Question of the Week: Have you found a Mayflower passenger or Puritan ancestor in your lineage?

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The roots of the Thanksgiving tradition in the US are often attributed to the Pilgrims who arrived in the Plymouth Colony aboard the Mayflower. You can use the Relationship Finder Quick Links to see if you may be related to one of the original passengers.

Maybe you've found that one of your lines descends from the larger group of Puritans who arrived in New England a little later. The Puritan Great Migration Project is working to identify and document these families.

Share the stories you've discovered, and be sure to check out the projects. There is some great work happening!

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Yes, Wm Brewster, none others.

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No Mayflower descendants in my tree. We're all Germans.

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Plenty of PGM ancestors (Goodrich and families) and working on a possible mayflower connection, but I have never celebrated thanksgiving, my last ancestor to be born in the USA was in 1805.

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I discovered my former mother-in-law and myself were 9th cousins, both descended from Mayflower Richard Warren, me through daughter Mary, she through daughter Sarah. Small world. Note I have not validated this connection through Mayflower society or other 'official' channels, but looks solid to me.

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William Brewster would be my 10th Great-grandfather, and I am cousin to about 11 others from the Mayflower.  I have no idea on the number from the PGM project, but I am sure there are several since I have ancestors born in the Americas mid 1620s on...

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My 10th GGF, too. the next ancestor came about 1640, though.

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As the granddaughter of a "Boston Brahmin" who graduated from Wellesley College in 1904, we were never allow to talk about such prideful things as pedigree or lifestyle.  Being humble and thrifty always..  Never show off.  We were NEVER told we earned money the 'old fashioned way."  We inherited it.  We were expected to be in service to the community all of our lives.  Strict Puritanical norms in dress, and life style, were essential, so as to avoid any appearance of being 'nouveau riche."  Therefore, I am forbidden by my Puritanical ancestors from being prideful by joining any DAR or Mayflower Societies.  However, WikiTree has hooked me up with my Wm White line accidentally, of course..  So, hopefully they are not rolling over in their graves.  When I inquired at the Mayflower Society if they had my family line, I was told NO.  That was a sign to honor the Puritanical dictates of our past.  May they all rest in peace...

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Richard Warren is my 12 GGF.  It was always told in our family's oral history that we had a Mayflower ancestor so it's nice to see it on WikiTree.

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Maybe Thomas Bonney. I"m still working on that one.  I DID Have relatives at Plymouth Colony. Stephen Deane showed up on the next ship, The Fortune in 1621.

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Too cute - love it!

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As you expand you tree wider, you may come back to Find relations.

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Several Mayflower passengers in my heritage.  John Alden and Priscilla Mullins are my 9th great grandparents, and that would make William Mullins my 10th great grand father -- they show up in the relationship finder.  I also descend from the Fullers on my mother's side.  I was always told it was Dr. Samuel Fuller, but I have not been able to replicate that line -- my research suggests Edward Fuller instead -- and they do not show up in the relationship finder.  In time for the 500th anniversary in the next several years, one of my goals is to send in my paperwork to join the Mayflower Society.

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I'm descended from Edward Fuller as well - through his son, Samuel. (Don't have all this in my WikiTree yet, as importing my GEDcom file is proving problematic.) If my research is correct, Fuller is my 11th GGF.

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Richard Warren. 11th Great Grandfather.

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Yes! John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.

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I am a descendant of Peregrine White and looking for other descendants like myself to enable me to complete my family tree. Anyone have information on Nelson White (1856-1927) or Nelson White (1818-1895) and leading back to Peregrine White (1809-1897) and going ahead to Charles White (1891-1940). Any information would be very helpful and appreciated.

Thank you,

Dan Gould

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Nelson Louis White

 in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

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Name:	Nelson Louis White
Event Type:	Death
Birth Date:	abt 1857
Death Date:	3 Feb 1927
Death Place:	Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Death Age:	70
Father Name:	Nelson White
Mother Name:	Harriet Sears

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Nelson L White

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Name:	Nelson L White
Age:	3
Birth Year:	abt 1857
Gender:	Male
Birth Place:	Massachusetts
Home in 1860:	Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Post Office:	South Yarmouth
Family Number:	332
Value of real estate:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age Nelson White 42 Harriet White 43 Pliney White 10 Alfred White 7 Nelson L White 3

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You mean the 400th Anniversary in 2020.  500th won't be until 2120.  I didn't realize we had a big anniversary sneaking up on us.

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My wife's 2nd cousin 12x removed was the famous William "Elder" Brewster.

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Richard Warren is my 9th g-grandfather - hi cuz!!  :)  Kathy

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Yes. William Brewster through his daughter Patience and Richard Warren through his daughter Mary. So, I have a saint and a sinner in my ancestry.

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I descend from the daughter of Richard Warren a Mayflower passenger. I do not know if my Richard Church traved with Richard Warren or followed with his daughter Elizabetn Warren Church.

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What is the source of this information? This is only the list of passengers who are known to have living descendants. There were over 100 Mayflower Passengers on the voyage to Plymouth in 1620.  Two babies were born on board.  In addition, there were crew members on board.

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that is what up go William Brewster. I'm surprised how Many legitimate Mayflower descendants there are

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We always knew we descended from George Way, and if he was the son of Henry, as is usually surmised and held by tradition in my family, then Henry as well. We also knew about Edward Baker, and my father is first-and-middle named for him.

But since joining wikitree, I've found several more! Thomas Fox, William Beardsley and Mary Harvie, Richard Church, and probably a few others too.

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Yes.  I documented the connections on my profile.  William Brewster (Brewster-4), Peter Browne (Browne-66), John Howard (Howard-21), Francis Cooke (Cooke-36), Richard Warren (Warren-66), George Soule (Soule-33), Miles Standish (Standish-117), Tiley Family - John, Joan, and daughter Elizabeth (Tilley-84, Hurst-26, and Tilley-73).

Peter Brown from Dorking, Surry, Miles Standish (probably from Lancashire), Richard Warren from Hertford, England was recruited by Thomas Weston of London Merchant Advanturers.  George Soule, age 21-25 was a servant or employee of Edward Winslow.

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The National Society of Mayflower Descendants has employed professional genealogists and has created ^{the "Mayflower families Through Five Generations". Fifty one passengers survived the first winter and from this small group, all present day descendants descend. My great grandfather William White and his validated descendants up to the 5th and 6th generations are all listed. In addition the New England genealogy Society also can validate who is a descendant of the mayflower. This information has never been lost or questionable. There is one very obvious trait in our Pilgrim Forefathers, and that is they were meticulous record keepers.}

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Yes, I am in the process of having my Mayflower lineage approved by the Mayflower Society. My Mayflower lineage is through Sylvester Round|Jabez Round|Renew Carpenter|Desire Martin|Mercy Billington|Francis Billington|John Billington.

