First progenators to come to this land

First progenators to come to this land Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto... all those who should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord....There shall none come unto this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.
-2 Nephi 5-6

May the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Francis Scott Key

Faith of our Forefathers:
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
A major exhibition at the Library of Congress: It starts as follows:
    Many of the British North American Colonies that joined in 1776 to form the United States of America were settled in the 17th century for religious purposes by men and women who, in the face of European persecution, refused to compromise passionately held religious convictions and risked the perilous crossing of the Atlantic to practice their religion as they believed the Scriptures commanded.
    The New England Colonies and New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland were conceived and established "as plantations of religion." Some who arrived in these areas came, of course, for secular motives -- "to catch fish" as one New Englander put it -- but the great majority of settlers left Europe to worship God as they wished and enthusiastically supported the efforts of their leaders to turn individual Colonies into "a city on a hill" or a "holy experiment," whose success would prove to European enemies that God's plan for his churches could be successfully realized in the American wilderness.
    Even Colonies such as Virginia, which were planned as commercial ventures, were led by entrepreneurs who considered themselves "militant Protestants" and who worked diligently to promote the prosperity of the church. The faith in which the Colonies were founded gave them a religious orientation that remained strong when the government of the United States was created in the years after 1776. Boosted by the "golden age" of evangelicalism, religion thrived in 19th century America. Its impact remained so conspicuous in the early decades of this century that in 1922 a British observer called the United States "a nation with the soul of a church." MORE...... The following are the first emigrants of my family to come to America

"Here is not merely a nation, but a teeming nation of nations" -Walt Whitman

Puritans (Seeking Religious Freedom)

Jeremy Adams: emigrated to Cambridge, Mass., 1632 in the company
of the Reverend Thomas Hooker
Rebecca Greenhill, wife of Jeremy

Robert Kitchell landed at New Haven in 1639, his wife being Margaret Sheaffe, daughter of
Rev. Edward Sheaffe, of Cranbrooke, Kent, England. They left England April 20, 1639, with a company of Puritan refugees, led by Rev. Henry Whitfield, in the first vessel, The Arabella, that anchored in the harbor of Quinnipiac, now New Haven, Conn.

Deacon William Peck was among the signers of the Compact of New Haven and a
cofounder of New Haven, Conn., more...

John Andrews, of Welsh descent, came from Berkshire,
England, to Boston in 1656 and was one of the first settlers of
Farmington, Conn.
Mary Barnes, his wife

William Judson: original proprietor of Stratford, Connecticut, in 1639, more...

Thomas Holbrook Left Weymouth, England Mar. 20, 1635 at age 34 in the 'Marygould'
with wife and oldest children, arriving at Dorchester on Jun. 7, 1635
and settling at Weymouth, Norfolk, MA the same month.
Thomas and Jane became ancestors of Presidents Garfield, Bush and Taft.

William Beardsley came from England on the ship Planter in 1635 when he was 30 years old.
He was a Deputy from Stratford to the Connecticut Legislature for eight terms. More....
Mary Harvey, his wife

On 10th of August 1635, John Curtiss, aged 21, eldest son of John Curtiss and Elizabeth Hutchins sailed from London, England in the ship "Safety" to Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Joseph Hawley was born in 1603. He was the first town recorder at Stratford,Connecticut.
He was married to Katharine Birdsey. ...more...

Richard Risley: emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1633. A founder of Hartford, Connecticut and a signer of the Fundamental Orders in 1639 which was the first written constitution in the history of the World.
For more see: The Richard Risley Sr. Family Association, Inc.
Mary Arnold, wife of Richard Risley born England 1619

William Holmes b. 3 Jan 1592 , East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Madden b. 1603, East Riding, Yorkshire, England

Richard Smith,Sr.
Rebecca Buswell,

John Hand emigrated 1635, and was one of the original nine
grantees of East Hampton and Southampton
Alice Gransden, wife of John Hand

Samuel Coles Emigration: To East Camden...first white settler there
Birth: ABT. 1650 in Cole's Hill, Hertfordshire,England..progenitor of family in America
Death: 23 SEP 1693 in Barbadoes West Indies, on return from England
Wife: Elizabeth IBBS b: 25 APR 1650

Thomas Kendall was the progenitor of the Kendall family, came from London with
Dr. Danile Wills and was a bricklayer by occupation.
Mary Elton, wife of Thomas Kendall

Thomas Sr STOKES Came to America 1677 on the KENT to
Morrestown, Burlington Co NJ in 1677
Birth: Abt.. 1640 in Stepney Middlesex, England(Lower Shadwel)
He was the Burgess of Colchester
Wife: Mary Barnard of St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, England

Thomas Newhall came with (John) Winthrop and company in 1630 from England
and landed at Salem with his brother Anthony, and settled in Lynn soon after. He was
one of the fifty families in Lynn in 1630, there being but five in 1629."
Brown Genealogy, Vol. II

Nathaniel Woodward Senior: Puritan,
Emigrated from England in 1633 to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with wife Margaret.
He most likely immigrated to the new world with the John Wintrop Fleet.

