Scituate, Massachusetts is a small town on the South Shore of Massachusetts, south of Boston and northwest of the start of Cape Cod. It was first resettled by Europeans starting in 1623, with major resettlement beginning in 1627 and 1628 under the jurisdiction of the General Court at Plymouth. By 1636, it was developed enough to begin managing some of its own affairs.31 of the earliest families...
In The Planters of the Commonwealth, Banks introduces his passenger list:LYON, William Peirce, Master, sailed from London June 22 [1632] and arrived September 16 [1632] at Boston. 'He brought one hundred and twenty three passengers, whereof fifty children, all in health. They had been twelve weeks aboard and eight weeks from Land's End.'* Excerpt from Essex and the Lyon–The people who sailed in...
The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts 1620 - 1640 , pages 96 and 97 (still in libraries); Winthrop's Journal 1630-1649, volume 1 , 80-81 (also available here ). The William and Francis was part of the Winthrop Fleet .>WILLIAM AND FRANCIS, Captain...... Thomas, Master. She left London March 9 and arrived June 5, 'with about sixty passengers.'