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I recently found out I had Lois Rowley

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowley-817

as an ancestor, on some websites like ancestor.com  had her as a descendant of the Fullers of the Mayflower,  she was supposed to be a daughter of

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowley-975

no sources of course,  on the ancestor.com, so I paid $25 to the Mayflower Society to check it properly, guess what no lines have been traced to her at this time.

So at the moment, my Lois Rowley  is still stranded with parents unknown, however I think it is probable that she is a descendant  of Henry Rowley , https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowley-8 I just don't have the sources to connect her.

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Stephen Hopkins my 10th great grandfather my grandfather Freeman was a direct descentant to Stephen Hopkins.My grandmother Alden,Sampson,,Standish

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I have two sets of Puritan families in my tree (one on each parent's side).

I am related to the John Mack of Lyme, Connecticut on my dad's side and the Richard Chamberlin family of Braintree, MA on my mother's side.

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Yes I descend from the McGuires who were on the Mayflower.

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The list of Mayflower passengers and decendants is firmly settled - down to the 5th generation.. The NSMD has hired professional genealogists and historians to ascertain which Mayflower passengers had living decendants. The work is available in the Silver series. Go on their website and order the volume that is devoted to your ancestor. My great grandparents were William and Susanna White and their son Resolved. Vol#13 is devoted to the White decendants down to the 5th  and some 6th generations. This brings the accepted research down to the Revolutionary War generation. Now, I am working on proving that my great grandmother's grandfather (Jonah Brewer) was the son of 6th Mayflower generation Thankful Brown Brewer.

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Hi Rene'; I don't understand your comment  - 'the Mayflower Society didn't have your family line'. I too am a great grand daughter of William and Resolved White. I own a copy of the NSMD vol#13 silver series - which is devoted to 5 generations of William White's decendants. SOooo, they do have your family line down to the 5th and some 6th generations. after that you have to dig out the documents of proof. By the time your relative was graduated from Wellsley 1903, Boston was already home to the huge Irish Catholic Immigration. Judging from your last name Molloy, yuur Boston Puritan Brahman family line intermarried with  at least one of those Irish. I disagree with your negative feelings about lineage societies. As our country changes, the society help us remember those who sacrificed to found this country. Also, as we do the hard work of digging out legal documents (not just watch our tree grow on Wiki-tree), we learn more about our families history AND we learn who we are individually. My genealogy research has helped me place myself into the tapestry of my family and the history of the Western World.

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I'm related to Francis Cooke

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Yes!

Nicholas Snow: 9th GGF

Constance (Hopkins) Snow: 9th GGM

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Steven Hopkins 10th great grandfather through Constance Snow

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We are 9 th cousins!

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Yes my late husband Pack-530 is related to Jane Clark Collier, Humility Cooper and several others I would like to join the PGM project please.

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Four sets of grandparents in the Mayflower, and multitudes of Puritans on many other ships, such as those in the Winthrop Fleet.

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Four sets of grandparents on the Mayflower, and multitudes of Puritans on many other ships, such as those in the Winthrop Fleet.

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I have not joined any societies such as the Mayflower Society for the same reason.

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Thank you Christine for your detailed explanation as I appreciate your view point.  The Stoic Puritanical nature of my Boston family which forbids one being Prideful as a sin has mostly gone by the wayside as a social norm.  But it is still to be respected by my family for future generations.  Therefore, as much as I would like to brag about and show off my proud Mayflower lineage, I may not out of respect and honoring our Puritanical family values.  I am not judging anyone else, in fact, I applaud their efforts.  Thanks to WikiTree, I can connect with Resolved White, without "Proof" being required of me to become a Society member.  I hope you can appreciate the difference or distinction.  My Boston grandmother's daughter married a handsome Irishman!  I see we are cousins on our Mayflower line!   God bless, Renee

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GSMD "doesn't have" my line to Resolved due to inadequate documentation of the line from John(1644-1685) to Andrew(1700-1790).  No doubt this has been combed thoroughly by experts.  There are sources for Andrew, although I've seen that denied.

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Are the arrivals in Plymouth between 1620 and the more northern Puritan migration considered part of PGM?  I haven't even tried to count mine.  Then I have arrivals on Abigail, Mary and John(4) and Winthrop fleet (a dozen or so) whom I assume are well within the PGM definition. I bump up against that project already just trying to reconcile the wikitree duplicates corresponding to my tree.  My better known ancestors from Salem 1633 on tended to be on the losing side of the Puritan business so it looks like a stretch to lump everyone under PGM.  Then I have many Quaker ancestors (not necessarily identifiable) coming in from the beginning in Lynn.

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Degory PRIEST is on my GEDCOMpare and didn't get any suggested matches!

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Edward Fuller through my McIntyre

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Morton_(Pilgrim_Father)   One of my ancestor grandfathers

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https://books.google.com/books?id=FzYQ4ZsyJoUC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=was+Alexander+Carpenter+a+pilgrim?&source=bl&ots=nNZl2Iqxdb&sig=Avn-Rn4kDrmX_FL-9iW4mJPcJMw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO24-4_7fbAhUC64MKHQ_4B8wQ6AEIYTAJ#v=onepage&q=was%20Alexander%20Carpenter%20a%20pilgrim%3F&f=false

 

was Alexander a pilgrim?

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My lineage was approved by the Mayflower Society.

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George Morton was my grandfather as well.

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The Mayflower project profile for Prust showed up on a GEDcompare rematch. There is another profile for Degory Priest which includes speculative information on him.  Maybe this is typical of duplicate profiles which are guarded zealously.

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I took the liberty of inserting a spousal link in my line to Thomas Rogers and a parental link in the line to Degory PRUST.  These were outside the Mayflower protected time frame and so far no complaints.

I searched several times with GEDcompare for any DENISON profiles in their HOWLAND line.  I guess my mistake was in not starting with Mercy GORHAM and working forward in time.  I submitted proposed merges to fix my new duplicates and most were approved immediately.

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I tried the list of Mayflower passengers on relationship finder.  The most outrageous positive is the one about descent from Brewster through the Lees of Virginia. I was surprised to be told my ggm from Maine is a Francis Cooke descendant. It came up also with a Constance Hopkins.  For sure there are connections not according to silver book.

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I had a couple a few years ago; cannot locate them now.

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My Husbands side goes back to Valentine Rowell, Hampton, Shaw, Colson,Joanne Pinder,Milner, Currier, Osgood, Ipswich , Essex MASS, Amebury MASS and Mancetter Warwickshire, England.

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Hi, I just checked and the relationship finder says I may be the 10th great granddaughter of John Billington. Way Cool. I know I am a direct descendant of Edward Bumpas who arrived just after the Mayflower on The Fortune. I am going to do some work to see if I can go from Thomas Bowen back regarding the confidence of the lineage.

Eleine Bishop Gordon

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Edward(Bumpas-7) is my 7th ggf.  His greatgrandson Jackson-21057 is a Mayflower Bradford descendant (the only Mayflower line on my paternal side).

