I have been meaning to re-do this page for a long time. I sort of halfway did it
a while back, but it was simple cosmetic changes, not any new information. That is
until I received an email from Bob Symons. Actually I received 2 emails. The 1st email
was to tell me how happy he was to find this page (before the corrections) and the next
email was ways to improve this page. Ah, the short lived life of temporary success.
But, he made some good suggestions and he suggested some additions and the upshot was that I got back on the stick and did some research and made up my mind to get this page up to date and get the new information up here. Now, don't think that I just sit around here thinking up things to do...I have about a zillion things to add to this website but I have to weigh what information to get to next and if it is for the larger good, then I try to do that first...so this is the new improved William & Francis page, including most of the changes that Bob recommended. Thanks Bob...I think. THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED JUNE 11, 2007 FOR THE WING FAMILY ONLINE LIBRARY |
Rev. THOMAS WELD of Terling, county Essex Roxbury
Mrs. Margaret Weld John Weld Thomas Weld Samuel Weld Edmund Weld Rev. STEPHEN BACHILER of Newton Stacy, county Hants Saugus Mrs. Helen Bachiler John Sanborn William Sanborn Stephen Sanborn THOMAS PAINE THOMAS WOODFORD Roxbury THOMAS THOMAS Springfield EDWARD WINSLOW (returning from England) Plymouth JOHN SMALLEY Plymouth JOHN WHETSTONE Scituate |
WILLIAM HILL of Upminster, county Essex Roxbury Rev. WILLIAM PERKINS of London Roxbury WALTER HARRIS of London Plymouth JOSEPH MANNERING JOHN LEVIN THOMAS OLIVER Boston Mrs. Anne Oliver John Oliver James Oliver Peter Oliver ...... Oliver ...... Oliver THOMAS HAYWARD JOHN HART WILLIAM NORTON ROBERT GAMLIN probably from Kent Roxbury Mary Gamlin ROBERT GAMLIN, JR. Mrs. Elizabeth Gamlin John Mayo CHRISTOPHER HUSSEY of Dorking, county Surrey Saugus and Hampton, New Hampshire Mrs. Theodate Hussey Stephen Hussey Mrs. Mary Hussey mother |
1. Captain Thomas, Master of the William & Francis
Taken from the Batchelder/Batcheller Genealogy: "John Winthrop, the first governor of the colony of Massachusetts bay, kept a Journal, in which he gives an account of all public transactions down to the year 1649, and when enumerating the vessels which conveyed immigrants, he makes the record under the date of June 5, 1632: "Arrived, the William Francis, Mr. Thomas, Master; which left London on the 9th of March, and reached this port after a voyage of 88 days with about 60 passengers, whereof were Mr. Weld and old Mr. Batchelder (being aged 71), with their families and many other honest men." In another place the governor specifies that the company which came with Mr. Batchelder consisted of a small body of six or seven persons, who went to the same place and co-operated with him in his religious movements. The names of these persons are not given, but from incidental notices we learn that among them were John Wing and his wife Deborah, a daughter of Mr. Batchelder, with three adult sons, and Edward Dillingham." |
2. Helena Bachiler
From the Sanborn Gen As Reprinted in the Owl Vol 6, #3, Mar 1905 Pages 378-382 RICHARD DUMMER of Roxbury and Newbury married first Jane Mason, a daughter of Reverend Thomas Mason, and resided late in his life at North Stoneham, Hampshire; Stephen Bachiler married as his third wife Helena Mason, widow of Reverend Thomas Mason, and resided just before his departure for New England at South Stoneham, Hampshire. These marriages made Bachiler the step-father-in-law of Dummer, and explains their close connection in the activities of the Plough Company. |
4. Rev. Stephen Bachiler
The Great Migration Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. |
5. Mary Blott
Massachusetts Bay First Settlers - Surnames of Initial B The Winthrop Society The Great Migration (Mary Blott) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 |
6. Edward Dillingham
baptized Dec. 6, 1595, at Cottesbach, Leicestershire, England; died at Sandwich between May 1, 1666 and June 5, 1667, the dates of drawing and proving respectively of his will; married Ursula Carter, at Cottesbach, Feb. 14, 1614. One of the Ten Men of Saugus |
7. Elizabeth Dillingham
This is merely conjecture and there is certainly no records to site that an Elizabeth Dillingham ever came to New England, much less on the William and Francis. Although, there is a record of an "Elizabeth Wing," who was admitted to Boston church as member #143, which would be in the latter half of 1632 [BChR 14]. No evidence whether she died, married or returned to England. 1630...The Winthrop Fleet Elizabeth Wing is listed as the 13th from the BOTTOM |
