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 offers research services for people seeking to document their descent.
The Mayflower Society
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony | The Mayflower Society
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what year did the mayflower land on plymouth bay
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December 16, 1620
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where was this colony located?
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
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which is the ship they traveled to this place in?
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"Mayflower"
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is there a society bearing the same name as the ship?
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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 offers research services for people seeking to document their descent.
Plymouth Colony | The Mayflower Society
They named their settlement "Plimouth" (sometimes spelled "Plimoth") after the major port city in Devon, England from which the "Mayflower" ultimately sailed.
Plymouth, Massachusetts | Colonial era
Another ship called "Mayflower" made a voyage from London to Plymouth Colony in 1629 carrying 35 passengers, many from the Pilgrim congregation in Leiden that organized the first voyage. This was not the same ship that made the original voyage with the first settlers. The 1629 voyage began in May and reached Plymouth in August; this ship also made the crossing from England to America in 1630 (as part of the Winthrop Fleet), 1633, 1634, and 1639. It attempted the trip again in 1641, departing London in October of that year under master John Cole, with 140 passengers bound for Virginia.
Mayflower | Second "Mayflower"
Continuing westward, the shallop's mast and rudder were broken by storms and the sail was lost. They rowed for safety, encountering the harbor formed by Duxbury and Plymouth barrier beaches and stumbling on land in the darkness. They remained at this spot for two days to recuperate and repair equipment. They named it Clark's Island for a "Mayflower" mate who first set foot on it. They resumed exploration on Monday, December 11/21 when the party crossed over to the mainland and surveyed the area that ultimately became the settlement. The anniversary of this survey is observed in Massachusetts as Forefathers' Day and is traditionally associated with the Plymouth Rock landing tradition.
Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) | Settlement
The General Society of "Mayflower" Descendants — commonly called the Mayflower Society — is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from at least one of the 102 passengers who arrived on the "Mayflower" in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Society was founded at Plymouth in 1897.
Mayflower Society | Introduction
In 1609 John Vassall was recorded as a shareholder on the Second Charter of The Virginia Company. Anne Russell was John Vassall's second of three wives and with her had five children, William being the youngest. The GSMD (Mayflower Society) states that the building date and original owner of the ship "Mayflower" that came to Plymouth in 1620 is unknown. Additionally, the Society states that "Mayflower" was a common ship's name in the period and that the "Mayflower" captained by Christopher Jones from about 1609 has never been adequately researched prior to his time as ship's captain.
William Vassall | Vassall family and the "Mayflower"
A second ship arrived in November 1621 named the "Fortune", sent by the Merchant Adventurers one year after the Pilgrims first set foot in New England. It arrived with 37 new settlers for Plymouth. However, the ship had arrived unexpectedly and also without many supplies, so the additional settlers put a strain on the resources of the colony. Among the passengers of the "Fortune" were several of the original Leiden congregation, including William Brewster's son Jonathan, Edward Winslow's brother John, and Philip Delano (the family name was earlier "de la Noye") whose descendants include President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The "Fortune" also carried a letter from the Merchant Adventurers chastising the colony for failure to return goods with the "Mayflower" that had been promised in return for their support.
Plymouth Colony | Growth of Plymouth
There were 26 vessels bearing the name "Mayflower" in the Port Books of England during the reign of James I (1603–1625); it is not known why the name was so popular. The identity of Captain Jones's "Mayflower" is based on records from her home port, her tonnage (est. 180–200 tons), and the master's name in 1620 in order to avoid confusion with the many other "Mayflower" ships. It is not known when and where "Mayflower" was built, although late records designate her as "of London". She was designated in the Port Books of 1609–11 as "of Harwich" in the county of Essex, coincidentally the birthplace of "Mayflower" master Christopher Jones about 1570.
Mayflower | "Mayflower" ship history
"Speedwell" was re-rigged with larger masts before leaving Holland and setting out to meet "Mayflower" in Southampton, England, around the end of July 1620. The Mayflower was purchased in London. The original captains were Captain Reynolds for "Speedwell" and Captain Christopher Jones for "Mayflower". Other passengers joined the group in Southampton, including William Brewster, who had been in hiding for the better part of a year, and a group of people known to the Leiden congregation as "The Strangers." This group was largely made up of people recruited by the Merchant Adventurers to provide practical assistance to the colony and additional hands to work for the colony's ventures.
Plymouth Colony | "Mayflower" voyage
USS "Mayflower" has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship:
USS Mayflower | Introduction
The name Mayflower was in tradition given to "E. repens" by the Pilgrim Fathers after their ship the "Mayflower"; the plant was abundant where the ship landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. For this reason, it was chosen to be the state flower of Massachusetts. It is also the provincial flower of Nova Scotia. The name Trailing Arbutus reflects its similarity to the trees in the related genus "Arbutus", while being much smaller and prostrate on the ground.
Epigaea | Symbolism
USS "Mayflower" (PY-1) (later as USCGC "Mayflower" (WPG-183)) was the second ship in the United States Navy to have that name. "Mayflower" was a luxurious steam yacht built in 1896, by J. and G. Thompson, Clydebank, Scotland for millionaire Ogden Goelet, who died on board "Mayflower", in August 1897. Her sister ship, said to be almost identical and built at the same time and in the same yard for brother, Robert Goelet, later became .
USS Mayflower (PY-1) | Introduction
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 Society of "Mayflower" Descendants are located behind the mansion.
Mayflower Society | Museum
The term was also used for many of the indentured servants. Among the Strangers were Myles Standish, who was the colony's military leader; Christopher Martin, who had been designated by the Merchant Adventurers to act as shipboard governor during the trans-Atlantic trip; and Stephen Hopkins, a veteran of a failed colonial venture that may have inspired Shakespeare's "The Tempest". The group who later became the Leiden Leaders after the merging of ships included John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, William Brewster, and Isaac Allerton. The departure of the "Mayflower" and "Speedwell" was beset by delays. Further disagreements with the Merchant Adventurers held up the departure in Southampton.
Plymouth Colony | "Mayflower" voyage
Historical accounts are unclear about whether the "Mayflower" was sailing under her own power, or she was being towed by the "Cory A. Sheldon".
Mayflower (shipwreck) | Final voyage
"Mayflower II" is docked near Plymouth Rock and is also under the care of the museum. Colonial first-person interpreters represent the sailors and officers of the ship circa the 1620s. At some times, the "sailors" go on week-long trips to experience what it was like for the Pilgrims.
Plimoth Plantation | History
The document has carried many names. At the top of the original text is Of Plim̃oth Plantation, but newer prints of the text often use the modern spelling, ""Plymouth." "The text of Bradford's journal is often called the History of Plymouth Plantation. In Wilberforce's text it is cited as "History of the Plantation of Plymouth". It is also sometimes called "William Bradford's Journal". A version published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (after the return of the manuscript from England in 1897) is titled "Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation"" while labeled "The Bradford History" on the spine. It has also been called "The Mayflower", although it is not a ship's log and was written after the events.
Of Plymouth Plantation | Naming
The "Mayflower II" is a full-size replica of the "Mayflower", the ship which brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620. It is located at the State Pier in Plymouth Center. The ship is open as a museum about the Pilgrims' historic voyage from Plymouth, England, and is considered a faithful replica of the original "Mayflower". It is officially a part of Plimoth Plantation. The ship was built in Brixham, England in 1956, and sailed to Plymouth across the Atlantic Ocean in 1957 by famous mariner Alan Villiers. The ship is still seaworthy, and routinely takes voyages around Plymouth Harbor. In the year 2007, the "Mayflower II" celebrated the 50th anniversary of its arrival in Plymouth.
Plymouth, Massachusetts | Mayflower II
This is a list of "Mayflower" Pilgrims who are known to have living descendants:
Mayflower Society | List of Pilgrims with known descendants
Bradford wrote, "They were presently put to half allowance, one as well as an other, which begane to be hard, but they bore it patiently, under hope of (future) supply."
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | "Fortune" passengers
Nowadays, tens of millions of Americans have at least one ancestor from the Plymouth Colony, many of whom affiliated with the Mayflower Society. But, according to Galton-Watson probability, only a fraction of that number have an unbroken chain of paternal lineage maintaining the same surname. Cushman married Rose Katherine Clausing October 4, 1952, in Butler County, Ohio. They had a daughter and a son and remained married years, until his death.
Robert H. Cushman | Ancestry and family
Contrary to conditions on the "Mayflower" one year earlier, everyone on the "Fortune" seemed to be in good health upon arrival. One birth was recorded soon after arrival – Martha Ford gave birth to a son, although her husband William Ford may have died about that time as well as the son. On the ship were a large number of non-religious passengers having been given the sobriquet of "Strangers," many of them single men who would greatly out-number the single, marriageable females in the colony. With arrival of the "Fortune" the colony had a total of sixty-six men and just sixteen women.
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | "Fortune" passengers
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 in London by Thomas Weston and his partner. And although William Bradford stated that there were thirty-five persons on board "Fortune", the names of only twenty-eight persons are noted as receiving lots credited to those arriving as noted in the 1623 Division of Land.
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | Preparing for the voyage
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, Bradford, Allerton, and Fuller. This story has become a central theme in the United States cultural identity. A number of English colonies were established under a system of proprietary governors, who were appointed under mercantile charters to English joint stock companies to found and run settlements.
English Americans | Early settlement and colonization
The books represent the University's focus on learning and scholarship. The scattering of small stars represents navigation, which has played a key role in the history of the city and the university. The scallop shells in gold represent pilgrimage, a sign of the importance of the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers from the Barbican aboard the Mayflower in 1620. A Pelican and a Golden Hind support the shield and reflect both the original and later, better known, name of Sir Francis Drake's ship. The crest contains the Latin motto "Indagate Fingite Invenite" ('Explore Dream Discover'), a quote from Mark Twain, reflecting the university's ambitions for its students and Plymouth's history of great seafarers.
