query: who cowrote the mayflower compact and served as governor of plymouth colony

pos: Edward Winslow Edward Winslow Edward Winslow (18 October 15958 May 1655) was a Separatist who traveled on the "Mayflower" in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and his brother, Gilbert Winslow signed the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth he served in a number of governmental positions such as assistant governor, three times was governor and also was the colony's agent in London. In early 1621 he had been one of several key leaders on whom Governor Bradford depended after the death of John Carver. He was the author of

pos: Edward Winslow Edward Winslow Edward Winslow (18 October 15958 May 1655) was a Separatist who traveled on the "Mayflower" in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and his brother, Gilbert Winslow signed the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth he served in a number of governmental positions such as assistant governor, three times was governor and also was the colony's agent in London. In early 1621 he had been one of several key leaders on whom Governor Bradford depended after the death of John Carver. He was the author of

pos: Mayflower Compact signatories to the Separatist Church in Nottinghamshire England who came to Leiden, Holland about 1608 and became prominent in the church there. He came on the "Mayflower" with his wife Dorothy, leaving a young son in Leiden; Dorothy drowned while the ship was at anchor in Cape Cod Harbor. He became colony Governor after the death of John Carver, and was prominent in the Plymouth Church. His writings of early Plymouth Colony are important historic documents. Edward Winslow - A gentleman from a well-off family who was prominent in the Separatist church in Leiden and involved with Brewster in printing anti-Anglican

pos: History of Marshfield, Massachusetts New Plimoth in New England," which was established in 1620. Marshfield retains some of its historic character throughout its several quaint villages. Marshfield was first established as a separate settlement in 1632 by Edward Winslow, a Mayflower Pilgrim who became a governor of Plymouth Colony. Edward Winslow was the third signatory to the Mayflower Compact. He became a negotiator and diplomat for the Colony in its dealings with the Native Americans and with the British. Edward Winslow established the first church and the first school in the town, near the cemetery which today still bears the Winslow name. Governor Winslow

pos: Edward Winslow English Plantation settled at Plymouth in New England", published in 1622, which is generally known as "Mourt's Relation", owing to its preface having been signed by "G. Mourt." Some of his writings may be found reprinted in Alexander Young's "Chronicles of the Pilgrims". Edward Winslow Edward Winslow (18 October 15958 May 1655) was a Separatist who traveled on the "Mayflower" in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and his brother, Gilbert Winslow signed the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth he served in a number of governmental positions

pos: Isaac Winslow Isaac Winslow The Honorable Isaac Winslow (1671 – December 14, 1738) was an early settler and notable of the town of Marshfield, Massachusetts. A member of the prominent Winslow family of Plymouth, he served as a civil and military official in early 18th-century Massachusetts, a period marked by political transition. Isaac Winslow was the grandson of Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow (October 18, 1595 – 1655), a governor of Plymouth Colony and one of that colony's near-mythical "Pilgrims". Isaac's father, Josiah, also served as governor of Plymouth Colony, and as commander-in-chief of the colonial English forces during King Philip's War. Winslow

pos: George Soule (Mayflower passenger) interpretations of relationships are not always reliable. George Soule (Mayflower passenger) George Soule (c. 1601 – between 20 September 1677 and 22 January 1679) was a colonist who was one of the indentured servants on the "Mayflower" and helped establish Plymouth Colony in 1620. He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. It is known that George came on the "Mayflower" and was credited to the household of Edward Winslow as a manservant or apprentice, along with Elias Story and a little girl Ellen More, who both died in the first winter. What is not generally understood is

pos: George Soule (Mayflower passenger) George Soule (Mayflower passenger) George Soule (c. 1601 – between 20 September 1677 and 22 January 1679) was a colonist who was one of the indentured servants on the "Mayflower" and helped establish Plymouth Colony in 1620. He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. It is known that George came on the "Mayflower" and was credited to the household of Edward Winslow as a manservant or apprentice, along with Elias Story and a little girl Ellen More, who both died in the first winter. What is not generally understood is the long-term effect of William Brewster's scheme

pos: The Mayflower Society and Canada. Today, it is estimated that up to tens of millions of Americans have at least one ancestor who was among this group of early settlers. The following are the names of 31 adult "Mayflower" passengers currently known to have descendants. In 1941 the Society purchased the Edward Winslow House in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The mansion home was originally built in 1754 by the great-grandson of Edward Winslow, third Governor of Plymouth Colony. The Society operates the home as the Mayflower House Museum, an 18th-century historic house museum with period decorations and furnishings. The offices and library of the General

pos: Mayflower House Museum Governor of Plymouth Colony. The mansion contains 18th century period decorations and furnishings. On September 14, 1835, Ralph Waldo Emerson married his second wife, Lidian Jackson Emerson in the parlor of The Edward Winslow House. The offices and library of the Society are located behind the mansion. Mayflower House Museum The Mayflower House Museum is an 18th-century period historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts operated by The Mayflower Society, also known as the General Society of "Mayflower" Descendants. The Society purchased the Edward Winslow House in 1941. The mansion home was originally built in 1754 by Edward Winslow, a loyalist

pos: Frederick Winslow Taylor Mott. His father's ancestor, Samuel Taylor, settled in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1677. His mother's ancestor, Edward Winslow, was one of the fifteen original Mayflower Pilgrims who brought servants or children, and one of eight who had the honorable distinction of Mister. Winslow served for many years as the Governor of the Plymouth colony. Educated early by his mother, Taylor studied for two years in France and Germany and traveled Europe for 18 months. In 1872, he entered Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, with the plan of eventually going to Harvard and becoming a lawyer like his father.

