The Rogerenes. John R. Bolles
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Anna B. Williams, John R. Bolles
The Rogerenes
Some hitherto unpublished annals belonging to the colonial history of Connecticut
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066135508
Table of Contents
PART II. HISTORY OF THE ROGERENES.
CHAPTER XII. THE GRAND COUNTERMOVE (1764-1766) .
EXTRACTS FROM “TWO MINISTRATIONS.”
FOLLOWING FROM ACCOUNT OF SAMUEL BOWNAS OF HIS “CONVERSATION WITH JOHN ROGERS,” 1703.
FROM ANSWER TO A PAMPHLET BY COTTON MATHER.
FROM ANSWER TO MR. BYLES, BY JOHN AND JOSEPH BOLLES.
EXTRACTS FROM “LOOKING GLASS FOR THE PRESBYTERIANS OF NEW LONDON.”
EXTRACTS FROM “A DEBATE BETWEEN REV. MR. BYLES AND THE CHURCH.”
EXTRACTS FROM “THE BATTLE AXE,”
THE SUBSCRIBERS PETITION TO HIS COUNTRYMEN FOR HIS RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.
| PART I. | |
| A VINDICATION. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Errors of historians regarding the Rogerenes. James Rogers and his family. Rogerenes first people in Connecticut to denounce taxation without representation. Fines of the Rogerenes. Their interruption of meetings not without reasonable cause. John Roger’s contribution of a wig to the New London ministry and his apology for the same. Progressive character of the Rogerene movement. Heroism of the Rogerenes under fines. Suit of Governor Saltonstall against John Rogers. Its illegal character. Rev. Mr. McEwen’s attacks on the Rogerenes. Sufferings of the Rogerenes. Quotations from John Rogers and John Bolles regarding persecutions. Scourging of Rogerenes, 1725, for travelling to one of their own meetings on Sunday | 19–36 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Rev. Mr. Saltonstall. His charge of blasphemy against John Rogers. Statements of John Rogers, 2d, regarding this charge and the punishments inflicted upon John Rogers on account of it. John Rogers fined regularly once a month without regard to his innocence or guilt. His nearly four year’s imprisonment at Hartford immediately followed by Mr. Saltonstall’s suit for defamation, by which a subservient jury awarded Mr. Saltonstall the enormous sum of £600 for damages. No admission of fault from the ecclesiastical side. The case for the Rogerenes. John Roger’s own account of his imprisonment upon charge of “blasphemy.” Mr. McEwen avers that the Rogerenes persecuted the Congregationalists and makes no mention of the persecutions of the Rogerenes at the hands of the Congregationalists, which called forth the efforts in their own defense. Appropriate lines from Mother Goose. Mr. Byles apparently as much displeased | |