Typical ships used in 1630 are like the Mayflower reproduction
docked in Plymouth, Massachusetts
http://familycousin.com/ralphwaite/firstships.htm
docked in Plymouth, Massachusetts
http://familycousin.com/ralphwaite/firstships.htm
In the first twenty-five years, twenty-six of our earliest family members made their way from Europe on twelve voyages, coming from England (19) and Ireland (7).
Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia
Gerard Mercator, engr. Petrus Kaerius & Abraham Goos
in "Atlas Minor pub". Jansson, 1628
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_files/ENG/aaEng/mercator-jans_angscohib_1628.html
Gerard Mercator, engr. Petrus Kaerius & Abraham Goos
in "Atlas Minor pub". Jansson, 1628
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_files/ENG/aaEng/mercator-jans_angscohib_1628.html
They settled in Virginia (18), Maryland (5) and New York (2) and New Hamshire (1), and interestingly, all the English families chose Virginia as their new home. Ten of the crossings were made by Kessler ancestors (Gelnna’s maternal line) and one each from the Kissels (David’s maternal line) and the Armentrouts (David’s paternal line). The first of the Faidley line would not leave the European continent until 1662.
Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ; New England in 1600's John Smith’s 1612 Map of Virginia pbl 1627 by Matheus Merian http://www.history-map.com/picture/003/England-1600s-New-in.htm http://www.mapsofpa.com/17thcentury/1627smithHMM.jpg
1608-09 The earliest immigrants to the Americas were 10th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line. They arrived sometime between Richard Pace’s marriage to Isabella Smythe in 1608 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England and the birth of their son George in 1609 in Jamestown, Virginia. Richard played a central role in many colonists in James City (see historical note below). https://www.history.org/foundation/journal/james.cfm
1618 Rev Samuel Maycock and his wife Mary (Pierce) left Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, Cambridge, England for the Virginia colonies in 1618. And settled in Jamestown where they had their daughter three years later. Mary was killed in the Maycock plantation massacre in 1622. They are 10th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
Historical Note: 1622 Jamestown Massacre
“Sandys's letter was apparently the source of the story of a Powahatan youth who warned Richard Pace. Living in the household of Richard Pace he had been told to kill Pace and his family in conjunction with a planned attack on the colony. The youth instead warned Pace of the impending attack. After securing his household, Pace rowed across the James River to warn James City.” Letter of George Sandy’s:
“That the slaughter had beene vniuersall, if God had not put it into the heart of an Indian belonging to one Perry, to disclose it, who liuing in the house of one Pace, was vrged by another Indian his Brother (who came the night before and lay with him) to kill Pace, (so commanded by their King as he declared) as hee would kill Perry: telling further that by such an houre in the morning a number would come from diuers places to finish the Execution, who failed not at the time: Perries Indian rose out of his bed and reueales it to Pace, that vsed him as a Sonne: And thus the rest of the Colony that had warning giuen them, by this meanes was saued. Such was (God bee thanked for it) the good fruit of an Infidel conuerted to Christianity; for though three hundred and more of ours died by many of these Pagan Infidels, yet thousands of ours were saued by the means of one of them alone which was made a Christian; Blessed be God for euer, whose mercy endureth for euer; Blessed bee God whose mercy is aboue his iustice, and farre aboue all his workes: who wrought this deliuerance whereby their soules escaped euen as a Bird out of the snare of the Fowler. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pace_%28Jamestown%29
1608-20 Alexander Montgomery emigrated from Ballyleck, Monaghan, Ireland with his wife Elizabeth Coles, arriving and settling in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, USA. They are 11th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1610-20 Thomas Doyne and his wife (name not known) left Carrickfergus, Ireland for the Maryland Colony between the birth of William in Ireland in 1610 and the birth of Thomas in Maryland. Carrickfergus (from Irish: Carraig Fhearghais, meaning "rock of Fergus"), known locally and colloquially as "Carrick" (Ulster Scots) , is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, 11 miles (18 km) from Belfast. They are 10th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line. Carrickfergus Castle, Northern Ireland
Credit: Richard Luney, CC-BY-2.0. http://www.exploring-castles.com/castles_in_ireland.html
1610-20 Thomas Doyne and his wife (name not known) left Carrickfergus, Ireland for the Maryland Colony between the birth of William in Ireland in 1610 and the birth of Thomas in Maryland. Carrickfergus (from Irish: Carraig Fhearghais, meaning "rock of Fergus"), known locally and colloquially as "Carrick" (Ulster Scots) , is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, 11 miles (18 km) from Belfast. They are 10th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line. Carrickfergus Castle, Northern Ireland
Credit: Richard Luney, CC-BY-2.0. http://www.exploring-castles.com/castles_in_ireland.html
1618-20 Thomas Broadnax and his wife Elizabeth (Taylor) emigrated from Kent, England and settled in Henrico, Virginia. They are 10th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
The Starving Times Photo Credit, National Park Service
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1469454-jamestown-a-profit-driven-venture
1621 Edmund Scarborough emigrated Norfolk, England with his wife Hannah (Butler) and their son Edmund, along with Hannah’s father Robert and mother, Elizabeth (Chambers). settling in Accomack, Virginia. The Scarboroughs are 10th and 9th great-grandparents, respectively, in Glenna’s maternal line and the Butlers are 11th great-grandparents.
