Talk:Samuel Maverick (colonist)
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[edit] Anglican vs Episcopalian
The interesting thing about Samuel Maverick (also written Mavericke) was that he arrived in Massachusetts earlier than most Puritan settlers, including his father, a Puritan vicar who would follow him several years later. But from all indications (and they are numerous), Samuel Maverick was just that: a Royalist in a land of disaffected colonists, many of whom had fled the rigors of life under a stern taskmaster (Archbishop Laud operating from the right hand of the King). But it's important to note that for all Maverick's allegiance to the established church (versus the Separatists in Plymouth and the somewhat more muted Puritans), Maverick was basically an early venture capitalist. In any case, Maverick seems not to have had strong religious feelings, except that he wasn't opposed to the way the church was being run in England. That made him a strong Anglican, because the Church of England, as it was then called and is still called today, was an Anglican church. (The term Episcopal dates from the later split of the American colonists from the original Anglican church in England.) So I'd suggest changing the word "Episcopal" to "Anglican" in the description of this early enigmatic colonist, whose family, incidentally, gave rise to the word we use today to describe those who go off on their bent: maverick.MarmadukePercy (talk) 16:10, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- For more on the establishment of the Episcopal church in America, see wikipedia entry Episcopal Church in the United States of America MarmadukePercy (talk) 19:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- I've begun working on this entry of this important early New England settler and will add to it as time permits.MarmadukePercy (talk) 03:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
