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Great Migration: Passengers of the Abigail, 1635

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The Abigail of London (Master: Richard Hackwell) sailed from foreign ports, the last being Plymouth, England on June 4, 1635. She sailed with about 220 passengers aboard along with livestock. She arrived in Boston about October 8, 1635 with smallpox aboard.

Passengers

Alphabetical by family with age and roll number

  • Abdy Matthew 15, #134 (From Wantage, Berkshire, bound for Boston. Ref: PCC and Pell pg 275. 36 pg 6). Also listed from Southwark (S Olave) Surrey, bound for Boston. Ref: Banks, Mass. 36 pg 119)
  • Adams Richard 29 bricklayer of Northampton, #41
  • Adams Susan 26, of Northampton, #42
  • Alecock Annis 18, #155
  • Allen Jo. 30, husbandman #30
  • Allen Ann 30, wife of John #31
  • Alley Hugh 27, Collins servant #114
  • Almond William 34, #86
  • Almond Audrey 32, #88
  • Almy Annis 8, #89
  • Almy Chr: 3, #94
  • Arnold Jesper 40, #158 (Jasper, aka Shoreditch, from Stephney, Middlesex. Ref: Banks, Mass. 36 pg 113)
  • Arnold Ann 39, #160
  • Bassett William 9, #103
  • Belcher Edward 8, Freeman servant #138
  • Borebancke Joseph 24, Hadborne servant #36
  • Brane Thomas 40, husbandman #124
  • Browne Lydia 16, #19
  • Bullocke Henry 40, #20 (From St Lawrence, Essex, bound for Charlestown, MA. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 52)
  • Bullocke Susan 42, wife of Henry #21
  • Bullocke Henry 8, child of Henry #22
  • Bullocke Mary 6, child of Henry #23
  • Bullocke Thomas 2, child of Henry #24
  • Burdin George 20, #117
  • Burt Hugh 35, #101 (From St Clement, Eastcheap, London, bound for Lynn, MA. Ref: Aspinwall. 36 pg 99)
  • Burt Ann 32, #102
  • Burt Hugh 15, #151
  • Burt Edward 8, #90
  • Bushell Ruth 23, #163
  • Buttolph Thomas 32, #1
  • Buttolph Ann 24 wife of Thomas, #2
  • Carr Richard 29, #129
  • Collins Henry, 29, starchmaker #108 (From Stephney, Middlesex, bound for Lynn, MA 36 pg 112)
  • Collins Ann, 30 wife of Henry, #109
  • Collins Henry, 5, child of Henry #110
  • Collins Jo: 3, child of Henry #111
  • Collins Margery, 2, child of Henry #112
  • Cooke Jo: 27, Collins servant #116
  • Cooke John, 15, Freeman servant #137
  • Covell Cesar 15, #72
  • Devotion Margaret 9, #162
  • Deyking John 25, #157
  • Deyking Alice 30, #159
  • Dodd James 16, #133
  • Drewrie George 19, #52 (Drury, George, from Grinstad, Sussex, bound for Cambridge. Ref: JGB Hill Gen pg 81. 36 pg 171)
  • Drinker Philip 39, #140
  • Drinker Elizabeth 32, wife of Philip #141
  • Drinker Edward 13, child of Philip #142
  • Drinker Jo: 8, child of Philip #143
  • Driver Robert 8, #77
  • Ellis Elizabeth 16, #66
  • Emerson Jo: 20, #147
  • Epps Elizabeth 13, #173, listed with Winthropp family
  • Foster Christopher 32, #80
  • Foster Francis 25, wife of Christopher #81
  • Foster Rebecca 5, child of Christopher #82
  • Foster Nathaniel 2, child of Christopher #83
  • Foster Jo. 1, child of Christopher, #84
  • Fountaine Edward 28, #118
  • Fox Jo: 35, #104
  • Fox Richard 15, #105
  • Freeman John 35, #45
  • Freeman Marie 50, #58
  • Freeman Jo: 9, #59
  • Freeman Sycillie 4, #60
  • Freeman Thomas 24, #91
  • Freeman Edmund 45, #107
  • Freeman Edward 34, husbandman #135
  • Freeman Elizabeth 35, wife of Edward #136
  • Freeman Elizabeth 12, #149
  • Freeman Alice 17, #150
  • Freeman Edmund 15, #152
  • Freeman John 8, #153
  • Fuller William 25, #3
  • Fuller Jo: 15, #4 (John)
  • Gatsell Walter 34, #46
  • Geere Dennis 30, #9 (From Falmer, Sussex, bound for Lynn, MA. Ref: PCC 51 Pembroke. 36 pg 171)
  • Geere Elizabeth 22 wife of Dennis, #10
  • Geere Elizabeth 3, child of Dennis #11
  • Geere Sara 2, child of Dennis #12
  • Gillam Ann 28, #122
  • Gillam Benjamin 1, child of Ann #123
  • Goade Thomas 15, #172, listed with Winthropp family
