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Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Anne & Little James

 

 


Arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts July 10, 1623

The ship Anne arrived the latter part of June, and the Little James a week or ten days later. A number of the passengers were the wives and children of persons already in the Colony. “The ship Anne arrived in Plymouth in July, 1623 accompanied by the Little James, bringing new settlers along with many of the wives and children that had been left behind in Leyden when the Mayflower departed in 1620.” Emigrant Ancestors, John Camden Hotten, 1874

“Built by the Plymouth Adventurers to remain at the Colony___ Burthen: 44 tons” William Peirce, Master Anne Emanuel Althan, Captain Little James John Bridges, Master Little James

Columns represent: Name, Occupation and notes, Last Residence, Place in New Colony they resided

    
 1  Anthony Annable                                     All Saints, Cambridge        Scituate 
 2  Jane Annable               wife
 3  Sarah Annable              daughter
 4  Hannah Annable             daughter listed only as 
                               daughters in Hotten's
 5  Edward Bangs               shipwright               Panfield, Essex              Eastham
 6  Lydia Bangs                wife - not listed in 
                               Hotten's
 7  Jonathan Bangs             son - not listed in 
                               Hotten's
 8  John Bangs                 son - not listed in 
                               Hotten's
 9  Robert Bartlett 
10  Fear Brewster              daughter of Elder Wm. 
                               Brewster 
11  Patience Brewster          daughter of Elder Wm. 
                               Brewster
12* William Bridges                                    London 
13  Mary Buckett               otherwise listed as 
                               Mary Becket
14* Edward Burchere
15* Mrs. Burchere
16  Thomas Clarke
17  Christopher Conant         grocer                   St. Lawrence, London also listed from Holland
18  Hester Cooke               wife of Francis
19  Jane Cooke                 daughter - not listed 
                               in Hotten's
20  Jacob Cooke                son - not listed in 
                               Hotten's
21  Hester Cooke               daughter - not listed 
                               in Hotten's
22  Anthony Dix 
23  John Faunce                                         Purleigh, Essex
24  Manasseh Faunce            Not in Planters
25  Elizabeth Flavell          wife of Thomas Flavell, 
                               who came in the ship 
                               Fortune listed as 
                               "Goodwife" in Hotten's 
26  Edmund Floode
27  Bridget Fuller             ? wife of Samuel Fuller, 
                               the physician on the ship 
                               Mayflower from Leyden
28  Godbert Godbertson         hatmaker                 Leyden - listed as Cuthbert Cuthbertson in Hotten's
29  Sarah Godbertson           wife - not in Hotten's
30  Samuel Godbertson          son -  not in Hotten's
31  Sarah Priest               step-daughter - not 
                               in Hotten's
32  Mary Priest                step-daughter - not 
                               in Hotten's 
33  Timothy Hatherly           feltmaker                St. Olaves, Southward
34  William Heard 
35  Margaret Hickes            wife of Robert Hickes, 
                               who came in the ship 
                               Fortune
36  Hickes children            Samuel and Lydia? - not 
                               listed in Planters
37  Mrs. William Hilton        wife - William had sent 
                               for them before his death 
38  Hilton two children        William and Mary ?
39  Edward Holman                                       Clapham, Co. Surrey?
40* John Jenney                Erected corn mill 1636   Norwich, Norfolk  
41* Sarah Jenney               wife                     Monk Soham, Suffolk
42* Samuel Jenney              son
43* Abigal Jenney              daughter
44* Sarah Jenney               daughter
45  Manasseh Kempton                                    Colchester, Essex
46  Robert Long 
47  Experience Mitchell                                 Duke's Place, London married Jane Cooke daughter of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower 
48* George Morton              b. abt 1580, England 
                               married 1612, Leyden, 
                               Holland to Juliana 
                               Carpenter, June 1624, 
                               Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass
                               merchant Harworth, Co. 
                               Notts - listed in Planters 
                               with wife but no children
49* Juliana Morton	       wife 
50* Nathaniel Morton           became Secretary of the 
                               Colony  
51* Morton 4 other children    John, Ephraim, Patience, 
                               Sarah ?
52  Thomas Morton, Jr.         son of Thomas who came 
                               in the ship Fortune 
53  Ellen Newton 
54  John Oldham
55  Mrs. Oldham                wife - Not in Hotten's
56  Lucretia Oldham            sister - Not in Hotten's 
57  Frances Palmer             wife of William Palmer 
                               who came in the ship 
                               Fortune
58  William Palmer Jr.         son  
59  Christian Penn             not listed in Planters
60  Abraham Pierce             not listed in Planters
61 & 62 Mr. Pierce's two servants. names not indicated
63  Joshua Pratt 
64  James Rand                                           St. George, Southwark
65  Robert Rattliffe           Ratcliff in Planters
66  Mrs. Rattliffe             wife - not listed in Planters
67  Nicholas Snow                                        Hoxton, Co. Middlesex        Eastham 
68  Alice Southworth           widow, later became the 
                               second wife of Governor 
                               Bradford
69  Thomas Southworth          son - not in Hotten's 
70  Francis Sprague                                                                   Duxbury
71  Anna Sprague               wife - not in Hotten's
72  Mercy Sprague              daughter - not in Hotten's
73  Barbara Standish           second wife of Captain 
                               Standish, married after 
                               her arrival 
74  Thomas Tilden                                        Stepney, London
75  Ann ? Tilden               wife - not in Hotten's
76  Tilden child               not in Hotten's
77  Stephen Tracy                                        Yarmouth, Norfolk
78  Tryphosa Tracy             not in Hotten's
79  Tracy child                not in Hotten's
80  Ralph Wallen
81  Joyce Wallen               wife - not in Hotten's
82  Elizabeth Warren           wife of Richard Warren of 
                               Mayflower - no Warren's 
                               on Hotten's list
83  Mary Warren                daughter
84  Elizabeth Warren           daughter
85  Anna Warren                daughter
86  Sarah Warren               daughter
87  Abigail Warren             daughter
 
