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"Mary and
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"Mary and
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At Whitehall on the last day of February 1633. The following ships lay in the
Thames River ready to make sail for New England; The Reformation, The True
Love, The Elizabeth Bonadventure, The Sea Flower, The Mary
and John, The Planter, The Elizabeth and Dorcas, The Hercules,
and The Neptune.
The Masters of the ships were called before the Board and issued several
Particulars that had to be completed before sails could be set. They had to post
several Bonds of One Hundred Pounds to make sure that the following articles
were executed.
1. "That
all & every Person aboard their Ships now bound for New England as
aforesaid, that shall blaspheme or profane the Holy name of God be severely
punish't."
2.
"That they cause the Prayers contained in the Book of Common Prayers
establisht in the Church of England to be said daily at the usual hours for
morning & evening prayers & that they cause all persons aboard their
said Ships to be present at the same."
3.
"That they do not receive aboard or transport any Person that hath not
taken both the Oathes of Alleigeance & Supremacy"
4.
"That upon their return into this Kingdom they Certify to the Board the
names of all such Persons as they shall transport together with their
proceedings in the execuc'on of the aforesaid articles - Whereunto the said
Master have conformed themselves - It was therefore & for diverse other
Reasons best known to their Lord thought fitt that for this time they should be
permitted to proceed on their Voyage, and it was thereupon Ordered that Gabriel
Marsh esq., Marshalle of the Admiralty & all other His Majestys Officers to
whom their said Warrent was directed should be required upon Sight hereof to
discharge all & every the said ships & Suffer them to depart on their
intended Voyage to New England."
The
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland started his reign in 1624 and issued a
charter for "incorporating the Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New
England in America" in 1628. The
Mary and John, under the supervision of Robert Sayres, Master, sailed to New
England from Southampton on March 24, 1634, but the arrival was not recorded. bound
for Boston
William
Hibbens, Mrs. Anne Hibbens bound
for Ipswich Philip
Fowler, Mrs. Mary Fowler, Mary Fowler, Samuel Fowler,
Hester Fowler, Joseph Fowler, Thomas Fowler, Richard Jacob,
Robert Kingman, bound
for Newbury
Robert
Coker. William Franklin. Richard Littlehale. Henry Lunt, bound
for Plymouth
Thomas
Savery, William Saver
bound
for Roxbury
Robert
Seaver
bound
for Salem
Thomas
Avery, William Ballard, Thomas Cole, Mrs. Anna Cole,
Matthew Gillett, Joseph Miles, Joseph Pope
bound
for Salisbury
Stephen
Jordan, Daniel Ladd, John Wheeler, Mrs. Anne Wheeler, destination
unknown
John
Barlett, William Clarke, John Godfrey, John Luff, John
Marsh, As
an incentive to go to New England, all of the passengers, their heirs, and
successors were exempt from tax subsidies and customs for seven years and taxes
and impositions on all goods and merchandise for twenty-one years.
Tepper, Michael, Passengers to America, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.:
Baltimore, MD, 1977.
William Moody, Mrs. Sarah Moody, Joshua Moody departed, Thomas
Newman, Mrs. Newman, John Newman, John Spencer, Richard
Kent, Mrs. Jane Kent, Mary Kent, Richard Kent, Nicholas
Easton, Mrs. Easton, Christopher Osgood, Mrs. Margery Osgood,
Rev. John Woodbridge
Rev. James Noyes, Mrs. Sarah Noyes, Nicholas Noyes, Rev.
Thomas Parker, Henry Travers
David Wheeler, Anne Wheeler, Roger Wheeler, Elizabeth Wheeler,
Mercy Wheeler
Abraham Mussey, John Mussey, William Newby, Robert Newman,
Richard Reynolds, Thomas Sweet, William Tracey, Henry Trask,
Adrian Vincent, Thomas West, William White