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Great video!.... thanks. Edward was an original signer of the " Mayflower Compact" .....I did some research and he was indeed in trouble with the law. I read about his charges which are pretty funny now when you think about it but serious enough 400 years ago that his fines were more indentured servitude and a few goats and some chickens. He later became a very wealthy and prosperous land owner. In fact the land that the Mayflower Society is now located is his land. Looking forward to doing more research and visiting the site and joining the Mayflower Society once I retire.
@@hollywood4241 Yeah they had to take stuff very seriously back then because there were basically no safety nets when it came to colonial security, if one person started acting up then their bad example could embolden others, so they had to be strict. Very different from now!
I love this! I'm a descendant of William Brewster (through his daughter, Patience). He's my 13th-great grandfather. Insane that my family has a family tree going back that far.
It's rare to be able to trace it so it's neat to see, for sure. I met a man from Thailand about 20 years back who was from a poor village region, the only family names he knew were his father and his grandfather, the government didn't keep track of family records. Lotta places like that in the world?
How cool, he’s my 8th I believe. My grandfathers (still alive) grand father was William Brewster the 4th or 5th. They named a school after him in San Manuel Texas when my family donated the land for the school.
I discovered I am a Mayflower descendant last year through Thomas Rogers. I have been reading, watching and researching ever since! Thank you for sharing all of this great info!
My grandma said I’m a descendant of Edward Doty, a servant of Hopkins. Every time I gave birth to a child, my mom sent her my kid’s info to add to the genealogy records. I’ve never been interested until recently.
Cool! Edward Doty (and the other Edward in the Hopkins' employ, Leister) were the colony's troublemakers :) They straightened out in the end though. Thanks for checking this out!
I'm working on my Doty line as I recently discovered it thanks to GedMatch and Wikitree alerting me on possible connection or I would have overlooked the Doty name in my tree.
My ancestors the Grand Sachem Massasoit from the Wampanoag Tribe have met some of the living crew members from the Mayflower several months after arriving here in America back in March 1621, and he sent Squanto a member of the Patuxet tribe to communicate with the Pilgrims, because he knew how to speak English from being sent to England as a Slave years prior to the 1620 Mayflower Plymouth landing..
I think you're the first Wampanoag commenter here! Thanks for sharing! Squanto had a hard go of it for a few years there, but yeah, he was instrumental in helping Massasoit and the Pilgrims communicate. If you're interested, I did a follow-up video on their first meeting in March of 1621: ruclips.net/video/aCKIHbDwxaQ/видео.html
I love seeing these genealogical meetups of descendants facilitated by modern technology! I’m a descendant of one of the last indigenous tribes to be contacted by settlers (all the way on the other coast in the Humboldt Bay). Our stories are a uniquely American story and I hope everyone in this nation will feel comfortable learning the Indigenous story right along with the colonial story and embracing it as their national history.
@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 I have enjoyed reading up on the Native tribes, always on the lookout for a good nonfiction if you've got a suggestion. Most of the Mayflower stuff I've read has been surprisingly detailed about the Wampanoags, and I've read up on the Comanche and Navajo a little. Let me know what else is good.
I was born in Hertford, county town of Hertfordshire, England. We have all sorts of statues, plaques, relics and reminders of people who left to settle in the new world. I can't imagine how tough it must have been.
You can thank William Bradford for our extensive knowledge of the Mayflower passengers and crew and early history of Plymouth. I strongly recommend reading his book "Of Plimoth Plantation." This is basically a journal Bradford kept and added to from time to time in which he tracks the comings and goings of various colonists, major milestones and historical events in the colony. I also recommend "Saints and Strangers" by George Willison. His book fills in a lot of gaps and draws on a number of sources. Note that in Bradford's book he uses a lot of spellings that may not correspond to the current spellings for various family names not to mention various words in the English language. Spelling was somewhat fluid and inconsistent in those days, especially regarding surnames. Today people get hung up on spelling when researching genealogy and sometimes insist that Stephen Hopkins can't possibly be their ancestor because their family spells it Hoptkins. In my own family there are several instances where an ancestor made a single consonant into a double consonant or vice versa or where F and PH are used interchangeably Even in the title of his book he spells Plymouth as "Plimoth" which is how Plimoth Plantation spells it.
@@GrahamBradley Yes and as I understand it, it had not been known to researchers until late in the 19th century and in fact it was almost lost to history on more than one occasion.
@@GrahamBradley I forgot exactly when myself but I think you are right. I think for a while they were calling it the log of the Mayflower thought that was far from accurate. I think it was in England at one point though I don't remember who has it now.
I tried finding a print copy of the Harold Paget edition (the one on Audible) because it has a preface that explains the whole thing, but it's hard to come by. I remember him saying something about that though, like some English university found it and made a big deal about transferring it back to Massachusetts. Very cool story.
There is so much, many Americans are unaware of. With regard to those who made the 'Daunting Journey' at the time. I shall return here, to further digest the history of the people placing themselves at such extreme risk. Again, thanks so much!!
I live in Connecticut and it is amazing what church records, ship manifests, records of people denied revolutionary war military pay, and cemetary records tell us......these records are scattered about the little town libraries all along the northeast coast....it is awesome what our ancestors endured.
I'm descended from three Mayflower families; William White through his son Resolved, Richard Warren through his daughter Abigail and George Soule through his daughter Mary. Just discovered my connection to the last two recently. I now have the honor of sharing this information with my family this Thanksgiving. So grateful that they survived against all odds that first year.
Yes, all of the families intermarried for decades, which wasn't the healthiest genetically speaking. More came over in the next 20 years, but it was the same English families. Probably didn't have much admixture until the earlier part of the last century.
I descend from that family of SOBs 🤣 the Billington’s through Francis on my maternal side and through Degory Priest on my paternal side. Degory didn’t make it, but he left a family in the old world who came over later. I also descend from a brother of John Howland, the one who fell overboard and nearly drowned. This was fun to watch.
I must be your cousin,my mother always said grandpa Bosworth was a real sob,it's cool to see relatives posting here I would never have known about otherwise
My father told me we were descended on my great great grandmother's side to William Bradford but I haven't been able to trace that genealogy that far back yet. We may be related somehow!
Great and fascinating video! I am a 15th generation descendant of Francis Cooke who came over with his son, John. His wife and his two other children came over on the Anne to join him in 1623. Francis did a lot of the surveying of all the properties that were given out and laid out the roads. He accompanied Standish when surveying woodlands. Thanks for the enjoyable watch! These folks endured so much. A testimony to the human spirit!
I'm a decendant of Philip Delano, Francis Cooke was his uncle. Philip followed his uncle on the Fortune. Both the Cooke's and Delano's contributed so much to this country.
