SKELTON, Samuel sr Rev

1593 - 1634  (41 years)

• Name	SKELTON, Samuel  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	sr Rev
  Birth	26 Feb 1593	Lincolnshire, England
  	Tattershall (Conningsby?), Lincolnshire, England
  Baptism	26 Feb 1593	Lincolnshire, England   [4]
  	son of William Skelton/Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Education	7 Jul 1608  [5]
  	Matriculated at Cambridge from Clare College
  Education	Abt 1611  [5]
  	B.A.
  Education	1615  [5]
  	M.A.
  Emigration	24 Apr 1629	Gravesend, Kent, England   [6]
  	Aboard the George Bonaventure; part of the Higginson Fleet
  	20251205GHLn- The Pilgrim Fathers - The Mayflower and Speedwell in Southampton in 1620 FB · 1629. The Higginson Fleet : The ships. The six ships in the Higginson fleet were: 1. The Pilgrim, a small ship with 4 guns, that carried supplies only; William Woolrige master. This ship sailed back in August, but “was seized off Canada by Captain Daniell of Dieppe, who stripped her of her lading. On 31 October 1629 as she was returning to England, she ran into foul weather off the Scilly Isles, and her masts and sails were cut down to save her.” The number of passengers on the Pilgrim is not mentioned. 2.The Lyon's Whelp, which carried 40 planters + crew + 8 cannon. John Gibbs, master. The Rev. Francis Bright (1602-?) was a passenger. Married with two children at the time of agreement with Massachusetts Bay Company, 2 February 1628/9. A Minister from Rayleigh, Essex, first settled in Salem; moved to Charlestown in 1629. Returned to England to stay in 1630. These two ships left from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 11 May 1629, and arrived in Salem Harbor 29 June 1629. 3. The Talbot, which carried 19 cannon; Thomas Beecher, master. The Rev. Francis Higginson, which this fleet is named after, was one of the passengers. Francis Higginson (1586- 1630) m. Anne Herbert (1583-1640) 8 January 1615 in St. Peters Church, Nottingham, Kent, England. 10 children. 4. The George Bonaventure, which carried 20 cannon; Thomas Cox, master. She left the Isle of Wight 4 May 1629, and probably reached Salem during the first half of July. Two passengers are mentioned on one site. Samuel Sharp (1593 -1656) m. Alice Stileman (1605-1667) 4 Apr 1629. 7 children Rev. Samuel Skelton (before 1593 -1634) the first pastor of the First Church of Salem, Massachusetts, which is the original Puritan church in North America; m. Susanna Travis (1597-1631) 27 Apr 1619 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England. 7 children. 5. The Four Sisters, which carried 14 cannon, Roger Harman, master. She carried “many cattle with passengers & provision.” The only information on passengers I found is: Walter Palmer (b. about 1589 d. 1661) m. by about 1614 to Unknown. Walter arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in June 1629, and settled in Charlestown Massachusetts with his five children, and Abraham Palmer, possibly his brother. Walter was married for a second time to Rebecca Short (1610-1671) 1 Jun 1633 in Roxbury, Mass. 8 children 6. The Mayflower, which carried 14 guns; NOT the same ship that came to Plymouth in 1620. Some 35 passengers, family and friends who had remained in Leiden sailed on this Mayflower. They left Holland in May, and arrived in Plymouth Colony in August. More info on where to find additional information on passengers in the next posting. Some sites name the picture as the Higginson fleet, others as the Winthrop fleet. The model is the Lyons Whelp. _____________ 20251205GHLn- https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/GeorgeBon.htm Thames, Gravesend, England April 5, 1629 along with five other ships, Four Sisters, Lyon, the Lyon's Whelp, the Mayflower and the Talbot, arriving in Salem June 1629. Rev. Samuel Skelton Samuel Sharp “Now in this year 1629, a great company of people (The Higginson Fleet) of good rank, zeal, means and quality have made a great stock, and with six good ships in the months of April and May, they set sail from Thames for the Bay of the Massachusetts, otherwise called Charles River. The fleet consisted of, the George Bonaventure of twenty pieces of ordnance; the Talbot nineteen; the Lion’s Whelp eight; the Mayflower fourteen; the Four sisters fourteen and the Pilgrim four, with 350 men women and children, also 