Was Edmund Hempfield on the Mayflower or descended from someone who was?

Question

Hi! I’m new to genealogy but have rapidly become fascinated. Trying to find out if I have any Mayflower connections. I have found an Edmund Hempfield, born in 1618 in England, died in in Salem MA (my 10th great grandfather on my paternal grandmother’s side). He had a son, also Edmund Hempfield, born in 1644 in Salem. Trying to figure out how Edmund got here from England. So far I’ve mostly used Ancestry but can’t find anything much on him.

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Look at the name Henfield also.

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https://mybetterlifeca.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/on-genealogy-my-quaker-connection-descendant-of-john-milk-british-colonial-america-1662/  just some information on Edmond Hempfield and his family

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https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Edmund_Hempfield_%281%29

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Thank you!

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There is a profile for the son, born in 1644, on WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hempfield-1

Answer 1

Hope this helps! My hubby is descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins from the Mayflower. Here is the passenger list from that famous voyage!  http://mayflowerhistory.com/mayflower-passenger-list/

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Thank you! So he’s definitely not on there. (I didn’t realize it was so easy to check...thank you for that resource.) If anyone has any idea how I can trace Edmund or how he got to Salem, please let me know. I can’t seem to find his parents or much else about him. Thank you!

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He was probably part the The Puritan Great Migration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan_migration_to_New_England_(1620%E2%80%9340)

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I will look into this...thank you!

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You are very welcome! There are even more helps and lists on the internet too!! I am still trying to connect my husband's paternal people to the Alden's too. Much luck to both of us!!