Dear Marie, If you are asking me, the ship William and Mary, built in Bath, Maine was launched in 1853 and was on it's maiden voyage from Bath to Liverpool, where it picked up 208 passengers and left for New Orleans. The ship when down in a storm in the Bahamas and all the passengers were reported as drown. However, most of them were picked up by natives on rafts and by a wrecking schooner and a couple of other small boats. None of my Armstrongs were aboard. My scottish ancestors were the Browns, a family of five, John Brown and his wife and three sons. They all survived. Jeannie Belle Brown and decendent of John Brown Jr. was my grandmother and she married Charles F. Armstrong in Iowa in 1905. I believe there was more than one ship named William and Mary. Sincerely, Bob Armstrong in Houston, TX [email protected] wrote: >Bob, >Was there a voyage earlier than 1853? Trying to find out what ships my >ancestors cam over on. They were here during the Revolutionary War. > >Marie from Oregon > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- Sincerely, Bob Armstrong in Houston, TX picture "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and without regret." Roderick Haig-Brown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of America, author of the veterinary mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or eBook, ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~