Mayflower Pilgrims and Colonists

Mayflower History
On 6 September 1620 the ship Mayflower departed Plymouth, England carrying 102 passengers, 74 males and 28 females, many of whom were “Separatists” from the Church of England. They sited land on 9 November. Although they had a patent to settle in Virginia, with winter approaching and rough seas, they abandoned their destination and sailed into Cape Cod bay. Sickness and starvation took the lives of half the colonists the first year. Surviving families left a posterity estimated today to be in the millions.


 * A.A. Addison. The romantic story of the Mayflower Pilgrims, and its place in the life of today. Boston, Massachusetts : L.C. Page & Co., 1924, c1918. FHL 974 H2a; Digital Images
 * Azel Ames. The Mayflower and her log, July 15, 1620 - May 6, 1621 : chiefly from original sources.Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin, 1901. 974.4 W2a Digital Images

 William Bradford's History
 * Bradford's history "of Plimoth Plantation" : from the original manuscript with a report of the proceedings incident t o the return of the manuscript to Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts : Wright & Potter, 1898 FHL 974.482/P3 H2b

Mayflower Passengers
Many individuals living in the United States can trace their ancestors to the Mayflower.
 * List of Mayflower Passengers and their descendants.
 * Transcription of Original List of Mayflower Passengers
 * Richard Henry Greene. List of passengers who came to Plymouth in the "Mayflower" on her first trip in 1620 New York, New York, 1896
 * Pilgrim Hall Meseum - Passenger Biographies
 * Charles Edward Banks.The English ancestry and homes of the Pilgrim fathers : who came to Plymouth on the "Mayflower" in 1620, the "Fortune" in 1621, and the "Anne" and the "Little James" in 1623.New York : Grafton Press, c1929. reprint. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1962. FHL 974 W2be

General Society of Mayflower Descendants

 * Mayflower Quarterly
 * Duane A. Cline, compiler/editor Centennial history, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1897-1997
 * Waldo Morgan Allen. A history of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1897-1965
 * William Alexander McAuslan Mayflower index : compiled and edited for the General Society of Mayflower descendants
 * Lewis Edwin Neff, rev. Mayflower index
 * Milton E. Terry, and Anne Borden Harding, comps. Mayflower ancestral indexPlymouth, Massachusetts : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1981 FHL973 D22t 1981 v. 1

Arizona Society
 * Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1975
 * Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1976
 * Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1979
 * Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1982
 * Roster of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Arizona - 1985

California Society
 * Los Angeles Colony of Mayflower in the State of California

 Massachusetts Society
 * Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
 * The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history
 * George Ernest Bowman. Massachusetts Society of Mayflower descendants : the Bowman filesFHL 232 microfiche
 * Susan E. Roser Mayflower births & deaths : from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1992 FHL 974.4 V2ra
 * Susan E. Roser. Mayflower marriages : from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1990 FHL 974.4 V2r

 New Jersey Society
 * Walter Howard Kitchel comp. Society of Mayflower descendants in the state of New Jersey : lineages (numbers 1 to 1065) from August 15, 1900, date chartered by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants to February 3, 1973

Ohio Society
 * Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio
 * Society of Mayflower descendants in the State of Ohio - 1927

 Pennsylvania Society
 * Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

John Howland Society

 * John Howland Society
 * The Howland quarterly : the Pilgrim John Howland Society, Inc.

Mayflower Resources - Wiki Articles

 * List of resources that can help you trace your Mayflower ancestors.
 * More information about the Plymouth Colony

Related Websites

 * Plimoth Plantation
 * Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts
 * Caleb Johnson's Mayflowerhistory.com
 * Alden Kindred of America - Alden House Historic Site