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- PETER, Sudbury 1639, came in the Confidence, 1638, from Southampton, la tter part of Apr. aged 47, with s. Thomas, 15; d. Eliz. and three serv. i s call. yeoman in the custom-ho. rec. but aft. arr. gentleman. He was o f Penton, in Co. Hants, wh. is near Andover; went home aft. short visit o r explorat. here, well pleased with what he saw at Watertown, and next y r. came again in the "Jonathan", with sev. friends, and Nicholas, Dorot hy, Abigail, and Peter, all prob. his ch. beside John Waterman, Richard B arnes, William Street, Agnes Bent, Eliz. Plimpton, and Agnes Blanchard, w h. I judge to be his serv. as he paid for their passages; but such was n ot Agnes**** Bent, for she paid for herself, for d. Agnes, Thomas Blanc hard's w. with her h. and Richard Barnes, s. of said Blanchard's w. and p rob. Eliz. Plimpton. Blanchard's w. with inf. d. on the passage, 15 day s out, and Barnes's gr.mo. d. this side of the Banks. He had share in t he first div. of lds. in his town, and again in the 2d and 3d, made 164 0, was freem. 13 May 1640, selectman 18 yrs. rep. 1640, 1, and 50, d eac. of the ch. and d. 23 Sept. 1657. Three yrs. bef. he gave his est. i n Old Eng. to his eldest s. Thomas, and in his will, of wh. Thomas was m ade excor. made the day bef. his d. he names other ch. Peter, Joseph, E liz. w. of Josiah Haynes, Dorothy, w. of John Haynes, Abigail, w. of Th omas Plympton, d.-in-law Mary, w. of his s. Thomas, and kinsm. Shadr ach Hapgood. Occupation - Yeoman Christening - 30 AUG 1590; Andover, Hampshire, England; Emigration - 11 APR 1638; London, England; Came at the age of 47 on 'Confidence' of London, 200 tons, Jo hn Jobson, Master. Left Southampton 24 April 1638.
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