8. Henry Dillingham
b: 13 Oct 1624 Cottesbach, Leicestershire, Eng. m: Hannah Perry d: 26 Jul 1705 at Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA. Descendants of Henry Dillingham |
9. John Dillingham
b: 1630 in Bitteswell, Eng. m: Elizabeth Feake d: 21 May 1715 at West Brewster, MA. Descendants of Henry Dillingham |
10. Ursula Carter Dillingham
Wife of Edward Dillingham, born abt 1594, died February 6, 1656, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Married February 14, 1614, Cottesbach,Leicestershire,England PRESUMABLY ACCOMPANIED HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN ON THE WILLIAM & FRANCIS |
11. Oseah Dillingham
b: 10 Feb 1620-21 m: Stephen Wing d: 29 Apr 1654 at Sandwich, MA |
12. Mrs. Elizabeth Gamlin
The Great Migration (Robert Gamlin) Elizabeth's marriage to Robert Gamlin was her second. She was married first to a man with the last name of "Mayo,"...the passenger, John Mayo, was her son. |
13. Mary Gamlin
Daughter of Robert Gamlin, b. say 1615; admitted to Roxbury church as member #65: "Mary Gamlin a maid servant, daughter of Rob. Gamlin the elder; she came with her father in the year 1632; she was a very gracious maiden; she died in Mr. Pinchon's family of the small pox in the year 1633" [RChR 77]. |
14. Robert Gamlin
Massachusetts Bay First Settlers - Surnames of Initial L The Winthrop Society The Great Migration (Robert Gamlin) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 |
16. John Hart |
18. William Hills
Massachusetts Bay First Settlers - Surnames of Initial H The Great Migration (William Hills) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 |
19. Captain Christopher Hussey
Baptized February 18, 1598/99, died March 6, 1685/86 My Descent From Christopher Hussey |
20. Mary (Wood) Hussey
Mary Wood Hussey was the mother of Captain Christopher Hussey, she was born May 24, 1571, died June 16, 1660 Ancestors and Relatives of Mary Wood |
21. Stephen Hussey
The son of Captain Christopher Hussey and Theodate Bachiler Woodbridge Family Tree |
22. Theodate (Bachiler) Hussey
The daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, born about 1596, died October 20, 1649 My Two Descents from Stephen Bachiler |
23. Elizabeth James
The wife of Thomas James "Thomas and Elizabeth James" were admitted to Boston church as members #149 and #150, which would be just before 14 October 1632 [BChR 15]; on 14 October 1632 "Thomas James and Elizabeth his wife" were dismissed in order to participate in organizing the new church at Charlestown [BChR 16]; on 2 November 1632 Thomas and Elizabeth James were admitted as founding members of the Charlestown church [ChChR 7]. |
24. Thomas James
The Great Migration (Thomas James) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 On the passenger list of the William & Frances the first entry is the unlikely name of "Thomas Thomas" [Hotten 149]. It has been suggested by several authors that this hides both THOMAS WELD and Thomas James, both of whom would have been evading the dockside authorities, and the former of whom is known to have been on this ship [WJ 1:93]. |
25. Elizabeth Leavens
Married by 1632 to John Leavens, buried at Roxbury 10 October 1638; Eliot's church entry implies that she accompanied Levens from England in 1632, and was probably an invalid for the entire six years between her arrival and death |
26. John Leavens
Massachusetts Bay First Settlers - Surnames of Initial L The Winthrop Society The Great Migration (John Leavens) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 |
28. John Mayo
Most sources disagree that John Mayo came over in 1632 on the William & Francis. He is included here because he is on the "list," supposedly written by Governor Winthrop The Great Migration (Robert Gamlin) The son of Elizabeth Mayo Gamlin |
29. William Norton
Most sources disagree that William Norton came over in 1632 on the William & Francis, but, he is on Governor Winthrop's list and so he is included here. Lists of Passengers 1631 -1634 Mostly from West England Parts A BOOK OF ENTREE for Passengers by ye Commission, et Souldiers, according to the Statute, passing beyond the Sea, begun at Christmas, 1631, and ending Christmas, 1632. 7 March, 1631. THE names of such men as are to be transported to New England to be resident there upon a plantation, have tendred and taken the oath of allegeance, according to the statute. THOMAS THOMAS. JOHN LEVINS. THOMAS WOODFORD. THOMAS OLLIVER. JOHN SMALLIE. JOHN OLLIVER. JOHN WHETSTON. THOMAS HAREWARD. WM. HILL. EDMOND WYNSLOE. WILLIAM PERKINS. JOHN HART. WALTER HARRIS. WILLIAM NORTON. JOSEPH MANNERING. ROBERT GAMLIN. From the book, Emigrant Ancestors, page 70 |
