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In the fall of 1621 the Fortune was the second English ship destined for Plymouth Colony in the New World, one year after the voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. Financed as the Mayflower was by Thomas Weston and others of the London-based Merchant Adventurers, Fortune was to transport thirty-five settlers to the colony on a ship that was ...
Stayed only a few weeks to complete that project and went back to England on the Fortune return trip. Left his son Thomas with William Bradford. [15] Thomas Cushman – Born c.1607/1608. Son of Robert who remained at Plymouth after his father returned to England on the Fortune in 1621. In 1623 land division shared 2 acres with William Beale.
William was born in Plymouth about 1624 and died in Sandwich on May 29, 1670. He married Mary Rainsford by about 1652 and had three children. Elizabeth was born in Plymouth about 1626. She married Thomas Burgess on November 8, 1648, in Sandwich. They divorced June 1661 in the first divorce in Plymouth Colony.
Thomas Prence (c. 1601 – March 29, 1673) was a New England colonist who arrived in the colony of Plymouth in November 1621 on the ship Fortune. In 1644 he moved to Eastham, which he helped found, returning later to Plymouth. For many years, he was prominent in Plymouth colony affairs and was colony governor for about twenty years, covering ...
Thomas remained in Plymouth, working as a surveyor of roads and as a rate-assessor, among numerous other minor positions. In the land division of 1623, he was paired with William Beale, the two of them receiving two “akers” (acres). He was a Purchaser, that group involved in Plymouth colony investments and received a number of land grants. [8]
John Winslow (1597–1674) was one of several Winslow brothers who came to the Plymouth Colony in its earliest years. His brothers Edward and Gilbert were passengers on the Mayflower in 1620. John Winslow was a passenger on the Fortune in 1621, and two other brothers, Kenelm and Josiah, also settled in New England, arriving before 1632. The ...
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Plymouth Colony — a British colony in existence from 1620 to 1692, ... Passengers of 1621 Fortune voyage; ... Cookie statement;