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Did you know that Immigration means To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native and that Emigration means To leave one country or region to settle in another
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SHIPS TO MASSACHUSSETS BEFORE 1820
Early settlers of Massachusetts generally came from England and Scotland and the other New England states. Plymouth Colony was first settled in 1620. From 1630 to 1642, fifteen to twenty thousand people settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The following sources for immigrants to Massachusetts will be helpful:
- Filby, P. William. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. 11 vols. Indexes over 500,000 passengers to America from 1650 to mid-1980 in published passenger lists. Includes the immigrant's name, age, and year of arrival. Provides source list for all indexed passengers. The first three volumes are a combined alphabetical index that was published in 1981. Supplemental volumes have been issued annually. Indexed CD with names of approximately 3,530,000 individuals who arrived in United States and Canadian ports. Or search online Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [$]
- Colket, Meridith B. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe 1607–1657. Includes a list of those who came to the Colonies during the first 50 years. Lists names, dates, and brief information about each immigrant and sources for further research.
- Banks, Charles E. Planters of the Commonwealth: Emigrants to New England in Colonial Times.
- Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1623–1633. Genealogical information about the early immigrants to New England. Each volume is indexed, with a cumulative index at the end of volume 3. Well documented with sources cited.
- The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614–1775. An alphabetical list of English convicts transported to colonial America.
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1661–1669 A list of those who emigrated from England to America, including those who were deported and those sold into labor. Compiled from English public records.
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1700–1750. A list of those who emigrated from England to America. Compiled from English public records. Usually gives name, age, occupation, residence, ship, destination, and precise source citation.
- Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. Immigrants to New England, 1700–1775. includes names, dates, place of origin, place of settlement, and some family information.
The following CDs may also be helpful
Boston, 1821-1850 Ships Passenger Lists Ships Passenger Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Indexed CD with names of approximately 3,530,000 individuals who arrived in United States and Canadian ports. Or search online Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [$]
Ship Arrivals Before 1820
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1620
The Mayflower And Her Log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 -- Complete. Online at the Gutenberg Project in text or zipped versions.
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1630
In 1630 John Winthrop organized a fleet of 11 ships to carry immigrants from England to America. Departing in two groups in April and May, they arrived at various dates in June and July. These ships were:The Ambrose; The Arbella; The Charles; The Hopewell; The Jewel; The Mayflower; The Success; The Talbot ; The Trial; The Whale; The William & Francis
Winthrop Fleet Large list of names of passengers to New England 1630 on board all ships listed above
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1633
The Hull Co. England to Boston Massachusetts 1633
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1634
Francis England to New England 1634
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1635
Elizabeth 1635 to Boston New England
Abigail London England to New England 1635
Susan & Ellen to New England 1635
The Plantert to New England 1635
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1637
Hector England to Massachussets 1637
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1638
The Martin to New England 1638
The Confidence to New England 1638
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1671
Arabella to New England 1671
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1677
Ship Kent arrived at Raccoon Creek,Mass. 8-23-1677
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1683
Salee Rose Downes, England to Boston Massachusetts 1683
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1716
Snow Amity Glasgow Scotland to Boston Massachusetts 1716
The Globe 1716 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
Patience & Judith 1716 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1736
(no ship name) 1736 Ireland to Boston, Mass
(no ship name) Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts 1744
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1762
(no ship name) 1762 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
1763
Ship Diligence Glasgow Scotland to Boston Massachusetts Nov. 15 1763
Captn. Doble's passengers from Newfoundland to Boston Massachusetts 1763
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1764
Snow Douglas Greenock Scotland to Boston Massachusetts July 1764
(no ship name) 1764 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
The Hannah 1764 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
The Freemason 1764 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1765
(no ship name) 1765 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1766
Ship Stirling Castle from Greenock Scotland to Boston Massachusetts Apr. 16, 1766
Snow Jenny from Glasgow Scotland to Boston Massachusetts Oct. 31, 1766
(no ship name) 1766 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
(no ship name) 1766 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
The William 1766 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1767
Ann & Margaret 1767 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1779
(no ship name) 1779 Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
Ships Passenger Lists to Massachussets 1804
Passengers Engaged to Sail on Board the American Brig Atlantic, Robert Askins, Master burden 196 tone, for Boston, Massachusetts Sworn at Dublin Ireland 19 June 1804.
If you don't find your ancestor on my ships' pages, try genealogy records on Ancestry.com. You can view them with a trial period free access. OliveTreeGenealogy.com free immigration databases are listed after the fee based databases below
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What's Available in Massachusetts Immigration Records
includes immigration and naturalizations records such as
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New England Irish Pioneers
New England Founders
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers
New England Immigrants, 1700-75
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Boston Port Arrivals and Immigrants, 1715-16,62-69
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Steamship Arrivals, 1890-1930
New England Captives' Stories
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Massachusetts Ships Custom Search Engines
To help you find your immigrant ancestor, I created search engines to search for passengers on ships to Massachusetts. These search dozens of Internet sites with FREE passenger lists, including ISTG (Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild). Search FREE WEBSITES or browse Olive Tree Genealogy ships and links to ships below
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This Search Engine will search FREE off-site Internet pages and Olive Tree Genealogy pages for ships passenger lists to New England. [585 ships]
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National Archives of Canada Immigration Records 1925-1935
Search for passengers on ships to Boston Massachusetts [330 names] & Providence, Rhode Island [42 names]
The National Archives of Canada holds immigration records from 1865 to 1935. The names of immigrants arriving from overseas are recorded in passenger lists. Those arriving from or via the United States are recorded in border entry lists. A series of old nominal indexes exist for the 1925 to 1935 records. In cooperation with the National Archives of Canada, the Pier 21 Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has input the information from the passenger list indexes into this database. Use the Search Box below to search the NAC database of immigration records. It is not necessary to fill in all the fields. Results of your search will show in a separate browser window, and clicking on any 'hit' will take you directly to the NAC site for more details.
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5-Step Search for Your Immigrant Ancestor in North America
Step
1: First
search for your immigrant ancestor in the five major ports of arrival
- New York New York,
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania,
Baltimore Maryland,
Boston
Massachusetts and
New Orleans Louisiana
Ships passenger lists marked are free records on Olive Tree Genealogy. Ships Passenger Lists marked with are not on Olive Tree Genealogy. After clicking on an off-site passenger list, use your browser's BACK button to return to Olive Tree Genealogy
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Step 2:
If you don't find your immigrant ancestor in a large port city, try smaller
ports of arrival - Virginia, Connecticut,
Delaware,
Texas, Georgia,
South
Carolina,
North Carolina, Maine, Rhode
Island,
Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire,
Michigan, Alaska, California, Hawaii and Washington
Step 3:
Still can't find your immigrant ancestor on an American ships passenger list?
Try a
Canadian Port of Arrival and the
Canada-U.S.
border crossing records (Saint Albans Lists).
Step 4:
If you still can't find your ancestor in free ships passenger lists, try ships
passenger lists and naturalization records on a pay site. See the Immigration Comparison Chart to help you decide which of the fee-based sites has the passenger lists you need to find your immigrant ancestor
Step 5:
Search for ships passengers in Ethnic Groups immigrating to America, other miscellaneous
ports of arrival, Ships Passenger Lists
on NARA microfilm, J.J.
Cooke Shipping Agent Records, Castle
Garden New York Ships Passenger Lists 1855-1890, Ellis
Island New York Ships Passenger Lists 1894-1927 & Naturalization
Records
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