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Why would a woman sail to Jamestown in 1618, without any family members in the colony, and as the only woman on the ship? (lemmit.online)
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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/antisocialite_- on 2023-09-26 07:33:39.

The was before the Jamestown brides sailed and she was 16 years old. Tracing my genealogy and trying to understand why she would have chosen this dangerous journey. The ship muster might be incomplete but it lists her as the only woman aboard. (Ship is the Diana). She later married a man 25 years older than her. Her brother came to the colony about 15 years later.

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