pos: Isaac Winslow into a historic house museum providing a glimpse into the lives of New England landed gentry prior to the Revolutionary War. Isaac Winslow The Honorable Isaac Winslow (1671 – December 14, 1738) was an early settler and notable of the town of Marshfield, Massachusetts. A member of the prominent Winslow family of Plymouth, he served as a civil and military official in early 18th-century Massachusetts, a period marked by political transition. Isaac Winslow was the grandson of Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow (October 18, 1595 – 1655), a governor of Plymouth Colony and one of that colony's near-mythical "Pilgrims". Isaac's father,

pos: The ships Anne and Little James Court by: 1. Edward Winslow, "Mayflower" passenger and occasional Plymouth Colony governor. 2. William Peirce, master of "Anne" that came to Plymouth in 1623. 3. Benedict Morgan, one of the passengers on "Fortune" that came to Plymouth in 1621. 4. Robert Cushman, one of the leading members of the Leiden delegation. 5. James Sherley, one of many investors in the company and later treasurer. Author Johnson reprinted in his March 2011 "The Mayflower Quarterly" article two depositions by Edward Winslow – although the charges to which Winslow had nothing to depose are not stated here – only those of which

neg: John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor) John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor) John Carver (before 1584–1621) was one of the Pilgrims who braved the "Mayflower" voyage in 1620 which resulted in the creation of Plymouth Colony in America. He is credited with writing the Mayflower Compact and was its first signer, and he was also the first governor of Plymouth Colony. Little is known about Carver's ancestry or early family life. Jeremy Bangs notes that Carver and his wife Mary were members of the French Walloon church in Leiden, Holland on February 8, 1609. The French Huguenot community was fleeing adverse events in their homeland, as were

neg: John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor) Carver and his wife Katherine boarded "Mayflower" with five servants and seven year-old Jasper More, one of the four children of the More family who were sent in the care of the Pilgrims. Carver seems to have been elected governor of the "Mayflower" for the duration of the Atlantic crossing. The "Mayflower" anchored off Cape Cod in November, 1620, and the Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11; it became the first governing document for Plymouth Colony. Carver may have been the author of the Compact, and was definitely its first signer. He was subsequently chosen to be

neg: John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor) his wife, being weak, dyed within five or six weeks after him. Carver was buried at Coles Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth. John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor) John Carver (before 1584–1621) was one of the Pilgrims who braved the "Mayflower" voyage in 1620 which resulted in the creation of Plymouth Colony in America. He is credited with writing the Mayflower Compact and was its first signer, and he was also the first governor of Plymouth Colony. Little is known about Carver's ancestry or early family life. Jeremy Bangs notes that Carver and his wife Mary were members of the French

neg: William Bradford (governor) William Bradford (governor) William Bradford ( 19 March 1590May 9, 1657) was an English Puritan separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in Holland in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the "Mayflower" in 1620. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of the Plymouth Colony intermittently for about 30 years between 1621 and 1657. His journal "Of Plymouth Plantation" covered the years from 1620 to 1657 in Plymouth. William Bradford was

neg: William Bradford (governor) William Bradford (governor) William Bradford ( 19 March 1590May 9, 1657) was an English Puritan separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in Holland in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the "Mayflower" in 1620. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of the Plymouth Colony intermittently for about 30 years between 1621 and 1657. His journal "Of Plymouth Plantation" covered the years from 1620 to 1657 in Plymouth. William Bradford was

neg: John Howland John Howland John Howland (1592/3February 23, 1672/3) was a passenger on the "Mayflower". He was an indentured servant and, in later years, the executive assistant and personal secretary to Governor John Carver and accompanied the Separatists and other passengers when they left England to settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He signed the Mayflower Compact and helped found Plymouth Colony. During his service to Governor Carver, Howland assisted in notable early business of the colony, such as the making of a treaty with the Native American Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag." John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony, died in

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories two of the four More children who were on the ship: Mary, age 4, who died early, and Richard, age 6, who survived. In Plymouth Colony, Brewster was Ruling Elder of the Plymouth Church until his death in 1644 at age 80. Isaac Allerton - A Leiden Separatist and Merchant Adventurer originally from London who boarded the "Mayflower" with his wife and three children. During his life, he was a ship owner involved in New England and trans-Atlantic trading. In Plymouth Colony, he was second in authority to Governor Bradford in the colony’s early years. Later, Bradford felt that Allerton

neg: John Alden John Alden Capt. John Alden Sr. ( 15981687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower". Rather than return to England with the ship, he stayed at what became Plymouth Colony. He was hired in Southampton, England, as the ship's cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship's barrels. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. He married fellow "Mayflower" passenger Priscilla Mullins, whose entire family perished in the first winter. He served in a number of important government positions such as Assistant Governor, Duxbury Deputy to the General Court of Plymouth, Captain Myles Standish's

neg: Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) Pilgrims signing for the 102 passengers (73 males and 29 females). Included in the company were 19 male servants and three female servants, along with some sailors and craftsmen hired for short-term service to the colony. At this time, John Carver was chosen as the colony's first governor. It was Carver who had chartered the "Mayflower" and his is the first signature on the Mayflower Compact, being the most respected and affluent member of the group. The Mayflower Compact was the seed of American democracy and has been called the world's first written constitution. Thorough exploration of the area was

neg: Matthew C. Perry resistance during the Wars of Scottish Independence and is today remembered as a patriot and national hero. His paternal grandparents were James Freeman Perry, a surgeon, and Mercy Hazard, a descendant of Governor Thomas Prence, a co-founder of Eastham, Massachusetts, who was a political leader in both the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, and governor of Plymouth; and a descendant of "Mayflower" passengers, both of whom were signers of the Mayflower Compact, Elder William Brewster, the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, and George Soule, through Susannah Barber Perry. In 1809, Perry received a midshipman's warrant

neg: Nathaniel Morton 1961, "The Wall Street Journal" publishes an excerpt from Morton's history of Plymouth Colony as an op-ed the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day. Morton was also the first to record the list of signers of the Mayflower Compact in his work of 1669. The document itself was lost. Nathaniel Morton Capt. Nathaniel Morton (christened 1616 – 29 June 1685) was a Separatist settler of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, where he served for most of his life as Plymouth's secretary under his uncle, Governor William Bradford. Morton wrote an account of the settlement of the Colony, the first historical text published in

neg: Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger) Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger) Stephen Hopkins (1581 – June or July 1644) was a passenger on the "Mayflower" in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the Mayflower Compact, and an assistant to the governor of Plymouth Colony through 1636. He worked as a tanner and merchant and was recruited by the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London to provide the governance for the colony and to assist with the colony's ventures. He was the only "Mayflower" passenger with prior New World experience, having been shipwrecked in Bermuda in 1609 and arriving at Jamestown, Virginia in May 1610. Hopkins left Jamestown

neg: Christopher Raymond Perry and Massachusetts Bay colonies, and governor of Plymouth; and a descendant of "Mayflower" passengers, both of whom were signers of the Mayflower Compact, Elder William Brewster (c. 1567–1644), the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, and George Soule (1593–1679), through his grandmother Susannah Barber Perry (1697–1755). Christopher Perry enlisted, at the age of 14, in a local militia company named the Kingston Reds early in the American Revolution. He then served on a privateer commanded by a Captain Reed. After one cruise with Reed, Perry signed on to the privateer "Mifflin" commanded by George Wait Babcock.

