I have come upon a bad contradiction in records; ships list, and an early settlers list put Francis Downing b abt 1600 in West and Sherley Hundred in 1624, having come there aboard the ship "The Return". Internet Family Finder says this Francis came there aboard the ship "Charles" in 1621; in both instances he is listed as a Throgmorton servant. Some other reocrd was supposed to list him as coming over here in 1621 aboard the ship "Seafloure". Can anyone help me straighten this out? Could he have been aboard all three ships? If so, in what capacity? Surely not that of a servant? Sue Hodnett