Family Record In Our Line Of Descent From Major John Mason Of Norwich Connecticut

Author : Theodore West Mason
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ISBN 13 : 9781332126774
Total Pages : 80 pages
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Download or read book Family Record in Our Line of Descent From Major John Mason of Norwich Connecticut (Classic Reprint) written by Theodore West Mason and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Family Record in Our Line of Descent From Major John Mason of Norwich Connecticut It is noticeable, the great change of view that has taken place of late years with the development of the inner and truer history of the New England colonial life. Wealth and leisure have brought to men of culture and travel, and intelligent interest in such things, the means to procure and bring to this country records and manuscripts that confute the ultra-logical conclusions which have had credence. The old New England historical societies are growing rich in these accessions, as well as in the discovery and restoring of ancient records long buried here at home, that help dispel the mistaken fancies and the prejudices of the past. "Whatever may have taken place later, the Puritanism of the first forty years of the seventeenth century was not tainted with degrading or ungraceful associations of any sort. The rank, the wealth, the chivalry, the genius, the learning, the accomplishments, the social refinements and elegance of the time, were largely represented in its ranks. The Earls of Leicester, Bedford, Huntington, and Warwick, Sir Nicholas Bacon, his greater son, Walsingham, Burleigh, Mildmay, Sadler, Knollys, were specimens of a host of eminent men more or less friendly to, or tolerant of it. The Parliamentary general, Devereaux, Earl of Essex, was formed with every grace of person, mind and culture, to be the ornament of a splendid court, the model knight; and the position of Manchester, Warwick, Fairfax, and men of their class, was by birthright in the most polished circle of English society. The statesmen of the first period of that Parliament which by and by dethroned Charles the First, had been bred in the luxury of the landed aristocracy of the realm; while of the nobility, Manchester, Essex, Warwick, Brooke, Fairfax, and others, and of the gentry, a long roll of men of the scarcely inferior position of Hampden and Waller, commanded and officered its armies and fleets. With such aids, the first effort of a large number of its most capable clergy had been to influence the Church in the natural progress of the sentiment of reform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.