REFERENCE: 7468
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-It was Isabella, born about 1685, and her husband that went with her
brotherGeorge to America in 1699. She died at sea in childbirth. Her
child died as well. Then a few days after arriving in America, her
husband died as well. This is a letter that details these deaths.
- A very good account of this voyageis contained in a letter that George
wrote his mother a few weeks after arriving in America. This transcript
of that letter was obtained in a booklet putout by
the Haworth Family Association at a Reunion held in Plainfield, Indiana
in September of 1899.
- Philadelphia, 26, of 8 Mo., 1699
To my Dear Mother, Brother and Sisters: --
After my dear love to you all with my dear love to all my friends and
neighbors, hoping that you are all in good health as I am at present,
blessed be the Lord for the same; though I have been very weakly at sea
in the latter end of our journey, but it pleased the Lord that I got on
shore at a place 100 leagues short of Philadelphia, where I was informed
that my Sister dwelt there at a place called "Hurbells", and so much in
weakness I got to the place and quickly found her, and staid there one
week and then set sail in a sloop for Philadelphia, for which I paid 5s.
My Sister was ingood health and she hath four children, two boys and two
girls, and her husband being well also, and is in good health. He is a
hatter to his trade. We were about 14 weeks at sea. After we left
Liverpool a long and tedious journeywe had, for we being thronged in the
ship I believe hurt many, for we had many distempers amongst us as
fevers, flux and jaundice and many died at sea about 56 and at shore
there died about 20. Henry Mitchell died at sea about midway, his son
John is dead also, and one Ellis Schofield and Robert Brewer aredead and
he hath left his goods to be returned to his kinfolks at Liverpool.
My Brother-in-law is dead and the child died also about three days before
my sister. She was indifferently well most of the way, but about 100
leagues of sight of land she bore a child and it died and then she died
and left her household
goods to my sister and one half of the clothes and the other half she
left to me. As for my Sister here, she doth somewhat incline to come to
meeting; but she liveth so far remote from any meeting that she seldom
goeth, but as for her husband
he doth not incline to go to Friends Meetings. If my Brother, or any of
my neighbors do incline to come into this country, let them be careful
that they do not come too many in the ship as we did, for being thronged
and the smell of many, then many fainted away and died.
We wanted water and beer to drink, for having salt beef we were much a
thirst and could notget enough to drink, for the seamen stowed the hold
so full of goods that they had not enough room for water and beer, and
then wanting such things as might have nourished us, we suffered
hardships. But if any come let them buy for themselves over and besides
the ship's allowance, spices, brandy and cheese, let the seamen pretend
to what they will, or else victuals themselves and
bargain for being carried over and goods and then bring for yourselves
but alittle beef and some bacon and what flour is very good, and cheese
and butterand eggs and any other mild sort of food. And as for your
goods you bring, let them be
bedticks, very good, with all sorts of bedding.
Bring no hats except very good and hardwares; so be careful of bein
Isabelle HAWORTH 