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories Stratton. He came from London as a servant of Stephen Hopkins, completed his apprenticeship, and then moved to Virginia Colony. Mayflower Compact signatories The Mayflower Compact was the iconic document in the earliest history of America. It was ratified by forty-one men on board the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower" on November 11, 1620 while anchored at Cape Cod, now Provincetown Harbor in Massachusetts. The Compact was originally drafted as an instrument to maintain unity and discipline in this new land called Plymouth Colony but, over time, it has become one of the most historic documents in American History. It was later

neg: Nathaniel Morton Nathaniel Morton Capt. Nathaniel Morton (christened 1616 – 29 June 1685) was a Separatist settler of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, where he served for most of his life as Plymouth's secretary under his uncle, Governor William Bradford. Morton wrote an account of the settlement of the Colony, the first historical text published in the United States, and was first to publish a list of signers of the Mayflower Compact as well as an account of the first Thanksgiving. Nathaniel Morton the eldest son of George Morton (1585–1624) and his wife Juliana Carpenter (1584–1665). George Morton was one of the organizers

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories son Josiah Winslow (or Josias Winslow) was a historic long-term colony governor. Richard Warren - He was a London merchant whose family became one of the more prosperous in Plymouth Colony. He was prominent in colony affairs until his early death about 1628. His widow Elizabeth had come over on the Anne in 1623 with their five daughters and was able to legally assume some of his government duties after his death, unusual for a woman in that era. John Howland - He had no record of Leiden residence. He came on the "Mayflower" as a servant to John Carver

neg: English Americans was Plymouth Colony, founded in 1620 by people who later became known as the Pilgrims. Fleeing religious persecution in the East Midlands in England, they first went to Holland, but feared losing their English identity. Because of this, they chose to relocate to the New World, with their voyage being financed by English investors. In September 1620, 102 passengers set sail aboard the "Mayflower", eventually settling at Plymouth Colony in November. Of the passengers on the Mayflower, 41 men signed the "Mayflower Compact" aboard ship on November 11, 1620, while anchored in Provincetown Harbor. Signers included Carver, Alden, Standish, Howland,

neg: Mayflower Compact Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the "Mayflower," consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620. They used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers while the "Mayflower" was anchored in Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod.

neg: William Brewster (Mayflower passenger) winter. When the passengers of the "Mayflower" landed at Plymouth Colony, Brewster became the senior elder, and so served as the religious leader of the colony; in the colony, he became a separatist leader and preacher, and eventually, as an adviser to Governor William Bradford. Brewster's son Jonathan joined the family in November 1621, arriving at Plymouth on the ship "Fortune", and daughters Patience and Fear arrived in July 1623 aboard the "Anne". As the only university educated member of the colony, Brewster took the part of the colony's religious leader until a pastor, Ralph Smith, arrived in 1629. Thereafter,

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories - He came from London and boarded the "Mayflower" with a wife and two sons—a non-Separatist family who were quite troublesome for their fellow passengers; Bradford wondered how they came to be associated with the "Mayflower". After arrival in Plymouth, they increasingly caused trouble for those in the colony and for the colony leaders. John Billington Sr. was hanged for murder in 1630, the first execution in the colony. Moses Fletcher - A Leiden Separatist who was a smith by occupation and listed Leiden as his place of residence at the time of emigration. He died shortly after arrival in

neg: Nathaniel Gorham 1599–1673), who was one of the Pilgrims who traveled from England to North America on the "Mayflower", signed the Mayflower Compact, and helped found the Plymouth Colony. His sister, Elizabeth Gorham, who married John Leighton, was the ancestor of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, who served as First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1901 to 1909. He married Rebecca Call, who was descended from Anglican vicar and the first minister of Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Maverick, and his royally descended wife, Mary Gye Maverick. Rev. John Maverick was born in Awliscombe, Devon,

neg: Isaac Allerton Jr. Swinnerton. Because of the general ire of the Plymouth Colony against his father, he had moved to the New Haven Colony. As a result of the upheavals of losing his mother and his father moving away, the young Allerton became a member of the extended family of his grandfather William Brewster and eventually joined the family of his uncle Love Brewster. His aunt Sarah Allerton was married to Degory Priest who was a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and one of the original 102 Pilgrims who arrived on the "Mayflower" to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Sarah did not travel aboard

neg: Mayflower Compact order used by the other half of unnumbered lists (John Turner will be the eighth name). Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the "Mayflower," consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620. They used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers while the

neg: Christopher Martin (Mayflower passenger) Christopher Martin (Mayflower passenger) Christopher Martin (c. 1582-1621). He and his family embarked on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower" on its journey to the New World. He was initially the governor of passengers on the ship "Speedwell" until that ship was found to be unseaworthy, and later on the "Mayflower", until replaced by John Carver. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. He and his family all perished in the first winter at Plymouth Colony. Christopher Martin first appears in the records of Great Burstead, Essex, England, with his 1607 marriage to a widow by

neg: Myles Standish Myles Standish Myles Standish (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656) was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military adviser for Plymouth Colony. He accompanied them on the "Mayflower" journey and played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its inception. On February 17, 1621, the Plymouth Colony militia elected him as its first commander and continued to re-elect him to that position for the remainder of his life. He served as an agent of Plymouth Colony in England, as assistant governor, and as treasurer of the Colony. He was also one of

neg: Isaac Allerton Jr. Elder William Brewster, the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, and passenger aboard the Mayflower and one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact; and Mary Brewster. Fear arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts on July 10, 1623 aboard the Anne. Fear died sometime before December 12, 1634. His father had been married first to Mary Norris who died on February 25, 1621. He had 3 half-siblings: Bartholomew, Remember and Mary, the last surviving passenger of the "Mayflower". After Fear's death, he moved to the New Haven Colony, and by 1644 had remarried to his third wife, Joanna

