Winthrop Fleet
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The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 was the largest fleet ever assembled to carry Englishmen overseas to a new homeland. It was a well planned and financed expedition comprising eleven ships that carried 700 immigrants from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The group, led by Governor John Winthrop, sailed from April to July of 1630. The fleet landed at Salem, though many settlers moved on to Boston.
The Winthrop Fleet is often referred to in most history books as the Great Migration.
So begins John Winthrop's famous journal of
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Arbella
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Charles
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Whale
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Notes
- Arbella: The flagship, designated 'Admiral' in the consortship; named for Lady Arbella (Arbella Clinton, daughter of Thomas, 5th Earl of Lincoln, 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
External links
- The Winthrop Society is a hereditary organization made up of the descendants those who arrived on the Winthrop Fleet or other Great Migration ships before 1634.Template:US-hist-stub