Transcriber's Notes:
Patience Brewster - 9th gr. grandmother of transcriber
Daughter of William Brewster of Mayflower, wife of Governor
of Plymouth Colony, Thomas Prence.
*Passengers on Little James

Correspondence 11/22/99 passengers #80, 81 WALLEN and #35 HICKES
I am a descendent of Ralph and Joyce Wallen, passengers #80 & 81.  I know 
that they stayed in Plymouth after arriving and that they had a son, 
Thomas Walling before 1630.  I have Ralph's date of death between 
1633-1634 and Joyce's after 9-7-1643.

Thomas Wallen/Walling

In honor of Thanksgiving, I thought that I would share this interesting post about one of my first ancestors in the United States.

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Name Thomas Walling[1,2,3,4]
Born 1625-1630  [5]
Died 19 Jul 1674 Providence Plantations, Rhode Island, America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6]
Father Ralph Wallen, b. Abt 1590, England,,
Mother Joyce, b. Abt 1595, England,,
Spouse 1 Mary Abbott, b. 13 Dec 1629, Providence Plantations, Rhode Island, America
Married 1651 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
Children
> 1. Thomas Walling, b. 8 Feb 1667, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
2. Gershom Walling
3. Abigail Walling, b. 1677
> 4. James Walling, b. 8 Feb 1669, Providence Plantations, Rhode Island, America
Spouse 2 Margaret White
Married 19 Jun 1669 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1]
Children
1. William Walling, b. 20 May 1670
2. John Walling, b. 20 May 1670
3. Cornelius Walling, b. 25 Oct 1672

