Emigrated to Boston MA in 1637295

“There was a book published back in the 1930's by Estelle Harrington entitled "Messenger, Lyon, Piggott". This book deals a lot with the Messenger family in Belleville, Illinois and the Midwest, but it also has some information on the early background of the family....By the way, another story that was passed down and was in the book I referenced was that the origins of the Messenger family were somehow connected to the Duke of Alva of Spain.”441