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as a fort against Indian invasion, laid out the towns of Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield, Deer- field, Northfield and Westfield; served as colonel of the Ht re^^iinent of Hanipsliire County militia in King Pliilip's war, 1075-70, and his influence enabled him to make favorable treaties with the Indians, including one with the Mohawks in 1680. He was a deputy to the general court of Massa- chusetts, 1659-6"); a commissioner to receive the surrender of New York by the Dutch in 1604; an assistant under the first Massachusetts Royal charter, 1001-80, and councillor under the respec- tive governors, 1008-1703. He visited England several times in the interest of his fatiier's estate, and left a large landed property. He died in Springfield, Mass., Jan. 7, 1703.

PYNCHON, Thomas Ruggles, educator, was born in New Haven, Conn., Jan. 19, 1823; son of William Henry Ruggles and Mary (Murdoch) Pynclion; grandson of Thomas Ruggles and Rebecca Pynchon and of James and Mary Mur- doch, and a descend- ant of Col. AVilliam and Anna (Andrew) Pynchon, immigrants to Massachusetts

from England in 1030. He was fitted for college at the Boston Latin school: gradu- ated at Trinity col- lege, Hartford, Conn., A.B., 1841, A.M., 1844, and was a tutor in classics there, 1843-47. He studied theology; was ad- mitted to the di- aconate, June 14, 1848, and to the priesthood, July 25, 1849; was rector of St. Paul's. Stock- bridge, and Trinity, Lenox, Mass., 1849-54; Sco- vill professor of chemistry and natural sciences at Trinity college, 1854-77; studied in Paris, and made a geological tour through soutliern France, Italy and Sicily with special reference to volcanic action, including the Jiscent of Mount Etna by night, 1855-50; was librarian of Trinity col- lege, 1857-82; chaplain, 1800-64 and 1806-07; president, 1874-83; in 1877 became professor, and in 1888 Brownell professor of moral phi- lo.sophy. During his presidency he superin- tended the transfer of the college to its new site and the erection of the new buildings. He became an associate fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: founder and vice-president of the American Metrnlogical .so- ciety, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Geo- logical Society of France. He received the de-

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gree D.D. from St. Stephen's in 1805 and LL.D. from Columbia in 1877. He is the autlior of: .4 Treatise, on Chemical Physics (1809), and An Examiiiatioti and Defense of Bishop Butler's Analog!/, and Ids Argument Extended (1889).

PYNCHON, William, colonist, was born in Springfield, Essex county, England, in 1590; son

of John and (Orchard) Pynchon. He

immigrated to America with his wife Anna, daughter of William Andrew of Twiwell, North- amptonshire, England, in 1030, being of the party with Governor Winthrop. He held valu- able patents from Charles I. of lands in;Massa- chusetts, being made one of the eighteen assis- tants in March, 1029. He aided in organizing the first church in Roxbury, entered into the fur trade with the Indians and became treasurer of the colony. His wife having died, he was married, secondly, to Frances Sanford of Roxbury, Mass., and in 1030 removed with liis family and a small party to Agawam in the valley of the Connecti- cut river, which place was renamed Springfield in 1040, the name of his father's residence in England. He was chief magistrate of the colony, 1030-52. He was deposed from his offices in the colony by the legislature for alleged heretical sentiments expressed in his book published in England in 1050, and the edition was burned by the sheriff in the presence of the faithful in Bos- ton, only three copies of the book being saved from destruction. He refused to appear before the legislature and the case was dropped. He returned to England in September, 1052, in com- pany with his son-in-law, Henry Smith, and the Rev. John Moxon, and devoted himself to theolo- gical writing. His works include: a revised edi- tion of The Meritorious Price of Man's Redemp- tion, or Christ's Satisfaction Discussed and Explained, with a rejoinder to Rev. John Nor- ton's Answer (1055); T/ie Jewish Synagogue (1052); Hoiv the First Sabbath icas Ordained (1054); and TJie Covenant of Nature (1002). He died in Wraisbury, England, Oct. 29, 1002.

PYNE, noses Taylor, educationist, was born in New York city. Dec. 21, 1855; .son of Percy Rivington and Albertina (Shelton) Pyne. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1877, A.M., 1880, and from the College of the City of New York, LL.B., 1879, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1880. lie was married, June 2, 1880, to Margaretta Stockton and made his home at " Drumthwacket," Princeton, N.J. He was an officer and director in various banks, man- ufactories and railroads, and was largely inter- ested in educational advancement, serving as a trustee of Princeton university from 1885, as a trustee and chairman of the finance committee of Lawrenceville School and as a trustee of St. Paul's school, Concord, N.H.