Jasper More (bef. 1613 - 1620)

Born before 8 Aug 1613 in Shipton, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Died 6 Dec 1620 after age 7 in Mayflower at Cape Cod Harbor

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Biography

Baptized: Jasper Moore was baptized at Shipton, Shropshire, 8 Aug 1613 Jasperus Moore filius Samuelis Moore de Larden Generosi(?) bap. "The baptism of his sister Mary reveals the name of their mother Catherine.^[1]

Jasper's mother had been engaged in a long term affair with Jacob Blakeway, and it was determined that he was the father of her children. After the divorce of Samuel and Catherine, Samuel had custody of the children and put them into the care of John Carver and Robert Cushman to transport them to Virginia, maintain them for seven years and at the end of the term provide them with 50 acres of land.^[2]

Sailed on the Mayflower 1620.: "Mr. John Carver; Kathrine, his wife; Desire Minter; & 2. man-servants, John Howland, Roger Wilder; William Latham, a boy ; & a maid servant, & a child yt was put to him, called Jasper More."^[3]

Death: "Mr. Carver and his wife dyed the first year; he in ye spring, she in ye somer; also, his man Roger and ye litle boy Jasper dyed before either of them, of ye commone infection."^[3] Prince reported his specific death from Bradford's 'pocket book" "December 6, dies Jasper, a boy of Mr. Carver's"^[4]

He was buried ashore, probably in an unmarked grave, on the Cape in an area that is now Provincetown. Provincetown has memorial plaques with his name and that of four others from the Mayflower who died while the ship was at anchor in Cape Cod Harbor in November/December 1620.

Mayflower, First Sickness and Cole's Hill Burial Ground

Sources

1. ↑ Hill, Edwin A. "The English Ancestry of Richard More of the Mayflower." NYGBR Vol 36. Iss. 3. p. 214
2. ↑ Wagner, Anthony B. The Origin of the Mayflower Children: Jasper, Richard and Ellen More. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 114: 163 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation (Boston:, 1865) – [Bradford p. 447, 451
4. ↑ Prince, Thomas. A chronological history of New-England, in the form of annals, being a summary and exact account of the most material transactions and occurrences relating to this country, in the order of time wherein they happened, from the discovery of Capt. Gosnold, in 1602, to the arrival of Governor Belcher, in 1730 : with an introduction containing a brief epitome of the most considerable transactions and events abroad, from the creation ... (Boston 1826. ) p. 165

• Mayflower Bastard - A Stranger Among the Pilgrims by David Lindsay 2002.
• Wikipedia for Jasper More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mayflower_passengers_who_died_at_sea_November/December_1620
• The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. II p. 1282-1283 (More children). Robert C. Anderson NEHGS 1995.
• Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Of Plimoth Plantation: manuscript, 1630-1650. State Library of Massachusetts "List of Mayflower Passengers." In Bradford's Hand.

Acknowlegements

• BK McDonald, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by BK and others.