The Exeter Combination^{[1, 2]}

• Name	Exeter Combination
  Written	4 Jul 1639  [1, 2]
  	Whereas it hath plea∫ed the lord to move the heart of our Dread Sovereigne Charles by the grace of god, king of England, Scotland, France & Ireland, to grant license & liberty to ∫undry of his ∫ubjects to grant them ∫elves in the westerne partes of America : Wee his loyall ∫ubjects brethren of the church in Ecceter, ∫ituate and lying upon the riuer pi∫cataquacke wth other inhabitants there, con∫idering wth our ∫elves the holy will of god & our owne nece∫sity; that we ∫hould not live wthout whol∫ome lawes & ciuil government amongst us; of wch we are altogether destitute; doe in the name of christ, & in the ∫ight of god, combine our ∫elves together, to erect & ∫et up amongst us ∫uch Government, as ∫hall be to our best di∫cerning, agreeable to the will of god : profe∫sing our ∫elves ∫ubjects to our Sovereign Lord King Charles according to the libertys of our Engli∫h Colony of the Ma∫sachu∫etts, & bind= ing our ∫elves ∫olemnly by the grace & helpe of christ & in his name, & feare to ∫ubmit our ∫elves to ∫uch godly & christian laws as are e∫tabli∫hed in the Realme of England to our best knowledge; & to all other ∫uch lawes wch ∫hall upon good grounds, be made & inacted amongst us according to god yt we may live quietly & peaceablely together in all godlyne∫s & honesty. Mon 5th D. 4th · 1639 ·
  Type	Agreement
  Event	1639	Exeter Plantation, British America   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	signed
  	William Wardwell Sgt. Thomas Wardwell Godfrey Dearborn Thomas Leavitt Edmund Littlefield John Cram James Wall William Cole Judge Henry Robie Darby Field Edward Rishworth Francis Matthews Lt. Ralph Hall Mr. Augustine Storre George Walton Rev. John Wheelwright
  Expiration	7 Sep 1643  [1]
  	Cause: a 1639 petition asking that Exeter be annexed to Massachusetts Bay was finally accepted by the court
  	"Whereas Excetter is found to be within our patent, upon their petition they were received under our government."
  Person ID	I44471	Duane's Ancestors
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Event - signed, William Wardwell Sgt. Thomas Wardwell Godfrey Dearborn Thomas Leavitt Edmund Littlefield John Cram James Wall William Cole Judge Henry Robie Darby Field Edward Rishworth Francis Matthews Lt. Ralph Hall Mr. Augustine Storre George Walton Rev. John Wheelwright - 1639 - Exeter Plantation, British America  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

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