Rookes.  Appears only as a signer.

Sharpe.  Was also a friend of both Pilgrim and Puritan.  He came to New
     England in 1629, and settled first at Salem, in the Massachusetts
     Company.  He died in 1658, having long been a ruling elder of the
     church there.  He met with many enemies, but was a valuable man and
     an able one.  He was Governor Cradock’s New England agent.

Shirley.  Requires little mention here.  The perfidious friend of the
     Pilgrims,—­perhaps originally true to them,—­he sunk everything for
     hope of gain.  He was treasurer of the Adventurers, one of their
     most active and intelligent men, but proved a rascal and a canting
     hypocrite.  He was a “citizen and gold-smith” of London.

Thomas.  Has nowhere been enumerated in any list of the Adventurers
     (though occasionally mentioned as such by recent writers), which is
     strange, as repeated letters of his to Bradford, and other data,
     show him to have been one of the best and truest of them all.  He
     sold his interests before the “Composition” and became a colonist
     after 1630.  He was the fifth of the Adventurers to come to New
     England to remain, and cast in his lot with the Pilgrims at New
     Plimoth—­Martin, Mullens, Collier, and Hatherly preceding him.  A
     wealthy and well-informed man, he became a power in the government. 
     Probably Welsh by birth, he was a London merchant when the
     Adventurers were organized.  His home at Marshfield, Massachusetts,
     has since become additionally famous as the home of Daniel Webster.

Thornell (John).  Is sometimes confounded with another Adventurer,
     Matthew Thornhill, as his name is some times so spelled.  There is
     reason to believe they were related.  He was not a friend to the
     Pilgrims.

Thornhill (or Thornell), (Matthew).  Little is known concerning him.

Tilden.  Was of an old family in Kent, “a citizen and girdler of London,”
     as his will declares, his brother (Nathaniel) later coming to New
     England and settling near Hatherly at Scituate.  Nathaniel’s son
     Joseph—­named for his uncle—­was made his executor and heir.  The
     uncle was always a firm friend of the Pilgrims.  Mr. Tilden’s will
     is given by Waters ("Genealogical Gleanings,” vol. i. p. 71), and
     is of much interest.

Ward.  Appears only as a signer.

White.  Probably the Rev. John White, a stanch friend of the Pilgrims,
     although not a “Separatist,” and intimately connected with the
     upbuilding of New England.  His record was a broad and noble one. 
     Goodwin says:  “Haven thinks White was that Dorchester clergyman
     reputed to be the author of the Planters’ Plea.”  Probably, but
     not certainly, William White of the Pilgrims was also an Adventurer.