The Defence left London, England late July 1635 with her master, Edward Bostocke, arriving in Massachusetts Bay October 8th.

The following alphabetical roll is from her departure point, not necessarily who landed.

Alphabetical roll with name and roll number:
(Listed by date and roll number below)
Adams Dorothy 24, #89 
Ashbey Alice 20, Hoeman servant #3
Banes Martha 20, #96 
Bentley Mary 20, #111 
Boylston Thomas 20, #39 (From London, with wife Sarah, bound for Charlestown, MA. Ref: Savage. 36 pg 108) 
Browne Jo 27, tailor #24
Burles/Burtes Jo 27, #110 (Burt, John, from Penton, Mewsey, Hampshire, bound for Sudbury. Ref: NEGR 36/407.  36 pg 61) 
Cocke Joseph 27, Harlakenden servant #50 (Cook? From Yeldman (Great), Essex, bound for Cambridge. Ref: NEGR56/184. 36 pg 54)
Cocke George 25, Harlakenden servant #51 (Col. George Cook? From Yeldman (Great), Essex, bound for Cambridge. Ref: NEGR56/184. 36 pg 54)
	Cook, Col George and Joseph, from (Great) Yeldman, Essex, aboard the Defence, bound for Cambridge. Refs: Pope and NEGR 56/184. 36 page 54
Colburne Robert 28, #87 
Colburne Edward 17, #88 
Darno Penelope 29, servant #95 
Denny Mary 24, Browne servant #26 
Doune/Donn Thomas 25, #72 
Duhurst Henry 35, #63 
Farebrother Suzanna 25, #73 
Fennick/Fenwick Elizabeth 25, #83 
Fitch James 30, tailor #57 
Fitch Abigail 24, wife of James #58 
Fitch Jo. 14, #94 
French Elizabeth 30, #40 
French Elizabeth 6, #41 
French Marie 2, #42 
French Francis 10, #43 
French Jo 5 mos, #44 
French William 30, Harlakenden servant #52 (From Halstead, Essex, bound for Cambridge. Ref: NEGR 44/367  36 pg 47, listed as being on the Francis.) 
French Elizabeth 32, wife of William #53 
Gould John, 25, husbandman #22 
Gould Mrs Grace 25, wife of John #23
Goun Jasper 29, #100 
Goun Ann 25, #101 
Harlakenden Roger 23, #45 (From Colne, Earl's, Essex, bound for Cambridge, MA. Ref: NEGR 15/328. 36 pg 44)
Harlakenden Elizabeth 18, wife of Roger #46 
Harlakenden Mable 21, sister of Roger #47 
Hart Thomas 24, Browne servant #25  
Hill Robert 20, Craddock servant #64
Hoeman William 40, husbandman #1
Howman Winifred 35, wife of William #2
Howman Hannah 8, child of William #4
Hoeman Jeremy 6, child of William #5
Hoeman Mary 5, child of William #6
Hoeman Sarah 2, child of William #7
Hoeman Abraham 3 mos, child of William #8
Hubbard William 40, husbandman #74 
Hubbard Judith 25, #75 
Hubbard John 15, #76 
Hubbard William 13, #77 (From Tendrimg, Essex, bound for Ipswitch. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 52)
Hubbard Martha 22, #85 
Hubbard Mary 20, #86 
Hubbard Nathaniel 6, #98 
Hubbard Richard 4, #99 
Jackson John 30, wholesaler #56 
Jenkynn Jo 26, #104 
Jones Sarah 34, #65 
Jones Sarah 15, #66 
Jones Jo 11, #67 
Jones Ruth 7, #68 
Jones Theophilus 3, #69 
Jones Rebecca 2, #70 
Jones Elizabeth 6 mos, #71 
Keayne Robert 40, merchant #105 (From New Windsor, Berkshire, bound for Boston. Ref: Banks Mass. 36 pg 6)
Keayne Ann 38, #108 
Keayne Ben 16, #109
Knight Dorothy 30, #97
Knight Sara 50, #107
Leake Anne 19, Browne servant #27 
Longe Robert 45, innholder #9 (From Dunstable, Bedfordshire to Charlestown, MA. Ref: Savage Gen Dict. 36 pg 1)
Longe Mrs. Elizabeth 30, wife of Robert #10
Longe Michael 20, child of William #11 
Longe Sarah 18, child of William #12 
Longe Robert 16, child of William #13 
Longe Eliza 12, child of William #14 
Longe Ann 10, child of William #15 
Longe Mary 9, child of William #16 
Longe Rebecca 8, child of William #17 
Longe Jo. 6, child of William #18 
Longe Zachary 4, child of William #19 
Longe Joshua 9 mos, child of William #20 
Maulder Febe 7, #102 
Mercer Lucy 18, Longe servant #21
Mercer Lucy 19, #93  
Mott Adam 39, tailor #28 (From Cambridge, bound for Portsmouth RI. Ref: Austin Gen. Dict. pg 344. 36 pg 12)
Mott Sarah 31, wife of Adam #29 
Mott Jo 14, child of Adam #34 
Mott Adam 12, child of Adam #35 
Mott Jonathan 9, child of Adam #36 
Mott Elizabeth 6, child of Adam #37 
Mott Mary 4, child of Adam #38 
Nutbrowne Francis 16, #90 
Peck/Park Rich 33, miller #59 
Peck Margery 40, #60 
Peck Israel 7, #61 
Peck Elizabeth 4, #62 
Read William 48, #78 
Read Mabell 30, #79 
Read George 6, #80 
Read Ralph 5, #81 
Read Justice 18mos, #82 
Roger Symon 20, shoemaker, # 103 
Sawkyn William 25, #84 
Shepherd Samuel 22, Harlakenden servant #49 
Sheppard John 36, husbandman (Rev Thomas Shepard?) #31 
Sheppard Margaret 31, wife of John #32 
Sheppard Thomas 3mos, child of John #33 
Simes Sarah 30, Harlakenden servant #55
Steerer Elizabeth 18, #106 
Stevens Henry 24, mason #30
Williamson William 25, #91 
Williamson Marie 23, #92 
Wood Ann 23, Harlakenden servant #48 
Unk Robert, Harlakenden servant #54 