Historical Note: The Starving Time
“The Starving Time” The first colonists in Jamestown were ill-prepared, and after a severe winter in 1609-10, 90% of the settlement died. If not for the intervention of John Rolfe the colony would have been abandoned. In 1612 he introduced tobacco as a cash crop for the Virginia colony. Instead of the harsh tobacco, Nicotiana Rustica, grown by the local Indians, Rolfe procured seeds of the coveted Nicotiana Tabacum on which the government of Spain had levied a penalty of death for selling these seeds to a non-Spaniard. The crop was immensely popular in Europe and by the late 1620s Jamestown was shipping 1.5 million tons of tobacco each year. The new “Brown Gold” became the colonies currency, and in fact 120 pounds of tobacco was the going price for one of the women brought to Virginia as brides in 1620.
“The Starving Time” The first colonists in Jamestown were ill-prepared, and after a severe winter in 1609-10, 90% of the settlement died. If not for the intervention of John Rolfe the colony would have been abandoned. In 1612 he introduced tobacco as a cash crop for the Virginia colony. Instead of the harsh tobacco, Nicotiana Rustica, grown by the local Indians, Rolfe procured seeds of the coveted Nicotiana Tabacum on which the government of Spain had levied a penalty of death for selling these seeds to a non-Spaniard. The crop was immensely popular in Europe and by the late 1620s Jamestown was shipping 1.5 million tons of tobacco each year. The new “Brown Gold” became the colonies currency, and in fact 120 pounds of tobacco was the going price for one of the women brought to Virginia as brides in 1620.
1621 Francis Gabriel Holland left England for Virginia on the ship "Supply" on September 18, 1620 to Jamestown, Virginia, arriving at Berkley, Virginia on February 8, 1621. In 1623 and 1624, he was a "Burgess" in the House Of Burgesses. Also in 1623 he married Mary Pinke. In 1625 he returned to England carrying a petition to King Charles I. In 1626 he returned from England on the ship "John and Francis". In 1629 Gabriel returned to England and King Charles agreed to hear the petition. In 1635, he once again returned to America on the ship "Assurance". They are 10th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
The first call for an annual Thanksgiving was at Berkeley Plantation, Virginia, in 1619, when Captain John Woodlief and 38 settlers aboard the ship Margaret, proclaimed, "Wee ordaine that the day of our ships arrivall at the place assigned for plantacion in the land of Virginia shall be yearly and perpetually keept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God." http://patriotpost.us/pages/284
The first call for an annual Thanksgiving was at Berkeley Plantation, Virginia, in 1619, when Captain John Woodlief and 38 settlers aboard the ship Margaret, proclaimed, "Wee ordaine that the day of our ships arrivall at the place assigned for plantacion in the land of Virginia shall be yearly and perpetually keept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God." http://patriotpost.us/pages/284
1622 John Sloman, his wife Katherine and their daughter Mary Frances emigrated from London, Middlesex, England arriving and settling in St. Charles, Virginia. They are 10th and 9th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1623 Edward Hilton left Northwich, Cheshire, England for the New England colonies, arriving in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He is a 12th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line.
1620-39 Francis and Dorothy (Aston) King emigrated from Chester, Cheshire, England to Stafford, Stafford, Virginia where their first child Robert was born in 1639. They 9th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1623 Edward Hilton left Northwich, Cheshire, England for the New England colonies, arriving in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He is a 12th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line.
1620-39 Francis and Dorothy (Aston) King emigrated from Chester, Cheshire, England to Stafford, Stafford, Virginia where their first child Robert was born in 1639. They 9th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/343540277800884229/
1624 Ann Southy arrived in Jamestown Virginia from Sherborne, Somerset, , England, and at the age of fourteen she married Col. Nathaniel Littleton who later arrived in Virginia. She is a 10th great-grandmother in David’s paternal line.
1624 Ann Southy arrived in Jamestown Virginia from Sherborne, Somerset, , England, and at the age of fourteen she married Col. Nathaniel Littleton who later arrived in Virginia. She is a 10th great-grandmother in David’s paternal line.