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NOTE: This page records information about people leaving Gloucestershire to settle in New England. My intention is to illustrate the very wide range of "emigration experience"; hopefully also to spur the reader to look for similar information regarding his or her own immigrant ancestor. It is not intended as an advertising medium for research interests, although of course inclusion in the list may result in further information being forthcoming as a consequence.

• The following entry has been contributed by

  DOLT, Ann - supposedly was born in Rangeworthy, Gloucestershire in c.1620. She came to the colonies with her brother, Richard DOLE, as a servant girl. She married John REDIATE on 26 August, 1643 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He was born in 1612 in Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire. Dorothy (the submitter) lives in Albany, Oregon, USA. [Ed: c.f. Richard DOLE, below.]

  [Submitted 2nd Mar 2005].

• The following entry has been contributed by .

  HALL, Edward - carpenter, of Henborough, England, son of Francis HALL, yeoman, arrived in Plymouth in 1636. Edward HALL was baptised in Henbury, Gloucestershire on 29 Sep 1611. He died in Rehoboth, MA on 27 Nov 1670. Edward had two brothers - Thomas who stayed in England and John who came to America with him. Evidence of John can be found in the notebook of Thomas LECHFORD, Esq. 1638 - 1641, Page 264:-

  "Boston 15 julii 1640. Upon sight of thismy first bill of exchange my second & third not being payd I pray unto James Smith marriner or his assignes the summe of ten pounds & ten shillings currant money of England wch is for so much Commodities heere received of him to the use of myselfe & my brother John Hall, late of Henborough in the Couinty of Gloucester tayler sonnes of Francis Hall late of same yeoman Deceased."

  References: The Henbury Parish Register, for Edward's baptism; and The Plymouth Scrapbook, Charles Henry Pope, 1918, for Edward's arrival in Plymouth and his death. There are other citations on this webpage also referring to Thomas LECHFORD's notebook.

  As an aside note - It is the submitter's distinct impression, based on the above information, that John HALL of Barnstable listed in "Halls of New England"; by Rev. David B. Hall, Duanesburgh, NY 1883 was Edward's brother. Edward's brother John was baptised 13 Aug 1620 which would have made him 19 to 20 years old, the same age as John HALL of Barnstable.
  

  [Submitted 30th Aug 2004].

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  1. Francis EATON arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. He was baptized 11 Sep 1596 in the parish of St. Thomas in Bristol, son of John EATON and Dorothy SMITH; married 1. Sarah ___ in England (no marriage record found in Bristol), 2. bef 1623 Dorothy ___ (John CARVER's maidservant, and 3. aft 1623, probably c.1625 in Plymouth, NE Christiana PENN; and is understood to have died in 1633.

  2. Richard DOLE, b. Rangeworthy in 1622, son of William DOLE and Joan HALE, arrived in Massachusetts as an apprentice to John LOWELL in 1639.
     Reference: The American Genealogist, vol. 74 (1999), p. 53-57.
     [Ed: See Giles BADGER, below for reference to a gt grandaughter of William and Joan, and Ann DOLT, above.]

  3. Francis DOUGHTY served as curate of Rangeworthy in 1632 and was in New England by 1640, and he later migrated to New York, and possibly to Maryland and Virginia.
     Reference: The American Genealogist, vol. 74 (1999), p. 57.

     Francis DOUGHTY is also recorded as Minister in New England, New York, Maryland, and Virginia, and arriving in Dorchester, Mass in 1639 from Bristol, co. Gloucester.
     Reference: The American Genealogist vol. 77 (Jan. 2002), pp 1-17.
     [Lechford's notarial records state that Francis was the son of Francis DOUGHTY of Bristol]

  4. Thomas PRENCE arrived in New England on the ship Fortune in 1621. He was originally from Lechlade, co. Gloucester, according to family correspondence. Thomas was the Governor of Plymouth Colony for some time.
     Reference: Anderson, Robert Charles - The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vol. III, p.1518-1524 (pub. 1995).

     [1-4 Submitted 26th September 2000].

  5. James DAVIS, son of John DAVIS of Acton Turville, was married 11 June 1618 at Gloucester (recorded in the registers of Thornbury) to Cicely TAYER, b. Thornbury 1600, daughter of John TAYER and Joan LAWRENCE. This couple arrived in New England by 1640.
     Reference: The American Genealogist, vol. 72, p. 81-90, and p. 209-219.

     [5 Submitted 2nd October 2000].

  6. John COREY arrived in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1638 from Bristol, co. Gloucester.
     Reference: New England Historical & Genealogical Register vol. 147 (Apr. 1993), pp 162-163: [based on a property deed].

  7. Barnabas DAVIS [and wife Patience (JAMES) Ed: See Barnabas DAVIS, below] arrived in Connecticut in 1635 from Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester.
     Reference: Anderson, Robert Charles; with Sanborn, G F. & M L - The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-5, Surnames C-F, pp 286-292 (pub. 1999).
     [Lechford's notarial records state that wife Patience was living at "Teuxbury".]

