The mayflower, apparently one of several by that name, landed in what was to become plymouth, massachusetts, in november 1620 with one hundred and two passengers and a crew of about 25 on board families, single people and servants one of whom remains unnamed. This database supports the following searchable fields. An applicant for membership must be over eighteen years of age and show. Surrey are documented in my article the probably english origin of mayflower passenger peter browne, and his association with mayflower passenger william. Those with ancestry to the earls of warren have been connected up to the royal families. About half of the passengers died in the first winter. He is regarded as the only mayflower passenger to have had royal blood. A new indexed addendum and a coda outline descents from kings. Nov 25, 20 although endlessly rewarding, it is true that tracing ancestry is a timeconsuming process requiring much patienceespecially if one wishes to connect to the mayflower passengers, those 102 pilgrims who sailed from leiden, holland, in september 1620 bound for the new worldanchoring off cape cod, massachusetts, in november 1620. By default all results are a best fit to your criteria. One of the most interesting of the mayflower passengers was a small boy named richard more. The merchant adventurers shareholders in plymouth colony.
According to the order of the crown of charlemagne, a genealogical lineal society established since. It is just a matter of how our ancestors lived and died, and what they. Mayflower passengers massachusetts society of mayflower. Descendants of the mayflowers passengers may be legion, but proving the lineage is no easy task larry morton of toronto recently toured the mayflower society house, an 18thcentury. William and alice mullins, daughter priscilla and son joseph. Excellent organizations and researchers are available to help you document your descent from mayflower passengers. There were enough passengers that they produced millions of descendants over the four centuries since the mayflower. The massachusetts society of mayflower descendants, 100 boylston st. Im not 100% sure if i have descended from the mayflower passengers. I had my dna tested at and downloaded the results go does anyone know if there is a way to trace it through that web page so i dont have to pay to have another test done with ancestry. John cotton this line is based on the unproved ancestry of rev. This is a list of the passengers on board the mayflower during its transatlantic voyage of september 6 november 9, 1620, the majority of them becoming the settlers of plymouth colony in. The mores mother catherine was possibly adulterous. Spouse, mother and father where available keyword for names in the lineage text of direct.
Detailed below is a list of the passengers on board the mayflower during its transatlantic voyage of september 6 november 9, 1620, the majority of them becoming the settlers of plymouth colony in what is now massachusetts. Jun 4, 2016 mayflower arrived in the new world in 1620. How to research gateway ancestor links to royal descent. General society of mayflower descendants will let you know for sure. Mayflower passenger richard more his connection to. Only 51 out of the 102 passengers of the mayflower had children. Of the passengers, 37 were members of the separatist leiden congregation seeking freedom of worship in the new world. If the research on my family tree is accurate then i do. In 1620, intrepid pilgrims sailed the ocean blue to come to america from europe aboard the ship called the. Although there are only approximately 25 individual male lines of descent from the mayflower this list includes all passengers with known descendants, even those.
Crew members had signed a contract that bound them to stay in america with the. Mayflower migrant mysteries alive east bay magazine. American actor, filmmaker, musician and politician clint eastwood descends from the mayflower passenger william bradford. The nehgr list of mayflower passengers states that the more children are the only mayflower passengers with proven royal ancestry, so clearly this bradford royal connection is speculative. Wetherell family links to mayflower all links appear to be historically accurate in terms of geneology. The mayflower families fifth generation descendants, 17001880 database features more than half a million searchable names, and. Genealogies of mayflower passengers helps find descendants. Mayflower ii, replica of vessel which carried pilgrims from england to plymouth, mass, in 1620, sails from plymouth to boston in reenactment for photographs for national geographic society. A fascinating part of our american story is the initial settling of the colonies. The table is arranged in alphabetical order for quick access with a brief account of each passenger. The mayflower dna project is using cuttingedge genetic genealogy research based on testing of modern descendants of passengers and crew of the mayflowers 1620 voyage. Its been almost 400 years since the good ship mayflower landed in 1620 with the progenitors of a new nation. The mayflower, illustration published in a school history of the united states, circa 1897.
Register of the society of mayflower descendants in the district of columbia, 1970 database online. The mayflower launched with 102 passengers, 74 male and 28 female, and a crew headed by master christopher jones. In 1620, intrepid pilgrims sailed the ocean blue to come to america from europe aboard the ship called the mayflower. Oct 29, 20 its been almost 400 years since the good ship mayflower landed in 1620 with the progenitors of a new nation. To honor pilgrim ancestors and keep their story alive, the general society of mayflower descendants was created in 1897. The story of the passage of the mayflower to the new world is probably the bestknown event in early american history. Mayflower families fifth generation descendants, 17001880. Access2archives national archives, london prerogative court of canterbury, probate search. Our emersons came to the north shore of mass from england and they have no mayflower ancestry. About half of the passengers were english separatists or pilgrims, who were searching for religious freedom. To find more detailed information regarding each passenger, click on the passenger s. There were enough passengers that they produced millions of descendants over the four centuries since the mayflower landed on american shores.
While it is believed that these people are mayflower descendants, not all. Eight american presidents have descendants who came to america in 1620, on the historic voyage. Obamas roots trace back to plymouth news the patriot. After the mayflower reached cape cod and the colonists signed the mayflower. Jasper, richard and ellen more royal descent of a mayflower passenger more possible mortonbradford connection william mullins.
