Mayflower and Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Sources

List of Passengers on the Mayflower[edit | edit source]

Transcription of passengers on the Mayflower
Passengers and descendants of passenger on the Mayflower

Ship Mayflower Sources[edit | edit source]

Mayflower Passengers - William Braford's list
The Mayflower and her log, July 15, 1620 - May 6, 1621: chiefly from original sources. By Azel Ames. Boston, Massachusetts, 1901.
Charles Edward Banks. The Officers and Crew of the Mayflower, 1620-1621. In Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings. 60 (April, 1927): 210-221. FS Library 974.4 C4p.
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff. The Passengers of the Mayflower in 1620. New England Historic and Genealogical Society. 1 (January 1847): 47-53.
Mayflower Quarterly. Passengers on the Mayflower. 46 (November, 1980): 177-182. FS Library 973 B2md
Algernam Aikin Apsinwall. The Mayflower Passengers. National Genealogical Society Quarterly. 6 (October 1917): 56-57. 973 B2ng
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. By Charles Edward Banks. New York : Grafton Press, c1929. reprint. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1962. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($).

Mayflower Families[edit | edit source]

Genealogies of Mayflower Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Three Volumes. By Gary Boyd Roberts. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1985. FS Catalog book 974.4 D2gm; online at: Vol. I - Ancestry ($), Vol. II - Ancestry ($), Vol. III - Ancestry ($).
Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower: and his descendants for four generations. Robert S. Wakefield, comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1990. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
John Billington of the Mayflower and his descendants for five generations. Harriet Woodbury Hodge, comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988. FS Catalog book 929.273 B496h.
William Bradford of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations. Robert S. Wakefield, comp. Plymouth. Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
William Brewster of the Mayflower: and the fifth generation descendants of his son Jonathan. Barbara Lambert Merrick, comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999. FS Catalog book 929.273 B758 mbj.
The Brewster Genealogy,1566-1907: a record of the descendants of William Brewster of the “Mayflower,” ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth colony in 1620. 2 vols. Emma C. Jones, comp. New York, New York: Grafton Press, 1908. Online at: Vols. I & II - FS Library film #1033974, item 1; Vol. I - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. II - FamilySearch Digital Library.
Francis Cooke of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations. Robert S. Wakefield, comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996. FS Catalog book 929.273 C774w.
Edward Doty of the Mayflower: and his descendants for four generations. Peter B. Hill comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996. FS Catalog book 929.273 D74 ed 1996.
Edward Fuller of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations. By Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1987. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations. John D. Austin, comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
Degory Priest of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations. Edna W. Townsend, comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1987. FS Catalog book 929.273 A1. No. 3436.
George Soule of the Mayflower and his descendants in the fifth and sixth generations. John E. Soule, comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008. FS Catalog book 929.273 S722sje 2008.
Myles Standish of the Mayflower and his descendants for five generations. Russell L. Warner, comp. and Robert S. Wakefield, ed. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1990. FS Catalog book 929.273 St24wrs.
Richard Warren of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations. Robert S. Wakefield. comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1989. FS Catalog book 929.273 W256w 1989.
Families of the Pilgrims: Richard Warren. By Hubert Kinney Shaw. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1986. FS Catalog book 974.4 D2swa.
Edward Winslow of the Mayflower and his descendants for five generations. Ruth C. McGuyre, comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988. FS Library 929.273 W732mr.

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations

Mayflower families through five generations: descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620."" 23 vols. [Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2014. FS Library 974.4 D2mf] (Silver Books)
Addendum to Mayflower families through five generations. Ruth Wilder Sherman, et.al. comp. Plymouth, Massachusetts : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1984. Volume 1: Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, William White.
Addendum to Mayflower families through five generations. Cay Lanham, comp. [Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1984.
Revised Indexes to Mayflower families through five generations: Francis Eaton- Samuel Fuller - William White. By Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Plymouth, Massachusetts : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1985.

