ILLUSTRATIONS

 

Drawings
by Jennifer Brody

 

ew England’s Transatlantic Elite

uritan Ministers in the Great Migration

Puritan Physician in the Great Migration

he Salt Box House in Old and New England

he Gabled Box in Essex, England and Essex County, Massachusetts

he Apparatus of Courtship in Puritan New England

The Technology of Will Breaking: Whispering Sticks

The Iconography of Old Age in New England: Mistress Anne Pollard

A New England Meeting House

Pulpit Eye and Elder Bench

Spirit Stones in Massachusetts

Steeple Hats and “Sadd Colors”

The Swing Plow in New England and East Anglia

Symbols of Belonging: “Towne Marks” in Massachusetts

John Winthrop’s Little Speech on Liberty

Sir William Berkeley and Charles I

Colonel Richard Lee

Anna Constable Lee

Norborne Berkeley, Lord Botetourt

Tenant Farmers in Oxfordshire

Virginia’s First Great House: Sir William Berkeley’s Green Spring

Stratford

The Hall-and-Parlor House in Virginia

William Byrd II

Lucy Parke Byrd

Virginia’s “Spirited She-Britons”: Sarah Harrison

Colonel Daniel Parke

Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia

Yeocomico Church, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia

Slashed Sleeves

The Iconography of Deference

A Freeborn Gentleman of Virginia: Thomas Lee

William Penn in Youth

William Penn in Maturity

Vernacular Architecture in Pennsylvania

Pent Roofs and Door Hoods

A Quaker Woman Preaching

Quaker Meetinghouses

A Hexagonal Quaker Schoolhouse

A Quaker Wedding Dress

Quaker Outbuildings

The Great Quaker Bell

Penrith Beacon

Andrew Jackson

James Knox Polk

John Caldwell Calhoun

Cabin Architecture in the Borderlands and Backcountry

The Abduction of Rachel Donelson

Age and Authority in the Backcountry

Crackers, Rednecks, Hoosiers

Patrick Henry

Maps
by Andrew Mudryk

 

English Regional Origins of the Puritan Migration

English Origins of Massachusetts Place Names

The Regional Culture of Eastern England

The Tradition of Dissent in Eastern England

Town Founding in New England

Patterns of Settlement in East Anglia and Massachusetts

English Regional Origins of Virginia’s Great Migration

The South of England

The Chesapeake Region

Patterns of Settlement: Gloucestershire, England

Patterns of Settlement: Gloucester County, Virginia

English Regional Origins of the Friends’ Migration

English Origins of Pennsylvania Place Names

The North Midlands of England

The Quaker Heartland

The Delaware Valley

Patterns of Settlement in Pennsylvania

The Flight from North Britain

Scotland and Northern Ireland

The Borderlands

British Borderers in the American Backcountry

Patterns of Settlement in the Backcountry

The Scale of Settlement in the Backcountry

Regional Taxonomies in British History

Speech and Culture Regions in the United States

Regional Voting in the Early Republic, 1796-1832

The Eclipse of Region: The Second Party System, 1840-52

From Region to Section: The Republican Coalition, 1856-60

The Republican Coalition versus the Solid South, 1880-88

Region and Reform, 1896-1912

The High Tide of Sectionalism, 1920-24

Regional Alliances in the New Deal Coalition, 1932-44

The Regional Revival, 1948-56

The Regional Revolution in American Politics, 1968-88

Regional Patterns of Violence in America

Regional Attitudes toward the Rights of Women

Tables

 

Cultural Indicators Used in This Work

Religion and the Great Migration: Church Members in New England

Gender and Age Composition in the Great Migration

Occupations in the Great Migration: Five Studies

English Origins of the Great Migration

English Origins of Town Names in Massachusetts

English Residence of University Men in New England

New England’s Puritan Elite: Genealogical Links

Puritan Ministers in England before 1590

Completed Family Size in New England: Eleven Studies

Age at Marriage in New England: Twenty Studies

Prenuptial Pregnancy in Massachusetts: Nine Studies

Illegitimacy Ratios by English Region

“Sending Out” in Massachusetts and East Anglia

Age Bias in New England: Four Studies

Witchcraft Prosecutions in England and America: Six Studies

Literacy in New England and East Anglia: Five Studies

Season of Marriage in New England

Size of Land Grants in Billerica, Massachusetts

Wealth Distribution in Hingham, Norfolk and Hingham, Mass.

