherlands. ... Sir Henry Vane (1613 - June 14, 1662), son of Henry Vane the Elder, served as a statesman and Member of Parliament in a career spanning England and Massachusetts. ... This article is about the general concept. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8–26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and was elected their first governor on April 8, 1630. ...

Wheelwright with some loyal friends removed to the Piscataqua region about 50 miles north of Boston and purchased the rights of the Indian sagamore of Wehanownouit and his son and founded the town of Exeter, New Hampshire on 3 April 1638. He was the leader in the foundation of the town, where he filled the office of pastor of the church and active citizen. This little republic had a short life however, as the Massachusetts Bay Colony planted a settlement at Hampton, which included Wheelwright’s purchase in its jurisdiction. So he and his associates moved to the coast of Maine, where, by agreement with the agent of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, he was allowed to take up land and organize a church in Wells, Maine, in 1641. The Piscataqua River seen from downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire The Piscataqua River, in the northeastern United States, is a 12 mi (19 km) long tidal estuary formed by the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Cocheco rivers. ... Location in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Coordinates: Country United States State New Hampshire County Rockingham County Incorporated 1638  - Board of Selectmen Paul Binette, Chairman Robert Eastman Joe Pace William Campbell Lionel Ingram Area    - Town 51. ... A map of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Capital Charlestown, Boston History  - Established 1629  - New England Confederation 1643  - Dominion of New England 1686  - Province of Massachusetts Bay 1692  - Disestablished 1692 The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on... ÂċĄ Hampton is a town located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 14,937. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Official language(s) None (English and French de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 39th  - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²)  - Width 210 miles (338 km)  - Length 320 miles (515 km)  - % water 13. ... Sir Ferdinando Gorges (1565-1647) was an early English colonial entrepreneur in North America and founder of the Province of Maine in 1622. ...

He purchased 400 acres of land on the Ogunquit River and built a one-story house and sawmill. In 1643, after the murder of Anne Hutchinson by the Indians, Wheelwright wrote Governor Winthrop seeking pardon of the Bay Colony. His sentence was revoked by the general court in 1644, and he was restored to the freedom of the colony.

In 1656 he made a voyage to England where he remained for six years. This was during the period that his old schoolmate, Oliver Cromwell, was Lord Protector of England. Rev. John was well received by Cromwell—both having matriculated from that "nursery of Puritans", Sidney Sussex College Cambridge, in the same period. Cromwell, when he was describing Wheelwright to a group of gentlemen, stated that "he remembered the time when he had been more afraid of meeting him at football than of meeting an army since in the field." Wheelwright's relations with Cromwell are generally understood to have proved of service to the colony, and it has been suggested that the existence of his supposed portrait in the State house in Boston is connected with recognition by the Colony of his services at Court. hi After his return to New England, he settled at Salisbury, Massachusetts. His death occurred there, at age 87. For other uses, see Oliver Cromwell (disambiguation). ... Lord Protector is a particular English title for Heads of State, with two meanings (and full styles) at different periods of history. ... A view down the main street of Salisbury towards the beach Salisbury is a town located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ...

Wheelwright Hall at Phillips Exeter Academy is named for John Wheelwright. Wheelwright Hall is a dormitory at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire named for the founder of the town, John Wheelwright. ... Phillips Exeter Academy (most commonly called Exeter, also Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9–12, located on 619 acres[1] in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, fifty miles north of Boston. ...

References

1. The Jefferds Family, Colonel J.S. Jefferds, 1982.
2. The Wheelwright Family, Mrs. C. C. Clark, The Brick Stone Museum, 1938.