Here is a list of my immigrant ancestors with a known origin in the British Isles and France. More will be added as prepared.
England:
- 1621, Thomas Farley, wife, Jane, and daughter, Ann, to Jamestown, from Worcester, Worcester, England. Documentation: Records of the Jamestown Company; Will of Roger Farley.
- Abt. 1640, Matthew Moulthrop, from Bridlington, Yorkshire, and wife, Jane Nichol, from Wraby, Lincolnshire, to New Haven Colony. Documentation: Articles by Patricia Law Hatcher in The American Genealogist, vol. 74.
- Abt 1640, Samuel Hotchkiss, from Dodington, Whitchurch Parish, Shropshire, to New Haven Colony, d. 1663. Documentation: Will of father, John Hotchkiss.
- Bef 1690, Joseph Phipps, and wife, Mary or Sarah Benefield, from Abington, Berkshire. Documentation: Reading (Eng.) Monthly Meeting, his will in 1716, her biography published in The Friend.
- 1717, George Boone, and wife, Mary Maugridge. He was from Stoke Canon, Devonshire and she was from Bradnich, Devonshire. They settled in Pennsylvania.
- 1771, James Harvey May, alias Emanuel King. Documentation: Records of The Old Bailey. Transported from Middlesex Gaol on the ship Justitia to Virginia.
Wales:
- 1693, or 1694, Maud Richards, wife of Rowland Powell. She was from Llanllwch, Carmarthen, Wales. He is presumed to be Welsh. Immigrated to Pennsylvania. Documentation: Certificate from St Peters Parish, Carmarthen, Wales. Married at Radnor Monthly Meeting in 1694.
Scotland:
- 1635, John Burnett, and wife, Lucretia Johnston, from Aberdeen to Old Rappahannock, Virginia. Documentation: Called "Merchant of Glascow" in Charter from King Charles II. Ship Abraham of London.
Ireland:
- 1727-1728, George Aston, from Wicklow, and wife, Elizabeth Hunter, from Ballinaclash, Wicklow, Ireland. First to London, then to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Documentation: London, England, Monthly Meeting; Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Member of Delaware and Pennsylvania legislatures.
France:
- Abt 1660, Benois Brasseur (Benjamin Brashear) and his wife, Mary [Richeford?], are called "subjects of the King of France" in their Denization paper from Lord Baltimore. He is first found in Nancemond and Lower Norfolk, Virginia, and then moves to "The Cliffs" in Calvert County, Maryland. He was a Justice of the Peace and died in 1663 without a will. Mary wrote a will before her marriage to Thomas Starling. The home of Benois Brasseur, "Upper Bennett", was in existence in 1957 and was located at "The Cliffs" in Calvert Co., Maryland. it was purchased from Richard Bennett, Esq., colonial Governor of both Virginia and Maryland.
