2.3+Passenger+Lists+to+the+New+World

By the 1630s, Englishmen had settled in two main areas of the new world—New England and Virginia. The two regions were very different—New England was settled by Puritan religious dissidents while Virginian society revolved around growing and selling tobacco. The people living in the two colonies were different, as well. Each ship that came to the colonies included a list of passengers and some information about them. The following two passenger lists—one for Massachusetts and one for Virginia—provide an indication of the different types of people who came to the two colonies.

Passenger List to New England, 1635
//Source: Passenger list from the ship Planter, which sailed from London to Boston in 1635.//(Table below). PLANTER of London, Nicholas Trerice, Master. She sailed from London April 1635 and arrived at Boston on Sunday, June 7, 1635.
 * To** **//New England//****, April 2, 1635**
 * ~  ||~ First Name ||~ Surname ||~ Age ||
 * A tailor || JOSEPH || TUTTELL || 39 ||
 * || JOAN || TUTTELL || 42 ||
 * || JOHN || LAWRENCE || 17 ||
 * Farmer || GEORGE || GIDDINS || 25 ||
 * || JANE || GIDDINS || 20 ||
 * A tailor || THOMAS || SAVAGE || 27 ||
 * || WILLIAM || LAWRENCE || 12 ||
 * || MARIE || LAWRENCE || 9 ||
 * || ABIGAIL || TUTTELL || 6 ||
 * || SYMON || TUTTELL || 4 ||
 * || SARA || TUTTELL || 2 ||
 * || JOSEPH || TUTTELL || 1 ||
 * || JOAN || ANTROBUSS || 65 ||
 * || MARIE || WRAST || 24 ||
 * || THO || GREENE || 15 ||
 * || NATHAN || HEFORD || 16 ||
 * || Servant to JOSEPH TUTTELL ||  ||   ||
 * || MARIE || CHITTWOOD || 24 ||
 * Shoemaker || THOMAS || OLNEY || 35 ||
 * || MARIE || OLNEY || 30 ||
 * || THOMAS || OLNEY || 3 ||
 * || EPENETUS || OLNEY || 1 ||
 * || Servants to GEORGE GIDDINS ||  ||   ||
 * || THOMAS || CARTER || 25 ||
 * || MICHELL || WILLIAMSON || 30 ||
 * || ELIZABETH || MORRISON || 12 ||
 * A tailor || RICHARD || HARVIE || 22 ||
 * Farmer || FRANCIS || PEBODDY || 21 ||
 * Weaver || WILLIAM || WILCOCKS || 34 ||
 * || MARGARET || WILCOCKS || 24 ||
 * || JOSEPH || WILCOCKS || 2 ||
 * || ANNE || HARVIE || 22 ||
 * Mason || WILLIAM || BEARDSLEY || 30 ||
 * || MARIE || BEARDSLEY || 26 ||
 * || MARIE || BEARDSLEY || 4 ||
 * || JOHN || BEARDSLEY || 2 ||
 * || JOSEPH || BEARDSLEY || 6 mos. ||
 * Farmer || ALLIN || PERLEY || 27 ||
 * Shoemaker || WILLIAM || FELLOE || 24 ||
 * Tailor || FRANCIS || BARKER || 24 ||

Passenger List to Virginia, 1635
//Source: List of passengers on the ship America from London, England to Chesapeake, Virginia.//(Table below). 23rd June, 1635. The under-written names are to be transported to Virginia embarked in the America. Willm Barker Mr. pr. cert: from the Minister of the Towne of Bravesend of their conformity to the orders & discipline of the church of England.
 * ~ First Name ||~ Surname ||~ Age ||
 * Richard || Sadd || 23 ||
 * Thomas || Wakefield || 17 ||
 * Thomas || Bennett || 22 ||
 * Steven || Read || 24 ||
 * William || Stanbridge || 27 ||
 * Henry || Barker || 18 ||
 * James || Foster || 21 ||
 * Thomas || Talbott || 20 ||
 * Richard || Young || 31 ||
 * Robert || Thomas || 20 ||
 * John || Farepoynt || 20 ||
 * Robert || Askyn || 22 ||
 * Samuell || Awde || 24 ||
 * Miles || Fletcher || 27 ||
 * William || Evans || 23 ||
 * Lawrence || Farebern || 23 ||
 * Mathew || Robinson || 24 ||
 * Richard || Hersey || 22 ||
 * John || Robinson || 32 ||
 * Edmond || Chipps || 19 ||
 * Thomas || Pritchard || 32 ||
 * Jonathan || Bronsford || 21 ||
 * William || Cowley || 20 ||
 * John || Shawe || 16 ||
 * Richard || Gummy || 21 ||
 * Bartholomew || Holton || 25 ||
 * John || White || 21 ||
 * Thomas || Chappell || 33 ||
 * Hugh || Fox || 24 ||
 * Davie || Morris || 32 ||
 * Rowland || Cotton || 22 ||
 * William || Thomas || 22 ||
 * John || Yates || 20 ||
 * Richard || Wood || 36 ||
 * Isack || Bull || 27 ||
 * Phillipp || Remmington || 29 ||
 * Radulph || Spraging || 37 ||
 * George || Chaundler || 29 ||
 * Thomas || Johnson || 19 ||
 * George || Brookes || 35 ||
 * Robert || Sabyn || 40 ||
 * Phillipp || Parsons || 10 ||
 * Henry || Parsons || 14 ||
 * John || Eeles || 16 ||
 * Richard || Miller || 12 ||
 * Symon || Richardson || 23 ||
 * Thomas || Boomer || 13 ||
 * George || Dulmare || 8 ||
 * John || Underwood || 19 ||
 * William || Bernard || 27 ||
 * Charles || Wallinger || 24 ||
 * Ryce || Hooe || 36 ||
 * John || Carter || 54 ||
 * **Women** ||  ||   ||
 * Elizabeth || Remington || 20 ||
 * Dorothy || Standich || 22 ||
 * Suzan || Death || 22 ||
 * Elizabeth || Death || 3 ||
 * Alice || Remmington || 26 ||
 * Dorothie || Baker || 18 ||
 * Elizabeth || Baker || 18 ||
 * Sara || Colebank || 20 ||
 * Mary || Thurrogood || 19 ||

Section Questions:
Make a chart comparing the passengers aboard the two ships. Look at the lists and determine what information is available about the passengers. Then, using what you know about statistics, think about what statistics would be most valuable to calculate. What percentages or ratios would be interesting to know? Where would it be useful to calculate mean, median, mode or range? Select the statistics that would best help you compare the passenger lists, calculate them, and present them in a chart.
 * 1) Based on these lists, what can you say about the type of people who traveled to each colony?
 * 2) Which ship do you think had more wealthy passengers? Women? Families?
 * Activity:**