115 head of cattle, as horses, mares, cows and oxen, 41 goats, some conies (rabbits), with all provision for household and apparel, 6 pieces of great ordnance for a fort, with muskets, pikes, corselets, drums, colors, and with all provisions necessary for a plantation for the good of man.” (The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith – London 1630) From http://users.adelphia.net/~cousin.wes3/stower_stowers_history.htm If you choose to use this information or copy this page, please have the courtesy to include an acknowledgment that the work, research and compilation was done by Anne Stevens of packrat-pro.com Pilgrim Ship Lists https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplistalpha.htm George Bonaventure Cox 24 Apr 1629 Gravesend, England mid July 1629 Salem, MA Pilgrim Ship Passengers Genealogy Main Page
  Immigration	Abt 15 Jul 1629	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  	Aboard the George Bonaventure. part of the Higginson Fleet
  	20251205GHLn- The Pilgrim Fathers - The Mayflower and Speedwell in Southampton in 1620 FB · 1629. The Higginson Fleet : The ships. The six ships in the Higginson fleet were: 1. The Pilgrim, a small ship with 4 guns, that carried supplies only; William Woolrige master. This ship sailed back in August, but “was seized off Canada by Captain Daniell of Dieppe, who stripped her of her lading. On 31 October 1629 as she was returning to England, she ran into foul weather off the Scilly Isles, and her masts and sails were cut down to save her.” The number of passengers on the Pilgrim is not mentioned. 2.The Lyon's Whelp, which carried 40 planters + crew + 8 cannon. John Gibbs, master. The Rev. Francis Bright (1602-?) was a passenger. Married with two children at the time of agreement with Massachusetts Bay Company, 2 February 1628/9. A Minister from Rayleigh, Essex, first settled in Salem; moved to Charlestown in 1629. Returned to England to stay in 1630. These two ships left from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 11 May 1629, and arrived in Salem Harbor 29 June 1629. 3. The Talbot, which carried 19 cannon; Thomas Beecher, master. The Rev. Francis Higginson, which this fleet is named after, was one of the passengers. Francis Higginson (1586- 1630) m. Anne Herbert (1583-1640) 8 January 1615 in St. Peters Church, Nottingham, Kent, England. 10 children. 4. The George Bonaventure, which carried 20 cannon; Thomas Cox, master. She left the Isle of Wight 4 May 1629, and probably reached Salem during the first half of July. Two passengers are mentioned on one site. Samuel Sharp (1593 -1656) m. Alice Stileman (1605-1667) 4 Apr 1629. 7 children Rev. Samuel Skelton (before 1593 -1634) the first pastor of the First Church of Salem, Massachusetts, which is the original Puritan church in North America; m. Susanna Travis (1597-1631) 27 Apr 1619 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England. 7 children. 5. The Four Sisters, which carried 14 cannon, Roger Harman, master. She carried “many cattle with passengers & provision.” The only information on passengers I found is: Walter Palmer (b. about 1589 d. 1661) m. by about 1614 to Unknown. Walter arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in June 1629, and settled in Charlestown Massachusetts with his five children, and Abraham Palmer, possibly his brother. Walter was married for a second time to Rebecca Short (1610-1671) 1 Jun 1633 in Roxbury, Mass. 8 children 6. The Mayflower, which carried 14 guns; NOT the same ship that came to Plymouth in 1620. Some 35 passengers, family and friends who had remained in Leiden sailed on this Mayflower. They left Holland in May, and arrived in Plymouth Colony in August. More info on where to find additional information on passengers in the next posting. Some sites name the picture as the Higginson fleet, others as the Winthrop fleet. The model is the Lyons Whelp. _____________ 20251205GHLn- https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/GeorgeBon.htm Thames, Gravesend, England April 5, 1629 along with five other ships, Four Sisters, Lyon, the Lyon's Whelp, the Mayflower and the Talbot, arriving in Salem June 1629. Rev. Samuel Skelton Samuel Sharp “Now in this year 1629, a great company of people (The Higginson Fleet) of good rank, zeal, means and quality have made a great stock, and