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Are
You a Descendant of the Mayflower?
It’s
Thanksgiving and while our thoughts focus on pilgrims, it may be
time to find out whether you had ancestors on the Mayflower. According
to OneGreatFamily.com, the Caleb Johnson runs the best-known Mayflower
repository on the Internet (http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html).
He's a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (http://www.mayflower.org/),
and he's done extensive research on the topic.
From Johnson’s
site we learn, the Mayflower left England September 6, 1620 with
102 passengers, including three pregnant women, and a crew of unknown
number (approximately 25 to 30). While the Mayflower was at sea,
Elizabeth Hopkins gave birth to a son which she named Oceanus. After
the Mayflower had arrived and was anchored in Provincetown Harbor
off the tip of Cape Cod, Susanna White gave birth to a son, which
she named Peregrine (which means "one who has made a journey").
The Mayflower then sailed across the bay and anchored in Plymouth
Harbor. There, Mary Allerton gave birth to a stillborn son. One
passenger died while the Mayflower was at sea--a youth named William
Butten, a servant-apprentice to Dr. Samuel Fuller. The death occurred
just three days before land was sighted. One Mayflower crew member
also died at sea, but his name is not known.
Are any of these people
your ancestors? Or would you like to find out more about the Mayflower
just to celebrate the season? Check out these interesting links.
Passenger
List of Mayflower
List
of all Mayflower Passengers with Descendants Living Today
False
and Faked Mayflower Genealogy
All
Known Wills of Mayflower Passengers
Revolutionary
War Veterans with Mayflower Descent
Mayflower
families genealogy books
The
General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Important
Addresses for Mayflower Researchers
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