My mother traced our family tree back not quite to the Mayflower. There is a Billington line that splits - one line is from the Mayflower, the other line is not. At that point she was unable to definitely determine which line was "ours" - so therefore my family has a 50/50 chance of being directly descended from the Mayflower Billingtons, a rather dubious honor indeed, what with the negative reputation of the Mayflower Billingtons. As "they say", be careful how far back you trace your family tree - sooner or later you will encounter a horse thief or a murderer. 🙂
My husband and son are descended from the Brewster family through their son Love Brewster's line. So funny; neither of them could care less about tracing their ancestry, whereas I can't get enough of finding out about it.
@@grettaarmitage4675 yup me too, his descendant married a Bradford and their grandchild married into the pardee family which is where I come from I think it 10th great grandchild.
I learned several years ago that my father's family is descended from Peter Browne. And I thought we were just plain Americans, originally from Alabama and now living in Texas where I was born. It is exciting to learn one's heritage.
For sure! I for one am really grateful that my Nana put so much work into keeping track of ours. She's got some family lines researched all the way to the 1400s. Blows my mind sometimes.
My first ancestor landed in 1638 off of Rowley, Massachusetts to escape the Tyranny of the King. Now the King is back and running every aspect of our lives.
This was so interesting! They don’t cover all Of this info in history classes in school & they should ( at least they didn’t when I was in school). I love that poster!
I am also a descendant of Francis Eaton. He was a carpenter/builder, as I have been told. There is a story, I would love to know more about of how he was a major factor in repairing the mast after the storm during the crossing.
It must have been so difficult. The survivors having to bury their loved ones & whole families. We surely owe a debt of gratitude to them all. Little did we know the sadness of that first Thanksgiving. But they gave thanks to God.
They were so humbled to have survived that first year, the feeling in the air must have been incredible. Only a month later another ship showed up and joined the colony, with 30+ full grown men and they were all hungry. Suddenly food was low again and any Mayflower woman of remotely marriageable age was under a lot of pressure. Their trials persisted for years. We owe them a great debt for what they endured and why.
It was the peaceful Powhatan who saved the settlers. The Indigenous people were later Thanked by murder and rape. Surviving descendants just received federal recognition last year.
One son did the math and figures about 60,000,000 are direct ancestors from the Mayflower in America. John Alden, Gardner, Standish, Pracilla Mullins, Brewster, Bradford exchange . . . and so on. Most of the U. S. Presidents, Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, and so on are from the Mayflower folk.
I've never looked into the number, but that's incredible. Nixon, FDR, and the Bushes are direcr descendants of Howland/Tilley alone, so the fact that there are more is interesting.
Most of my ancestors seem to have come over in the Great Migration around 1635. I think I'm related to everybody. Even Winston Churchill is a distant cousin (on his mom's side, of course).
This is neat! I'm descended from Alden, Fuller, Hopkins, & White. This visual gives you a good perspective on the survivors and their perilous life in the new world. Thanks!
Rebecca Maed Hello distant cousin!!! My great-uncle William Buxton (Uncle Bill) traced our lineage (my maternal side) to John Alden and Priscilla Mullen. He traveled through out the New England area to document his findings. To give you an idea of what he went through; I have a photocopy of his hard work. As he was locating information he in turn TYPE on MIMEOGRAPH PAPER. Wayyyyy before coping machines and internet. He loved what he was doing and I don't think he would use the internet with what he did. He might have when he got ready to cross the pond to search out more there.
The Mormon ancestor site says I am related to the Billingtons which I have confirmed. The father had a dispute with another man and 10 years later killed the man. He was the first man to be hanged for murder in Massachusetts. He wife was publicly punished for uncivil behavior. One son knocked over a musket on the Mayflower which almost hit a barrel of gunpowder. He had been making firecrackers. His brother wandered away from the settlement and Indians captured him and traded him to another tribe. Squanto and other settlers found him and had to trade to get him back. I was talking to two people whose ancestors were on the Mayflower. When I mentioned the Billingtons she sneered at me and walked away. I saw the Mayflower replica in 1955 in Florida when I was 5. Did not know the ancestors then.
Direct descendent of John Billington here as well! Those other people are just mad we have a colorful history lol. Also more research has been done that leans more too he didn't kill his neighbor, the mayor or leaders of the town framed him for it because they didn't like his family and wanted them out. There's no solid evidence that points to him doing it.
Are you talking about Family Search? That’s how I found out I had relatives on the Mayflower too. It is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints.
Hello Cousin! So odd for someone to be that petty hundred of years later! My Billington line married into the Eaton and Dr. Samuel Fuller lines, so they must have gotten over things at some point.
I enjoyed your presentation. I am a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. I am also a direct descendant of Martin Tichenor. Martin was one of 30 founders of Newark, New Jersey in 1666. I am also a descendant of Squire Boone(Daniel's father). and Lorenzo Dow Earp(Wyatt's uncle). There are numerous direct Revolutionary descendants. The majority of my ancestors were here from 1600's. If I could find my Cherokee ancestor I would have my complete genealogy for America.
@@newmyr-2556 Hello cousin. There are many notable Alden descendants. Amelia Earhart, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Matt Damon. I'm sure there are more that I am not aware of. I understand there are probably millions of Alden descendants in America. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote about the Alden love story in "The courtship of Miles Standish". Genealogy is very interesting, you never know what you will find.
@@loritichenor9421 - Hi cousin! Out of curiosity I checked my tree to see if it had a Tichenor. Yup, 1person. Would you happen to have a 'Margaret Newton Tichenor' in your tree? I love genealogy, I agree, it's very interesting!! Catch you in the morning. Nite, nite.
I'm one of the great grandchildren of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley,are family name became Bosworth,my sister became a daughter of the revolution. it's always been pretty common knowledge in our family to be related to the descendants of the Mayflower, Grandpa bosworth or John bosworth was supposed to be a real hard ass, LoL. Grandpa bosworth is always been something that we've talked about in the family over the years, and we were always big on Thanksgiving over the years.
Husband is a Chipman. He married Hope Howland. There is an issue with the line at the Perez Chipman. They are uncles and sons with the same name. Regardless whether it is an uncle or brother, it is still Chipman.
Some of the Pilgrims were textile workers. I also became a textile worker for over 37 years. I was a Fuller Mill operator for one of the biggest Woolen Mills in the country. Mill shut down in December of 2018. After 183 years of consecutive years of Operation.
Roger's, Chilton, Standish, Brewster, Allerton, Priest, Mullins, Bradford, Doty, Warren, Alden, Winslow, White-Carver. I am forever grateful and proud do be the descendant of these brave men and women. My grandparents birthed our nation, and in time made me. Thank you for this video, I am trying to learn all I can about my heritage and I am finding that it is linked with the history of america from the beginning until now.
