!IN "PLANTERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH" BY CHARLES EDWARD BANKS IA THE PASSENGER
LIST OF THE JAMES: JAMES OF LONDON, WILLIAM COOPER, MASTER, THREE HUNDRED TONS,
SAILED FROM SOUTHAMPTON APRIL 5 AND ARRIVED JUNE 3. AMONG THE PASSENGERS OUR
EMERY EMIGRANTS ARE LISTED AS: JOHN EMERY, 34, OF ROMSEY HANTS, NEWBURY,
CARPENTER ALONG WITH MRS______EMERY, ANNE EMERY, ELINOR EMERY AND JOHN EMERY.
THE OTHER EMERY FAMILY WAS ANTHONY EMERY OF ROMSEY HANTS, NEWBURY AND KITTERY,
CARPENTER WITH MRS. FRANCES EMERY, JAMES EMERY REBECCA EMERY AND WILLIAM KEMP,
SERVANT TO ANTHONY EMERY, DUXBURY. THE REV. JOSEPH AVERY, VICAR OF ROMSEY HAD
COME TO AMERICA IN 1634 AND PROBABLY INFLUENCED THESE EMIGRANTS. HE HAD LOANED
MONEY TO JOHN EMERY.
EMERY FAMILY HISTORY STATES HIS FIRST WIFE'S NAME IS NOT KNOWN, MARRIED IN
ENGLAND AND DIED AFTER 1632. NOTE THAT THE SHIP'S PASSENGER LIST LISTS HIS
WIFE NAME AS FRANCES IN 1635. THE BOOK STATES SHE IS THE ONLY WIFE NAMED FOR
HIM BUT SHE "APPEARS ONLY IN THE PERIOD 1649-1660. IT IS CONFUSING IN THAT IT
STATED SHE DIED BEFORE 1648 PROBABLY AT OR NEAR DOVER, NH. A DEED DATED 9
MAR.,1680/1 SEEMS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF A WILL FOR ANTHONY AND STATES "THAT I
ANTHONY EMERY OF THE TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH ON RHOAD ISLAND " ETC.
Music by
Barry Taylor, Victoria, B.C, Canada
