Winthrop Fleet
Massachusetts Bay Company was joint stock trading company chartered by the English Crown in 1629 to establish a colony in New England. John Winthrop and his fleet of eleven ships brought over 700, mostly puritan, passengers from England to settle in Boston, Salem, and other cities around Massachusetts Bay. The ships were Arbella, Ambrose, Talbot, Jewl, Charlse, Mayflower (not 1620 vessel), Hopewell, William and Francis, Whale, Success, and Trial. This wave of colonization was known as first The Great Migration.
10th Great Grandparents
Lambson-Smith Branch
Thomas Matson
Thomas Matson Jr was born circa 1607 to the parents of Thomas Matson Sr. and Anne Clopton. He was Christened on 21 Apr 1607 in St Martins, London, Middlesex, England.
Thomas Matson is documented as part of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, most likely, arriving in Salem sometime in June. Thomas was believed to be a Gunsmith. He became a freeman 4 Mar 1633/4.
Thomas was literate because he was able to sign his name on his will dated 9 June 1676. His will probated 26 Apr 1677, which means he died between June of 1676 and April of 1677.
Thomas married Amy/Anne Chambers circa 1633. My FamilySearch page documents their marriage date of 2nd March 1630/1 (according to the Julian calendar), which is incorrect because it is documented that Amy/Anne Chambers was admitted to the Church in Boston in 1633.
Amy Chambers was born circa 1612 in the City of London to the parents of Thomas Chambers (1688-1615) and Alice Catlett (1654-1631). Amy Chambers is, also, believed to have been part of the Winthrop Fleet arriving in 1630 [PC, 67]; whether on the same ship as Thomas Matson is unable to be determined. She is mentioned in [GMB, V1 A-F, p324-325]. Amy/Anne died in April 1678 in Boston, Soffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Amy's will is dated 28 Feb 1677/8 (Julian calendar) and proved 1 May 1678, which means she would have died between those dates.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol 2 G-O. Boston: New England Historic Society, 1995. Pages 1238-1241. Print or available to view on Ancestry.com.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol 1 A-F. Boston: New England Historic Society, 1995. Pages 324-325. Print or available to view on Ancestry.com.
Banks, Charles Edward. The planters of the commonwealth; a study on emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them; their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts. 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Pages 67, 76.
Banks, Charles Edward (1854-1931). The Winthrop fleet of 1630; an account of the vessels, the voyage, the passengers, and their English homes from original authorities. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 80.
Children of Thomas Matson and Amy Chambers
Thomas (1633-1690)
John Matson Sr (1636-1681) ~ m. Mary Cotton * daughter of William Cotton/Ann
Joshua (1640-1688)
Abigail (1650-Unk)
Descendants of Thomas Matson and Amy Chambers
John Matson ~ m. Mary Cotton
John Matson Jr ~ m. Mary Adams
Mary Matson ~ m. Ebenezer Lambson
Elnathan Lambson * Rev War Soldier ~ m. Jane Hayes
Jesse Lambson Sr * Rev War Soldier ~ m. Ruth Miller
Boaz Lambson ~ m. Polly Walworth
Alfred Boaz Lambson ~ m. Melissa Jane Bigler
Edna Lambson ~ m. Joseph Fielding Smith
Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman
John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson
* For privacy reasons I did not list my parents
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