@@davyhenry8985 what's up, crazy how many people we are related too at this point. I know I have at least 50000 traceable cousins in the us, which is really weird to think about.
I'm descended from either Edward or Samuel Fuller - I forget which (related to both of course). My grandfather's (Harold Sherrod) mother's maiden name was Ellen Fuller (her aunt was Sarah Fuller who taught Helen Keller how to articulate words with her mouth (not to be confused with Annie Sullivan who made the initial breakthrough with communicating with Helen Keller). My grandfather Harold's brother (Max Sherrod) led a number of people from Michigan to homestead in Alaska, and is well-known in Alaska history. I'm curious to know exactly how you and I are related. Dan Ross in Michigan P.S. - by the way, Barack Obama also traces back to the Fullers (I'm not an Obama fan)
I'm descended from John Alden & Pricilla Mullens and Myles Standish & Rose (nln) through the marriage of their children. The are my 13th great grandparents
That was fascinating. I’m a DAR daughter and love learning about the history of the early Colonists. My ancestors do not go back quite that far. Thanks you for sharing 😊
@@GrahamBradley Anthony Arnold, Sr. From Mt. Savage Maryland. He signed the Oath of Fidelity. He was my entry into DAR. I have other ancestors but I need to document my lineage. I live just outside of DC so I can easily access the DAR library. Well, not so easily these days 😊
My husband’s family are decedents of the Brewster family. His aunt is part of the Wright brothers. (1st airplane) This is so interesting! Thanks for the video!
I'm a William and Mary Brewster Descendent. On my mother's side. William Brewster was the Pilgrims Spiritual Leader and basically was Pasturing the Pilgrims. He also was a very close friend of William Bradford. Pasture Robinson stayed back In either Holland or England . Patience and Fear were two other children of William and Mary Brewster. They joined the colony later. All but four women died the first year.
@@GrahamBradley Hello, unfortunately no. This was back in 79, 80 . They both have passed. Such great memories tho being 9 years old , learned how to drive from a tractor. Milking cows Jimmy was the horse guy, Si d was the apple and cow side, Sid for Simon . Great people. I could go on and on. Blessed I've been. I had met their mother at that time and she was 90s. They would tell me stories, their dependents.
Samuel Fuller (doctor) was my multi- grandfather through my father's lineage. I have heard that up to 30% of Americans can claim descent through Mayflower participants.
I think I read somewhere that John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley are the ancestors of over 1 million descendants. I don’t know about that 30% number though...
My goodness, I did not know it existed. My wife and I both come from the Mayflower and Plymouth Colony heritage. My mother, father and mother-in-law. Probably my father-in-law as well, if I ever trace it out. It's my family. My mother's side also goes back to James Fort, later renamed "Jamestown" in Virginia Colony. It just nice to know. America, even before the European settlements and colonies, is my family history. We want all the way across to where my brother and I were born on the west side of the Pacific. Then came all the way back to Virginia (my sister to Maine and one if her sons to Boston) where we now live. 414 years of moving West! Then back East. Family tracing back to Virginia Colony and Plymouth Colony now in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, to Wyoming, Missouri, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Maine and Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, to Florida and other States! Thank you for the list.
I was so excited to discover your video. John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley are my 10th Great grandparents on my dad’s side. We always knew that they were also ancestors to four US presidents but I just learned from you that Joseph Smith was a descendent of John Howland. Learn something new every day. We also have Wampanoag and Narragansett ancestors.Thanks for this great video.
I also am from that branch on my mom's side. I found a distant relative of my maternal grandfather and his public family tree and traced his ancestor to where ours were mutual and then found the Tilleys!
Both of my mother's parents go directly to the Mayflower, including William White and his son, Perrgrine. Her dad is from the Hubbard line thinkMy mother is 96 years old and lives by herself in Augusta Maine and takes care of herself to this day. That's called stubborn Strong genes.
Thank you for paying attention to history and family. I’m 13th direct from two you mentioned. My brother had a roommate who carried the family name, we retained one of the artifacts through the female line, so they were distant cousins. He was disappointed not to have any memorabilia, my brother laughed and said, “You have the name! “. (First on your list)
On my mother's mother side of the family, that family was called "after planters", because the Pilgrams were the first planters. My grandmother's family came to America in 1635 and some of them married into the surviving pilgrim families. Through marriage, I am related to quite a few descendants of the pilgrims. This was fun to watch, thank you.
I am Australian and just found my father's biological father. He was given up at birth. On that family line, my second great grandfathe is an American who moved to Victoria in the 1840s. Went back on that line, and I found out I am related to the Allerron family. Hearing that Isaac Allerton was the bookkeeper and a bad one is interesting.
Quite a family line you've got! I'm keen to find another book on the Allertons, someone else here in the comments is related to them and he said the bad bookkeeping reputation was undeserved. I don't know, I will have to read more.
I’m a descendant of the Allerton and the Brewster family. William Brewster IV is my 11th great grandfather. His daughter married Isaac Allerton. I didn’t realize that Allerton was a con. I have lots of reading to do.
Interesting information. H W Longfellow gave a fascinating account of the first American love triangle called "The courtship of Miles Standish". This is an account of my family connection with the Mayflower. Priscilla Mullins and John Aldon were my ancestors.
Yes, mine were as well AND thanks to this post and all of the wonderful people who have commented I have now found out that H W Longfellow was also a descendant of theirs!
For starters, I enjoyed your video. It is a wonderful summary of the people of the Mayflower! It caught my attention because on Relative Finder it shows as direct common ancestors John Alden, Love Brewster, John Howland, Richard Warren, William Mullins and John Tilley are my 11th, 12th, and 13th great grandfathers with Priscilla Mullins and Elizabeth Tilly as great grandmothers. Edward Winslow as a 11th Great Uncle and Christopher Jones, Henry Samson, Elizabeth Fisher and Myles Standish as 3rd, 4th, and 5th cousins. This video helped enrichen my own understanding of my family history more. Thank you!
My grand-mother was a Spaulding and they came a few years before the Mayflower, Spaulding was an indentured servants to Sir Yeardley. Many of this earlier group died from starving I believe. Then the Tilley woman I'm related to her as well on the Mayflower. So I have so many cousins that are presidents and such because of the earlier people, when people come this early you can so many cousins, 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th, that you have so many times removed and it's interesting. Even Queen Elizabeth's mother, my grand-mother Spaulding line goes into hers. Spaulding was misspelled on the paperwork from that ship. And then I found I was related to both Joseph Smith and Emma.
