Here are a couple of sites about the "Great Migration" Lists settlers but warns that it is not complete list http://www.winthropsociety.org/settlers.php Lists ships and the dates they came over http://www.winthropsociety.org/ships.php Liesa > > From: Thurmon E King <thurmonking@juno.com> > Date: 2004/02/23 Mon AM 02:04:45 GMT > To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SACKETT-L] RE: Church The Sackett History... The English side of the pond. > > Arabella; > > Its been a while since we heard from you. > > After your earlier posts concerning the Sacketts coming to America on the > Mayflower, we have done some more checking into the matter. > > If one is talking about THE Mayflower which came over in 1620; we can say > that Simon Sackett did not come over on that voyage. That voyage was > connected to the Plymouth Colony while Simon Sackett came over in > connection with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. The plaque in Old > Newtowne in Cambridge, MA names a Sackett [Simon] as one of those who > first built there by July 26, 1631. The prevalent belief has been that > Simon Sackett and his wife came over on the ship Lyon leaving England in > Dec. 1630 and arriving in America in Feb. 1631. > > Now, if there was a ship named Mayflower that made a voyage to America in > connection with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in late 1630 or early 1631; > then Simon Sackett could possibly have been one of the passengers. > > Warm regards, > Thurmon King > TSFA Historian > > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:21:40 -0000 "Sackett" <Sackett@BTinternet.com> > writes: > > Hello to you Sackets out there. Gosh I didn't know just how many > > existed. And to think I with the help of my Sackett husband seem to > > be swelling the numbers. Our six children seem to be adding to the > > Sacketts, with some enthusiasm. I am researching my husband's > > family. > > Which we understand started the journey over on the Mayflower. Well > > that's what my research tells me. As a writer I find the whole story > > and journey so exciting. BUT is also very tiresome, not being able to > > trace simple links. When in the USA you have more freedom, to paper > files, > > than we do over here because of the data protection act. If I can > > help please, do contact me as I have been to the Church in Thanet . > Best > > wishes Arabella Sackett..Nee Blake. > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > Visit the SACKETT-L Web Page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >