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William Phelps, (c. 1593 —July 14, 1672) was a Puritan who emigrated from Crewkerne, England in 1630, one of the founders of both Dorchester, Boston Massachusetts and Windsor, Connecticut, and one of eight selected to lead the first democratic town government in the American colonies in 1637.
Breen Timothy H., and Stephen Foster. "Moving to the New World: The Character of Early Massachusetts Migration," William & Mary Quarterly 30 (1973): 189–222 in JSTOR; Cressy, David. Coming Over: Migration and Communication between England and New England in the Seventeenth Century (1987), Dunn, Richard S. Puritans and Yankees: The Winthrop ...
1630 8 April – Winthrop Fleet : The ship Arbella and three others set sail from the Solent with 400 passengers under the leadership of John Winthrop headed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America as part of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640) ; seven more, with another 300 aboard, follow in the next few weeks.
The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620–1633. Vol. I A-F. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. pp. 430–435. ISBN 0-88082-044-6. Cole, Frank Theodore (1887). The Early Genealogies of the Cole Families in America. Columbus, Ohio: Printed for the author by Hann and Adair. pp. 80–84. samuel cole.
Dorchester (/ ˈ d ɔːr tʃ ɛ s t ər /) is a neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km 2) in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester, Dorset, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The colony began in 1628 and was the company's second attempt at colonization. It was successful, with about 20,000 people migrating to New England in the 1630s. Atherton was part of this first wave of Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640). Atherton was a child emigrant.
New York’s surging migrant growth has seen the state’s population tick up between 2023 and 2024, reversing a years-long trend as locals leave the state for cheaper living or warmer weather.
The first phase of the Great Migration Study Project identifies and describes all those Europeans who settled in New England prior to the end of 1633 — over 900 early New England families. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635 [second series], 7 volumes (NEHGS, 1999–2011). In these two years, approximately 1,300 ...