Hercules of Dover, sailed March, 1634-35

Date: 1635 to 1635
Location: England
Surnames/tags: Great_Migration PGM

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Contents 1 Hercules of Dover, sailed March, 1634-35 2 History of Hercules's Passenger Lists 3 Alphabetical Roll 4 Sources

Hercules of Dover, sailed March, 1634-35

The 'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich' sailed March, 1634/5, departing Sandwich, England with her master, John Witherley. Hercules of Dover.

A list of all such persons as imbarqued themselves in the good shipp called the Hercules of Sandwich of the burthen of 200 tonnes or thereabouts whereof next under God John Witherley was master and therein transported from this town & port of Sandwich to the plantacon called New England in America together with a breif note of the certificates from the ministers where they have dwelt of their conversaton and Conformity to the orders and discipline of the Church, and that they had taken the eee oa a Supremacy according to an order of the Lds of his Mat's Most Noble privie counsell of the last of December 1634 Videlt^[1]

The most accurate passenger list containing all the passenger names, including servants and children, comes from Eben Putnam's "Two Early Passenger Lists 1635-1637" (NEHGR 75:218)^[2] and the "Additions and Corrections" to that list provided by Elizabeth French Bartlett.^[3] Those sources should be used instead of any other lists for passengers of the Hercules.

History of Hercules's Passenger Lists

Various publications contain passenger lists for the ship Hercules. Eben Putnam shared the history of some of those lists in his piece, "Two Early Passenger Lists 1635-1637."^[4] As it turns out, most of the passenger lists are based on transcriptions from two sources: William Boys' 1792 book, History of Sandwich and J. A. Jacobs' list as found in Eben Putnam's "Two Early Passenger Lists 1635-1637" (NEHGR 75:218). Putnam's piece also covers the history of the various passenger lists as summarized below.

The earliest list was by William Boys and found in Collections for an History of Sandwich in Kent.^[5] The transcription of the list is found in two sections, "J" and "K." Section "J" consisting of four columns, headed, "Certificates," "Masters of Families," "Children," and "Servants." The columns Children and Servants for the most part have the word representing the number of each found with that family, but no names. Section "K" has additional names containing only three columns, with the names of head of family and spouse (if applicable), column 2 has the number of children and column three the number of servants.

Boys' list was used by James Savage for both the 1843 Gleanings for New England^[6] and the 1861 "Emigrants in the Hercules of Sandwich."^[7] which was reprinted in Samuel Drae's 1963 work, Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives...^[8] Although Putnam's article claims Hotten didn't use Boys' work, he did, as found on pages xix-xxi of The Original Lists of Persons of Quality... where on page xxi Hotten credits William Boys as the source.^[9]

J. A. Jacobs was an alderman in Sandwich, Kent, and contributed to Putnam's work by providing the passenger lists with the names of the children and servants. Putnam included this comment before the list: "Under the heading 'Servants' are included apprentices; and in many cases the persons so listed were relatives of the head of the family, and in some instances married children of their master..." Like Boys, Putnam's list contains four columns: headed, "Certificates," "M[aste]rs of Families," "Children," and "Servants." Within each column he then names each individual.^[10]

Four years after Putnam's article, NEHGR published Elizabeth French Bartlett's "Two Early Passenger Lists: Additions and Corrections" based on her research in which she "copied these lists, verbatim et literatim', in 1911 from the Sandwich records."^[11]

In Charles Edward Banks' Planters of the Commonwealth, he cited both Putnam and Bartlett for his work, but his list simply names each individual by household groups but for some reason does not identify children or servants.^[12]

Frank J. Bisbee, in his Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, cites Putnam's work, however, in at least one instance he erred: he listed the four Egelden under the "Servants" column.^[13] The original should be consulted rather than this book to avoid errors.

