... preempted that location for the Roxbury party. He is said to have visited the valley in 1634. The Dorchester Association had pioneers in Windsor in the latter part of June, 1635, led overland by Roger Ludlow . Sixteen thirty-six was a year of great activity in the westward trek. Pynchon's Roxbury party began the journey about April 26th, the Blessing of the Bay sailing from Boston with their goods a...