There were two ships freighted, the Symond, of two hundred and twenty tons, Captain Joseph Cornish, master; and the London Merchant, of about the same burden, Captain John Thomas, master; and one of his Majesty’s sloops, under the command of Captain James Gascoigne, was ordered to assist the Colony, and carry over the General, who intended to inspect the settlement; but he chose to go in one of the ships, though crowded with the emigrants, “that he might be able to take care of the people on the passage.”

“The whole embarkation amounted to two hundred and twenty people on the Trust’s account, besides Mr. Oglethorpe and the gentlemen with him, and his servants, whose passage he himself paid."[1]

[Footnote 1:  Voyage to Georgia, begun in the year 1735; by FRANCIS MOORE, 8vo.  London, 1744, page 11.  The author accompanied General Oglethorpe on what is called “the great embarkation,” as keeper of the stores.  The first date in the book is “15th of October, 1735,” and the last, “22d of June, 1736.”  He resided at St. Simons, and was “Recorder at Frederica.”  By an advertisement, at the end of this volume, we learn that he made another voyage to Georgia in 1738, where he continued till 1743, when he returned to England.  During his residence, he kept a Journal, “in which is an account of the siege of St. Augustine, in 1740, and of the Spanish invasion, in 1742.”  He adds, “I think myself obliged to acquaint the public that if I find the foregoing well received, I shall, without delay, publish my other Journal, as, also, a continuance of this, containing the treaty with the Governor of Augustine; and the regulation of several matters, relating to the Indian nations.”  That the Journal was not published is greatly to be regretted.]

Among the adventurers in this embarkation, lured by the accounts which had been published in England, of the delightful region of Georgia, were Sir Francis Bathurst, his son, three daughters, and servants; as also several relatives of the planters already settled there.[1]

[Footnote 1:  SALMON’S Modern History, Vol.  III. p. 602.]

I copy from Boyer’s Political State of Great Britain,[1] the following particulars.  “On the 13th of October, 1735, embarked on board the London Merchant, Captain Thomas, commander, fifty-six men, women, and children, Saltzburgers, and some other persecuted protestants from Germany, with Mr. Von Reck, who conducted from the same parts a former transport in 1733, and Captain Hermsdorf, going to settle with their countrymen in Georgia.  The charge of their subsistence in their long journey from Ratisbon and Augsburg to Rotterdam, and from thence to London, and their expense at London till they went on board, was defrayed by the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts, out of the collections committed to them for that purpose.”  Of this Society Oglethorpe was a member.  The charge of their voyage to Georgia, with their maintenance there for one year, and for the arms, utensils, and other necessary articles and provisions which they took from hence with them, was defrayed by the honorable Trustees for establishing the colony.