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Colonial representative in London
A colonial agent was the official representative of a British colony based in London during the British Empire. The role evolved during the seventeenth
Colonial_agent
in 1847. The colors indicate the race of each agent or governor. Status Denotes Acting Colonial Agent Symbols † Died in office [A] Became the first
Agents and governors of Liberia
Agents_and_governors_of_Liberia
Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, owner of lands in New England, and colonial agent of Connecticut. Jackson was called to the bar in 1744; he became a bencher
Richard Jackson (colonial agent)
Richard_Jackson_(colonial_agent)
Italian priest, linguist, and colonial agent (1811–1895)
Sapeto (1811 – 24 August 1895) was an Italian priest, linguist, and colonial agent as well as a member of the Order of San Lazaro who traveled the shores
Giuseppe_Sapeto
Painting by David Martin
painted during his lengthy residence in London when he was acting as colonial agent for Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The work was
Portrait_of_Benjamin_Franklin
Political movement originating in the American Revolution
which first proposed it, as utterly impracticable. Jared Ingersoll Sr., colonial agent for Connecticut, wrote to his American colleague, the Royal Governor
No taxation without representation
No_taxation_without_representation
18th-century American political organizations
appointing William Knox as a colonial agent for soliciting and transactions with Great Britain on February 19, 1762. Georgia colonial agent William Knox was discharged
Committees_of_correspondence
Father of Govan Mbeki (1828–1918)
in both English and Xhosa. This education helped Mbeki become a key colonial agent, translating regulations for the Xhosa-speaking communities. In the
Skelewu_Mbeki
Topics referred to by the same term
'who/which acts') may refer to: Factor (agent), a person who acts for, notably a mercantile and colonial agent Factor (Scotland), a person or firm managing
Factor
Colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia
(1777–1855) was a colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia from 12 August 1835 until 25 September 1836. John B. Pinney, agent 1834–1835
Ezekiel_Skinner
American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)
affairs and colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. He became a hero in North America when, as an agent in London for
Benjamin_Franklin
Former British Government Agency
The Colonial Land and Emigration Commission (CLEC), also known as the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, was a British government authority under the
Colonial Land and Emigration Commission
Colonial_Land_and_Emigration_Commission
English colonial agent in India (1610–1683)
Bowhay in the parish of Exminster, near Exeter, Devon, was an English colonial agent of the Honourable East India Company, who served as the first President
Aaron_Baker
American Founding Father and judge (1727–1819)
Connecticut's Royal Charter of 1662. Johnson agreed to become a special Colonial Agent to fight the case. Johnson left his family, his political career, and
William_Samuel_Johnson
Government representative of South Australia in the UK
Colonial Agent Edward Barnard. Barnard was appointed by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies to work within the Office of the Crown Agents
Agent-General for South Australia
Agent-General_for_South_Australia
of prominent men in Liberia. Lewis was the daughter of former vice colonial agent Colston Waring, the sister of the first First Lady of the Republic,
Flag_of_Liberia
American colonial agent
– April 3, 1849) was an African American who was one of the first colonial agents of the American Colonization Society in what later became Liberia.