neg: Moses in 2015 stating that all people need to "keep alive their sense of unity by means of just legislation... [and] the figure of Moses leads us directly to God and thus to the transcendent dignity of the human being. References to Moses were used by the Puritans, who relied on the story of Moses to give meaning and hope to the lives of Pilgrims seeking religious and personal freedom in America. John Carver was the first governor of Plymouth colony and first signer of the Mayflower Compact, which he wrote in 1620 during the ship "Mayflower"'s three-month voyage. He inspired

neg: Francis Cooke forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11/21. The Mayflower Compact was signed that day. Cooke was not involved in government or politics in Plymouth, and in his life kept a low profile, but his work on behalf of the people of Plymouth colony has been well-recognized by history. Per Bradford, Cooke was recorded by him as "Francis Cooke and his son John. But his wife and children came afterwards." After the Pilgrim arrival at Cape Cod, Cooke was one of those who signed the Mayflower Compact on November 11, 1620.

neg: Edward Doty the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11. Upon arrival of the "Mayflower" at Cape Cod, Doty was one of 41 male passengers who signed the Mayflower Compact where his name appears as "Edward Doten". In late 1620, Doty accompanied Hopkins and others on some of the early Pilgrim explorations of the Cape Cod area while trying to locate a suitable location for their settlement. In Plymouth Colony records, Doty's name was also spelled variously as Doten (Mayflower Compact), Dotey (1626 Purchasers and 1643 bear arms lists), Dolton (1627 Division of the Cattle), and Dowty (1633/34

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories Mayflower Compact signatories The Mayflower Compact was the iconic document in the earliest history of America. It was ratified by forty-one men on board the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower" on November 11, 1620 while anchored at Cape Cod, now Provincetown Harbor in Massachusetts. The Compact was originally drafted as an instrument to maintain unity and discipline in this new land called Plymouth Colony but, over time, it has become one of the most historic documents in American History. It was later published in London in "Mourt's Relation" in 1622, and the authors had added a preamble to clarify its meaning: "it

neg: Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger) of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbour at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on 11/21 November. Edward Fuller was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact on 11/21 November 1620, along with his brother Samuel Fuller. Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford's 1651 recollection of this family reads: "Edward Fuller and his wife dyed soon after they came ashore; but their sone Samuell is living, and married, and hath *4* children or more." After the deaths of Edward Fuller and his wife, their son Samuel, then about age twelve, was taken into the

neg: John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor) governor of Plymouth Colony. The first winter in Plymouth Colony was exceedingly difficult, as the colonists suffered greatly from lack of shelter, diseases such as scurvy, and general conditions onboard ship. Nearly half the "Mayflower" passengers died in the course of a few months. The first will drawn up in New England was that of William Mullins, and it was written on his behalf by Carver while Mullins was on his deathbed. It was signed as the last will and testament of Mullins by Carver, "Mayflower"'s captain Christopher Jones, and the ship's surgeon Giles Heale. This is the only known

neg: David Brewster (journalist) of the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Elder William Brewster, the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony; and William Bradford, Governor of the Plymouth Colony and the second signer and primary architect of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown Harbor. He graduated in 1961, Phi Beta Kappa, with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and he received his Master's Degree from Yale University in 1963. In 1962, he married Joyce Skaggs, a 1961 graduate of Smith College. She was a writer for the Office of University Relations in the President's Office, at the

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories Plymouth Colony. He left his family in Leiden and came on the "Mayflower" with only young servant William Butten, who died at sea a few days before reaching Cape Cod. He was the largely self-taught physician and surgeon of the colony and died in 1633 of an infectious fever that killed many that year. Christopher Martin - He was a prosperous leader of those non-religious persons known as "Strangers" on the "Mayflower", as well as a representative of the Merchant Adventurer investment group. He came on the ship with his wife and two servants, one of whom was his step-son

neg: William Bradford (governor) anchored on November 11/21, 1620. The Mayflower Compact was signed that day, Bradford being one of the first to sign. Bradford had yet to assume any significant leadership role in the colony by the time that he was 30. The "Mayflower" anchored in Provincetown Harbor and he volunteered to be a member of the exploration parties searching for a place for settlement. In November and December, these parties made three separate ventures from the "Mayflower" on foot and by boat, finally locating Plymouth Harbor in mid-December and selecting that site for settlement. During the first expedition on foot, Bradford got

neg: Peter Browne (Mayflower passenger) administered colony loyal to England. This document became known as the Mayflower Compact and was signed by all eligible men on behalf of themselves, their families, their fortunes and property. Peter Browne was one of the men who signed the Mayflower Compact." On 12 January 1621, while the Pilgrims were building their settlement of Plymouth, Peter Browne, John Goodman and others had entered the forest some distance from the Pilgrim plantation in order to find material for roofing thatch. Sometime around noon, Browne and Goodman wandered further into the forest while the other men stayed behind to make up the

neg: William Howland (musician) who travelled from England to North America on the Mayflower, signed the Mayflower Compact, and helped found Plymouth Colony. His father was a prominent dental surgeon and was notably the first president of the Dental Association of New England. William served as President of the Pilgrim John Howland Society from 1924-1945. After attending grammar school and graduating from English High School in Worcester in 1889, Howland moved to New York City, where he pursued music studies, sang in various churches, and also taught singing through 1894. In New York he studied singing with Frederick Bristol, music theory and composition with

neg: John Alden Jonathan, Sarah, Ruth, Mary, Rebecca, and David. They have the most descendants today of all the pilgrim families. John Alden Capt. John Alden Sr. ( 15981687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower". Rather than return to England with the ship, he stayed at what became Plymouth Colony. He was hired in Southampton, England, as the ship's cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship's barrels. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. He married fellow "Mayflower" passenger Priscilla Mullins, whose entire family perished in the first winter. He served in a number of

