Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924096785278 In compliance with current copyright law, Cornell University Library produced this replacement volume on paper that meets the ANSI Standard Z39.48-1992 to replace the irreparably deteriorated original. 2003 H^^r-h- CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND GIVEN IN 1891 BY HENRY WILLIAMS SAGE : ; rigmal ^ist0 OF PERSONS OF QUALITY; EMIGRANTS ; RELIGIOUS EXILES ; POLITICAL REBELS SERVING MEN SOLD FOR A TERM OF YEARS ; APPRENTICES CHILDREN STOLEN; MAIDENS PRESSED; AND OTHERS WHO WENT FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO THE AMERICAN PLANTATIONS 1600- I 700. WITH THEIR AGES, THE LOCALITIES WHERE THEY FORMERLY LIVED IN THE MOTHER COUNTRY, THE NAMES OF THE SHIPS IN WHICH THEY EMBARKED, AND OTHER INTERESTING PARTICULARS. FROM MSS. PRESERVED IN THE STATE PAPER DEPARTMENT OF HER MAJESTY'S PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, ENGLAND. EDITED BY JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. L n D n CHATTO AND WINDUS, PUBLISHERS. 1874, THE ORIGINAL LISTS. 1o ihi ^zmhcxs of the GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THIS COLLECTION OF THE NAMES OF THE EMIGRANT ANCESTORS OF MANY THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED PY THE EDITOR, JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. CONTENTS. Register of the Names of all the Passengers from London during One Whole Year, ending Christmas, 1635 33, HS 1 the Ship Bonavatture via CONTENTS. In the Ship Defence.. E. Bostocke, Master 89, 91, 98, 99, 100, loi, 105, lo6 Blessing .. CONTENTS. Patents Granted to Settlers in Virginia (circa) 1626 ... ... ... ... ... ... 266-274 Returns of those who Embarked from Ipswich and Weymouth for New England, 1634 to 1637 ... 275-286 From Ipswich, in the Ship Fj-ancis ... J. Cuttinge, Master ... 277,379 „ „ „ „ Elizabeth ... W. Andrewes, Master 277,280,281 „ Weymouth, in the Ship ['635] ••• , Master ... 283-286 Register of Persons about to pass into Foreign Parts, from March to Sept., 1637... ... ... 287-298 From Ipswich, in the yohti &> Dorothy . W. Andrewes, Master . 289 „ Yarmouth, in the iJoje ... W. Andrewes, Junr. Master 289 „ Southampton,inthe F/rg'z'«[i639] ... J.Weare&J. Delahay, Masters 296 „ „ „ Bcvis\i62,?i'] ... ... R. Batten, Master ... 298 The Summer Islands, 1673 to 1679 ... ... ... 301-314 Names of the Governor and Council of the Assembly, Aug., 1673 ... 301 Account of the Lands belonging to the Summer Islands Company, taken out of Mr. Richard Norwood's Survey Book, made in 1662-3 ••• 304 Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 :—Lists of Convicted Rebels sent to the Barbadoes and other Planta- tions IN America... ... ... ... ... 315 Receipt for loo Prisoners to be transported from Taunton, by John Rose, of London, Merchant ... ... ... ... ... 316 Invoice of 68 Men-servants shipped on Board the yamaica Alerchaiit, Capt. Chas. Gardner, for Account of John Rose & Compy., they being to be sold for 10 Years ... ... ... ... ... ... 317 Receipt for 100 Prisoners on Mr. Nepho's Account, to be sent to Barba- does. [Prisoners in Dorchester Gaol to be transported.] ... ...317* Prisoners in Exeter Gaol to be transported ... ... ... ... 319 Prisoners at Wells to be transported ... ... ... ... 319 List of the Convicted Rebels on Board the Betty, of London, at the Port of Weymouth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 320 List of 72 Rebels Granted by his Majesty to Gerome Nepho, with the Names of their Masters in Barbadoes ... ... ... ... 322 Sir Wm. Booth's Receipt for 100 Prisoners, on Account of James Kendall [Prisoners in Dorchester Gaol to be transported.] ... ... 326 b — CONTENTS. Certificate of the Disposal of Capt. Kendall's Rebels.—A List of 90 Rebels by the Happy Return, with the Names of their Masters to whom they were disposed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 328 Sir Wm. Booth's List of Prisoners sent to Barbadoes, with the Names of the Towns in .Somersetshire and Devonshire from whence they came ... 332 A List of 77 Convicted Rebels, imported from Bristol in the Johnfrigate 336 Sir Wm. Booth's Receipt for 100 Prisoners—56 from the Bridewell at Taun- ton, 33 from Bridgewater Prison at Taunton, and 11 from Exeter 341 The Sale of 67 Rebels, delivered by Capt. Charles Gardner, of the Ja- maica Merchant ... ... ... ... ... ... 342 Tickets Granted to Emigrants from Barbadoes to New ENGL.A.ND, Carolina, Virginia, New York, Anti- gua, Jamaica, Newfoundland, and other places, 1678-9 345-418 Barbadoes : Parish Registers—Births and Deaths — Lists of Inhabitants — Landed Proprietors — Servants, &c., 1 67S-9 ... ... ... ... 418 Parish Registers of St. Michael's—Baptisms ... ... ... 421 Burials... ... ... ... „ , „ „ „ 425 List of Inhabitants of St. Michael's, with their Hired Servants, 'Pren- tices, Bought Servants, and Negroes ... ... ... ... 438 List of the Jews of St. Michael's ... ... ... ... 449-5° Alphabetical List of Landowners in St. Michael's, with the Number of their Acres, Hired Servants, Bought Servants, and Negroes ... 