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 |
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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 |
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THOMAS BONEY and HEN. EWELL of Sandwich, shoemakers |
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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 |
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THO. BESBEECH of Sandwich |
Six |
Three |
JNO. LEWIS of Tenterden and SARAH his wife |
One |
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PARNEL HARRIS of Bow, London |
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JAMES SAYERS of Northbourn, taylor |
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COMFORT STARRE of Ashford, chirurgion [surgeon] |
Three |
Three |
JOS. ROOTES of Great Chart |
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EM. MASON of Eastwell, wid. [widow] |
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MARGT., wife of Will. Johnes, late of Sandwich, now of New England, painter |
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JNO. BEST of the said parish, taylor |
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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.