Passenger lists of ships coming to North America, 1607-1825; a bibliography. On May 13, 1607 three English ships the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery with approximately 144 settlers and sailors, will land and plant the first permanent English colony in North America. Diana, sailed 1618-1619 (2, 1, 0), Discovery, sailed 1621 (0, 1, 0) Cassen, William - Laborer 0000000971 00000 n Food supplies dwindle. on July 24, 2014, "Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library of May 1937. Read this before you email Anne: Frequently Asked Questions. Despite hostilities such as these, Powhatan tribes supply the colonists with food at times of dire need during the next several decades of Jamestown's existence. Treasurer, sailed 1613-1618 (5, 1, 0), Treasurer, sailed 1617-1618 0000005154 00000 n Fenton, Robert - Gentleman The colonists of Jamestown explored the lands of the New World, the encountered the Native Americans that inhabited the area, and they exchanged goods and information with the Natives as well., In particular, Keith displays the peoples hard work to build out Jamestown. Markham, Robert - Mariner http://www.suite101.com/content/story-of-144-passengers-to-virginia http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=31, Dods, John laborer (1624 VA muster with wife Jane, 40 at muster, he was 36), Gosnold, Anthony gentleman Grandson of Robert Gosnold of Earl Soham, Suffolk, Percie, Master George gentleman Brother Henry is Earl of Northumberland Coldham pg 4, Powell, Nathaniell Capt, gentleman, married Joyce Tracy on the Supply, both slain by 03 Sep 1620, ? Samuel Purchas (1575?-1626): Purchas His Pilgrimes, In Five Books, Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center: Jamestown Settlement Ships, JSTOR: The Susan Constant and the Mayflower, by Minnie G. Cook, JSTOR: Sarah versus Susan, by Gregory Robinson, Robin R. Goodison, Decades of work will see a ships story honored today | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susan_Constant&oldid=1146749726, This page was last edited on 26 March 2023, at 18:55. We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us! Commanded again by Christopher Newport, the expedition brings an additional seventy colonists to Virginia. Noah, sailed 1610, Patience, sailed 1610 It became the first long-term English settlement in North America. In May 2007, the United States Postal Service issued the first 41-cent denomination first-class stamp. Taken from "The Proceedings - of the English Colony in Virginia since their First beginning form England in the Year of Our Lord 1606 till this Present 1612, with All their Accidents that befell them in their Journeys and Discoveries" the following is a list of the names of those known 104 settlers. Gower (or Gore), Thomas - Gentleman - died August 16, 1607 Studley (or Stoodie), Thomas - Gentleman - died August 28, 1607 Be the first one to. On June 15, 1607 the fleet commander . The site was also not inhabited by the native population. Wingfield, Edward Maria - Master, Councilor President - died 1613 If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions. Virginia Records Selected Bibliography | Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance Administered to the Colonists. Captain Nathaniel Powell, who came to Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, wrote much of John Smith's "History of Virginia", and it was he who made the first Map of Virginia, and sent it back to England, where Admiral & Captain Christopher Newport Jamestown Colony Ships (35, 0, 3) Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's Over 7100 families and 290 ships. Elizabeth, sailed Aug 1, 1635 Georgia Pink, Arrived 29 August 1733 (1, 0, 1) - GA She was a 40 ton brigantine about 68 feet long. In addition to population. Susan Constant was rated at 120 tons. Todkill, Anas - Soldier Smith (or Smyth), John - Captain, Councilor - died June 1631 A 17th-century source noted that a total of 52 people were aboard the Godspeed.The expedition was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a business venture . The original Godspeed, along with the Susan Constant and Discovery, set sail from London on December 20, 1606, bound for Virginia.The ships carried 105 passengers and 39 crew members on the four-month transatlantic voyage. Charter for the Virginia Company of London, Virginia, discovered and described by Captayn John Smith, Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance Administered to the Colonists, Twenty-three-year old Virginia Algonquian man, The Thomas Jefferson Papers Timeline: 1743 to 1827, Selected Quotations from the Thomas Jefferson Papers, American Sphinx: The Contradictions of Thomas Jefferson, The Jamestown Records of the Virginia Company of London: A Conservator's Perspective, Anne Cary Randolphs Household Accounts, 1805-1808, Thomas Jefferson's Library: Making the Case for a National Library - Lesson Plan, Finding Aid Thomas Jefferson Papers, 1606-1943, Index Thomas Jefferson Papers (Washington, D.C., 