v. 1. Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, William White
v. 2. James Chilton, Richard More, Thomas Rogers
v. 3. George Soule
v. 4. Edward Fuller by Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle
v. 1. index. Revised indexes to Mayflower families through five generations (Francis Eaton - Samuel Fuller - William White) -- Supp. Peter Brown of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations
v. 5. Edward Winslow by Ruth C. McGuyre & Robert S. Wakefield; John Billington by Harriet W. Hodge
v. 6. Stephen Hopkins by John D. Austin
v. 7. Peter Brown by Robert S. Wakefield
v. 8. Degory Priest by E. Townsend, R. S. Wakefield & M. H. Stover
v. 9. Francis Eaton by L. D. Van Antwerp & R. S. Wakefield
v. 10. Samuel Fuller by R. S. Wakefield
v. 11. pt. 1. Edward Doty through sons Edward and John b Peter B. Hill
v. 11, pt. 2. Edward Doty through sons Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Desire and Elizabeth
v. 11, pt. 3. Edward Doty: his descendants through sons Isaac and Joseph and daughter Mary
v.12. Francis Cooke by Ralph Van Wood, Jr.
v. 13. William White -- by Robert M. Sherman & Ruth W. Sherman re-edited by R. S. Wakefield
v. 14. Myles Standish by Russell L. Warner & R. S. Wakefield
v. 15. James Chilton and Richard More by Robert M. Sherman
v. 16. pt. 1. John Alden, first four generations by Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes & Alice Crane Williams
v. 16. pt. 2. John Alden, fifth generation descendants of his daughter Elizabeth Alden Pabodie
v. 16. pt. 3. John Alden, fifth generation descendants of his sons John, Joseph, and Jonathan
v. 16. pt. 4. Family of John Alden, fifth generation descendants of his daughter Ruth (Alden) Bass
v. 16. pt. 5. Family of John Alden, fifth generation descendants of his daughter Sarah (Alden) Standish
v. 17. Isaac Allerton by Robert S. Wakefield & Margaret Harris Stover
v. 18. pt. 1. Richard Warren by Robert S. Wakefield
v. 18, pt. 2. Richard Warren, the fifth generation descendants of his daughters Mary, Anna and Elizabeth
v. 18. pt. 3. Richard Warren, the fifth generation descendants of his children Abigail, Nathaniel and Joseph
v. 19. Thomas Rogers by Alice Westgate; revised by Ann T. Reeves
v. 20, pt. 1. Henry Samson by Robert M. Sherman, Ruth W. Sherman & Robert S. Wakefield
v. 20 pt. 2. Henry Samson, fifth generation descendants of Henry's son James Samson and daughters Elizabeth Samson Sprout, Hannah Samson Holmes, daughter Samson Hanmore and Dorcas Samson Bonney
v. 20. pt. 3. Fifth generation descendants of Henry sons Stephen and Caleb
v. 21. John Billington by Harriet W. Hodge; revised by Robert S. Wakefield
v. 21. pt. 2. Family of John Billington, sixth generation descendants
v. 22. William Bradford by Ann Smith Lainhart and Robert S. Wakefield
v. 23. pt. 1. John Howland, the first four generations of his children Lydia, Hannah, Joseph, Jabez, Ruth and Isaac by Ann Smith Lainhart and Robert S. Wakefield
v. 23. pt. 2. John Howland, the fifth generation of Lydia and Hannah
v. 23. pt. 3. John Howland, the fifth and sixth generations of his sons Joseph and Jabez
v. 24. pt. 1. The descendants of Elder William Brewster, generations one to four.

Plymouth Colony Sources[edit | edit source]

