Arbella
 The Arbella in Salem
|
||||||
|
||||||
The Arbella or, according to another source, the Arabella was the flagship of John Winthrop's fleet of eleven ships . The fleet brought Puritan emigrants and Massachusetts Bay Company cargo from England to Salem , Massachusetts between April 8 and June 12, 1630 . After their landing, the emigrants founded the "Commonwealth of Massachusetts". For the crossing, the ship had three times as much alcohol as water on board. The freight list recorded approximately 10,000 gallons of wine for personal consumption by crew and passengers, and during the six-week voyage the supply was almost completely used up. John Winthrop is credited with delivering his famous sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" aboard the Arbella . Anne Bradstreet , the first European poet to publish in the New World , was also on board with her family.
The ship was originally called the Eagle , but it was changed in honor of Lady Arabella Johnson. She and her husband Isaac were part of John Winthrop's entourage. Arabella Johnson was the daughter of Thomas Clinton, the third Earl of Lincoln .
Known passengers
literature
- James Truslow Adams: Dictionary of American History . C. Scribner's Sons, 1940, p. 266 .
- Edmund R. Gager: The Gager family: the descendants of Dr. William Gager, of Suffolk County, England, and Charlestown, Mass., Through his only surviving son, John Gager, who later settled in Norwich, Connecticut . Gateway Press, 1985, pp. 110 .
Footnotes
- ↑ Davida Rubin: Sir Kenelm Digby, FRS, 1603-1665: A Bibliography Based on the Collection of K. Garth Huston, Sr., MD Norman Publishing, San Francisco 1991, ISBN 0-930405-29-3 , pp. 130 .
- ↑ Andrew McMichael, North and South: New England and Pilgrims , Lecture, Bowling Green, Oct. 9, 2014