Elijah_Johnson_(agent)
the comprador class became critical agents of global capitalism. By serving as so-called ‘Middlemen’ in the colonial enterprise, this new distinct bourgeoisie
Comprador_Colonialism
Concept in political science
refer to the boomerang effect. Focusing on how British and American colonial agents and dispatched military officials transplanted overseas counterinsurgency
Imperial_boomerang
English politician, physician, and minister
on his theological beliefs. The fledgling Rhode Island colony needed an agent in England, so he remained there for more than a decade handling the colony's
John Clarke (Baptist minister)
John_Clarke_(Baptist_minister)
of the governors, agents, and presidents of colonial Madras, initially of the East India Company, up to the end of British colonial rule in 1947. In 1639
List of colonial governors and presidents of the Madras Presidency
List_of_colonial_governors_and_presidents_of_the_Madras_Presidency
– 1882) was a colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia from 1 January 1834 to 10 May 1835. Ezekiel Skinner, agent 1835–1836 "Biography
John_B._Pinney
Government representative of certain Commonwealth countries in the UK
the Colonial Agent. The position was appointed by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies to work within the Office of the Crown Agents for the
Agent-general
British legislation regulating colonial money in America
Benjamin Franklin, a colonial agent in London, lobbied for repeal of the act over the next several years, as did other agents. The act arose when Virginia
Currency_Act
18th century American spy
describes her as "one who hath been ever serviceable to this correspondence." Agent 355's contributions to the Culper Spy Ring were instrumental to its success
Agent_355
Topics referred to by the same term
English Anglican priest Richard Randall (physician), physician and colonial agent Richard John Randall, Australian artist Sir Dick Randall (Richard John
Richard_Randall
American planter (1674–1744)
the House of Burgesses's colonial agent in London during the 1720's. His life reflected aspects of both the British colonial gentry and an emerging American
William_Byrd_II
American physician
Ayers (May 9, 1778 – April 25, 1822) was a medical doctor and the first colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in what later became Liberia. He
Eli_Ayers
Colonial American politician (1699–1758)
(August 13, 1699 – July 12, 1758) was a South Carolina politician and colonial agent. He was also the father of two candidates for Vice-President and President
Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice)
Charles_Pinckney_(South_Carolina_chief_justice)
British merchant, writer, and colonial agent
Israel Mauduit (1708 – 14 June 1787) was a British merchant, writer and colonial agent. His surname is sometimes spelled as Maudit. Israel Mauduit was the
Israel_Mauduit
positions. They later opposed Franklin's appointment to the position of Colonial Agent in London. The Proprietary Party primarily focused on supporting the
Proprietary_Party
Film by Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Secret Agent (Portuguese: O Agente Secreto) is a 2025 historical political thriller film written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. It follows
The_Secret_Agent_(2025_film)
Person authorized to interact with Native Americans on behalf of the United States
S. Government Printing Office "Christopher Gist: Colonial Frontiersman, Explorer, and Indian Agent" by Kenneth P. Bailey, 1976 Archon Books Wikimedia
Indian_agent
correspondence with colonial governors, conducting inquiries, hearing complaints and interviewing merchants and colonial agents. The information so obtained
Commissioners for Trade and Plantations
Commissioners_for_Trade_and_Plantations
American clergyman (1696–1772)
Encyclopaidia was interrupted when a donation of 800 books collected by Colonial Agent Jeremiah Dummer was sent to Yale late in 1714. He discovered Francis
Samuel Johnson (American educator)
Samuel_Johnson_(American_educator)
General title for high officer of state
royalcollection.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-15. "Sir Stamford Raffles | British colonial agent". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-11-15. "Eilandgids Caribisch
Lieutenant_governor
British Member of Parliament (1725–1788)
Scotia (1749–60) and then went to England and became Nova Scotia's colonial agent (1762). He has been referred to as "the first great merchant and shipowner"
Joshua_Mauger
American colonial official (1711–1780)
countered that the colonial charter granted autonomy. In England, the colonial secretary Lord Dartmouth insisted to colonial agent Benjamin Franklin that
Thomas_Hutchinson_(governor)
2003 book by Azar Nafisi
intellect.' Azar Nafisi is the personification of that native informer and colonial agent, polishing her services for an American version of the very same project
Reading_Lolita_in_Tehran
City in Michigan, United States
Michigan. On June 4, 1671, Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson, a colonial agent, was dispatched from Quebec to the distant tribes, proposing a congress
Sault_Ste._Marie,_Michigan
British politician
(c.1734 – 9 March 1784) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) and Colonial Agent in pre-revolutionary America. He was born in about 1734, the son of
