From The Abigail and John Endicott:
On 20th June 1628 the ship Abigail set sail from Weymouth with many Dorset emigrants bound for New England. Under Henry Gauden, the master, they arrived in Salem, Massachusetts on 6th September. This particular passage was important as it carried the new government for the London Plantation. The governor was John Endicott.
Passengers known to be on board the Abigail from Weymouth 1628
- John Endicott
- Mrs Anna Endicott (wife of John)
- Charles Gott of Cambridge, England
- Richard Brackenbury of Folke or Holnest, Dorset
- William Brackenbury of Folke or Holnest, Dorset
- Hugh Laskin of Childhay, Dorset
- Mrs Laskin
- Edith Laskin
- Lawrence Leach, possibly from Ash, Martock, Somerset
- Roger Morey of Drimpton, Dorset
- John Elford of Chetnole, Dorset
- Thomas Pucker of Upcerne, Dorset
- Captain Richard Davenport
- Mathias Button
- Humphrey Woodberry with his father
- Ralph Sprague of Upwey (son of Edward)
- Richard Sprague (brother of Ralph)
- William Sprague (brother of Ralph and Richard)
Resources
- Emigrant Ships departing Weymouth
- http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/abigail1.htm
- PRE-1634 PLANTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY "Among those who arrived with Endecott on the Abigail in Salem, 1628: Brackenbury, Brown, Davenport, Elford, Endecott, Gott, Laskin, Leach, Maurie/Morey, Puckett, Scruggs, Trask."