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| Name | Mary and John, Mary & John |
| Namesake | John and Mary Winthrop[2] |
| Owner | Gilbert family (1607),[1] Roger Ludlow (1630) |
| In service | 1607 |
| Fate | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Tons burthen | 400 tons |
Mary and John was a 400-ton ship that is known to have sailed between England and the American colonies four times from 1607 to 1634. Named in tribute to John and Mary Winthrop[2] she was captained by Robert Davies and owned by Roger Ludlow (1590–1664), one of the assistants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[3] The ship's first two voyages to North America were to what is now Maine in June 1607 and September 1608, transporting emigrants to the colonies and back to England. In 1609, Samuel Argall also used the ship to navigate a shorter route to the Colony of Virginia via Bermuda. The third voyage to Maine was on March 20, 1630, bearing 130 colonists, and the fourth on March 26, 1634, to Nantaskut in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- ^ "Popham colony - Maine's First Ship". 9 July 2020.
- ^ a b Moseley, J. G. (1992). John Winthrop's World: History as a Story, the Story as History. United Kingdom: University of Wisconsin Press.
- ^ "Ship Mary and John". Dorchester Atheneum. March 2, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved October 29, 2013.