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Nicholas Shapley | Immigrant Ancestor | see FAMILY TREE |
Of Charlestown | ||
Died: 15 Feb 1662/3 |
CHILDREN
2. Anna Shapley
3. Nicholas Shapley
4. Joseph Shapley
Major Nicholas Shapley, son of Alexenander Shapleigh of Kingsweare, Devonshire, England is often confused with this Nicholas Shapley, who was a mariner. Between Sep 28 and Nov 7, 1635 he sailed from Bistol and arrived in Boston.
Diary of John Hull found in Transactions and Collections
of the American Antiquarian Society By American Antiquarian Society "And being brought up in Hareborough, at school, until I was near ten years old, my father removed to New England, with whom I came, by the way of Bristol, in the ship "George," Mr. Nicholas Shapley master. We set sail from kingrode, in Bristol, upon the 28th of September, 1635 ; and by the 7th of November (being the seventh day of the week) we arrived at Boston in New England; where, by the way, we fell upon the sands at the Isle of Sables; and the ship struck upon the ground or sands thirty blows, to the amazement of master and mariners; and, hope of safety being taken away, the sailors would have hoisted out the long-boat, to have fled for their safety, though they had another pretence. But the all-knowing God would not suffer them, with all their power (and also the help of many passengers), to get out the boat: but it hung by a fluke of the anchor; and God so ordered it, that (after long beating there and much fear) he turned the ship off again into the sea, and the next day gave us a great calm, and, by it, liberty to mend our broken helm, and other things that were amiss." |
This must be the Captain Nicholas Shapley who, five years later, was out exploring in Oregon in 1640
History of Oregon and California by Robert Greenhow, 1845 |