Weston Was Forced Out By Stress Of
Circumstances; Thomas Moved To New England; Pierce Was Ruined By His
Ventures By
Sea; Martin and Mullens died in 1621; Pickering and Greene
got out early, from distrust as to profits; Wincob alone,
Of this class,
was a small investor, if he was one at all.
By far the greater portion of the sums invested by the Adventurers in
behalf of the Colony is represented by those whose names are known, those
still unknown representing, doubtless, numbers rather than amounts. It
is, however, interesting to note, that more than four sevenths of the
original number, as given by Captain John Smith, continued to retain
their interests till the "Composition" of 1626. It is to be hoped that
it may yet be possible to increase considerably, if not to perfect, the
list of these coadjutors of the Pilgrims - the Merchant Adventurers - the
contracting "party of the second part," to the charter-party of the
MAY-FLOWER.
Who the Owner of the MAY-FLOWER was, or who his representative, the
"party of the first part," to the charter party of the Pilgrim ship,
cannot be declared with absolute certainty, though naturally a matter of
absorbing interest. There is, however, the strongest probability, as
before intimated, that Thomas Goffe, Esq., one of the Merchant
Adventurers, and always a stanch friend of the Pilgrims, was the owner of
the historic vessel, - and as such has interwoven his name and hers with
the histories of both the Pilgrim and Puritan hegiras from Old to New
England.
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