Historical Notices of Connecticut, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Historical Notices of Connecticut, Vol. 1: Published Under the Patronage of the Connecticut Historical Society, Containing Hartford in 1640They had expressed their earnest desires to Mr. Hooker, that he would come over into New England and take the pastoral charge ofthem. At their desire he left Holland, and having obtained Mr. Samuel Stone, a lecturer at Towcester, N orthamptonshire, for an assistant in the ministry, took his passage for New England, and arrived in Boston, September 4th, With him came the famous Mr. John Cotton, Mr. John Haynes, afterwards governor of Connecticut, Mr. Goff, and two hundred other passengers of im portance to the Hooker proceeded to Newtown, where he found himself in the midst of a joyful and affectionate people, and was himself filled with joy. He embraced them with open arms, say ing in the language of the apostle, New I live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. He was soon chosen pastor and Mr. Stone teacher. The church was gathered at Newtown, October 11th, and after solemn fasting and prayer, the pastor and teacher were ordained to their respective oifices. This was the pious band who afterwards transported themselves in their associated capacity to Hartford, which they first named N ewtown.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.