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Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, painting by William Halsall (1882). This is a list of the passengers on board the Mayflower during its trans-Atlantic voyage of September 6 – November 9, 1620, the majority of them becoming the settlers of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.
William Bradford (1590–1657) was the governor of Plymouth Colony (now part of Massachusetts) for most of his life. Descendants of William Bradford, some of whom are listed here, have achieved noteworthy standing in numerous fields.
Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 and the third permanent English colony in America, after Newfoundland and the Jamestown Colony. It was settled by the passengers on the Mayflower at a location that had previously been surveyed and named by Captain John Smith .
She died in 1634. In 1627 cattle division his family is listed as “Prince” with Thomas, “Pacience,” and daughter “Rebecka.” Prence was one of the most notable Fortune passengers, with a long career in colony politics and being a long-term Plymouth Colony governor. [31]
On March 22, 1621, the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony signed a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. Bradford surrendered the patent of Plymouth Colony to the freemen in 1640, minus a small reserve of three tracts of land. He served as governor for 11 consecutive years, and was elected to various other terms before his death in 1657.
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.
On 1 Sep 1681, more than 60 families were present at the first town meeting and named these lands Bristol after Bristol, England. [45] Bristol was originally part of Massachusetts, but it became part of Rhode Island when disputed lands were awarded to the Colony of Rhode Island in 1747. [46]
Elinor (Ellen) More, age 8 died in Plymouth January 1621. She died of the disease pneumonia. Name is on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb, Cole's Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Jasper More, age 7, died on board the Mayflower on December 6, 1620. Buried ashore in the Provincetown area. Mary More, age 4 died in the winter of 1620. Location of her remains ...