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WORK IN PROGRESS=======Hyperlinks refer to Wikipedia pages where more information can be found=====.==Motives==* Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a Cultural History) From Library Journal This cultural history explains the European settlement of the United States as voluntary migrations from four English cultural centers. Families of zealous, literate Puritan yeomen and ...
The Higginson Fleet==The Lyon's Whelp left the Thames, Gravesend, England April 5, 1629 along with five other ships, George Bonaventure, Four Sisters, Lyon, the Mayflower and the Talbot, arriving in Salem June 1629.>“Now in this year 1629, a great company of people (The Higginson Fleet) of good rank, zeal, means and quality have made a great stock, and with six good ships in the months of April...
Project ObjectiveTo trace the family and other affiliations of colonists to New England with County Wiltshire origins. Please add those profiles to the project and use discussions. Add research sites to the reference list. Ultimately we may be able to build a “super tree” showing the connections.===People of Interest* Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset “ ... came from a family long involved i...
Bring your ancestors on over. Profiles must be set to public. from Southampton, England to New England 24 April 1638 Another transcription of this voyage can be seen: Passenger List for the Confidence 1638 List of passengers from Southampton for New England 24 April 1638 by the 'Confidence' of London, two hundred tons - Master Mr. John Gibson. - "by vertue of the Lord Treasurers warrant of...
From The Increase left London, England April 1635 with her master, Robert Lea, arriving in Massachusetts Bay. By roll number: Sworn April 17, 1635 1 Bacon/Baron George 43, mason 2 Bacon/Baron Samuel 12, child of George 3 Bacon/Baron John 8, child of George 4 Bacon/Baron Susan 10, child of George 5 Jostlin Thomas 43, husbandman 6 Jostlin Rebecca 43, wife 7 Ward Eliza 38, Jost...
was the name of a 17th-century ship known to have sailed between England and English settlements in Massachusetts. Several historical and genealogical references show the Griffin making such journeys in 1633 and 1634. The 1633 journey left at Downs, England and landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts on September 3. This 1633 journey carried religious dissidents, including Thomas Hooker,[1] John Cott...
The Blessing, June 1635 From June 1635. Theis under written names are to be transported to New England imbarqued in the Blessing Jo: Lecester Mr the p'rties having brought Cert. from the minister and Justices of their conformitie being no Subsedy men, tooke ye oaths of Alleg: and Supremacie: Willm Cope 26 (usually spelled "Copp") Richard Cope 24 (usually spelled "Copp") Thomas King ...
“ The Bevis ” left Southampton May 1638 for New England with her master Robert Batten. The following Lists of New England Emigrants are from Her Majesty's State Paper Office SOUTHAMPTON.--- The list of the names of Passeng. Intended to shipe themsleues, In the Beuist of Hampton of CL. Tonnes, Robert Batten Mr for Newengland, And thsu by vertue of the Lord Treasurers warrant of the second of M...
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, R...
work in progress==This project is a portal for early and notable British families of Jamaica.==Summary of the Early History of British Jamaica==When General Robert Venables and Admiral William Penn captured Jamaica for Oliver Cromwell, the island went from Spanish rule to British.Approximately 8,000 men on 38 ships arrived in Kingston Harbour on May 10, 1655, and anchored near Passage Fort. The...
The Truelove left London, England Sept 1635 with her master, John Gibbs, arriving in Massachusetts Bay. The following alphabetical roll is from her departure point, not necessarily who landed. Passenger count was listed as 66, but there are 67 names listed. "xix Sept 1635 Theis under-written names are to be transported to New england imbarqued in the Truelove Jo: Gibbs Mr, the Men have taken ...
Master John Cutting Voyage of 1634 This table details the roll of passengers of the Francis, which sailed from Ipswich, Suffolk in April 1634, bound for New England. The date of record, in this case, is some six months after the ship departed. The ship arrived safe at Massachusetts Bay, although some of the persons listed below may not have arrived. Some may have decided not to sail. Some serva...
from Unity left Weymouth, England Sept 12, 1635 with her Master, John Taylor, arriving in Massachusetts Bay.# Buck, William, his wife and family# Cattell, Robert, and his family# Corbin, Hugh, and his family# Davies, Richard, and his family# Ellwood, William, his wife and family# Hollman, Arther (sic), and his family# Looke, Robert, his wife and family# Tailor, Nicholas, and his family# Tise, J...
Arrival of the Handmaid , 29 Oct. 1630After twelve weeks at sea, the Handmaid docked at Plymouth on 29 Oct. 1630 with about 60 passengers. [1] They were the last group from Leiden. [2]The brethren described these arrivals as the "weakest and poorest", which may account for why none of their names were preserved. This was the last of the Pilgrim ships, although a few more brethren strayed in fro...
Early History of Charlestown== Thomas Walford and his wife Jane Walford (Guy) were the original English settlers of Mishawaum (later Charlestown); they settled there in 1624. They were given a grant by Sir Robert Gorges, with whom they had settled at Wessagusset (Weymouth) in September 1623. John Endicott, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, had sent William, Richard and Ralph Sprague t...
Great Migration: Ships to New England 1633-1635==It an amazing story of Providence and the skill of English seamen that dozens of Atlantic ocean passages were made in little wooden ships bringing our Puritan ancestors to America almost without mishap in the 1630s; the unhappy exception being the harrowing story of the Angel Gabriel, 1635, which met a terrible storm and cast up on the coast of M...
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.'
S.S. Marine TigerDeparted: 17 April 1947Arrived: 21 April 1947Looking to add the profiles of those listed below.Original Motivation (Many related Latin Family Names of Puerto Rico)Full Reference: Puerto Rico: My Ancestors and their Descendants. and Copyright © By: Mr. Ariel BlondetCopyright © October 2001 - 2008, Dalia Morales Revised: May 2, 2009 URL: Puerto Rico: My Ancestors and Their Descen...
Planters of the Commonwealth: 1620-1640; Charles E.Banks, Boston,Mass,1930SHIPS AND PASSENGERS: Winthrop's Fleet: 1630........pages 91-92 (LAST one for 1630) SWIFT, Stephen Reeks,master, 70 tons. Sailed from Bristol in April for Saco and Casco Bay ( Maine) with passengers and freight. It's POSSIBLE that the following emigrants came in her:* --George Cleeves of Shrewsbury, vinter....to Casco Bay...
bring your ancestor profiles on over. Must be set to "public."The Phillip sailed from Gravesend to Virginia June 1635 under Master Richard Morgan "20 June 1635">Theis under-written names are to be transported to Virginea embarqued in the Phillip Richard Morgan Mr the Men have been examined by the Minister of the towne of Gravesend of their conformities to the orders & discipline of the Church o...
The fourteenth trip of the Mayflower was part of the Higginson Fleet, leaving England Apr 24, 1629 for the Massachusetts Bay with MasterWilliam Pierce.Six ships: George Bonaventure , Lyon , Lyon's Whelp , Four Sisters , Mayflower (14) , Pilgrim (4) “Now in this year1629, a great company of people (The Higginson Fleet) of good rank, zeal, means and quality have made a great stock, and with six g...
No passenger list has been found for 1634 Elizabeth Dorcas. But from excerpts we know that Edward Bosworth and his family were aboard.* From the Diary of Samuel Sewall (Vol. 3, page 396):>Edward Bosworth, the Father, being ready to dye ask’d to be carried upon Deck, that he might see Canaan. When he had seen the Land he resigned his Soul and dyed: was carried ashoar and buried at Boston.==Voyag...