English heraldry | Educational Institutions
But hear I cannot but stay and make a pause, and stand half amased at this poore peoples presente condition; and so I thinke will the reader too, when he well considers ye same. Being thus passed ye vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembered by yt which wente before), they had now no friends to wellcome them, nor inns to entertaine or refresh their weatherbeaten bodys, no houses or much less townes to repaire too, to seeke for succoure ...
Of Plymouth Plantation | From the journal
"Mayflower" -– the first U.S. Navy ship to bear that name -- was a screw tug built for the Navy in 1866 at Chelsea, Massachusetts, by James Tetlow. She got underway from the Boston Navy Yard 16 February 1866 and arrived Norfolk, Virginia, on 21 February.
USS Mayflower (1866) | Constructed in Massachusetts
The Pilgrim ship "Mayflower" has a famous place in American history as a symbol of early European colonization of the future United States. As described by the European "History" channel: The main record for the voyage of "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. His detailed record of the journey is one of the primary sources used by historians, and the most complete history of Plymouth Colony that was written by a Mayflower passenger. The American national holiday, Thanksgiving, originated from the first Thanksgiving feast held by the Pilgrims in 1621, a prayer event and dinner to mark the first harvest of the Mayflower settlers.
Mayflower | Legacy
USS "Plymouth" (SP-3308), a screw steamer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts, a town on Plymouth Bay, about 35 miles southeast of Boston, founded by the Pilgrims in 1620. "Plymouth"'s keel was laid down in 1915 by the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey, was taken over from the Italian-American Steamship Company by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) and simultaneously transferred to the United States Navy on 30 July 1918 and commissioned at New York Navy Yard on 2 August, Lieutenant Commander H. A. von Pflugk, USNRF, in command.
USS Plymouth (SP-3308) | Introduction
There is information, largely unsourced, that states that John Vassall or the Vassall family was the builder of the ship "Mayflower" that came to Plymouth in 1620. There is no documented evidence of Vassall ownership of the "Mayflower" of 1620 Plymouth fame, but Marsden does note on page 675 'a "Mayflower" of London of 250 tons, owned by John Vassall and others, fitted out by Londoners for the queen in 1588, and mentioned in documents until 1594. As a result of his Armada service, the Queen authorized him to bear arms and use an English family coat of arms in place of his French one, with his name and services commemorated on a memorial erected in 1888 in Portsmouth, England.
William Vassall | Vassall family and the "Mayflower"
USS "Plymouth" (PG-57), a patrol gunboat, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts, a town founded by the Pilgrims in 1620 on Plymouth Bay, about 35 miles southeast of Boston.
USS Plymouth (PG-57) | Introduction
In September 1623, another ship arrived carrying settlers destined to refound the failed colony at Weymouth, and they stayed temporarily in Plymouth. In March 1624, a ship arrived bearing a few additional settlers and the first cattle. A 1627 division of cattle lists 156 colonists divided into twelve lots of thirteen colonists each. Another ship arrived in August 1629, also named the "Mayflower", with 35 additional members of the Leiden congregation. Ships arrived throughout the period between 1629 and 1630 carrying new settlers, though the exact number is unknown; contemporaneous documents indicate that the colony had almost 300 people by January 1630.
Plymouth Colony | Growth of Plymouth
The ship was built at the Upham Shipyard in Brixham and financed by private donations in England and the Plimouth Plantation. It represented the alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States for collaboration during the Second World War. The ship is considered a faithful generic replica within a few details (electric lights added and ladder replaced with a lower-deck staircase), with solid oak timbers, tarred hemp rigging, and hand-coloured maps. It is long by wide, 236 tons displacement, three masts (mainmast, foremast, mizzen), a bowsprit and 6 sails. The ship is seaworthy and sailed to Providence, Rhode Island in 2002.
Mayflower II | Introduction
The "Mayflower" passengers sighted land on November 9, 1620 after enduring miserable conditions for about 65 days, and William Brewster led them in reading Psalm 100 as a prayer of thanksgiving. They confirmed that the area was Cape Cod within the New England territory recommended by Weston. They attempted to sail the ship around the cape towards the Hudson River, also within the New England grant area, but they encountered shoals and difficult currents around Cape Malabar (the old French name for Monomoy Island). They decided to turn around, and the ship was anchored in Provincetown Harbor by November 11/21.
Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) | Arrival in America
The "Mayflower" departed Plymouth, England on September 6, 1620 with 102 passengers and about 30 crew members in the small, 106 foot-long ship. The seas were not severe during the first month in the Atlantic but, by the second month, the ship was being hit by strong north-Atlantic winter gales, causing it to be badly shaken with water leaks from structural damage. There were many obstacles throughout the trip, including multiple cases of seasickness and the bending and cracking of a main beam of the ship. One death occurred, that of William Button.
