re called the ENGLISH, the SPARKS, and the TREVORS, and the PHILLS,
from the Christian Name of the Negro, which was Philippa, she having no
surname: And the general name of the whole the ENGLISH PINES; vvhom God
bless vvith the dew of Heaven, and the fat of the Earth, AMEN.{1}

1 Here ended the first part.

[71]After the reading and delivering unto us a Coppy of this Relation,
then proceeded he on in his discourse.

My Grandfather when he wrote this, was as you hear eighty yeares of age,
there proceeding from his Loyns one thousand seven hundred eighty nine
children, which he had by them four women aforesaid: My Father was his
eldest son, and was named Henry, begotten of his wife Mary Sparkes, whom
he apointed chief Governour and Ruler over the rest; and having given
him a charge not to exercise tyranny over them, seeing they were his
fellow brethren by Fathers side (of which there could be no doubt made
of double dealing therein) exhorting him to use justice and sincerity
amongst them, and not to let Religion die with him, but to observe and
keep those Precepts which he had taught them, he quietly surrendred up
his soul, and was buried with great lamentation of all his children.

My father coming to rule, and the people growing more populous, made
them to range further in the discovery of the Countrey, which they found
answerable to their desires, full both of Fowls and Beasts, and those
too not hurtful to mankinde, as if this Country (on which we were by
providence cast without arms or other weapons to defend our selves, or
offend others,) should by the same providence be so inhabited as not to
have any need of such like weapons of destruction wherewith to preserve
our lives. {{17 }}

But as it is impossible, but that in multitudes disorders will grow, the
stronger seeking to oppress the weaker; no tye of Religion being strong
enough to chain up the depraved nature of mankinde, even so amongst them
mischiefs began to rise, and they [72]soon fell from those good
orders prescribed them by my Grandfather. The source from whence those
mischiefs spring, was at first, I conceive, the neglect of hearing the
Bible read, which according to my Grandfathers proscription, was once a
moneth at a general meeting, but now many of them wandring far up into
the Country, they quite neglected the coming to it, with all other means
of Christian instruction, whereby the sence of sin being quite lost in
them, they fell to whoredo