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From: Bob <>
Subject: Re: [PLY/MA] Holland & Trask--slightly off topic
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:48:21 -0500
In-Reply-To: <009401c3aec1$c19cb660$a896fbd1@pavilion>

Anderson in the Great Migr Begins has WILLIAM TRASK
ORIGIN: East Coker, Somersetshire MIGRATION: 1628
FIRST RESIDENCE: Salem; Baptized East Coker, Somersetshire, 14 December
1585, son of Nicholas Trask

He was Capt. of the trainband (militia) in Salem, ran it laxly, finally
removed from office because he lived too far from the harbor to defend it.
He does not seem to have been in Plymouth.
I see no mention of Holland.

Bob
Bob & Dee Carroll Westport on Lake Champlain, NY.
www.westportmarina.com Ancestors of Bob and Dee:
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rcarroll

> From: "charles s brack jr" <>
> One of my ancestors was Capt. William TRASK of Salem, who arrived sometime
> in the 1620s. His position was reportedly comparable to that of Myles
> Standish in that time frame, but he wasn't as well known.
> Capt. Trask was reportedly in Holland before his arrival at Salem. Was Trask
> a rarity in the Mass. Bay Colony? It appears that he should have been with
> the group at Plymouth.
> Are there any records that might help me with his stay in Holland?

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• by "charles s brack jr" <>
  • Re: [PLY/MA] Holland & Trask--slightly off topic by "Dale H. Cook" <>

  • Re: [PLY/MA] Holland & Trask--slightly off topic by Bob <>