neg: Mayflower 140 passengers bound for Virginia. It never arrived. On October 18, 1642, a deposition was made in England regarding the loss. The Pilgrim ship "Mayflower" has a famous place in American history as a symbol of early European colonization of the future United States. The main record for the voyage of the "Mayflower" and the disposition of the Plymouth Colony comes from the letters and journal of William Bradford, who was a guiding force and later the governor of the colony. The 400th anniversary of the "Mayflower" sailing will take place in 2020. The Harwich "Mayflower" Heritage Centre is hoping

neg: Mayflower Mayflower The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England, to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers, and the crew is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is unknown. The ship has become a cultural icon in the history of the United States. The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact prior to leaving the ship and establishing Plymouth Colony, a document which established a rudimentary form of democracy with each member contributing to the welfare of the community. There was a second ship

neg: Mayflower to build a replica of the ship at Harwich, England. Mayflower The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England, to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers, and the crew is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is unknown. The ship has become a cultural icon in the history of the United States. The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact prior to leaving the ship and establishing Plymouth Colony, a document which established a rudimentary form of democracy with each member contributing to

neg: First Church, Sandwich Massachusetts First Church, Sandwich Massachusetts First Church UCC (or “First Church,” or “First Church Sandwich,” or “First Church of Christ”) is a Congregational church in Sandwich Massachusetts founded in 1638 under Plymouth Colony Charter and the Mayflower Compact. It is either the oldest church on Cape Cod or the second oldest depending on the interpretation. First Church boasts Mayflower Pilgrims and their first-generation descendants as charter members. By Plymouth Colony Charter, a church was required as an official part of the governance of any newly founded township, and First Church was founded as the official church within the town of Sandwich.

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories church religious tracts. He boarded the "Mayflower" with his wife and two servants, one of whom was Elias Story, who died early along with 8-year-old Ellen More, who was in his care. His wife died in March 1621. In May 1621, he married the widow of William White as the first wedding in Plymouth Colony. He was quite prominent in colony governmental, religious, and Indian affairs. In 1646, he returned to England to join the anti-royalist Commonwealth government of Oliver Cromwell and died of fever in 1654 while on a military expedition in the Caribbean Sea. William Brewster - In

neg: Owen Brewster S. Bridges. He was a direct lineal descendant of Love Brewster, a passenger aboard the Mayflower and a founder of the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts; and of his father Elder William Brewster, the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, and passenger aboard the Mayflower and one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. Through this entirely paternal line Owen Brewster is descended from Mayflower compact signer William Brewster. He graduated "summa cum laude" from Bowdoin College in 1909, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and Delta Kappa Epsilon. From 1909 to 1910, Brewster was

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories with a 7-year boy in his care named Jasper More. (Jasper was one of the four More children on board and one of the earliest to die.) Carver was the first governor of Plymouth Colony and died suddenly at age 56, in April or May 1621, with his wife dying shortly thereafter. His legacy was overshadowed by his failure to provide a return to "Mayflower"’s London investors, much to their vexation against him. The Fortune in November 1621 carried angry Merchant Adventurer letters addressed to him but by then he was already long deceased. William Bradford - An early convert

neg: Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger) in Plymouth with: "Sarah, first wife of Francis Eaton." The burial places of his second and third wives, Dorothy and Christian, are unknown. Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger) Francis Eaton was born ca. 1596 in Bristol, England, and died in the autumn of 1633 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He, with his wife and son, were passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the "Mayflower". His signature appears on the Mayflower Compact. Francis Eaton was baptised on 11 September 1596 at St. Thomas' Church in Bristol, England. Francis was a son of John Eaton and his wife Dorothy (Smith). He had

neg: Plymouth Colony Plantation, a historical recreation of the original 1620 settlement; and the Wampanoag Homesite, which recreates a 17th-century Indian village. The democratic setup of Plymouth Colony had a strong influence on shaping democracy in both England and America. William Bradford's "History of Plimoth Plantation" was widely read in the motherland. It influenced the political thought of Puritan politician and poet John Milton, assistant to Oliver Cromwell, and philosopher John Locke. For example, Locke referred to the Mayflower Compact in his "Letters Concerning Toleration". In America, Plymouth Colony initiated a democratic tradition that was followed by Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628), Connecticut Colony

neg: Francis Cooke Francis Cooke Francis Cooke (c.1583 – April 7, 1663, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony) was a Leiden Separatist who came to America in 1620 on the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower" and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. His ancestry is unknown and there are no records of the time found regarding his birth. Per author Charles Edward Banks, a clue to his identity may exist in the following: a Francis, son of Thomas Cooke, was baptized 6 April 1572, at Biddenden, Kent. There was a considerable foreign French and Walloon colony in Canterbury (Kent). Banks also states that he may have been

neg: Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger) Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger) Francis Eaton was born ca. 1596 in Bristol, England, and died in the autumn of 1633 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He, with his wife and son, were passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the "Mayflower". His signature appears on the Mayflower Compact. Francis Eaton was baptised on 11 September 1596 at St. Thomas' Church in Bristol, England. Francis was a son of John Eaton and his wife Dorothy (Smith). He had younger siblings who were born after him – including Jane in 1598/99, Samuel in 1600 and Welthian in 1602, but all siblings died

neg: Plymouth Colony previously spent extensive time there. They discovered remains of a European fort and uncovered a grave that contained the remains of both an adult European male and a Native American child. The "Mayflower" anchored at Provincetown Harbor on November 11, 1620. The Pilgrims did not have a patent to settle this area; thus, some passengers began to question their right to land, complaining that there was no legal authority to establish a colony. In response to this, a group of colonists drafted and ratified the first governing document of the colony, the Mayflower Compact, while still aboard the ship as

neg: Richard More (Mayflower passenger) the harbour at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on 11/21 November. The Mayflower Compact was signed that day. A number of colonists travelled as indentured servants on the "Mayflower". Exactly what explanation was given for the More children's presence is not known as many "homeless waifs from the streets of London were sent to the New World as labourers". Three of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims took responsibility for the children as indentured servants: Richard was six years old when the "Mayflower" landed at Plymouth Colony. Immediately upon setting foot on land, he would have worked with all of the others