Mayflower 1620 anne and little james 1623 famous mayflower descendants. This guy asserts there were, but shows no proof and instead goes on for four pages to discuss a most fascinating earlier jew in. Below is a complete list of all mayflower passengers, along with a link to. The mayflower dna project is using cuttingedge genetic genealogy research based on testing of modern descendants of passengers and crew of the mayflower s 1620 voyage. Jun, 2018 a monthslong effort to digitize and index the authenticated genealogies of mayflower passengers has been completed, the new england historic genealogical society announced wednesday. William bradford, a leading force among the passengers and the first governor of. The ship that carried the first permanent european settlers to new england landed. In 1620, a brave group of 102 men, women and children sailed across the atlantic on the mayflower, searching for a life of religious and civic freedom. See more ideas about may flowers, ancestry and i 8. Membership requires proof of lineage from one of the passengers who. Emerson carried the mitochondrial dna of mayflower passenger elizabeth tilley.
However, having genuine mayflower ancestry in america isnt terribly uncommon. The mayflower pilgrims and their fellow travelers were authors of the first true governing document created in a new world colony. The database contains authenticated information on more than 59,450 people in the fifth generation of the mayflower passengers known to have descendants. In this articlejust in time for thanksgivingmary harrellsesniak searches old newspapers to trace ancestry all the way back to the pilgrims, who crossed the atlantic ocean on. Surrey are documented in my article the probably english origin of mayflower passenger peter browne, and his association with mayflower passenger william mullins, tag 79.
Oh, there is a lot of stuff of the internet that may claim that in fact if you look at it you would think gov. Ydna str markers change mutate often enough that most men who share the same str results also share a recent paternal lineage. Estimates on how many descendants theyve left behind today range from. Bradford be detached, and a note added to the profile with links to the speculative parents.
Celebrities who can trace their ancestry to the mayflower. Mullins perished in the pilgrims first winter in the new world, with his wife and son dying soon after. By the time the 180ton ship was under full sail on september 6, 1620, passengers had already been onboard the fluyt for nearly a month. The passengers of the mayflower in 1620 plymouth colony list of those able to bear arms in the colony of new plymouth in 1643. Line of royal descent for william wentworth rd500 disproven line of royal descent for rev. What is known of the ancestry of mayflower passenger william. I would like to suggest that the parents of alice morton. The ship that carried the first permanent european settlers to new england landed at plymouth in december 1620. Richard more was one of the four more siblings who were indentured to various pilgrims, in this case william brewster.
There is even a genealogical society for those descendants the general society of mayflower descendants. World in 1620 with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30 people. The chartered mayflower carried 65 passengers from london, including plantation speculators, and 37 selfgoverning puritans from leiden, holland. Here is a sampling of mayflower offspring who made good and a few who might have strayed a bit from their puritan roots. Mayflower dna project ydna colorized chart for genealogy within the most recent fifteen generations, str markers help define paternal lineages. Find your mayflower ancestors now full members of can search the worlds largest online database of authenticated mayflower passenger genealogies to discover and research their mayflower ancestry. What is known of the ancestry of mayflower passenger. Believe it or not, millions of americans have a distant ancestral connection to royalty. William bradford, written up about 1651 file link is to the state library of massachusetts. Register of the society of mayflower descendants in the. They disembarked at what is now plymouth, massachusetts. Jun, 2018 the database contains authenticated information on more than 59,450 people in the fifth generation of the mayflower passengers known to have descendants. A b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z no surnames. John cotton and an article in the january 1996 issue of nehgr titled katherine hungerfordwest leventhorpe.
Abstracts of the first wills in the probate office, plymouth. Many americans can trace their ancestry back to one or more of these individuals who have become known as the pilgrim fathers. Births, marriages, and deaths of provincetown, mass. She has also included several mayflower lines connected to all members of the vermont society of mayflower descendants, who are direct descendants of these lines. I am certain our emersons and hannah emerson dustin had no mayflower ancestry or royal ancestry. Mar 26, 2019 my 8 mayflower direct bloodline relatives and plymoth. See more ideas about may flowers, plymouth colony and family history. A new indexed addendum and a coda outline descents from kings for nineteen additional immigrants, improves the lines of eighteen more, lowers the descent for eight others, fully disproves one, and suggests disproof for a further seven.
The mayflower compact is considered to have set the stage for the. Sep 26, 2017 even though one passenger, william butten, died during the voyage, another passenger, oceanus hopkins, was born during the voyage, which kept the number of passengers at 102. Help resolve unanswered questions about the ancestry and genealogy of the passengers and crew of the mayflower. This guy asserts there were, but shows no proof and instead goes on for four pages to discuss a most fascinating earlier jew in what would become the us joachim chaim gans who was a met. The mayflower compact is considered to have set the stage for the constitution of the united states. The ship that carried passengers from plymouth, england to the new world what would be later named plymouth rock in massachusetts was call the mayflower. The general society of mayflower descendants commonly called the mayflower society is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from one or more of the 102 passengers. Find your mayflower ancestors now full members of can search the worlds largest online database of authenticated mayflower passenger genealogies to discover and research. A monthslong effort to digitize and index the authenticated genealogies of mayflower passengers has been completed, the new england historic genealogical society announced wednesday. Mayflower passengers below is a list of all the passengers on board the mayflower that ultimately sailed to new england in 1620 as given by william bradford.
Not quite your ancestors mayflower the new york times. Amazingly, just 12 or 16 generations later, an estimated 35 million people can trace their ancestry to one of these 51 first comers. The 2006 edition of the royal descents of 600 immigrants is, in the authors opinion, worth the price even for owners of the edition of 2004. Famous mayflower descendants and their pilgrim ancestors. After the mayflower reached cape cod and the colonists signed the mayflower compact on november 11, 1620, both bradford and winslow created lists of the names of the passengers at. Nov 22, 2015 only 51 out of the 102 passengers of the mayflower had children. They are all descendants of mayflower passenger and kingston resident john howland.