Immigrant Ships
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Mayflower

The Mayflower, mastered by William Peirce, out of London, arrived at Salem on 15 May 1629 with passengers for the Mass. Bay Colony. A few had joined the ship bound for Plymouth - the "Saints" in the list below were from Leyden.

The Saints  
Blossom, Thomas; wife Ann (Elston or Alston) and children: Thomas, Jr. (m.
Sarah Ewer) and Elizabeth (m. Edward FitzRandolph).

Masterson, Richard, his wife Mary (Goodall) and children: Nathaniel and
Sarah (m. Henry Atwood/Wood).  Richard Masterson d. in 1633 and his widow
m. Pastor Ralph Smith in Plymouth in 1634

Thomas Willett (m. 1636 Mary Browne, dau. of John Browne and niece of
Peter Brown of the "First" Mayflower). He reportedly had a trading post at
Penobscot, was in New Amsterdam in 1650 as an agent for Peter Styvesant,
and was the first English Mayor of New York City 1664-67. Died in Swansea (no
date); 12 children (no names).

Under Strangers:
Winslow, Kenelm

Notes:
Note that Willison includes Kenelm Winslow (brother of Edward of the
original Mayflower voyage) in the list of 1629 arrivals however GMB 3:2003 
states he migrated in 1631.  (Willison does not give a source for his 
passenger lists nor does Anderson give proof for the 1631 date.)

"Saints and Strangers" (George Willison, 1945) isn't considered a good source, but it does show the passengers on this ship (4 men, 2 women and 4 children) Appendix A, p. 451, under "Saints"

Another source with list of Passengers:

Masterson, Richard, Mrs. Mary, Nathaniel and Sarah
Blossom, Mrs., Anne, Thomas and Elizabeth
Robinson, Mrs. Bridget, wid. of Rev. John, with Isaac, Mercy and Fear Robinson
Willett, Thomas
Clayden, Richard and Barnabus
Howard, Richard
Ingersoll, Richard with Mrs. Anne, George, Joanna, John, Sarah and Alice.

Notes:
Both of these lists may be correct, since Willison only showed the names 
of those "bound for Plymouth," but mentions that others were Puritans 
going to the Bay Colony.

According to Great Migration 1:383, Barnabas & Richard Claydon never made
the voyage.  They had planned to come over in 1629, however the contract
signed by Richard contains a notation "cannot go this voyage".  There is no
mention of either in NE.

GMB 2:1062 mentions Richard Ingersoll & Richard Haward as planning to come
over to Mass. Bay in 1629 and there is quite a section on Ingersoll, but
nothing on Howard.

GMB 3:1590 has Isaac Robinson coming over in 1631.

GMB does not specify a ship with many of the early immigrants, possibly 
because we do not really know which ship carried whom as passenger lists 
have not survived, if there were any.

The book Mayflower Planters by Hills has been found to be unreliable and 
should be used with caution.

Those listed in "Cape Cod Series Vol. I, Hist. & Genea. of the Mayflower Planters" (etc.), Leon Clark Hills, Hills Publ. Co., Wash. DC, 1936.

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