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Great Migration: Passenger of the William & Francis, 1632

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  • John Smalley (1615 - 1692)
    John Smalley. Born ca 1613.5 John died on 30 Jul 1692 in Piscataway, NJ.5 Occupation: tailor. John came on the William & Francis in 1632, resided in Plymouth, freeman 1 Mar 1642, removed to Eastham...
  • Theodate Hussey (1588 - 1649)
    Theodate Bachiler (Ref: "The Batchelder Genealogy," pp. 77-78), born in 1596, died October 20, 1649, married Capt. Christopher Hussey. He was born in Dorking, England, in 1595 or 1596. With many of his...
  • Lt. John Sanborn (c.1620 - 1692)
    The authorities have been confused as to the identity of Lt. John Sanborn's parents. All agree that the father died in England. They also agree that Lt. John came to America with his mother, his matern...
  • Helena Mason (1583 - 1647)
    Helena Mason, a widow, married Rev. Stephen Batchelder. She was age 47 in 1631, when she and her husband received a license to travel to Flushing, Holland. She died before 3 May 1647, when Rev. Stephen...
  • Rev. Stephen Batchelder, of Hampton (1561 - 1656)
    "The Great Migration Begins (1620-1633)" names the 6 children of Stephen as Nathaniel, Deborah, Stephen, Samuel, Ann and Theodate. "All the children of whom we have record were by his 1st wife" ( Batch...

The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts 1620 - 1640, pages 96 and 97 . Winthrop: Journal, 1, 80-81; Gen. Reg., XII, 274. 

WILLIAM AND FRANCIS, Captain...... Thomas, Master. She left London March 9 and arrived June 5, 'with about sixty passengers.'

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According to THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, Vol. 2, pp. 1354-1357, my ancestor Thomas Oliver came 1632 on the William & Frances with his (3rd) wife Anne (d. 1635) and children 3-9, namely: John, Peter, Nathaniel, James, Abigail, Samuel and Daniel. Their origins in the village of Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire, were discovered a few years ago by genealogist Leslie Mahler -see article in N.E. Hist. Gen. Register..

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