A reply of sorts from Anderson's office! I'll leave it a couple of weeks to see if the great man himself decides to answer my question and then, if necessary, I'll try again. I'll be offline until 12 Mar - off skiing to France and Switzerland. Regards, Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Great Migration" <greatmigration@nehgs.org> To: "'Chris Sackett'" <chris@sackett.org.uk> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 5:01 PM Subject: RE: Newtowne (Cambridge) First Settlers > Dear Mr. Sackett: > > Thank you for your interest in the Great Migration Study Project. I have > forwarded your email to Robert Charles Anderson for consideration. Due to > the volume of email Mr. Anderson receives, he is unable to respond > personally to each message. We thank you for your support! > > Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions, or > suggestions for improvement of our services. > > Jean Powers > Production Editor, Publications > 617-226-1214 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Sackett [mailto:chris@sackett.org.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:07 AM > To: greatmigration@nehgs.org > Cc: Sackett Family Discussion List > Subject: Newtowne (Cambridge) First Settlers > > > For the attention of Robert Anderson. > > Dear Mr Anderson, > > I refer to the undated list appearing at the beginning of the Cambridge > (Newtowne) Town Records - > > The Towne [ ] > Newtowne > Inhabitants then > Tho = Dudly Efqr > mr Symon Bradftreet > mr Edmond Lockwood > mr Daniell Patrike > John Poole > William Spencer > John Kirman > Symon Sackett > > In the entry for Simon Sackett in The Great Migration you date this list as > "probably from 1632". > > A plaque in Cambridge states - > > "SETTLEMENT IN NEWTOWNE > > By July 16, 1631, eight houses were completed and occupied by Dudley, > Bradstreet, Lockwood, Poole, "Capt." Patrick, Spencer, Kirman, and Sackett." > > It seems clear that whoever caused the plaque to be erected used the Town > Records as a source (notwithstanding the switching of the names Patrick and > Poole). > > My question concerns the date. Do you have any information, perhaps > discovered after publication of the first volume of The Great Migration, > concerning the source of the date July 16, 1631? > > Sincerely, > Chris Sackett > >