John of London (ship)

The John of London was a ship, possibly built during the 1620s by Robert Trenckmore in his shipyards at Shoreham-By-Sea in West Sussex, England. The ship was captained by George Lamberton during its 1638 voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Boston, Massachusetts. This voyage brought Ezekiel Rogers and a number of families that went on to settle Rowley, Massachusetts. The voyage was also notable for bringing the first printing press to North America, which went on to be used at Harvard College. At least once during its 20-30 year lifespan, it was refitted as a fighting ship. It was captured and sunk near Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, during 1650.

References

• Paine, Lincoln P., Ships of the World, An Historical Encyclopedia; Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1997. (p. 619)
• Spectre, Peter H. and Larkin, David, Wooden Ship, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston; 1991.
• Paine, Lincoln P., Ships of the World, An Historical Encyclopedia; Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1997. (Centerpiece)
• Cheal, Henry, The Story of Shoreham, Hove Combridges, 1921. (pp. 148-149)
• Atwater, Edward, History of the Colony of New Haven; 1880. (pp. 84, 85)
• Lauder-Frost, G.M.S., East Lothian Life, Issue 22, Autumn 1996, (ISSN 1361-7818)
• Corydon Ireland, Harvard Gazette, The instrument behind New England’s first literary flowering; Harvard University, Cambridge, 2012.

External links

• John of London Passenger List, Summer of 1638
• The Ship He Came To America On, by R. A. Spafford
• The instrument behind New England’s first literary flowering
• Rowley and Ezekiel Rogers, The First North American Printing Press