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This article is about the Pilgrim ship. For other things named "Mayflower", please see Mayflower (disambiguation).

The Mayflower was the ship which transported the Pilgrim Fathers from Plymouth, England to "North Virginia" (in what was later to become the United States of America) in 1620, leaving Plymouth on September 6 and weighing anchor near Cape Cod on November 21.

The ship

The ship Mayflower was principally used as a cargo ship trading between England and other European countries, principally France but also Norway, Germany and possibly Spain. At least between 1609 and 1623 it was mastered by Christopher Jones, who was Captain on the trans-atlantic voyage, and based in Rotherhithe. He was buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe following his death in March 1623, and it is likely that the ship was broken up for scrap lumber there in the following year.

Details regarding the size and overall dimensions of the ship are unknown, but it has been estimated from its load weight and the usual size of 180-ton merchant ships in the period to be 90 - 110 feet in length and about 25 feet in width. Careful research went into designing a replica, the Mayflower II (launched on September 22, 1956), to make it as much like its namesake as possible.

The voyage

Initially the plan was for the voyage to be made in two vessels (the other being the Speedwell), however, due to problems after setting out both ships were forced to return and after some reorganisation the voyage was made in the Mayflower alone. Their intended destination was a section of land in the area near the Hudson River. Forced off course by poor weather, the Mayflower arrived in Cape Cod after 65 days at sea.

As a result of the delay, the settlers did not arrive until the onset of winter, which made for a difficult time for them. On April 5, 1621 the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts on a return trip to England.

Mayflower passengers

Pilgrims

• Allerton, Isaac (London)
  • Mary (Norris) Allerton, wife (Newbury, Berkshire)
  • Bartholomew Allerton, son
  • Remember Allerton, daughter
  • Mary Allerton, daughter
• Bradford, William (Austerfield, Yorkshire)
  • Dorothy (May) Bradford, wife (Wisbech, Cambridge)
• Brewster, William (Scrooby, Nottinghamshire)
  • Mary Brewster, wife
  • Love Brewster, son
  • Wrestling Brewster, son
• Carver, John (Doncaster, Yorkshire)
  • Catherine (Leggett) (White) Carver, wife (Sturton-le-Steeple)
• Cook, Francis (Blythe, Nottinghamshire)
  • John Cook, son
• Crackstone, John (Colchester)
  • John Crackstone, son
• Fletcher, Moses (Sandwich)
• Fuller, Samuel (Redenhall, Norfolk)
• Goodman, John
• Minter, Desire (Norwich)
• Priest, Degory (London)
• Rogers, Thomas (London)
  • Joseph Rogers, son
• Tilley, Edward (London)
  • Ann (Cooper) Tilley, wife
• Tilley, John (London)
  • Joan (Hurst) (Rogers) Tilley, wife
  • Elizabeth Tilley, daughter
• Tinker, Thomas (Thurne, Norfolk)
  • Mrs. Thomas Tinker, wife
  • boy Tinker, son
• Turner, John (Whitechapel?)
  • boy Turner, son
  • boy Turner, son
• White, William (Sturton-le-Steeple)
  • Susanna White, wife
  • Resolved White, son
  • Peregrine White, son (born in Cape Cod Harbor)
• Winslow, Edward (Droitwich, Chester)
  • Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow, wife

Planters recruited by London merchants

• Billington, John (London)
  • Eleanor Billington, wife
  • John Billington, son
  • Francis Billington, son
• Britteridge, Richard (London)
• Browne, Peter (Great Burstead, Essex)
• Chilton, James (Canterbury)
  • Mrs. Chilton, wife
  • Mary Chilton, daughter
• Clarke, Richard
• Cooper, Humility (London)
• Eaton, Francis (Bristol)
  • Sarah Eaton, wife
  • Samuel Eaton, son
• Fuller, Edward (Redenhall, Norfolk)
  • Mrs. Edward Fuller, wife
  • Samuel Fuller, son
• Gardiner, Richard (Harwich, Essex)
• Hopkins, Stephen (Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire)
  • Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins, wife
  • Giles Hopkins, son by first marriage
  • Constance Hopkins, daughter by first marriage
  • Damaris Hopkins, daughter
  • Oceanus Hopkins, born en route
• Margesson, Edmund
• Martin, Christopher (Billericay, Essex)
  • Mary (Prower) Martin, wife
• Mullins, William (Dorking, Surrey)
  • Alice Mullins, wife
  • Priscilla Mullins, daughter
  • Joseph Mullins, son
• Prower, Solomon (Billericay, Essex)
• Rigsdale, John (London)
  • Alice Rigsdale, wife
• Samson, Henry (London)
• Standish, Myles (Chorley, Lancastershire)
  • Rose Standish, wife
• Warren, Richard (London)
• Wilder, Roger (Yarmouth, Norfolk)
• Winslow, Gilbert (Droitwich, Chester)

Men hired to stay one year

• Alden, John (Harwich, Essex)
• Allerton, John
• Ely, --?--
• English, Thomas
• Trevore, William

Family servants & young cousins

• Butten, William (Austerfield, Yorkshire)
• Carter, Robert (London)
• --?--, Dorothy, maidservant of John Carver, married Francis Eaton
• Doty, Edward (London)
• Holbeck, William (Norwich)
• Hooke, John
• Howland, John (Huntingdon)
• Lancemore, John (Essex)
• Latham, William
• Leister, Edward (Kensington)
• More, Ellen (Shipton, Shropshire)
  • Jasper More, brother
  • Richard More, brother
  • Mary More, sister
• Samson, Henry (Eckington, Worcestershire)
• Story, Elias (London)
• Thompson, Edward
• Wilder, Roger

External link

• The Mayflower And Her Log; Azel Ames, Project Gutenberg edition.

The Mayflower is the emblem of the English football club Plymouth Argyle F.C., who are known by the nickname of "The Pilgrims".