#20-2020 Travel From France to Nova Scotia in 1752

#20-2020  Travel  From France to Nova Scotia in 1752

Travel by our ancestors was not always easy.  It is hard to imagine traveling in the 1700’s, the 1800’s and even the 1900’s.  It is amazing how mobile people were.  And why would people travel to a foreign country?  The majority of time it was due to economics, political or religious motives that encouraged or forced travel.

My 5th great grandfather, George Fredric Fainot traveled from France to Nova Scotia in 1752 aboard the "Sally".  Family information in the Shaffner Bible provided the information to research George Friedrich Fainot.  He was 24 years old, a gunsmith and originally from Montbeliard, France.  

George boarded The "Sally" which left Rotterdam (Netherlands) on 30 May 1752 with 258 passengers.  The Captain was John Robinson who died on the voyage.  It arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia between 26 August and 6 September 1752 with 218 passengers.  The passengers could not disembark until the 26th of September 1752 because of the sickness or housing for the passengers.  

As with many emigrations, a recruiter was involved.  The recruiter may have received money for each person recruited.

From the recruiter (John Dick) of Foreign Protestants for the England Board of Trade:

Emigration in 1751:

Immediately I started preparing for the next year. I had six agents recruiting in Germany, Switzerland and France. I procured passports from the King of Prussia and from the Netherlands to speed up my recruits’ transport down the Rhine. I also made improvements to the shipping arrangements. I had ventilators installed on the ships. And I made changes to the food carried on the ships to make it more suitable for people unused to eating salt meat. I made sure that extra water was carried. Still, it is expected that some people will die before reaching Halifax, as the journey is long - as much as three months - and arduous. We can only try to minimize the loss. 

(http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitLo.do;jsessionid=427D39AC9AF41E233AB6A4507508ADE4?method=preview&lang=EN&id=12560 : viewed 16 May 2020)

I could not find a picture of "Sally", but one very similar, the "Gale".

George lived in Nova Scotia and married Francisca Menico (Menegaux) in 1753.  About 1756 they moved to New York, and five year later moving to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Can you imagine spending three and half (3 1/2) months on this ship?  Can you imagine the stormy seas and waves?  Can you imagine the food?  Can you imagine the conditions, the smell and hope of survival?  Can you imagine seeing land?

And the recruits boarded a ship knowing the conditions.