In the summer of 1718, the first organized company of Presbyterians, of which we have any knowledge, left the shores of Ireland in 5 vessels, containing 120 families, for the new world, and arrived safely in Boston, August 4, 1718.  Here all was new, the wilderness and the world before them.  Imagine this little colony, strangers in a strange land, seeking new homes and not knowing whither to turn.  There they lie at the little wharf at the foot of State Street in the town of Boston, which then contained about 12,000 inhabitants, taking counsel where to go, and how to dispose of themselves and their little ones, to begin the world anew.  With their wonted energy, they were soon astir.  One brigantine, with a company of 20 families, sought their fortunes at the eastward, among whom were Armstrong, Means, McKean, Gregg’-they spent a hard and long winter in Portland harbor, and then fled westward, most of them, to join their companions in founding their new Londonderry.