From Conscience to Liberty: Diverse Long Island Families in a Crucible That Gave Rise to Religious Freedom, 1526-1664
- ISBN-10
- 0842599991
- ISBN-13
- 9780842599993
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10
- Author
- Margery Boyden
Description
From Conscience to Liberty: Diverse Long Island Families in a Crucible that Gave Rise to Religious Freedom, 1526-1664. Volume 1 is a set in 2 parts. Part A, 463 pages. Part B, 474 pages.Margery Boyden, © 2019Published by the author through Brigham Young University Print, October 2020.ISBN 978-0-8425-9999-3This narrative cultural history about principles and sacrifices of select colonial families details their quest for religious liberty and related civil liberties. Its stories are about common people who did uncommon things. Long Island's earliest settlers were a diverse mixture of religions, ethnicities and cultures. Detailed cultural and family heritages for featured families and individuals provide a microcosm of a broader history, including in the Old World for some. Interweaving stories of these immigrants reveals why they came to America, where they came from and why they settled at Long Island. Detailing their prior lives in New England and the Old World, if proven, enhances early Long Island social context. This refreshed exploration of backgrounds and struggles to build cohesion among a new plural society offers lessons of history that are relevant today.Details in this 150-year story about the interactions of these persons enlarges perspectives and accuracy for general, local history and family history disciplines. It features surnames from New York and New England but is not limited to: Alburtus, Andrews, Bartholomew, Betts, Bowne, Brown, Chamberlain, Coles, Conklin, Crabb, DeForest, Denton, DeVries, Estey, Feake, Fones, Fordham, Gildersleeve, Gorton, Hallet, Harcourt, Harrison, Hart, Hawxhurst, Hicks, Hodgson, Holder, Holmes, Hutchinson, King, Lathrop, Lawrence, Leverich, Lothrop, Ludlam, Manje, Marbury, Mayo, Mitchell, Moody, Polhemus, Potter, Pynchon, Prior, Scott, Scudder, Seaman, Smith, Spicer, Southwick, Stevenson, Stewart, Stoughton, Swasey, Tilton, Tombes, Townsend, Tuthill, Underhill, Van der Linde, Whatley, Whitehead, Williams, Willits, Winthrop, Wright, Wood, Youngs &c.