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I am directly descended from many Mayflower passengers...2 lines from Francis Cooke, 3 lines from Richard Warren, Francis Eaton/Christian Penn, Peter Browne, Frances Billington/Christian Penn, Samuel Eaton/Martha Billington, Samuel Fuller (brother of Edward), John Howland/Elizabeth Tilley, James/Mrs. Chilton, Stephen Hopkins/Elizabeth Fisher/Damaris Hopkins, and Edward Doty. No one in my (living) family knew about this until I stumbled upon it this past winter. Also, clearly genealogy was not really important to anyone in my family as none of these lines have been proven past the 6th or 7th generation. I am working on my GSMD application...fairly certain most of these are legit (they mostly go through 1 or 2 people), so just need to gather a few more birth/death certificates for the app.

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Hi my name is Frances Billington (maiden name) I live in Australia and have always wondered if there is a link to the Mayflower in our family from before they left England.

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Many of the Mayflower Families have associations which keep information on the family. They often have results of DNA tests.  You would need a male relative to take the dna test.  Then you would get a compare with the Mayflower branch of the family.

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I am directly descended from Cook, Brewster, and Alden. I always knew that John Alden and Priscilla were my 10th great-grandparents, but did not know that William Brewster and Francis Cooke were also my great- grandfathers until I joined Wikitree.

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William Brewster and Mary Wentworth are my 12th great grandparents and John Alden and Priscilla Mullins are my 10th great grandparents as well. That means we are cousins.

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Hello cousin! Happy to see you here.

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John Billington is my 10th great grandfather also.

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Yes, Peregrine White is my direct ancestor. First child born of the Pilgrims.

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Ian direct descendant to Stephen Hopkins 10th great grandfather the Howlands ,Sampson,Aldens

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I am related to many Mayflower Immigrants:

Elizabeth Tilley, John Howland—9th GR Grandparents.

Francis Cooke, George Soule, John Alden, John Tilley, Peter Browne, Pricilla Mullins, Richard Warren, Samuel Fuller, Stephen Hopkins—10th GR Grandparents.

Edward Fuller, Isaac Allerton, Mary Chilton, William Bradford, William Mullins—11th GR Grandparents.

Constance Hopkins, Giles Hopkins, John Cooke—10th GR Aunt and Uncles.

James Chilton, Mary (unknown), William Brewster—12th GR grandparents.

Edward Winslow, Henry Samson—11th GR Uncles.

Thomas Rogers—2nd Cousin 12x removed.

Richard More—6th Cousin 9x removed.

Big Legacy —  hope to live up to it.

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I was watching a series yesterday on World History.  An interesting fact at the end of one show stated "10% of all Americans are descendants of a Mayflower settler."  

I don't know whether that is true, but it makes some sense just based on the mathematics of duration (about 20-25 generations).

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I have the same relation to John Alden he was my 10th Great-Grandfather along with John Bass was my 9th Great-Grandfather, which i have noticed many of us have multiple direct relations to the Mayflower.

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I spent most of the afternoon sorting my (mostly inadequately documented) reported DNA connections to Mayflower descendants.  There are 16 descendants among our 5th great-grand-parents, accounting for 17 Mayflower passengers, with 6 of those 16 descending from 2nd lines.  12 of the 16 have reported DNA connections with my cousins.  One of the 2nd lines has all 3 gedmatch reports correlated to the wrong side of my family.   Another gedmatch report connects to 2 equidistant ancestor couples on opposite sides of my family.  I'm counting a 2nd line I can't find listed as accepted but has VR support, which would be my grandmother's only Mayflower line besides the one she probably wouldn't be granted nowadays.  Only 2 of the 5th greatgrandparents bear the surname of their Mayflower passenger, so that isn't an effective way to find them.

 That line about the 10% is repeated frequently, but I find it difficult to believe. My ex and my late wife both have 17th century New England ancestry with no Mayflowers, which contradicts the typical follow-on to that statement about the 10%.

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I was not sure I had one.  When there was a mention of the relationship finder, I took a look.  When I got to look at the Mayflower ancestors.  I found two with John Alden at the top of the list being the first one.  This was exciting because John Alden would be the easiest for me to document.  I just haven't found the time to do it.

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My maternal great grandfather's parents both go back to Mayflower passengers, a total of 12, including on the paternal side: John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, both her parents and her bother, George Soule, and on the maternal side: John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, both her parents and her brother. Additionally, my 9th great aunt Sarah Alden married Alexander Standish, the son of Myles Standish.

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Hello David, I am quite closely related to some Dodds. We could likely be related.

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Hello distant cousin!

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Yes I am a descendant on my paternal side of Resolved White, older brother of Peregrine White.

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Numerous! Direct lines to Richard Warren, William Brewster, John Alden and Priscilla Mullen from the Mayflower and many of the first settlers in Hingham, Massachusetts, including Samuel “Sam the Weaver” Lincoln, who is my 8th gr grandfather and “Honest Abe’s” 5th gr grandfather.

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Relationship Finder
Richard Hellstrom and Richard More Sr. are fifth cousins 13 times removed
Richard More Sr. (bef. 1614 - bef. 1696)
I gut it back to William Traylor though to try to prove it. .

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Traylor-26
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Traylor-26
William Traylor               abt 1675 - abt 1753                England
Judith Archer                  abt 1674 - Feb 1753               Henrico, Virginia

William Traylor (abt. 1674 - 1753)
 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Traylor-26

Richard More Sr. (bef. 1614 - bef. 1696)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/More-108