The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England. 12 volumes. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. Boston, Massachusetts: William White, 1855-1861. Brief guide to this series is at MassMayflower.org. Online at: Links to online volumes at FamilySearch Digital Library. Also at:
Vols. 1-12 - HathiTrust;
Vol. 1, Court Orders, v. I, 1633-1640, and Vol. 2, Court Orders, v. II, 1641-1651, Internet Archive.
Vol. 3, Court Orders, v. III, 1651-1661, and Vol. 4, Court Orders, v. IV, 1661-1668, Internet Archive.
Vol. 5, Court Orders, v. V, 1668-1678, Internet Archive.
Vol. 6, Court Orders, v. VI, 1678-1691, Internet Archive.
Vol. 7, Judicial Acts, 1636-1692, Internet Archive.
Vol. 8, Miscellaneous Records [includes vital records], 1633-1689, Internet Archive.
Vol. 9, Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, v. I, Internet Archive.
Vol. 10, Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, v. II, Internet Archive.
Vol. 11, Laws, Internet Archive.
Vol. 12, Deeds &c. [i.e. Plymouth Colony Deeds, v. I] and Book of Indian Records for Their Lands, Internet Archive.
Original: WorldCat (Other Libraries); Reprint: WorldCat (Other Libraries).
Records of Plymouth Colony: births, marriages, deaths, burials, and other records, 1633-1689. By George Ernest Bowman. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976. Reprint.
Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation". From the Original Manuscript. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1899. Internet Archive.
The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633 By Robert Charles Anderson. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.
Plymouth Colony, its history & people, 1620-1691. By Eugene Aubrey Stratton. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing Co., 1986.
Mayflower source records: primary data concerning southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. By Gary Boyd Roberts. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986.
History and genealogy of the Mayflower planters and first comers to ye olde coloine. 2 volumes. By Leon Clark Hills. Washington, D.C.: Hills Pub., 1936-1941. Digital images.

General Society of Mayflower Descendants[edit | edit source]

Centennial history, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1897-1997. By Duane A. Cline. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999.
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants: meetings, officers, and members arranged in state societies, ancestors and their descendants. New York, New York: DeVinne Press, 1901. FS Library 973 D2md
Mayflower index: compiled and edited for the General Society of Mayflower descendants. 2 volumes. By William Alexander McAuslan. Boston, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1932. Digital images.
Mayflower ancestral index. Milton E. Terry and Anne Borden Harding, comps. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1981.

State Societies

Library Lineage Register of the Arizona Mayflower Society. Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Arizona, 1992-2005.
Library Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Florida: 1966-1968. Florida: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Florida, 1967?
The Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants. (1960) Digital images.
Membership registry: Kansas Society of Mayflower Descendant and pilgrim index: showing pilgrims from whom descent is proven. Ralph H. Goodell, Jr. comp. S.l.: Kansas Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1989.
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. By Walter Howard Kitchel, comp. Lakewood, New Jersey: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Jersey, 1973. Digital images.
A Record of the Passengers on the Good Ship Mayflower in December, 1620. Herbert Folger, comp. Society of Mayflower Descendants New Jersey, 1920. Digital images.
Lineages (numbers 1 to 201) from October 20, 1957: chartered by the General Society of Mayflower descendants to December 5, 1975. Mary S. Miners, comp. S.l.: Society of Mayflower Descendants, South Dakota, 1975.
Mayflower Descendants in the State of Texas and their Lineage. By Frankie Summers Hauser. San Antonio, Tex.: Naylor, 1967.

Periodicals

The Mayflower Descendant: a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history. Boston, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899-2015.

Additional Sources[edit | edit source]

Signers of the Mayflower compact, and their descendants. c1899. By Henry Whittemore. New York: Mayflower Publishing Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
Signers of the Mayflower Compact. 1896-99. By Annie Arnoux Haxtun. New York, Reprinted from the Mail and express. Online at: HathiTrust.
The Mayflower Register. 14 rolls. Mr & Mrs. Emmett Huling Woodworth, comp.
Mayflower Index. 3 volumes. By Lewis Edwin Neff, William Alexander McAuslan. Tulsa, Oklahoma: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1960.
Calef's Index to Names Pertaining to Mayflower Descendants. 23 rolls. Frank T. Calef, comp.
Mayflower births & deaths: from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. 2 volumes. By Susan E. Roser. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. Online at: Ancestry ($).
Mayflower deeds & probates: from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. By Susan E. Roser. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. Online at: Ancestry ($).
Mayflower marriages: from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. . By Susan E. Roser. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1990. Online at: Ancestry ($).
Mayflower Descendants and their Marriages for Two Generations after the Landing. Including A short history of the Pilgrim Founders on New England. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Military and Civil Achievement, 1922.
Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants: the Bowman Files. By George Ernest Bowman.
The Mayflower Reader: a Selection of Articles from The Mayflower Descendant. FS Catalog book 974.4 H29b. Online at: Ancestry ($).