The first pilgrims sailed to America from which English Port?
HMS America (1757) off the southwestern coast of England throughout the winter of 17571758, on patrol for French privateers. On 9 December she recaptured "John Galley", an English Merchantman from the port of Bolton which had been seized by French. With the assistance of a prize crew from "America", the recaptured vessel was sailed to Plymouth Harbour for return to her original owners. "America" remained at her station, and on 18 December captured a French merchantman, "Neptune", bearing a load of fish. The French crew were held aboard as prisoners, and the vessel sent into Plymouth as a prize. An engagement on the
Pilgrims Hatch Pilgrims Hatch Pilgrims Hatch is a residential suburb of Brentwood, Essex, in the east of England. There is a borough council ward bearing the name 'Pilgrims Hatch' which covers the Bishops Hall and Flower estates (the urban area north of the A12 road) and a small rural area to the north up to Ashwells Road and Days Lane. Pilgrims Hatch usually elects Liberal Democrat councillors. It has a population of around 6,000 people. 'Pilgrims Hatch' literally means "Pilgrim's Gate" (with 'hatch' being derived from the Old English form of "haecc") and, until recently, local schools used a large farmer's gate