Richard and William are fifth cousins three times removed
Richard More Sr. and William Traylor are both descendants of Roger Corbet.
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1. Richard is the son of Katherine More
Katherine More
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/More-125
Children of Catherine More, baptisms recorded at Shipton, Shropshire, as children of Samuel More, but the children were by her illicit relationship with Jacob Blakeway.[2]
Ellinor bp. 24 May 1612
Jasper bp 8 Aug 1613
Richaard bp 13 Nov 1614
Mary bp 16 April 1616
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2. Katherine is the daughter of Jasper More Esquire
Jasper More Esquire (bef. 1547 - bef. 1614)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/More-132
He married Elizabeth Smalley 31 Jan. 1572/3. [3] They had three sons, Richard, John, and Walter, and six daughters, Eleanor (wife of Rev. Lawrence Lee), Jane (wife of John Gresley), Elizabeth (wife of John Hill), Bridget, wife of Robert Harris), Katherine, and Mary (wife of Andreas Adams and Thomas Trout). [4].
3.  ↑ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, vol IV, page 147-148
4.  ↑ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, vol IV, page 147-148
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3. Jasper is the son of Margaret (Cressett) More
Margaret (Cressett) More (abt. 1510)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cressett-7
She married Thomas More Esq., and became a Mayflower ancestor through her son Jasper More. Their other sons were Richard, Charles, and Edward, and three daughters, Joan (or Jane), Mary (wife of Andrew Adams), and Eleanor. [2]
3↑ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, vol IV, page 147
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4. Margaret is the daughter of Richard Cressett Esquire
Richard Cressett Esquire (abt. 1470 - aft. 1546)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cressett-8
Richard Cressett, Esq. was born circa 1482 at Upton Cressett, Shropshire, England.1 A settlement for the marriage Richard Cressett, Esq. and Jane Wrottesley was made on 28 January 1517; They had 3 sons (Robert, Esq; Edmund; & Henry) and 6 daughters (Jane; Mary; Frances, wife of Roger Smith, of John Hopton, of Francis Hord, & of William Clench; Dorothy, wife of William Mynde; Cecily, wife of William Acton; & Margaret, wife of Thomas More, Esq.)1,2,3,4,5 Richard Cressett, Esq. died after 28 January 1546; Declared a lunatic with custody of him and all his property for the benefit of Richard, his wife and family.3,5
https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3007.htm#i90334
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5. Richard is the son of Joan (Corbet) Cressett
Joan (Corbet) Cressett (abt. 1447 - abt. 1492)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corbet-437
She married Thomas Cressett, Esq., son of Robert Cressett, Esq., Sheriff of Shropshire and Christian (Christine) Stapleton, after 14 October 1475; They had 2 sons (Richard, Esq; & Thomas) & 4 daughters (Cecily, wife of Thomas Leighton; Thomasine, wife of Richard Draper; Elizabeth, wife of Adam Lutley; & Jane, wife of Thomas Whitton.[5]
5 ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 93.
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6. Joan is the daughter of Roger Corbet
 Roger Corbet (abt. 1415 - 1467)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corbet-6
(Joan ) Jane Corbet was born circa 1447 at of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
3  Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 515.
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This makes Roger the fourth great grandfather of Richard.
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William Traylor (abt. 1674 - 1753)
 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Traylor-26

1. William is the son of Margaret (Randolph) Traylor
 Margaret (Randolph) Traylor (1665 - 1726)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randolph-108
Edward Traylor, of Hampton Parish, England, came to Virginia in 1663. He, with his wife, Martha Randolph, and three children, were living in Henrico county when he died, in 1677. His widow married Porter, about 1780, and was again a widow as her will showed when probated at Henrico Courthouse in 1682. This document left her estate to her daughter, Mrs. William Hankins, and her two sons, Edward, and William.
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2. Margaret is the daughter of Richard Randolph
Richard Randolph (1621 - 1678)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randolph-13
About 1650 when he was in his late twenties, he married Elizabeth Ryland in Morton Hall, Warwickshire, England, and they became the parents of known children, three sons and four daughters:
Richard Randolph
Dorothy Randolph
Mary Randolph
William Randolph I
John Randolph
Elizabeth Randolph
Margaret (Randolph) Traylor
 Margaret (Randolph) Traylor (1665 - 1726)
4↑ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families vol. 4 p. 457
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3. Richard is the son of Dorothy (Lane) Randolph
Dorothy (Lane) Randolph (bef. 1589 - abt. 1656)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lane-347
Dorothy and William had four sons:
John[2]
Richard[2]
Henry, baptized 1623[1][2]
George[2]
2, ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Richardson, Douglas, and Kimball G. Everingham. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. IV. Salt Lake City, UT.: Douglas Richardson., 2013. p. 475, 458.

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4. Dorothy is the daughter of Richard Lane
Richard Lane (abt. 1565 - abt. 1632)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lane-348
Elizabeth and Richard had two sons and five daughters:[1][2][5]
Richard Knight, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Lord Keeper of Great Seal (baptized 1584[7])
7. ↑ Lane, Sir Richard (1584-1650). Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 1-22, p.519. Available at Ancestry.com
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5. Richard is the son of Catherine (Trentham) Lane
Catherine (Trentham) Lane (abt. 1540 - aft. 1575)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Trentham-8
According to Burke (1835), their children were John, Thomas, Richard and Cassandra.[1] Wrottesley (1910) indicates they had 5 sons and 7 daughters, including John (heir), Thomas, Michael and Cassandra. (p.167)[2]
Richard, of Kiernes, in Monmouthshire.[1]
1, ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 John Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland "Lane, of King's Bromley" London, 1835. Volume I, page 174. Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Accessed 2Sept2018.
2, ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Major-General the Hon George Wrottesley, "Collections for a History of Staffordshire", edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, 1910, (London 1910). "Lane of King's Bromley, formerly of Bentley and the Hyde"; Thomas Lane, p.167-171. Accessed July 25, 2018
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6. Catherine is the daughter of Richard Trentham
Richard Trentham (abt. 1500 - 1547)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Trentham-12
He married by 1537 Mary, daughter of David Ireland of Shrewsbury. [1] She was born about 1525 in Shrewsbury.
The testator’s wife, Maria Ireland, the daughter of David Ireland, mercer of Shrewbury (for whose will see TNA PROB 11/23, ff. 146-7), predeceased him, leaving him with six children, all under the age of 21 years: his son and heir, Thomas Trentham (d.1587), the father of Oxford’s second wife, Elizabeth Trentham (d.1612), and five unmarried daughters, presumably listed in order of age, Elizabeth, Joan, Joyce, Katherine and Margaret.
My said executors shall after my decease yearly take, levy, perceive and keep all the whole rents, revenues, issues and profits coming and growing yearly of, in and upon the said farm and other the premises that shall fortune to come after my decease and not expired, which said rents, issues, revenues and profits so yearly received, taken and kept I will and bequeath to and for the payment of my debts according to a bill thereof made, subscribed with mine own hand, and also for and to th? use and behoof of Elizabeth, Joan, Joyce, Katherine and Margaret, my daughters, to be equally departed and divided amongst them for their preferments;

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7. Richard is the son of Elizabeth (Corbet) Trentham
Elizabeth (Corbet) Trentham (abt. 1472)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corbet-374
Elizabeth Corbet and her husband Thomas Trentham had two sons, Richard, Esq, and Robert, and five daughters, including Katherine (married Thomas Hackluyt, Esq), Anne (wife of Ralph Leighton) and Elizabeth (wife of Richard Hussey). [6]
Richard
Robert
Katherine
Anne
Elizabeth
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Volume V, pages 188-189

