Embree Remembered: The Extraordinary Lives and Times of Robert and Effingham Embree
Contents
vi Acknowledgments
viii List of Illustrations
Introduction 1
- To readers of this book 3
How this book came to be written 3
The John and Margery Bassett family and Robert Embree 5
A word about Robert Ambler, the supreme Embree genealogist 5
A word to Embrees not descended from Robert and how to pronounce Embree 6
What I have tried to do with this book 6
- Explanatory comments to guide the reader 7
The narrative structure of this book 7
The colonial calendar, or what date did you say that was? 7
Deciphering Puritan English 8
Author's sources 9
Capsule: An extraordinary historical resource 9
- The Robert Embree Story 13
Old England Prologue 13
New England Prologue 14
Capsule: Robert Embree, the Bassett family, the Mormons, and the Internet 15
New Haven Prologue 16
Capsule: When did Robert Embree and the John and Margery Bassett family arrive in New Haven? 16
Capsule: Goodwife Emry, may I introduce you to Freeman Malbon, Elder Newman, Mr. Evance, and Elizabeth Smith? 20
Robert Embree in New Haven 22
Capsule: Henry Whitfield's 1639 stone house 24
Capsule: What were the religious beliefs of the Puritans? 28
Capsule: The Puritans and sex 35
Capsule: A Sunday morning in New Haven, March 1646/7 37
A Map of New Haven in 1641 42
Capsule: Untie the Winds, a novel of early New Haven 46
Stamford Prologue 47
Capsule: I'm moving on. 48
Capsule: Huntington, a famous but flawed source 48
Robert Embree in Stamford 50
A map of Stamford in 1651-1660 51
Capsule: Witches and witchcraft 54
Capsule: When Greenwich was part of Stamford 56
- The Effingham Embree Story 58
Prologue to Effingham Embree 60
Capsule: Women's property rights in colonial Connecticut 60
The White House receives a Bicentenial gift 61
Capsule: Who made Effingham Embree tall case clocks? 62
Flushing, Long Island, and a Quaker childhood 65
Capsule: Where did Effingham Embree get the name Effingham? 66
Capsule: Quaker glossary 68
Revolution and the British Occupation 69
Watch and clock maker 71
Capsule: The Thomas Burling Connection 72
Capsule: Mr. Embree, how much do you charge for one of your tall case clocks? 80
Capsule: How much is that in today's money? 81
Capsule: How many tall case clocks did Effingham Embree make? 82
Capsule: Effingham Embree watches 83
Capsule: When is an Effingham Embree clock not an Effingham Embree clock? 84
The Society for the Promotion of the Manumission of Slaves and the New York African Free School 86
Marriage, disownment, and restoration 90
Prominent Manhattan and Flushing resident and businessman 91
Capsule: An Effingham Embree puzzle 96
- A selected bibliography of early New Haven 97
- A selected bibliography of early Stamford 98
- An Effingham Embree selected bibliography 100
Index 102
This information was prepared by Mary Ellen Embree LeBien.
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