Wealth Distribution in New England Towns and English Parishes

Wealth Distribution in New England: Twenty-Six Studies

Rates of Persistence in New England: Eight Studies

Crime Statistics by State, 1790-1827

Criminal Prosecutions in Massachusetts: Three County Studies

Criminal Prosecutions in Massachusetts and South Carolina

Voter Participation in Massachusetts: Ten Town Studies

Virginia’s Elite: Dates of Immigration

Virginia’s Elite: Social Rank in England

Virginia’s Elite: English Counties of Origin

Virginia’s Elite: Genealogical Links

Population Growth in Virginia & Other Colonies

Occupation of Virginia Servants: Four Studies

Religion in Virginia: Patterns of Church Attendance

English Origins of Families, Isle of Wight, Virginia

English Origins of Virginia Servants and Bristol Apprentices

English Origins of Place Names in Virginia and Maryland

Completed Family Size in the Chesapeake: Four Studies

Age at Marriage in the Chesapeake: Seven Studies

Prenuptial Pregnancy in the Chesapeake: Four Studies

Illegitimacy in the Chesapeake: Two Studies

Chesapeake Onomastics

Descent of Names, Virginia and New England

Age Bias in the Chesapeake

Literacy of Europeans in Virginia

Literacy of Africans in Virginia

Literacy by Social Rank in Virginia

Kitchen Equipment in England and the Chesapeake

Season of Marriage in the Chesapeake

Season of Conception in the Chesapeake

Population by Social Rank in Virginia

Wealth Distribution in Virginia

Size of Land Grants in Virginia

Tenancy in Virginia: Seven Studies

African Population in the Colonies

Rates of Persistence in Surry and Northampton Counties, Va.

Rates of Persistence in Northamptonshire, England

Criminal Prosecutions in the Chesapeake: Five County Studies

Voter Participation in Virginia: Sixteen Studies

The Growth of Population in the Delaware Valley

Quakers in Derby Meeting

Churches in Early America

Ethnic Composition of Pennsylvania Population, 1726-90

Religious Composition of Pennsylvania Legislature, 1729-55

Occupation of Immigrants to Philadelphia and Bucks Co., 1682-87

Geographic Origins of Immigrants to Philadelphia and Bucks County

Geographic Origins of Quaker “Ministers”

Geographic Origins of Quaker Autobiographers

Geographic Origins of Quakers with Certificates from Meetings

Geographic Origins of Pennsylvania’s “First Purchasers”

The Delaware Elite: Genealogical Links

English Regional Speechways

Completed Family Size in the Delaware Valley: Six Studies

Age at Marriage in the Delaware Valley: Seven Studies

Descent of Names in Quaker Families

Quaker Onomastics in England and America

Literacy in Pennsylvania: Two Studies

Season of Marriage and Conception in the Delaware Valley

Distribution of Wealth in the Delaware Valley: Two Studies

Rates of Persistence in Chester and Lancaster Counties, Pa.

Rates of Persistence in Nottinghamshire, England

Criminal Prosecutions in Chester County, Pa.

Voter Participation in the Delaware Valley: Six Studies

Scotch-Irish Emigration to America before 1775: Six Studies

Emigration from Scotland: Four Estimates

Family Status of North British Emigrants: Four Studies

Gender of North British Emigrants

Age Distribution of North British Emigrants

Motives for Migration from North Britain: Six Surveys

Occupations of North British Emigrants

Scottish and Irish Surnames in the Census of 1790: Two Studies

Backcountry Elites: Genealogical Links

Backcountry Elites: Origins of Officers at Kings Mountain

Age at Marriage in Three Backcountry Districts

Illegitimacy in North Britain

Backcountry Onomastics

Descent of Names in the Backcountry

Age Bias in the Backcountry, 1776

Rates of Literacy in North Britain

Season of Marriage in the Backcountry: Augusta County, Va.

Wealth Distribution in North Carolina and Tennessee before 1800: Eight Counties

Wealth Distribution in Kentucky before 1800: Eleven Counties

Rates of Persistence in the Borderlands and Backcountry

Criminal Prosecutions in the Backcountry: Ohio County, Va.

Voter Participation in the Backcountry: Four County Studies

Settlements in British America before the Great Migrations

Four British Folk Migrations: Modal Characteristics

British Protestantism in the Seventeenth Century

Taxonomies of Social Rank in England, 1577-1600

Chronology of Anglo-American History, 1558-1760

Four Regions in Early America: Environment

Four Regions in Early America: Culture

Regional Voting on Jay’s Treaty, 1796

Region of Origin and Voting in New York and Ohio, 1840-46

Region of Origin and Voting in New York and Ohio, 1856-60

Ethnic Composition of the American Population, 1820-71

Regional Voting for Richard Nixon

Albion’s Seed