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From: "Mark Echelberger" <>
Subject: Re: [GenConnecticut-L] Passenger List of the Ship Hector 1637
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:01:46 -0400
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While on this topic does anyone know the name of the other boat that
traveled with the Hector to Boston?

Also would there be a list of passengers recorded somewhere?

In the book "History of the Colony of New Haven, Before and After the Union
with Connecticut" by Edward R. Lambert (1838), p. 41. (Note for text below:
Quinnipiack is the first name used for New Haven, CT)

"The settlement of New Haven was made in 1638. The colonists, in two ships,*
arrived at Boston on the 26th of June, 1637. (*One of them was named the
Hector.)"

Other bits of information from this book for those interested (note: some
details might be different from other sources and I do not have the
knowledge to know why):

"In the autumn of 1637, Mr. Eaton and others of the company made a journey
to Connecticut, to explore the lands and harbours on the coast, and being
pleased with the situation of Quinnipiack, they there determined to settle
their colony. On what is now Church and Meadow streets they erected a hut,
in which a few men remained during the winter.* (*Seven men were left by
Eaton, four of whom were Francis Brown, John Beacher, Robert Pigg, and
Thomas Hogg. One of the party died in the winter."

"The company sailed from Boston on the 30th of March, 1638, and after a
tedious passage of a fortnight, arrived at Quinnipiack. The 18th of April
was the first Sunday they observed in the place."

"The 4th day of the 4th moneth, called June, 1639, all of the free planters
assembled together in a general meeting, to consult about settling civil
government according to God, and about the nomination of persons that may be
found by consent of all fittest in all respects for the foundation work of a
Church which was intended to be gathered in Quinnipiack. ... ...The names
of the persons named and agreed upon were Theophilus Eaton, John Davenport,
Robert Newman, Matthew Gilbert, Richard Malbon, Nathaniel Turner, Ezekiel
Chevers, Thomas Fugill, John Punderson, William Andrews and Jeremiah Dixon."
(Note: This was for a trial term, after which they were to choose seven from
among themselves to continue on in an official status.)

The foregoing was subscribed to at the time by 63 and soon after by 48 more"

"After a proper term of trial, Theophilus Eaton, Esq., Mr. John Davenport,
Robert Newman, Matthew Gilbert, Thomas Fugill, John Punderson, and Jeremiah
Dixon were chosen for the seven pillars of the church.
On the 22nd of August, 1639, the church appears to have been organized,
or the members added to the pillars. The churches of Milford and Guilford
were organized on the same occasion, and removed soon after."

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Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [GenConnecticut-L] Passenger List of the Ship Hector 1637


> Regarding the trip to New Haven in 1637 or 1638. After a short while,
> Davenport and Eaton's Puritans were dissatisfied with their position in
the
> Massachusetts Bay Colony, and, hearing of a port to the south, they sailed
> there and left about 6 men to winter in the harbor area with the goals of
> making friends with Indians, securing a treaty, and generally scouting out
> the situation. Davenport & Eaton's original group plus others from Boston
> arrived in New Haven on Saturday, April 24, 1638.
> Walter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:36 PM
> Subject: [GenConnecticut-L] Passenger List of the Ship Hector 1637
>
>
> >
> > THe following is the passenger list for the vessel Hector, which brought
> > the passengers accompanying John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton to
> > Connecticut in 1637.
> >
> > The Hector that brought the Davenport party to Massachusetts was a new
> > vessel of 250 tons, which had already made a previous passage to
> > Massachusetts Bay. The records indicate that the ship actually arrived
in
> > Massachusetts, but other references mention that the Hector also took
the
> > party to Connecticut in late 1637 or 1638. A passenger ship list for the
> > trip from Massachusetts Bay to New Haven, Connecticut has not been
> > located.
> >
> > Passengers on the Hector sold their belongings in preparation for the
> > sailing, but then the English government impressed the ship for the
> > service of the crown. The owners petitioned for its release in January
> > 1637, but the ship was not freed until May. According to the records of
> > John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay, the ship arrived in Boston (from
> > London England) on June 26, 1637.
> >
> > Passengers:
> > John & Elizabeth Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, Old Mrs. Eaton, his
mother,
> > Anne Eaton, second wife of Theophilus Eaton and daughter of George Loyd
> > Bishop of Chester and widow of Thomas Yale, The children of Anne Eaton
by
> > her former marriage, Edward Hopkins, Richard Malbon, Nathaniel Rowe,
> > William Andrews, Henry Browning, James Clark, Jasper Crane, Jeremy
Dixon,
> > Nicholas Elsey, Francis Hall, Robert Hill, William Ives, George Smith,
> > George Ward, Lawrence Ward, Ezekiel Cheever, Edward Bannister, Old
Jewry,
> > Richard Beach, Richard Beckley, John Brockett, John Budd, John Cooper,
> > Arthur Halbidge, Mathew Hitchcock, Andrew Hull, Andrew Low, Andrew
> > Messenger, Mathew Moulthrop, Francis Newman, Robert Newman, Richard
> > Osborn, Edward Patteson, John Reader, William Thorp, Samuel Whitehead.
> >
> > http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/43/data/001.html
> >
> >
>
>

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