W

Wadsworth, Benjamin, 19, 20

Waldo, Samuel, 211, 219, 220, 221, 222

Waldron, Richard, III, 32

walking purchase, 60, 62, 72, 247

Walpole, Horatio, 183

Walpole, Robert, 182, 206–207, 214, 215, 217, 218, 223, 224, 230, 258, 261, 267

Ward, Richard, 138

warehouse receipts, 124, 125, 134

War of Jenkins’ Ear, 216, 217

War of the Austrian Succession. SeeKing George’s War

War of the Polish Succession, 216

War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War), 41, 61, 77, 133, 208, 217, 238

Washington, George, 230, 231, 232, 234, 236

Watkins, Hezekiah, 150

Watson, Charles, 118–119

Wedderburn, Alexander, 262, 263

Weiser, John Conrad, 42, 43, 61, 62

Wentworth, Benning, 32, 33, 212

Wentworth, John, 32, 212

Wentworth family, 211–212

Wesley, John, 161

West Indies, 107, 127, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 223, 250, 256, 257

Westo Indians, 107, 108, 262

Whitby, Daniel, 170

Whitefield, George, 160–161, 162, 163, 165

White Pine Act (1711), 210

White Pine Act (1722), 210

Whittaker, Benjamin, 104

Wigglesworth, Edward, 158, 162

Wilkes, John, 263, 264

Willard, Samuel, 18, 20, 22

William and Mary College, 58, 154

Williams, Elisha, 196, 197

Williams, Roger, 27, 48, 154, 186–187, 188

Winthrop, John, Sr., 29, 129

Winthrop, Wait, 130

Wise, John, 21, 23–24, 133

Wolcott, Roger, 212

Wolfe, James, 248, 249

Wood, Robert, 259

Woodbridge, John, 129

Woolen Act (1699), 207–208

Woolman, John, 176–177, 178

Wright, James, 119

Wright, Robert, 105

Wroth, Robert, 239

Wyckoff, Simon, 49