Passenger List of the Griffin
Posted: 5 Dec 98
The Griffin, under Captain Robert Griffith, is the first well-documented ship to arrive on the New Jersey shore with colonists from England. It carried John Fenwick and the settlers who had purchased land from him to settle in New Jersey.
The ship loaded at London from June 16, 1675 to July 20. On October 3 (Gregorian or Modern Calendar) it anchored near the mouth of Assamhocking river in Delaware Bay and then ascended the river (now called the Salem) landing on October 5, at the present site of the city of Salem on the south side of the river.
Names enclosed in parentheses ( ) are doubltful. They may be listed on other later ships.
A
John Adams of Redding, Berks, weaver, with wife Elizabeth (Fenwick); children: Elizabeth aged 11, Fenwick aged 9, Mary aged 4. Sometimes shown as a servant of Fenwick.
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(Jane Allen)
B
William Braithwaite loaded goods 16 June.
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(Thomas Brinton)
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John Burton •
Gervase Bywater
C
John Cann •
Nathaniel Chambless (or Champness or Champneys) and son Nathaniel, Jr. •
Edward Champneys of Thornbury, Gloucs., joyner, wife Priscilla (Fenwick) and children: John and Mary •
Edward Cholmoley, prob. a mistake for Champneys, loaded 2 July
D
Thomas Duke, loaded 8 July and 20 July
E
Michael Eaton
F
John Fenwick with three daughters: Elizabeth, see under Adams, Ann who later married Samuel Hedge, and Priscilla, see under Champneys
G
Elinor Geere •
Ruth Geere •
Zacharia Geere •
Francis Gibbon, loaded 25 June •
Joanne Grigson •
Richard Guy and wife Bridget
H
Richard Hancock •
William Hancock with wife Isabella; sons John and William •
John Harding •
Richard Hartshorne •
Samuel Hayles, loaded 14 July. (Could be Samuel Hedges) •
Samuel Hedge or Hedges, later married Ann Fenwick. •
Peter Huff
Roger Hutchins wife Esther (who wrote a letter after arrival indicating there were "near 200 passengers" on the Griffin) and Esther's mother, not named. • Sarah Hutchins or Hutchings
L
(Hippolite Levevre -- may have arrived before the Griffin ) •
Edward Lemon or Loman. His loading on 13 July marked for Virginia •
John Lynd •
Samuel Lynde
M
William Malster or Malstiff •
John Matlock or Mallock
N
Job Nettleship •
Vicessimus Nettleship •
(James Nevill) •
John Nichols or Nicholson •
Samuel Nicholson, or Nichols wife Ann: children: Rachel, Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, and Able.
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Richard Noble •
Joseph North
P
William Parker, loaded 21 July •
Roger Pedrick, wrote home to wife Rebecca 14 June 1676. •
(John Pledger and wife Elizabeth, son Joseph) •
Ann Parsons
R
Mark Reeve
S
Isaac Smart, a crewman of the Griffin who stayed with the colony. •
John Smith, wife Martha (Craft); children: Daniel, Samuel, David and Sarah. •
Francis Smithey •
John Spooner and wife
T
John Test •
Robert Turner
W
Edward Wade and wife Prudence. •
Robert Wade •
Samuel Wade •
Joseph Ware •
Elizabeth Waites •
Edward Webb •
Richard Whitacre of Whitacar •
William Wilkinson •
(Christopher White) •
Mary White •
Robert Windham, wife and daughter •
John Wood, loaded 28 June
Z
Robert Zane
This list is taken from Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and Marion R. Balderston "Early Shipping to the Jersey Shore of the Delaware" reprinted in a compilation by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970).