William Orcutt appears to have emigrated from England (baptismal record from Fillongley, Warwickshire, England, 6 December, 1618 in the name William Orchar, son of William Orchar, a name supposedly modified from the Scottish Urchard/Urquhart) and arrived in this country prior to this marriage date.
Some sources say he came in 1660, arrived in Weymouth, MA, moved to Scituate/Marshfield.
One tradition from the John line (Helen G. Judson) says he was a cabin boy on the second ship to Plymouth [this would make sense if the ısecond shipġrefers to a Mayflower fleet in 1630, but this needs to be confirmed.
It couldn¡¦t be the 1621 ship, since he would have been 3-4 years old at that time.
He later became a seaman which could account for few records or any land purchase/grant between 1664 (or earlier) and the family¡¦s move to Bridgewater apparently after October 7, 1683 -- the year daughter Deborah was baptised in 2nd Church Scituate, also the year William purchased property in Bridgewater -- or shortly thereafter, since last child of 12, daughter Susannah, was born in Bridgewater in 1685.
Some sources say he came in 1660, arrived in Weymouth, MA, moved to Scituate/Marshfield.
One tradition from the John line (Helen G. Judson) says he was a cabin boy on the second ship to Plymouth [this would make sense if the ısecond shipġrefers to a Mayflower fleet in 1630, but this needs to be confirmed.
It couldn¡¦t be the 1621 ship, since he would have been 3-4 years old at that time.
He later became a seaman which could account for few records or any land purchase/grant between 1664 (or earlier) and the family¡¦s move to Bridgewater apparently after October 7, 1683 -- the year daughter Deborah was baptised in 2nd Church Scituate, also the year William purchased property in Bridgewater -- or shortly thereafter, since last child of 12, daughter Susannah, was born in Bridgewater in 1685.
William Orcutt appears to have emigrated from England (baptismal record from Fillongley, Warwickshire, England, 6 December, 1618 in the name William Orchar, son of William Orchar, a name supposedly modified from the Scottish Urchard/Urquhart) and arrived in this country prior to this marriage date.
Some sources say he came in 1660, arrived in Weymouth, MA, moved to Scituate/Marshfield.
One tradition from the John line (Helen G. Judson) says he was a cabin boy on the second ship to Plymouth [this would make sense if the ısecond shipġrefers to a Mayflower fleet in 1630, but this needs to be confirmed.
It couldn¡¦t be the 1621 ship, since he would have been 3-4 years old at that time.
He later became a seaman which could account for few records or any land purchase/grant between 1664 (or earlier) and the family¡¦s move to Bridgewater apparently after October 7, 1683 -- the year daughter Deborah was baptised in 2nd Church Scituate, also the year William purchased property in Bridgewater -- or shortly thereafter, since last child of 12, daughter Susannah, was born in Bridgewater in 1685.
Some sources say he came in 1660, arrived in Weymouth, MA, moved to Scituate/Marshfield.
One tradition from the John line (Helen G. Judson) says he was a cabin boy on the second ship to Plymouth [this would make sense if the ısecond shipġrefers to a Mayflower fleet in 1630, but this needs to be confirmed.
It couldn¡¦t be the 1621 ship, since he would have been 3-4 years old at that time.
He later became a seaman which could account for few records or any land purchase/grant between 1664 (or earlier) and the family¡¦s move to Bridgewater apparently after October 7, 1683 -- the year daughter Deborah was baptised in 2nd Church Scituate, also the year William purchased property in Bridgewater -- or shortly thereafter, since last child of 12, daughter Susannah, was born in Bridgewater in 1685.
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