WESTON, THOMAS
\wˈɛstən], \wˈɛstən], \w_ˈɛ_s_t_ə_n]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
(1575-1624), formed a joint stock company for fitting out the expedition of the Pilgrims to America in 1620, but soon afterward withdrew from it as unprofitable. He organized a company of his own and sent an advance party in 1622 which founded a settlement at Wessagussett under a grant by the king to Sir Ferdinando Gorges. The settlers were improvident and soon returned to England.
By John Franklin Jameson