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8. Elizabeth is the daughter of Richard Corbet
Richard Corbet (abt. 1451 - 1493)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corbet-3
The children of Elizabeth Devereux and Richard Corbet, were enumerated in their son Robert’s will which indicates that the testator Robert’s parents, Sir Richard Corbet (b. 1451, d. 6 December 1493) and Elizabeth Devereux (d.1516) had two sons (the testator, and another son, George), and five daughters, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, Katherine, and Margaret: [6]
6. Katherine (or Catherine) Corbet, who married Thomas Onslow of Rodington;
Elizabeth Corbet, b. Abt. 1472, m. Thomas Trentham of Shrewsbury. (d. 1518/9.) (for his will, see TNA PROB 11/19, f. 136); “The testator’s sister, Elizabeth Corbet, and her husband, Thomas Trentham (d.1518/9), were the great-grandparents of Oxford’s second wife, Elizabeth Trentham (d.1612).”
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9. Richard is the son of Roger Corbet
 Roger Corbet (abt. 1415 - 1467)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corbet-6
He married Elizabeth Hopton, daughter of Sir Thomas Hopton and Eleanor Lucy, before 1448; They had 2 sons (Sir Richard; & Robert) and 4 daughters (Anne, wife of Thomas Sturry, Esq; Mary, wife of Thomas Thornes, Esq; Jane, wife of Thomas Cresssett, Esq; & Elizabeth, wife of Sir Richard Cholmondeley).[3] Sir Roger Corbet, Sheriff of Shropshire died on 8 June 1467.[4]
4, ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 292-293.
Children
Sir Richard
Robert
Anne, wife of Thomas Sturry, Esq
Mary, wife of Thomas Thornes, Esq
Jane, wife of Thomas Cresssett, Esq
Elizabeth, wife of Sir Richard Cholmondeley
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This makes Roger More Sr. the seventh great grandfather of William Traylor.

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I found these in the relationship finder - They all have a similar path through the Traylor family - I went through the sources on Richard More Sr. at Wiki Tree since he was the closest relative and reduced my lineage to William Traylor.  I think it's true from the wiki tree sources. But their not that close. I don't even know if they would be close enough for a DNA project to have interest.

Agnes (Cooper) Tilley (bef. 1585 - 1621)
Agnes and Richard are 7th cousins 12 times removed

Henry and Richard are 8th cousins 11 times removed
Henry Samson (bef. 1604 - abt. 1684)

Richard More Sr. (bef. 1614 - bef. 1696)
Richard and Richard are fifth cousins 13 times removed

Katherine (White) Carver (abt. 1574 - 1621)
Catherine and Richard are 10th cousins 12 times removed

Hellstrom-259

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Many of my ancestors on my mother's on side were Puritans from Plymouth, Salem, Braintree, Portsmouth and early Long Island NY families. However, my direct Mayflower ancestor is Edward Doty.

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I read an older article not to long ago that had me guessing my relationship with the Randolph family - There is marriage records and the such but still - I have a few questions - 

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/traylor/701/

They noted - 

EDWARD TRAYLOR the immigrant married a Martha ___ , she was not a
Randolph. ==NOTE: I have researched the Randolph line, and visited their
modest home in England. They do not have a Martha of the right age, they
were educated and we were not, they were in the upper social strata and
we were in the lower, and thus I reason that Martha was not a Randolph.

I wonder if their is a Y DNA study - or a certified Genealogy Could some one find out if the British ever noted them in their trees. 

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I read an older article not to long ago that had me guessing my relationship with the Randolph family - There is marriage records and the such but still - I have a few questions - 

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/traylor/701/

They noted - 

EDWARD TRAYLOR the immigrant married a Martha ___ , she was not a
Randolph. ==NOTE: I have researched the Randolph line, and visited their
modest home in England. They do not have a Martha of the right age, they
were educated and we were not, they were in the upper social strata and
we were in the lower, and thus I reason that Martha was not a Randolph.

I wonder if their is a Y DNA study - or a certified Genealogy Could some one find out if the British ever noted them in their trees. 

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My 9th great grandfather Brian Pendleton was part of the PGM and is responsible for a great portion of my Canadian family.

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My mother is a Snow. Direct descendant of Benjamin Snow m. Elizabeth Alden(Joseph-John Alden and Priscilla Mullins--Mayflower passengers.

Crazier is Benjamin's father and mother were William Snow Sr and Rebecca(Browne)Snow(daughter of Peter and Mary(Hard)Browne--Mayflower passengers)

Cool stuff, thanks for the website,

Mark A. Humphrey son of Roberta(Snow)Jones

P.S.I have all my direct SNOW names if we could set up a tree that would be great.

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Me-Mark A.Humphrey

Roberta Snow

Merton Snow

John Snow

Cephas Snow

Solomon Snow Jr

Solomon Snow Sr

Lemuel Snow

Solomon Snow

Benjamin Snow m. Eliz.(Alden)Snow-Joseph-John Alden

William Snow Sr.m. Rebecca(Browne)Snow-Peter Browne

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Judi,

Cool. Nicholas Snow Jr. and William Sr. Snow were brothers. William is my lineage. William Snow married Rebecca(Browne)Snow. Her parents were Robert and Mary(Hard)Browne-- Passengers on the Mayflower.

William and Rebecca had Benjamin Snow and he married Elizabeth(Alden)Snow and she was daughter to Joseph Alden and grand daughter to John Alden-- Passenger on the Mayflower.

Amazing that only 51 survived the 1620 winter(1/2 off the 102 passengers.

.  Nicholas Snow Jr.

brother! Their Father was Nicholas Snow Sr.

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I have multiple Snows in my line too. Among them are Anthony Snow (and wife Abigail Warren) and then I come down through their daughter Sarah and her husband, Joseph Waterman.

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yes. Nicholas Snow Sr. Was father to Nicholas Snow Jr. and William Snow Sr.

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I'm reading a book just written called "PilgrimLives" by Martyn Whittock.

Nicholas Snow Jr and others are mentioned. I'm only in chapter 3. Good read

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Henry Howland Jr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). My husband and I are 11th cousins , once removed. 

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Yes and I found a drunk in me cupboard too...

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LoL Sue.

Same here. All of my ancestors came across later. Mostly as steerage.

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We were brought up in a similar fashion growing up here in New England. “Humble and honest” just as our cousin Abe was.

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Probably not.

MY GGF was born Joseph John Bond in England.  Some time between  1872 of 1873 he changed his do Dodd.

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My great grandmother, Franc Palmer, was a puritan. Born in Indiana.

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Richard Warren who was  identified as a 'Stranger-Adventurer'Mayflower passenger is my 11th great  grandfather.

Elder William Brewster who is identified as the spiritual leader of the  Separatist Leiden congregation Mayflower passengers is my 12 th great grandfather

Answer 1

John Alden (Alden-63) is my 11th Great-Grandfather from the Mayflower

.............14. Priscilla is the daughter of William Mullins [confident] <br />
This makes William the 12th great grandfather of Steven.

This makes George Soule Sr the tenth great grandfather of Steven. (unproven)

According to wikitree anyway.

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Me too. John Alden's son Joseph had a daughter Elizabeth and she married Benjamin Snow(son of William and Rebecca(Browne)Snow. Rebecca was Peter and Mary(Hard) Browne' daughter.

Crazy I have both Paternal and Maternal descendants from Passengers on the Mayflower

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George Soule Sr is the 10th great grandfather of Aurora

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Is it really crazy?  How lengthy was the trip?  Long enough for any potential romances to start budding, and for a while afterwards, they were the only potential spouses that anybody had.

