“Lumineers” at a Glance
A rundown of temporal attributes and historical peers shared by many Cherrypickers
As part of my ongoing “Jigsaw Gens” series, I profile the various American generations (and “microgenerations”) identified by historians.
In This Installment
Featured Generation: “Lumineers” (aka Cherrypickers, Williamites, Continentals, Bleeders, Clingers)
Who they are: The generation whose childhoods were marred by the Salem Witch Trials, spurring them to embrace intellectualism and prevent chaos
When they were born: Approximately between 1679–1690
Key Members
Enforcers: Jonathan Belcher, Thomas Lee, Shikellamy, Roger Wolcott, Meshemethequater, Arthur Dobbs, Edward Vernon, Sir William Gooch (1st Baronet), James Patton, Benjamin Tasker Sr., Captain Charles Calvert of Maryland, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes sieur de La Vérendrye, Nathaniel Rice, Henry Beekman, Keekyuscung, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, George Mason III, Philip Lee Sr., William Burnet, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (Fourth Patroon)
Debaters: Thomas Fleet, Dorothy Good, Betty Parris, Abigail Williams, Peter Chartier, Abigail Hobbs, Canassatego, Benjamin Lay, Philip Livingston, Andrew Bradford, Nenatcheehunt, Ann Putnam Jr., Lucy Burwell Berkeley, Dirck Ten Broeck
Scholars: Edward Holyoke, Thomas Prince, Jeremiah Dummer, Samuel Keimer, John Tufts, Netawatwees, Cadwallader Colden, Henry Darnall II, Samuel Gerrish, Robert Livingston
Creators: Charles Theodore Pachelbel, John Smibert, Gustavus Hesselius, Pieter Vanderlyn, Shem Drowne, John Smibert, Henry Cary Jr., Daniel Henchman, Johann Gottlob Klem, Samuel Adams Sr., Isham Randolph of Dungeness, John Blair Sr., William Randolph II
Cusp Cohorts
Preceding Microgeneration: “Pre-Continentals” (1674–1678)
Prominent “Pre-Continentals”: Mary Warren, John Custis, Tituba, Andrew Hamilton, Sassoonan, Paul Dudley, Elizabeth Hubbard, William Byrd II, Alexander Spotswood, Elisha Cooke Jr., William Tailer, Mayor James Logan of Philadelphia, Thomas Symmes, William Dummer, Thomas Larimore, Captain “Tewea” Jacobs, Mary Walcott, John Bolling, William Fishbourn, Governor John Evans of Pennsylvania, Christopher Witt, Rutger Jansen Bleecker, John Cruger
Subsequent Microgeneration: “Bottled Beacons” (1691–1695)
Prominent “Bottled Beacons”: Conrad Beissel, Robert Dinwiddie, Samuel Johnson of Stratford, Edward Braddock, Mercy Lewis, Peter Pelham, Theodorus Frelinghuysen, Nicholas Orontony, Elisha Williams, Christoph Sauer, Mary Alexander, Hendrick Theyanoguin, Lord Thomas Fairfax (6th of Cameron), William Shirley, Richard Randolph, William Pitkin, Benjamin Harrison IV, Captain Henry Lee I, Samuel Chew, Augustine Washington, Charles Clinton, Attorney General James Alexander, William Fairfax, Custaloga, John Clayton, Thomas Cushing II, John Randolph of Williamsburg, Johannes Hansen, Andrew Johnston of Perth Amboy, Colonial Secretary John Carter of Williamsburg, Johannes de Peyster III, Burgess William Cole of Charles City County, Dudley Digges Jr. of Goochland County, Councilor Cole Digges of Yorktown
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