This table details the roll of passengers of the Christian,
which sailed from London in March, 1634/35, Julian calendar, bound for
New England. The ship arrived safe at Massachusetts Bay, although some of the
persons listed below may not have debarked. The rolls represent persons who
were ready to embark at the date of record, which often preceded the actual
sailing by several weeks. Some may have decided not to sail. Some servants may
have run away. And there usually was some loss of life among the passengers
from disease and malnutrition during the passage.
This information was transcribed in the 19th century by Michael Tepper from records found at the Public Rolls Office, London.
For each common date of record, groupings of persons in consecutive order in the roll often indicate some relation by kinship, household or town origin. Either the persons were present in person before the scribe at that time and queued up in their natural groupings to enroll, or the documents of fealty arrived to the scribe from particular sources and were registered in order as received.
Spelling and Abbreviations:
The surnames are spelled as Savage, Tepper and their English collaborators could best decipher the old handwritten passenger rolls. Expect a few mistakes in interpretation, as well as errors by the original 16th century scribe. Savage's later corrections have been used. These spellings are antique and often curious, so if you are searching a particular name, try all imaginable variations.
We have generally given prenames their modern spelling. In many cases the spelling of a prename was unusual or doubtful, or the interpretation of the original abbreviated form is uncertain. If so we have left it as originally recorded. This is most notably the case for the abbreviation "Jo:" which can mean either John or Joseph or perhaps other names. Where a given name beginning with the letters "Jo..." is fully spelled out here, it was found that way in the original, or the intention is otherwise certain. Variants of "Anne" have been left as in the original, since many times "Hannah" is meant. Elisa may mean Elizabeth. "Francis" was nearly always spelled the same and might be male or female. Recall that Christian and Bennett were usually female names in those times.
NOTE: All passengers recorded as sworn at St. Mildred Bredstreet, London.
| Passengers of the Christian , March 1634/35 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRENAME | SURNAME | STATUS | AGE | DATE of record | ROLL # | |
| Francis | Stiles | . | 35 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 1 | |
| Thomas | Bassett | . | 35 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 2 | |
| Thomas | Stiles | . | 20 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 3 | |
| Thomas | Barber | . | 21 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 4 | |
| Jo: | Dyer | . | 28 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 5 | |
| Jo: | Harris | . | 28 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 6 | |
| James | Horwood | . | 30 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 7 | |
| Jo: | Reeves | . | 19 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 8 | |
| Thomas | ffoulfoot | . | 22 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 9 | |
| James | Busket | . | 28 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 10 | |
| Thomas | Coop | . | 18 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 11 | |
| Edward | Preston | . | 13 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 12 | |
| Jo: | Cribb | . | 30 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 13 | |
| George | Chappell | . | 20 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 14 | |
| Robert | Robinson | . | 41 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 15 | |
| Edward | Patteson | . | 33 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 16 | |
| Francis | Marshall | . | 30 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 17 | |
| Ric…e | Heylei | . | 22 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 18 | |
| Thomas | Halford | . | 20 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 19 | |
| Thomas | Haukseworth | . | 23 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 20 | |
| PRENAME | SURNAME | STATUS | AGE | DATE of record | ROLL # | |
| Jo: | Stiles | . | 35 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 21 | |
| Henry | Stiles | . | 40 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 22 | |
| Jane | Worden | . | 30 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 23 | |
| Joan | Stiles | . | 35 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 24 | |
| Henry | Stiles | . | 3 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 25 | |
| Jo: | Stiles | . | 9mo | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 26 | |
| Rachel | Stiles | . | 28 | 16 Mar 1634/35 | 27 | |