Category: Salem

The Storm

The Blessing left London in July of 1635 and arrived in Massachusetts Bay that August, fifteen years after The Mayflower. Onboard were Richard More and Christian Hunter, who would marry one year later, both were just 20 years old. They were directly in the path of one of the biggest hurricanes about to hit New England and experienced it together while first meeting and falling in love.

The Plan

Samuel More paid a hefty £100 (over double the cost for each child) to place all four children; Elinor, Jasper, Richard and Mary “such a spurious broode” (as he referred to them); onboard the Mayflower as indentured servants in the hands of “honest & religious people”.

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