Charles_Garth
serve, as their colonial agent, in London in appreciation for his services, in Monserrat. Later, from 1706 onwards, Blakiston was agent, for the Virginia
Nathaniel_Blakiston
Merchant and colonial agent in Jamaica
Sir James Modyford, 1st Baronet (1618–1673) was an English merchant, colonial agent, and deputy-governor of Jamaica. James Modyford, younger brother of
Sir James Modyford, 1st Baronet
Sir_James_Modyford,_1st_Baronet
2022 book by Caroline Elkins
circulation of personnel and tactics. She “deftly navigates” the movement of colonial agents from one theater of repression to another and is credited with connecting
Legacy_of_Violence
1893 registry of citizens living on US tribal lands
establishment of the Dawes Commission, the ruling was made by the colonial agents to divide the land into parcels and institute a system of individual
Dawes_Rolls
American physician (1796–1829)
Richard Randall (1796 – April 19, 1829) was a medical doctor and colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia from December 22, 1828
Richard_Randall_(physician)
The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the unifying of
Colonial history of the United States
Colonial_history_of_the_United_States
Topics referred to by the same term
British MP for Sudbury in 1734 Richard Jackson (colonial agent) (c. 1721–1787), British lawyer, colonial agent and politician Richard Jackson (Coleraine MP)
Richard_Jackson
1986–1989 murders in Virginia, US
The Colonial Parkway murders were the serial murders of at least ten people in the U.S. state of Virginia between 1986 and 1989. The killings were associated
Colonial_Parkway_murders
Liberian politician (1799–1860)
from Petersburg, Virginia to Liberia in 1823. Williams served as the Colonial Agent for the American Colonization Society from 1837 to 1839. During his
Anthony D. Williams (politician)
Anthony_D._Williams_(politician)
Conflict of interest when one person acts on another's behalf
principal–agent problem (often abbreviated agency problem) refers to the conflict in interests and priorities that arises when one person or entity (the "agent")
Principal–agent_problem
century, Caribbean colonies appointed paid lobbyists, who were called colonial agents, to act on behalf of the legislatures in the colonies. These local
West_India_Interest
Irish-American fur trader
figure among its British traders, Native American tribes and bands, and colonial agents. Soon after Washington returned from delivering Virginia Governor Dinwiddie's
George_Croghan
Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator
"barbarously murdered" by Sloughter's actions in a letter to Massachusetts colonial agent Increase Mather. Young Leisler's efforts were successful: Parliament
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Richard_Coote,_1st_Earl_of_Bellomont
English-born physician, colonial administrator and alchemist (1606–1676)
Fitz-John Winthrop (1638–1707), who served as major-general in the army, a colonial agent in London for Connecticut (1683–1687), and governor of Connecticut from
John_Winthrop_the_Younger
British colony and protectorate (1914–1960)
Colonial Nigeria formed part of the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960, when Nigeria achieved independence. Britain annexed
Colonial_Nigeria
Liberian politician (1796–1870)
later married Joseph Jenkins Roberts. Brander briefly served as a colonial agent of the ACS in 1835. From 1843 to 1847, Brander served as an Associate
Nathaniel_Brander
Ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
resistance whose main manifestation was the refusal of cooperation with the colonial agents. Even after the assassination in 1893 of the kabamba Tsiimba Nkumbi
Yaka_people
Belgian colonial leaders by partaking in acts of resistance like refusing to do labor, paying taxes, and boycotting. The arrest of colonial agent De Schryver
Kitawala_in_the_DRC
American-born Liberian minister (1780–1828)
1828, Cary became acting vice-agent of the Colony. Before his death, he had been designated as successor by the colonial agent Jehudi Ashmun. Later that year
Lott_Cary
Religious leader and social reformer (1794–1828)
Negro History (1953) Ralph Randolph Gurley, Life of Jehudi Ashmun, Late Colonial Agent in Liberia, Boston: J. C. Dunn, 1835 Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906)
Jehudi_Ashmun
American academic (born 1951)
the most pestiferous colonial projects" and accusing her of being a "native informer and colonial agent", referencing colonial officer Thomas Macaulay
Hamid_Dabashi
Painting by Thomas Lawrence
to Jamaica. A Whig Member of Parliament, he was for many years the colonial agent for Jamaica in London. Along with Robert Milligan, he was a major figure
Portrait_of_George_Hibbert
British lobbying group founded 1775
different groups: British-based sugar merchants, absentee planters and colonial agents. Estimates of the size of the West India Lobby vary between 20 and
London Society of West India Planters and Merchants
London_Society_of_West_India_Planters_and_Merchants
Former UK government ministry
The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created in 1768 from the Southern
Colonial_Office
Joseph Mechlin Jr. (died 1839) was a medical doctor and colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia two times. He completed his M.D
Joseph_Mechlin_Jr.
