Ship passenger lists offer valuable insight into who made the journey to the American colonies. This list from the Hercules shows who crossed the Atlantic in a journey from Sandwich, England, to New England in 1634.
| Masters of Families | Children | Servants |
| NATHANIAL TILDEN of Tenterden, yeoman, and LYDIA his wife | Seven | Seven |
| JONAS AUSTEN of Tenterden and CONSTANCE his wife | Four | |
| ROBERT BROOK of Maidstone, mercer, and ANNE his wife | Seven | |
| THO. HEYWARD of Aylesford, taylor, and SUSANNAH his wife | Five | |
| WILLIAM WITHERELL of Maidstone, schoolmaster, and MARY his wife | Three | One |
| FANNET of Ashford, hemp-dresser | ||
| THOMAS BONEY and HEN. EWELL of Sandwich, shoemakers | ||
| WILL. HATCH of Sandwich, merchant, and JANE his wife | Five | Six |
| SAM. HINKLEY of Tenterden and SARAH his wife | Four | |
| ISAAC COLE of Sandwich, carpenter, and JOAN his wife | Two | |
| THO. CHAMPION of Ashford | ||
| THO. BESBEECH of Sandwich | Six | Three |
| JNO. LEWIS of Tenterden and SARAH his wife | One | |
| PARNEL HARRIS of Bow, London | ||
| JAMES SAYERS of Northbourn, taylor | ||
| COMFORT STARRE of Ashford, chirurgion [surgeon] | Three | Three |
| JOS. ROOTES of Great Chart | ||
| EM. MASON of Eastwell, wid. [widow] | ||
| MARGT., wife of Will. Johnes, late of Sandwich, now of New England, painter | ||
| JNO. BEST of the said parish, taylor | ||
| THO. BRIDGEN of Faversham, husbandman, and his wife |
Source: John Camden Hotten, ed., The Original Lists of Persons of Quality (London: John Camden Hotten, 1874), xix–xx.