Question of the Week: Do you have any ancestors who were on the Mayflower or who were Puritans?

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I don’t have any puritans that I know of but many Quakers

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I have three ancestral lines to Hope Howland and John Chipman through their daughters Hannah (Chipman) Huckins and Ruth (Chipman) Crocker.

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Hello all, I am a descendant of Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower Rock Star!) both children Constance and Giles, along with Francis and Hester Cooke, Richard and Elizabeth Warren, and William Brewster. Edward Winslow is a great uncle.

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Yes, one (Richard Warren) whose descendants I know about and another possible (Chilton) whom I have not studied.  Probably more as I have many New England branches to my family tree.

I have one branch of my family that left Massachusetts for Rhode Island to get away from the Puritans.  Anyone interested in women's rights should take a close look at Massachusetts v. Rhode Island in the mid to late 17th Century in that respect.  I recall reading (no source just now) that c. 1690 Rhode Island was the only place on the face of the earth in which women had something close to the rights they have in 21st C. America.

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I'm also a descendant of Stephen Hopkins, his daughter Constance, and her daughter, Mary.

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I have many Quakers (Blackburns) and Puritans too!! Who were your Quakers?

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My Quakers arrived in Pennsylvania with William Penn.  They are Heacocks, Sharples, Pyles, Lewis, Taylor & John.

My Puritan ancestors were Bradleys, who first arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635.  They settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

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Blackburn family here

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Yes, Five, Three signed Compact. John Chilton, his wife & Daughter, Mary, Francis Eaton & Francis Cooke. (& a wife of Cooke or Eaton, can't remember which)

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Well we are closely related then. My GG Francis Cooke as well. There are so many great family one never knows where to start. On my Mothers side are Ellis,Swift,Washburn,Willmarth and Mitchell’s   Also have to research Tilly and Howland. It is an endless task!!

Jan

Answer 1

Happy Thanksgiving!!  As we get ready to celebrate this holiday I just wanted to pass along this list of our ancestors that came over on the Mayflower. We are also related to Massasoit the Indian that helped the Pilgrims when they first landed.

 

Edward Doty Sr. 10^th Great Grandfather – arrived as a servant to Stephen Hopkins and was a signer of the Mayflower Compact

Peter Browne 11^th Great Grandfather – came over as a passenger and signed the Mayflower Compact

Richard Warren 12^th Great Grandfather - came over as a passenger and signed the Mayflower Compact

Agnes (Cooper) Tilley 5^th Cousin 15 times removed – came over as a passenger and died during the first winter

Henry Sampson 6^th Cousins 16 times removed – came over at age 16 with his Uncle Edward & Aunt Agnes Tilley

Richard Moore Sr. 7^th Cousins 14 times removed – came over at age 5 and was assigned to the care of William Brewster

Edward Winslow Jr. 10^th Great Grand Nephew –  a well-known passenger and served as governor 3 times. He was the 3^rd signer of the Mayflower Compact

John Howland 11^th Great Grand Nephew – came over as a manservant to John Carver, he was a signer of the Mayflower Compact

 

 

Answer 2

hi HAPPY 400th

My fathers sister married warren OTTINO  - b1941 in plymouth massachusetts  

HIS WIFE IS MARGARET (WINSLOW) HARLOW b sep25,1942 also born in plymouth, massachusetts

I HAVE SEEN with mayflower family tree  stamped by mayflower committee- the tree with my white gloves on..

Answer 3

Yes.  My direct ancestor that was a passenger on the Mayflower is Mary Chilton.  She was 13 years old when she was a passenger on the Mayflower.  She married John Windsor.

Answer 4

I am related to Stephen Hopkins,William Brewster and Edward Winslow :)

Answer 5

Stephen Hopkins, Constance Hopkins, Thomas Rogers, Joseph Rogers are mine.

Answer 6

Yes.  From (Dunbar) Dean (great great) straight to Alden & Gramps John (and all of you:))

Answer 7

I, too am descended from the First Boat People! Jean (John) Cooke.  Got to admit I am secretly pleased he got banned from the Puritan community.

Answer 8

Yes, I'm a direct descendant of Francis Cooke and John Winslow.

Answer 9

I am a descendent of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.

Answer 10

John Tilley of the Mayflower is my 12th great grandfather

Answer 11

I may be related to the English  but  can not get a connection because my English married into the colonial and puritain Davises.  NC maybe CONN He was a cousin or brother to the later arriving families.

Answer 12

Yes. Bradford, Doty, Warren.

Answer 13

Yes I came up with John Alden as my ancestor and Some Puritan connections.  Maybe Ill get time to look at them more closely in the near future.

Answer 14

Yes.  Descended from Mayflower passenger Richard Warren through the Bumpus line.  Little brother of Edward and Gilbert Winslow , Kenelm Winslow, who came later, is my direct ancestor.  Weileum Compton was an Anabaptist puritan who bought land in Gravesend, NY.  Numerous other puritan forebears in MA, some of whom became Quakers and removed from MA to Dover, NH and Portland, ME.  Halls, Winslows, Emerys, Beans, Rowes, (Mary Towne) Estey, Bearse, are some of the better known surnames, but there are many more.

Answer 15

Why is WikiTree obsessed with the Mayflower? Instead can we pick a ship every month that carried immigrants or slaves (if that's traceable) to the US?

Answer 16

My first cousin 10x removed was among the first women executed during first Puritan witch trial at Andover Massachusetts.  Martha Carrier (Allen/Allin) 1650-1692

Answer 17

Yes, being mostly English with surnames like Hale, Pierce, Horton, & Bullock in my line, it's inevitable I think! I think we are all related if you go back that far. I haven't matched up my GEDCOM yet on here but I know I am related to 23 of the Mayflower passengers (James Chilton, Susanna Jackson, Resolved & William White, Edward Winslow, Peregrine White, Edward & Samuel Fuller, William Bradford, Henry Samson, Peter Browne, William, Love & Wrestling Brewster.

It's so facinating!

Answer 18

Recently I received an email from FamilySearch telling me that I had an ancestor on the Mayflower. In WikiTree, I tracked the earliest listed ancestor on FamilySearch, Stephen Hopkins, down through Sarah Snow to William Walker III and Susanna Ring's where there children are listed; but, a WikiTree profiles has not been created for all children. I specifically descend through William Walker VI. AS you know there are many children from the Mayflower ancestors.

How do we proceed to have ancestors added?

Answer 19

Yes, absolutely, some of the famous ones are listed in my bio on my profile such as a few Mayflowers, John Howland & Edward Fuller and some puritans such as John Cogswell.

Answer 20

I have ancestors that were Mayflower passengers see below: 

• John Howland is the is the 11th great grandfather of Carol Lynn
• Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland is the 11th great grandmother of Carol Lynn
• Joan (Hurst) Tilley is the 12th great grandmother of Carol Lynn
• John Tilley is the 12th great grandfather of Carol Lynn
• Peter Browne is the 10th great grandfather of Carol Lynn
• Katherine (White) Carver and Carol Lynn are fifth cousins 13 times removed
• Francis Cooke is the 10th great grandfather of Carol Lynn
• Jean (John) Cooke Carol Lynn is John's 9th great grand niece
• Richard More Sr. and Carol Lynn are 6th cousins 12 times removed
• Henry Samson Henry is the 11th great grandfather of Carol Lynn
• George Soule Sr is the 9th great grandfather of Carol Lynn
• Agnes (Cooper) Tilley Carol Lynn is Agnes's 12th great grand niece
• Edward Tilley Carol Lynn is Edward's 12th great grand niece