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Chapter 1:
Genesis of a Community
Chelsee Patterson
3/24/2021
Seeds v Roots
3 New England Deaf Communities:
Henniker, NH, Martha's Vineyard MA, Sandy River ME
1st Genesis: Isolation
2nd Genesis: Cultivation and tolerance of
visual and gestural communication
3rd Genesis: Experiencing life in varied contexts
17th Century
Deafness among indigenous Indians
Roger Williams, church leader, founder of RI colony, noted:
"Wampanoag Native children, some are born deaf and so dumb"
Andrew Brown (1636) Ireland, set sail on 150 ton vessel "Eagle Wing" w/ 140 emigrants seeking freedom to practice Protestant faith
Isaac Kilbourne, brought before church officials "could not make him hear, nor speak";
married Mary Newebury
Matthew Pratt (1629) married Sarah Hunt
Cotton Mathers mentions Sarah "spoke with signs"
Jonathan Lambert (1694) Bought Wampatucke land on Martha's Vineyard from Indian Sachem Josias
Life described as uneventful; master brigantine
Tyral
(slave ship)
Rebecca Nurse
18th Century
Jacob Moore - first descendant
ingenious mechanic, strong indomitable energy
Joseph Moore - Find a wife; bees stolen
member of Society of Friends
Jeremiah Moore - millwrighting and had own account book
Moore's 3 deaf sons, all married, holding respectable occupations and own business dealings
Use of signs was accepted by neighbors; beginnings of community in areas other than Martha's Vineyard
Frederick AP Barnard referred quote
1776 -
Pennsylvania Magazine
published manual alphabet as "Dumb Speech"
Isolated Tutoring Attempts
Scarce records are available
Nahum Brown deaf descendant of first Englishman in Concord MA, married hearing woman who interpreted for him
John Harrower - first documented attempt to tutor deaf child (John Edge)
James Ramsey (Father and son) Charles (brother) Edward (cousin), steamboat patent, emotional letter, gold medal
Revolutionary War
"Deaf and Dumb" Jimmy captured by Indians for 20 yrs
Joshua Graves - living in log house clash w/ Indians
William Mercer - education focused on painting
Studied under Charlees Willson Peale (1783)
Painted Battle of Princeton
Scientific Societies
John Goodricke - 1770s Copleey Medal from Royal Society for astronomy
Charles Bonnet - 1740s first scientist to study parthenogenesis
Saboureux de Fontenay - published meteorology memoir
Guillaume Amontons followed Keppler's footsteps in barometric pressure and laid foundation for Fahreeneits work / thermometric scale
Francis Green - first parent of a deaf child to plead for the education of all deaf children
1793 William Thornton's treatise on elements of teaching speech and language to deaf children = Magellenic Gold Medal