
Mr. & Mrs. Marion Strong with Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Strong at 2005 Reunion
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MARY AND JOHN — 1630
Master Thomas Squeb
Sailed from Plymouth, 20 March 1630.
The day of the sailing was the Saturday before Palm Sunday.
400 tons.
140 passengers
40 — 50 crewmen
Ship owned by Roger Ludlow
The ship was suppose to land at the Charles river but Capt. Squeb refused to navigate the Boston Harbor, probably because of its islands, sandbars and shoals. He had the passengers disembark at Nantasket Point.
June 1630 — John Winthrop sent for Capt. Squeb at Nantasket, where the “Mary and John” lay. He did not record what was said. “[John] Winthrop seemed to think he had ‘ended [the] difference between him [Capt. Squeb] and the passengers’, in token of which Captain Squeb gave the order for a salute of five guns in the govenor’s honour and it was said that Squeb later paid compensation to [Roger] Ludlow.” [Dorset Pilgrims, Frank Thistlethwaite, p.76]
There is no official passenger list of the Mary & John.
Synthetic Passenger List of Possible Passengers
HOPEWELL — 1635
Master John Driver
Sailed from Weymouth, 8 May 1635.
Official Passenger List. (Ref: Port Book E.190/876/1 Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London)
Click here to visit the Mary and John Website of Burton W. Spear
The Strong Family Association Coat of Arms (The Strong Crest) was approved by the SFAA Directors at the SFAA Annual National Members’ Meeting in August 1977 as the Official Strong Family Association Coat of Arms (Crest). This came about after much research into the background by several of the more knowledgeable SFAA members. From this information, a young SFAA member artist, James Horner Strong of Arlington, MA painted this crest which was subsequently approved by the SFAA Directors. The animal in the SFAA Crest is a wyvern or eagle. Most American references list it as an eagle. It bears a close resemblance to the animal in the Taunton City, Somerset, England crest which is a wyvern.
The Latin motto, “Tentanda Via Est” was approved by the SFAA Directors to be the SFAA motto with the translation to be: “The way is to be tried.”
Spouses of Descendants of Elizabeth Chard and Aaron Cooke:
George Stanley McGovern (1922-), U.S. Senator from South Dakota, and Democratic presidential candidate in 1972
Brigham Young (1801–1877), Mormon leader and colonizer of Utah