The Republican journal., 1908-12-10
men of the Mayf1ower.

uiss Bertha |. Bird before John
j., read , By ~r,D ,. A, R., Belfast November
e. Ch'P''''
men with h0ary hair
gssre s ,ss1 Pilgrim band nd Thor there
,nong in .hey come to with 1anJ Si'efe
y from ''''. .,ns fearless eye,
her "a. 3 Sg owes truth ono,, h;nh
III her aessapbooIs brow, serenely hlgh'
H. vs. 4sr r.' heart of youth
y TOE If the Mayhower! Often
he ' ,ords and deeds of our Pilgrim
i The W., recorded; many are the
bsr o',' have been written; the
Is P7I,n nave been sung in their
N a''r + among them all l know of
E0r a'' .,r have more clearly set
gcr'' ,., 10 the lives of the de-
b the '' IN that little band than
. upHta I'
4 Mr. Hema0s'
.nasa'= .-a Far. ,a,e e > truth"
rbs Pilgrim fathers who
",- and hardships for the
add honor; thrice honor
, mothers, who, spurred by
far more than by their
u5aarted by the perils OF
,-.nas-d by the hardshlps OF
''s ....- sacrificed all they owned
,T. goods to follow their
"a. barren, wintry, inhos-
England coast. Is it not
'p' ,.f .u4 to the quiet endur-
.ar,re Of the women as to
.;.sf., nerseverance of the men
' nrg ~,.tement endured, and
.-,4 # nation took root
wea!o0
nese aasts.
rao, of this mighty accom-
r., is Itficult to realize how
H. ,ar..-l they really were, and
v Trimmed their ranks when the
[,,r.s er~ hai passed,
w. one aJaarrd and two passengers
| +s UrfoaeG there were twenty
ot Of famlacs, eighteen wives,
... coils. seven daughters and one
| ..oqor and the remainder OF
,,,qrs vas made up of young
,s., hired, and few bond
[,rt, iHt Jo this list Oceames
Nm. barry mid-ocean, and Pere-
1 Whit. aho 5rst opened his eyes in
| ,4~ These were the women
| Miss -as~n- Carver. wife of the
GA, -ar. I Mistress Mary Brews-
m.- the r,ered Elder Brewster,
Eo5es Of the Mayhower women and
l. and a.rmea beyond all others; Bird,
Ere,s zsoett Winslow, wife of Ed
| Ers.ow alter Governor Winslow;
li7.sss Dorothy Bradford, about
|m nan rsag- the shadow of trag-
4 y5nrQght by her sufferings on
E5oni. ST. slipped quietly on deck
dat @l, her husband was assisting
|eror .aa coast and it is supposed
it, 9rs dto the dark waters of
| bay s- She was never again seen
h 5.b Mistress Mary Allerton; 9th,
Era. BOSE -.audish, wife of the bluff
Efesg, zap au. and one of the first
Gsie II. Mistress Martin, wife of the
|sl-e .' ts- company, Christopher
|rr- >-n Mistress Molines, mother OF
Eis Nth Mistress Susannah White;
b Nsrs. Elizabeth Hopkins; 18th,
Fire E.,r 2aiagrou, the only woman
strcse th disease that fearful
tlr, 18th MISTRESS Ann Tilley; 18th,
tires r fe If John Tilley; 18th,
Eras. i,.-. fEse Of Thomas Tinker:
|. gs-r-- Alice Rigdale; 10th, Mis-
+ e.i.r t- Of James Chiffon;
/, l,.+- Lr wife of Edward
|ar ISL M ss Sarah Eaton.
From u vi honor, there were
pr .1 terrible sicknesses but
in thai honorable spring of 1921:
Etress Be-N- ef Mistress Carver,
Eue;s Un'e Mistress Hopkins and
Etsss Hlwuon After the death of
hs6a1 April Mistress Carver
(aa s4. ana u June was laid be-
\ 'F !1#a~ and the numbers
|hdeo ~ 5ar devoted wives, who,
Il4e alieas Of the company, were
E@pass through fiery trials.
F@7nos among The latter Priscilla
|lles earas .l our recollection, bereft
|ha. ll13rW winter Of father, moth
|aM lrora- Upon the list we read
\? ~m-Doa and Elizabeth Tilley,
ll-Flsa orphaned; Constance Hop
yamals Hopkins, Mary Allerton
| Renem5F AlIerton, her sister.
FSe WITT 0h- maij-servant Lois, end
a So short and yet so momentous.
tnoag tie passengers were also a
y Ellen Moolr who died in the first
1'S''' ano'ae Humility Cooper,
F~ guardians died, and as the chroni-
/ Fu'S II quantity was sent far into
L s"aa aad. astIy, the young girl De-
| %in.er who. much out of health, re-
y, 70 England and shortly died there.
[ss"5' then, out Of the twenty-nine
'' ana girls upon this historic bark
s'' 10 sustain the courage and up
wig qaAas OF thu sturdy pilgrim band
we AfSt summer and harvest time,
hon one Of item mell mini anr one