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Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622) was an English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar. He led the Ancient Church, a Brownist or English Separatist congregation in Amsterdam alongside Francis Johnson from 1597, and after their split led his own congregation.
John Allerton: A Mayflower seaman who was hired by the company as labor to help in the Colony during the first year, then to return to Leiden to help other church members seeking to travel to America. He signed the Mayflower Compact. He was a seaman on ship's shallop with Thomas English on exploration of December 6, 1620, and died sometime ...
Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 May 2024. Mayflower passenger and New World colonist John Carver 1st Governor of Plymouth Colony In office November 1620 – April 1621 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by William Bradford Personal details Born before 1584 England Died April 1621 Plymouth Colony Resting place Cole's Hill Burial ...
She was about 23 years old and the wife of Pilgrim William Bradford, having married him in Holland in 1613 when she was 16. She had one son, John, who did not travel on the Mayflower. On December 7/17, she possibly slipped, falling from the deck of the Mayflower and drowning in the icy water of Cape Cod harbor. This happened while her husband ...
The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum is a small museum in the Dutch city of Leiden dedicated to the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed to the New World on the Mayflower. These Puritan separatists were religious refugees who had fled England to Amsterdam in 1608 and moved to Leiden the next year. They lived and worked in that city for about 12 to 20 years.
John Carver-An early associate of Bradford and Brewster who became a prominent member of the English Separatist church in Leiden, Holland where he was a deacon in the church. With Robert Cushman, he was an agent for the Leideners in 1620, organizing for the Mayflower voyage. He was a prosperous man who invested a large portion of his personal ...