My unsolved mystery is my GGGG Grandfather, RICHARD PELL. Seems Richard was a young lad about the age of 10 back in England where one day he was playing ball with a group of other boys. The ball went into a hog pen and he was the only boy brave enough to go into the pen to retrieve the ball. A mother pig charged him and young Richard picked up a rock and threw it at her. Unfortunately, it missed the mother pig, hitting and killing a piglet. Richard was arrested, accused and tried for "pig murder." Because the laws were very strict about such things at that time, young Richard was taken from his parents and shipped to the colonies as a "bound boy." In the USA, Richard served his indenture until he reached age 21 and became proficient at iron work. My mystery actually begins when he landed in the USA. I have found his name on the passenger list of the ship, The Forward Galley, a convict ship which sailed from England in May, 1737, for Maryland and Virginia. The indication is that he was either born in or lived in Surrey, England, at the time of this pig incident. This is where I need some major help! Depending on what book you look in, Richard either landed in Maryland or Virginia! Can anyone give me any idea where to look for records that would tell exactly which port he arrived in and to where he was sent for his indenture? I'm hitting that preverbal brick wall on this one, folks!! Thanks for ANY help! Claudia in Kentucky,USA Researching PELL FAIRFAX BUTCHER BROWN GOOLSEY JOHNSTON BURDESS URWIN SMITH PHILLIPS PYLES PILES HOLT ALLISON