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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.
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 ...
William Bradford (1624–1703), [9] son of Governor William Bradford of the Mayflower and military commander of the Plymouth forces during King Philip's War [citation needed] William Bradford (1729–1808), American physician, lawyer, and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island [10] William Bradford (1823–1892), [11] American painter, photographer ...
She was the last surviving passenger of the Mayflower. [1] She arrived at Plymouth on the Mayflower when she was about four years old and lived there the rest of her life; she died aged 83. Mary Allerton was born about 1616 in Leiden, The Netherlands to parents Isaac and Mary Norris Allerton. According to some sources, she was baptised in June ...
The research reported the first family of Mary Prower and children of that marriage, most of whom were previously unreported. Present-day descendants of several of those children may be qualified as newly found Mayflower descendants. Christopher Martin married widow Mary Prowe [Prower] in Great Burstead parish, Essex, on February 26, 1606/07 ...
The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: Who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Bowman, George Ernest (1920). The Mayflower Compact and its signers. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.
The Wampanoag had suffered a deadly plague in the years prior to the Mayflower’s arrival with as many as 100,000 people killed, Peters said, which could help explain why they pursued alliances ...
This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.