Plymouth Colony | "Mayflower" voyage
The rock was later covered by a solid-fill pier. In 1774, an attempt was made to excavate the rock, but it broke in two. The severed piece was placed in the Town Square at the center of Plymouth. In 1880, the intact half of the rock was excavated from the pier, and the broken piece was reattached to it. Over the years, souvenir hunters have removed chunks from the rock, but the remains are now protected as part of the complex of living museums. These include the "Mayflower II", a recreation of the original ship; Plimoth Plantation, a historical recreation of the original 1620 settlement; and the Wampanoag Homesite, which recreates a 17th-century Indian village.
Plymouth Colony | Plymouth Rock
It is possible that Philippe went separately to England rather than aboard "Speedwell". They gathered in England with other Pilgrims and hireling colonizers to stage the onward voyage with the two ships. The "Speedwell" proved unseaworthy and eleven of its passengers were able to join the "Mayflower". It is unknown if the twenty (including Robert Cushman and Phillipe de Lannoy) who could not sail on the "Mayflower" returned to Leiden or remained in England. The "Mayflower" proceeded solo with a combined company of 103, leaving Plymouth on September 6, 1620, arriving Cape Cod Harbor on November 11, 1620. The "Fortune" eventually substituted for the "Speedwell", sailing for Plymouth Colony in early July 1621, arriving on November 9, 1621, with Philippe among its passengers.
Delano family | Migration to America
The Arms, Crest, Badge and Supporters forming the university’s Coat of Arms were granted on 10 April 2008, in Grant 173/189, by the College of Arms. The books represent the university’s focus on learning and scholarship. The scattering of small stars, represent navigation, which has played a key role in the history of the city and the university. The scallop shells in gold, represents pilgrimage, a sign of the importance of the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers from a site near the Mayflower Steps in the Plymouth Barbican aboard the "Mayflower" in 1620. A Pelican and a Golden Hind support the shield and reflect both the original and later, better known, name of Sir Francis Drake’s ship.
University of Plymouth | Coat of arms
Many vessels have borne the name Experiment: Naval vessels Merchant vessels
Experiment (ship) | Introduction
Note: "Asterisk on any name indicates those who died in the winter of 1620–21"
List of Mayflower passengers | Members of the Leiden, Holland Congregation
Original names of the ships in the table might have been changed after transferring to different governmental establishments.
Type 614 research vessel | Ships
The "Speedwell" was found to be unseaworthy; some passengers abandoned their attempt to emigrate, while others joined the "Mayflower", crowding the already heavily burdened ship. Later, it was speculated that the crew of the "Speedwell" had intentionally sabotaged the ship to avoid having to make the treacherous trans-Atlantic voyage. The delays had significant consequences; the cost of the repairs and port fees required that the colonists sell some of their invaluable provisions. More importantly, the delays meant that everyone had to spend the entire winter on board the "Mayflower" off Cape Cod in what could only be described as squalid conditions.
Plymouth Colony | "Mayflower" voyage
Of the 120 combined passengers, 102 were chosen to travel on the "Mayflower" with the supplies consolidated. Of these, about half had come by way of Leiden, and about 28 of the adults were members of the congregation. The reduced party finally sailed successfully on September 6 (Old Style)/September 16 (New Style), 1620. Initially the trip went smoothly, but under way they were met with strong winds and storms. One of these caused a main beam to crack, and the possibility was considered of turning back, even though they were more than halfway to their destination. However, they repaired the ship sufficiently to continue using a "great iron screw" brought along by the colonists (probably a jack to be used for either house construction or a cider press).
Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) | Atlantic crossing
Plymouth played a very important role in American colonial history. It was the final landing site of the first voyage of the "Mayflower" and the location of the original settlement of Plymouth Colony. Plymouth was established in December 1620 by English separatist Puritans who had broken away from the Church of England, believing that the Church had not completed the work of the Protestant Reformation. Today, these settlers are much better known as the "Pilgrims", a term coined by William Bradford. The Mayflower first anchored in the harbor of Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 11, 1620. The ship was headed for the mouth of the Hudson River near Manhattan, which was part of the Colony of Virginia at the time, but it did not go beyond Cape Cod.
Plymouth, Massachusetts | Colonial era
Over the next five months of the winter and spring of 1620-1621, Captain Jones, his crew and the "Mayflower" would remain in Plymouth. He had originally planned to return to England as soon as the Pilgrims found a settlement site, but members of his ship's crew were ravaged by the same illnesses that overcame the "Mayflower" passengers, and he had to remain in Plymouth Harbor "till he saw his men began to recover". John Alden also fell ill but was nursed back to health by his eventual wife Priscilla Mullins. Priscilla lost all of her family to the unknown illness, whom she also nursed during that fateful winter.
Christopher Jones (Mayflower captain) | Voyage of the Pilgrim Ship "Mayflower"
Several ships have borne the name Cambridge for Cambridge:
Cambridge (ship) | Introduction
Note: "Asterisk on any name indicates those who died in the winter of 1620–21".