Richard Lippencott and Abigail Goody of New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Quakers
(Seeking Religious Freedom)

Nicholas Stilwell and wife Ann Geltche Van Dycke emigrated 1638

John Somer, emigrated 1680/81. A follower of George Fox and preacher for the Society of Friends
Hannah Hodgkins, wife of John Somer,
also a preacher for the Society of Friends.

Edward Higby born 1616 Ivanhoe, Buckshire, England emigrated in 1646 to Stratford, Connecticut
Jedidah Skidmore, wife of Edward Higby also from Ivanhoe, Buckshire.

John Smith, of Wolverhampton, Staffs., England, b. 17 Dec 1700. From Egg Harbor, and Leeds Point, Atlantic, New Jersey.

Peter Wright, b. 1609 Emigrated to Lynn, Massachusetts 1636-7. Removed to Sandwich, Cape Cod. Next to Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York with the Rev. William Leverich.
For more see The Wrights of Oyster Bay:
Alice, wife of Peter

William Albertson, Quaker, one of the first settlers in Newton, Gloucester, New Jersey,
member of the colonial legislature in 1685.

Rev. Guilliam Bertholf born 1655, emigrated from Holland to Bergen, New Jersey

Andries Hopper born 1622
Elizabeth Tills 1646 of Worstead, Norfolk, England

Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam

(Manhattan Island, New York)

Wolfert Gerritsen Vancouwenhoven emigrated in 1625 as a head-farmer with the Dutch West India Company
Neeltgen Jacobsdochter, wife of Wolfert

Cozyn Gerritsen Van Putten came from Northern Holland before 1639
Vroutje, wife of Cozyn

Pieter Jansen Haring emigrated to New Amsterdam before 1664
Grietje Cozyns Gerritsen, wife of Pieter Jansen Haring

Jans Laurens Bogaert, born in Schoonrewoerd, Holland and emigrated to Bedford, Brooklyn in 1663
Cornelia Everts, wife of Jans Laurens Bogaert,

Albrecht Zaborowski (Zabriskie) born 1638 in Insterbutg, East Prussia. At twenty-four years old, Albrecht imigrated on the ship: D'Vos (The Fox), which arrived in New Amsterdam on August 31, 1662, where is recorded "Albert Saboriski, from Prussia."

Machtelt Vanderlinde, wife of Albrecht Zaborowski

Andries Hopper born 1622 in Holland. Emigrated before 1651.

Casper Steinmets, father-in-law to Andries Hopper, born abt 1598 in Holland
Emigrated before 1624
Wife unknown

Jan Lubbertsen Van Blarcom born 1632 Edam, Holland, Netherlands. Emigrated before 1659.
Magdaleentje Jans Theunis, wife of Jan Lubbertsen Van Blarcom, born about 1634 in Voorthuizen, Netherlands. Emigrated before 1660.

Scotch-Irish Presbyterian

Robert Mckee 1692 of Ireland. Died 11 June 1774 Rockbridge, Virginia.
Agnes Cunningham, wife of Robert McKee Born: 2 Feb 1707 Drumbo, Down, Ireland

Presbyterian

Robert Fausett, born 29 Apr 1747, Lambton, Durham, England. Died: Orange, North Carolina

Converts to the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Gathering to Zion)

John Spendlove, born 1840 at Leicester, Leicester, England. John married Mary Davies on 3 May 1863 and emigrated the next day on the ship Amazon, from Liverpool. They arrived New York harbor on July 14, 1863, took a ship to Albany, New York, a train to St. Joseph - up the river to Florence, Nebraska. They departed Florence Aug. 6, 1863 with Daniel D. McArthur’s wagon train. The Spendloves arrived in Salt Lake City Oct. 3, 1863. They eventually settled Hurricane, Utah -Jolene Spendlove Allphin
Mary Davies born 1843 at Stackpole Elidor, Pembroke, Wales.

George Ward born 1792 from Ashton, Lancashire,England
Alice Brindle , his wife born 1792 Ashton in Willows, Lancashire,England

Joseph Melling and wife Margaret Ward, emigrated 1863 from Ashton-in-Willows, Lancashire, England

John Allen born 1804 from Crowland, Lincolnshire,England
Mary Ann Barton born 1842 his wife, from Southport, Lancashire, England. Ship: Horizon
William Barton, father of Mary Ann. Emigrated Spring of 1856. William and Mary Ann were members of the
Martin Handcart Company William Barton died 30 Oct 1856 on the plains near Chimney Rock, Wyoming.

John Pidding Jones born 1819 from Greenberfield, Yorkshire,England
Margaret Lee born 1821, his wife, from Liverpool,Lancashire,England

Mary Allice Melling born 1854, wife of Sylvester Frazier Jones, from Wigan, Lancashire, England

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