John (Rigsdale) Rigdale (abt. 1595 - abt. 1621)

Born about 1595 in England

Died about 1621 at about age 26 in Plymouth

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Biography

In 1620, "John Rigdale and Alice his wife" were passengers on the Mayflower with the destination of Plymouth Colony.^[1][2]

He signed the Mayflower Compact 11 Nov 1620.^[3]

There was a great sickness among the colonists during the winter of 1620/1. " ... dyed in the first sicknes. And so did John Rigdale and his wife.^[1][2]

John's estimated birth is 25 years before sailing on the Mayflower.

Caleb Johnson doing further research on Mayflower passengers found a marriage record for John Rigsdale and Alice Gallard at St. Mary Weston, Lincolnshire, 17 Nov 1577. This is not proven, and merely a possibility.^[4]

Mayflower, First Sickness and Cole's Hill Burial Ground

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation. (Boston: 1856) p. 449, p. 453.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633
3. ↑ Morton, Nathaniel. New England's memorial. (Boston: Congregational board of publication, 1855) Originally published 1669.p. 26 Note: The original compact is gone. Morton furnished the earliest known list 1669 facsimile
4. ↑ Johnson Caleb. "Undiscovered Mayflower lineages" American Ancestors Magazine. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB405/i/12164/37/23910176

• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995).featured name.[ https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image?pageName=1585&volumeId=12107 subscription site]
• Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1856) p. 449 "John Rigdale, and Alice, his wife." p. 453 "... dyed in the first sicknes. And so did John Rigdale and his wife."
• Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Of Plimoth Plantation: manuscript, 1630-1650. State Library of Massachusetts "List of Mayflower Passengers." In Bradford's Hand.
• Mayflower Society - Passengers Who Died With No Known Descent

Acknowledgments

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