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The son of Elder Brewster went, and in time the Elder himself, and so did John Alden and his wife Priscilla, whose courtship has been so well told by Longfellow that it needs no further embellishing here. THE SON OF ELDER BREWSTER WENT AND IN TIME THE ELDER HIMSELF AND SO DID JOHN ALDEN AND HIS WIFE PRISCILLA WHOSE COURTSHIP HAS BEEN SO WELL TOLD BY LONGFELLOW THAT IT NEEDS NO FURTHER EMBELLISHING HERE
ly 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. 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." However, such unkind predictions in no wise bothered the sturdy little group who moved over to the new location, needing room for their cattle and their gardens, and most of all a sense of freedom from the restrictions of the mother colony. NALITIES 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 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 HOWEVER SUCH UNKIND PREDICTIONS IN NO WISE BOTHERED THE STURDY LITTLE GROUP WHO MOVED OVER TO THE NEW LOCATION NEEDING ROOM FOR THEIR CATTLE AND THEIR GARDENS AND MOST OF ALL A SENSE OF FREEDOM FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE MOTHER COLONY
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