He had married the king's daughter, and was therefore considered to have a claim to the crown.

On his arrival in England, the Prince of Orange was proclaimed king, by the name of William III.

Poor old King James made his escape to France." Grandfather told how, at the first intelligence of the landing of the Prince of Orange in England, the people of Massachusetts rose in their strength and overthrew the government of Sir Edmund Andros.

He, with Joseph Dudley, Edmund Randolph, and his other principal adherents, was thrown into prison.

Old Simon Bradstreet, who had been governor when King James took away the charter, was called by the people to govern them again.
"Governor Bradstreet was a venerable old man, nearly ninety years of age," said Grandfather.