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View the original list of passengers (PDF, 2.6Mb) from the handwritten manuscript of Gov. William Bradford, written up about 1651 (file link is to the State Library of Massachusetts). Below is a complete list of all Mayflower passengers, along with a link to each for further information.
- Mayflower Genealogy
Mayflower Ancestry. Mayflower (1620) Fortune (1621) Anne and...
- Richard Warren
Luckily in December 2002, Edward Davies discovered the...
- Pilgrim History
The Mayflower. Plymouth Colony. History of the ship...
- Degory Priest
It has been suggested that Degory Priest of the Mayflower...
- Howland
John Howland was born about 1599, probably in Fenstanton,...
- Tilley-Elizabeth
Elizabeth Tilley came on the Mayflower, at the age of about...
- Stephen
Stranded on an island for ten months, the passengers and...
- Fuller-Samuel
Samuel Fuller came on the Mayflower in 1620, leaving behind...
- Soule
George Soule came on the Mayflower as a servant to the...
- Hopkins-Elizabeth
Not much is known about Mayflower passenger Elizabeth...
- Mayflower Genealogy
View a comprehensive Mayflower passenger list, as well as a breakdown of passengers who were separatists, non-separatists, and indentured servants.
- The Separatists
- The Strangers
- Captain & Crew
- Conclusion
The separatists were Christian fundamentalists influenced by the works of the Protestant theologian John Calvin (l. 1509-1564 CE) and, directly, by the former Anglican priest Robert Browne (l. 1550-1633 CE) who advocated the separation of “true believers” – those who understood the Bible as the literal Word of Godand lived according to its precepts...
The so-called Strangers were recruited by Thomas Weston to help the colonists establish the community in the New World and turn a profit for the investors. The Strangers came from various backgrounds and brought different skills and talents Weston thought would be useful but, in many cases, what these skills were is unknown. Among the Strangers wer...
The captain (master) of the Mayflowerwas Christopher Jones, contracted by Thomas Weston. Among his crew were: John Alden (l. c. 1598-1687 CE), among the best-known members of the expedition who would later marry Priscilla Mullins and become assistant to the governor of the colony. He was a cooper and carpenter by trade who maintained the barrels of...
The 102 passengers and 30-man crew endured two months on the open sea in rough weather between 6 September and 11 November 1620 CE on the Mayflower, a 12-year old cargo ship never intended to transport passengers and never before used for a voyage of such a distance. Over 50% of the passengers and crew would die during the first winter. Bradford re...
- Joshua J. Mark
Nov 8, 2022 · There were 102 passengers on the Mayflower when it left Plymouth, England on September 6, 1620. 50 of those passengers were Separatists from Leiden, Netherlands, who were given permission to move to America and establish a colony.
- Randal Rust
The voyage of the Mayflower to the New World was a long, gruelling and often painful one. Her passengers huddled within the leaking, cramped, storm-lashed ship, enduring seasickness and uncertainty for 10 long weeks before they landed at modern-day Massachusetts.
Mar 4, 2010 · The Mayflower was a merchant ship that carried 102 passengers, including nearly 40 Protestant Separatists, on a journey from England to the New World in 1620.
Another ship called Mayflower made a voyage from London to Plymouth Colony in 1629 carrying 35 passengers, many from the Pilgrim congregation in Leiden that organized the first voyage. This was not the same ship that made the original voyage with the first settlers.
