Frank Swayze shared highlights from his June 2015 trip to Southold, Chester and Hope.
See Frank's excellent notes for his talk. See Frank's slides from his trip.
What might explain why Barnabas came to north America? Frank noted there was not much religious persecution of dissenters in the midlands of England at the time, though Barnabas was of the puritan persuasion. Frank posits three factors that may have influenced his decision: 1) Bubonic plague had spread throughout England. Barnabas had lost a wife and children, possibly to the plague. 2) Political unrest due to reign of Charles I with possibility of a civil war that did occur 1641-1649. 3) Wife Mary Langton's brother, Robert, was already in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
At Southold Frank explored sites related to immigrant Barnabas Horton. He saw an old town map that showed John Swasey and Barnabas Horton having town lots across the street from each other. John later removed to Aquebogue (about 15 miles southwest of Southold) and was buried there, but no grave marker exists.