I decided to see if I could find out more about George’s voyage on the Internet,
and hit pay dirt right
away.
My first find was
an Internet post by Kathleen Mirabella that noted:
On page LIX in the
Correspondence between William Penn and James Logan found at the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania is an extract from a letter written by Isaac Norris, 24th
6th mo, 1699” as follows:
“This
day arrived the Britannia (sic) from Liverpool with passenger. She brought out
about 200, but being 13 weeks at sea, has lost about 50, and many now very sick
and weak. Our dear friend Thomas Murgrave (sic; actually Musgrave) died about a
fortnight ago; his poor disconsolate widow and her four children left on shore
at Elsinborough."
This provided:
·
the date of arrival of the Britannia as August 24, 1699; and,
· proof positive that George Haworth was on the Britannia since
George mentioned
the death of Thomas Musgrave in his first letter.
Ship pictured is the Welcome; a ship of 300 tons 150 feet long that carried 102 passengers, including William Penn, in 1682.
The Britannia was somewhat
larger but of similar design.