9/1/2023 0 Comments Hughesnet mailist> of Scots-Irish settlers immigrated on grants from English land > hundreds of Huguenots came over from France after the Revocation of the There were a few minor waves, one after 1685, when some > 1620-1640 had the country almost exclusively to themselves and their > was never enough pressure to send more than a small number of > freedom of worship, and no longer felt the necessity of hazarding the > Cromwell the Puritans and the dissenters in England enjoyed sufficient > execution in 1649, the emigration ceased almost entirely. > “Then, with the English Revolution, the downfall of Charles I and his > of the Pilgrims twenty thousand persons crossed the ocean and settled It is estimated that in the twenty years following the landing Some of them were scholars, bringing their > men and women of ability, craftsmen willing to try their skill at Every year brought new colonists, many of them ![]() > Hartford, in 1636, was settled by Thomas Hooker, who opposed Winthrop’s > Williams, who believed in the separation of church and state. Providence, in 1636, was settled by Roger > Royalist and Anglican suppression to build their own institutions under > “These men were Puritans and other nonconformists escaping from > New Haven, of Connecticut and other plantations were a fair reflection > In culture and crafts the new colonies of Masachusetts (sic) Bay, of > remained as much as possible in contact with their brethren overseas. They knew their Bible but read other books as well, and > among boockes and learned men.,’ as were the ministers John Cotton and > shipbuilders, blacksmiths, printers, carpenters and tanners. There were men of many crafts among the colonists, weavers, > background, who spread along the rocky coast of the Atlantic Ocean and > some years later, by men and women of similar social and religious > them were a tailor, a brewer and a smith. > business and was a fustian maker, others were wool combers, and among William Bradford, their leader, knew the silk > advanced workmanship and their new engineering projects. > them in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and neighboring districts with their ![]() > been in Holland and seen the many crafts, the canals and windmills of > landed on the inhospitable shores of Plymouth and laid the foundation > “In that same year 1620, on a bleak December day, the Pilgrim Fathers > England, and the second has some interesting commentary on our famous There are two sections in the book which may of interest to > I’ve just finished reading a very interesting book titled _Yankee In part been due to continuing immigration. Of the population statistics? The steady increase in population must No doubt the original families impacted most early towns. Regardless of which town town I'm looking at, or which part of NewĮngland. I have noticed the repetition of family names Would not take long for the population to grow significantly, even If even some of these children had comparably large families, it John (2) hadġ0 children, Richard (2) had eight, Thomas (2) had 11, Jonathan had 11,Įtc. John & Elinor had 9Ĭhildren, at least six of whom married and had children. Many of those early families were quite large. Nudo of the Mohawk Valley his Italian ancestry and posterity NUDO, ANTIONETTA, STANGA and more.įrom: whitney-bounces -at-at- On Behalf Of Karl H SchwerinĬc: WHITNEY-L -at- whitney -at. Tracing my ancestry in New York State, England, Ireland, Italy and elsewhere through Orson Burgess and Elizabeth O'Bolger, their lineage and posterity of the Finger Lakes Region in New York.īURGESS, FELTON, CHAFFEE, CLARK, MACK, METCALF, SLAYTON, TENNEY, WATKINS, WHITNEY HUGHES, MCMAHON, MORRIS, O'BOLGER, TROY Īnd, Peter R. ![]() Mine were two other very large MA families in their own right, Slayton (from Brookfield MA) and Metcalf (from Dedham MA) that Benjamin's descendants married into that came together in central NY State. ![]() The Whitney name was often not what migrated which is true in my case. I'm descended from John (1) And Benjamin (2) through both wives (which makes it interesting) and there are 6157 descendants of John and Elinor known to me. It seems every generation of each family has a John and a Benjamin in there somewhere. So there'll be tons of the same surnames in the census and other records. It appears that most migration out of New England by this Whitney family didn't start until after the Revolution. 'Gerry' EberweinĪnd their son, Benjamin, between his two wives, had 16. Mailing List Archives > 01, Re: Early New England, by Gerald A.
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