The voyage of the Henry and Francis to New Jersey, 1685

Ship leaving Leith from 'Prospect of Leith from the East', Collins, abt 1693

The voyage of the Henry and Francis from Leith, September 1685 In early September 1685, a ship weighed anchor in the Forth and headed out into the North Sea on a long and tragic voyage. The Henry and Francis of Newcastle, chartered by Fife laird George Scot of Pitlochie, was bound for East New Jersey, […]