B.-Memorial of Petitioners in favor of Annexation 279 C.-Act annexing Dorchester Neck to Boston D.-Land owned by Mr. Gould-Foster Estate VIEW OF THE LAWRENCE ENCLOSURE AT MT. AUBURN 140 VIEW OF THE DWELLING-HOUSE OF CAPT. NOAH BROOKS 265 HISTORY OF SOUTH BOSTON. CHAPTER I. MATTAPAN SETTLED AND CALLED DORCHESTER- In the early part of the year 1630, a party of pious persons, chiefly residents of the counties of Devon, Dorset and Somerset, in England, came to the decision to emigrate to North America. Accordingly, they held a meeting at Plymouth, and set apart a day for solemn fasting and prayer to seek the divine approbation and assistance. They chose the Rev. John Maverick and the Rev. John Wareham to be their ministers. Arrangements were immediately made for their emigration; and on the 20th day of March, the com-pany set sail in the ship Mary and John, of 400 tons, commanded by Capt. Squeb. They encountered a violent storm on their passage, but yet, as recorded by one of their number, "they came by the good. hand of the Lord, through the deeps comfortably." In a poem written by Gov. Wolcott, son of Roger Wolcott, one of the passengers, some particulars of the voyage are narrated. This poem is to be found |