with six good ships in the months of April and May, they set sail from Thames for the Bay of the Massachusetts, otherwise called Charles River. The fleet consisted of, the George Bonaventure of twenty pieces of ordnance; the Talbot nineteen; the Lion’s Whelp eight; the Mayflower fourteen; the Four sisters fourteen and the Pilgrim four, with 350 men women and children, also 115 head of cattle, as horses, mares, cows and oxen, 41 goats, some conies (rabbits), with all provision for household and apparel, 6 pieces of great ordnance for a fort, with muskets, pikes, corselets, drums, colors, and with all provisions necessary for a plantation for the good of man.” (The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith – London 1630) From http://users.adelphia.net/~cousin.wes3/stower_stowers_history.htm If you choose to use this information or copy this page, please have the courtesy to include an acknowledgment that the work, research and compilation was done by Anne Stevens of packrat-pro.com Pilgrim Ship Lists https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplistalpha.htm George Bonaventure Cox 24 Apr 1629 Gravesend, England mid July 1629 Salem, MA Pilgrim Ship Passengers Genealogy Main Page
  Freeman	19 Oct 1630  [7]
  	Requested (as "Mr. Sam[ue]ll Skelton") and admitted 18 May 1631
  FSID	L69P-FSH
  Occupation	Minister  [6]
  Religion	Church of Christ  [6]
  Residence	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  	first residence: Salem, MA
  Death	2 Aug 1634	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I3086	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	SKELTON, William,   b. Abt 1560, Lincolnshire, England d. England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Skelton, Sarah mrs   d. Aft 2 Oct 1638, Lincolnshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	TRAVIS, Susanna,   b. 11 Sep 1597, Horbling, Lincolnshire, England d. 15 Mar 1631, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1619	Lincolnshire, England
  	Sempringham, Lincolnshire
  Children	1. Skelton, Mary,   b. 28 Jun 1627  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Skelton, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1627, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Skelton, Samuel jr,   b. 8 Jan 1623, Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England d. 15 Feb 1663, Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Skelton, Sarah,   b. 12 Aug 1621, Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England d. 27 Aug 1621, Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. SKELTON, Susanna,   b. Between 1620 and 3 Apr 1625, Lincolnshire, England d. 12 May 1695, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 26 Feb 1593 - Lincolnshire, England Baptism - 26 Feb 1593 - Lincolnshire, England Marriage - 27 Apr 1619 - Lincolnshire, England Emigration - Aboard the George Bonaventure; part of the Higginson Fleet - 24 Apr 1629 - Gravesend, Kent, England Immigration - Aboard the George Bonaventure. part of the Higginson Fleet - Abt 15 Jul 1629 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Residence - first residence: Salem, MA - - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 2 Aug 1634 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  passenger ship, possibly The Brittania of London 01 IMMIGRANT ptrs474 added this on 2 Jan 2013

  
  

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  fr 'The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33': Search > Record Type > The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 > Search Results August 6, 2000 Search Results Database: Full Context of The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 Combined Matches: Previous Page Next Page SAMUEL SKELTON ORIGIN: Tattershall, Lincolnshire MIGRATION: 1629 on the George Bonaventure FIRST RESIDENCE: Salem OCCUPATION: Minister. "And for that the propagating of the gospel is the thing [we] do profess above all to be our aim in settling this plantation, we have been careful to make plentiful provision of godly ministers ... One of them is well known to yourself, vizt., Mr. Skelton, whom we have the rather desired to bear a part in this work, for that we are informed yourself have formerly received much good by his ministry; he cometh in the George Bonaventure, Mr. Thomas Cox" [MBCR 1:386]. His preaching was the subject of scandalous rumors bruited about by JOHN and SAMUEL BROWNE, who took their eviction from New England badly, and did as much damage as they could to the reputation of all and sundry on their arrival in old England [MBCR 1:408-09].In 1633 Skelton took exception to the fortnightly meetings of the ministers of the Bay, fearing "it might grow in time to a presbytery or superintendency, to the prejudice of the churches' liberties. But this fear was without cause" (or so Winthrop believed) [WJ 1:139]. