Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-25

Mullins and Mir. Wiili1fn Whita both ef whom died on feb. 31. 1s11. But the other fifteen fne1-no one Of whom had the right 10 the honorable appellatton ef "Mister'--wsre in the order in which their names appear as agnefs to the Compact: Edward Ttlley, John Tilley. Thomas Rogers. Thomas Tinker. John Rigdsle, Edward Fuiier, John Turner, John Crackstofe, Aoses Fletcher, John | Goodman, Thomas Williams, Edward | Margeson, Richard Clarke, John Allertou. and Thomas English
 This completes the list of the heroic | dead of the Mayhower signerz-twenty- | two in all
 Note the good Bible names: seven bora l the name John, four Thomas, one James | and ons Noses; also there were three Edwards. two Richards and two wai- | Hams. Seven of these twenty-two left eight children in Plymouth; William John Tilley one, Thomas Rogers one, Ed
 ward Fuller one. James Chiffon one, and
 John Crackstcne one. Of the first eight signers, seven not only survived that
 winter. but lived on thirteen years or more. While of the last eighteen signers
 but seven survived the winter and of these two were dead before one of the
 first seven died and of three others we
 do not know the time of death.
 Of the nineteen signers who were
 alive the next June, seven were married.
 four were wiaowers and eight were un-
 married. Toe four wddowers-Bradford. | Allerton, Standish and Eaton, married again. as did also five of the eight bach
 elors. These sixteen men reared families
 as follows. Mfr. William Bradford had four children John. wiliiSzn. Mercy and 'l Joseph. He died in Plymouth. in 1857.
 MT. Edward WHnsiow had two children
 who grew up, Edward and Elizabeth He died at sea. in 1855. Mfr. William Brews- l ter had two sons. Love and Wrestling. already referred to, and two daughters.
 Faith and Patience who came later He died in Duxbury In 1s44.
 , MT. Isaac Allerton bad four children, , three who came on the ship-Bartholo-
 new and his sisters. Remember and Mary and son Isaac, born later. He died
 in 1859 at New Haven. CsptaA Myles
 Standish had five children: Alexander, Myles, Josiah, Charles and Lora- He died in Duxbury in 1856. John Alden f (and Priscilla) had eleven children. but
 we only know the names of eight-John,
 Elizabeth. Joseph, David, Jonathan, Sa- rah. Ruth and Mary. He died in Dux- I bury, in 1eS7.
 Mir. Samuel Fuller had two children !, Samuel and Mercy. He died in Plymouth n l1lc III 4eSSs olE- 1AASu1Eu UdEISn HAO ' seven children, i've daughters who were
 born in England and came over with his wife little later, and two sons. Nathan ! Tel and Joseph. borE dn this country. He T died at Plymouth, In 1928. John How 7 land had ten children: John, Jabez, Jo- seph, Isaac, Desire. Hope, Elizabeth :, Lydia, Hannah and Ruth. He died al . Plymouth, in 1873. Mir. Stephen Hop kins had eight children four (Giles ) Txz :, they reached Plymouth. and four later u Deborah. Caleb. Ruth and Elizabeth IT D. 1644. Francis Cooke had five children . John came with him, and his wife cam, z in 1923, bringing Jacob, Jane and Esther z and then Mary was born In 1926. H, '' died probably in Plymouth in 1863 Francis Eaton had four children: Sam Y uel. (who was an infant in 1s2o). an, II Rachel, Benjamin and another. He die' q ]. in Plymouth in 1883. John Ellington ha, two children, John and Francis He wa n' hanged at Plymouth. in 1880. for tn H. murder of Joan Newcomer. Gilbert Win slow never married. He returned late le to England Peter Brown had fou children. but their names are not giTer ia He died In Plymouth. in 16s3. Georg ie Soule had eight children: George. Zecha ie riah, John (1es2), Nathaniel. Bentau1fr s Patience Elizabeth and Mary. He die
 . 7. never marie He was a seaman an
 probably died in England. Edward Dote n- had eight chilren: William. Faith, Ed n wapi, John Isaac, Desire, Thomas an ne Joseph, who was born in April 1851. H
 died in Yarmouth in 1853. Edward Lei: ed ter did not marry but went to Virgin1 v- and died there. These last two wei it. London youths who fought 6 duel 0 H. June IS, 1921, and were punished cher, ye for.
 at So eleven boys of that Pilgrim ban D. later married and had sixty-nine chi He dren who survived. The men who d! e. not sign the Maydower compact left I as children in New England. The twent1 hn two Agners who soon died, left eight vi m came with them, and the nineteen survi' es. ors left seventy-seven children who can cd in the Mayiower or were born in tn w. country, a total of 154.
 m- Perhaps one of these was your ance or tor and his blood flows in your veins