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John Alden is also one of my great-great-grandsires, along with 21 other Mayflower passengers.

Answer 2

Yeah I found this dude to be a grandparent recently.

Nicholas Davis; his daughter Mary(Davis)Austin Aka Dodd

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Davis-7666

P.S. IF ANYONE IS RELATED TO WILLIAM BRADFORD WE ARE BEST FRIENDS FOREVER XD

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According to the wikitree relationship finder, William Bradford is my 3rd cousin, 11 times removed.

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that's good enough for me (:

William Bradford is my hero

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I was told that I am a descendant of William Bradford.  My 11th great grandfather

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My ancestor grandmother Juliana Carpenter who married George Morton and Efreham Kempton, who was a sister in law to John Bradford, his wife Alice Carpenter who married a Southworth

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I grew up believing my mother's family descended from William Bradford.   I even have cousins named for him! I have spent much time trying to make the connection.  NOthing!  I have, however proven our line to William Brewster and have made connection to several other pilgrims although  not yet proven through GSMD.

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William Bradford is my 11th great grandfather.

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JON COWAN - I am slow getting to this feed, but noticed William Bradford is also your 11th great grandfather. It would be interesting to see how far down the line we are related!

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I'm your cousin twice removed Troy.

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Ok so,,,,,my 12th great granddaddy was Elder William Brewster who was like a daddy and mentor to little orphaned Willie,,,,,so  I may not qualify as 'best friend forever'but how about,,,,,,,,,,'best descendant of Willie's best friend forever'

Answer 3

Richard Warren through his daughter Abigail. The daughters did not come over on the Mayflower, but they descend through Richard who did. The wife and daughters came to America a little later. Then Richard and his wife had two sons born in America.

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Richard Warren through his grandchild, Abigail Little,who married Josiah Keene. Son Josiah Jr. [my ancestor] was the only surviving child of this union. Josiah Sr. married a second time,& had seven more children.

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Descendant of Richard Warren.

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I come down through Richard Warren’s daughter’s, Mary, Anne and Abigail. They (and husbands) are all my 9th great grandparents.

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Me too,,,,Josiah Keene Jr married Lydia Baker ,,,,,,,and their daughter Lydia Keene married George Partridge ,,,,,,,and their son James Partridge married Thankful Stevens,.......and their son James Jr married his first cousin Elizabeth Stevens,,,,  and their daughter Thankful Partridge married Henderick Pieter  Zettle (aka Henry Peter Settle),,,,,,and their daughter Sabina Settle married David Thornton Clink,,,,, and their daughter Jane Ann Clink married  George Forsyth,,,,,and their daughter Elvira Forsyth. married  William Toole,,,,,,,and their daughter Iva Laurel Toole married Neil Harold Watson,,,,,and their son William Angus Watson married my Mum Jean Grace Murphy-Brodie,,,,,,,and then there was me.,,,,..........so Allan,Jaime and Carol,,,,I showed you my line(minus Richard and Anna and Josiah Sr,,,,,will you show me yours?

Actually Jaime I just came back from your profile we are 12th cousins once removed and the common ancestor your profile chose was Elizabeth (Walker) Warren,,,,and your line continues with My 10th great grandmothers sister Sarah.

Answer 4

It all started in the US with Maximilian Jowett (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jowett-18) and his brother Joseph who came in 1638 from Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.  Sometime after their arrival the spelling of the last name was changed to Jewett.

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I'm descended from Maximilian, too. My Rust line goes back through the Whittiers to the Jewetts. And, you're right. It was originally spelled Jowett. Have you been to Rowley? The cemetery there has lots of Jewetts.

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I have no Mayflower that I can tell, but my Puritan cup runneth over including Maximilian.  I have:
Maximilian
Ezekiel
Maximilian
Elizabeth (who married a Pickard)

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I'm descended from the Jewetts, too. William, Edward, Maximilian,  Joseph, Aquila, Jeremiah. The cemetery in Rowley is wonderful.

Answer 5

I have my Mayflower Ancestor, George Soule, and then so many Puritan Great Migration Ancestors (some not so Puritan) that I've never counted them.

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so your line is like one of the very first Americans. that would feel pretty good, I would imagine perhaps. Haha I wish, I Love America

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Yes, it really does feel good.

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Same here! And I still have some missing relatives to discover!

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It's all about the hunt!!!!

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Yes Anne B; Yes indeed. It IS about the hunt. it's about the effort to uncover these lost ancestors, and let their stories and names live again, - and then after all the sweat and tears, the payoff is when we strike pay dirt and discover a Gateway ancestor. The feeling is indescribable

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Me, too! My line is George, George, William, George, Benjamin, Ebenezer, and Martha who married Enos Howard, my dead end on the Howard line.

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Hello distant cousin Aurora

Answer 6

Many of my Dorset and London ancestors were PURITANS, though only one (Richard Battiscombe https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Battiscombe-32 ) travelled to North America (In 1635, returning to Dorset in 1650).

His brother Andrew ( https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Battiscombe-33 ) was a Puritan, and Justice of the Peace under the Commonwealth. After the Restoration of Charles II, Andrew was Treasurer for Bridport in 1660. But he was removed from office in 1662 because he refused to comply with the the Corporation Act of 1662, which required all public office holders to attend Church of England services at least once a year.

Their nephew Christopher Battiscombe "the Martyr" (not yet on on Wikitree, but son of https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Battiscombe-35 , was a Puritan and one of the local leaders of Monmouth's Rebellion (fighting for freedom of religion) and was drawn and quartered by "Hanging Judge Jeffries",.

Later generations remained Puritan / Congregationalist/  Nonconformist through the end of the 19th century, including a number of Nonconformist ministers in the early  19th century.

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thx for the info XD

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Yes janet, I used to wonder what happened to the Puritans-Pilgroms until my genaology research discovered that it remained strong as the New England Congregational Church. My various lines continued to worship in the Puritan/Separatist/Reformed tradition right up until my grandfather was raised in Lee County Illinois Congregational Church. I found the fact that the Pilgrim/Puritan/Separatist/Reform Tradition continued strong among New England Yankees, even after the mid 19th C. movement west.ward

Answer 7

The descendants of my Puritan ancestors did not start marrying out of the tribe until the late 19th century (except maybe for some murky 18th century Rhode Islanders), so I have several hundred who arrived between 1620 and the early 1650's.

Our descent from William Brewster has never been forgotten by the family and is well documented. Our descent from William Bradford was forgotten but is also well documented. Possible descent from James Chilton is being researched.

Thanks for the timely question!

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Me too Brewster. My yankee Puritan tribe intermarried up until 1906 when my grandfather broke with tradition and found himself a Lutheran Swedish bride when traveling through Nebraska :-). One other thing that struck me is that during the PGM entire church congregations emigrated and stayed together.