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: When the Salem church was organized on 20 July 1629, Samuel Skelton was chosen as pastor [Perley 1:151-70]. As the first church founded in Massachusetts Bay, its organization and practices were of great interest to other Puritan ministers still resident in England, and John Cotton especially wrote to Skelton with some of his opinions [Larzer Ziff, "The Salem Puritans in the `Free Aire of a New World,'" Huntington Library Quarterly 20:373-84; David D. Hall, "John Cotton's Letter to Samuel Skelton," William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, 22:478-85]. FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 (as "Mr. Sam[ue]ll Skelton") and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:80, 366]. EDUCATION: Matriculated at Cambridge from Clare College, 7 July 1608; B.A. 1611-2, M.A. 1615 [Venn 4:83; Morison 400]. OFFICES: Council member, 30 April 1629 [MBCR 1:361]. Given authority with Mr. Samuell Sharpe to continue the plantation in the event of Mr. Endicott's death, 17 April 1629 [MBCR 1:395]. ESTATE: On 3 July 1632 Mr. Samuel Skelton was granted two hundred acres about three miles from Salem, also one acre of land on which his house stood, and ten acres more in a neck of land abutting on the south river, also two acres more of ground in Salem [MBCR 1:97]. An accounting of Massachusetts Bay Company's dealings with Skelton has been reserved [EIHC 13:146-49]. The Court of Assistants held at Cambridge, 5 June 1638, being a quarterly court, ordered, with the consent of Mrs. Baggerly, that the increase of Mr. Skelton's cattle should be divided according to his will, and that the goods and household stuff which belongs to the three eldest children should be divided by some of the church in Salem and committed to the church of Salem [MBCR 1:232]. On 8 March 1649 Samuel Skelton sold to John Porter "one neck of land within the bounds of Salem lying between Crane River and Woolaston's River ... reserving unto the said Samuell Skelton threescore acres of the said neck" [ELR 1:8]. On 2 June 1652 "Robert Sanford of Boston ... & Elizabeth his wife" sold to John Porter of Salem, yeoman, "all those our twenty acres of upland & meadowing" in Salem [ELR 2:25]. In a deed acknowledged 18 May 1655 "John Marsh & Susanna my wife [and] Nathanyell Felton & Mary my wife" sold to John Porter of Salem, yeoman, "all those our forty acres of upland & meadow" in Salem [ELR 2:33]. On 30 March 15 Charles II [1663] "[w]hereas John Porter, son of John Porter Sr. of Salem ..., yeoman, about fourteen years since, by order of said John Porter Sr. his father, did purchase the farm of the late Reverend Samuell Skelton, late pastor to the Church of Christ in Salem, aforesaid, commonly called & known by the name of Skelton's Neck, of Samuell Skelton, son & heir of the said abovementioned Samuell Skelton, being two hundred acres ..., the said John Porter Sr. having also purchased the right & interest of the three daughters of the said Samuell Skelton Sr. ... I the said Samuell Skelton having received £20 from "the said John Porter Sr. by the hands of John Brackenbury of Charlestown, mariner, whom I appointed to receive the same," acquit John Porter of all obligations under his note of 13 May 1659 [ELR 2:71] (In 1868 William P. Upham traced the early history of the house of Samuel Skelton [EIHC 8:255-56].) BIRTH: Baptized Coningsby, Lincolnshire, 26 February 1592/3, son of William Skelton [NEHGR 52:357; Venn 4:83]. DEATH: Salem 2 August 1634 [WJ 1:164]. MARRIAGE: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, 27 April 1619 Susanna Travis, baptized Horbling, Lincolnshire, 11 September 1597, daughter of William Travis [NEHGR 52:349]; died Salem 15 March 1630/1. "Upon the eighteenth day of March came one