Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Biography & Autobiography, Christianity - Biographies

Authors: Experience Mayhew In Year : 1727

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England

Title Page, Dedication, and Forward
Attestation
Introduction
Chapter 1_Examples 1-5
Chapter 1_Examples 6-10
Chapter 1_Examples 11-15
Chapter 1_Examples 16-20
Chapter 1_Examples 21-22, and Supplement to Chapter 1
Chapter 2_Examples 1-5
Chapter 2_Examples 6-10
Chapter 2_Examples 11-15
Chapter 2_Examples 16-20
Supplement to 2nd Chapter
Chapter 3_Examples 1-5
Chapter 3_Examples 6-10
Chapter 3_Examples 11-15
Chapter 3_Examples 16-20
Chapter 3_Examples 21-25
Chapter 3_Examples 26-30, and Supplement to Chapter 3
Chapter 4_Examples 1-5
Chapter 4_Examples 6-10
Chapter 4_Examples 11-15
Chapter 4_Examples 16-20
Chapter 4_Examples 21 and 22, and Conclusion
English Ministers, Example 1
English Ministers Example 2, 3, and 4. Final.

This work is actually two "essays" which circulated together, one addended to the other. The first, Indian converts: or, Some account of the lives and dying speeches of a considerable number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England, is written by Experience Mayhew. Experience was one in a long line of missionary ministers to the Wampanoag Indians on Martha's Vineyard. This work is essentially a treasure trove of small biographies of Native Americans and their amazing faith in God, despite enormous persecution by their fellow man. Experience retells the stories of Native American “godly ministers” (pastors and the like), “other good men,” “religious women,” and “of pious young persons.” Experience knew the native language as if it was his own since he had lived side by side with the Wampanoag all his life, therefore, each account is first hand or from Native American sources. The second work is an essay added as an appendix by Thomas Prince, a fellow colonial minister and the premier colonial historian of the time, which was finished with much help from Experience Mayhew. The piece is entitled: Some Account of those English Ministers Who Have Successively Presided Over the Work of Gospelizing the Indians on Martha’s Vineyard, and the Adjacent Islands. The title is a fitting description of this biographical work of four generations of Mayhew ministers in Martha’s Vineyard: Governor Thomas Mayhew Senior, who purchased Martha’s Vineyard and later lived and ministered there; the Reverend Thomas Mayhew Junior, who made initial contact and set the tone of the ministry among the Wampanoag; the Reverend John, Thomas Mayhew Junior’s youngest son; and the Reverend Experience, John’s eldest and the aforementioned author of Indian Converts. - Summary by Eric Schievenin