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Mayflower
In 1620 the Mayflower and the Speedwell were hired to go to the colony of Northern Virginia by Thomas Weston, John Carver and Robert Cushman. The Speedwell had problems with leakage from the beginning and was finally determined unseaworthy to make the voyage with the Mayflower.
When the Mayflower left England there were 3 pregnant women onboard. Elizabeth Hopkins gave birth at sea and named their son Oceanus. Susanna White gave birth to a son named Peregrine and Mary Allerton gave birth to a stillborn son.
Two hired sailors are mentioned, William Trevore and ?? Ely ??. Bradford says "Two other seamen were hired to stay a year: when their time was out they both returned". So they did not stay in the Colony.
Christopher Jones was the captain of the Mayflower. They anchored off the tip of Cape Cod on November 11, 1620. The Mayflower was "about nine score" according to Bradford.
(William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, written 1630-1654, original at Massachusetts State Library, Boston)
The Mayflower and Speedwell had departed from London "The emigrants recruited at large by the merchant adventurers". Both ships left the harbor on August 5th, 1620 but had to turn back to Dartmouth as the Speedwell was leaking badly. Both ships sailed again around August 25th and had to turn back to Dartmouth shortly thereafter. They decided that the Speedwell could not make the trip so the consolidated 102 passengers on the Mayflower and the others went back home. "Altogether, some twenty persons, about a sixth of the company, had to turn back... Thomas Blossom withdrew and returned to Leyden with his wife and two sons. Cushman's friend, William King, decided that fate might have something better in store for him than becoming "meate for ye fishes". Also Robert Cushman stayed behind.
John Alden Issac Allerton Mary (Norris) Allerton - wife Bartholomew Allerton - son Mary Allerton - daughter Remember Allerton - daughter John Allerton - no known relationship to other Allertons John Billington Eleanor Billington - wife Frances Billington - son ? relationship unknown John Billington - son William Bradford Dorothy May Bradford - wife William Brewster * Mary Brewster - wife Love Brewster - son Wrestling Brewster - son Richard Britteridge Peter Browne William Button Robert Cartier (Carter?) John Carver Katherine Carver - wife James Chilton Susanna Chilton - wife Mary Chilton - daughter Richard Clarke Francis Cooke John Cooke (son) Humility Cooper John Crackston John Crackston - son Edward Doty * Francis Eaton Sarah Eaton - wife Samuel Eaton - son Ely - hired sailor (given/or surname unknown) Thomas English Moses Fletcher Edward Fuller Ann Fuller - wife Samuel Fuller - son Samuel Fuller - Physician Richard Gardiner John Goodman William Holbeck John Hooke Steven Hopkins Elizabeth Hopkins - wife Giles Hopkins(son) Constance Hopkins - daughter Damaris Hopkins - daughter Oceanus Hopkins - son born on voyage John Howland John Langmore William Latham Edward Leister Edmund Margeson Christopher Martin Marie (Mary) Martin Desire Minter Elinor (Ellen) More Jasper More Richard More Mary More William Mullins Alice Mullins - wife Joseph Mullins - son Priscilla Mullins - daughter Degory Priest Solomon Prower John Rigdale Alice Rigdale Thomas Rogers Joseph Rogers - son Henry Sampson George Soule Miles Standish Rose Standish - wife Elias Story Edward Thompson Edward Tilley Agnes Tilley - wife John Tilley Joan Tilley - wife Elizabeth Tilley - daughter Thomas Tinker Mrs. Tinker - wife Tinker - son William Trevore - hired sailor John Turner Turner - son Turner - son Richard Warren William White Susanna White - wife Peregrine White - son born onboard Resolved White - son Roger Wilder Thomas Williams Edward Winslow Elizabeth Winslow - wife Gilbert Winslow - brother Dorothy, maid of John Carver Family Transcribers's Notes: *William Brewster - 10th gr. grandfather of transcriber For more information on the Ship Mayflower and it's passengers go to Mayflower Correspondence: 8/26/1999 - I also have an ancestor on the Mayflower. For more information on *Edward Doty please contact Mary Beth, an ISTG volunteer Correspondence 2/13/02 I recognize William Bradford, Peter Browne, John Tilley and John Howland as my ancestors. William Bradford was Gov. after John Carver died. He wrote a wonderful book and alot of poetry, based on his travels and loves... John Howland, and servant to Gov. Carver, was thrown off the Mayflower during a bad storm and saved by a topsail, and a few of his mates... Edward Dotey was one of them. He went on to be prosperous and was Leut. Governor of Plimoth Colony...Peter Browne was lost while hunting with good friend John Goodman and his pet dog...after a bout with a couple of wolves they found their way back, frost bitten and weary, but full of tales about their adventures. John Howlands future wife, Elizabeth Tilley and father John, and step-mother Bridget came over, too, but John and Bridget were among the many who died from the illness that developed during, and after the trip. The Bradfords, Howlands and Brownes prospered in family, as well as in daily life, in their new community...they went on to have many descendants, apparent in this website to be very true. Stephanie Goulette Cooper Correspondence 10/14/02 passenger Mullins & Alden Joseph Alden married: Mary Simons (Symons) b: 1627; Plymouth b: d: 8 Feb 1697; Bridgewater Mass. d: f: John Alden f: Moses of Leydon m: Pricilla Mullians arrived: 1621; Holland Ship: "Mayflower" Ship: "Fortune" David Snow Correspondence 06/14/2004 passengers Carver I am trying to find my cousins ...My Grandfather is John Carver .. the first governor of the Plymouth colony arriving from the Mayflower in 1620. His second wife is Katherine White-Leggatt. I am also related to General William Barton who captured British general Robert Prescott and there is a Fort Barton named after him at Tiverton, Rhode Island. Please contact me if you are related. Barbie Kafka
Compiled from many sources including Governor William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" and "Saints and Strangers" Primarily a recounting of Bradfords writings by G.F. Willison
There are an abundance of sources regarding the Mayflower passengers
Contributed and Transcribed by Sheila Tate for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 14 August 1999
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