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The Winthrop Fleet is often referred to in most history books as the Great Migration .


Anno domini 1630: march 29: mundaye.

Easter mundaye. Rydinge at the Cowes near the Ile of wight in the Arbella...

So begins John Winthrop's famous journal of




Notes

  • '', wife of Isaac Johnson.)

  • ''Talbot'': Designated 'Vice Admiral'.

  • ''Ambrose'': Designated 'Rear Admiral'.

  • ''Jewel'': Designated a 'Captain'.

  • Only the fleet leaders, named above, plus ''Mayflower'', ''Whale'', and ''Success'' carried passengers. The others were used to transport freight and livestock.

  • ''Mayflower'': A different one than that of Pilgrim fame.



REFERENCES

BANKS, Charles Edward, ''The Winthrop Fleet of 1630'',
originally published: Boston, MA: 1930;
reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co.: Baltimore, MD: 1961, etc.;
ISBN 0-8063-0020-5

CURTIN, Dave;
''The Winthrop Fleet of 1630'';
http://members.aol.com/dcurtin1/gene/winthrop.htm

DUNN, Richard S.; SAVAGE, James; YEANDLE, Laetitia (eds.);
''The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649'';
Harvard University Press; Cambridge, MA: 1996;
ISBN 0-674-48425-8

''Talbot''


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