I love the poster. It has really helped me as I have put my tree together. I keep coming back to your video to see the passengers and survivors. So far my family are descendants from Brewsters Cooke’s Chilton Hopkins Winslow’s Warren and Latham. The 400th Thanksgiving is extremely special because my son was born and has his BD on this Thanksgiving. So thank you for sharing this poster and your knowledge so others can make their connections.
It's amazing that a lot of Americans come from this few. Even I'm from these guys, but I remember that given enough time, we all are related to common ancestors.
I'm a direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, Edward Fuller, Samuel Fuller. Richard Warren. Also Richard More and his 3 siblings. Yes Jasper was Richard and Mary's siblings along with Elinor. Richard and his siblings were the only ones with documented royal ancestry. Their mother had an affair. None of the children were her husbands. She lost custody in a divorce. He then handed the kids over to the Puritans where they were divided up between several of the families as indentured servants. Richard More had an interesting life, he lived long enough to witness the Salem witch trails. I always thought his life would make an interesting movie.
Me too. But there are six million of us now, isn't that wild? Genealogy has been my new obsessey project, and it's fun because, for me at least, it leads to learning more about history. And I've always loved this country, but am more grateful to live here now. Edward Fuller I think is my 12x great grandfather and he and his wife died after just being here a short time. They were so brave.
Thanks for the great video!! I am the great grand nephew of Samuel and Edward Fuller. My great grandfather, Sir Thomas Fuller of Redenhall was their brother.
Another Fuller here through Edward and his son Samuel. That's interesting about the other brother, Thomas. Also, the doctor, Samuel being a brother and Mayflower/colony doctor..
I was surprised to find out that Mary Chilton is my 10th great grandmother. Im obsessed with her story. Which also makes Winslow my 10th great grandfather.
Hello Cousins! My direct 10th great grandparents include, Richard Warren, Nicholas Snow + Constance Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins + Elizabeth Fisher, John TIlley + Joan Hurst, John Howland + Elizabeth Tilley, and Francis Cooke. It's amazing to see others here that I am related to. I have a strong independent streak ;-)
Edward Doty is an ancestor of mine, so I got a good laugh you calling him an idiot! My Mom, told me he was always in trouble and that he was involved in a duel down by the shore that had to be broken up. I have had the impression that he did fairly well for himself later in life. Fun video! Thanks!
I am also a descendant of Edward Doty. My Mother studied Genealogy and my two younger Brothers and Mother (Deceased 2001), all belonged to Mayflower societies. I am 64 and was not invited to join but I am very proud of this fascinating person who was the 40th signer of the Mayflower Compact and went on to eventually become a free and successful man.
This was very interesting. I am a descendent of Richard Warren. I have a book about the Warren’s and how they are part of our family tree and another book about the Stickney’s going back to the 1400s.
I’m a direct descendant of William and Susanna (née Jackson) White (remarried to Edward Winslow) through Peregrine White’s lineage. Peregrine was the first birth in the new colony. Edward and Susanna were the first marriage to take place in the colony.
Hey cousin! I'm currently reading Nathaniel Philbrick's book and trying to dig deeper into family history. I'm one of the last Winslows from a line going back to Kenelm Winslow's line (not pictured in the above video), so all Winslow family lore attracts my attention. My succession of Winslows goes from Lynwood jr. (my dad, b. 1943) < Lynnwood Sr. < Albert < Erastus ... before whom, I'm not sure of the connection between Erastus and Kenelm (much earlier). Big gap of several generations there, I know.
I am also directly related to Peregrine White (even still carry on the last name!). A cousin of mine has traced our lineage back to I believe the 1300s. It is quite fascinating! It is one of my lifes goals to go see Peregrines homestead and I believe they still have his bassinet and the pocket watch the captain of the Mayflower gifted him on display!
Karlie White I went to the Plymouth Museum about a decade ago and they had the bassinet on display. Super cool to see things in person rather than in a book or on a website.
I am a Doty also. I like that he wasn't accepted by the separatists. I feel better that he was a 12 or 13 year old servant (orphaned) and not a colonizer.
I’m a Doty too how cool, ever want to connect mad4mutts@yahoo.com. You can look up info on Edward Doty on Plymouth plantation he was a indentured servant and quite a theft
Another Doty here! Grandmother on father's side maiden name Doty. My great grandfather was Walter Doty and was assistant deputy warden at West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville. I remember him as a young boy and he was quite a colorful character and I fondly remember stories about him from my dad and grandmother. I know they both passed away never knowing that they were related to Edward Doty. My grandmother would have been blown away knowing our relationship to the original Mayflower passengers. In fact the land that the Mayflower Society resides on was great grandfather Doty's land. He ended up cleaning up his act and became a successful land owner. My son was contacted by Ancestry.Com and determined the direct lineage.
I have this set of graphics myself; they are a sobering reminder to me. Only THREE pairs of man and wife survived that ordeal, the Brewsters were one of them. I owe my existence to the hardiness of my 10th-great-grandparents.
I'm descended from Francis Eaton 'tho I know less about that than my mothers family. My middle name is Macy and my 9th great-grandfather was Thomas Macy who was one of the original 8 who purchased Nantucket from, I believe, New York and was the first white settler there. I grew up in Arizona and have never been to either Plymouth or Nantucket; I suppose I should make a pilgrimage someday to honor the families and my heritage.
William Bradford is my 10th greatgrandfather. His first wife, Dorothy, fell overboard and drowned after the Mayflower landed in Plymouth. William married a second wife, Alice, and I am related through their son, Joseph. I became interested in genealogy not long ago, and find it so interesting. Thank you for your information.
Thanks for sharing! I recently watched "Saints and Strangers" which was a 2015 miniseries about the Mayflower, they went with the theory that Dorothy committed suicide because she was depressed and missed her son, John (they left him with relatives in England.) Bradford never confirmed whether he thought she did or not. There's still a debate over it to this day, with some evidence in favor, but nothing conclusive. Bradford sure endured a lot of loss in those years.
@@GrahamBradley I've heard about the possibility of Dorothy's suicide, also. No one knows for sure what really happened, and at this point, no one ever will. That first, terrible winter when so many of the Mayflower passengers died reduced their number, and many more would have died had it not been for the Native Americans coming to their rescue. Bradford was resilient and did the best he could for his people and for himself. He did have a tough go of it from what I've read. Thanks again for your hard work and a good presentation.
Hi cousin! I'm a descendant of Bradford too, but we've lost the genealogical records that show it. My uncle spent years researching and wrote a short book about it just for the family, he was able to go all the way back to around 500AD in Normandy. He died some years ago and nobody can find the book.
We knew we had 2 relatives on the Mayflower but my Aunt recently found we had 13 relatives on the Mayflower. Find it absolutely amazing what they endured.
