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Facts and Events
Quaker Persecution
"John Small became a Quaker, and his fines for absence from church did not cease until 1667." (Perley, p. 2:253)
John Small's best yoke of oxen was taken from him for the payment of fines. (Perley, p. 2:270)
1658. "March. - John Small, Josiah Southwick, and John Burton, belonging to this place, and to the Friends, were apprehended in Dedham, on their way to Rhode Island, to provide a place for themselves and families. They were carried before Governor in Boston, who allowed them to pursue their way by paying costs." (Felt, p. 197, also Perley, p. 2:246)
10 Nov 1660: John Small, sr., Philip Verrin, Samuel Gaskin, Mrs. Tomsin Buffum, Daniel Southwick, Samuel Salmon, and Mrs. Thomas Gardner, sr., were summoned to the Salem court for attentding a Quaker meeting. (Perley, p. 2:264)
| The James of London (1635)
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| At least two ships called the James sailed in 1635 from England to New England. The passenger list for this one refers to the "James of London." It lists only the men and boys, but indicates that wives and children accompanied them.
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| Sailed: | 26 Apr 1635 from London, England under Master William Cooper
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| Arrived: | 3 Jun 1635 at Boston, Massachusetts.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Small, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
307.
"Small, John: [Origin] Salisbury Wiltshire; [Emigration] 1635 on James; [Resided] Salem [GM 2:6:345-47]."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Small, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
6:345-47.
"MIGRATION: 1635 on the James (on or about 5 April 1635, 'John Smale, his servant,' listed immediately after 'Edmund Batter, maltster, … late of New England [sic]', appeared on the passenger list of the James of London, preparing to sail for New England from Southampton [Drake's Founders 56]). …
BIRTH:About 1616 (deposed on 16 March 1684/5 'aged about sixty-eight years' [EQC 9:439]).
DEATH: After 3 January 1683[/4?] (appearance in Salem tax lists). (Secondary sources stat that he 'died in the spring of 1688' [Perley 1:295; Granberry 315], but the evidence for this claim has not been found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: Sidney Perley, 1924-1928)
Vol. 1, p. 295.
John Small; planter; married Ann ---, who was born about 1636 [error for 1616]; died in the spring of 1688; children: 1. Stephen, born about 1636 [sic, 1656? married 1676 Hannah Sibley]; 2. Thomas [married 1663 Ruth Cantlebury]; 3. Mary; married John Buxton; 4. Joseph [married 1672 Lydia Buxton]; 5. Benjamin, born about 1649 [married 1671 Martha Fisk] (and possibly sons John and Samuel).
[p. 2:151:] 25 Jan 1642/43 town granted to John Small 10 acres "at Enon on the west side of the great pond".
- Felt, Joseph B. (Joseph Barlow). Annals of Salem: Second Edition. (Salem, Mass.: W. & S. B. Ives, 1845, 1849)
197.
- "The Founders of New England", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
pp. 14:332-333.
"SOUTHon. - A List of names of suche Passengrs as shipt themselues at the towne of Hampton, in the James of London of iije tonnes William Coopr Mr vrs New-England, in and aboute the vt of Aprill, 1635."
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Edmund Batter, maulter }
John Smale, his servant } late of New England
[7 others in this group]
[Note: Anderson , Vol. 1 (A-B), p. 211, notes that this group of 9 men had no record of being in New England and assumes this was a clerical error, intended to say New Sarum.]
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