  8. George WATHEN and his nephew Thomas WATHEN arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1640 from Bristol, co. Gloucester.
     Reference: New England Historical & Genealogical Register vol. 148 (Jan. 1994), pp 67-78. [A court record in New England states that Thomas was from Bristol]

  9. Peter WEARE arrived in York, Maine about 1639 from Charfield, co. Gloucester.
     Reference: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire, p. 727. [The PCC will of Thomas WEARE of Charfield co. Gloucester, yeoman, names his brother Peter WEARE of York in New England as executor]

     [6-9 Submitted 20th May 2002].

  10. Richard THAYER arrived 1641, Braintree, Massachusetts with children Richard, Sara, Jael, Deborah, Zechariah, Hester, Nathaniel and Cornelius, whose baptisms are found at Thornbury.
      Reference: New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol 60 (1906): pp281-291.

  11. Thomas THAYER and wife Margery WHEELER arrived 1640 Braintree, Massachusetts with sons Thomas, Ferdinando and Shadrach, whose baptisms are found at Thornbury.
      Reference: New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol 60 (1906): pp281-291.

  12. Francis BREWSTER and wife Lucy arrived 1641, New Haven, Connecticut. They were from Bristol, as noted in the deposition books there.
      Reference: The American Genealogist vol 12: pp199-210, and vol 13: pp113-116, 154-163.

      [10-12 Submitted 16th Mar 2004].

• The following entry has been contributed by . [See also above, Richard DOLE]

  Giles BADGER, b. Wotton in about 1610, son of John BADGER and Ann GREENWAY; Giles purchased land in (Old) Newbury on 12 July 1639 from John SARGENT.
  (Reference: Newbury Town Records 1637-1692, Vol. 19a: 20; from an 1827 transcript made by Joshua COFFIN, town clerk, in Town Records, vol. 13, pp. 42f.).
  Giles also appears with his brothers Richard and "Nathanile" on a 12 March 1641/2 list of freeholders of Newbury, Ma.
  (Reference: Currier, John J.; History of Newbury, Mass. 1635-1902, Boston, 1902., pp. 54 and 55.) See also Joslyn, Roger D. C.G.; "The American Genealogist", The English Ancestry of the Newbury Badgers, January 1982 Vol. 58, No.1. Interesting note, Giles married the Ggrandaughter of William DOLE and Joan HALE.

  Permission for the dissemination of this information stems from Mrs. Theodore L. Badger of Chestnut Hill, Ma, U.S.A. who employed Roger D. Joslyn, Certified Genealogist who, with the assistance of Mr. Brian Frith, FSG of Gloucester, England, researched and published their findings in The American Genealogist, "The English Ancestry of the Newbury Badgers", January 1985, Vol. 52, No.1. Mrs. Badger granted permission, which was declared in that article.

  Submitted 15th April 2000.

• The following additional information has been contributed by . [See also above, Barnabas DAVIS].

  Sam points out that Barnabas's wife and family didn't emigrate with him until 1639 (NOT 1635, as stated above). Citing the Great Migration....."Barnabas DAVIS made several Atlantic crossings between 1635 and 1640 in the employ of the brothers William and John WOODCOCK". He returned to England in early 1636, went back to Connecticut later that year, coming back to England again in 1637, and returning to New England permanently in 1639.

  On December 30, 1635, Bartholomew GREEN wrote to Sir Richard SALTONSTALL about matters in Connecticut, and stated in the letter that "I hope that this bearer Mr. Woodcock man will certify you how it is"; a marginal note by Saltonstall identifies "Mr. Woodcock man" as "Jo: Davis", but this must be an error for Barnabas DAVIS.

  Patience, daughter of Barnabas DAVIS, was baptised in Tewkesbury on 31st December 1636, placing Barnabas's trip from London to Tewkesbury to visit his wife in the early spring in 1636. Barnabas therefore must have sailed from Boston to England in the dead of winter, in January and February of 1635/6. Henry VANE sailed for England early in August of 1637, and so for Davis to have been in New England for a year prior to that date, he must have sailed to New England the second time in the summer of 1636. He would then have landed back in England again in September of 1637, and a year and three-quarters from that date would bring us back to June of 1639.

  The birth of his daughter in 1636 clearly demonstrates Barnabas was still in England at this point.

  The name of the first ship Barnabas left Gloucestershire in 1635 was the "Blessing". The names of the other ships are unknown. Apparently, Barnabas had wanted to take his wife and family over the first trip, but the WOODCOCK Brothers, for whom he was doing business, talked him out of it, and effectively held them hostage until he finished their business. They were presumably afraid that if they let his wife and children go with him, he wouldn't return to England. However the WOODCOCKS subsequently got more interested in other investments in the Caribbean and never got around to paying Barnabas. Barnabas hired a lawyer by the name of Thomas LECHFORD who fortunately for us kept a "notebook" of all the legal entanglements....and thus we have the great history of Barnabas and his whereabouts.

  What is amazing to us is that crossing the Atlantic ONCE in those days was risky enough... Barnabas could be considered lucky to make it across 5 times! On top of which, the locals in Connecticut were in the midst of the Pequot War and promptly grabbed Barnabas and had him go fight....so it took him awhile to get back to England the first time.

  References: Anderson, Robert Charles; with Sanborn, G F. & M L - The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-5, Surnames C-F, pp 286-292 (pub. 1999). (COPAC)
  Davis, Sumner A. Barnabas Davis (1599-1685) and His Descendants (Talladega, AL, 1973).

  Submitted 24th July 2002.

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