Table IV: Geographical Origins of Emigrants to New England, 1620-1649
Source: New England Mosaic: A Demographic Analysis for the 17th Century
by Richard Archer, William and Mary Quarterly
Page 484
Data Data Data Banks Banks Banks
Place of Resicence N Rank % N Rank % Dif. # Div. %
Bedfordshire 74 21 2 53 20 2 21 -
Berkshire 38 25 1 32 23 1 6 -
Buckinghamshire 102 15 2 78 13 3 24 -1
Cambridgeshire 48 24 1 29 25 1 19 -
Cheshire 9 36 - 13 34 - -4 -
Cornwall 7 38 - 15 31 - -8 -
Cumberland 3 43 - 1 39 - 2 -
Derbyshire 7 38 - 24 28 1 -17 -1
Devonshire 156 9 4 175 5 6 -19 -3
Dorset 139 10 3 128 8 4 11 1
Durham 2 44 - 3 38 - -1 -1
Essex 412 2 10 266 2 9 146 -
Gloucestershire 90 16 2 75 15 3 15 -
Hampshire 112 13 3 73 16 3 39 -
Herefordshire 4 41 - 7 37 - -3 -
Hertfordshire 177 7 4 108 9 4 69 -
Huntingdon 8 37 - 8 36 - - -
Kent 313 4 7 197 4 7 116 -
Lancashire 54 22 1 43 22 1 11 -
Leicestershire 49 23 1 44 21 2 5 -1
Lincolnshire 113 12 3 76 14 3 37 -
London 295 5 7 203 3 7 92 -
Middlesex 110 14 3 79 12 3 31 -
Monmouth 4 41 - - 40 - 4 -
Norfolk 346 3 8 168 6 6 178 2
Northamptonshire 79 18 2 71 17 2 8 -
Northumberland 37 26 1 19 29 1 18 -
Nottinghamshire 29 28 1 29 25 1 - -
Oxfordshire 23 30 1 27 27 1 -4 -
Rutland 12 33 - 9 35 - 3 -
Shropshire 11 34 - 14 32 - -3 -
Somersetshire 227 6 5 153 7 5 74 -
Staffordshire 16 32 - 14 32 - 2 -
Suffolk 544 1 13 298 1 10 246 3
Surrey 76 20 2 55 19 2 21 -
Sussex 33 27 1 32 23 1 1 -
Warwickshire 77 19 2 61 18 2 16 -
Wiltshire 165 8 4 107 10 4 58 -
Worcestershire 26 29 1 17 30 1 9 -
Yorkshire 136 11 3 81 11 3 55 -
Holland 80 17 2 - - - - -
Ireland 11 34 - - - - - -
Isle of Wight 5 40 - - - - - -
Wales 23 30 1 - - - - -
Totals 4,282 2,885 1,397