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Sunday, September 16, 2018

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...

And read on to see my historical connections to this "Ship of Dreams"