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Georgia's First Forty Families The 112 individuals listed below made up the first forty families to arrive in Georgia with General James Oglethorpe. These settlers left England, sailing from Gravesend on the ship Ann, on November 17, 1732. They arrived in Charleston, South Carolina on January 13, 1733 and set sail for Georgia one week later. On January 31, 1733, they stepped for the first time onto Georgia soil. (This was on a barrier island, they stepped ashore in Savannah, 12 February, 1733). Georgia was a frontier and living conditions were difficult. The majority of the first 40 families were towns people from England without knowledge of farming or other subsistence living crafts. With their lack of basic survival skills combined with a wilderness setting, probable salt poisoning from their water, diseases borne by insects and created by lack of sanitary measures, it's no wonder that the death rate was alarmingly high. Many of the descendants of these first 112 settlers still live in Georgia. Some of the families were located south of Savannah to present day Camden County and Glynn County to colonize and to man the fortifications established by Oglethorpe. This list gives the name of each colonist, age upon embarking on the ship Ann, occupation and/or family connection, official position in Georgia, and status 21 years later. Source: Georgia Journeys, Being on Account of the Lives of Georgia's Original Settlers and Many Other Early Settlers from the Founding of the Colony in 1732 until the Institution of Royal Government in 1754. By Sarah B. Govern Temple and Kenneth Coleman, The University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia 1961, Appendix, pages 254-256. This list gives the following: Name- Age-Occupation/Family Connection-Official Position in Georgia-Disposition by 1754 Amatis, Paul, none listed, Italian Silk Man Gardner & Silk Care Dead, Dec 1736 Bowling, Timothy, 38, Potash Maker, none listed, Dead, Nov 5, 1733 Calvert, Mary, 42, Wife of William, none listed, Dead, July 4, 1733 Calvert, William, 44, Trader in Goods, none listed, No record after 1738 Cameron, John Richard, 35, Servant to Francis Scott, none listed, Removed to South Carolina Cannon, Clementine, 3, Daughter to Richard, none listed, Allegedly murdered Cannon, James, 7 months, son to Richard, none listed, died on the Ann, Nov 26, 1732 Cannon, Marmaduke, 9, son to Richard, none listed, No record after 1741 Cannon, Mary 33, wife to Richard, none listed, Dead, July 22, 1733 Causton, Thomas, 40, Calico Printer, Bailiff, Public Storekeeper, Dead 1746
Christie, Thomas, 32, Merchant, Bailiff, Recorder, Removed to South Carolina
Clark, Charles, 11, son to Robert, none listed, Dead, no date
Clark, James, 9 months, son to Robert, none listed, Dead on Ann, Dec 22, 1732
Clark, John, 4, Son to Robert, none listed, No record after 1740
Clark, Judith, 24, wife to Robert, none listed, Perhaps in Georgia, may have
remarried
Clark, Peter, 3, son to Robert, none listed, No record after 1740
Clark, Robert, 37, Tailor, none listed, Dead, April 18, 1734
Close, Ann, 2, Daughter to Henry, none listed, Dead, April 2, 1734
Close, Hanna, 32, Wife to Henry, none listed, Returned to Scotland, May 1740
Close, Henry, 42, Cloth worker, none listed, Dead Dec 14, 1733
Coles, Anna, 32, Wife to Joseph, none listed, Still in Georgia
Coles, Anna, 13, Daughter to Joseph, none listed, Still in Georgia
Coles, Joseph, 28, Miller and Baker, none listed, Dead, Mar 4, 1734/5
Cooper, Joseph, 34, Writer, none listed, Dead, March 29 1735
Cormock, Mary, 11, Servant to Noble Jones, none listed, No record
Cox, Eunice, 3, Daughter to William, none listed, Returned to England 1734
Cox, Frances, 35, Wife to William, none listed, Returned to England 1734
Cox, William, 41, Surgeon, none listed, Dead, April 6 1733 Ellis, Thomas, 17,
Servant to Noble Jones, none listed, No Record after 1738
Fitzwater, Joseph, 31, Gardner, Constable, Public Gardner, Dead, Oct. 18,
1742
Fox, Walter, 35, Turner, Port Gunner, Tything man, Dead, Dec. 30 1741
Goddard, Elizabeth, 42, Wife of James, none listed, Dead July 28 1733
Goddard, Elizabeth, 5, Daughter to James, none listed, No record after 1735
Goddard, James, 35, Carpenter and joiner, none listed, Dead July 1733
Gordon, Katherine, 28, Wife to Peter, none listed, Returned to England
Gordon, Peter, 34, Upholsterer, Bailiff, Returned to England April 1738
Gready, John, 22, farmer, none listed, apparently removed to South Carolina
Greenfield, Charles, 16, Nephew to William Calvert, none listed, No record
after 1738
Greenfield, Sarah, 16, Niece to William Calvert, none listed, Apparently
removed to South Carolina
Greenfield, William, 19, Nephew to William Calvert, none listed, No record
after 1738
Hicks, Mary, none listed, Servant to Richard Cannon, none listed, No record
after 1733
Hodges, Elizabeth, 16, Daughter to Richard, none listed, Dead, August 4, 1735
Hodges, Mary, 42, Wife to Richard, none listed, Dead, apparently still in
Georgia
Hodges, Mary, 18, Daughter to Richard, none listed, Dead, March 24, 1738
Hodges, Richard, 50, Basketmaker, Bailiff, Dead, July 20, 1735
Hodges, Sarah, 5, Daughter to Richard, none listed, Apparently still in
Georgia
Hughes, Elizabeth, 22, Wife to Joseph, none listed, Dead, June 5, 1740
Hughes, Joseph, 28, Cider Trade, Understands writing and accounts,
Storekeeper to Trust, Dead, Sept 30, 1733
Johnson, Robert, 17, Servant to Thomas Christie, none listed, Dead, July 23,
1734
Jones, Mary, 3, Daughter to Noble, none listed, In Georgia
Jones, Noble, 32, Carpenter, Surveyor, Constable, Guard Boat Commander,
Register, Capt. of Militia, In Georgia.
Jones, Noble W., 10, Son to Noble, none listed, In Georgia
Jones, Sarah, 32, Wife to Noble, none listed, Probably Dead in 1752
Little, Elizabeth, 31, Wife to William, none listed, Dead, Sept. 26, 1733
Little, William, 31, Understands Flax and Hemp, none listed, Dead July 12,
1733
Little, William, 2, Son to William, none listed, In Georgia
Lloyd, Henry, 21, Servant to William Cox, none listed, Dead July 25, 1733
Mackay, John, 25, Servant to Joseph Stanley, none listed, Dead June 2, 1734
Milledge, Elizabeth, 40, Wife to Thomas, none listed, Dead June 1734
Milledge, Frances, 5, Daughter to Thomas, none listed, Probably in Georgia
Milledge, James, 2, Son of Thomas, none listed, Dead, Nov. 4, 1734
Milledge, John, 11, Son of Thomas, Tythingman, Commander at Fort Argyle,
Still in Georgia
Milledge, Richard, 8, Son of Thomas, none listed, No record after 1740
Mugridge, Francis, 39, Sawyer, none listed, Dead July 10 1733
Muir, Ellen, 38 Wife to James, none listed, Dead July 10, 1733
Muir, James, 28, Peruke Maker, none listed, to South Carolina 1739 died there
Muir, John, 2, Son to James, none listed, to South Carolina
Overend, Joshua, 40, Mercer, none listed, Dead June 1733
Parker, Jane, 36, Wife to Samuel, none listed, Dead 1742
Parker, Samuel, 33, Heelmaker, understands carpentering, Constable, Dead July
20, 1733
Parker, Samuel, Jr., 16, Son to Samuel, Blacksmith, Dead, 1741
Parker, Thomas, 9, Son to Samuel, none listed, In Georgia
Penrose, Elizabeth, 46, wife to John, none listed, In Georgia
Penrose, John, 35, Husbandman, Pilot at Tybee, In Georgia
Pratt, Thomas, 21, none listed, none listed, Returned to England April 1735
Sammes, John, 42, Cordwainer, none listed, Dead August 21, 1733
Satchfield, Elizabeth, 24, Servant to James Muir, none listed, No record
Scott, Francis, 40, Reducer, military officer, none listed, Dead, Jan 2, 1734
Stanley, Elizabeth, 35, Wife to Joseph, Public Midwife, To England Oct. 1736
Stanley, Joseph, 41, Stockingman, can draw and reel silk, Sexton, Still in
Georgia
Symes, Ann, 21, Daughter to George, none listed, Dead 1739
Symes, George, 55, Apothecary, Magistrate, Dead by 1740
Symes, Sarah, 52, Wife to George, none listed, Dead July 21 1733
Thibaut, Daniel, 50, Understands vines, none listed, Dead, Oct. 24, 1733
Thibaut, Diana, 7, Daughter to Daniel, none listed, Dead no date
Thibaut, James, 12, Son to Daniel, none listed, In Georgia
Thibaut, Mary, 40, Wife to Daniel, none listed, In Georgia
Wallis, Elizabeth, 27, Wife to John, none listed, Dead March 30, 1737 in
England
Warren, Elizabeth, 27, wife to John, none listed, Dead March 30, 1737 in
England
Warren, Georgius Mrinus, 3 weeks, none listed, none listed, No record,
apparently dead
Warren, John, 34, Flax & Hemp Dresser, none listed, Dead, Aug. 11, 1733
Warren, John, 2, Son to John, none listed, Dead June 12, 1733
Warren, Richard, 4, Son to John, none listed, In Georgia
Warren, William, 6, Son to John, none listed, Dead Sept. 5, 1733
Waterland, William, 44, Mercer, Bailiff, Removed to South Carolina, 1734
Wellen, Elias Ann, 18, Servant to Joseph Coles, none listed, Returned to
England
West, Elizabeth, 33, Wife to John, none listed, Dead July 1, 1733
West, John, 33, Smith, Bailiff, Dead, 1739
West, Richard, 5, Son to John, none listed, Dead, July 31, 1733
Wilson, James, 21, Sawyer, none listed, No record after 1740
Wright, Elizabeth, 11, Daughter to John, none listed, Dead, May 8, 1743
Wright, John, 33, Vintner, none listed, Dead Dec. 1737
Wright, John Norton, 13, Son to John, Tythingman, jailor, messenger to
President and assistants, No record after 1742
Wright, Penelope, 33, Wife to John, Wharfinger, In Georgia
Young, Thomas, 45, Wheelwright, none listed, Dead by 1750
This completes the list of passengers arriving on the Ship Ann
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