| Title: | Letters of Francis Makemie |
|---|---|
| ID | 6738 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | makemie, francis/3 |
| Year | 1687/8 |
| Sender | Makemie, Francis |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | clergyman |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Barbados, West Indies |
| Destination | Boston, New England (today's Mass., USA) |
| Recipient | Rev. Increase Mather |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | colleagues |
| Source | American Presbyterianism: Its Origin and Early History. pp. XIV- 1 |
| Archive | Centre For Migration Studies |
| Doc. No. | 201113 |
| Date | |
| Partial Date | 17/01/1697/8 |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, Td by Maxine Green, 07:01:02 |
| Word Count | 686 |
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| Transcript | (3) BARB. [Barados Jan 17 1697/8 Reverend Sr [Senior?] Yours, with your mentioned tokens, p. Capt. White l have received, for which l thanke [thank?] you,and shall not be unmindfull, [unmindful?] of a gratefull [grateful?] return, p. Capt. Green, your son in law. This comes to inform you of our great and unexpected disappointment, by our son, Mr Samuel, his not coming to Barbados, after so full purposes and frequent resolutions and wonder at your people who return from this Jsland [Island?] with magnifyed [magnified?] news, of our sicknesse, [sickness?] and that of purpose, to discourage any ministers coming hither from N: E: [New?] [England?] which l am contrained to impute to nothing else but their willingness that any of you should come hither to behold, and remark, the lives, carriage, and conversation of some new England men, in Barbados, which l am informed, are vastly different, from what they appeare [appear?] in N. England: And whatever discouraging reports has been or shall be carried to you, upon this account, l confidently confirm, that Barbados does now, and has for severall [several?] moneths [months] past enjoyed, more peace, plenty, and health, then [than?] it enjoyed since our late Revolution, and l am willing to beleeve [believe?] that as our visitation by sicknesse [sickness?] came in by war, so God will remove it by peace, for tho [though?] we have of late had, and have as great, if not greater concourse of strangers, and sailors on this island, then [than?] has been formely observed, and yet very healthly, and no greater mortality, then in other healthy places of the world, many instances might be given to obviate what you have heard, of not one in three, escaping in life, even from many N.E: [New England?] ships, particularly Capt. ffoster [Foster?] lately sailed for London, who had been here, for many months, had considerable number in hands, in a large ship, and assured me, he had lost not one man by sicknesse [sickness?] tho [though?] many of them pressed aboard men of war, which has been the continued grave for sailers [sailors?], who have fallen most by sicknesse [sickness?] of this place. If this reach your hands, to undeceive and other friends, who have disuaded [dissuaded?] your son from Barbados before he sail for London, l shall be necessitated to leave this people, and many strangers, who resort to this Island desolate, being purely confined these two yeares [years?] from going off for my health, for want of supply; and as to particular visitations by mortality N. [New?] England, London, and all other places, as lyable as Barbados. Ld. [Lord?] Bellamont your Governour, [Governor?] beat of the coast of N. Yorke [New York?], and arrived at Barbados, and being from Ireland and having knowledge of some of his relations, and since l was capable of knowing anything, heard an honourable character of his father Sr Ch. Coot, a zealous Paliamentarian, and terror to the Irish, l presumed to pay my respects to him and admitted to familiar conversation; our President Bond, lover and admirer of N. England [New England?], blesses God on your behalf, that he put it into the heart of our king to pitch upon such a man, for N: E [New England?] and l am really persuaded, he is a loyall [loyal?] subject, a true protestant, and a moderate man; and this juncture, a fitter man, of his quality, scarse [scarce?] could be had in England for that post, excepting the infirmity of his body, by the Gout. I took the freedome, [freedom?] when alone to assure his Lship [Lordship?] if he would protect and countenance N. E. [New England?] in their Religion and Liberty, he would be happy in that Government, and he assured me of all moderation on that account. I expect fresh opportunities of further accesss to his ldship, [leadership?] which l shall endeavor to improve in favour of N. E: and communicate what occurs to you, and present subscribe yourself. Your assured friend, humble servant, tho [though] worthy Brother ffrancis [Francis?] Ma [Makemie?] l was long since convinced the Carlysle Dove was a cunningly contrived cheate [cheat?] |
