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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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