American merchant and politician (1682–1757)
1681/82 – 31 August 1757) was a merchant, politician, and slave trader from colonial Massachusetts who served as both governor of Massachusetts Bay and governor
Jonathan_Belcher
Colonial empire between 1415 and 1999
Empire, c. 1415 to 1999, was the first and longest lasting of the European colonial empires. Initiated during the Age of Discovery, at one point territories
Portuguese_Empire
Australian financial services company
The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, later Colonial Limited, and commonly known as Colonial Mutual, Colonial Mutual Life, and/or CML, was
Colonial_Mutual
Iranian-American writer and professor
most pestiferous colonial projects of the British in India", and asserted that Nafisi functions as a "native informer and colonial agent" whose writing
Azar_Nafisi
American colonialist
Nairne (died c. 17 April 1715) was a Scots trader and the first Indian agent of the Province of Carolina. He is best known for recording Native American
Thomas_Nairne
Royal governor of Massachusetts (1647–1720)
interests. The authority of the agents was limited, and the Lords of Trade insisted to the colonial administration that their agents be authorized to negotiate
Joseph_Dudley
Topics referred to by the same term
Elijah Johnson may refer to: Elijah Johnson (agent) (1789–1849), American colonial agent Elijah Johnson (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball
Elijah_Johnson
and British Agent for Sarawak and British North Borneo. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of the Straits Settlements. Colonial Secretary
List of governors of the Straits Settlements
List_of_governors_of_the_Straits_Settlements
Colonial patriot (1709–1779)
country estate in north rural area of Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, a colonial agent of the Pennsylvania Assembly, departed the mid-atlantic colony for a
Joseph Fox (Pennsylvania politician)
Joseph_Fox_(Pennsylvania_politician)
Jamaican politician, merchant and planter (1672/3–1735)
William was appointed to several government offices and served as a colonial agent for Jamaica in the Parliament of Great Britain, along with being elected
Peter_Beckford_(junior)
British politician
Attorney General of Jamaica. He returned to England in 1795 to become a colonial agent for Jamaica. In 1781 he fathered an illegitimate son with a local black
Robert_Sewell_(lawyer)
Territories ruled by the United Kingdom
18th centuries with the Netherlands and France left Britain the dominant colonial power in North America. Britain became a major power in the Indian subcontinent
British_Empire
West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916
firm's primary agent in Gabon, Johannes Thormählen, expanded activities to the Kamerun River delta. In 1874, together with the Woermann agent in Liberia,
Kamerun
Architectural structure
objects was popular among the Europeans and, in particular, the Belgian colonial agent Georges Thiry. The Europeans encouraged African artists such as Dijalatendo
Afrika-Haus_Freiberg
American physician (1745–1821)
Guiana (1769) attracted the attention of Paul Wentworth, New Hampshire's colonial agent in London, who hired Bancroft to survey Wentworth's plantation in Surinam
Edward_Bancroft
Representative with a general mandate
general agent is an agent, i.e., representative of another, who has a mandate of general nature. In the Niger Rivers District the only senior agent, who
General_agent
English military officer and colonial administrator (1637–1707)
(March 14, 1639 – November 27, 1707) was an English military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Connecticut from 1698 to 1707
Fitz-John_Winthrop
Paris Exposition of 1931
negate German criticisms that France was "the exploiter of colonial societies [and] the agent of miscegenation and decadence". The exposition highlighted
Paris_Colonial_Exposition
Trader of goods for a commission
United Kingdom, most factors fall within the definition of a mercantile agent under the Factors Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 45), and therefore have the
Factor_(agent)
German colonies from 1884 to 1920
The German colonial empire (German: deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire. Unified
German_colonial_empire
English-born Australian humanitarian (1808–1877)
husband, Archibald Chisholm, returned to Australia to act as an honorary colonial agent, to help newly arrived migrants and to collect repayment of loans. By
Caroline_Chisholm
1500–1815 Portuguese possession in South America
Colonial Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil Colonial), sometimes referred to as Portuguese America, comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese
Colonial_Brazil