List of Mayflower passengers | Ship crewmen hired to stay one year
She had two iron hulls with a paddle wheel between them.
Marchioness Wellesley (1826 ship) | Origins
On the agreement, dated 26 October 1626, his name appears as "Georg Soule."
George Soule (Mayflower passenger) | In Plymouth Colony
The N.S.S. experienced many name changes, such as the "Newfoundland and British North American Society for Educating the Poor", this name change came in May 1829 to reflect the wider vision of the Society, moving beyond Newfoundland into the rest of the Canadian and North American colonies. Also, in July 1846 they changed their name to the "Church of England Society for educating the Poor of Newfoundland and the Colonies" because the Society became an official educational agency of the colonial church. The Society had been established to provide education, but from its origin it also participated in general missionary opportunities.
Newfoundland School Society | Naming
Lawsuits over "Little James" began as soon as the ship arrived back in England. The High Court of Admiralty, which had jurisdiction over maritime matters, took custody of the ship and all her goods and furnishings pending the outcome of these lawsuits. Two of the larger investors in the Pilgrim’s joint-stock company, Thomas Fletcher and Thomas Goffe, had invested most of the money involved in building and outfitting "Little James", and now wanted possession of the ship as payment for that debt. This in addition to crewmen Stephens and Fell wanting their back wages. Noted "Mayflower" author Caleb Johnson, writing in the March 2011 issue of The "Mayflower Quarterly", provided information from extensive research of English records over the "Little James" affair.
The ships Anne and Little James | High Court of Admiralty November 1624
USS "Plymouth", a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts. "Plymouth"'s keel was laid down as Kenosha at the New York Navy Yard in 1867; completed in 1868; and commissioned on 20 January 1869 with Captain William H. McComb in command.
USS Plymouth (1867) | Introduction
The society also publishes articles about various other famous ships, such as the RMS "Queen Mary" and SS "Normandie", in "The Titanic Commutator".
Titanic Historical Society | Introduction
On the second attempt, "Mayflower" and "Speedwell" sailed about 100 leagues (about ) beyond Land's End in Cornwall, but "Speedwell" was again found to be taking on water. Both vessels returned to Dartmouth. The Separatists decided to go on to America on "Mayflower". According to Bradford, "Speedwell" was sold at auction in London, and after being repaired made a number of successful voyages for her new owners. At least two of her passengers, Captain Thomas Blossom and a son, returned to Leiden. Prior to the voyage, "Speedwell" had been refitted in Delfshaven and had two masts. Nathaniel Philbrick theorizes that the crew used a mast that was too big for the ship, and that the added stress caused holes to form in the hull.
Speedwell (1577 ship) | "Speedwell"
The crew inspected "Speedwell" for leaks and sealed them, but their second attempt to depart got them only as far as Plymouth, Devon. The crew decided that "Speedwell" was untrustworthy, and her owners sold her; the ship's master and some of the crew transferred to the "Mayflower" for the trip. William Bradford observed that the "Speedwell" seemed "overmasted", thus putting a strain on the hull; and he attributed her leaking to crew members who had deliberately caused it, allowing them to abandon their year-long commitments. Passenger Robert Cushman wrote that the leaking was caused by a loose board.
Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) | Voyage
His name appears as "Franc Eaton" on the agreement dated 26 October 1626.
Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger) | In Plymouth Colony
One ship of the Royal Navy has borne the name HMS "Answer", while another was cancelled:
HMS Answer | Introduction
The museum originally consisted of the "Mayflower II" and a "First House" exhibit in Plymouth Center, but was expanded into a large fortified town and a Native American village by 1960.
Plymouth, Massachusetts | Plimoth Plantation
Mayflower was the ship that transported the Pilgrims from Plymouth to the New World in 1620. Mayflower may also refer to:
Mayflower (disambiguation) | Introduction
Samuel Fuller boarded the "Mayflower" with only his servant William Butten, leaving his wife Bridget and his young daughter Bridget behind in Leiden, awaiting until the colony conditions would better suit families. His brother, Edward Fuller was also a passenger and traveled with his wife and a son, also named Samuel. The "Mayflower" departed Plymouth, England on September 6/16, 1620. The small, 100-foot ship carried 102 passengers and a crew of about 30-40 in extremely cramped conditions. By the second month out, the ship was being buffeted by strong westerly gales, causing the ship's timbers to be badly shaken with caulking failing to keep out sea water, and with passengers, even in their berths, lying wet and ill.
Samuel Fuller (Pilgrim) | "Mayflower" Voyage
Eighteen persons are known to have been unmarried, eight married, but emigrating without their families, and as far as can be determined, Mrs. Martha Ford may have been the only woman on the ship. Although it is possible some of the missing seven persons in the passenger count were wives, Bradford does not leave that impression in his account. Per author Charles Banks, individual records show that sixteen of the passengers can definitely be assigned to London or districts of the city such as Stepney and Southwark. Another three passengers were from Leiden in Holland. Ten more passengers, whose origins cannot be determined, either died early or left the colony as determined by who was listed in the 1627 Division of Cattle, which also doubled as a type of census.