Alphabetical Roll

Austen Jonas of Tenterden (From Staplehurst, Kent, bound for Cambridge, Hingham and Taunton. Ref: NEGR 67/166. 36 pg 83)

Austen Constance, wife

Austen Jonas, son

Aysten Lidia, daughter

Austen Mary, daughter

Austen child

Bennet James, Tilden servant (From Tenterden, Kent, bound for Scituate, Cambridge. Ref: NEGR 75/218 & 79/108. 36 pg 85)

Besbeech Thomas of Sandwich

Besbeech Mary, daughter

Besbeech Alice, daughter

Best John of Canterbury, Tailor (From Sandwich, Kent, bound for Salem. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 82)

Boney, Thomas of Sandwich, Shoemaker

Brigden, Thomas of Faversham, Husbandman

Brigden Mrs, wife and two children not named

Brooke Robert of Maidstone Mercer

Brooke Anne, wife

Brooke Thomas

Brooke Samuel

Brooke John

Brooke Elys (Elizabeth?)

Brooke Dorothie

Champion Thomas of Ashford

Cole Isaac of Sandwich, Carpenter

Cole Joan, wife

Cole Issac, son

Cole Jane or Anne, child

Couchman Sara, Tilden servant

Dunkin Samuel, Starre servant (Duncan, Samuel, from Ashford, Kent, bound for Cambridge. Ref: NEGR 75/219 and 79/108. 36 pg 74)

Egelden Elzab, child with Thomas Besbeech

Egelden Jane, child with Thomas Besbeech

Egelden Sara, child with Thomas Besbeech

Egelden John, child with Thomas Besbeech

Ewell Edward of Sandwich, shoemaker

Ford Edward, Tilden servant (Foed, from Tenterden, Kent, bound for Scituate. Ref: NEGR 75/21 and 79/208. 36 pg 83)

Gallant Abraham, child with Brooke family

Gallant James, child with Brooke family

Harris Parnell of Bow, in London

Hatch William of Sandwich, Merchant

Hatch, Jane, wife

Hatch Walter, son

Hatch John, son

Hatch William, son

Hatch Anne, daughter

Hatch Jane, daughter

(Banks Topo lists Hatch, Thomas from Wye, Kent to Scituate. Ref: NEGR 7/256 36 pg 85. He is also listed as the Castle)

Heyward Thomas of Aylesford, Tailor

Heyward Susanna, wife

Heyward Thomas, son

Heyward John, son

Heyward Elizabeth, daughter

Heyward Susan, daughter

Heyward Martha, daughter

Hinckley Samuel of Tenterden

Hinckle, Sara, wife

Three (four per Hotten) children:

Hinckley Susan, daughter

Hinckley Sara, daughter

Hinckley Mary, daughter

Hinkle Elizabeth, kinswoman, niece of Samuel

Holmes William, Hatch servant (Holmes, William, from Sandwich, Kent. Ref: NEGR 75/217 and 79/108 36 pg 82)

Iggleden [see Egelden]

Jeakins Edward, Tilden servant (Jenkins, from Tenterden, Kent, bound for Scituate. Ref: NEGR 75/219 and 79/108. 36 pg 84)

Jenings Robert, Hatch servant (Jennings, Robert, from Sandwich, Kent. Ref: NEGR 75/217 and 79/108 36 pg 82)

Johnes, Margaret of Sandwich Wife of William Johnes, painter

Ketchell/Ketchrell Joseph, Hatch servant (From Sandwich, Kent. Ref: NEGR 75/21 and 79/208. 36 pg 82)

Ketchell/Ketchrell Simon, Hatch servant (From Sandwich, Kent. Ref: NEGR 75/21 and 79/208. 36 pg 82)

Lapham Thomas, Tilden servant

Lewis John of Tenterden

Lewis Sarah, wife

Lewis, Sarah, daughter

Love Agnes, Besbeech servant

Mason Emme, widow of Eastwell

Neuley Thomas, Besbeech servant (Nealy, Thomas, from Ashford, Kent. Ref: NEGR 75/219 and 79/108. 36 pg 74)

Pacheing/Pacheury Joseph, Besbeech servant (Patchen, Joseph, from Ashford, Kent, bound for Cambridge and Roxbury. Ref: NEGR 75/219 and 79/108. 36 pg 74)

Perien Marie, Tilden servant

Richards Anne, Witherell servant

Rootes Joseph of Great Chart (Root, Josiah, from Great Chart, Kent, bound for Salem. Ref: Genealogy. 36 pg 77)

