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27 Co-Signers of Mayflower Compact











His portrait, which is only one of any Plymouth colonists known to exist, can be seen at Plymouth Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Of all the Mayflower passengers, only Stephen Hopkins had previously stepped on American soil before they disembarked and set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620. In 1610 he arrived at Jamestown, Virginia to spend four years there, probably employed as a laborer, before returning to England. Not one of the Pilgrim “Separatists” himself, he most likely signed up as a passenger for the adventure of life in the New World. By most accounts, he knew John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas.

William Bradford’s journal of the early years of the Pilgrim movement, entitled Of Plymouth Plantation, is considered to be one of the most important literary works of the 17th century. It was finally published in 1912 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.

FAB PEDIGREE: Mayflower Compact signers

Mayflower Society YDNA Project

The Great Puritan Migration to New England (1620 – 1640)

John Alden
Birth 1599 in Southampton, Hampshire, England
Death 12 Sep 1687 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Isaac Allerton
Birth 1586 in London, London, England
Death 12 Feb 1659 in New Haven, Connecticut

John Billington
Birth 1584 in Spaulding, Lincolnshire, , England
Death 1 Sep 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

William Bradford – 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th & 11th Governor of Plymouth Colony
Birth 19 Mar 1590 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England
Death 5 Jul 1687 in Plymouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

William Brewster
Birth 1566 in Nottinghamshire, England
Death 10 Apr 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Peter Browne
Birth 1600 in Swan Hall, Hawkedon, Suffolk, England
Death 1633-10-04 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

John Carver, Author and 1st Signer of Mayflower Compact, 1st Governor of Plymouth Colony
Birth 2 Sep 1561 in Doncaster, Doncaster, , England
Death 15 Apr 1621 in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts 

James Chilton
Birth 1563 in Canterbury, Kent, England
Death 8 Dec 1620 in Cape, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Francis Cooke
Birth 6 Apr 1583 in Gides Hall, Essex, England “Mayflower” Passenger”
Death 7 Apr 1663 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Edward Doty
Birth 14 May 1598 in Thurburton Hill, Suffolk, England
Death 23 Aug 1655 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Francis Eaton
Birth 11 SEP 1596 in Bristol, England
Death BET 25 OCT 1633 AND 8 NOV 1633 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Moyses Fletcher
Birth 1570 in 1668081, Kent, England
Death 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Edward Fuller – Dr Samuel Fuller’s father
Birth 4 Sep 1575 in Norfolk, England
Death 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Dr Samuel Fuller
Birth 1608 in Egerton, Kent, England
Death 31 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Stephen Hopkins
Birth 29 Oct 1581 in Wotton, Gloucestershire, England
Death 20 Aug 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

John Howland
Birth 25 Nov 1604 in Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England
Death 16 January 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Christopher Martin
Birth 1582 in Billerica, Essex, , England
Death 18 Jan 1621 in Scituate, Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

William Mullins
Birth 1578 in Dorking, Surrey, England
Death 21 Feb 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Degory Priest
Birth 1579 in England
Death Feb 1621 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts

Thomas Rogers
Birth 1589 in Stratford, Warwickshire, England
Death 11 Jan 1621 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

George Soule
Birth 9 Feb 1593 in Eckington, Worcestershire, England
Death 22 Jan 1679 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Captain Myles Standish
Birth 1584 in Isle Man, Lancashire, England
Death 03 Oct 1656 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Edward Tilley – John Tilley’s brother
Birth 27 May 1588 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Death 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

John Tilley
Birth 19 Dec 1571 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Death 10 Apr 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Richard Warren
Birth 1580 in St Leonards, London, England
Death 20 Oct 1628 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

William White
Birth 10 Nov 1591 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, , Netherlands
Death 21 Feb 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Governor Edward Winslow
Birth 1595 in Worcestershire, England
Death 1655 in Caribbean Sea, Buried at sea

SOURCES

Mayflower DNA Project

FamilyTree Mayflower DNA Project

Related Family Tree Surnames of R1b-M269 (P312- U106-) DNA Haplogroup

Pilgrims Wiki 

Plymouth Rock Wiki 

Plymouth Colony Wiki 

Of Plymouth Plantation Wiki 

FAB PEDIGREE: Mayflower Compact signers

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Of Plymouth Plantation

The Mayflower Compact

Plymouth Plantation 1620 – 1647

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