Winthrop Fleet

The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 was a fleet of eleven ships that carried 700 immigrants from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in April to July 1630. The group was led by Governor John Winthrop.

Related Topics:
1630 - Massachusetts Bay Colony - John Winthrop

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It was and is the largest fleet ever assembled to carry Englishmen

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overseas to a new homeland.

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Also known as the Great Migration. This was a well planned and financed expedition.

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Anno domini 1630: march 29: mundaye.

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Easter mundaye. Rydinge at the Cowes near the Ile of wight in the Arbella...

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So begins John Winthrop's famous journal of

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The vessels

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Arbella

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Ambrose

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Jewel

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Talbot

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Charles

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Mayflower

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William and Francis

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Hopewell

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Whale

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Success

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Trial

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