Ship Hopewell's 1635 Passengers to New England

Colonial Colonists Populate New Massachusetts Settlements

Jan 21, 2009 Rosemary E. Bachelor

The ship Hopewell arrived in Massachusetts in 1635, bringing new colonists who settled in Dorchester, Hingham and Salem, Massachusetts.

The ship Hopewell, with John Driver, master, sailed from Weymouth in Dorsetshire, England, May 8, 1635. The ship’s passenger list names 18 men, but does not list their wives, children or servants.

The National Genealogical Society listed the family members in its Vol. 71, saying after each name “and family”. Burton Spear, in Vol. 20 of his Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John, lists them with wives and children known to be alive in 1635. His collected works give additional data on many of these people. The following list includes Spear’s added family members.

Names of Ship Hopewell Passengers in 1635

John Crowe, probably with wife and children (names not known).
William Blake (perhaps from Pitminster, Somerset), age, 40. Family members: Agnes Thorne, wife, 40; John Blake, 17(?), son; Ann Blake, 16, daughter; William Jr., 14, James, 11, and another son, Edward.
Edmund Marshall, 37, who settled at Salem. Family members: wife, Millicent, 37, and Edmund Marshall, probably their son.
John Strong of Chard, Somerset and/or Chardstock, Devon, age 26, who settled at Hingham, MA. Family members: Margery Deane, wife; John Jr., 2, and an infant; also John’s sister, Eleanor, 22.
Edward Clapp, 30, of Salcombe Regis, Devon, who settled at Dorchester, MA. Family members: Prudence Clapp, 29, wife (and perhaps his first cousin), and their daughter, Elizabeth, 1.
John Rockwell, 36, of Fitzhead, Somerset, who settled at Dorchester, MA. Family members: Wilmot Cade, 37, wife; sons Nathaniel, 14,Thomas, 12, and Symon, 4; daughters Mary, 11, and Anna, 3.
John Durant; data for his family not known.
Thomas Dimmock/Demick, probably from Somerset, who settled at Dorchester, MA. Family members: wife, Ann (Hammond?), son John and daughter Susanna.
John Gachill/Gatchell/Getchell, probably from Somerset; settled at Salem, MA. Family members: Wilbra Wayborough/Wilborough, wife, possibly an infant child, and John’s brother Samuel.
Daniel Stolack; identification of family members not known.
William Lane of Beaminster, Dorset, who settled at Hingham, MA. Family members: Agnes Farnsworth, wife; Avis (Lane) Lincoln, 28, daughter, and her husband, Thomas Lincoln; Andrew Lane, 24, son, and daughters Mary and Elizabeth Lane.
John Gilbert, 54, of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, who settled at Dorchester, MA . Family members: wife, Winifred; sons Thomas, 23, John, 20, Giles, 8, and Joseph, 6; daughters Elizabeth and Mary Gilbert; step-daughter, Dorothy Combe, 15, and possibly another step-daughter, Joan Combe.
Matthew Hearn (perhaps not married).
William Malton (family members not identified).
Thomas Richards of Pitminster, Somerset, who settled at Dorchester, MA. Family members: Wealthean Loring, wife; sons Thomas Jr., 16, John, 10, and James, 2; daughters Anne, 8, Alice, 6, and Hannah, 4.
Thomas Bushrod, who may have come from Dorchester, England; family members not known.
Hugh Norman of Pitminster, Somerset, believed to be a cousin of Thomas Richards.

SOURCES: Spear, Burton, The Mary & John Clearing House, Toledo, OH; Banks, Charles E., Planters of the Commonwealth, 1930, which has been reprinted and may be purchased online, or consulted in the genealogy collections of major public libraries.

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