Chapman/Ratcliffe, Barbados/Mass., 1600s
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In reply to:
Chapman, Copelands, Barbados, 1680
2/22/99
Barbados Records, Baptisms 1637-1800, Christ Church Parish by
Joanne McCree Sanders
Several Chapmans listed in 1650s;
Several Chapmans listed in 1650s;Margaret born October 7, 1666 and Nathaniel born March 2, 1668 to
Nathaniel and Sarah Ratcliffe
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The Great Migration Begins; Immigrants to New England 1620-1633,
vol. III, by Robert Charles Anderson, c. 1995, pp. 1550-1551
Nathaniel and Sarah Ratcliffe
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The Great Migration Begins; Immigrants to New England 1620-1633,
vol. III, by Robert Charles Anderson, c. 1995, pp. 1550-1551
14 June 1631: "It is ordered, that Philip Ratliffe shall be whipped, have
his ears cut off, fined 40 lbs. & banished out of the limits of the jurisdic-
tions, for uttering malicious & scandalous speeches against the govern-
ment & the church of Salem, &c, as appeareth by a particular thereof,
proved upon oath" [MBCR 1:88]
his ears cut off, fined 40 lbs. & banished out of the limits of the jurisdic-
tions, for uttering malicious & scandalous speeches against the govern-
ment & the church of Salem, &c, as appeareth by a particular thereof,
proved upon oath" [MBCR 1:88]COMMENTS:Upon his return to England, Ratcliff joined forces with
two other exiles, THOMAS MORTON and CHRISTOPHER GAR-
DINER, and they in turn linked up with John Mason and Sir Fernando
Gorges in an attempt to get the charter of the Massachusetts Bay
Company revoked.[NHPP 10:703; MHSC 3:8:323]