Geneva cloak a black cloak that Calvinist ministers wore.
gesticulation a gesture, esp. an energetic one.
Gobelin looms a tapestry factory in Paris that made the finest tapestries.
gossip a person who chatters or repeats idle talk and rumors
Governor Bellingham (1592-1672) the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Governor Winthrop John Winthrop (1588-1649), first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
gules red; a term used in heraldry.
halberds combination battle-axes and spears used in the 15th and 16th centuries.
healing balm an ointment used for healing.
heterodox religious person who disagrees with church beliefs; unorthodox.
Holy Writ the Bible.
horn-book a sheet of parchment with the alphabet, table of numbers, etc. on it, mounted on a small board with a handle and protected by a thin, transparent plate of horn. It was formerly used as a child‘s primer.
ignominious shameful; dishonorable; disgraceful.
ignominy shame and dishonor; infamy.
importunate urgent or persistent in asking or demanding; insistent; refusing to be denied; annoyingly urgent or persistent.
in Spring Lane a crossroad in downtown Boston
indefatigable untiring; not yielding to fatigue.
Indian sagamores chiefs or subchiefs in the Abnakis culture.
irrefragable that cannot be refuted; indisputable; impossible to change.
Isaac Johnson a settler (1601-1630) who left land to Boston; he died shortly after the Puritans arrived. His land would be north of King’s Chapel (1688), which can be visited today.
