Mary and John
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Mary and John was a 400-ton ship that sailed between England and the American colonies in the 1630s. She was owned by Roger Ludlow (1590–1664), one of the assistants of the Massachusetts Bay Company.[1]
On March 20, 1630, the ship, under the command of a Capt. Squeb or Squibb, sailed from Plymouth, England, with 140 emigrants from western England.[2] She arrived at Nantasket, near present-day Hull, Massachusetts, on May 30.[3] The passengers went ashore and founded Dorchester, Massachusetts. The voyage, along with an 11-ship flotilla led by John Winthrop that departed England in April 1630, greatly fortified the two-year-old Massachusetts Bay Colony.
She made a similar voyage in 1633, bringing more emigrants from England to Massachusetts.
