Ship America's 88 Passengers to Virginia in 1635

Virginia Bound Immigrants Swore Allegiance to Church of England

Sep 18, 2008

Before the ship left the English port of Gravesend, a minister certified that Virginia bound passengers conformed to doctrine and practices of The Church of England.

Unlike the religious practices of the New England colonies settled by the Puritan Separatists, the Church of England was the official religion of the Virginia Colony and predecessor of the Episcopal Church in America. In Virginia even Quakers had to have their children’s baptisms recorded in the Church of England parish registers, as did Roman Catholics and non-believers.

The ship America, with William Barker serving as Master, left England on June 23, 1635. Those aboard--most of them young men--were seeking new opportunities and advanced social status far from the restrictive practices in England at the time. The following 88 passengers were aboard:

A-B—Robert Askyu, 22; Jo: Averie, 20; Samuel Awde, 24; Dorothy Baker, 18, and Elizabeth Baker, 18; Henry Barker, 18; Humfrey Belt, 20; Thomas Bennett, 22; William Bernard, 27; Thomas Boomer, 13; David Bromley, 15; Jonathan Bronsford, 21; George(35), Walter(15) and William(17) Brookes; Thomas Broughton, 19; William Bucland, 19; Isack Bull, 27

C-E—John Carter, 54; Thomas Chappell, 33; George Chaundler, 29; Edmond Chipps, 19; Sara Colebank, 20; Rowland Cotton, 22; William Cowley, 20; John Croftes, 20; Elizabeth Death, 3, and Susan Death, 22; George Dulmare, 8; Thomas Dymett, 23; John Ecles, 16; Henry Embrie, 20; William Evans, 23

F-J—Lawrence Farebern, 23; John Farepoynt, 20; Miles Fletcher, 27; James Foster, 21; Hugh Fox, 24; Richard Gummy, 21; Richard Harrison, 15; Richard Hersey, 22; Katherin Hibbotts, 20; Thomas Holland, 34; Ryce Hooe/Hood, 36; Bartholomew Holton, 25; Launcelot Jackson, 18; Walter Jewell, 19; Joan Jobe, 18; Thomas Johnson, 19

L-P—Robert Lamb, 16; John Mace, 20; Richard Miller, 12; Andrew Morgan, 26; David Morris, 32; Ann Nash, 22; Henry Parsons, 14, Phillipp Parsons, 10, and Elizabeth Phillips, 22; Thomas Pratt, 17; Tho: Prichard, 32

R-S—Steeven Read, 24; Alice Remington, 26, Elizabeth Remington, 20, and Phillipp Remington, 29; Symon Richardson, 23; John Robinson, 32, and Mathew Robinson, 24; Robert Sabyn, 40; Richard Sadd, 28; John Shawe, 16; James Somers, 22; Rudolph Spragmy, 37; William Stanbridge, 27; Dorothy Standich, 22

T-Y—Thomas Talbot, 20; Robert Thomas, 20, and William Thomas, 22; Mary Thurrogood, 19; John Underwood, 19; Thomas Wakefield, 17; Charles Wallinger, 24; John White, 21; John Williamson, 12; Elizabeth Willis, 18; Richard Wood, 36; Benjamin Wragg, 24; John Yates, 20; Richard Young, 31

A companion article lists the 150 passengers aboard the ship Transport of London, bound for Virginia, which also left England during the summer of 1635.

SOURCES: Judith Burkhardt of Berne, IN; The Second Boat, Machias, Maine, Vol. 2, No. 1, May, 1981, page 4.

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