from Salem and told us that upon the fifteenth thereof there died Mrs. Skelton, the wife of the other minister there, who, about eighteen or twenty days before, handling cold things in a sharp morning, put herself into a most violent fit of the wind colic and vomiting, which continuing, she at length fell into a fever and so died as before. She was a godly and an helpful woman, and indeed the main pillar of her family, having left behind her an husband and four children, weak and helpless, who can scarce tell how to live without her. She lived desired and died lamented, and well deserves to be honorably remembered" [Dudley 82]. CHILDREN: i SARAH, bp. Sempringham 12 August 1621 [NEHGR 52:349]; bur. there 27 August 1621 [NEHGR 52:349]. ii SAMUEL, bp. Tattershall 8 January 1622[/3] [NEHGR 52:353]; possibly the Samuel Skelton who appears in Tattershall by 1644 with wife Margaret [NEHGR 52:354-55]. iii SUSANNA, bp. Tattershall 3 April 1625 [NEHGR 52:353]; m. (1) by 1646 John Marsh (eldest child b. Salem 8 July 1646); m. (2) by 1685 Thomas Rix (in her will of 3 November 1685 "Susannah, the relict of Thomas Rix late of Salem deceased, and formerly the relict of John Marsh deceased of Salem," bequeathed land given to her "by the last will and testament of the said John Marsh my first husband" [Snow-Estes 2:207]). iv MARY, bp. Tattershall 28 June 1627 [NEHGR 52:353]; m. by about 1646 Nathaniel Felton ("Nathanyell Felton" admitted to Salem church 13 August 1648; John, son of Nathaniel Felton, bp. 3 September 1648; Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel Felton, bp. 29 October 1648 [SChR 13, 22]). v ELIZABETH, b. Salem about 1630; m. by 1652 Robert Sanford [ELR 2:25] (eldest known child b. Boston 5 December 1655 [BVR 50]). ASSOCIATIONS: ALICE BEGGARLY, also known as Alice Daniels, was in some manner related to Samuel Skelton, as she had control of his estate for some time after his death. COMMENTS: On 8 April 1629 the settlement of Mr. Francis Higginson and Mr. Samuel Skelton was discussed by the Company men and it was agreed that the ministers should receive the same conditions as Mr. Bright (Higginson receiving £10 more a year because he had eight children) [MBCR 1:37f; EIHC 3:143-46]. On his 1630 arrival in New England, Winthrop's vessel was greeted by several ships, one containing Mr. Endicott, Mr. Skelton and Capt. Levett [WJ 1:30]. In a detailed letter to John Winthrop in 1635, Alice Daniell accounted for her struggle to settle and conserve the estate left by Mr. Skelton. She further alluded to the possibility that his will might be disanulled [WP 3:186]. On 8 August 1638 Hugh Peter wrote to John Winthrop, enquiring of "Mrs. Beggerly's, or rather Mr. Skelton's house, which is now falling to the ground if something be not done" [WP 4:51]. In 1632 a maid servant of Mr. Skelton of Salem, going towards Sagus, was lost seven days, and at length came home to Salem. All that time she was in the woods, having no kind of food, the snow being very deep, and as cold as at any time that winter. She was so frozen into the snow some mornings, as she was one hour before she could get up; yet she soon recovered and did well, through the Lord's wonderful providence [WJ 1:118]. In 1939 Nora E. Snow published an account of the family of Samuel Skelton which assigned to him another wife, prior to Susanna Travis, and two sons with that wife, Benjamin and Nathaniel [Snow-Estes 2:214]. She reached this incorrect conclusion by deciding that the tentative entries for Benjamin and Nathaniel Skelton in Savage must have been real people and must have been sons of Samuel [Savage 4:103]. Savage, in turn, was misled by Felt, who included men of those names in his list of first settlers of Salem, giving the first appearance of Benjamin as being in 1639 and of Nathaniel as being in 1648 [Felt 1:170]. In both cases Felt had misread entries in the Salem church records for baptisms of children of Benjamin and Nathaniel Felton [SChR 17, 22]. Skelton Felton, a great-grandson of the Rev. Samuel Skelton, might have appreciated the humor of the situation. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1875 W.P. Upham published a number of "Papers Relating to the Rev. Samuel Skelton," most of which concerned themselves with the agreement between Skelton and the Massachusetts Bay Company EIHC 13:143-52]. In 1898 and 1899 E.C. Felton published a lengthy article containing the results of extensive research in English records [NEHGR 52:347-57, 53:64-71]. _______________________________________

  
  

