Mayflower Pilgrims and Colonists

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Mayflower Pilgrims and Colonists

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Mayflower History

On 6 September 1620 the ship Mayflower departed Plymouth, England carrying 102 passengers, 74 males and 28 females, many of whom were “Separatists” from the Church of England. They sited land on 9 November. Although they had a patent to settle in Virginia, with winter approaching and rough seas, they abandoned their destination and sailed into Cape Cod bay. Sickness and starvation took the lives of half the colonists the first year. Surviving families left a posterity estimated today to be in the millions.

• More information about the Plymouth Colony

List of Mayflower Passengers

Many individuals living in the United States can trace their ancestors to the Mayflower.

• List of Mayflower Passengers and their descendants.
• Transcription of Original List of Mayflower Passengers

Mayflower Societies

• General Society of Mayflower Descendants
• Duane A. Cline, compiler/editor Centennial history, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1897-1997

Arizona Society

• Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1975
• Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1976
• Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1979
• Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1982
• Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1985

New Jersey

• Walter Howard Kitchel comp. Society of Mayflower descendants in the state of New Jersey : lineages (numbers 1 to 1065) from August 15, 1900, date chartered by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants to February 3, 1973

• Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants

Mayflower Resources

• List of resources that can help you trace your Mayflower ancestors.