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Arbella or Arabella [2] was the flagship of the Winthrop Fleet on which Governor John Winthrop, other members of the Company (including William Gager), and Puritan emigrants transported themselves and the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company from England to Salem between April 8 and June 12, 1630, thereby giving legal birth to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Arrival of the Winthrop Colony, by William F. Halsall. The Winthrop Fleet was a group of 11 ships led by John Winthrop out of a total of 16 [1] funded by the Massachusetts Bay Company which together carried between 700 and 1,000 Puritans plus livestock and provisions from England to New England over the summer of 1630, during the first period of the Great Migration.
The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 included 11 ships led by the flagship Arbella, and it delivered some 700 passengers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. [3] Migration continued until Parliament was reconvened in 1640, when the scale dropped off sharply.
Yet Winthrop the Younger, and forgotten figures in his stead, fused both head and heart, but in their occult fascinations they also added an additional element no less American: the spirit.
Winthrop sailed on the Arbella, accompanied by his two young sons Samuel [b] and Stephen. [57] The ships were part of a larger fleet totalling 11 ships that carried about 700 migrants to the colony. [58] Winthrop's son Henry Winthrop missed the Arbella 's sailing and ended up on the Talbot, which also sailed from Wight.
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He arrived at Massachusetts Bay onboard Arbella, part of the Winthrop Fleet, on 17 June 1630. He was accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, who was sixteen at that time. Among with other settlers he came ashore at Charlestown on 1 July and was appointed a deacon. On 3 April 1632, Aspinwall took the oath of a freeman. [2]
This is a list of all known immigrants during the entire project period, with their year of migration, first residence, origin in England (if known), and references to sources of further information. ISBN 9780880823272. The Great Migration Newsletter (NEHGS, 2017). The newsletter was published from 1990 to 2016.