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Marrying withing the 'Tribe' occucured with my mother's family as well. There were two main groups, Mayflower/eastern Mass PGM famlies and a group of Hartford, CT founders which eventually migrated down river to Haddam, CT. It's amazing to me how this could have happened. I also think 'Puritan church culture' had a lot to do with the tightness of the PGM families.

Answer 8

Have only found one Mayflower passenger, William Brewster. But there are a number of PGM ancestors...

Answer 9

Yes, we are descended from the Pilgrims William and Susanna Jackson White through their oldest son Resolved.

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Me too!  Love this line...Happy Thanksgiving Cuz, Renee

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Oh Renee, my dear Cuz, I am so glad to make your acquaintance!!!!!  We must compare trees when we can get at it.  Meanwhile:  Happy Happy Thanksgiving. (Our Susanna Jackson White was one of only 4 grown women left to prepare that first feast --for I think hundreds).   And what a great contribution it was!!!!!!   Barbara

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My White family has always (70 years) claimed we were descended from Mayflower passenger William White, but I could never prove it.  I can only get back to Amasa White, b. c. 1785, d. 1838, Sandy Creek, Oswego, NY.

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Oh dear!  I do not have an Amasa White in my line but if it will help in any way, I will get busy and put my White line on WikiLeak so that you can see if that helps you in any way.  How frustrating that has to be.  I have often in other work had tough times because of the age-old practice of marriage having changed the last names of all of our women.  I am wish you best of luck!!!!!!!!  Barbara

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Keep in touch and let me know if you want to see my tree.  Barbara Swimelar Kieve

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William White, Susanna Jackson White are my 9th great grandparents and and their son Resolved White is my 8th great grandparent. Line of decent is:White, Hayward, Brown, Brewer, Harvey, me

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Me too, - William White, Resolved White, down to SAR Revolutionary Patriot Abner Brown and his daughter Thankful Brown Brewer, - then down through the Brewers to my great grandmother. I am thankful to Wiki-Tree for this discovery because I was unaware of Thankful's mayflower ancestry

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Thank you for responding.  Yours is the first and only response with this medium.

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Hi Barbara; I learned that most of upstate NY was populated after the Revolutionary War when Veterans land grants (Of 160 acres) was given in payment for their service. Your ancestor was born 2 years after the Paris Peace agreement ended the Revolution. Most of the upstate NY settlers were New England/Massachusetts  Yankees moving west. However, I question if your ancestor was actually born in Oswego NY 1785 because it took years to relocate the Iroquios, purchase their lands, and then survey the plots. I believe that the land grants in wilderness area north of Kingston Ny werent handed out until 1801 - after your ancestor was born. The delay in compensating the Revolutionary soldiers was considered a scandal of the time. many Vets sold their allotments for pennies on the "dollar" to speculators because they couldn't afford to wait. Other Vets gave their allotments to their children. My great grandfather Medad Harvey  Sr. fought in the Revolution and like other Vets, he waited, raised his children,  and lived east of Indian territory in Fort Ann NY and . By the time the Veteran allotments were finally distributed, his son Medad Harvey Jr and wife Anar Buell settled in  Marcellus NY. Medad and Anar settled on the family veteran allotment, but they were both born shortly after the RW in the Fort Ann, NY area.

Answer 10

Fairly confident that we can count John and Priscilla Alden, and George Soule; also expecting to find Brewster, but less sure of that one.

I got zero results on Mayflower passengers' "Relationship Finder" link, even when extending it out for 30 generations.  Does anybody know why?

I only have 3 generations on my wiki tree, but supposedly the Relationship Finder is based on blood (DNA), not family tree.  So I'm stumped.

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The relationship finder is based on the WikiTree Family Tree, NOT on DNA.

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Oh!  Thanks for the clarification.

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Your problem is that you only have entered 3 generations on your tree. That is not f usually far back enough to connect with other people's entries. One of life's great excitements is to struggle and discover enough to enter yet another ancestor, --- and then at one special point, you discover that you have finally entered a "gateway" ancestor. Suddenly your family tree branches off seemingly on it's own because you have connected with others. That's when the Relationship finder performs it's magic for you. Hard work for you initially but the pay off  is the Wiki-Tree computer discovering all your famous ancestors and cousins :-).

Answer 11

I am a direct descendant of John Billington of the Mayflower and many Puritans who were in New England by 1635.

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I too am a John Billington descendant.

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I am also a proud Billington family descendant . Our much maligned ancestor did not deserve the reputation that has been placed upon him.

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Hello, distant cousins Robert Peterson and Claudia Scarbrough!

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And hello to you. Where do you go from Francis Billington? I go from Isaac to Lydia who married John Washburn? Anyone?

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I go through daughter Mary Billington Sabin and her daughter Sarah Sabin Kingsley.  I am in the Kingsley family for over a hundred years.

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I know this is a long-ago typical,  but I am also descended from John Billington and agree that he deserved a better break than what he got for what happened.

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Another late reply -- I'm also a Billington descendant; John is my 10th great-grandfather, via Francis's daughter Mercy.

 My great-aunt always thought we might have Mayflower passengers, and was always trying to find them; I'm not sure she expected the Billingtons, though!

Francis Billington m Christian Penn, Plymouth, MA
Mercy (Billington) Martin m John Martin, Rehoboth, MA
Desire (Martin) Carpenter m. Jotham Carpenter, Rehoboth, MA
Jotham Carpenter (jr) m Mehitable Thompson, Rehoboth, MA
Dorcas Carpenter m. James Bullock, Rehoboth, MA
Oliver Bullock m. Susannah Tisdale, Rehoboth, MA

And their son James Sullivan Bullock married Nancy Barrows, and moved (with most of his siblings) from Rehoboth Massachusetts to Deer Park Illinois, where their daughter, Sarah Amelia Dickinson, met a Hadley Dickinson, Henry Anderson Dickinson, and they married and moved back to Western Massachusetts.
and their son, Homer Ferry Dickinson, was my great-grandfather.

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I'm a Billington descendant too, and I wouldn't want it any other way! Black sheep, mutineers, and rebels unite!

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I am a Billington as well! Hi, cousins!

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I too am a John Billington descendant.

Eleine

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John Billington is also my direct ancestor

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John Billington is my 10 G grandfather. My son visited the Plymouth Mayflower Replica in Plymouth, Ma and the guide told him that they believe that John was not guilty of the crime that he was hanged for. (he was charged with killing a man). If you look at a map of Ma you will see a Billington Sea. That was named after Francis. He went exploring and came back to the Mayflower and told them he found a sea. (it was just a lake but he was a child).