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | Preparing for the voyage
The White family, as recalled by William Bradford in 1651: "Mr. William White, and Susana, his wife, and one son, called Resolved, and one borne a ship-bord, called Peregrine; and *2* servants, named William Holbeck and Edward Thomson." The "Mayflower" departed Plymouth, England on September 6/16, 1620. The small, 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about 30-40 in extremely cramped conditions. By the second month out, the ship was being buffeted by strong westerly gales, causing the ship's timbers to be badly shaken with caulking failing to keep out sea water, and with passengers, even in their berths, lying wet and ill.
Peregrine White | "Mayflower" voyage
His daughter Sarah, married to a man named Blunden, was his estate administrator, as requested in Mullins will. Recording those on board the "Mayflower", William Bradford wrote of Mullins as "Mr. William Mullins", possibly as he was somewhat more prosperous than many of the original settlers: "Mr. William Mullines, and his wife, and *2* children, Joseph and Priscila; and a servant, Robart Carter." The "Mayflower" departed Plymouth, England on September 6/16, 1620. The small, 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about 30-40 in extremely cramped conditions. By the second month out, the ship was being buffeted by strong westerly gales, causing the ship's timbers to be badly shaken with caulking failing to keep out sea water, and with passengers, even in their berths, lying wet and ill.
William Mullins (Mayflower passenger) | On the "Mayflower"
The colonists elected to retain the name for their own settlement, in honor of their final point of departure from England: Plymouth, Devon.
Plymouth Colony | Landings at Provincetown and Plymouth
Restauration was a sloop built in 1801, in Hardanger, Norway. It became a symbol of Norwegian American immigration. Historical sources may contain several variations on the name of the sloop, including "Restauration", "Restoration", "Restaurasjonen", and "Restorasjon". It has been nicknamed the "Norse "Mayflower"".
Restauration (ship) | Introduction
With personal and business matters agreed upon, the Puritans procured supplies and a small ship. "Speedwell" was to bring some passengers from the Netherlands to England, then on to America where it would be kept for the fishing business, with a crew hired for support services during the first year. The larger ship "Mayflower" was leased for transport and exploration services.
Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) | Preparations
Initially, only descendants of Massachusetts Bay or Plymouth colonists were able to join the society. Beginning in 1950, membership became open to anyone with interests in colonial Massachusetts. Notable members include: Thomas R. Adams, Charles W. Akers, Charles Evans, John Grinold, Philip F. Gura, John Elbridge Hudson, Leonard Woods Labaree, Franklin Pierce Rice, and Walter Muir Whitehill.
Colonial Society of Massachusetts | Membership
In 1624 Capt. John Smith reported, "There hath been a fishing this yeere upon the Coast about 50 English ships…"
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | Other ships visit Plymouth 1622–1624
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Plymouth" after the port of Plymouth in Devon:
HMS Plymouth | Introduction
Founded by a group of Separatists and Anglicans, who together later came to be known as the Pilgrims, Plymouth Colony (in Massachusetts) was founded in 1620 by those who sailed aboard the Mayflower. The colony was one of the earliest successful colonies to be founded by the English in North America, and the first sizeable permanent English settlement in what is now the New England region. Soon other colonies were established in New England. A Puritan minister named John Davenport led his flock from exile in the Netherlands back to England and finally to America in the spring of 1637.
Thomas Powell (1641–1722) | Historical background
The "Penobscot Shallop" and its sister ship were given to the heirs of a Boston merchant as compensation for lost goods. The Dutch were condemned to hang but were later given a reprieve and were banished from English territories instead.
Cornelius Andreson | History
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 in Plymouth colony and although it brought useful settlers, many of whom were young men, it brought no supplies, further straining the limited food resources of the colony.
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | Introduction
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Sunflower":
HMS Sunflower | Introduction
The Lighthouse Board rechristened the ship USLHT "Mayflower" and placed her in service as a lighthouse tender maintaining aids to navigation in the 2nd Lighthouse District, with her home port at Boston, Massachusetts. The Lighthouse Board was abolished in 1910 and replaced by the new United States Lighthouse Service, making "Mayflower" part of the Lighthouse Service.
USS Mayflower (1897) | 1899–1917
A total of 120 passengers finally departed on August 5—90 on the "Mayflower" and 30 on the "Speedwell". Leaving Southampton, the "Speedwell" suffered significant leakage, which required the ships to immediately put in at Dartmouth. The leakage was partly caused by being overmasted and being pressed too much with sail. Repairs were completed, and a further delay ensued as they awaited favorable winds. The two ships finally set sail on August 23; they traveled only two hundred miles beyond Land's End before another major leak in the "Speedwell" forced the expedition to return again to England, this time to the port of Plymouth.
