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| Immigrant Ship Lyon |
"According to Winthrop's journal, a Mr. Way with five sons were passengers on
the ship Lyon, Captain Pierce master, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The ship
arrived at Boston on 8 Feb 1631. During the voyage one son was lost overboard
from the rigging during a hurricane. Roger Williams was also a passenger on the
Lyon."
-The Connecticut Way Family, Harry A. Way
Governor John
Winthrop was a puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in the founding of
the Massachusetts Bay Colony, well-quoted for his words "a city on a hill".
Governor Roger Williams was a puritan minister and staunch advocate for
religious freedom who founded Providence Plantations which became Rhode Island.
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