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The good people who came later (1634) from Plymouth and Boston and took up their difficult colonial life under the pastorate of Mr. Lathrop, seem to have done their best to make "Satuit" (as it was first called, from the Indians, meaning "cold brook") conform as nearly as possible to the other pioneer settlements, even to the point of discovering witches here. But religion and fasting were not able to accomplish what the ubiquitous summer influx has, happily, also failed to effect. Scituate remains different. THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO CAME LATER SIXTEEN THIRTY FOUR FROM PLYMOUTH AND BOSTON AND TOOK UP THEIR DIFFICULT COLONIAL LIFE UNDER THE PASTORATE OF MISTER ELETHROP SEEM TO HAVE DONE THEIR BEST TO MAKE STATUIT AS IT WAS FIRST CALLED FROM THE INDIANS MEANING COLD BROOK CONFORM AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE TO THE OTHER PIONEER SETTLEMENTS EVEN TO THE POINT OF DISCOVERING WHICH IS HERE BUT RELIGION AND FASTING WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THE UBIQUITOUS SUMMER INFLUX HAS HAPPILY ALSO FAILED TO EFFECT SITUATE REMAINS DIFFERENT
n the State. Possibly there will be others at the burial ground, for ancestor worshipers are not confined to China, and every year there springs up a new crop of genealogists to kneel before the moss-grown headstones and, with truly admirable patience, decipher names and dates, half obliterated by the finger of time. One does not wonder that their descendants are so eager to trace their connection back to those men of Kent, whose sturdy title rings so bravely down the centuries. To be sure, what is left to trace is very slight in most cases, and quite without any savor of personality. Too often it is merely brief and dry recital of dates and number of progeny, and names of the same. Few have left anything so quaint as the words of Walter Briggs, who settled there in 1651 and from whom Briggs Harbor was named. His will contains this thoughtful provision: "For my wife Francis, one third of my estate during her life, also a gentle horse or mare, and Jemmy the negur shall catch it for her. OLDEST IN THE STATE POSSIBLY THERE WILL BE OTHERS AT THE BURIAL GROUND FOR ANCESTOR WORSHIPPERS ARE NOT CONFINED TO CHINA AND EVERY YEAR THERE SPRINGS UP A NEW CROP OF GENEALOGISTS TO KNEEL BEFORE THE MOSS GROWN HEADSTONES AND WITH TRULY ADMIRABLE PATIENCE DECIPHER NAMES AND DATES HALF OBLITERATED BY THE FINGER OF TIME ONE DOES NOT WONDER THAT THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE SO EAGER TO TRACE THEIR CONNECTION BACK TO THOSE MEN OF KENT WHOSE STURDY TITLE RINGS SO BRAVELY DOWN THE CENTURIES TO BE SURE WHAT IS LEFT TO TRACE IS VERY SLIGHT IN MOST CASES AND QUITE WITHOUT ANY SAVOUR OF PERSONALITY TOO OFTEN IT IS MERE BRIEF AND DRY RECITAL OF DATES AND NUMBER OF PROGENY AND NAMES OF THE SAME FEW HAVE LEFT ANYTHING SO QUAINT AS THE WORDS OF WALTER BRIGGS WHO SETTLED THERE IN SIXTEEN FIFTY ONE AND FROM WHOM BRIGGS HARBOR WAS NAMED HIS WILL CONTAINS THIS THOUGHTFUL PROVISION FOR MY WIFE FRANCIS ONE THIRD OF MY ESTATE DURING HER LIFE ALSO A GENTLE HORSE OR MARE AND JEMMY THE NIGGER SHALL CATCH IT FOR HER
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