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  [S161] FamilySearch.com, (Name: AFamily Search Ancestral File;). Husband's Name William SKELTON (AFN:XMQD-HR) Born: Abt 1560 Place: (unknown), Lincoln, England Died: Place: Coningsby, ?, Lincoln, England Married: Abt 1585/1590 Place: (unknown), Lincoln, England Father: Roger SKELTON (AFN:XMQD-FF) Mother: Wife's Name Sarah (AFN:XMP8-N0) Born: Abt 1565 Place: (unknown), Lincoln, ?, England Died: Aft 2 1638 Oct Place: Coningsby, Lincoln, Lincoln Married: Abt 1585/1590 Place: (unknown), Lincoln, England Father: Mother: Children 1. Samuel SKELTON (AFN:9GNH-GS) Born: 26 Feb 1592 Place: Coningsby, Lincoln, England Christened: 26 Feb 1592 Place: , Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England Died: 2 Aug 1634 Place: , Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 2. Vincent SKELTON (AFN:XMQD-NM) Born: 1594 Christened: 27 Feb 1594 Coningsby, Lincoln, England Died: Bef 1636 Coningsby, Lincoln, England [S161] FamilySearch.com, (Name: AFamily Search Ancestral File;). Husband's Name Samuel SKELTON (AFN:9GNH-GS) Born: 26 Feb 1592 Coningsby, Lincoln, England Christened: 26 Feb 1592 , Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England Died: 2 Aug 1634, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Married: 27 Apr 1619 , Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England Father: William SKELTON (AFN:XMQD-HR) Mother: Sarah (AFN:XMP8-N0) Wife's Name Susanna TRAVIS (AFN:9GNH-H0) Born: 14 Sep 1597 Horbling, Lincoln, England Christened: 11 Sep 1597 , Horbling, Lincolnshire, England Died: 15 Mar 1631 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Married: 27 Apr 1619 , Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England Father: William TRAVIS (AFN:9GPT-S1) Mother: Mrs William TRAVIS (AFN:9GPT-T6) Children 1. Susanna SKELTON (AFN:9GNG-R7) Born: Abt 1620 Of, Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England Christened: , Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England Died: 12 May 1695 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 2. Benjamin SKELTON (AFN:10N1-T70) Born: Bef 1620 , Lincolnshire, England Died: Ma, Essex, Salem 3. Sarah SKELTON (AFN:9GNH-J5) Born: Aug 1621 Sempringham, , Eng Christened: 12 Aug 1621 , Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England Died: 27 Aug 1621 Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England Buried: 27 Aug 1621 Sempringham, Lincoln, England 4. Samuel Jr. SKELTON (AFN:9GNH-KB) Born: 1622 Lincolnshire, , England Christened: 8 Jan 1622 , Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England Died: 15 Feb 1663 Tattershall, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Eng. Buried: 19 Feb 1663/1664 5. Mary SKELTON (AFN:9GNH-LH) Born: 28 Jun 1627 Tattersall, Lincolnshire, England Christened: 28 Jun 1627 , Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England Died: 8 May 1701 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 6. Nathaniel SKELTON (AFN:10N1-T86) Born: Bef 1629 , Lincolnshire, England Died: Ma, Essex, Salem 7. Elizabeth SKELTON (AFN:9N1W-V0) Born: 1630/1631 Salem, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Christened: Abt 1630/1631 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Died: , [1640 [S47] The Great Migration Begins- Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, (Name: Ancestry.com;). cf 'notes' for full text of reference [S32] Ancestry- Skelton, Samuel- Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633.doc. [NEHGR 52:357; Venn 4:83] [S32] Ancestry- Skelton, Samuel- Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633.doc. [Venn 4:83; Morison 400] [S47] The Great Migration Begins- Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, (Name: Ancestry.com;). 20251205GHLn- The Pilgrim Fathers - The Mayflower and Speedwell in Southampton in 1620 FB · 1629. The Higginson Fleet : The ships. The six ships in the Higginson fleet were: 1. The Pilgrim, a small ship with 4 guns, that carried supplies only; William Woolrige master. This ship sailed back in August, but “was seized off Canada by Captain Daniell of Dieppe, who stripped her of her lading. On 31 October 1629 as she was returning to England, she ran into foul weather off the Scilly Isles, and her masts and sails were cut down to save her.” The number of passengers on the Pilgrim is not mentioned. 