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See also:PEPPERRELL, See also:SIR See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1696-1759) , See also:American soldier, was See also:born in Kittery, See also:Maine, then a See also:part of See also:Massachusetts, on the 27th of See also:June 1696. He studied See also:surveying and See also:navigation, and joined his See also:father in his See also:ship-See also:building, fishing and See also:general trading business, quickly becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential men in the See also:province. He was commissioned See also:captain (1717), See also:major, See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel, and in 1726 colonel of See also:militia. Pepperrell served in the Massachusetts general See also:court (1726-1727), and in the See also:governor's See also:council (1727-1759), of which for eighteen years he was See also:president. Although not a trained lawyer, he was See also:chief See also:justice of the court of See also:common pleas from 1730 until his See also:death. In 1745 he was See also:commander-in-chief of the New See also:England force of about 4000, which, with the assistance of a See also:British See also:squadron under See also:Commodore See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Warren, besieged and captured the See also:French fortress of See also:Louisburg, the See also:garrison surrendering on the 16th of June and Pepperrell and Warren taking See also:possession on the following See also:day. For his services Pepperrell, in See also:November 1746, was created a See also:baronet—the only New Englander so honoured. He was active in raising troops
II
a, Flowering See also:branch reduced) ; b, calyx showing See also:form of See also:teeth (enlarged).
during the " French and See also:Indian See also:War," and received the See also:rank of lieutenant-general in See also:February 1759. He died in Kittery, Maine, on the 6th of See also:July in the same See also:year.
See See also:- USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
- USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)
Usher See also:Parsons, See also:Life of Sir William Pepperrell, See also:Bart. (See also:Cam-See also:bridge, See also:Mass., 1855), based on the See also:family papers.
End of Article: PEPPERRELL, SIR WILLIAM (1696-1759)
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