Plymouth Colony | "Mayflower" voyage
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USS "Pilgrim" has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: See also
USS Pilgrim | Introduction
Secretaries were appointed for other ports: Ship owners from Bristol, Leith, Kirkcaldy, Bridlington and various other ports expressed an interest in supporting the association.
Society of Ship-Owners of Great Britain | Other ports
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 who escaped to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He died shortly after and was buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia). (His son Edward Winslow made a significant contribution to the establishment of the loyalist colony of New Brunswick.) Winslow was the great-grandson of Edward Winslow, third Governor of Plymouth Colony.
Mayflower House Museum | Introduction
The "Mayflower" remained in Plymouth Harbor through the winter and then on 5 April, with her empty hold ballasted by stones from the Plymouth Harbor shore, Jones set sail for England. As with the Pilgrims, her sailors had been decimated by illness, with Jones having lost his boatswain, his gunner, three quartermasters, the cook, and more than a dozen sailors. The "Mayflower" made excellent time on her return voyage back to England. The westerly winds that had buffeted the ship on departure pushed her along going home and she arrived at her home port in Rotherhithe on the Thames on 5 May 1621 – less than half the time it had taken her to sail to America.
Christopher Jones (Mayflower captain) | Voyage of the Pilgrim Ship "Mayflower"
In November 1621 Philip Delano arrived in Plymouth Colony as a single man on the ship "Fortune". While Bangs states that he was 16 years of age when he arrived he was actually closer to 20 though it is speculated he must at this time have been a servant of one of the other passengers, as he was a minor.. Approximately 65 passengers embarked on Mayflower in the middle of July 1620 at either Blackwall or Wapping on the River Thames.[10] The ship then proceeded down the Thames into the English Channel and then on to the south coast of England to anchor at Southampton Water.
Philip Delano | In New England
In July 1620, the "Mayflower" sailed from Rotherhithe and picked up 65 passengers, probably from Blackwall, then proceeded to Southampton on the south coast of England to begin loading food and supplies for the voyage to America. At that time, the English Separatists, who later became known as the "Pilgrim Fathers", were mostly still living in the city of Leiden, in the Netherlands. There they hired a ship called the "Speedwell" to take them from Delftshaven in the Netherlands to Southampton to join the Mayflower. The ship's master, Christopher Jones, died shortly after his return in 1621 and is buried in an unmarked grave at St Mary's Church.
Rotherhithe | The "Mayflower"
During the voyage, the ship was buffeted by strong westerly gales. The caulking of its planks was failing to keep out sea water, and the passengers' berths were not always dry. On the journey there were two deaths, a crew member and a passenger. After being blown off course by gales, the "Mayflower" made a landing at Cape Cod. Finding the area near Provincetown occupied by indigenous people, the ship's company decided to continue exploring along the nearby coast. The group arrived in the area near present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts on December 21, 1620. In the space of several months almost half the passengers perished in the cold, harsh New England winter.
William Brewster (Mayflower passenger) | "Mayflower" voyage
As the surviving power blocs of Earth before the conflict are still evident, North America, Europe and Asia each send a generation ship to Alpha Centauri to take control of the colony. By the time that the first generation ship (the American "Mayflower II") arrives after 20 years, Chironian society is in its fifth generation.
Voyage from Yesteryear | Plot summary
Per Bradford, the arrivals were "lusty young men, and many of them wild enough."
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | "Fortune" arrival in the New World
Records dating from August 1609 note Christopher Jones as master and part owner of "Mayflower" when his ship was chartered for a voyage from London to Trondheim in Norway and back to London. The ship lost an anchor on her return due to bad weather, and she made short delivery of her cargo of herring. Litigation resulted, and this was still proceeding in 1612. According to records, the ship was twice on the Thames at London in 1613, once in July and again in October and November, and in 1616 she was on the Thames carrying a cargo of wine, which suggests that the ship had recently been on a voyage to France, Spain, Portugal, the Canaries, or some other wine-producing land.
Mayflower | "Mayflower" ship history
The Pilgrims referred to themselves as the "Saints", "First Comers", "Ancient Brethren", or "Ancient Men". They used such terms to indicate their place as God's elect, as they subscribed to the Calvinist belief in predestination. "The First Comers" was a term more loosely used in their day to refer to any of the Mayflower passengers. There were also a number of indentured servants among the colonists. Indentured servants were mostly poor children whose families were receiving church relief and "homeless waifs from the streets of London sent as laborers". In addition to the Pilgrims, the "Mayflower" carried "Strangers", the non-Puritan settlers placed on the "Mayflower" by the Merchant Adventurers who provided various skills needed to establish a colony.
Plymouth Colony | English
And although English ships bringing new colony settlers did not come out until the "Anne" and "Little James" arrived in the summer of 1623, Plymouth Colony was not entirely isolated. English fishing boats and some ships financed by colonization ventures did call at the colony from time to time. Edward Winslow recorded that in June or July 1622 two ships, the "Charitie" and "Swan", financed by Thomas Weston, came into Plymouth Harbor. The ships carried about fifty or sixty colonists scheduled to settle in areas outside Plymouth. About this time the "Sparrow" and a shallop were also involved in colonization efforts.
