Examples of Whole Congregations Emigrating Together to New World

[hammondjones]

I'm very interested in any examples of an entire congregation (of large part of it) emigrating to the new world as a congregation.

I am presently aware of two:

1. The "Cahans Exodus" (1764) - Large portion of Associate Synod congregation of Ballybay, county Monaghan emigrates to New York under Rev. Dr. Thomas Clark

2. Salzburger Emigrants (1734) - 300 Salzburgers emigrate to Georgia (of the ~20k Lutherans expelled from the Archbishopric of Salzburg) under pastor Johann Boltzius


Are there any other examples that I should be aware of?

 

[Ryan&Amber2013]

That's neat that your thinking about this. The pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower were part of a congregation.

 

[Santos]

The Wends of Texas were a group of 558 Sorbian/Wendish people who emigrated from Lusatia (Germany) to Texas in 1854 under their pastor John Kilian.
They were a group of Lutherans resisting a forced merger of Reformed and Lutheran churches by King Frederick William the 3rd of Prussia.

There is a need little community that we pass when we head to College Station a couple times a year to visit our son at A&M. We have always wanted to stop in but have never had the time.

 

[hammondjones]

The pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower were part of a congregation.

Yeah, somehow that slipped my mind.

 

[hammondjones]

The Wends of Texas were a group of 558 Sorbian/Wendish people who emigrated from Lusatia (Germany) to Texas in 1854 under their pastor John Kilian.

Excellent, thank you!

 

[Santos]

Excellent, thank you!

No problem. Thank you! I look forward to researching the examples you provided.

 

[Romans922]

Research Covenanters. A lot came to South Carolina.

 

[De Jager]

I am pretty sure whole congregations of Dutch reformed persons came to Michigan in the 1800s.

 

[Ryan&Amber2013]

O yeah, and maybe the french Huguenots.

 

[Pergamum]

Some Reformed micro-denominations can all fit on one single dinghy.

 

[Edward]

Some Reformed micro-denominations can all fit on one single dinghy.

They better bring a second boat for when they split.