  • Graves Richard 23, #47
  • Griffith Joshua 25, Collins servant #113 (From Stephney, bound for Lynn. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 112)
  • Hadborne George 43, glover #32 (George Hepburn, from Southwark (S Savious), Surrey, bound for Charlestown, MA. Ref: Banks, Mass. 36 pg 168)
  • Hadborne Anne 46, wife of George #33
  • Hadborne Rebecca 10, child of George #34
  • Hadborne Anna 4, child of George #35
  • Hallinck John 38, #55
  • Harbert Jo. 23, shoemaker of Northampton #38
  • Harding Elizabeth 12, #8
  • Hillman Elliner 33, #145
  • Houghton Jo. 4, #25 (John, from Eaton Bray, Befordshire to Dedham, Mass. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 1)
  • Ireson, Edward 4, #85
  • Ireson Elizabeth 27, #93
  • Jones Ellin 36, #67 (4 children)
  • Jones Isack 8, #68
  • Jones Hester 6, #69
  • Jones Thomas 3, #70
  • Jones Sara 3mo, #71
  • Jones Thomas 40, #51 (alone?)
  • Jones Mary 30, #87 (alone?)
  • Jones Jo: 15, #154 (alone?)
  • Jones Charles 21, #18 (alone?)
  • Jordan Joan 16, Hadborne servant #37
  • Kettell Peter 10, #6
  • King William 28, #130
  • Knore Noll 29, #75
  • Knore Sara 7, #76
  • Knore Thomas 33, #54
  • Launder Thomas 22, #125
  • Lyne Mary 6, #174, listed with Winthropp family
  • Marshall William 40, #53
  • Mason Ralph 35, joiner #164
  • Mason Anne 35, wife of Ralph #165
  • Mason Richard 5, child of Ralph #166
  • Mason Samuel 3, child of Ralph #167
  • Mason Susan 1, child of Ralph #168
  • Mere Robert 43, #48
  • Mere Elizabeth 30, #78
  • Mere John 3 mo, #79
  • Mere Samuel 3, #49
  • Monnings Edmund 40, #50 (Munnings, from East Donyland, Essex, bound for Cambridge. Ref: Banks, Mass. 36 pg 48)
  • Monnings Mary 30, #62
  • Monnings Mary 9, #63
  • Monnings Anna 6, #64
  • Monnings Michelaliel 3, #65
  • Pancrust Anns #16, #13, listed with Geere family
  • Payne William 15, #74
  • Payne Jo: 14, #106
  • Potter William 27, husbandman #126
  • Potter Frances 26, wife of William #127
  • Potter Joseph 4mo, #128
  • Price Rebecca 14, #57
  • Rainsford Edward 26, #96
  • Ram George 25, #131
  • Rookeman John 45, #98
  • Rookeman Elizabeth 31, #99
  • Rookeman John 9, #100
  • Roote Ralph 50, #44
  • Roote Mary 15, Collins servant #115
  • Sharpe Robert 20, #97
  • Sheppard Ralph 29, #119
  • Sheppard Thanks 23, wife of Ralph #120
  • Sheppard Sara 2, child of Ralph #121
  • Somner Henry 15, of Northampton #39 (Henry Summers from Bideford, Devonshire, bound for Woburn, Ma. Ref: Wyman. 36 pg 19)
  • Somner Elisa 18, of Northampton #40
  • Stantley Jo. 34, #132
  • Steevens Alice 22, #161
  • Steevens Thomas 12, #7
  • Strowde John 15, #95
  • Terry Jo: 32, #146
  • Thomson Thomas 18, #156
  • Tilly William 28, #16 from Barnstable and Boston, came from Little Minories, England
  • Tucker Margaret 23, #144
  • Tusler Elizabeth 55, #14, orig Taselie, listed with Geere family
  • Tylly Nathaniel 32, #5
  • Wallis Ralph 40, #43
  • Wallis Joan 19, #73
  • Wallis George 15, #56
  • West Jo: 11, #61
  • White Edward 42, husbandman #26
  • White Martha 39, wife of Edward #27
  • White Martha 10, child of Edward #28
  • White Mary 8, child of Edward #29
  • Whiteman Robert 20, #17
  • Williams Ann 10, #139
  • Wood Constant 12, #15, listed with Geere family
  • Woodman Richard 9, #148
  • Wynthropp John 27, #169
  • Wynthropp Elizabeth 19, #170
  • Wynthropp Deane 11, #171
  • Yates William 14, #92

Banks Topo also lists:

  • Brackenbury, Richard and William, from Folke or Holnest, Dorsetshire, bound for Salem. Ref: Banks, Mass. 36 page 32.
  • Gott, Charles, from Cambridge traveling on the Abigail, bound for Salem. Ref: Banks, Mass. 36 page 12.
  • Haight, John, from Dorsetshire, bound for Salem 1629. Ref: Hist Rec of Putman Co., NY pg 452. 36 page 37.
  • Vane, Sir Henry from London, bound for Boston. Ref: Winthrop. 36 page 108.