Cooke, Hopkins, Rogers,Roger's, Soule, Warren, Brewster, Howland. These are all the families that are in our direct line. I misspoke when I said 13. We are related on our Smith and Haliburton family trees.
We joke about celebrities naming their kids weird things, but these kids names are wild, lol. But I actually like most of them. I think it’s so cute they named the baby born at sea “Oceanus”.
Roger Williams was later an important figure amongst the Pilgrims as well after he came to America in 1630 and tried to announce The Separation of Church & State onboard The Lyon in 1631 which was shot down for the first 5 years before it began to gain ground. Of course, Roger Williams was the first governor of Rhode Island nominated The Founder of Rhode Island who was once a student of Sir Edward Coke who came out with The Petition of Rights (1628), in which, later became known as The Parliament Bill of Rights in 1689 which was when King James II was removed from the throne and replaced by his nephew, Prince William of Orange otherwise known as Prince William The III. Also, Pastor John Robison who helped organize The Mayflower was once a follower of English Minister John Smyth (encyclopedias) who died in Amsterdam, Holland in 1612. That was the same year that Rev. Edward Wightman, my direct ancestor, was burned at the stake by King James I also known as King James VI. Rev. Edward Wightman was The Last Protestant Martyr from the first Protestant Martyr of many, John Rogers, who was burned at the stake by Queen Mary I in 1555 who set out to edit the errors and publish William Tyndale's New Testament Bible that became The King James Version of The Bible. William Tyndale and Martin Luther influenced Queen Anne Boleyn according to the Tudor Society out of London. On The 15th of November, 1501, Prince Arthur Tudor married Catherine of Aragon, a strict Catholic from Spain. They were both 15 years old when they married. However, Arthur Tudor died on the 2nd of April 1502 after 5 months of marriage. On June 11th, 1509, Prince Henry Tudor, also known as King Henry VIII, married Catherine of Aragon, & his eldest daughter's name was Mary Tudor born February 18, 1516 also known as Queen Mary I. King Henry VIII also had a son born on the 15th of June, 1519, Henry Fitzroy, but he was the son of his mistress, Elizabeth Blount. Henry Fitzroy was illegit to succeed to the throne. King Henry VIII's 2nd daughter was, Elizabeth Tudor, born on the 7 September 1533 named after her grandmother, Elizabeth of York. Elizabeth Tudor was King Henry VIII & Queen Anne Boleyn's daughter after they married on the 25th of January 1533. King Henry VIII had another son, Edward VI or Edward Tudor, born on the 12th of October 1537, with Jane Seymour, his 3rd wife of six wives. Queen Anne Boleyn was influenced by Martin Luther & William Tyndale according to The Tudor Society out of London. Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's most trusted advisor, suggested to King Henry VIII that he establish his own church after Pope Clement VII sent King Henry VIII a letter on January 5, 1531 refusing to allow King Henry VIII to nullify his marriage to Queen Catherine of Aragon or he would face excommunication from The Roman Catholic Church. Of course, after Anne Boleyn became pregnant, King Henry VIII didn't want Anne having his child out of wedlock. That is when Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's most trusted advisor, suggested to King Henry VIII that he should form his own church in order to marry Anne Boleyn (Protestant).
I descend from Stephen Hopkins. He did not marry Susanna White. In his will, witnessed by Capt Myles Standish and Gov William Bradford soon before his death mid 1644, he mentions his deceased wife Elizabeth, and his wish to be buried next to her. They had 5 more children born to them after their arrival, not including the toddler, and baby born on the way. The two older children were from his first wife, Mary Poole Hopkins, who had died earlier.
I've got three family connections to the Mayflower. On my mom's side, James Chilton is my 10th great-grandfather. He died while the ship was anchored off the tip of Cape Cod before they made it to Plymouth. He was the oldest passenger. Little is known about his wife, but she died soon after. I am descended through their daughter Isabella who came over from Leiden about ten years later with her husband Roger Chandler. On my dad's side, Edward Winslow Senior is my 10th great-grandfather. He is the father of the Edward Winslow (9th great-granduncle) who was the passenger on the Mayflower. I am descended through his other son Kenelm (9th ggf) and his son Kenelm (8th ggf) and his son Kenelm (7th ggf). The third connection is also on my dad's side. My 1st cousin 9x removed John Haskell, son of Roger Haskell (who had settled in Beverly in 1635 when it was still part of Salem) married Patience Soule, daughter of George Soule, Mayflower passenger, Compact signer, and indentured servant of Edward Winslow Jr.. John moved down to Middleborough in Plymouth Colony and they lived on land that George had willed to Patience. Tangential family history: John's brother Mark married a woman named Mary Goodale Smith whose uncle Jacob Goodale was beaten to death by his employer Giles Corey for allegedly stealing some apples in 1675 (Giles was pressed to death in 1692 for not entering a plea to the charge of witchcraft). Meanwhile, Mark was called for jury duty in the trials, but he was a freethinker and thought that witchcraft and witch trials were nonsense, which if he had admitted to would have been the same as admitting to witchcraft, so he skipped town and moved down to Rochester in Plymouth Colony nearer to his brother John. Mark's great-grandson Colonel Elnathan Haskell is pictured in John Trumbull's painting "The Surrender of General Burgoyne" which is hanging in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda (he's 7th from the right with the red lapels). Elnathan moved to South Carolina after the Revolution. Elnathan's grandson Charles Thomson Haskell Jr. was killed defending the fortifications on Morris Island in 1863, his other grandson William Thomson Haskell was killed at Gettysburg and two others, Lt. Col. John Cheves Haskell and Col. Alexander Cheves Haskell, were asked by General Lee to lead the artillery and cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, respectively, to the surrender at Appomattox. Alexander was appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court after supporting Wade Hampton for Governor in 1876 and in 1890 he broke from the Democratic majority and ran against Benjamin Tillman (didn't win, tho'). Alexander's daughter Mary Elizabeth Haskell met Kahlil Gibran in the early 1900s and became his intimate friend and financial benefactor, and she is who the character Almitra is based on in his book The Prophet. Meanwhile, my branch of the Haskell family tree stayed in Essex County (Beverly, Gloucester, Newbury/Newburyport) from 1635 until my great-grandfather George Whitefield Haskell Jr. moved to Maine. They missed all the fun my distant uncles and cousins had, except for my 4th ggf Caleb Haskell, who was a Patriot soldier in the Revolution. He wrote a diary that has been published about his experiences at the Siege of Boston, Bunker's Hill, and Arnold's expedition to Quebec where he got smallpox and was court-martialed for not re-enlisting after his enlistment expired (they were desperate to hang onto what little manpower they had).
My husband had an part-American great-grandmother (we're Canadian). I didnt expect to find an ancestor on the Mayflower, but I found two so far, Richard Warren and Francis Cooke. I believe there is also a Chilton connection. From the Fortune, Anne & Little James I've discovered about 6 more ancestors.
