The Original Lists 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, 1600-1700: 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

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John Camden Hotten
Chatto and Windus, 1874 - 580 páginas
 

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Página xviii - Result of Some Researches among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England; Made in the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860.
Página 156 - The Treasurer and company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the first colony in Virginia...
Página 156 - Warwick and others, to the number of forty noblemen, knights and gentlemen, by the name 'of the Council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling and governing of New England in America...
Página xix - Hercules of Sandwich, of the burthen of 200 tons, John Witherley, master, and therein transported from Sandwich to the plantation called New England in America, with the certificates from the ministers where they last dwelt of their conversation, and conformity to the orders and discipline of the church, and that they had taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy.
Página 287 - Elizabeth his wife ageed 31 yeares with 3 children Elizabeth John and Thomas and 4 sarvants Marey Alxarson aged 24 yeares Anne Alxarson aged 20 yeares Bridgett Boulle aged 32 yeares and Samuell Arres aged 14 yeares ar all desiroues to goe for Charles Towne in New England ther to inhabitt and remaine.
Página iii - ... Children Stolen ; Maidens Pressed ; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. With their Ages, the Localities where they formerly Lived in the Mother Country, 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.
Página xiii - But those whose names are recorded, 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.
Página 159 - The Governor and Company of Adventurers of the City of Westminster for the Plantation of the Islands of Providence or Catalina, Henrietta or Andrea, and the adjacent islands...
Página 290 - Yarmouth wydow ageed 50 yeares with 3 children Ruth ageed 18 yeares William and John are desirous to passe for New England and there to inhabitt and remaine.
Página 290 - Aprill the 12th 1637. The examinaction of Henry Smith of Newbucknam* husbandman, ageed 30 yeares, and Elizabeth his wife ageed 34 yeares with 2 children, John and Sethe ar desirous to passe into New England to inhabitt. Aprill 13th 1637.

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