NOT added to alpha: Planters of the Commonwealth is said to include the following:
Rev. Thomas Shepard of Towcester, county Northants, Cambridge 
Rev. John Wilson, returning from England, Boston - 
Rev. Hugh Peter, of Fowey, county Cornwall, Salem  (Hugh Peter alias Hugh Dickwood from Fowey bound for Salem. Ref Pope. 36 pg 15)
Rev. John Norton, of Bishops Stortford, county Herts, Ipswich 
Mrs. Mary Norton 
Rev. John Jones, Concord, Fairfield, CT 

Hotten also lists:
Burt, John from Penton, Mewsey, Hampshire, aboard the Defence, bound for Sudbury, MA. Ref: NEGR 36/407 and 48/288. 36 page 61.

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Roll by number:
Sworn June 20, 1635 at All Saints Leoman, Northampton
1 Hoeman William 40, husbandman 
2 Howman Winifred 35, wife of William
3 Ashbey Alice 20, Hoeman servant
4 Howman Hannah 8, child of William
5 Hoeman Jeremy 6, child of William
6 Hoeman Mary 5, child of William
7 Hoeman Sarah 2, child of William
8 Hoeman Abraham 3 mos, child of William

Sworn July 7, 1635 at Dinstable, Bedfordshire
9 Longe Robert 45, innholder of Dunstable county Bedford, Charlestown 
10 Longe Mrs. Elizabeth 30, wife of Robert
11 Longe Michael 20, child of William
12 Longe Sarah 18, child of William
13 Longe Robert 16, child of William
14 Longe Eliza 12, child of William
15 Longe Ann 10, child of William
16 Longe Mary 9, child of William
17 Longe Rebecca 8, child of William
18 Longe Jo. 6, child of William
19 Longe Zachary 4, child of William
20 Longe Joshua 9 mos, child of William
21 Mercer Lucy 18, Longe servant

Sworn on July 7, 1635 at Towcester, Northants
22 Gould John, 25, husbandman
23 Gould Mrs Grace 25, wife of John

Sworn June 22 1635 at Baddow, Essex
24 Browne Jo 27, tailor
25 Hart Thomas 24, Browne servant
26 Denny Mary 24,  Browne servant
27 Leake Anne 19,  Browne servant

