The Mayflower-Part of My History

Family History & Research
September 16th, 2018

On This Day in History: September 16, 1620

On this day in 1620, the Mayflower departs Plymouth, England and sets sail for the New World. The Mayflower is one of the most important ships in American history and one which carried many of my ancestors who settled in Plymouth Colony. This cargo ship brought the pilgrims to Massachusetts during the Great Puritan Migration in the 17th century... Click here to read more: http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-mayflower/ And read on to see my historical connections to this "Ship of Dreams"

The Mayflower....

Where do I start?

With my 12th Great Grandparents?

With my 11th Great Grandparents?

With another set of my 11th Great Grandparents?

With yet another set of my 11th Great Grandparents?

With one more set of my 11th Great Grandparents?

With my 10th Great Grandmother?

Ok, so I will start with all of the above and more...for all of the above are my ancestors and all of them made a journey from the old world to the new world that is firmly weaved into the history of our planet.

In 1620 these ancestors of mine made the brave decision to uproot themselves and their families and start a new life which one day would result in my self and my siblings and their children.

For the people below (and many many more) I am extremely thankful that you were all brave and daring explorers who left the lives that they knew to start anew in a strange land across a vast ocean.

My Mayflower Passenger Ancestors and Relatives:

Names in bold are fully researched and verified.

ggf=great grandfather/ggm=great grandmother/gu=great uncle/ga=great aunt/c=cousin

?=still researching the family lines

Alden, John, 11th ggf 

Allerton, Isaac, 11th ggf

Allerton, Mary (Norris) 11th ggm 

Allerton, Mary,(aka Cushman) 10th ggm

Allerton, John, 11th gu

Bradford, william, 11th gu

Bradford, Dorothy, 11th ga

Brewster, William, 11th ggf

Brewster, Mary, 11th ggm

Brewster, love, 10th ggf

Brewster, Wrestling, 10th gu

Brown, Peter, 11th Step ggf

Mullins, william, 12th ggf

Mullins, Alice, 12th ggm

Mullins, Pricilla, (aka Alden)11th ga

Mullins, Joseph, 11th gu

Priest, Digory, 11th gu

Cooke, Francis, 11th ggf and 11th gu?

Cooke, John, 10th gu

Fuller, Edward, 11th gu

Fuller, mrs., 11th ga

Fuller, Samuel (son of above) 10th C

Fuller, Samuel, (doctor)11th ggf

Gardner, Richard,?(still researching)

Rogers, Thomas, 11th ggf? (Still researching)

Rogers, Joseph, ? 10th ggf? (Still researching)

Samson, Henry,? (Possible 11th ggf/ still researching)

Soule, George, 11th ggf

Thompson, Edward, 11th ggf? (Still researching)

Tilley, Edward, (10th GU)

Tilley, Agnes (Cooper) (10th GA)

Tilley, John, (11th GGF)

Tilley, Joan, (11th GGM)

Tilley, Elizabeth, (10th GGM)

Warren, Richard, 11th ggf

Clarke, John (ships mate) 12th ggf

Howland,John (10th GGF)

Over the course of the next few years, 3 more ships would land in Plymouth bringing a lot of the spouses and children and relatives of the above people to Plymouth as well.

Many of my ancestors were on these ships: Fortune, Anne, Little James.

All of these people above are my kin through my mother, Marlene Deitz Repinski through her father, Raymond Deitz and his parents, Henry Deitz and Grace Pope Deitz.

I have only known of my Mayflower history for a little over two years now. And what an amazing two years it has been.

I am currently gathering documents (birth and marriage and death records, census records, family histories etc...) to officially validate my lineage from my 1st Mayflower discovery, Richard Warren and my 2nd discovery, Isaac and Mary Allerton which will enable me to join the General Society of Mayflower Descendants....something I consider to be very neat for our family's history.

Happy Mayflower Departure Day