neg: History of Massachusetts of modern-day New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island). The Plymouth Colony was granted land patents between 1621 and 1630 from the Council to legitimize its settlement, though it maintained political independence under the Mayflower Compact. The Plymouth Council for New England made sub grants to various entities before it was surrendered to the crown in 1635 and ceased to operate as a corporate entity. The Sheffield Patent granted the use of Cape Ann to members of the Plymouth Colony and the Dorchester Company. The fishing colony there failed, but led to the foundation of Salem, Massachusetts. The bankrupt

neg: Henning von Boehmer Poensgen. His maternal great-grandfather, Bodo Borries von Ditfurth (1852−1915), was a soldier who was seconded by the German Emperor Wilhelm II to the Ottoman Empire and served for ten years in Constantinopel under Sultan Abdul Hamid II as an Ottoman General ("Pascha"). Through his father's Scottish grandmother Mary Barbara Rennie, he is a direct 12th generation descendant of the first Governor of the Plymouth Colony, William Bradford (1590−1657), who emigrated in 1620 with the "Pilgrim Fathers" aboard the "Mayflower" from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Henning von Boehmer (Justus) Henning von Boehmer (born 16 August 1943 in Wriezen, Germany) is a

neg: United Kingdom–United States relations Dominion of Virginia. By 1624, the Colony and Dominion of Virginia ceased to be a charter colony administered by the Virginia Company of London and became a crown colony. The Pilgrims were a small Protestant sect based in England and Amsterdam; they sent a group of settlers on the "Mayflower". After drawing up the Mayflower Compact by which they gave themselves broad powers of self-governance, they established the small Plymouth Colony in 1620. In 1630 the Puritans established the much larger Massachusetts Bay Colony; they sought to reform the Church of England by creating a new and "more pure" church

neg: Isaac Allerton Isaac Allerton Isaac Allerton Sr. (c.1586 – 1658/9), and his family, were passengers in 1620 on the historic voyage of the ship "Mayflower". Allerton was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth Colony he was active in colony governmental affairs and business and later in trans-Atlantic trading. Problems with the latter regarding colony expenditures caused him to be censured by the colony government and ousted from the colony. He later became a well-to-do businessman elsewhere and in his later years resided in Connecticut. Based on a deposition given in 1639, Allerton was born in England about 1586–88, although clues

neg: Thomas Hinckley his grandson Samuel to Mary Freeman, great-granddaughter of Governor Thomas Prence whose wife Patience was a daughter of the William Brewster, many of his descendants can claim "Mayflower" heritage. Thomas Hinckley Thomas Hinckley (bapt. March 19, 1618 – April 25, 1706) was the last governor of the Plymouth Colony. Born in England, he came to North America as a teenager, and was a leading settler of what is now Barnstable, Massachusetts. He served in a variety of political and military offices before becoming governor of the colony in 1680, a post he held (excluding the interregnum of the Dominion of

neg: Robert F. Bradford of U.S. Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland. Robert F. Bradford Robert Fiske Bradford (December 15, 1902 – March 18, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as the 57th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1947 to 1949. Bradford was born in Boston, Massachusetts, a scion of an old traditional New England Yankee Brahmin family, and the son of a successful physician and dean of Harvard Medical School. Through an entirely paternal line he was a descendant of "Mayflower" passenger William Bradford, who became Governor of the Plymouth Colony. He graduated from the Browne and Nichols School, and

neg: Robert F. Bradford Robert F. Bradford Robert Fiske Bradford (December 15, 1902 – March 18, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as the 57th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1947 to 1949. Bradford was born in Boston, Massachusetts, a scion of an old traditional New England Yankee Brahmin family, and the son of a successful physician and dean of Harvard Medical School. Through an entirely paternal line he was a descendant of "Mayflower" passenger William Bradford, who became Governor of the Plymouth Colony. He graduated from the Browne and Nichols School, and from Harvard University in 1923. In 1926

neg: Plymouth Colony they had become more common. Most education was carried out by a child's parents or foster parents. Formal apprenticeships were not the norm in Plymouth; it was expected that a foster family would teach the children whatever trades they themselves practiced. The church also played a central role in a child's education. As noted above, the primary purpose of teaching children to read was so that they could read the Bible for themselves. Plymouth Colony did not have a royal charter authorizing it to form a government, yet some means of governance was needed. The Mayflower Compact was the colony's

neg: United States the Virginia Colony in 1607 at Jamestown and the Pilgrims' Plymouth Colony in 1620. Many settlers were dissenting Christian groups who came seeking religious freedom. The continent's first elected legislative assembly, Virginia's House of Burgesses created in 1619, the Mayflower Compact, signed by the Pilgrims before disembarking, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, established precedents for the pattern of representative self-government and constitutionalism that would develop throughout the American colonies. Most settlers in every colony were small farmers, but other industries developed within a few decades as varied as the settlements. Cash crops included tobacco, rice, and wheat. Extraction industries

neg: Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar had stayed in England, as well as a scattering of others. Some would-be pioneers had to be left behind because of the problems with the "Speedwell". The "Mayflower" sailed from Plymouth, in South West England, on September 6, 1620, with 102 passengers and a crew of 47. The expedition sighted Cape Cod on November 9, 1620, and landed at what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts. Two days later, the men signed the "Mayflower" Compact, wherein all agreed to submit themselves to the will of the majority—one of the foundation documents of American democracy. They established a settlement at Plymouth Colony (today

neg: Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) Colony. Robert Cushman had been the London agent for Leiden and in 1620 was involved in "Mayflower" and "Speedwell" voyage preparations. In 1620 Cushman had negotiated a "Mayflower" (financial support) contract with the Merchant Adventurers that Bradford and others of the Leiden contingent refused to approve at Southampton with the Leideners saying the contract was all in the Adventurers favor and to the settlers detriment. Cushman’s purpose of coming to Plymouth was to convince the Plymouth settlers to finally approve this agreement that had been unsigned for over a year. Governor Bradford knew that, so far, the Adventurers had nothing

neg: Thirteen Colonies became Charleston, originally Charles Town for Charles II of England. The Pilgrims were a small group of Puritan separatists who felt that they needed to physically distance themselves from the corrupt Church of England. After initially moving to the Netherlands, they decided to re-establish themselves in America. The initial Pilgrim settlers sailed to North America in 1620 on the "Mayflower". Upon their arrival, they drew up the Mayflower Compact, by which they bound themselves together as a united community, thus establishing the small Plymouth Colony. William Bradford was their main leader. After its founding, other settlers traveled from England to