Houghton, Mifflin. Morgan, David T. (1999). The Devious Dr. Franklin, Colonial Agent: Benjamin Franklin's Years in London. Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-8655-4674-5
Bibliography of Benjamin Franklin
Bibliography_of_Benjamin_Franklin
Overseas territories controlled by the Dutch Republic and the Netherlands
The Dutch colonial empire (Dutch: Nederlandse Koloniale Rijk) comprised overseas territories and trading posts under some form of Dutch control from the
Dutch_colonial_empire
English landowner and mercer (1702–1775)
was dispatched by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to England as a colonial agent in 1757 with orders to protest the Penn family's political influence
Thomas_Penn
First Lady of Liberia (c. 1819–1914)
a profitable commercial firm. Colston Waring was appointed as vice colonial agent of Liberia and died in 1838. Jane Waring was educated in Monrovia. She
Jane_Roberts_(first_lady)
Topics referred to by the same term
(1910–1985), Spanish painter Antonio Rodríguez Medero (1712–1760), Spanish colonial agent, one of the founders of San Antonio, Texas Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez
Antonio_Rodríguez
Movement to end slavery
three different groups: British sugar merchants, absentee planters and colonial agents. Writing critically of English altruism in abolishing the slave trade
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
Abolitionism_in_the_United_Kingdom
U.S. federal law enforcement agency
Field agents New agent trainee Special agent Senior special agent Supervisory special agent Assistant special agent-in-charge (ASAC) Special agent-in-charge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
English-born merchant and politician (1604–1697)
18, 1603/4 – March 27, 1697) was a New England merchant, politician and colonial administrator who served as the last governor of the Massachusetts Bay
Simon_Bradstreet
British Royal Navy officer (c. 1720–1790)
Quintin, 4th Baronet and then to Ann Bridges, a widow whose brother was colonial agent and MP, Richard Jackson. Darby's male issue achieved high military rank
George_Darby
Presbyterian church in Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana
working in remote towns and villages without any suspicion of being a colonial agent. The paramount chief, Nana Addo Dankwa I and his elders, especially
Christ Presbyterian Church, Akropong
Christ_Presbyterian_Church,_Akropong
Calendar year
Dutch colonial administrator (d. 1780) March 29 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis (d. 1762) March 30 – Thomas Pichon, French colonial agent (d.
1700
Topics referred to by the same term
president of the University of Richmond Eli Ayers (1778–1822), first colonial agent of the American Colonization Society Fred Ayers (1912–1986), Australian
Ayers
COLONIAL AGENT
COLONIAL AGENT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Woolcot in Somerset, possibly so named from Middle English wolle ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’.Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a herdsman who had charge of rams, from an agent derivative of Middle English to(u)pe ‘ram’ (of uncertain origin).German (Tüpper) : occupational name for a potter, from Middle Low German duppe, Rhenish düppen ‘pot’. This is predominantly a Rhineland surname.This is the name of a family descended from two brothers, originally from Kassel, Germany. They fled religious persecution in the 16th century, settling in the Netherlands, where a descendant became burgomaster of Rotterdam in 1813. A branch of the family settled in England at Sandwich, Kent, whence another descendant, Thomas Tupper, went to America in 1635, and helped to found Sandwich, MA, in 1637. Benjamin Tupper, born in Stoughton, MA, in 1738 was a colonial legislator and explorer of OH.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leet.An early American bearer of this name was one of the founders of Guilford, CT. William Leete (c. 1613–83), a colonial governor of New Haven colony and CT, was born at Dodington, Huntingtonshire, England. He converted to Puritanism and sailed for America to escape persecution in May 1639.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the name of the city of Lincoln, which was originally called Lindum colonia, LINCOLN means "lake colony."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Andrews.Swiss German and Hungarian : derivative of the personal name Andreas.Perhaps a reduced form of Greek Andronikos, Andronidis, or some other similar surname, all patronymics from Andreas.William Andros came to VA in 1617 and died there about 1655. Sir Edmund Andros (1637–1714) was the British colonial governor of several provinces in America between 1674 and 1698, most notably NY (1674–81).