1974). The Susan Constant was the largest of the three Virginia Company of London's ships, measuring 116 feet long. Nelson, Francys - Captain - died Winter 1612-1613 As part of the original fleet to Virginia, leaving on December 20, 1606, she carried 39 passengers, all male, and 13 sailors. Newport took command of the Susan Constant and received his formal instructions from the company on December 10, 1606. . Somers, and Newport struggled to maintain order among the passengers and crew of the Sea Venture. Story. Deale, Jeremy - Mariner Mary Ann Margaret, sailed 1610 Stephen. While anchored in the River Thames near Limehouse, it was involved in a minor collision with another vessel which led to a case in the High Court of Admiralty. -- Sir Edwin Sandy, Treasurer, Virginia Company of London, 1620. Established by the Virginia Company of London this settlement would be called Jamestown, after king James I. Employment included; professions assigned to women such as teaching, nursing or piecework., The article The Jamestown Project, Kupperman enclose the four hundredth year anniversary of Jamestown. John Ratcliffe was captured by Powhatans Indians and tortured to death by the women. Her site, Packrat-pro.com has other helpful genealogical information including: Her marriage to carpenter John Laydon three months after her arrival became the first Jamestown wedding. The expedition was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a business venture that had been organized to form a colony in Virginia. ", There are no reviews yet. Little did they know that 70 of the settlers would be dead in a year. 0000005132 00000 n One of the first English women to arrive and help provide a home life in the rugged Virginia wilderness was young Anne Burras. Description. The site was surrounded by water on three sides (it later became an island) and was distant from the sea, making it more easily defensible against possible Spanish attacks. Susan Constant, possibly Sarah Constant was the largest of three ships of the English Virginia Company on the 16061607 voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. London Merchant, sailed 1619-1621 (3, 6, 0), Loyal Judith, Arrived 2 December 1741 (0, 9, 1) - GA, Margaret and John, sailed 1620-1623 (4, 1, 0), Margaret of Bristol, sailed Sept 1619 (0, 2, 1) The Susan Constant Jamestown Settlement. Bagwell, p. 208; and Godby, p. 253). May 1607. . Addam, sailed 1621 The settlement was built on the banks of Virginia's James River.The trips aboard the ships Susan Constant, Discovery, and the Godspeed, and the settlement itself . Passengers included 78 Pensioners, 68 Women and 113 Children who arrived in Auckland on 27 May 1852. The Colony experiences its first extreme food crisis, called "the starving time." Anne was the personal maid of Mistress Forrest who came to Jamestown in 1608 to join her husband. Sea Flower, sailed 1621 (0, 3, 0) The Virginia Company publicly denies the story. Object Details Description On April 26, 1607, three passenger ships reached the shores of modern-day Virginia. Share to Twitter. index those ships to their WikiTree category page, searchable database of the 1624/25 muster, Category: Jamestown (Fleet), sailed Dec 1606, Category: First Supply (Fleet), sailed Oct 18, 1607, Category: Second Supply (Fleet), sailed Aug 1608, Category: Immigration Records and Passenger Lists, Blessing of Plymouth, sailed April 11, 1610, Charles Town Galley, Arrived 2 October 1749, First Supply (Fleet), sailed Oct 18, 1607, London Merchant, Arrived 17 February 1736, Prince of Wales, Arrived 28 December 1734, Sarah Constant of 1606, sailed March 8, 1612, Send a private message to the Profile Manager, Ann (1623 - out of 13 colonists, one reported a month: August), Blessinge (June 1609, according to one - the other two did not give a date), Bona Nova, bona Nova (1618-1622 - one reported November 1619 and another two reported April [one in 1621, one in 1622]), Bona Venture (1622), Bonaventure (August 1620), Bone Bes, Bony bess, Bony besse (August 1623), Charles (1616, 1621, November 1621, 1624), Delivance, Deliverance (1608, 1609 Deliverance was built in Bermuda from the Seaventure and sailed from Bermuda in 1610), Dutie, Duty (1619, 1620 - three reported May arrival in three different years: 1618, 1619, & 1620), Edwin, Edwine (1616, 1618 - three reported May arrival, one in 1617 & two in 1619), Elizabeth, Elsabeth, Elzabeth (1611, 1612, 1620, 1621 - one reported a month: May 1611), Falcon, falcon, Faulcon, ffalcon (1608, 1617, 1619), Flyinge Harte, fflyinge Harte, fflyinge Hart, flyinge Hart, flyinge hart (1621, 1622), Francis bona venture, Francis Bonaventure, ffrancis Bonaventure (1620 - four reported August 1620), ffurtherance, furtherance, Furtherance (1622), Georg, George (1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621, 1623; reports with a month: May 1617 [1], May 1619 [3], October 1623 [1]), Geife, Gift, Gifte, Guifte, Guyft, Guift (1618, 1622, 1623), greate hopewell (see below, without "greate" too) (1623), Hopewell, hopewell, Hopwell (1622, 1623, 1624), John & Francis, John and Francis, John and ffrancis (1607, 1611, 1613, 1615, 1622, 1623), Jonathan (1609, 1619, 1620, 1623 - several reported May 1620 [only one 1609 - a typo? 0000007352 00000 n They were expected to remain in the home and complete the household duties. Assurance, sailed 1635 (0, 0, 1), Blessing of Plymouth, sailed April 11, 1610 In the early spring of 1607, the people of England sailed to the East Coast of Virginia. It was a general trend that colonial society was patriarchal. A 17th-century source noted that a total of 71 people were aboard the Susan Constant, 52 aboard the . The resulting . Martin, John, (Junior), Gentleman - died August 18, 1607 Godword, Thomas - Mariner On May 13, 1607 three English ships the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery with approximately 144 settlers and sailors, will land and plant the first permanent English colony in North America. Constance, sailed Oct 24, 1635, Dainty, sailed Summer 1610 Edward Morris, Gentleman, was born about 1580, perhaps in Wales. [5] There is growing support for the name Sarah Constant. Although these were the norms in many colonial regions, there were some areas that women held the same roles as men. Categories created for these ships to be in the Ship Index (Category: Ships by Name), showing launch dates instead of sailing dates, are listed separately below. Dutch and Polish artisans who will establish a glassworks, and artisans experienced in the production of pitch, tar, and other naval stores have also arrived. The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery reached Virginia in the spring of 1607, and on May 14, their 104 passengers all men and boys began building on the banks of the James River what was to be America's first permanent English colony, predating Plymouth in Massachusetts by 13 years. Share to Reddit. Transport, sailed July 4, 1635 (0, 1, 0) . As the colonists saw the land of America, they were exposed to freshwater streams, faire meddowes and goodly tall trees. The settlers, Much of the colonies in North America followed their mother countrys footsteps in gender roles. 0000004459 00000 n Cooke, Roger - Gentleman It also references how Jamestown was formed, and other facts about Jamestown the original fort., In the matter of four years, almost every colonist died in Jamestown. Lady Anne's Second Supply (Fleet), sailed Aug 1608 (1, 8, 1) Mary and John, 1607 Godspeed (before 1607) (1, 0, 0) Beast (or Best), Benjamin - Gentleman - died September 5, 1607 (2) The following comment was received from George English on January 29, 2008. Phillip, sailed June 20, 1635 (0, 0, 1) Elizabeth, sailed Oct 1613 The ships carried 105 passengers and 39 crew members on the four-month transatlantic voyage. Stevenson, John - Gentleman The Susan Constant and Godspeed, which departed Jamestown on June 22, arrive in London. . b6wn&m5s9sffIYFV%6\{'Lo}XUm={. Hercules, sailed 1609-1618 (2, 0, 0) one of the 3 isn't included, Jacob, sailed 1624 (0, 4, 0) Garret, William - Bricklayer 0000001681 00000 n Introduction: This page covers ships bringing colonists to Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas (including North Carolina and South Carolina) and Georgia. Frequently Asked The Godspeed, led by Capt. Note: Pay no attention to the drivel dispensed of no known this or that. Hostilities between the colonists and Indian tribes result in the death of approximately two hundred Indians and several colonists. Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery, to Jamestown, Va; 14 May 1607 Margaret of Bristol, to Jamestown, Va; 4 Dec 1619 Mayflower, to Plymouth, Ma; 9 Nov 1620 Upon arrival, Newport opens the sealed instructions from the Virginia Company of London. It is the first ship to use Jamestown as a port. Christopher Newport makes an exploratory voyage along the North American coast. Smethes, William - Gentleman Bartholomew Gosnold, carried 39 passengers and 13 sailors. tedious research for other people.If you copy any of these pages, please acknowledge Anne Stevens did the work. Brookes, Edward - Gentleman - died April 7, 1607 December 20, 1606, 150 passengers left Blackwall, London, England in three London (Virginia) Company ships, Susan Constant with Master Christopher Newport and 71 passengers, Godspeed with Capt. Plain Joan, sailed May 15, 1635 (0, 0, 1) The original settlers arrived on three ships, the Susan Constant, the Discovery and the Godspeed.. Unknown, sailed Oct 1606 Kendall, George - Captain, Councilor - died December 1, 1607 De La Warr, sailed April 11, 1610 (0, 2, 0) A 17th-century source noted that a total of 52 people were aboard the Godspeed. 