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Great Migration: Passengers of the Jonathan, 1639

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What appears to be known about its passengers is drawn from testimony taken 13 years after its arrival by a small subset of its passengers. Passengers settled in Newbury and Charlestown.

Sailed: 1639 from England
Arrived: 1639 at Boston Bay

Passengers:

Thomas Gould, Frances Cooke, Thomas Blanchard, Agnes Bent, Nicholas Noyes, Dorothy Noyes, Abigail Noyes, Peter Noyes, John Waterman, Richard Barnes, William Stret (Street), Elizabeth Plemton, Anie Bent, Anthony Somerby

Primary Sources: "Passengers and Vessels that have Arrived in America: The Voyage of the Jonathan to New England, 1639", NEHGR 32:407-411

From: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Category:Jonathan_%281639%29_Passengers

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MA-BAY-COLONY/2004-09...