30. Abigail Oliver
Daughter of Thomas Oliver, ABIGAIL, b. say 1625; admitted to Boston church 30 July 1643 [BChR 39]; married by 1644 James Johnson (eldest known child b. Boston 27 September 1644 [BVR 17]). |
31. Anne Oliver
"Anne wife of Mr. Thomas Oliver died 3rd month [May]" 1635 [BVR 3] |
32. Daniel Oliver
Son of Thomas Oliver, DANIEL, d. Boston June 1637 [BVR 5]. |
33. James Oliver
Son of Thomas Oliver, b. by 1619 (deposed 1655 aged about 35 [EQC 1:398]; freeman 12 October 1640 [MBCR 1:378]); admitted to Boston church 13 June 1640 [BChR 30]; m. Mary (Dexter) Friend, daughter of THOMAS DEXTER and widow of John Friend. |
34. John Oliver
Son of Thomas Oliver, JOHN, b. say 1613; admitted to Boston church in late 1632 or early 1633 [BChR 16]; freeman 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:368]; Harvard 1645 [Sibley 1:102-06]; m. by 1638 Elizabeth Newgate (first child b. Boston 21 November 1638 [BVR 6]), daughter of JOHN NEWGATE; d. 1646 "not full thirty years of age" [WJ 2:315]. |
35. Nathaniel Oliver
Son of Thomas Oliver, NATHANIEL, b. about 1618; d. Boston November 1633 [BVR 2]; Winthrop tells the story of one of Elder Oliver's sons, about fifteen years old, being killed by a tree which he had felled himself, and dates this event 9 January 1632/3; given the recognized inaccuracies in the early Boston vital records, this tale very likely refers to Nathaniel [WJ 1:117]. |
36. Peter Oliver
Son of Thomas Oliver, PETER, b. say 1616; admitted to Boston church 23 June 1639 [BChR 24]; freeman 13 May 1640 [MBCR 1:377]; m. by 1643 Sarah Newgate, daughter of JOHN NEWGATE. |
37. Samuel Oliver
Son of Thomas Oliver, SAMUEL, b. say 1627; admitted to Boston church 21 May 1643 [BChR 39]; m. by 1647 Lydia _____ (eldest child bp. Boston 27 June 1647 [BChR 309]); drowned 27 March 1652 [BVR 37]. |
38. Thomas Oliver
The Great Migration (Thomas Oliver) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 |
39. Thomas Paine
Most sources agree that Thomas Paine did not come over on the William & Francis, but that he came in 1637 on the Mary Ann. However, he is on the list made by Governor Winthrop and so I have included him here. |
40. Lieutenant Francis Peabody
Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy; JOHN BATCHELLER (Joseph, John, Joseph), b. Wenham, Mass., (???); m. Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 13, 1727, Anne Peabody dau. of Isaac, of Topsfield, b. May 31, 1707; d. abt. 1762; m. 2d, Sept. 15, 1763, Hannah Perkins. Anne was born in Topsfield in the family mansion her father had inherited from his father, Lieut. Francis Peabody, who came over from England with Rev. Stephen Bachiler and was one of the first settlers in Hampton (old Norfolk Co., Mass.), now N. H. In 1657 or thereabouts he moved to Topsfield. Anne's brother, Isaac, inherited this mansion and at his death in 1739. it was sold to John Batchelder. |
41. Captain William Perkins
The Great Migration (Captain William Perkins) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 |
42. John Sanborn
A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes: JOHN SAMBOURNE, born ca 1590, had probably removed by 1615, with his brothers Richard and Francis, to London where he was described in the London Visitation as a merchant. However, the family ties were at Dorsetshire, the next county to Hampshire where lived the Rev. Stephen Bachiler (Batchelder). John married Ann, Rev. Stephen's daughter, and died in England. His widow at 30 was living in the Strand in London in 1631. In January of the following year she married Henry Atkinson, and her three sons came to New England with the Rev. Batchelder that year, first to Boston and in 1640 to Hampton NH, the year after its incorporation, May 22, 1639, with Mr. Batchelder, its first minister. Stephen, one of the three Sanborn brothers, eventually returned to England with his grandfather, but John and William remained as active, influential citizens, chosen to various positions of trust and responsibility.Their descendants lived in Hampton for more than a hundred years. Our Fascinating Ancestor, Stephen Bachiler |
44. William Sanborn
ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM, Frederick Virkus: William (Samborne) Sanborn (1622-92), from Eng. with his g.father, Stephen Bachiler, to Boston, 1632, settled at Hampton, Mass. (now N.H.), 1638, served in King Philip's War, se- lectman 4 yrs. |
47. John Weld
The son of Rev. Thomas Weld, born about 1625 The Family of Edmund Weld and Amy Brewster |
