Person:John Faunce (1)
John Faunce
b.ABT 1602 Purleigh, Essex, England
d.29 NOV 1653 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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m. 1633
  1. Sarah Faunce
  2. Mary FaunceAFT 1632 - 1664
  3. Priscilla FaunceABT 1634 - 1707
  4. Patience FaunceABT 1640 - 1697
  5. Thomas Faunce1646-1647 - 1746
  6. Elizabeth Faunce1648 - 1649
  7. Mercy Faunce1651 - 1732
  8. Joseph Faunce1653 - 1728
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Name[1][2] John Faunce
Gender Male
Birth? ABT 1602 Purleigh, Essex, England(Probably)
Alt Birth? 1610
Immigration[1][3] 1623 Plymouth, Plymouth, MassachusettsAboard the Anne
Marriage 1633 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusettsto Patience Morton
Death[3] 29 NOV 1653 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Alt Death? 18 Jan 1687 Plymouth, Plymouth, MassachusettsCitation needed
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), Vol. 2, p. 148.

    FAUNCE, JOHN, Plymouth, came in the Ann 1623, prob[ably]. young, for no w[ife]. or ch[ild]. is ment[ioned]. for ten y[ea]rs. m[arried]. 1633, Patience, d[aughter]. of George Morton, had Priscilla, wh[o]. m[arried]. Joseph Warrell; Mary, wh[o]. m[arried]. 15 July 1658, William Harlow; Patience, wh[o]. m[arried]. 20 Nov. 1661, John Holmes; Sarah, wh[o]. m[arried]. 26 Feb. 1663, Edward Dotey; Thomas, b[orn]. a[bout]. 1647; Elizabeth 23 Mar. 1648, d[ied]. next y[ea]r.; Mercy, 10 Apr. 1651, wh[o]. m[arried]. 29 Dec. 1667, Nathaniel Holmes; John, wh[o]. d[ied]. 29 Nov. 1654, prob[ably]. young; and Joseph, 14 May 1653; and d[ied]. 18 Jan. 1687. The name, Manasseh F[aunce]. wh[o]. stands next to his in the list of passengers in the Ann, must be, without doubt, for M[anasseh]. Kempton.

  2. ↑ George Willison. Saints & Strangers. (published 1945, Reynal & Hitchcock), p.235, 447, 449, & 460.

    John Faunce arrived at Plymouth as a Stranger via ANNE or FORTUNE c.1623. They had nine children, including Thomas Faunce b. 1647, who became the 3rd and last Ruling Elder (1699-1746) of Plymouth.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 John Faunce, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    citing NEHGR 116:188-89, reinterpreting PCR 8:16, which gives the year as 1654.

The Anne and The Little James (1623)
The Anne and the Little James left England together, and arrived a week or so apart in Plymouth. Most of the passengers were probably on the Anne, as the Little James was smaller and carried mostly cargo.
Sailed: May(?) 1623 from an unspecified port in England under William Peirce (Master Anne), Emanuel Althan (Captain Little James), and John Bridges (Master Little James).
Arrived: 10 July 1623 (the Anne) and about 10 days later (the Little James) at Plymouth, Massachusetts
Previous Vessel: Weston's ships (Swan, Charity, Sparrow) (1622)
Next Vessel: Jonathan (1623)

Passengers:
~60 (Full List) 		Families of earlier immigrants: Patience and Fear Brewster - Elizabeth (Walker) Warren and daughters - Hester (Mathieu) Cooke and her children - Bridget (Lee) Fuller - Margaret Hicks and her children - Wife and daughter of William Hilton - Frances Palmer - Joshua Pratt - Barbara Standish
Other Passengers: Anthony Annable (and family) - Edward Bangs - Robert Bartlett - Mary Bucket - William Bridges - Thomas Clark - Christopher Conant - Anthony Dix - John Faunce - George Morton (and family) - Godbert Godbertson (and family) - Timothy Hatherly - Edward Holman - John Jenney (and family) - Manasseh Kempton - Experience Mitchell - George Morton (and family) - Ellen Newton - Oldham, John, his wife and sister - Christian Penn - Abraham Pierce - Nicholas Snow - Alice (Carpenter) Southworth - Francis Sprague - Stephen Tracy, wife, and daughter - Ralph Wallen
Resources: Primary Sources: Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation - Mourt's Relation - Pilgrim Hall (wills and other contemporary documents)

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