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As a descendant of families in the Bahamas and New England, I am pleased that Mark Peterson is researching the ties that connected the colonies in the Caribbean to early Massachusetts. The first permanent settlement in the Bahamas was that established by Puritans cast out of Bermuda in the late 1640s. Among the emigres was Patrick Copeland, who had been in communication - for some years - with Governor John Winthrop over "Captive Indians" shipped to Bermuda. It was the good people of Boston, in fact, who came to the rescue of the "Islathera"Puritans after their vessel wrecked on a reef and their supplies were all destroyed. (The settlers eventually repaid their debt by settling a gift of hardwoods on Harvard College.) This is just one of many documented anecdotes that establish relationship between the islands and 17th century New England.
Jul 10, 2019, 7:44:15 PM
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