[Tommies] John Thompson and David's fishing post

[Nancy Thomson]

Re: Fish
There¹s a recent book (available on Amazon) called Cod: A Biography of the
Fish That Changed the World that explains why English sailors came to New
England looking for codfish. According to the online review: ³The cod helped
inspire the discovery and exploration of North America. It had a profound
impact upon the economic development of New England and eastern Canada from
the earliest times.² Haven¹t read the book but I heard the author on the
radio. As I recall, the Europeans had over-fished cod (it was a VERY popular
dish then) and sailed our way looking for new sources of the valuable catch.

Nancy


On 2/22/09 2:57 PM, "maaisha at aol.com" <maaisha at aol.com> wrote:

>  Thank you very much, Dick.  I can see that the British would want an outpost
> for servicing their vessels.  That makes sense.  The fish don't.  Surely the
> British had plenty of fish, and still do.  Why would codfish be sent back to
> England - or were they not sent back?  Was it only to feed arriving sailors?
> Lois
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Hodgman <dick.hodgman at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 3:29 pm
> Subject: Re: [Tommies] John Thompson and David's fishing post
> 
> Lois,
> 
> David and Amyes were in the New World to support the British fishing fleet.
> Their providing provisions and services allowed the fleet to stay off North
> America for the entire season.  The British came to the New World for the fish
> before they came for religious freedom.
> 
> --Dick
> ============================
> Dick Hodgman
> dick at hodgman.org
> http://hodgman.org/
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:42 PM,  <maaisha at aol.com> wrote:
>>  Hi All,
>>   I have two questions.
>>   I noticed in John Thompson's will, that he mentions his son-in-law, John
>> Aldrich.  I have only two children for John Thompson and Sarah Trevore -
>> Mehitable Thompson Hayward (Haywood) and son, John.  Where does John Aldrich
>> fit in?  I must be missing a daughter.  I am descended from both the son,
>> John, and the daughter, Mehitable.  Who was their sibling?
>>   This second question must have an obvious answer than I am too dense to
>> see.  Why was David Thomson setting up a fishing station, drying cod and
>> sending them back to England?  Isn't that like sending coal to Newcastle?
>> What am I missing here?
>>    Thanks for any help.
>> Sincerely,  Lois
>> 
>>   
>>  
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
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