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Early settler of American colonies who drew up the Flushing Remonstrance Edward Hart was an early settler of the American Colonies who, as town clerk, wrote the Flushing Remonstrance , a precursor to the United States Constitution 's provision on freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights .
The Flushing Remonstrance was a 1657 petition to Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant, in which some thirty residents of the small settlement at Flushing requested an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship. It is considered a precursor to the United States Constitution's provision on freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights. [1] [2]
U.S. postage stamp commemorating the Flushing Remonstrance. Coles had at least seven children, four of whom were under 18 years of age when he died. His children by his first wife, Mary, were John Coles (m. Ann), Deliverance Coles (m. Richard Townsend), and Ann Coles (m. Henry Townsend). His children by his second wife, Mary Hawxhurst, were ...
Edward Hart (settler), signer of the Flushing Remonstrance Edward Hart (soccer) (1903–1974), American soccer player Edward J. Hart (1893–1961), American politician
John Townsend (c. 1608–1668) was an early settler of the American Colonies who emigrated from England before 1642 when his son, Thomas, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam. Townsend was a signatory to the Flushing Remonstrance , a precursor to the United States Constitution 's provision on freedom of religion in the ...
[6] [7] [8] Soon after, settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony formed the Connecticut Colony in 1636, [9] and the New Haven Colony in 1638. Petrus Stuyvesant attempted to prevent further competition for the area and agreed to a border 50 miles west of the river in the Treaty of Hartford (1650) .
Cornelis Melyn (1600 – c. 1662) was an early Dutch settler in New Netherland and Patroon of Staten Island. He was the chairman of the council of eight men , which was a part of early steps toward representative democracy in the Dutch colony .
Flushing Remonstrance; The Beekman family (sometimes spelled Beeckman) is a family of Dutch descent that was prominent during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries in ...