▁cl ung ▁to ▁the ▁" ple asant ▁fiction " ▁of ▁their ▁man orial ▁rights ▁almost ▁until ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁and ▁received ▁token ▁quit ▁r ents ▁as ▁late ▁as ▁ 1 7 3 2 , ▁fe ud al ism ▁on ▁Mar tha ' s ▁V ine yard ▁died ▁the ▁same ▁slow , ▁ling ering ▁but ▁certain ▁death ▁it ▁did ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁colon ies . ▁ ▁Mission ary ▁work ▁Kenneth ▁Scott ▁Lat ou ret te ▁has ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁Mission ary ▁May he ws ▁of ▁Mar tha ' s ▁V ine yard ▁represent ▁what ▁is ▁probably ▁the ▁longest ▁and ▁most ▁persistent ▁mission ary ▁ende avor ▁in ▁the ▁ann als ▁of ▁all ▁Christ end om . ▁The ▁elder ▁Thomas ▁May hew , ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁mission ary ▁work , ▁was ▁not ▁concerned ▁for ▁Indian ▁sou ls ▁when ▁he ▁settled ▁on ▁his ▁island ; ▁he ▁sought ▁only ▁to ▁improve ▁his ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁position . ▁His ▁son , ▁Thomas ▁May hew ▁the ▁Young er , ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁the ▁launch ing ▁an ▁Indian ▁mission . ▁Like ▁his ▁father , ▁he ▁had ▁em igr ated ▁from ▁England . ▁Some where , ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁liberal ▁education , ▁apparently ▁from ▁private ▁tut ors , ▁and ▁after ▁moving ▁to ▁the ▁V ine yard ▁to ▁begin ▁the ▁white ▁settlement ▁there ▁he ▁became ▁past or ▁of ▁the ▁small ▁English ▁church ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁acting ▁governor ▁in ▁his ▁father ' s ▁absence . ▁He ▁soon ▁discovered ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁refuse ▁the ▁challenge ▁he ▁found ▁among ▁the ▁three ▁thousand ▁Pok an