@@GrahamBradleytwo of his 4x great-grandparents came up around 1795. Then their grandson (2x great-grandfather) married in Maine. They moved back to Canada just after my husband's great-grandmother was born.
James Chilton is my 10th ggf through his daughter Isabella Chandler who came over ten years later. I like to say that I'm 1/32 Canadian because my 3rd great-grandmother Fannie Matilda Betts (married Caleb Haskell, son of Caleb, son of Caleb) was the daughter of Loyalists Dr. Azor and Gloriannah Purdy Betts who moved to soon-to-be New Brunswick in 1783 with the Spring Fleet. Azor has a Wikipedia page and is mentioned on the Founders Online site under General Orders 26 May 1776.
@@GrahamBradley Upwards to around 100,000 Americans fled to Canada to avoid political persecution during and after the Revolution. Revolutionary governments can be very intolerant and hostile to those who disagree. In 1776 Congress passed the Tory Act which basically made it a punishable crime to disagree with the government (in January, six months to the day before they supposedly threw off the shackles of tyranny).
I am a descendant of Brewster *and* with Standish (via Sarah Allen who married Josiah Standish, Myles son) as an ancestor on my mother’s side, but more interesting is that one of my ancestors was Robert May who helped settle Jamestown, with other ancestors who settled Cape May (Mey) and Mays Landing NJ later on. On my fathers side, my great grandmother X8 was Hannah Dustin (Dusten/Dustan) of Massachusetts, where statues where built in her honor for the slaughter of indigenous people (in self defense after they killed her baby and kidnapped her) and many streets and schools are named after her. The worst thing I’ve discovered through census reports is having a great great that owned a 14 year old slave girl on the eastern shore of Maryland (I actually wept for 2 days and stopped doing ancestry research for a year). You *never* realize how enormous your ancestry is until you start actually doing decades of research.
I put an offer in on a house a few years ago. Unfortunately it was sold to another buyer. When I did a little research I found out it was William Brewster's old house in Scrooby Nottinghamshire. Its was owned by Williams father who was also the post master for the area. Beautiful old cottage next to the village church. I keep checking to see if it has come up for sale again.
I knew that my ancestor, Edward Doty, was a rogue. lol Eventually, he was freed and became a fairly well-to-do man. One of his descendants was one of the few famous women of the Revolutionary War era, Mercy Otis Warren. He was my 9th great grandfather.
I am a direct descendant of Stephen Hopkins and Constance Fisher through their daughter Deborah Hopkins who married Andrew Ring, born in Leyden, Holland. Stephen was portrayed by Shakespeare in the Tempest. He was the shipwrecked Stefano. Hopkins and his boys always volunteered for the dangerous jobs. Remember, Hopkins knew Squanto.
My grand uncle/ my grandpas brother is big into our family history and my ancestors are from the mayflower witch my family’s last name “may” and my grand uncle told me that Dorothy didn’t make it and drowned and me watching this video gave me the chills. Another “cool” family history is one of my ancestors is part of the Boston tea party and another one on my ancestors is the doctor that examined John booth Abraham Lincoln killer and another ancestor founded Mayville Wisconsin.
My family came over on the mayflower we are part of the mayflower society. And I do see the name and they are also part of the people who stayed. This is neat thank you.
I just found out today that I am related to Stephen Hopkins through his daughter Constance. Interesting that Stephen had been to Jamestown prior, I did not know that!
WOW, so am I. Constance's hat is in the Plymouth Museum. He was in Jamestown prior - that's why he was asked to go back to the New World. He had been shipwrecked on Bermuda, and they made it to Jamestown. He then went back to England, remarried, then agreed to go back on the Mayflower. He was a good friend of Squanto.
@@GrahamBradley And sentenced to death for mutiny! But the sailors took pity on him and saved him. The incident is thought to have inspired 'The Tempest' by Shakespeare, with Stephen inspiring Stephano.
@@suzeaa I've been meaning to read the book about him that just came out last year, hopefully it goes into more detail about that. Tempest is my favorite Shakespeare piece.
Hi Cousin! Yeah Stephen was at Jamestown indentured to the preacher, and because he could read, was assigned to helping with the Sunday services. He may have held the bible during the wedding of Pocahontas and john rolfe. He returned to England shortly after that wedding due to the death of his wife and may have traveled with newlyweds on that ship.
@@GrahamBradley I can't begin to tell you how things progressed from there before they leveled off so to speak. LOL Witch trials and everything...what a kick in the head doing my family tree has been :)
@@ELMICH31 Well hello cousin! LOL I found on ebay 2 great childrens books you must get. One is John Billington friend of Squanto and the other is (my fave of the two) Two Bad Pilgrims.
My best friend, his 5th great grandmother was Abigail Van Nickerson, he is a direct decendant of John Adams, her name is on the register. Most of his family lives somewhere in Maine
Ancestors from the mayflower here. It would be an interesting movie to see the whole journey reenacted with the true story of their experience. Thank you for sharing!
NatGeo did a mini series in 2015 called "Saints and Strangers," I've only seen half of it but that part was very very close to what actually happened. Worth checking out!
Definitely check out the books I mentioned! They're fascinating. "The Mayflower and Her Passengers" by Caleb H. Johnson, and "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick.
I am a proud Billington descendant who has never been pilloried, horsewhipped, imprisoned, or hanged. The Pilgrims didn’t like the Billingtons, and I believe the feeling was mutual. Notwithstanding the ill feelings, it is reported that there was an attitude of great sorrow when Big John was executed. There are many Billington descendants. I have a sister-in-law who is one of them.
Hello, my name is Sonny Soule'. I ran across this video and I am a direct decendent of George Soule'. I appreciate this information you put out and have tried to research our family history and have found a little bit of information on our family but if you have any more information I sure would appreciate anything you can provide. Most people when pronouncing my last name pronounce like you did in your video. My family going back to my great great grandfather have pronounced our last name with the pronunciation like sue and lay as in frito lay with an accent mark over the last letter e. Thank you for this video and any further info you have Hiram Ellsworth Soule' Nick name Sonny
Greetings Soule cousin. I have all the names from current back to grandpa George. - George Soule, Susannah Soule, Susannah West, Ruth Barber, Caleb Bentley, Uriah Bentley, Alexander Bentley, Gustavus Adolphus Bentley, Gustavus Edwards Bentley & Gustavus Andrews Bentley - My grandfather
I am also a descendant of Edward Doty. My Mother studied Genealogy and my two younger Brothers and Mother (Deceased 2001), all belonged to Mayflower societies. I am 64 and was not invited to join but I am very proud of this fascinating person who was the 40th signer of the Mayflower Compact and went on to eventually become a free and successful man.
