>>so that was quite a whack of money! There is a fellow called Edward Bennett [1577-bef 1651] who supposedly paid for more than 800 servants to 'man' his plantations in VA! You would think it would have been cheaper to own the ship himself. In a paper online about the market evaluation of human capital it says, 'While £6 was the fare cited in the early colonial period, after the middle of the seventeenth century £5 was the fare normally quoted for passage to all colonies.' http://catotheyounger.org/academics/courses/PSC442_542/literature/Class_003_01February2011/008_OtherServitude/Galenson_TheMarketEvaluationOfHumanCapital--TheCaseIndenturedServitude.pdf £5 times however many servants is still a lot of money but the ship owner would need a profit at journeys end. Can't imagine sailing across the Atlantic on those little ships. Liane