Sayers James of Northbourne, Tailor

Starre Comfort of Ashford, Chirurgeon

Starre Thomas, son (Starr, Thomas, from Canterbury. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 77)

Starre Comfort, daughter

Starre Mary, daughter

Starrte listed three servants, only two named with "Truth shall prevail Starre"

Sutton George, Tilden servant (From Tenterden, Kent, bound for Scituate. Ref: NEGR 75/219 and 79/108. 36 pg 84)

Sutton Symon, Hatch servant

Tilden Nathaniel of Tenterden, Yeoman

Tilden Lydia, wife

Tilden Joseph, son

Tilden Thomas, son

Tilden Stephen, son

Tilden Marie, daughter

Tilden Sara, daughter

Tilden Judeth, daughter

Tilden Lidia, daughter

Tritton Rose, Cole servant of Ashford

Turkey John, Starre servant (Turvey, John, from Ashford, Kent, bound for Cambridge. Ref: NEGR 75/219 and 79/108. 36 pg 75)

Wells Lidia, Hatch servant

Wines, Faint (not Fannet) of Ashford Hemp-dresser (Wines, Faint-Not, from Ashford, Kent, bound for Charlestown. Ref: NEGR 75/219 and 79/108. 36 pg 74)

Witherell William of Maidstone, Schoolmaster

Witherell Mary, wife

Witherell Samuel, son

Witherell Daniel, son

Witherell Thomas, son

Fannett (unk last name) of Ashford, hemp-dresser.

Sources

1. ↑ Eben Putnam, "Two Early Passenger Lists 163-1637," Henry Edwards Scott, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 75 (1921):230 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1921), images 230 of 506, p. 218 at HathiTrust.org.
2. ↑ Eben Putnam, "Two Early Passenger Lists 1635-1637," Henry Edwards Scott, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 75 (1921):217-38 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1921), images 229 of 506, p. 217-38 at HathiTrust.org.
3. ↑ Elizabeth French Bartlett, "Two Early Passenger Lists: Additions and Corrections," Henry Edwards Scott, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 79 (1925):218-20 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1921), images 125-28 of 550, pp. 107-09 at HathiTrust.org.
4. ↑ Eben Putnam, "Two Early Passenger Lists 1635-1637," Henry Edwards Scott, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 75 (1921):218-20 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1921), image 229 of 506, p. 217 at HathiTrust.org.
5. ↑ William Boys, Collections for an History of Sandwich in Kent: With Notices of the Other Cinque Ports and Members, and of Richborough (Canterbury: Simmons, Kirkby and Jones, 1792); image of p. 750-51 at InternetArchive.org
6. ↑ James Savage, Gleanings for New England History (Boston?, [1843?]), images of p. 33 at InternetArchive.org.
7. ↑ "James Savage, "Emigrants in the Hercules of Sandwich," Samuel G. Drake, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 15 (1861):28-29 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1861), images 46-47 of 418, pp. 28-29 at HathiTrust.org.
8. ↑ Samuel Gardner Drake, Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England: Made in Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1963); images 86-88 of 140, pp. 82-84 at HathiTrust.org.
9. ↑ John Camden, Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality... (London: John Camden Hotten, 1874);images of pp. xix-xxi at InternetArchive.org.
10. ↑ Eben Putnam, "Two Early Passenger Lists 1635-1637," Henry Edwards Scott, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 75 (1921):218-20 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1921), image 232 of 506, p. 220 at HathiTrust.org.
11. ↑ Elizabeth French Bartlett, "Two Early Passenger Lists: Additions and Corrections," Henry Edwards Scott, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 79 (1925):218-20 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1921), images 125-28 of 550, pp. 107-09 at HathiTrust.org.
12. ↑ Charles Edward Banks, The Planters of the Commonwealth; A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: To Which Are Added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; The Ships Which Brought Them; Their English Homes, and the Places of Their Settlement in Massachusetts. 1620-1640, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930); images of p. 116 at InternetArchive.org.
13. ↑ "Records of Sandwich, Kent, England. Year Books C and D. 1608-1642," copied by J. A. Jacobs; as cited by Frank J. Bisbee in Genealogy of the Bisbee Family (Otter Book Press, 1956); image of p. 13 at InternetArchive.org.