On This Day... ...in 1658, Plymouth Court ordered that any boat carrying Quakers to Sandwich be seized to prevent the religious heretics from landing. A year...
Don't know WHEN or any ship names yet, but all I know about my 5th Great Grandfather is: John Kelly b. abt 1756 (on the 1790 Census for Cornwall, Orange Co.,...
http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=144 On This Day... ...in 1602, the English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold dropped anchor off the Massachusetts coast....
In addition to my relations with the Dudley, Bradstreet, and Winthrope families I have discovered that I have at least two other lines. Nicholas Knapp and wife...
Hello, my name is Robert Worden. I have several ancestors from the Winthrop Fleet. Gov. John Winthrop is my 10th GGrandfather by his wife Mary Forth and son...
My 8th GGrandmother Anne Bradstreet came over on the Arbella with her husband Simon Bradstreet and father Thomas Dudley. Anne wrote poetry of a somewhat...
http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=106 On This Day... ...in 1630, the last well-wishers stepped off the ship Arbella and returned to shore. More than a...
Hello, I'm a new member , and I have been attempting to continue a project started by my great-grand father. He had produced over 150 type written pages with...
I need help finding a list of passengers that came in 1629 on the ship, Talbot, with Thomas Beecher as Master. I believe my first ancestor to arrive in New...
http://genealogy.about.com/od/basics/a/cluster.htm?nl=1 Our ancestors did not live in isolation, although we often research them as if they did. They were part...
Nancy: Is there any kind of list of passengers on this fleet? I know you have said the lists are incomplete/sketchy, but I am wondering if we know any of the ...
Bunny asked for my line: Anne daughter of Rev Stephen Bachiler married William Sanborn who died about 1630. there were at least 3 sons. Of the three sons...
I have been looking for information on this ship and found the post by "idsskier". Would ask if you found additional information. My family was also on that...
http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=372 On This Day... ...in 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Colony proprietors chose a site along the northern bank of the...
http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=369 On This Day... ...in 1659, a law was passed by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony requiring a ...
Hi, I am Rosemarie Benson. I just found this list today. John Benson and Mary Williams were on the ship Confidence in 1638. I can trace this line from England...
Video: Early Settlers of New England In 1940 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films created an educational film that shows the life of the early settlers of Naumkeag,...
Hi List, This is my Bailey line that I'm researching. To save space per line I'm giving only brief dates and omitting name prefixes such as Deacon, Capt., etc...
I am searching for information about Nathaniel Colburn's family before he came to Massachusetts with Winthrop' Fleet in 1630. Nathaniel Colburn, b. Jul 1516,...
Hi members, Early this year I asked the question: "Now that the major holidays are behind us I hope everyone is settling in for some genealogy. What are your...
Hi List, These are my Knapp lines that I'm researching. To save space per line I'm giving only brief dates and omitting name prefixes such as Deacon, Capt.,...
Hi List, These are my Batchelder lines that I'm researching. To save space per line I'm giving only brief dates and omitting name prefixes such as Deacon,...