Alice, the wife of Lieut. Griffin Craft, was b. in England of unknown parents. She was "smitten with Apoplexie" on Mar. 24, 1672/3, d. at Roxbury, Mass. the following day on Mar 25, 1673, Æ 73, and was buried the following day Mar. 26, 1673 [Roxbury Recs.]. Her death entry in the Roxbury records indicates that on the day she died she was 72 years old, and Ætatis 73, b. on or after Mar. 25, 1601.
In circa 1628 in England, Alice m. Griffin Craft, purportedly b. May 21, 1600 of unknown parents. He d. at Roxbury, Mass. Oct 4, 1689, Æ 90 [Roxbury Recs.]. They had six known children who are outlined in their father's memorial.
Alice and her husband Griffin arrived in New England in 1630 on one of the 11 ships that were part of the Winthrop Fleet that sailed in the early Spring of 1630 from ports along the southern and western shores of England. Some claim they were on the celebrated Mary & John, which arrived on May 30, 1630 and landed at present-day Hull, Mass. The Mary & John sailed independent of the Winthrop Fleet while most if not all of the Mary & John passengers settled at Cambridge, Mass.
In 1930 Charles Edward Banks published The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 in which the Crafts are listed as being among the passengers of the 11 ship Winthrop Fleet of 1630. No extant passenger lists have ever existed for the specific named ships and Banks merely named people based on records highly suggestive the persons had arrived in the year 1630. Yet, some writer's claim the Crafts were passengers with Gov. John Winthrop on the flagship Arabella, which arrived at Salem, Mass. on June 12, 1630. But, most of the passengers of the Arabella were the prominent and elite members of the passage, founded the Town of Boston and resided there. On the other hand, the Crafts settled in Roxbury southwest of Boston.
A page on Geni.com titled Great Migration: Passengers of the Arbella, 1630 is misleading as it infers all 562 persons listed sailed solely aboard the Arabella.
Revised 3/24/2019
In circa 1628 in England, Alice m. Griffin Craft, purportedly b. May 21, 1600 of unknown parents. He d. at Roxbury, Mass. Oct 4, 1689, Æ 90 [Roxbury Recs.]. They had six known children who are outlined in their father's memorial.
Alice and her husband Griffin arrived in New England in 1630 on one of the 11 ships that were part of the Winthrop Fleet that sailed in the early Spring of 1630 from ports along the southern and western shores of England. Some claim they were on the celebrated Mary & John, which arrived on May 30, 1630 and landed at present-day Hull, Mass. The Mary & John sailed independent of the Winthrop Fleet while most if not all of the Mary & John passengers settled at Cambridge, Mass.
In 1930 Charles Edward Banks published The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 in which the Crafts are listed as being among the passengers of the 11 ship Winthrop Fleet of 1630. No extant passenger lists have ever existed for the specific named ships and Banks merely named people based on records highly suggestive the persons had arrived in the year 1630. Yet, some writer's claim the Crafts were passengers with Gov. John Winthrop on the flagship Arabella, which arrived at Salem, Mass. on June 12, 1630. But, most of the passengers of the Arabella were the prominent and elite members of the passage, founded the Town of Boston and resided there. On the other hand, the Crafts settled in Roxbury southwest of Boston.
A page on Geni.com titled Great Migration: Passengers of the Arbella, 1630 is misleading as it infers all 562 persons listed sailed solely aboard the Arabella.
Revised 3/24/2019
Alice, the wife of Lieut. Griffin Craft, was b. in England of unknown parents. She was "smitten with Apoplexie" on Mar. 24, 1672/3, d. at Roxbury, Mass. the following day on Mar 25, 1673, Æ 73, and was buried the following day Mar. 26, 1673 [Roxbury Recs.]. Her death entry in the Roxbury records indicates that on the day she died she was 72 years old, and Ætatis 73, b. on or after Mar. 25, 1601.
In circa 1628 in England, Alice m. Griffin Craft, purportedly b. May 21, 1600 of unknown parents. He d. at Roxbury, Mass. Oct 4, 1689, Æ 90 [Roxbury Recs.]. They had six known children who are outlined in their father's memorial.
Alice and her husband Griffin arrived in New England in 1630 on one of the 11 ships that were part of the Winthrop Fleet that sailed in the early Spring of 1630 from ports along the southern and western shores of England. Some claim they were on the celebrated Mary & John, which arrived on May 30, 1630 and landed at present-day Hull, Mass. The Mary & John sailed independent of the Winthrop Fleet while most if not all of the Mary & John passengers settled at Cambridge, Mass.
In 1930 Charles Edward Banks published The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 in which the Crafts are listed as being among the passengers of the 11 ship Winthrop Fleet of 1630. No extant passenger lists have ever existed for the specific named ships and Banks merely named people based on records highly suggestive the persons had arrived in the year 1630. Yet, some writer's claim the Crafts were passengers with Gov. John Winthrop on the flagship Arabella, which arrived at Salem, Mass. on June 12, 1630. But, most of the passengers of the Arabella were the prominent and elite members of the passage, founded the Town of Boston and resided there. On the other hand, the Crafts settled in Roxbury southwest of Boston.
A page on Geni.com titled Great Migration: Passengers of the Arbella, 1630 is misleading as it infers all 562 persons listed sailed solely aboard the Arabella.
Revised 3/24/2019
In circa 1628 in England, Alice m. Griffin Craft, purportedly b. May 21, 1600 of unknown parents. He d. at Roxbury, Mass. Oct 4, 1689, Æ 90 [Roxbury Recs.]. They had six known children who are outlined in their father's memorial.
Alice and her husband Griffin arrived in New England in 1630 on one of the 11 ships that were part of the Winthrop Fleet that sailed in the early Spring of 1630 from ports along the southern and western shores of England. Some claim they were on the celebrated Mary & John, which arrived on May 30, 1630 and landed at present-day Hull, Mass. The Mary & John sailed independent of the Winthrop Fleet while most if not all of the Mary & John passengers settled at Cambridge, Mass.
In 1930 Charles Edward Banks published The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 in which the Crafts are listed as being among the passengers of the 11 ship Winthrop Fleet of 1630. No extant passenger lists have ever existed for the specific named ships and Banks merely named people based on records highly suggestive the persons had arrived in the year 1630. Yet, some writer's claim the Crafts were passengers with Gov. John Winthrop on the flagship Arabella, which arrived at Salem, Mass. on June 12, 1630. But, most of the passengers of the Arabella were the prominent and elite members of the passage, founded the Town of Boston and resided there. On the other hand, the Crafts settled in Roxbury southwest of Boston.
A page on Geni.com titled Great Migration: Passengers of the Arbella, 1630 is misleading as it infers all 562 persons listed sailed solely aboard the Arabella.
Revised 3/24/2019