48. Margaret Weld
The wife of Rev. Thomas Weld, died before 1636 The Family of Edmund Weld and Amy Brewster |
49. Samuel Weld
The son of Rev. Thomas Weld, born about 1629 The Family of Edmund Weld and Amy Brewster |
50. Rev. Thomas Weld
Massachusetts Bay First Settlers - Surnames of Initials W through Z The Great Migration (Thomas Weld) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 [Savage] A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: "Woodford, Thomas, Roxbury 1632, came from London in the William & Francis, emb. 7 Mar. arr. 5 [p.639] June, with Edward Winslow; in wh. voyage, as from the Hist. of Winth. is learn. were a. sixty passeng. when the custom-ho, rec. proves that the names of only sixteen were made kn. to the governm. among wh. was neither that of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, or of Rev. Thomas James, or of Rev. Thomas Weld, tho. ea. was then on board to elude the malignant feebleness of Archbp. Laud. On adm. of our ch. he was call. serv. was made freem. 4 Mar. 1635, had m. Mary, d. of Robert Blott, wh. came in 1632, and may have been fellow-passeng." The Family of Edmund Weld and Amy Brewster |
52. Daniel Wing
Born about 1617 in England, died March 10, 1697/98 There are no records to prove that Daniel Wing and his mother and brothers came to New England on the William & Francis...but then again, there are no records of them arriving on any of the ships that came to New England. The History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) mentions Deborah Bachiler and that she married John Wing of Lynn. Of course, we know that is in error, but it does record the Wing family at Lynn, Massachusetts at the same time that Rev. Stephen Bachiler and the rest of his family were there. Excerpts on the Rev. Stephen Bachiler from the History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) |
53. Deborah Bachiler Wing
Probably the oldest daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, born about 1592, married Rev. John Wing There are no records to prove that Daniel Wing and his mother and brothers came to New England on the William & Francis...but then again, there are no records of them arriving on any of the ships that came to New England. The History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) mentions Deborah Bachiler and that she married John Wing of Lynn. Of course, we know that is in error, but it does record the Wing family at Lynn, Massachusetts at the same time that Rev. Stephen Bachiler and the rest of his family were there. Excerpts on the Rev. Stephen Bachiler from the History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) |
54. John Wing
The oldest son of Rev. John Wing and Deborah Bachiler Wing, born about 1614 at Yarmouth, England, died, 1698/99 at Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts There are no records to prove that Daniel Wing and his mother and brothers came to New England on the William & Francis...but then again, there are no records of them arriving on any of the ships that came to New England. The History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) mentions Deborah Bachiler and that she married John Wing of Lynn. Of course, we know that is in error, but it does record the Wing family at Lynn, Massachusetts at the same time that Rev. Stephen Bachiler and the rest of his family were there. Excerpts on the Rev. Stephen Bachiler from the History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) |
55. Matthew Wing
The youngest son of Rev. John Wing and Deborah Bachiler Wing, born about 1627 at the Hague, Belgium, date of death unknown but we do know that he returned to England and died there. There are no records to prove that Daniel Wing and his mother and brothers came to New England on the William & Francis...but then again, there are no records of them arriving on any of the ships that came to New England. The History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) mentions Deborah Bachiler and that she married John Wing of Lynn. Of course, we know that is in error, but it does record the Wing family at Lynn, Massachusetts at the same time that Rev. Stephen Bachiler and the rest of his family were there. Excerpts on the Rev. Stephen Bachiler from the History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) |
56. Stephen Wing
