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A collaborative effort between Scott Billigmeier, Louise Hastings, Ann Guenther and Julie Hastings-Barnes

 

The Elizabeth

Thomas Hastings and his first wife, Susan, sailed from Ipswich, England on The Elizabeth in April 1634.  While his English home has yet to be established, his fellow passengers on The Elizabeth may provide some useful clues.  It is well known that the "Great Migration" immigrants tended to travel in groups - family, church or community.  Given this, the origins of his fellow travelers are highly relevant.  It is also suggested by historians that the sequence of registration is important because passengers traveling together tended to get registered together.  If this is true, the names of Underwood and Smith(e) are particularly worth tracking. 

From the matrix below, we can easily see that virtually all of his fellow passengers were from the East of England.  Most were from the East Anglia region northeast of London which was then known as the Eastern Association.  This pattern is consistent with what is known of the more general immigration patterns of the "Great Migration."  There were a few key factors that caused so many of our ancestors to leave East Anglia.  The region had been the economic power house of England but it was hard hit by an economic depression in the first half of the 1600s.  Perhaps not coincidentally, the Puritan movement developed deep roots in East Anglia and its bordering counties.  Dedham, Essex, for example, (see John Sherman below) was considered a "hot bed" of Puritan agitation.  The Church of England eventually tired of this and helped drive the militants to the new world.    

* Possible passengers (not on all lists)

Passenger(s)	Origins
John & Phobe (Wilson1) Bernard	Due to some factors, to include their order on the ship manifest, he thought to have been  b. at West Bergholt, Suffolk with connections to Dedham,  Essex.  While this may be possible it is largely inferential.
William & Sarah Blomfield
Humphrey & Bridgett Bradstreet	He was b. in Ipswich, Suffolk, had  family roots in Bentley, Essex &  worked in Capel St. Mary, Suffolk
John Clearke	London with connections to Risby & Stratford, Suffolk.
John & Anne Crosse	Suffolk
William Cutting	vicinity of Great Bromley, Essex
Robert & Mary Day
John Firmin	probably Sudbury, Suffolk
Henery Glouer	Dennington, Suffolk.  Cannot be traced in New England.
Robert & Katherine Goodall	Framlingham, Suffolk
Henery & Anne Gouldson (aka Goldstone)	He was b. in Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, and worked at Bedingfield, Suff.
Henery & Susan (Stone) Kimball	He was b. in Lawford, Essex.  They  also had connections to  Rattlesden, Suffolk
Richard & Ursula (Scott2) Kimball	He was b. in Hitcham, Suffolk with connections to Rattlesden.
Thomas & Elizabeth Kilborne	He was b. in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Edmond & Mary Lewis
Isaake & Sarah Mixer	Capel St. Mary, Suffolk
George & Elizabeth Munnings	Rattlesden, Suffolk
John Palmer
Danyell Pierce	Norwich, Norfolk
Thurston & Elizabeth Raynor	Elmsett, Suffolk
Robert Sherin
John Sherman	Suffolk & Dedham, Essex.  Ties to  Kemball families.
Thomas & Elizabeth (Strutt) Scott	Rattlesden, Suffolk.  Thomas was brother-in-law of Richard Kemball
Samuel & Elizabeth Smithe	Whatfield, Suffolk
John & Elinor Spring	Probably Lavenham, Suffolk
Martin & Martha (Fiske) Underwood	Great Bentley, Essex with Suffolk  (prob. Elmham) roots.
Richard & Rose Woodward	Worked in Suffolk but original home unknown.
Joseph Mosse or Morse	Dedham, Essex
Sarah Reynolds
Susan Munson	Origins unknown.  She is inconsistently described as a servant of Thomas Hastings who traveled in  the employ.
Rebecca Isaacke
Anne Dorifall