Reconstructing the Welcome Passenger List, August-October 1682 - a Genealogy Project
The Ship Welcome sailed from Deal, England, departing 31 August 1682, and arrived at the mouth of the Delaware River (New Castle) on 27 October 1682, later anchoring at Chester, Pennsylvania (28 October). William Penn and friends then went to Philadelphia. The ship's master was Robert Greenway. A passenger list has not survived, but much research has been done to show who may have been on the ship with William Penn. Here is a list of possible Welcome passengers ("proven" according to the Welcome Claimants - see sources below).
- John Barber, of Shipley, Essex; possibly died on the voyage
- Elizabeth Barber, his wife (daughter of John Songhurst - see passenger #50)
- William Buckman, born circa 1650 at or near Ballinghurst, Sussex
- Sarah Buckman, his wife
- Sarah Buckman, his daughter
- Mary Buckman, his daughter
- Joan Buckman, his mother
- Ruth Buckman, his sister
- Edward Buckman, his brother
- Thomas Buckman, his brother
- Thomas Fitzwater
- Mary Fitzwater, wife of Thomas Fitzwater, died on voyage
- Thomas Fitzwater, son of Thomas Fitzwater
- George Fitzwater, son of Thomas Fitzwater
- Josiah Fitzwater, son of Thomas Fitzwater, died on voyage
- Mary Fitzwater, daughter of Thomas Fitzwater, died on voyage
- Thomas Gillett
- Bartholomew Green, servant (to Richard Townsend - see passenger #52)
- Nathaniel Harrison, servant (to Richard Townsend - see passenger #52)
- Jeffrey Hawkins
- Dorothy Hawkins, his wife
- Roger Hawkins, their son
- James Hawkins, their son
- Daniel Hawkins, their son
- Jeffrey Hawkins, their son
- Susanna Hawkins, their daughter
- Elizabeth Hawkins, their daughter
- Thomas Heriott, of Sussex, died on voyage
- Richard Ingelo, son of English Church clergyman, Nathaniel Ingelo; returned to England circa 1686
- Isaac Ingram, of Gatton, Surrey, died on voyage
- Thomas Jones, servant of Dennis Rochford (see passenger #41)
- William Lushington
- Jeane Matthews, servant of Dennis Rochford (see passenger #41)
- Hannah Mogeridge, servant of John Rowland (see passenger #45)
- Joshua Morris
- David Ogden, born 1655
- John Ottey, servant of Thomas Fitzwater (see passenger #13)
- Eleanor Pain (Ellinor Pain), daughter of James & Anne Paine of Brighton; servant of William Wade (see passenger #56)
- William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania
- James Portiff (or Proteus), servant of William Wade (see passenger #56)
- Dennis Rochford, born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland in 1647
- Mary Rochford, 2nd wife of Dennis Rochford
- Mary Rochford, their daughter, died on voyage
- Grace Rochford, daughter of Dennis Rochford & his 1st wife, died on voyage
- John Rowland, of Sussex
- Priscilla Rowland, wife of John Rowland
- Thomas Rowland, brother of John Rowland
- William Smith, servant of Richard Townsend (see passenger #52)
- John Snashfold, died on voyage
- John Songhurst, of Sussex, father of Elizabeth Barber (see passenger #2)
- George Thompson
- Richard Townsend
- Ann Townsend, wife of Richard Townsend
- James Townsend, their child, born on the Welcome
- Hannah Townsend, Richard Townsend's daughter
- William Wade, of Sussex, died on voyage
- Zachariah Whitpaine, born in London 1665; married Sarah Songhurst (see below) in Philadelphia in 1686; son of Richard Whitpaine, a butcher, of London
- Joseph Woodrooffe
- Thomas Wynne, of Wales
Additional Possible Passengers
- Thomas Buckman, son of William Buckman (see passenger #3); possibly died on voyage
- Benjamin Chambers, co-executor (with John Songhurst) of William Wade's will (see passengers #50 & #56)
- Hannah Ogden, sister of David Ogden (see passenger #36)
- Sarah Ogden, sister of David Ogden
- Mary Songhurst, wife of John Songhurst (see passenger #50)
- Sarah Songhurst, their daughter
- John Songhurst, their son
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