Bill, At 10:22 AM 6/28/02 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone on the list have information about a ship named "Blessing" >that operated out of Plymouth, Devon, England circa mid 17th century? Spotted the following about a ship named "Blessings" 1609-1703, as I was updating my bookmarks on Ships and Passenger Lists: http://www.daddezio.com/genealogy/ships/genship.hts?database=seadir&query=Blessing The page wouldn't finish loading in NS 4.79, but did in NS 7PR1 and IE6. There are several websites dedicated to Ships, Passenger lists, etc. that might have more info for you: http://www.OliveTreeGenealogy.com/ships/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/Emigration.html http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/pass.html http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html http://www.obitcentral.com/shipsearch/ http://www.daddezio.com/genealogy/ships/index.html http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm --- Susan SGTAYLOR1@att.net My Genealogy Website - sgt http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/ ----------------------------------------------- USGW Mansfield, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/mansfield.html USGW New London, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/newlondon.html USGW Norwich, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/norwich.html USGW Windham, CT - http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/windham.html USGW Coordinator Plymouth Co., MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/ USGW Plymouth, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macplymo/ ********************************************************* >I found the following mention of "The Blessing" in comments about a >Richard Martin of Devon, England: > >"To Rehoboth, Richard Martin, possibly the master of the Ship "Blessing" >of Plymouth and possibly gentry (according to Risdon)." > >The ship would have operated out of Plymouth, Devon and along the west >coast of England. Apparently it made trips between Devon and the east >coast colonies in America. > >The Rehoboth mentioned was a settlement in the Plymouth Colony (now >Plymouth, Massachusetts). Rehoboth was first settled about 1643 and >1640 is my time period of interest. > >Bill Churchill >USA > >