Document 2.11

Passenger List to Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1634

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.