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  2. Master Christopher Jones Jr. ( c. 1570 – about 5 March 1622) was the captain of the 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower . English origins. Christopher Jones is believed to have been born in Harwich, Essex, around 1570, although baptismal records are blank for his parish church for the period of time between April 1565 and June 1571.

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  3. Oct 27, 2020 · Christopher Jones (l. c. 1570-1622 CE) was the English captain and quarter-owner of the Mayflower, the cargo ship that brought the religious separatists (now known as pilgrims) to the New World in 1620 CE.

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  4. He was the man who captained the Mayflower and without him the Pilgrims would not have made it across the Atlantic and the fierce storms that brutalised them. But who was Captain Christopher Jones, where did he come from and how did he come to play such a vital role in the Mayflower story?

  5. Apr 26, 2022 · Christopher Jones was the captain of the Mayflower when it took the Pilgrims to New England in 1620. Christopher Jones, her master, was a native of Harwich, co. Essex, England, born about 1570, the son of Christopher and Sybil Jones of the same parish, also a mariner and ship owner who died in 1578, leaving to his son bearing his name his ...

  6. The English county of Essex is well-known in the Mayflower story as the birthplace of the ship's captain, Christopher Jones. Jones lived in Harwich and was married twice in the seaside town where the Mayflower herself is believed to have been built more than four centuries ago.

  7. The Mayflower would have been crewed by about thirty men. Of those, only a handful can be identified with historical records. Ship's Master, Christopher Jones The ship's master (the term "captain" was only used for military ships at this time) was Christopher Jones.

  8. Definition. Christopher Jones (l. c. 1570-1622 CE) was the English captain and quarter-owner of the Mayflower, the cargo ship that brought the religious separatists (now known as pilgrims) to the New World in 1620 CE. Little is known of Jones' life prior to the Mayflower expedition – and even afterwards – other than what is recorded in ...