Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-25
THE ANCESTORS OF MAYFLowER DESCENDANTS

William Bradford gives a total of 164 persons who came over in the Mayhower.
 Of these eighteen were wives and eleven young women or girls, of whom Priscil- la Mullins was probably the oldest. This
 leaves seventy five males, of whom fifty
 two were men and twenty-three boys.
 writes Frank H. Kassen in the Boston
 Transcript. Included in the latter are
 three infants: Samuel Eaton, spoken of
 as sucking child" Oceanus Hopkins.
 who got his name from being born during
 the voyage over and Peregrine White.
 who entered life while the Mayhower
 lay at anchor in what is now Province
 town harbor. In this article I desire to
 say something about each one of the
 seventy-five, as it may help to answer questions on the part of many persons | who think, or hope, they are descended from a May1ower ancestor. We will divide these men and boys |
 into several groups. And, first, the boys. Seven of them died during that first winter Jasper More died on Dec. | G. before they came up to Plymouth and within six months was Followed by | six others at Plymouth-another More | boy, Joseph Mullins, Oceanus Hopkins.
 the son of Thomas Tinker and the two sons of John Turner. Next we have | four boys who later died unmarried. IneSS W6T6 WItSllluE DAOWobSh- VII | good Elder William Brewster-of whom
 the record is that he died quite young" ] And John Ellington, Jr., who died some | time between 1927 and 1630. And John Craekstone, who got lost and froze his ] feet. as A result of which he died. about | 1928 These three died in Plymouth.
 But the boy William Latham remained
 unmarried and, more than twenty years
 after reaching Plymouth. went to the Bahama Islands and died there of star
 vation
 This leaves twelve of the Mayhower boys who grew up, married and had
 children. Only one of these Bartholo-
 new Allerton, went back to England.
 where he married and had children, but , how many. or their names, we have no means of knowing. The other eleven reared their families in New England.
 They were: Love Brewster who on May
 Is, 1884 married Sarah Collier anh
 had four children: Sarah. Nathaniel , William and Wrestling. He died, in DGx- bury, in 1850. Francis Ellington. in the a year 1884, married Christian, widow of : Francis Eaton. and they had eight chil- , dren, among them being Isaac Martha,
 Rebecca and Mary. He died, in Var f mouth. some time after 1850. Richard 5 More married and had four or five chil- f dren living. in 1850; but no names of S wife or children are given. He died ir e Scituate in 1656. Joseph Rogers had = seven children who lived: Joseph, Thom. s as, Elizabeth John Mary. James and = Hannah. He died, in Eastman, in 1873 @ Resolved White married Judith VassaIl 2 April 8, 1640, and they had eight chii y dren: William, John, Samuel Resolved r Ann, Elizabeth, Josiah and Susanna. H. = died in Sa.em, after 1880. Samuel Full h ;a5 Tof6 Arrn 't They had six children who lived: Han n nah, Samuel Mary, Thomas. Sarah ant e John. He died. in Bamstabie, in 1883 l. Samuel Eaton married Martha Billing S ton on Jan. 10, 1861. They had on # child. He died, in Middleboro, In 1884 l. Henry Sampson married, Feb. 6, 1886 e Ann Hummer. They had eight children e Stephen, John, James, Caleb, Elizabeth j. Hannah, Mary and Dorcas. He died il n Duxbury. in 1884 Giles Hopkins marrie- It Catharine Wheldon in October, 163s 'e They had ten children: Mary. Stephen k John, Abieail. Deborah. Caleb. Ruth al Joshua, William and Elizabeth He le died in Yarmouth, in 1890. John Cook 1t married Sarah Warren. March 2s. 163l al They had four children, in 1650 an y two others. Mercy and Mary later. H at1 died in Dartmouth, in 1895. Peregin l. White married Sarah Bassett in 1s4, A They had six children: David. Jonathan al Sylvester. Peregrine. Sarah and Nero, " He died in Marshfeld. in 17o4
 es These eleven who stayed in this cour E try had altogether sixty-nine chiidre 2l who survived. This accounts for a1l\th Se twenty three boys.
 Of the ffty-two men, forty-one signe as the Mayofwer Compact. The other ele7 jS en, who did not, included William Bu
 ten, "a youth, servant to Samuel Flu
 ler," who died ''when they drew near } g coast" He was the first of all ths o n company to die. Then Edward Thoml , son, who died on Dec. 4, 1920, whi 4 they were still in what is now Provinc As town harbor. And Roger Wilder, Eli; or Story, John Hoele, Solomon Power. Jof oe Langmore, Robert Carter and WiIiia ,e HaIbeck. These men were all employee is We do not know just when they dit of during that awful winter, save that PoE na CT died on Jan 8. The other two ner IF bers of this group were William Trev n. and - Ely, seamen. who had be- nd hired to stay a year here in the cou on try" which they did. "But when the W time was out, they both returned" of England So these eleven left no iss- he In Massachusetts.
 1o- This brings us to the forty-one mi his who signed the famous Compact An WIS first. we will speak CT those who dl art during the first six month It shows ho la- terribly the men suffered when we reah rd- that of the forty-one sturdy men VI be signed that immortal document, in N
 vember, but nineteen were alive the ne ,p. May. Of the twenty-two who died pro ar ably their beloved governor, Mir. Jol ,,v Carver who died in April, was the la ,ra to succumb. The others were Jam ,s Chiffon. who died in Provincetown ha 1sf bor Dec 6, 1920, nine days before { .ha Mayfowers started for Plymouth; Ric ich ard Bitteridge, who died on Dec. 21, jr
 n five days after they made Plymou ;ao harbor Then Degary Priest died gs. Jan 1. 1921. and MT. Christopher Mar DIT week later on Jan. 8. The other seye
 of teen men who died were MT. WdlIia eh:
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