The
Mayflower was, most famously, 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. 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. 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
Great Britain.
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.
- 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)
- Crackstone, John (Colchester)
- Fletcher, Moses (Sandwich)
- Fuller, Samuel (Redenhall, Norfolk)
- Goodman, John
- Minter, Desire (Norwich)
- Priest, Degory (London)
- Rogers, Thomas (London)
- 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
- 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)
- Prower, Solomon (Billericay, Essex)
- Rigsdale, John (London)
- Samson, Henry (London)
- Standish, Myles (Chorley, Lancastershire)
- Warren, Richard (London)
- Wilder, Roger (Yarmouth, Norfolk)
- Winslow, Gilbert (Droitwich, Chester)
- Alden, John (Harwich, Essex)
- Allerton, John
- Ely, --?--
- English, Thomas
- Trevore, William
- 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
The Mayflower is, incidentally, the emblem of the English football club Plymouth Argyle F.C., who are known by the nickname of "The Pilgrims".
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