Sworn July 1, 1635 at Cambridge
28 Mott Adam 19, tailor
29 Mott Sarah 31, wife of Adam
30 Stevens Henry 24, mason
31 Sheppard John 36, husbandman (Rev Thomas Shepard?)
32 Sheppard Margaret 31, wife of John
33 Sheppard Thomas 3mos, child of John
34 Mott Jo 14, child of Adam
35 Mott Adam 12, child of Adam
36 Mott Jonathan 9, child of Adam
37 Mott Elizabeth 6, child of Adam
38 Mott Mary 4, child of Adam
39 Boylston Thomas 20, of Fenchurch Street London, Charlestown 

Sworn July 4, 1635
40 French Elizabeth 30
41 French Elizabeth 6
42 French Marie 2
43 French Francis 10
44 French Jo 5 mos
45 Harlakenden Roger 23, of Earl's Colne county Essex, Cambridge 
46 Harlakenden Elizabeth 18, wife of Roger
47 Harlakenden Mable 21, sister of Roger
48 Wood Ann 23, Harlakenden servant
49 Shepherd Samuel 22, Harlakenden servant
50 Cocke Joseph 27, Harlakenden servant
51 Cocke George 25, Harlakenden servant
52 French William 30, Harlakenden servant
53 French Elizabeth 32, wife of William, of Cambridge 
54 Unk Robert, Harlakenden servant
55 Simes Sarah 30, Harlakenden servant

Sworn July 6, 1635 at Burchen Lane, London:
56 Jackson John 30, wholesaler of Birching Lane, London

Sworn July 10, 1635
57 Fitch James 30, tailor
58 Fitch Abigail 24, wife of James

Sworn July 11, 1635
59 Peck/Park Rich 33, miller of Cambridge
60 Peck Margery 40
61 Peck Israel 7
62 Peck Elizabeth 4
63 Duhurst Henry 35

Sworn July 14, 1635
64 Hill Robert 20, Craddock servant

Sworn July 17, 1635
65 Jones Sarah 34
66 Jones Sarah 15
67 Jones John 11
68 Jones Ruth 7
69 Jones Theophilus 3
70 Jones Rebecca 2
71 Jones Elizabeth 6 mos
72 Doune Thomas 25
73 Farebrother Suzanna 25
74 Hubbard William 40, husbandman of Little Clacton, Essex, Ipswich
75 Hubbard Judith 25
76 Hubbard John 15
77 Hubbard William 13
78 Read William 48
79 Read Mabell 30
80 Read George 6
81 Read Ralph 5
82 Read Justice 18mos
83 Fennick Elizabeth 25
84 Sawkyn William 25
85 Hubbard Martha 22
86 Hubbard Mary 20
87 Colburne Robert 28 of Ipswich
88 Colburne Edward 17
89 Adams Dorothy 24
90 Nutbrowne Francis 16
91 Williamson William 25
92 Williamson Marie 23
93 Mercer Lucy 19
94 Fitch Jo. 14
95 Darno Penelope 29, servant
96 Banes Martha 20
97 Knight Dorothy 30
98 Hubbard Nathaniel 6
99 Hubbard Richard 4
100 Goun Jasper 29
101 Goun Ann 25
102 Maulder Febe 7
103 Roger Symon 20, shoemaker, 
104 Jenkynn Jo 26
105 Keayne Robert 40, merchant of London, Boston 
106 Steerer Elizabeth 18
107 Knight Sara 50
108 Keayne Ann 38
109 Keayne Ben 16
110 Burles Jo 27
111 Bentley Mary 20

Hotten page 89 has:
Master Edwards Pearce, Pearce is lined out and replaced with Bostocke, and a note that it is the same on the original.
Edward is noted as perhaps being Edmond.
Four different commanders are noted: 
Edward Bostocke July 7, Pearce for June 20, Edward Boswell for June 22, Thomas Bostock for July 2.

Defence sources:
Hotten P of Q pages 89-90,91,98-99,100,101,105,106-107
http://www.winthropsociety.org/ships/defence.htm
http://english-america.com/spls/635ne001.html#Defence
http://www.kengunn.com/genealogy/defence.htm
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/defense1635.shtml

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