  • Notes
    • All of the information in the following account is from Saxbe (see source below). Saxbe provides many additional details and quotations.
      That Thomas Wallen/Walling was the son of Ralph and Joyce Wallen is somewhat speculative. Saxbe says this is the most likely parentage because Joyce Wallen lived in Barnstable when she remarried after Ralph died, Ralph and Joyce’s daughter Mary lived in Barnstable with her husbands (1) John Ewer and (2) John Jenkins, and no contradictory evidence has been found.
      Thomas Walling appears in the court records of Plymouth colony in 1650 because he and a few other men stole a boat in Winter Harbor (in present-day Maine) and sailed to Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, along with two women leaving their husbands. Saxbe quotes this record, but I copied it from Neuzil (see source). “The fourth of Aprell, 1650. Tho Wallen, Richard Carle, Gorg Way, Katheren Warner, and Mary Mills were apprehended at Barnstable, in the jurisdiction of New Plym; and on the eight day of Aprell, aforsaid, they being examined before William Bradford, gent, Gouer, Willam Collyar, and Willam Thomas, gent, Assistants, confessed yt they, the said Tho Wallen, Richard Carle, & Gorge Way did healpe away Katheren Warner & Mary Mills, who were run away from theire husbands; and for yt purpose yt Richard Carle aforsaid did steale his fathers boat, which they came away in; it was therefore ordered by the Gouer & Assistants aboue mensioned, taht the aforsaid Gorg Way, Katheren Warner, & Mary Mills should bee sent from constabel to constable to the place from whence they came, wh is a place called Winter Harbor, near Richmans Iland to the eastward; and yt Tho Wallen & Richard Carle aforsaid bee comitted to ward; all which accordingly was forthwith pformed.”
      Thomas received land August 24, 1650 in Providence Plantations. Then, a letter dated February 22, 1650/51 from Roger Williams to “the town fathers” expresses reservations about Thomas’ character and concern about his imminent marriage to Mary Abbot “one of the Orphanes of our dead friend Dan”.
      Thomas proved to be a solid citizen in Providence in the 1650s, holding various significant positions (which Saxbe enumerates). However, in 1662 Thomas had left Providence, Mary, and a child, and his land and property were seized for Mary’s sustenance. Thomas returned to Providence by October 1663, and he bought land in 1663, 1664, 1665, and 1666.
      In October 1664, Thomas was fined 40 shillings for fornication with a woman named Ann Smith.
      In October 1666, Thomas was found guilty of assault on Robert Colwell and paid a bond of 20 pounds, but he failed to appear in court and forfeited his bond. It turned out that he had run away with Colwell’s wife Margaret White, whom Colwell subsequently divorced.
      In April 1668, Thomas was a partner in Edward Inman’s purchase of 2000 acres of land from “the Indians” in the area that is now North Smithfield, Rhode Island.
      In May 1668, George Way (Gorg Way in the Plymouth court record above), and Thomas’ brother in law Daniel Abbott presented Thomas to the court of Providence for fornication with Margaret Colwell. He was sentenced to be “whipt with fifteene stripes in Newport, and a weeke after, the licke punishment in the Towne of providence and to pay Court Fees.”
      Mary Abbott died in early 1669, and Thomas married Margaret on June 19, 1669. Saxbe appends a short but juicy account of Margaret and her marriage to Daniel Abbott in 1678, four years after Thomas died on July 19 1674.
      Thomas’ will mentions Margaret, his four children with Mary Abbott, and his three children with Margaret.
      From Crane: “Thomas Walling (i), the immigrant ancestor of Nelson Walling, late of Millbury, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1630. He came to New England and made his home in the colony of Roger Williams at Providence. He was formally accepted as a townsman, July 28, 1651. He had been there for some months surely, because we find him mentioned in a letter dated January 22, 1651, as the lover of the girl he subsequently married. This letter was written by Roger Williams himself at Narragansett in the town of Providence. “I understand” he wrote ” that one of the orphans of our dead friend, Daniel Abbott, is likely (as she herself told me) to be disposed of in marriage. Tis true that she has now come to some years, but who knows not what need the poor maid hath of your fatherly care, counsel and direction. I would not disparage the young man (for I hear that he hath been laborious)” etc. He desires the town, however, to have some assurance that the young man “will forsake his former courses.” Whatever Williams meant by his courses is not told— probably some religious differences, from the fact that Walling evidently conformed later and was admitted a freeman in 1655. He became a man of prominence. As early as 1657 he was a commissioner and magistrate. In 1660 he was surveyor of highways in Providence. He sold a home share of land January 25, 1657, to Richard Pray, and he drew lot No. 72 in a division of land among the proprietors of Providence, February 19, 1665. He had a law suit with Thomas Olney, Jr., July 27, 1670. He died at Providence, Rhode Island, July 19, 1674. His will was dated July 19, 1674, and proved November 22, 1674, his wife Margaret being executor. He bequeathed his farm to his sons Thomas, John and William Walling; his house to William; other lands to sons James and Cornelius and remembered his daughter Abigail with a trifle. His widow, December 13, 1675, confirmed a deed of fifty acres of land sold by her late husband to Daniel Abbott. Mr. Walling married Mary Abbott, daughter of Daniel and Mary Abbott. Daniel was a friend of Roger Williams and Mary was the orphan mentioned in the letter quoted. Mr. Walling married (second), June 19, 1669, a few months after the death of his first wife, Margaret Colwell, daughter of Robert Colwell [This is apparently and error, as Robert is shown to be her husband in court documents, and she is named “Margaret White”], and . She married (second), December 25, 1678, Daniel Abbott. She died 1717. Children of Thomas and Mary Walling were : Thomas, married, 1695, Sarah Elwell and they had ten children; removed to Cohansey, New Jersey, but some of the family remained and descendants lived at Providence. Gershom, settled in Providence ; apprenticed very young to Nathaniel Mowry January 27, 1667. Abigail, died unmarried 1677. James, see forward. Children of Thomas and Margaret Walling were : William, born May 20, 1670. John, born May 20, 1670, died November II, 1694, unmarried : estate administered by his brother Thomas. Cornelius, born October 25, 1672.”

