Israel Stoughton settled at Dorchester near Richard Callicot's trading post.
11 Facts About Israel Stoughton
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In 1634 Israel Stoughton was allowed to build the first mill on the Neponset River in what is the Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District.
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Israel Stoughton was chosen as a representative for Dorchester in the Massachusetts General Court in 1634 and 1635.
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The book offended some members of the General Court, which barred Israel Stoughton from holding any colony offices for three years.
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Israel Stoughton later petitioned that the book be 'forthwith burnt, as being weak and offensive.
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In 1637, the General Court allowed Israel Stoughton to become an assistant.
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In 1637 Israel Stoughton transported Pequot prisoners to Massachusetts to serve as servants, and Israel Stoughton requested "the fairest and largest" of the Pequot female prisoners to be his servant.
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Israel Stoughton had African American slaves or servants, including the well-known, Dorcas ye blackmore, who joined the First Parish Church of Dorchester in 1641, and evangelized Native American servants and eventually attempted to gained her freedom with the help of the local church congregation.
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Israel Stoughton gave a lease for a pasture to the residents of Dedham, Massachusetts for their cattle to graze.
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Toward the end of 1643, Israel Stoughton made a brief trip to England, returning home by the beginning of 1644.
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Israel Stoughton's children included William Israel Stoughton, best known as the chief magistrate of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.