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Frances BILLLINGTON + Christian PENN

>  Mary BILLINGTON + Saumuel SABIN

> Sarah SABIN + John KINGSLEY

> Tabitha KINGSLEY +  John BROUGHTON

> Phebe BROUGHTON + Ichabod PALMER

> Eunice PALMER + Henry FISHER

> Jeremiah FISHER + Jessie FISHER

> Sarah Elizabeth FISHER + Jonathan FIFIELD

> Jonathan FIFIELD + Philena Hannah STEVENS

> Philbert Erastus FIFIELD + Maria Louisa HEMENWAY

> Belle Lydia FIFIELD + Edgar Andrew PETERSON

> Arlie Ovid PETERSON + Georgia Mae HAVEMAN

> ME

Answer 12

I was so hoping to find a Mayflower ancestor on my English maternal side but alas I can find none. There might be Puritan on my Riggs ancestors from Massachusetts.

Answer 13

I haven't found any of the Mayflower crew in the tree, yet. But, thanks to this site and geni I have found over forty members of the Great Puritan Migration. They keep popping up as I continue working on the 1600s America. I'm actually not sure who I want to talk about first. I am completely floored by my connections to the colonies of of Massachusetts, NH and Maine. Specifically the towns of Malden and Haverhill. The town's the center of the universe. Okay notable Puritan time.

I can't link right now. So forgive me.

Dionis Stevens: supposedly had the best beer in Boston.

Edmund Greenleaf: One of the first selectmen of one of the Mass bay colonies. Can't remember right now.

Cornelius Fisher: Head of the Fisher clan. So many kids. So. many. Kids.

Thomas Emerson: Ancestor of Hannah Duston of Haverhill. I am connected to her sister. That one floored me. Lol

Reverend William Sargent.

And many more. Probably going to find more as I keep digging! This is just off the top of my head.

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Dionis Stephens was married to Tristram Coffin who helped settle Nantucket.  They are my 11th ggp.
Edmund Greenleaf was a selectman in Newbury.  He was my 10th ggf. 
Hannah Dustin is my 8th ggm making Thomas my 10th ggf.  I went to Haverhill last year and took photos of Hannah's statue. You can see on on her profile. 
Hannah's statue in Haverhill

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Awesome pic. =D My family and I have driven by the statue many times. It turned out, though, that I don't have a connection to the Emersons. I had to fix that part of the tree. Blame it on the Smiths. =) Ah well.

Still a cool statue!

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Ah, I've had a few lines that I had to revise or break.  Do you have any Pages in your tree?  John Page was one of the earliest settlers in Haverhill.  His property was right on the river just a little east of where the Market Basket on Main is.  I wish I'd known that last Aug.  I parked in the Market Basket parking lot to walk over the Hannah Statue.

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No Pages here, I'm afraid. I do have Coffin, still. My mom told me about the Coffin house in Newburyport. She's been by there a few times and was thrilled that we have a link to that family. I know that's a bit far from Haverhill, but....

I actually now have a blog about my family and how everyone eventually ended up in Haverhill. Check it out: https://arlhaverhill.blogspot.com/

Very cool about John Page! 

I need to get down to the Haverhill library at some point to do some research on my people there.I think I still have Haverhill people back in the 1600s. I'll have to look.

Answer 14

Henry Howland (brother of John Howland).  John Young, Elizabeth Howland Young.

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I'm a direct descendant of John Howland. :)

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Hello, Cousin!

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My husband and I are from the Henry Howland Jr line. He is from Abigail and I'm from her brother Zoeth.

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A great bloodline, Cousins.

Answer 15

I have Warren, Cooke, Church, Winslow, Hopkins, Latham & 2 more I can put my finger on right now.  Also had 2 ancestors at Jamestown.

Answer 16

I am a descendant of John Howland. I documented the lineage and sent it off to the GSMD for membership. I am waiting on the paperwork to return so I can join the Society.

Answer 17

Timely question! I was just reading The Great Migration Begins for the first time. It seems my ancestors Thomas Rawlins and Ephraim Kempton are members.  

For the Mayflower, there's a proven line to William Brewster in my family - we always give him a little toast at Thanksgiving. 

The crazy part is when WikiTree relationship-finder suggests I may also be a descendant of Peter Browne, Francis Cooke, Stephen Hopkins, John Howland, John Tilley and Edward Winslow. I think there may still be some unsourced profiles in my tree ... but workin' on it!

Answer 18

While working on my genealogy at Ancestry.com, in my lineage I found two Mayflower Compact signatories that I'm pretty confident about (John Howland and  Edward C. Doty), plus there is one more that might be an ancestor, but I'm less confident about that one (George Soule I).

It appears that I also had ancestors that were persecuted by the Puritans. I descended from two elderly individuals who converted to Quakerism (Lawrence Southwick and Cassandra Burnell). They were fined for not attending the established church and for not tithing to it. They were locked up for the entire summer which further crippled them economically. The local justice decided to sell two of the elderly couple's adult children into slavery to pay the fine that had accumulated. I am descended from one of these would-be slaves:  Provided Southwick. The judge's sentence was thwarted when none of the merchant ships would agree to transport the adult children to either Virginia or the Barbados where they were supposed to be auctioned off in the slave market.

I also had a couple of ancestors who were convicted of saying defamatory things about a local, Puritan judge who threatened to bore through their tongues with a hot iron unless they recanted. I didn't even know that such corporal punishments were dispensed in the colonies, so that was a real eye opnener.

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I too have a Puritan miscreant amongst my ancestors: Samuel Gorton, of Massachusetts and Rhode Island fame/infamy.  And I too find the Puritans an abomination!  Good old Sam, one of my favorite ancestors, was kicked out of Massachusetts by the Puritans, who then followed him to Rhode Island in an attempt to do him more damage.  He finally went back to England, where he had very good connections to the court, and got Massachusetts sorted, and Rhode Island separated!  To me he is the first true American.

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I show a Samuel Gorton 1717-1777 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island as a 5th great grandfather on the Barlow side of my family.  His granddaughter, Catherine, married Moses Barlow Jr. Sept 24th, 1807 in Sandwich, Mass.  Possibly the same person?

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Hi Diane;

    Well, the bad news first....they are not the same person.

    Now the good news....my Samuel Gorton came over in about 1633, far too early to be yours.  But the Gorton family is very well documented in the book, "The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton".  If you go to Samuel Gorton Sr. (Gorton-2) on wikitree, you will find this and many other sources for him in the sources section of the profile.  They are quite prominent in Rhode Island history, and chances are that your Samuel Gorton is a grandson or great-grandson of  my Samuel Gorton.  So do please check it out, and let me know if we are cousins. Good luck, and best regards, --Dan Sparkman-319

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Try here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gorton-407

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I found a direct link to John and Priscilla Alden.

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I am a descendant of John Howland and Desire Tilley. I have my full line and it has been approved by the Mayflower Association. Some of the surnames are: Gorham, Sturgis, Hallett, Bassett, Ingraham, Carr-West, Jaggy, Hoy, Haugen. I'm the 13th generation.

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I believe I am also connected to this couple through their daughter Hannah who married a Bosworth. Later the Bosworth’s married into the Weston family and one of the Weston women married one of my great, great,great grandfather on my fsther’s side of the family.