Girl/Female
Latin
Colonist.
Boy/Male
African, Arabic, German, Swahili
Leader; Officer; Prince; Commander; Colonel
Girl/Female
Latin
Amazon.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : probably from a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman French personal name or nickname Avenant ‘suitable’ or ‘handsome’.Family historians record an Isham Avent in the Carolinas in the 1760s. His father was Colonel Thomas Avent from England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’ (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).Irish : reduced form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.Surname adopted by bearers of the Jewish surname Warshawski, Warshawsky or some other Jewish name bearing some similarity to the English name.Americanized form of French Guerin.The surname Ward was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), author of the MA legal code, was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Agawam (Ipswich, MA) in 1633. William Ward was one of the original settlers of Sudbury, MA, in about 1638. Miles Ward came from England to Salem, MA, in about 1639. Thomas Ward (d. 1689) settled in Newport, RI, in 1671; among his descendants were two governors of colonial RI.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Billington, found as such in colonial VA.English : There are also two places in England named Bullington, in Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire, and it is possible that either or both of these could have given rise to the surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : variant of Goff.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Gutsch.Several bearers of the name Gooch came from England to VA in the 17th century, with family tradition placing them in a town called Goochland. The best known of these early immigrants was VA colonial governor Sir William Gooch (1681–1751).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Danish personal name Wraghi.One of the leading figures in colonial Charlestown, SC, during the early 18th century was Samuel Wragg (1714–77), who was made a baron for his services to the colony and the crown; as a Loyalist, he was banished from the colony in 1777.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Emery.The poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) was born in Boston of a line on his father’s side that can be traced back through preachers to the first colonial generation. The name Emerson was brought over from England independently by various other people, including a Thomas Emerson who settled at Ipswich, MA, in about 1636.
Boy/Male
English American
Military rank.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Colonel of the Army
Boy/Male
Latin American
Greater. Also a military rank above Captain and below Colonel.
Girl/Female
Latin
Colonist.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Burrell.George Burrill was one of the early settlers at Lynn, MA, in 1638, and the founder of a prominent family in colonial MA. He is believed to have come from Boston in Lincolnshire, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Pierce.The name Peirce first appears in colonial American records in 1623 with William Peirce, an English shipmaster who compiled the first almanac in English America.
COLONIAL AGENT
COLONIAL AGENT
Boy/Male
Hindu
The best, Ultimate, Another name for Vishnu, Foremost, First, Perfection, Best of all
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Fame
Boy/Male
Biblical
The way; a traveler.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Servant of the witness, Slave of the witness
Boy/Male
Tamil
Devayan | தேவாயாந
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim
Expensive Pearl
Girl/Female
Hindu
Created
Girl/Female
Aramaic French German
Lady.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Help; Support
Boy/Male
Muslim
Symbol, Prince, Honored, Respected
COLONIAL AGENT
COLONIAL AGENT
COLONIAL AGENT
COLONIAL AGENT
COLONIAL AGENT
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Colonize
n.
A colonist.
v. i.
To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.
pl.
of Colony
imp. & p. p.
of Colonize
n.
A colonel.
n.
A member or inhabitant of a colony.
a.
Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
a.
Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
a.
Congenial.
a.
Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade.
a.
Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.
n.
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
v. t.
To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.
a.
Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
v. t.
To colonize again.
a.
Of or pertaining to husbandmen.
a.
Colossal.
n.
One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist.