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The '''[[Dorchester Company]] of Adventurers''' was a [[Joint Stock Company]] established in 1623 in [[England]] to enable the [[English people|English]] colonisation of [[North America]]<ref name="OR Dorch">{{cite web |title=Dorchester Company of Adventurers |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095727214;jsessionid=5FA85041FA1D37EA55B131492B18D54D |website=Oxford Reference |publisher=Oxford University |access-date=16 June 2023 |language=en }}</ref> It was founded at the instigation of the [[puritan]] [[Anglican]] churchman, [[John White (colonist priest)|John White]]. |
The '''[[Dorchester Company]] of Adventurers''' was a [[Joint Stock Company]] established in 1623 in [[England]] to enable the [[English people|English]] colonisation of [[North America]]<ref name="OR Dorch">{{cite web |title=Dorchester Company of Adventurers |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095727214;jsessionid=5FA85041FA1D37EA55B131492B18D54D |website=Oxford Reference |publisher=Oxford University |access-date=16 June 2023 |language=en }}</ref> It was based in Dorchester, Dorset, near the English Channel, and was founded at the instigation of the [[puritan]] [[Anglican]] churchman, [[John White (colonist priest)|John White]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Goff |first=John |title=Salem's Witch House: A Touchstone to Antiquity |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-61423-286-5 |pages=1625 |language=en}}</ref> The joint stock company was composed of members of his congregations in addition to other Puritans that White contacted. They chose to establish a colony at Cape Ann instead of Plymouth because the pilgrims there had a separatist orientation. |
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Although the company only existed for three years it played a significant role in the later development of the [[Massachusetts Bay Company]]. The company was a commercial organisation which aimed to provide a [[safe haven]] on the [[North American Coast]] where supplies could be stored. This was established at [[Cape Ann]].<ref name="Palfrey GPM">{{cite web |last1=Palfrey |first1=John G. |title=The Great Puritan Migration to New England – History Moments |url=https://historyweblog.com/2017/11/the-great-puritan-migration-to-new-england/ |website=historyweblog.com |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The company had 119 members, six of whom were to go and join the Massachusetts Bay Company.<ref name="Robbins motives">{{cite journal |last1=Robbins |first1=William G. |title=The Massachusetts Bay Company: An Analysis of Motives |journal=The Historian |date=1969 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=83–98 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-6563.1969.tb01138.x |jstor=24440500 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24440500 |issn=0018-2370}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The company had 119 members, six of whom were to go and join the Massachusetts Bay Company.<ref name="Robbins motives">{{cite journal |last1=Robbins |first1=William G. |title=The Massachusetts Bay Company: An Analysis of Motives |journal=The Historian |date=1969 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=83–98 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-6563.1969.tb01138.x |jstor=24440500 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24440500 |issn=0018-2370}}</ref> The new trading association included several West Country men that had interests in the Dorchester Company such as Thomas Southcott, John Brown, and John Humfrey.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Delahaye |first=Agnès |title=Settling the Good Land: Governance and Promotion in John Winthrop’s New England (1620–1650) |publisher=BRILL |year=2020 |isbn=978-90-04-43139-3 |location=Leiden |pages=94 |language=en}}</ref> |
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The Dorchester Company of Adventurers was a Joint Stock Company established in 1623 in England to enable the English colonisation of North America[1] It was based in Dorchester, Dorset, near the English Channel, and was founded at the instigation of the puritan Anglican churchman, John White.[2] The joint stock company was composed of members of his congregations in addition to other Puritans that White contacted. They chose to establish a colony at Cape Ann instead of Plymouth because the pilgrims there had a separatist orientation.
Although the company only existed for three years it played a significant role in the later development of the Massachusetts Bay Company. The company was a commercial organisation which aimed to provide a safe haven on the North American Coast where supplies could be stored. This was established at Cape Ann.[3]
The company had 119 members, six of whom were to go and join the Massachusetts Bay Company.[4] The new trading association included several West Country men that had interests in the Dorchester Company such as Thomas Southcott, John Brown, and John Humfrey.[5]
References
- ^ "Dorchester Company of Adventurers". Oxford Reference. Oxford University. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ Goff, John (2009). Salem's Witch House: A Touchstone to Antiquity. Arcadia Publishing. p. 1625. ISBN 978-1-61423-286-5.
- ^ Palfrey, John G. "The Great Puritan Migration to New England – History Moments". historyweblog.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ Robbins, William G. (1969). "The Massachusetts Bay Company: An Analysis of Motives". The Historian. 32 (1): 83–98. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1969.tb01138.x. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24440500.
- ^ Delahaye, Agnès (2020). Settling the Good Land: Governance and Promotion in John Winthrop’s New England (1620–1650). Leiden: BRILL. p. 94. ISBN 978-90-04-43139-3.