Passengers of the Truelove

Master John Gibbs
September 19, 1635

This table details the roll of passengers of the Truelove, which sailed from London, mid-September, 1635, bound for New England. The ship arrived safe at Massachusetts Bay, although some of the persons listed below may not have arrived. Some may have decided not to sail. Some servants may have run away. And there usually was some loss of life among the passengers from disease and malnutrition during the passage. This information was transcribed in the 19th century by James Savage from records found in London, at the Augmentation Office, Rolls Court, Westminster. For each common date of record, groupings of persons in consecutive order in the roll often indicate some relation by kinship, household or town origin. Either the persons were present in person before the scribe at that time and queued up in their natural groupings to enroll, or the documents of fealty arrived to the scribe from particular sources and were registered in order as received.

Spelling and Abbreviations:

The surnames are spelled as Savage, Tepper and their English collaborators could best decipher the old handwritten passenger rolls. Expect a few mistakes in interpretation, as well as errors by the original 16th century scribe. Savage's later corrections have been used. These spellings are antique and often curious, so if you are searching a particular name, try all imaginable variations. We have generally given prenames their modern spelling. In many cases the spelling of a prename was unusual or doubtful, or the interpretation of the original abbreviated form is uncertain. If so we have left it as originally recorded. This is most notably the case for the abbreviation "Jo:" which can mean either John or Joseph or perhaps other names. Where a given name beginning with the letters "Jo..." is fully spelled out here, it was found that way in the original, or the intention is otherwise certain. Variants of "Anne" have been left as in the original, since many times "Hannah" is meant. Elisa may mean Elizabeth. "Francis" was nearly always spelled the same and might be male or female. Recall that Christian and Bennett were usually female names in those times.

Passengers of the Truelove, September 19, 1635
PRENAME	SURNAME	STATUS	AGE	DATE of record	ROLL #
Thomas	Burchard	laboring man	40	19 Sep 1635	1
Mary	Burchard	.	38	19 Sep 1635	2
Elizabeth	Burchard	.	13	19 Sep 1635	3
Mari	Burchard	.	12	19 Sep 1635	4
Sara	Burchard	.	9	19 Sep 1635	5
Suzan	Burchard	.	8	19 Sep 1635	6
Jo.	Burchard	.	7	19 Sep 1635	7
Ann	Burchard	.	18mo	19 Sep 1635	8
Peter	Place	.	20	19 Sep 1635	9
William	Beresto	.	23	19 Sep 1635	10
George	Beresto	.	21	19 Sep 1635	11
Edward	Howe	husbandman	60	19 Sep 1635	12
Elizabeth	Howe	.	50	19 Sep 1635	13
Jeremy	Howe	.	21	19 Sep 1635	14
Sara	Howe	.	12	19 Sep 1635	15
Ephraim	Howe	.	9	19 Sep 1635	16
Isack	Howe	.	7	19 Sep 1635	17
William	Howe	.	6	19 Sep 1635	18
Jo.	Sedgwick	.	24	19 Sep 1635	19
Jeremy	Blackwell	.	18	19 Sep 1635	20
PRENAME	SURNAME	STATUS	AGE	DATE of record	ROLL #
Lester	Gunter	.	13	19 Sep 1635	21
Zacharia	Whitman	.	40	19 Sep 1635	22
Sara	Whitman	.	25	19 Sep 1635	23
Zacharia	Whitman	.	2	19 Sep 1635	24
Rebecca	Fenner	.	25	19 Sep 1635	25
Thomas	Tibbalds	.	20	19 Sep 1635	26
Thomas	Streme	.	15	19 Sep 1635	27
Jo.	Streme	.	14	19 Sep 1635	28
Ralph	Tomkins	.	50	19 Sep 1635	29
Katherine	Tomkins	.	58	19 Sep 1635	30
Elizabeth	Tomkins	.	18	19 Sep 1635	31
Marie	Tomkins	.	14	19 Sep 1635	32
Samuel	Tomkins	.	22	19 Sep 1635	33
Richard	Hawes	.	29	19 Sep 1635	34
Ann	Hawes	.	26	19 Sep 1635	35
Anna	Hawes	.	2	19 Sep 1635	36
Obediah	Hawes	.	6mo	19 Sep 1635	37
Ralph	Ellwood	.	28	19 Sep 1635	38
George	Tayler	.	31	19 Sep 1635	39
Elizabeth	Jenkins	.	27	19 Sep 1635	40
PRENAME	SURNAME	STATUS	AGE	DATE of record	ROLL #
William	Preston	.	44	19 Sep 1635	41
Marie	Preston	.	34	19 Sep 1635	42
Elizabeth	Preston	.	11	19 Sep 1635	43
Sara	Preston	.	8	19 Sep 1635	44
Marie	Preston	.	6	19 Sep 1635	45
Jo.	Preston	.	3	19 Sep 1635	46
William	Bentley	.	47	19 Sep 1635	47
Alice	Bentley	.	15	19 Sep 1635	48
Margaret	Killinghall	.	20	19 Sep 1635	49
Jo.	Bentley	.	17	19 Sep 1635	50
Thomas	Stockton	.	21	19 Sep 1635	51
George	Morrey	.	23	19 Sep 1635	52
Richard	Swayne	.	34	19 Sep 1635	53
Sarah	Haile	.	11	19 Sep 1635	54
Samuel	Glover	.	16	19 Sep 1635	55
Robert	Browne	.	24	19 Sep 1635	56
Thomas	Blower	.	50	19 Sep 1635	57
William	Ives	.	28	19 Sep 1635	58
Edward	Jefferies	.	24	19 Sep 1635	59
John	Done	.	16	19 Sep 1635	60
PRENAME	SURNAME	STATUS	AGE	DATE of record	ROLL #
Roger	Broome	.	17	19 Sep 1635	61
Dorothy	Lowe	.	13	19 Sep 1635	62
Jo.	Simpson	.	30	19 Sep 1635	63
Thomas	Brighton	.	31	19 Sep 1635	64
Thomas	Rumball	.	22	19 Sep 1635	65
Edward	Parrie	.	24	19 Sep 1635	66
Jane	Walston	.	19	19 Sep 1635	67