Friday, January 25, 2013

England -> New England -> Midwest Migration

Most mileage approximate and based on google searches.  Routes may or may not follow current roads.  

Loomis family migration - 3408 miles in 125 years
  • ca. 1590 Thaxted, England to Braintree, England - 13 miles
  • 1638 Braintree to Boston, MA - 3250 miles more or less on the Susan & Ellen,  Apr. 11 - July 17 - 98 days
    Joseph Hills of Charlestown, in New England, woolen draper, aged about 36 years, sworn, saith upon his oath that he came to New England undertaker in the ship called the Susan & Ellen of London whereof was master Mr. Edward Payne, in the year of our Lord 1638, the 14th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord the King that now is, and this deposition knows that diverse goods and chattels, victuals and commodities of Joseph Loomis late of Braintree in Essex County, woolendraper, which were put up in three butts, two hogsheads, one half hogshed, one barrel, one tub and three firkins, transported from Malden in Essex County to London in an Ispswich Hye, were shipped in the said ship upon the 11th day of April in the year abovesaid, and this deponent cleared the said goods with diverse other goods of the said Joseph Loomis and other mens, in the Custom house at London, as may appear by the Customers books and this deposition saith that the said goods were transported into New England in the said ship where she arrived on the 17th day of July in the year aforesaid.
  • 1638 Boston to Dorchester, MA - 6 miles
  • 1639 Dorchester to Windsor, CT - 105 miles probably used the Old Connecticut Path
  • ca. 1715 Windsor to Lebanon, CT - 34 miles merged with Janes
Peck family migration - 6623 miles over 42 years
  • 1599 Beccles, England to Cambridge, England - 72 miles
  • 1605 Cambridge to Hingham, England - 51 miles
  • 1638 Norfolk, England to Hingham, MA - 3250 miles more or less on the Diligent
  • 1641 Hingham, MA to Hingham, England - 3250 miles more or less; Rev. Robert & Anne (Lawrence) Peck and son Joseph returned to England when Cromwell came to power.  Their daughter Anne married John Mason and remained in New England.

Lathrop family migration - 5,262 miles over 285 years
  • ca. 1605 - Etton, Yorkshire to London - 210 miles
  • 1634 - London to Boston, MA - 3,325 miles on the Griffin, 24 Apr. - 18 Sep. - 148 days
  • 1634 - Boston to Scituate, MA - 30 miles
  • 1639 - Scituate to Barnstable, MA - 52 miles
  • 1648 - Barnstable, MA to New London, CT - probably used the Lower Post Road 
  • 1668 - New London to Norwich, CT - 13 miles inland, up river
  • b/t 1760-1790 Norwich to Fairfax, VT - 282 miles
  • ca 1792 Fairfax to Franklin, VT - 30 miles
  • ca. 1795 Franklin to Canada - 4 miles
  • 1815 Canada to Richford, VT - 17 miles
  • 1837 Richford to Greensburg, IN - 901 miles - possibly used the Erie Canal
  • 1841 Greensburg to Lawrence Co. IL - 187 miles
  • ca. 1890 Lawrence Co. to Scrub Hill - ca. 80 miles

Mayflower
Bradford family migration - 4,271 miles over 97 years
  • 1607 Austerfield to Leiden, Netherlands - 471 miles 
  • 1619 Leiden to London, England - 318 miles
  • 1620 London to Plymouth, England - 237 miles overland, they sailed
  • 1620 Plymouth to Plymouth, MA - 3125 miles on the Mayflower, Sep. 6 - Nov. 21 - 92 days
  • ca. 1680 Plymouth to Kingston, MA - 4 miles
  • ca. 1697 Kingston to Norwich, CT - 105 miles
  • ca. 1704 Norwich to Lebanon, CT - 11 miles - merge with Janes 
Warren family migration - 3362 miles in 3 years
  • 1620 Richard Warren - London to Plymouth, England - 237 miles overland, they sailed
  • 1620  Plymouth to Plymouth, MA - 3125 miles on the Mayflower, see above
  • 1623  Elizabeth & daughters - England to MA 3125 miles on the Anne - merge with Little
Perkins family migration - 3480 miles in 65 years
  • 1630 Bristol, England to Nantasket, MA/Hull, MA - 3250 miles more or less on the Lyon, Dec. 1, 1630 - Feb. 5, 1631 - 67 days
  • 1633 Dorchester, MA to Ipswich, MA - 35 miles
  • 1695 Ipswich to Norwich, CT - 128 miles - probably used the Lower Post Road - merge with Lathrop
Tilden family migration - 3365 miles in 66 years
  • 1634 Tenterden, England to MA - 3250 miles more or less on the Hercules 
  • ca. 1700 Scituate, MA to Lebanon, CT - 115 miles - merge with Powell
Janes family migration - 3553 miles in 76 years
  • 1637 England to New Haven, CT - 3400 miles
  • 1662 New Haven to Northampton, MA 83 miles
  • 1713 Northampton to Lebanon, CT 70 miles - merge with Powell

