John Carver (governor)
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2 days ago · Mayflower Compact. IN THE NAME of GOD, Amen. We, whose Names are under-written, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Soveraign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defendor of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our K [i]ng and ...
5 days ago · Plymouth Governor William Bradford knew him best and recorded that he lived in Cornhill, London with "Master John Slanie". Slany was a merchant and shipbuilder who became another of the merchant adventurers of London hoping to make money from colonizing projects in America and was an investor in the East India Company. Return to New England
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4 days ago · When widower William Bradford, learned that Edward Southworth also had died, he wrote to Alice back in England asking her to marry him. She arrived on the ship Anne on July 14, 1623, leaving her boys behind with relatives. On August 14, 1623, Alice and Governor Bradford were married by Assistant Governor, Isaac Allerton.
5 days ago · Governor Bradford (who married his cousin Alice; manifested great friendship for William Carpenter and favored him in all his measures in the Plymouth Court: and ever after that it appears from all their dealings and transactions whether private or public, that they were close friends.
1 day ago · If building a Palace was easy, everyone would have one. But the governor’s house took longer to finish than anyone expected. The Virginia General Assembly agreed in 1705 to finance the construction of a “house for the governor.” 1 But after five years of planning and construction, the building remained incomplete.
20 hours ago · She was descended from William Bradford, who came to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Plantation, and Charles Fargo, a founder of the Wells Fargo Bank as ...
5 days ago · William Bradford: Of Plymouth Plantation Excerpts William Bradford was a member and governor of the Plymouth colony established by the Puritans in Massachusetts. His history, Of Plymouth Plantation, was written in journal form over a period of twenty years and gives a detailed account of the experience of the Plymouth colonists. ...