neg: Isaac Allerton his father's will on 5 July 1659 and was appointed to settle the estate, but he relinquished the trust. The will is little more than memoranda of debts due him and owned by him, but names his wife and son Isaac Allerton as trustees and they were to receive "what is overpluss." It mentions "brother Breuster." Isaac Allerton Isaac Allerton Sr. (c.1586 – 1658/9), and his family, were passengers in 1620 on the historic voyage of the ship "Mayflower". Allerton was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth Colony he was active in colony governmental affairs and business and

neg: Colonial charters in the Thirteen Colonies the Pennsylvania and its lower Delaware Bay counties remained proprietary colonies under a charter originally granted to William Penn and his heirs. The Province of Connecticut and the Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations continued as corporation colonies under charters, and Massachusetts was governed as a royal province while operating under a charter after the unifying of the older "Massachusetts Bay" colony at Boston and the "first landing" colony, Plymouth Colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, with its famous "Mayflower Compact" from 1620. Further south, the Provinces of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia to the undefined border with Spanish

neg: Henry Melville Whitney Bradford (1590–1657), the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th & 12th Governor of Plymouth Colony and signer of the Mayflower Compact. He began his business career as a clerk in a bank in Conway in 1856. In 1859, he went to Boston, where he was a clerk in the Bank of Mutual Redemption. He then worked as a clerk in the office of the navy agent at the Boston Custom House in 1860-61. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Whitney went to New York City and engaged in the shipping business. In 1866, Whitney returned to Boston and

neg: Colonial history of the United States George Washington and was not disturbed during the war. The Pilgrims were a small group of Puritan separatists who felt that they needed to physically distance themselves from the Church of England. They initially moved to the Netherlands, then decided to re-establish themselves in America. The initial Pilgrim settlers sailed to North America in 1620 on the "Mayflower". Upon their arrival, they drew up the Mayflower Compact, by which they bound themselves together as a united community, thus establishing the small Plymouth Colony. William Bradford was their main leader. After its founding, other settlers traveled from England to join the

neg: Plymouth Colony (1636), the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1636), the Province of New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (1681). Roger Williams established Providence Plantations specifically as a safe haven for those who experienced religious persecution, thereby adding freedom of conscience to Plymouth's democratic model. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, or The Mayflower Society, is a genealogical organization of individuals who have documented their descent from one or more of the 102 passengers who arrived on the "Mayflower" in 1620. The Society, founded at Plymouth in 1897, claims that tens of millions of Americans are descended from these passengers, and it

neg: John Howland of the Puritans. William Bradford, who was the governor of Plymouth Colony for many years, wrote in "Of Plymouth Plantation", that Howland was a man-servant of John Carver. Carver was the deacon of the Separatists church while the group resided in Leiden, Netherlands. At the time the Leiden congregation left the Netherlands, on the "Speedwell", Carver was in England securing investments, gathering other potential passengers, and chartering the "Mayflower" for the journey to North America. John Howland may have accompanied Carver's household from Leiden when the "Speedwell" left Delfshaven for Southampton, England, July, 1620. Ansel Ames in "Mayflower and Her

neg: Amwell, Hertfordshire ancient mound, the remains of a fortification; and to the west, on the road to Hertford, is a large tumulus. Great Amwell has been the residence of some celebrated literary characters, among whom are: Others buried in Amwell include: Richard Warren (d. 1628), a passenger on the "Mayflower" in 1620, who settled in Plymouth Colony and co-signed the Mayflower Compact, was married on 14 April 1610 at Great Amwell to Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Augustine Walker. Richard and Elizabeth are the ancestors of two U.S. Presidents, Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A hamlet called Amwell also exists a

neg: William White (Mayflower passenger) William White (Mayflower passenger) William White (1580February 21, 1621) was a passenger on the "Mayflower". Accompanied by his wife Susanna, son Resolved and two servants, he travelled in 1620 on the historic voyage. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and perished early in the history of Plymouth Colony. William White has been a difficult person to research, largely because of the commonness of his name in England. Per author Edward Banks, his surname was one of the dozen most common names in England and his baptismal name one of the four most frequently bestowed in that period, making

neg: William White (Mayflower passenger) earliest to die exist today at Provincetown on Cape Cod. William White (Mayflower passenger) William White (1580February 21, 1621) was a passenger on the "Mayflower". Accompanied by his wife Susanna, son Resolved and two servants, he travelled in 1620 on the historic voyage. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and perished early in the history of Plymouth Colony. William White has been a difficult person to research, largely because of the commonness of his name in England. Per author Edward Banks, his surname was one of the dozen most common names in England and his baptismal name one

neg: Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) Plymouth, but without its valuable cargo. In the end, Weston lost his total investment in the "Fortune" voyage making it worthwhile only in providing Plymouth colony with new settlers, some of whom became notable persons in the history of the colony. At 55 tons displacement, and about one-third the tonnage of the "Mayflower", the "Fortune" was tasked with delivering thirty-five new settlers to Plymouth Colony. Their leader was Robert Cushman who, in 1620, had been the Leiden agent in London for the "Mayflower" and "Speedwell". It is believed that the majority of the passengers of the "Fortune" were gathered together

neg: Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) minus a small reserve of three tracts of land. Bradford served for 11 consecutive years, and was elected to various other terms until his death in 1657. The colony contained Bristol County, Plymouth County, and Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was reorganized and issued a new charter as the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691, and Plymouth ended its history as a separate colony. The first use of the word "pilgrims" for the "Mayflower" passengers appeared in William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation". As he finished recounting his group's July 1620 departure from Leiden, he used the imagery of

neg: Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) In the fall of 1621 the Fortune was the second English ship destined for Plymouth Colony in the New World, one year after the voyage of the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower". Financed as the "Mayflower" was by Thomas Weston and others of the London-based Merchant Adventurers, "Fortune" was to transport thirty-five "settlers" to the colony on a ship that was much smaller than "Mayflower". The "Fortune" required two months to prepare for the voyage and once underway, reached Cape Cod on 9 November 1621 and the colony itself in late November. The ship was unexpected by those

