Mass. Family Names

Most of the my early Planters started out in the Massachusetts Bay bay area. A few were early settlers but, for the most part, the majority came with the Great Migration and Winthrops fleet. Most seemed to have come from very good families of the merchant class. Some were of higher standing and a few served as assistants to Winthrop's government and were members of the companies which attained the charters. Most believed in the ideas of Rev. John White of Dorchester, England. The basic plan was to create a place in New England where their religious ideas could be freely expressed and practiced and the major investors in their company would turn a profit. This John White, known sometimes as the grandfather of New England never came here, but many of his relatives did. By the next generation and sometimes including the first, many removed from Massachusetts to settle in the wilds of Connecticut. In some cases the move was motivated by religious differences. Sometimes it was because the towns in the bay area were becoming so overgrown that they could no longer expand their boundaries to include more home lots, and some were in search of more profitable opportunities.
Terry	Abbey
Terry Springfield, MA and Enfield CN	Abbe Wenhem, MA & Enfield, CN
Lobdell Springfield, MA	Loring Wenham, MA
Downing - Winthrop Salem, MA	Fairfield Wenham, MA
Braybrooke Ipswitch, MA	Skipper - Fisher Boston, MA
Pynchon - Andrews Roxbury, and Springfield, MA.	Knight Boston, MA
Wyllys Springfield, MA and Hartford, CN	Vassall - King Scituate and Marshfield, MA
Hubbard Ipswitch, MA	Goodale Salem, MA. and Enfield CN
Rodgers - Crane Ipswitch, MA	Killiam Salem, MA
	Pease Salem Ma and Enfield, CN
	Wright - Cranbroke Boston, MA and Wethersfield, CN
	Adams Plymouth, MA
Boardman MA and CN
Denison & Welch Famililes
Gorham Plymouth, Marshfield, MA	Munroe Lexington,
Howland & Tilly Plymouth, MA	Ball Lexington, Lancaster, Concord, MA
	Pierce Watertown, MA