451-459 Owners of Land in the Parish of ST. George, Number of Acres, White Servants, and Negroes [1679] ... ... ... ... 460-464 Parish Registers of ST. GEORGE—Baptisms [167S-9] ... ... 465-6 „ „ „ „ Burials ... ... ... 466-8 „ „ „ St. Andrews—Owners of Lands, Number of Acres, Servants, Negroes, Christenings, Burials ... ... ... 469-472 Parish Registers of Christchurch — Landowners, Acres, Servants, Ne- groes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 473-48S Parish Registers of ChristchV.ick—Baptisms [1678-9] ... 489-93 Burials ... ,, „ „ „ [1678-9] 493-6 „ „ „ St. James'— Baptisms ... ... ... 496-7 „ „ „ ., Biu-ials ... ... ... 497-9 Servants, „ „ ,, „ Landowners, Negroes [1678-9] 500-507 Parish Registers of St. John's—Baptisms [1678-9] ... ... 507-8 CONTENTS. xi List of Ships Conveying Emigrants to Virginia be- fore 1625-6, mentioned in 101-265 Abigail George Phcenix Ambrose Gift Prosperous Ann Great Hopewell Return Blessing God's Gift Sampson Bona Nova God Speed Samuel Bonaventure Hercules Sarah Bonny Bessie Hopewell Seaflower Charity Jacob Sea Venture Charles James Southampton Concord Jonathan Star Delaware John & Francis Supply Deliverance London Merchant Susan Diana Margaret Swallow Discovery Margaret & John Swan Due Return Marmaduke Temperance Duty Mary Ann Margaret Tiger Edwin Mary & James Treasurer Elianor Mary Margaret Trial Elizabeth Marygold Truelove Falcon Mary Providence Unity Flying Hart Neptune Warwick Francis Bonaventure Noah William & John Furtherance Patience William & Thomas INTRODUCTION. If^lITTLE could even the most sanguine of the early emigrants to b,^l America have contemplated the subsequent effect which their | action would work upon the world's history. Some of them, it is tme, were men of position at home, with wealth and all its concomitant ad- vantages at their disposal, but by far the greater number was composed of comparatively obscure men—men of little means, but possessed of hearts and consciences of too honest a nature to permit them quietly to submit to the intolerance which was forced upon them at home. But those whose names are recorded in the following pages, with many others of whom no such minute particulars have come down to us, were the seed-grains from which the mighty Republic has sprung—the rapid growth of which has no parallel in the world's history. Colonization was but imperfectly developed in those early days, and many attempted settlements proved abortive ; but the first settlers in Virginia, and subsequently those in New England, carried with them the elements of success, resulting in permanent establishments. Of the history of the Colonies, and the eventual establishment of Independence, I have nothing to say. My object is simply and briefly to point out some of the causes which contributed to the early emigra- tion of English families to America ; and then to estimate the practical value of the contents of the present volume as a means of assistance in making genealogical researches in the mother country. One of the earliest acts of Charles the First,—an act which raised a storm of indignation throughout the country, —was the imposition of a INTR OD VCTION. forced loan without the grant of Parliament. The manner in which this unconstitutional measure was treated by those called upon to contribute towards the assessment, is well illustrated by the events which took place in Lincolnshire ; and a relation of the part taken by the leading men of that locality, some of whom were related to, or intimately associated with, the principal agents in the subsequent emi- gration to Massachusetts, under John AVinthrop, in 1630, will be of some interest to the descendants of the New England emigrants. One of the richest men in the county of Lincoln, who strenuously opposed the forced loan, v/as Isaac Johnson, who, as is well known, married the Lady Arabella Fy>:es, sister to Theophilus, Earl of Lincoln, who himself married a sister of the Lord Say and Sele. These two noblemen took a very active part in denouncing the loan as dangerous and unconstitutional. Lord Say and Sele, who, during the civil war, some years later, commanded a Parliamentarian I'egiment, openly asserted that he would rather lose half his estate than risk the impoverishment of his posterity by the establishment of so dan- gerous a precedent as a loan without the sanction of Parliament. But Lord Lincoln's opposition to the loan was more immediately pro- ductive of dissatisfaction. As soon as it was proposed he took upon himself to have an Abridgment of the Statutes prepared for distri- bution ; and it is not unlikely that in the compilation of this document he was aided by his former steward, Thomas Dudley, who subsequently went over to New England, and became Governor of Massachusetts. Dud-LEY had received a legal education, under his relative, /Sir Augustine NiCHOL, one of the Justices of the Common Pleas, and was therefore peculiarly fitted for the work. The imme- diate result of this act on the part of Lord LINCOLN, was to bring down upon himself and his servants the resentment of the King and his party, and the Abridgment was rigorously suppressed.