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Speedwell was a 60-ton pinnace that carried a band of English Dissenters now popularly called the Pilgrims from Leiden, Holland, to England, whence they intended to sail to America aboard both the Speedwell and the Mayflower in 1620. The Pilgrims initially set sail in both ships, but Speedwell was found to be unseaworthy and both ships returned ...
Passengers who developed scurvy experienced symptoms such as bleeding gums, teeth falling out, and stinking breath. [20] Passengers consumed large amounts of alcohol such as beer with meals. This was known to be safer than water, which often came from polluted sources causing diseases. All food and drink was stored in barrels known as ...
Forty-five of the 102 Mayflower passengers died in the winter of 1620–21, and the Mayflower colonists suffered greatly during their first winter in the New World from lack of shelter, scurvy, and general conditions on board ship. [1] They were buried on Cole's Hill. [2]
Speedwell, in 1751 made a voyage from Rotterdam to Halifax, Nova Scotia, carrying a party of "Foreign Protestants" [1] including Johann Andreas Fultz. Captained by a Joseph Wilson, [ 2 ] she left Rotterdam on 18 May 1751 with 229 passengers, and arrived in Halifax with 212, on either 10 or 21 July 1751.
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. [2] [3] [self-published source]
It is believed that Goodman was originally a passenger of the Speedwell, a smaller companion ship of the Mayflower. However, a number of irreparable leaks forced passengers of the Speedwell to be moved aboard the Mayflower. At the time of the Mayflower's journey, he is listed as a linen weaver and being 25 years of age. [1]
Those passengers were followed by a larger number who perished in the bitter first winter of 1620-21. The deaths of those persons are unique in history as they occurred either at sea just before reaching Cape Cod or while the Mayflower was at anchor at the Cape Cod harbor for several weeks in what would later be called Provincetown Harbor .
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.