Interesting posters and video! According to my family tree, I'm a descendant of John Alden, Pricilla Mullins, Richard Warren, and Edward Doty. And my husband might be a descendant of the Brewsters.
My family and I, are direct descendants of William Bradford. To say we're so proud to be able to show the descendancy from the amazing founding fathers, is an understatement. To be members of such a core history as the early settlers of our great nation. That's all well and good, but the interesting thing to me is the often astonishing, apparently genetic origins of certain personal traits, characteristics of those original people, etc. that do seem to be evident .. even to this day in current descendants. All that based on the supposition that detailed habits of the original people, were accurately reported. All of humanity owes so much, both good and bad, to those who came before!! Thank you so much for presenting this incredibly detailed and fascinating history!
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1) Yes, the video moves around a lot. I originally filmed this for a friend and posted it to RUclips because of the size. It went viral after that, now I have a channel. I'll be recording an updated, stable version in 2024. Please stop mentioning it.
2) If you tuned out when I made the mistake about Stephen Hopkins marrying Susanna White, jump to 13:12. I corrected the error later in the video, it was a momentary brain fart.
3) The Mayflower Pilgrims were not "terrorists" or "colonizers who just wanted to kill Indians." Comments to this effect will be removed.
4) If you want to buy the poster, it is available for purchase here (not sponsored)
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5) Mind your manners.
UPDATE: Follow-up video is here, "How did the Pilgrims meet the Wampanoags?"
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Great video!.... thanks.
Edward was an original signer of the " Mayflower Compact" .....I did some research and he was indeed in trouble with the law. I read about his charges which are pretty funny now when you think about it but serious enough 400 years ago that his fines were more indentured servitude and a few goats and some chickens.
He later became a very wealthy and prosperous land owner. In fact the land that the Mayflower Society is now located is his land.
Looking forward to doing more research and visiting the site and joining the Mayflower Society once I retire.
@@hollywood4241 Yeah they had to take stuff very seriously back then because there were basically no safety nets when it came to colonial security, if one person started acting up then their bad example could embolden others, so they had to be strict. Very different from now!
I am a descendant of Stephen Hopkins.
Also the White and Cooke families
@@vbrhodes62 So am I!
I love this! I'm a descendant of William Brewster (through his daughter, Patience). He's my 13th-great grandfather. Insane that my family has a family tree going back that far.
It's rare to be able to trace it so it's neat to see, for sure. I met a man from Thailand about 20 years back who was from a poor village region, the only family names he knew were his father and his grandfather, the government didn't keep track of family records. Lotta places like that in the world?
Hi! Elder William Brewster was my great grandfather 11th generations back through Love Brewster. It makes history more alive to me!
How cool, he’s my 8th I believe. My grandfathers (still alive) grand father was William Brewster the 4th or 5th. They named a school after him in San Manuel Texas when my family donated the land for the school.
Me too … Lucy Brewster … on my grandmother’s side ..she knew all that , sadly passed away years back … Lucy was a granddaughter not sure how far back
I'm also a descendant of the Brewster family
This poster is facilitating. I never knew how many came over and then passed away. Thank you for sharing….
I discovered I am a Mayflower descendant last year through Thomas Rogers. I have been reading, watching and researching ever since! Thank you for sharing all of this great info!
Thanks for watching!
We believe we are as well, Rogers here in Illinois
Me too!!!
Have you found out a lot of information?
I am also related to the Roger's.
My grandma said I’m a descendant of Edward Doty, a servant of Hopkins. Every time I gave birth to a child, my mom sent her my kid’s info to add to the genealogy records. I’ve never been interested until recently.
Cool! Edward Doty (and the other Edward in the Hopkins' employ, Leister) were the colony's troublemakers :) They straightened out in the end though. Thanks for checking this out!
Imma Hopkins
@THAIS B I am a Bradford descendent, too.
I'm working on my Doty line as I recently discovered it thanks to GedMatch and Wikitree alerting me on possible connection or I would have overlooked the Doty name in my tree.
I am a descendant of George Soule who also signed the Mayflower Compact. 15:09
My ancestors the Grand Sachem Massasoit from the Wampanoag Tribe have met some of the living crew members from the Mayflower several months after arriving here in America back in March 1621, and he sent Squanto a member of the Patuxet tribe to communicate with the Pilgrims, because he knew how to speak English from being sent to England as a Slave years prior to the 1620 Mayflower Plymouth landing..
I think you're the first Wampanoag commenter here! Thanks for sharing! Squanto had a hard go of it for a few years there, but yeah, he was instrumental in helping Massasoit and the Pilgrims communicate.
If you're interested, I did a follow-up video on their first meeting in March of 1621: ruclips.net/video/aCKIHbDwxaQ/видео.html
Hello cousin! Samoset Osamequin is my 10th great-grandfather, so his brother, Massasoit, is my 10th great-granduncle.
I love seeing these genealogical meetups of descendants facilitated by modern technology! I’m a descendant of one of the last indigenous tribes to be contacted by settlers (all the way on the other coast in the Humboldt Bay). Our stories are a uniquely American story and I hope everyone in this nation will feel comfortable learning the Indigenous story right along with the colonial story and embracing it as their national history.
@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 I have enjoyed reading up on the Native tribes, always on the lookout for a good nonfiction if you've got a suggestion. Most of the Mayflower stuff I've read has been surprisingly detailed about the Wampanoags, and I've read up on the Comanche and Navajo a little. Let me know what else is good.
His first question was classic: "Englishmen, do you have any beer?" They don't teach you that in school!
I was born in Hertford, county town of Hertfordshire, England. We have all sorts of statues, plaques, relics and reminders of people who left to settle in the new world. I can't imagine how tough it must have been.
You can thank William Bradford for our extensive knowledge of the Mayflower passengers and crew and early history of Plymouth. I strongly recommend reading his book "Of Plimoth Plantation." This is basically a journal Bradford kept and added to from time to time in which he tracks the comings and goings of various colonists, major milestones and historical events in the colony. I also recommend "Saints and Strangers" by George Willison. His book fills in a lot of gaps and draws on a number of sources.
Note that in Bradford's book he uses a lot of spellings that may not correspond to the current spellings for various family names not to mention various words in the English language. Spelling was somewhat fluid and inconsistent in those days, especially regarding surnames. Today people get hung up on spelling when researching genealogy and sometimes insist that Stephen Hopkins can't possibly be their ancestor because their family spells it Hoptkins. In my own family there are several instances where an ancestor made a single consonant into a double consonant or vice versa or where F and PH are used interchangeably Even in the title of his book he spells Plymouth as "Plimoth" which is how Plimoth Plantation spells it.