Old Saybrook
Mason family migration - 3860 miles over 39 years
  • ca. 1620 England to Netherlands - approximately 430 miles
  • 1630 England to Hull, MA - 3250  miles more or less on the Mary & John Mar. 20 - May 30 - 71 days, the passengers of the Mary & John founded Dorchester, MA
  • 1636 Dorchester, MA to Windsor, CT - 104 miles, probably used the Old Connecticut Path
  • 1647 Windsor to Saybrook, CT - 50 miles
  • 1659 Saybrook to Norwich, CT - 26 miles - merged with Fitch
Moore family migration - 3354 miles over 5 years
  • 1630 England to Dorchester, MA - 3250 miles more or less on the Mary & John, see above, founding family of Dorchester
  • 1635 Dorchester to Windsor, CT - 104 miles - merged with Loomis
Capen family migration - 3250 miles in 1 year
  • 1630 England to Dorchester, MA - 3250 miles more or less on the Mary & John, see above, founding family of Dorchester - merged with Rockwell
Gallop family migration - 3376 miles over 24 years
  • 1630 England to Dorchester, MA - 3250 miles more or less on the Mary & John, see above
  • 1643 Boston, MA to Taunton, MA - 38 miles
  • 1651 Taunton, MA to New London, CT - 73 miles - merge with Hodges
  • 1654 New London to Stonington, CT - 15 miles
Rockwell family migration - 3354 miles in 7 years
  • 1630 Somerset, England to Dorchester, MA - 3250 miles more or less on the Mary & John, see above
  • ca. 1637 Dorchester to Windsor, CT - 104 miles - merged with Loomis
Steele/Talcott family migration - 3357 miles over 14 years
  • ca. 1631 Fairsled, England to Newtown/Cambridge, MA - 3250 miles more or less
  • 1635 Cambridge to Hartford, CT, one of the founding families - 98 miles on the Old Connecticut Path, 2 weeks
  • 1645 Hartford to Farmington, CT, a founding proprietor - 9 miles - merged with Judd
Hodges family migration - 3259 miles over 70 years
  • ca. 1633 England to MA - 3250 miles more or less
  • ca. 1703 Taunton, MA to Middleboro, MA - 9 miles merged with Perkins
Reade family migration - 3250 miles in 1 year
  • ca. 1632 Essex to Hull, MA - 3250 miles more or less, settled in Ipswich, MA
Fitch family migration - 3431 miles over 62 years
  • 1638 Bocking, England to MA - 3250 miles more or less
  • ca. 1640 MA to Hartford, CT - 101 miles probably used the Old Connecticut Path, took about 2 weeks
  • 1646 Hartford to Saybrook, CT - 43 miles
  • 1660 Saybrook to Norwich, CT - 26 miles
  • ca. 1700 Norwich to Lebanon, CT - 11 miles merge with Bradford
Powell family migration - 3632 miles over 158 years
  • ca. 1640 Wales to Boston, MA 3,155 miles
  • ca. 1645 Boston to Gloucester, MA - 37 miles
  • ca. 1675 Gloucester to Lebanon, CT - 132 miles
  • ca. 1770 Lebanon to Hartford, VT - 177 miles
  • 1798 Hartford to Richford, VT - 131 miles - merge with Lathrop
Immigrant families to look into further:
  • Adgate - living in Saybrook, CT 1653
  • Bushnell - living in Saybrook, CT 1648
  • Carpenter - living in Plymouth, MA 1623
  • Crow - immigrated ca. 1636, original proprietor of Hartford, CT ca. 1637
  • Goodwin - in Farmington, CT in 1673
  • Judd - Northampton in 1688
  • Leffingwell - in Saybrook in 1649
  • Little - in Plymouth in 1633
  • Lovell - in Salem, MA 1640
  • Marvin - living in Saybrook, CT 1648
  • Norton - living in Guilford, CT 1631
  • Richardson - living in CT 1729
  • Truman - in New London, CT ca. 1698
  • Wells - living in Guilford, CT 1631
  • White - 1638 to Boston w/ Joseph Loomis, see above; died Farmington, CT 1667

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