On January 1, 1892, teenager Annie Moore from County Cork, Ireland, became the first person admitted to the new immigration station on Ellis Island. On that opening day, she received a greeting from officials and a $10.00 gold piece. The First Immigrant Landed on Ellis Island. When 15-year-old Annie Moore arrived here from Ireland on this day in 1892, she was the first person to enter the United States through Ellis Island.
If I'm not wrong I remember that Annie Moore was the first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island and if my memory isn't rusty I believe that she's from County Dock/Cork (probably Cork), Ireland.
Separatists are the group that we commonly refer to as Pilgrims. They settled in Plymouth. The following Separatist groups would create other towns in the area. These towns and settlements would join together to form the Massachusetts Bay Company.<span />
