Hector, sailed 1637

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Hector, sailed 1637

The Hector, sailed 1637, departing London, England, arriving June 26, 1637 Massachusetts Bay.

From Ship Passenger Lists by Carl Boyer referencing a previous work by Isabel MacBeath Calder entitled Passengers on the Hector, 1637-38, The New Haven Colony pp. 29-31.

The following is the passenger list for the vessel Hector, which brought the passengers accompanying John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton to Connecticut in 1637. There is another ship called the Hector that brought the first Scottish Highlanders to Nova Scotia in the mid-1700's, but the Hector Heritage Foundation in Nova Scotia states that the ship that brought the Davenport/Eaton party is a different vessel.

The Hector that brought the Davenport party to Massachusetts was a new vessel of 250 tons, which had already made a previous passage to Massachusetts Bay. The records indicate that the ship actually arrived in Massachusetts, but other references mention that the Hectoralso took the party to Connecticut in late 1637 or 1638. A passenger ship list for the trip from Massachusetts Bay to New Haven, Connecticut has not been located.

Passengers on the Hectors old their belongings in preparation for the sailing, but then the English government impressed the ship for the service of the crown. The owners petitioned for its release in January 1637, but the ship was not freed until May. According to the records of John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay, the ship arrived in Boston (from London England) on June 26, 1637.

Andrews William (From Ipswtich, Suffolk or Hampswaithe, York to Salem or Charlestown. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 156 & 187)

Bannister Edward (From Chiddingly, Sussex, bound for New Haven, Ct. Ref: Banks Mss. 36 pg 171)

Beach/Beckley Richard (From S Bourne Mary, Hampshire, bound for Wethersfield, CT. Ref: Stiles. 36 pg 60)

Brockett John

Browning Henry

Budd John

Cheever Ezekiel

Clark James

Cooper John

Crane Jasper

Davenport John & Elizabeth

Dixon Jeremy

Eaton Theophilus

Eaton, Old Mrs., his mother

Eaton Anne, second wife of Theophilus Eaton and daughter of George Loyd Bishop of Chester and widow of Thomas Yale

Eaton children of Anne Eaton by her former marriage

Elsey Nicholas

Halbidge Arthur

Hall Francis (from Bulkington, Warwickshire, bound for New Haven. Ref: Aspinwall. 36 pg 174)

Hill Robert

Hitchcock Mathew

Hopkins Edward

Hull Andrew

Ives William

Low Andrew

Malbon Richard

Messenger Andrew

Moulthrop Mathew

Newman Francis

Newman Robert

Osborn Richard

Patteson Edward

Reader John

Rowe Nathaniel

Smith George

Thorp William

Ward George

Ward Lawrence

Whitehead Samuel

Old Jewry (?)

Hector sources:

• http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/hector1637.shtml
• Brockett, Adrian. Deconstructing the Hector “Passenger List”, American Ancestors Magazine (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., Winter 2021) Vol. 21, No. 4, Page 37.