The son of Rev. John Wing and Deborah Bachiler Wing, born 1621 at Flushing, died 1710 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. There are no records to prove that Daniel Wing and his mother and brothers came to New England on the William & Francis...but then again, there are no records of them arriving on any of the ships that came to New England. The History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) mentions Deborah Bachiler and that she married John Wing of Lynn. Of course, we know that is in error, but it does record the Wing family at Lynn, Massachusetts at the same time that Rev. Stephen Bachiler and the rest of his family were there. Excerpts on the Rev. Stephen Bachiler from the History of Lynn by Alonzo Lewis (1829) |
57. Edward Winslow (Return Trip)
Massachusetts Bay First Settlers - Surnames of Initials W through Z Taken from the Batchelder/Batcheller Genealogy: Written by, FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE; "At the very beginning of 1632, Mr. Bachiler left England for Boston in New England. He sailed on the 9th of March, 1631-2, in the vessel called the "William and Francis," from London, with sixty passengers, and, after eighty-eight dreary days, landed at Boston. Among his fellow travellers were Gov. Edward Winslow, of Plymouth, Rev. Thomas James, Rev. Thomas Wedde and Thomas Oliver, the famous ruling elder of Boston. On the "Whale," which arrived May 26, 1632 came Mr. Wilson and Mr. Richard Dummer. Most of the Dummers reside at South Stoneham or Swathling, where the ancient church bears several Dummer memorials, and this was the last residence of Stephen Bachiler in England." *Edward Winslow was already living in New England and was returning to New England on the William & Francis. |
58. Thomas Woodford
Massachusetts Bay First Settlers - Surnames of Initials W through Z The Great Migration (Thomas Woodford) Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 |
Toni's Notes....I copied the following verbatim from Chronicles of the First Planters
of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, From 1623 to 1636 Now first collected from original records, contemporaneous manuscripts, and illustrated with notes. By Alexander Young: "Founders of New England"
In a large volume, bound in vellum, now in the rolls office, Chancery Lane, London, are records of a few of the early emigrants to New Eng- land. On the cover of the volume containing the earliest of such records yet discovered, is this inscription:- "A Booke of Entrie for pafsengers by ye comifsion, and Souldiers according to the Statutie pafsing beyond the Seas, begun at Chriftmas, 1631, and ending at Chriftmas, 1632." In it were originally about two quires of paper, all of which is filled with the records indicated on the cover. The front of the book appears to have been intended for the entry of names of soldiers. the other end for emigrants, travelers, traders, etc. The part containing these entries is entire. The volume is not paged, * but the dates follow in order, which is ample for reference. The first entry of names of persons for New England which I can find is on leaf 6th, and is as follows: vij Marcij 1631. - The names of such Men as are to be transported to New England to be resident there vppon a plantacon, have tendred and taken the oath of allegeance according to the statute, vizt.
* Nor are any of these volumes paged; hence referring to pages would be referring
to what does not exist. # June 5, 1632, the ship William and Francis arrived at Boston. Among the pas- sengers was Mr. Edward Winslow. Prince, in Hist. and antiqs Boston, 140." Notes by Bob Symon
The British and their colonies used the Julian calendar until the year 1752, at which time they changed to the Gregorian calendar which is now in use. Therefore for genealogical purposes it is interesting to note that prior to 1751 the calendar year ended March 24th and the first day of the new year was March 25th. For example in the year of the sailing of the William and Francis, the ship departed England on March 9th 1631 and reached Boston on June 5th 1632, or 88 days later. Note, there was no leap year in 1631, so Feb 29th did not exist. For dates of the calendar therefore Jan 1st through March 24th were noted as 1631/32 or 1631-32 to denote the use of the Julian calendar. In 1751 the British removed about 20% of the days from that year. The days Jan 1st through March 24th at the end of the Julian year 1751 were dropped, a removal of 83 days from 1751, making it the shortest year in history. Then in 1752 the days September 3 through September 13 were removed entirely, so Wednesday, September 2nd passed directly into Thursday, September 14th, a removal of 11 days from September 1752, making it the shortest month in history. Reference: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/2260.asp |