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories his brother Samuel Fuller. The names of Edward Fuller and his brother Samuel Fuller appear in a Leiden, Holland record, but there is no other information about his life in Holland. Both he and his wife died soon after arrival in Plymouth settlement, survived by their son Samuel who joined the growing group of colony orphans. Another son Matthew came later to the colony. John Turner - One of the earliest members of the Leiden church and a burgess of Leiden in 1610, emigrating to Leiden from England with Bradford and Brewster. He and his two unnamed sons came as

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories share in the colony land division of 1623 and was a crew member of the Plymouth-based "Little James" in 1624. Bradford wrote that he became a seaman and may have died in England or at sea, although per Johnson he may have been on the "Little James" when she returned to England in late 1624 as part of the Admiralty investigation into the shipwreck earlier that year. John Allerton - He was hired to stay in the colony for a year to work and then return to Leiden to assist others who wished to come to America, but he died

neg: George Trumbull Ladd Pilgrim leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the "Mayflower", and Governor William Bradford (1590–1657) of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the "Mayflower". He was also a 7th generation direct lineal descendant of Daniel Ladd, Sr. (1613–1693). He early gave indications of the studious habits that characterized him through life. When he was eight years old his first savings, two dollars, were spent for a copy of Josephus and Plutarch, while when eighteen years of age he read Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Most of his work in preparing for college was done

neg: John Turner (Mayflower passenger) delays in England, they spotted land, which was the Cape Cod Hook, now called Provincetown Harbor. After several days of trying to get south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11/21. John Turner was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact on November 11, 1620, but not his sons, who were yet to be of age. John Turner and his two sons all died the first winter in Plymouth. By this time three other complete families had perished –

neg: John Tilley (Mayflower passenger) possibly after coming ashore, per Bradford, to the new Plymouth settlement. They were buried in Coles Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth, most likely in unmarked graves as with so many who died in that first winter. Their names, along with others who perished that winter, are memorialised on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb on Coles Hill as "John Tilley and his wife." John Tilley (Mayflower passenger) John Tilley (c.1571- winter of 1620/21) and his family were passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the "Mayflower". He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact, and died with his wife in the first

neg: Zachary Taylor Elder William Brewster, a Pilgrim leader of the Plymouth Colony, a "Mayflower" immigrant, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact; and Isaac Allerton Jr., a colonial merchant, colonel, and son of "Mayflower" Pilgrim Isaac Allerton and Fear Brewster. Taylor's second cousin through that line was James Madison, the fourth president. His family forsook their exhausted Virginia land, joined the westward migration and settled near future Louisville, Kentucky, on the Ohio River. Taylor grew up in a small woodland cabin until, with increased prosperity, his family moved to a brick house. The rapid growth of Louisville was a boon for Taylor's

neg: Meredith Howland the younger half-brother of William Edgar Howland, Abby Woolsey Howland, and the Rev. Robert Shaw Howland. His paternal grandparents were Joseph Howland and Lydia (née Bill) Howland. His maternal grandfather was Jonathan Meredith. His first cousin was Union Army officer and New York State Treasurer Joseph Howland, the son of his uncle Samuel Shaw Howland, a co-founder of G.G. & S.S. Howland. The first American Howland ancestor was John Howland, one of the Pilgrim Fathers and a signer of the 1620 Mayflower Compact, the governing document of what became Plymouth Colony. During the U.S. Civil War, Howland served as a

neg: Mayflower Compact signatories Solomon Prower, and John Langmore, both of whom died early deaths. He was chosen as "governor" of the "Speedwell" and then of the "Mayflower" when "Speedwell" was forced to remain in England. He had acrimonious issues with the passengers on the "Speedwell" and later on the "Mayflower", as well as issues over the purchase of voyage supplies. This required his removal by those in authority while at sea. In Plymouth, Solomon Prower died on December 24, 1620 with Martin dying in January 1621. His wife also died in the first winter. William Mullins - He was a merchant shareholder in

neg: Charles Yates descendant of both Love Brewster, a passenger with his father, mother and brother, Wrestling, aboard the Mayflower and a founder of the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts; and of Elder William Brewster, the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, and passenger aboard the Mayflower and one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. the Episcopal Bishop of Maine and Missionary Bishop of Western Colorado. Col. Yates commanded the Fourth Regiment of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the New York State Militia before being promoted to brigadier-general and command of the brigade in the mid-1850s.

neg: Plymouth, Massachusetts of Plymouth Colony from its founding in 1620 until the colony's merger with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. It is named after Plymouth, England where the "Mayflower" set sail for America. Plymouth is located approximately south of Boston, Massachusetts in a region known as the South Shore. Throughout the 19th century, the town thrived as a center of rope making, fishing, and shipping, and was home to the Plymouth Cordage Company, formerly the world's largest rope making company. It continues to be an active port, but today its major industry is tourism. The town is served by Plymouth Municipal

neg: Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) how weakened the settlement had actually become. Between the landing and March, only 47 colonists had survived the diseases that they contracted on the ship. During the worst of the sickness, only six or seven of the group were able to feed and care for the rest. In this time, half the "Mayflower" crew also died. William Bradford became governor in 1621 upon the death of John Carver. On March 22, 1621, the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony signed a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. The patent of Plymouth Colony was surrendered by Bradford to the freemen in 1640,

neg: Chevy Chase Register" at an early age. His mother's ancestors arrived in Manhattan starting in 1624 — among his ancestors are New York City mayors Stephanus Van Cortlandt and John Johnstone; the Dutch Schuyler family, through his ancestor Gertrude Schuyler, the wife of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; John Morin Scott, General of the New York Militia during the American Revolution; Anne Hutchinson, dissident Puritan preacher and healer; and "Mayflower" passengers and signers of the Mayflower Compact from England, John Howland, and the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, William Brewster. According to his brother John: As a child, Chase

neg: John Billington Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11/21. Billington signed the Mayflower Compact that day. The Billington family appeared a number of times in the accounts of early Plymouth Colony and were reported to be the colony's troublemakers. Francis made squibs and fired a musket in the "Mayflower" while the ship was anchored off Cape Cod. Francis went exploring soon after their arrival and discovered the body of water now known as Billington Sea. In March 1621 John Senior challenged Myles Standish's orders for "contempt of the Captain's lawful command with several speeches" and was punished for it. He