John Camden Hotten

Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700 John Camden Hotten

By: John Camden Hotten, Pub. 1874, Reprinted 2020, 604 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-178-7. This book is considered to be one of the most important sources that a researcher can use when researching immigration during the 17th & 18th century. It should be apart of everyone's personal library who is researching their family history during these colonial times. This book is probably the most famous of all ships' passenger lists of English-speaking immigrants of the colonial period ever published. It was transcribed from the records of the British State Paper Office, it contains the names of over 11,000 immigrants. Data to be found within: names & ages, former places of residence, and the names of ships in which they embarked. The use of the book is greatly enhanced by a 66 page index, giving the Christian as well as the family name of all immigrants cited in various lists throughout the work.