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | Other ships visit Plymouth 1622–1624
Some families traveled together, while some men came alone, leaving families in England and Leiden. Just over a third of the passengers were Puritan separatists who sought to break away from the established Church of England and create a society along the lines of their religious ideals. Other passengers were hired hands, servants, or farmers recruited by London merchants, all originally destined for the Colony of Virginia. The passengers mostly slept and lived in the low-ceilinged great cabins and on the main deck, which was 75 by 20 feet large (23 m × 6 m) at most. The cabins were thin-walled and extremely cramped, and the total area was 25 ft by 15 ft (7.6 m × 4.5 m) at its largest.
Mayflower | Passengers
A number of ships were named Cheltenham, including –
SS Cheltenham | Introduction
But during the transit from Cape Cod to Plymouth the passengers were shocked by the barren and bleak shoreline, much as the "Mayflower" passengers had been. The "Fortune" passengers found it hard to believe that anything could exist in such a forbidding land. Per Bradford, "..and ther saw nothing but a naked and barren place.." And when they saw the depressing conditions within the colony being experienced by the settlers, they became quite panicked. The passengers were so disheartened and had such misgivings about this place they even advised the ship’s master they wanted to reembark and leave if the colony did not meet their expectations, but were talked out of such action by the master and ship’s crew although they were promised that if need be, they would be taken down the coast to Virginia.
Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship) | "Fortune" arrival in the New World
Describing the Pilgrims' safe arrival at Cape Cod aboard the Mayflower: Being thus arived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees & blessed ye God of heaven, who had brought them over ye vast & furious ocean, and delivered them from all ye periles & miseries therof, againe to set their feete on ye firme and stable earth, their proper elemente. And no marvell if they were thus joyefull, seeing wise Seneca was so affected with sailing a few miles on ye coast of his owne Italy; as he affirmed, that he had rather remaine[d] twentie years on his way by land, then pass by sea to any place in a short time; so tedious & dreadfull was ye same unto him.
Of Plymouth Plantation | From the journal
Furthermore, a group of Strangers founded the nearby settlement of Wessagussett and the Pilgrims were highly strained by their lack of discipline, both emotionally and in terms of resources. They looked at the eventual failure of the Wessagussett settlement as Divine Providence against a sinful people. The residents of Plymouth also used terms to distinguish between the earliest settlers of the colony and those who came later. The first generation of settlers called themselves the "Old Comers" or "Planters", those who arrived before 1627. Later generations of Plymouth residents referred to this group as the "Forefathers".
Plymouth Colony | English
Therefore the correct ship prefix should be either "M.V." (motor vessel) or "M.Y." (motor yacht). When the ship falls apart (see above), there is no sign of a motor or anything else in the ship's interior other than the ship's wheel, though this state of affairs is for comic effect.
S. S. Minnow | Origin of its name
Some familiar "Mayflower" names of families living in the area included Allerton, Tilley, Sampson, and Hopkins.
William Bradford (governor) | In Leiden and London
The "Speedwell" was originally named "Swiftsure". It was built in 1577 at 60 tons and was part of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada. It departed Delfshaven in July 1620 with the Leiden colonists, after a canal ride from Leyden of about seven hours. It reached Southampton, Hampshire, and met with the "Mayflower" and the additional colonists hired by the investors. With final arrangements made, the two vessels set out on August 5 (Old Style)/August 15 (New Style). Soon after, the "Speedwell" crew reported that their ship was taking on water, so both were diverted to Dartmouth, Devon.
Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) | Voyage
"He was tenderhearted and compassionate of such as were in misery," Bradford wrote, "but especially of such as had been of good estate and rank and fallen unto want and poverty." Brewster was granted land amongst the islands of Boston Harbor, and four of the outer islands (Great Brewster, Little Brewster, Middle Brewster and Outer Brewster) now bear his name. In 1632, Brewster received lands in nearby Duxbury and removed from Plymouth to create a farm there. In 1634, smallpox and influenza ravaged both the English and the Indians in the region. William Brewster, whose family had managed to survive the first terrible winter unscathed, lost two daughters, Fear and Patience, now married to Isaac Allerton and Thomas Prence, respectively.
William Brewster (Mayflower passenger) | In Plymouth Colony
Two ships in the United States Navy were named USS "Mayrant" for him.
John Mayrant | Namesakes
Two dogs are known to have participated in settling Plymouth. In "Mourt's Relation", Edward Winslow writes that a female English Mastiff and a small English Springer Spaniel came ashore on the first explorations of Provincetown. The ship was probably also carrying small domestic animals such as goats, pigs, and chickens. Larger domestic animals came later, such as cows and sheep.
List of Mayflower passengers | Animals on board
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Wallflower":
HMS Wallflower | Introduction