2.The Lyon's Whelp, which carried 40 planters + crew + 8 cannon. John Gibbs, master. The Rev. Francis Bright (1602-?) was a passenger. Married with two children at the time of agreement with Massachusetts Bay Company, 2 February 1628/9. A Minister from Rayleigh, Essex, first settled in Salem; moved to Charlestown in 1629. Returned to England to stay in 1630. These two ships left from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 11 May 1629, and arrived in Salem Harbor 29 June 1629. 3. The Talbot, which carried 19 cannon; Thomas Beecher, master. The Rev. Francis Higginson, which this fleet is named after, was one of the passengers. Francis Higginson (1586- 1630) m. Anne Herbert (1583-1640) 8 January 1615 in St. Peters Church, Nottingham, Kent, England. 10 children. 4. The George Bonaventure, which carried 20 cannon; Thomas Cox, master. She left the Isle of Wight 4 May 1629, and probably reached Salem during the first half of July. Two passengers are mentioned on one site. Samuel Sharp (1593 -1656) m. Alice Stileman (1605-1667) 4 Apr 1629. 7 children Rev. Samuel Skelton (before 1593 -1634) the first pastor of the First Church of Salem, Massachusetts, which is the original Puritan church in North America; m. Susanna Travis (1597-1631) 27 Apr 1619 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England. 7 children. 5. The Four Sisters, which carried 14 cannon, Roger Harman, master. She carried “many cattle with passengers & provision.” The only information on passengers I found is: Walter Palmer (b. about 1589 d. 1661) m. by about 1614 to Unknown. Walter arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in June 1629, and settled in Charlestown Massachusetts with his five children, and Abraham Palmer, possibly his brother. Walter was married for a second time to Rebecca Short (1610-1671) 1 Jun 1633 in Roxbury, Mass. 8 children 6. The Mayflower, which carried 14 guns; NOT the same ship that came to Plymouth in 1620. Some 35 passengers, family and friends who had remained in Leiden sailed on this Mayflower. They left Holland in May, and arrived in Plymouth Colony in August. More info on where to find additional information on passengers in the next posting. Some sites name the picture as the Higginson fleet, others as the Winthrop fleet. The model is the Lyons Whelp. _____________ 20251205GHLn- https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/GeorgeBon.htm Thames, Gravesend, England April 5, 1629 along with five other ships, Four Sisters, Lyon, the Lyon's Whelp, the Mayflower and the Talbot, arriving in Salem June 1629. Rev. Samuel Skelton Samuel Sharp “Now in this year 1629, a great company of people (The Higginson Fleet) of good rank, zeal, means and quality have made a great stock, and with six good ships in the months of April and May, they set sail from Thames for the Bay of the Massachusetts, otherwise called Charles River. The fleet consisted of, the George Bonaventure of twenty pieces of ordnance; the Talbot nineteen; the Lion’s Whelp eight; the Mayflower fourteen; the Four sisters fourteen and the Pilgrim four, with 350 men women and children, also 115 head of cattle, as horses, mares, cows and oxen, 41 goats, some conies (rabbits), with all provision for household and apparel, 6 pieces of great ordnance for a fort, with muskets, pikes, corselets, drums, colors, and with all provisions necessary for a plantation for the good of man.” (The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith – London 1630) From http://users.adelphia.net/~cousin.wes3/stower_stowers_history.htm If you choose to use this information or copy this page, please have the courtesy to include an acknowledgment that the work, research and compilation was done by Anne Stevens of packrat-pro.com Pilgrim Ship Lists https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplistalpha.htm George Bonaventure Cox 24 Apr 1629 Gravesend, England mid July 1629 Salem, MA Pilgrim Ship Passengers Genealogy Main Page [S32] Ancestry- Skelton, Samuel- Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633.doc. 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