  • Sources
    1. [S151] Thomas Walling and His Way with Women, William B. Saxbe Jr., (The American Genealogist, April, 1998, pp.91 – 100.)
    2. [S152] Women in Plymouth Colony, 1633-1668, Anna Neuzil, Go to the Web Page
    3. [S270] Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, Prepared under the Editorial Supervision of Ellery Bicknell Crane, (Vol. II New York, Chicago The Lewis Publishing Company 1907)
    4. [S269] Cookie Crumbs, Gregory Cooke, (Go to the Web Page“>Go to the website)
    5. [S63] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.
    6. [S24] Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930 Rhode Island Vital Records. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000.

Sliding down the teaberry patch

My grandpa Claude Baker grew up along the Clinch River in Kyles Ford, Tennessee.  Two of his best friends growing up were Dillard and Rufus Fisher.  Being boys, they entertained themselves and tended to get into mischief together.

Teaberry plants

On one of the local ridges was a teaberry patch.  The leaves were nice and slick, and the boys liked to slide down the ridge on them.  One day, they were doing just that, when Rufus realized that he had to have a bowel movement.  He yelled up at his brother Dillard to hold off on sliding down for a minute.  He then took care of his business, covered it up with leaves, and yelled up at Dillard to come on down.  Dillard slid down and right through Rufus’ little surprise.  Rufus took off running as hard as he could, laughing all the way.

Grandpa found out what had happened and burst out laughing too.  Especially when he saw Dillard walking down the road with a rock behind his back, yelling, “Come on back Rufus.  I’m not mad.  I’m not going to hurt you.  Come on back.”

The crippled, would-be highwayman

One day, my grandpas Fred Roberts and Claude Baker and my great uncles Ed and Bascum Roberts were riding over Wallen’s Ridge in their wagon.  As they came around a bend, grandpas Fred and Claude noticed a group of men back in the brush.  One of them came limping out onto the road and said, “As you can see, I’m crippled.”  Obviously, he was hoping to get a ride on the wagon.  Grandpas Roberts and Baker ignored the man, knowing that he was up to no good.  Great uncle Bascum, being a kind hearted soul, if not the brightest one, got out of the wagon to walk beside the man and talk to him.

Knowing that he was up to no good, grandpa Roberts got his shotgun out and quietly handed it over to grandpa Baker.  Grandpa Baker sat on the back of the wagon with the shotgun to make sure that the man and his friends didn’t give Bascum any trouble.  As grandpa Baker told it, “There weren’t no trouble.”

Eventually, the man stopped walking and bid them goodbye.  He didn’t appear to have a limp as he walked back to his friends.

I’ll cut him hip-to-hip

My grandpa, Fred Roberts, was known for many things.  But a sense of humor wasn’t one of them.  As my dad puts it, “He didn’t say much.   But he meant what he said.”

One day great grandpa Elbert’s family were visiting some relatives.  Their cousins were a little mean, and decided it would be fun to throw the Robertses into a nearby river.  After they had thrown grandpa’s brothers and father in, they came to him.

A classic example of a Hawkbill knife.

He immediately pulled out his large hawkbill knife (used for grading tobacco) and told them, “The first man that touches me, I’ll cut him hip-to-hip”.

Needless to say, grandpa did not get thrown in the river that day.

The tanbark wagon

 

My great uncle Ed Roberts was known for his strength.  One day, he, great uncle Bascum Roberts,  grandpa Fred Roberts and grandpa Claude Baker were at the top of Powell Mountain loading tanbark into a wagon.  When they tried to leave, the rear, right wagon wheel got hung on a root.  Confident of his strength, Ed tried to raise the wagon full of tanbark over the root.  He couldn’t do it.  Grandpa Roberts walked up to the wagon and as if it weren’t anything, lifted the wagon up over the root.