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While he could not forbid them going to Duxbury to settle, yet, when they asked for a separate incorporation and church, Bradford granted it most unwillingly. He voiced the general sentiment when he wrote that such a separation presaged the ruin of the church "& will provoke y^e Lord's displeasure against them." WHILE HE COULD NOT FORBID THEM GOING TO DUXBURY TO SETTLE YET WHEN THEY ASKED FOR A SEPARATE INCORPORATION IN CHURCH BRADFORD GRANTED IT MOST UNWILLINGLY HE VOICED THE GENERAL SENTIMENT WHEN HE WROTE THAT SUCH A SEPARATION PRESAGED THE RUIN OF THE CHURCH AND WILL PROVOKE YE LORD'S DISPLEASURE AGAINST THEM
 was burned down, but whose cellar is still visible. This long, low, gambrel-roofed structure, with a broad chimney showing the date of 1666, was a long way ahead of the first log cabins erected by the Pilgrims--farther than most of us realize, accustomed as we are to glass instead of oiled paper in windows; to shingles, and not thatch for roofs. It is fitting that this ancient and charming dwelling should be associated with one of the most romantic, most striking, names in the Plymouth Colony. There are few more picturesque personalities in our early history than Myles Standish. Small in stature, fiery in spirit, a terror to the Indians, and a strong arm to the Pilgrims, there is no doubt that his determination to live in Duxbury--which he named for Duxborough Hall, his ancestral home in Lancashire--went far in obtaining for it a separate incorporation and a separate church. This was the first definite offshoot from the Plymouth Colony, and was accompanied by the usual maternal fears. USE WHICH WAS BURNED DOWN BUT WHOSE CELLAR IS STILL VISIBLE THIS LONG LOW GAMBRIL ROOFED STRUCTURE WITH A BROAD CHIMNEY SHOWING THE DATE OF SIXTEEN SIXTY SIX WAS A LONG WAY AHEAD OF THE FIRST LOG CABINS ERECTED BY THE PILGRIMS FARTHER THAN MOST OF US REALIZE ACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE TO GLASS INSTEAD OF OILED PAPER IN WINDOWS TO SHINGLES AND NOT THATCH FOR ROOFS IT IS FITTING THAT THIS ANCIENT AND CHARMING DWELLING SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE MOST ROMANTIC MOST STRIKING NAMES IN THE PLYMOUTH COLONY THERE ARE FEW MORE PICTURESQUE PERSONALITIES IN OUR EARLY HISTORY THAN MYLES STANDISH SMALL IN STATURE FIERY IN SPIRIT A TERROR TO THE INDIANS AND A STRONG ARM TO THE PILGRIMS THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HIS DETERMINATION TO LIVE IN DUXBURY WHICH HE NAMED FOR DUCKSBOROUGH HALL HIS ANCESTRAL HOME IN LANCASHIRE WENT FAR AND OBTAINING FOR IT A SEPARATE INCORPORATION AND A SEPARATE CHURCH THIS WAS THE FIRST DEFINITE OFFSHOOT FROM THE PLYMOUTH COLONY AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE USUAL MATERNAL FEARS
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