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Henry Samson (c. 1603 – 1684) In 1620 Henry Samson travelled as a member of the Edward Tilley family on the historic voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. The Tilleys died in the first winter but Henry Samson survived to live a long, fulfilling life in Plymouth Colony .
The Mayflower Compact was an iconic document in the history of America, written and signed aboard the Mayflower on November 11, 1620, while anchored in Provincetown Harbor in Massachusetts. The Compact was originally drafted as an instrument to maintain unity and discipline in Plymouth Colony , but it has become one of the most historic ...
Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620, a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris 1899. Edward and Ann Tilley came aboard the Mayflower without any children but oddly in company with two young relatives of Ann's – her sixteen-year-old nephew Henry Samson and her one-year-old niece Humility Cooper. The reason those two children were with them has not ...
By June 1620, he and Mayflower had been hired for the Pilgrims voyage by their business agents in London, Thomas Weston of the Merchant Adventurers and Robert Cushman. [51] [52] Historical marker in London honoring Mayflower and Captain Jones Plymouth Rock, which commemorates the landing of Mayflower in 1620. Masters Mate: John Clark (Clarke ...
Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620, a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris 1899. William Bradford, in his memoirs, listed the Tilley family on the Mayflower as: "John Tillie, and his wife; and Elizabeth, their daughter." [1] Elizabeth would have been about 13 years old during the journey. The Landing of the Pilgrims (1877) by Henry A. Bacon.
The Landing of the Pilgrims (1877) by Henry A. Bacon.This painting is in the Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts.. Edward and Ann Tilley came aboard the Mayflower without any children of their own, but in company with two young relatives of Ann's – her sixteen-year-old nephew Henry Samson and her one-year-old niece Humility Cooper.
It is historically known that, after a grueling 10 weeks at sea, the Mayflower reached America and dropped anchor in Cape Cod, Mass. However, before they set foot ashore, the "Mayflower Compact ...
List of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620–21; ... Henry Samson; George Soule (Mayflower passenger) Myles Standish; T. Edward Tilley; Elizabeth Tilley;