0000006500 00000 n This expedition founded the settlement of Jamestown. Plymouth_Colony. Biography . Simmonds, Arrived 6 February 1736 (1, 4, 1) - GA Skynner, Thomas - Mariner John Smith leads a party in search of Indians willing to trade or supply the colony with food, especially corn. Francis Bonaventure, sailed 1620 (0, 5, 0) The Godspeed, led by Capt. Cassen (or Cawsen), George - Laborer - died December 1607 De Eendracht (The Unity) Sailed from Texel, Netherlands May 1634, arrived New Amsterdam. Southampton, sailed 1622-1624 (3, 3, 0), Speedwell, sailed May 26, 1635 (0, 1, 0) The largest, named the Susan Constant, carried 54 members of a 105-man colonization mission. The Powhatans are a confederation of tribes occupying a region from present-day coastal North Carolina to present-day Richmond. All while being held at the same if not higher merits as men within their place of employment., Also, the common people that sail to New England are young single men who lack success in their homeland. Gift of God, sailed 1607 Our collection database is a work in progress. The Phoenix sails back to England with a load of cedarwood. Thomas, sailed 1635 Furtherance, sailed 1622 (0, 4, 0), George, sailed Aug 21, 1635 (0, 0, 1) Description. Susan Constant: 1606 Sir Samuel Argall: Ship:De La Warr, Capt Treasurer: sailed 1610 & 1613 Francis Barrett: Ship Bona Nova: 1620-23 John Baker III: Ship . Arriving thirteen years before the Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Mass., this group of Englishmen came in search of gold and glory in the New . This paper will analyze Kuppermans article with arguments, viewpoints, and examples to express the reason on how Jamestown survived through trial and error to stay a colony today., They were destined to die. Susan Constant: Chr.Newport: Dec 1606: England: May 1607: Jamestown, VA: Goodspeed: Bart. Anne, sailed 1623 (0, 45, 1) Waller (or Waler), John - Gentleman - died August 24, 1607 0000050775 00000 n John Ratcliffe is killed by the Powhatan Indians after attempting to bargain with them for food supplies at the Pamunkey River. Mariners and others known to have been with the expedition that established Jamestown on May 13, 1607. The other six council members were Bartholomew Gosnold, Christopher Newport, John Martin, John Ratcliffe, George Kendall, a. Ancient Planters: Passengers of the Susan Constant (1607) Profiles. Sea Venture, sailed June 18, 1609 (0, 22, 1) Some can for gold, and riches. Bona Nova, sailed 1618, 1620 (1, 12, 1), Bonaventure (Merchant), sailed 1634-35 (0, 1, 1) April 30, 1607: The ships arrive at Cape Comfort, a vanguard boat stopped at Kecoughtan where the natives welcomed the English. Gosnold (or Gosnoll), Anthony, (Cousin) - Gentleman John Ratcliffe, carrying 21 persons. Christopher Newport sails from England to Jamestown with two supply ships and approximately one hundred additional colonists. The page "Wine and Silk and the Virginia Company" includes information about some of the passengers aboard the following ships (see the Ship List, below for links): See Province of Georgia, Passenger Ships (22 ship categories under it as of 2 August 2021 - most also under Southern Colony Ships). Therefore , if people keep working hard in Jamestown it will become a bigger and strong community., In addition to working in businesses and trading goods, building the community is a crucial part of Jamestown. It is primarily intended to index those ships to their WikiTree category page, if one exists. There were 144 persons in the expedition including those 104 who remained in Virginia. . Company adventurers (investors) include merchants from the west and former soldiers who had fought as mercenaries on the side of the Dutch against the Spanish. Very few women came, and those that did were all young and single with no children., Immigration patterns greatly differed of the north and south regions of the colonies. Martin, George - Gentleman 0000001441 00000 n (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Categorization of Ships: WikiTree collects ship categories under several overarching categories, which can make finding a particular ship difficult. Vnger (or Unger), William - Laborer Olive Tree Genealogy - also still around, whew The most complete compilation of Virginia records for the period is Susan M. Kingsbury, editor, Records of the Virginia Company of . IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Prosperous, sailed 1619 Everything I have is listed here. PAGE BOTTOM, Order Lady Anne's artwork at Despite the challenges the new Virginia colonists faced, they expanded and improved their colony socially and economically with the arrival of the tobacco cash crop, indentured servants, and slaves. An attempt to answer this simple but intriguing question has led to the small amount of information available from the limited sources. Constitution Avenue, NW The Phoenix eventually arrives on April 20. Newport, Christopher - Captain, Councilor - died 1617 Dutie, sailed 1618-1620 (3, 0, 0), Earl of Donegall, sailed 1767 (0, 1, 1) - SC Peter and John, sailed 1626 Martin, John, (Senior), Captain, Councilor - died June 1632 Over 7100 families and 290 ships, Read this before you email Anne: 0000007330 00000 n Everything I have is listed here. Newport and his passengers arrive at Powhatan River, which they rename the James River. Tyndall, Robert - Mariner, Gunner The route included stops in the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico and, with better wind, would have taken about two months to traverse; instead, the voyage lasted 144 days. Catch, sailed June 18, 1609 associate-tara-maharjan 6 The passenger counts may have included the crews who subsequently returned to England. On May 14, 1607, 104 English men and boys established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the Jamestown River. Loue (or Love), William - Tailor, Soldier WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. It currently includes the following category pages that refer in text to the active ship categories and space pages: WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. Bonny Bessie, sailed 1626, Calmer Sleutel, sailed 1638 Christopher Newport. Men from all walks of life, most of them were poor men ages 17-35. One hundred and five men form the first settlement on an island (today, a peninsula) in the James River, initially called "James Fort," then "James Towne" and "James Citie." 245 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 247 /H [ 1068 395 ] /L 349687 /E 73263 /N 78 /T 344668 >> endobj xref 245 31 0000000016 00000 n Others may have hopes to be apart of the first permanent colonization in the New World. The community suffered terrible hardships in its early years, including starvation leading to cannibalism and Indian attacks, and many hundreds died. According to Smith, he and his party are eventually released because Powhatan's daughter Pocohontas (Matoaka) intercedes with her father to save Smith's life. Tryall, sailed 1610-1620 (5, 0, 0), Two Brothers, Arrived 7 October 1738 (0, 3, 1) - GA INCHINNAN: The 565 ton "Inchinnan" left London on 14 January 1852 and left Portland 14 days later on 28 January 1852 under Captain T Innes with members of the Royal New Zealand Fencibles Corps. Sarah Constant of 1606, sailed March 8, 1612 The instructions and two incomplete lists of the expeditions' passengers survive in John Smith's Works. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Passenger lists of ships coming to North America, 1607-1825; a bibliography. 0000004027 00000 n Herd, John - Bricklayer [2], The site for Jamestown was picked based on criteria set by the Virginia Company. There are three main reasons why this horrible incident happened were; lack of water, lack good workers, and poor relations with the Powhatan Indians., On farms in New England, women were usually working in the home and rarely worked in the fields. Passengers left Blackwall, London, England on, Susan Constant with 71, Godspeed with 52 passengers and the Discovery with 21 persons. First Supply (Fleet), sailed Oct 18, 1607 (2, 9, 0), Flying Hart or Horse, sailed Summer 1615 Susan Constant, which had been a rental ship that had customarily been used as a freight transport, did not return to Virginia again. Men were considered to be the leader of the household, and women were expected to be subordinate to men. Out of the people, you can see the hard work in the community by them building houses and other buildings in the town. However, they served as indentured servants for several years of their lives before obtaining their promised land in the New World. "the plantation can never florish till families be planted and the respect of wives and children fix the people on the soil." . These pages represent literally years of work, endless coffee and fingers White, Benjamyn - Mariner In 1607 English ships sailed The Chesapeake Bay, and later made their way to Jamestown in Virginia. [6] The article that cites Sarah Constant, presumably written by Sir Walter Raleigh, is as follows: He told me of three barques on route to the New World, those whose names are, as he told me thereon, be consisted of Godspeed, Discoverie or Discovery, and one whose name split twice, I think was Sarah Constant. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Concord, sailed 1621 Asbie, John - died August 6, 1607 Reconstructed Ship Passenger List: Deal to Pennsylvania, 1682 Reconstructing the Welcome Passenger List, August-October 1682 - a Genealogy Project The Ship Welcome sailed from Deal, England, departing 31 August 1682, and arrived at the mouth of the Delaware River (New Castle) on 27 October 1682, later anchoring at Chester, Pennsylvania (28 . Susan Constant is depicted in the 1995 animated film Pocahontas, where its captain was Governor Ratcliffe (who actually captained Discovery), instead of Christopher Newport. Wotton, Thomas - Gentleman, Surgeon, - died April 28, 1638, "With diverse others to the number of 105". Share via email. Friendship, sailed Mar 1636 We may update this record based on further research and review. Unknown, sailed March 1619 She was a 40 ton brigantine about 68 feet long. Ellinor, arriving April 16, 1619 The. Only men who had had properties were allowed to elect local officials, a board of men. Sarah, sailed May 1611 (0, 2, 0)
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