Huge fan of that book, I read passages of it every November. A very valuable piece of history.
@@GrahamBradley Yes and as I understand it, it had not been known to researchers until late in the 19th century and in fact it was almost lost to history on more than one occasion.
That sounds right, I want to say it was post Civil War-ish when it turned up.
@@GrahamBradley I forgot exactly when myself but I think you are right. I think for a while they were calling it the log of the Mayflower thought that was far from accurate. I think it was in England at one point though I don't remember who has it now.
I tried finding a print copy of the Harold Paget edition (the one on Audible) because it has a preface that explains the whole thing, but it's hard to come by. I remember him saying something about that though, like some English university found it and made a big deal about transferring it back to Massachusetts. Very cool story.
There is so much, many Americans are unaware of. With regard to those who made the 'Daunting Journey' at the time. I shall return here, to further digest the history of the people placing themselves at such extreme risk. Again, thanks so much!!
I live in Connecticut and it is amazing what church records, ship manifests, records of people denied revolutionary war military pay, and cemetary records tell us......these records are scattered about the little town libraries all along the northeast coast....it is awesome what our ancestors endured.
We'd all appreciate it a lot more if we studied it. Sounds fascinating where you live.
Look for the name Lobdell, spelling does vary, but my grandfathers owned quite a bit of Connecticut.
I'm descended from three Mayflower families; William White through his son Resolved, Richard Warren through his daughter Abigail and George Soule through his daughter Mary. Just discovered my connection to the last two recently. I now have the honor of sharing this information with my family this Thanksgiving. So grateful that they survived against all odds that first year.
Hello and Happy Thanksgiving! From a long lost cousin on the Soule side
Yes, all of the families intermarried for decades, which wasn't the healthiest genetically speaking. More came over in the next 20 years, but it was the same English families. Probably didn't have much admixture until the earlier part of the last century.
Resolved White was my 10th great grandfather…
Yep, long lost cousins!!
My 1st cousin 9x removed John Haskell married Patience Soule.
I descend from that family of SOBs 🤣 the Billington’s through Francis on my maternal side and through Degory Priest on my paternal side. Degory didn’t make it, but he left a family in the old world who came over later. I also descend from a brother of John Howland, the one who fell overboard and nearly drowned. This was fun to watch.
Oh, those Billingtons! They just kept going, didn't they, haha. Cool lineage you've got there!
I must be your cousin,my mother always said grandpa Bosworth was a real sob,it's cool to see relatives posting here I would never have known about otherwise
I am related to Degory as well. Through my maternal grandmother side.
@@abbyroadme well hello cousin!
Another D.P. relative here. 👋
My husband’s family go back to the Bradfords. And boy are they proud of it. We have the family tree all written out on how they were related.
My father told me we were descended on my great great grandmother's side to William Bradford but I haven't been able to trace that genealogy that far back yet. We may be related somehow!
Great and fascinating video! I am a 15th generation descendant of Francis Cooke who came over with his son, John. His wife and his two other children came over on the Anne to join him in 1623. Francis did a lot of the surveying of all the properties that were given out and laid out the roads. He accompanied Standish when surveying woodlands. Thanks for the enjoyable watch! These folks endured so much. A testimony to the human spirit!
Indeed they did! It's been inspiring to study everything they overcame. Thanks for watching!
Hey cousin!
I'm a decendant of Philip Delano, Francis Cooke was his uncle. Philip followed his uncle on the Fortune. Both the Cooke's and Delano's contributed so much to this country.
Another Francis Cooke descendant here. Did you know that we also include Richard Gere?
@@amberskye3478 I did not know that!
My mother traced our family tree back not quite to the Mayflower. There is a Billington line that splits - one line is from the Mayflower, the other line is not. At that point she was unable to definitely determine which line was "ours" - so therefore my family has a 50/50 chance of being directly descended from the Mayflower Billingtons, a rather dubious honor indeed, what with the negative reputation of the Mayflower Billingtons.
As "they say", be careful how far back you trace your family tree - sooner or later you will encounter a horse thief or a murderer. 🙂
I am from the Mayflower Billington line. Hello possible distant cousin! What an honor indeed 😂
Yup, Benedict Arnold is a distant cousin.
Can confirm as a descendant of a "horse thief."
Nice to meet you, cousins. :)
Hey cousins! 👋
My husband and son are descended from the Brewster family through their son Love Brewster's line. So funny; neither of them could care less about tracing their ancestry, whereas I can't get enough of finding out about it.
I am a direct descendant of Wrestling Brewster!
Mrs. Mary Brewster was born Wentworth, from the Nottinghamshire line, and her mother was a Gascoigne.
Mrs. Mary Brewster was my 11th great aunt
@@grettaarmitage4675 yup me too, his descendant married a Bradford and their grandchild married into the pardee family which is where I come from I think it 10th great grandchild.
my children and Ex huaband come from the brewster family
What a cool poster! I love stuff like this.
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I learned several years ago that my father's family is descended from Peter Browne. And I thought we were just plain Americans, originally from Alabama and now living in Texas where I was born. It is exciting to learn one's heritage.
For sure! I for one am really grateful that my Nana put so much work into keeping track of ours. She's got some family lines researched all the way to the 1400s. Blows my mind sometimes.
Sharon, the Mayflower passengers were from UPPER Class families. The Eldest sons stayed in England, it was the Younger sons that emigrated to America.
@@kellybrown685 Thats interesting to know that about our Pilgrim heritage.
I'm a decendant of Browne also.
I'm a descendant of Sir Peter Browne, and we live in Alabama!
My first ancestor landed in 1638 off of Rowley, Massachusetts to escape the Tyranny of the King. Now the King is back and running every aspect of our lives.
My paternal ancestors left for the same reason. Our land and homes were taken. From Northern Slaughter in the Cotswalds.
This was so interesting! They don’t cover all Of this info in history classes in school & they should ( at least they didn’t when I was in school). I love that poster!
Definitely check out Caleb H. Johnson's book! It's a bit dry if you try to read it cover to cover, but it's a great reference.
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@@GrahamBradley Is this poster available for sale online?
Each and everyone was an absolute maniac to attempt such a mission
One man's mania is another man's courage. It was a different world.
My ancestor was Francis Eaton,his wife was Sarah Hollister,they were my ten times great grand parents!
I am also related to Francis Eaton. If you want to share info my email is: glyndoneaton@yahoo.com
My great something grandfather was Edward Ellis. He came from Wales to James City.
I'm also a decent of Francis Eaton. Hello cousin.
@@CurtisDarkCloud Oopsi I pressed the thumbs down by mistake,sorry cousin!
I am also a descendant of Francis Eaton. He was a carpenter/builder, as I have been told. There is a story, I would love to know more about of how he was a major factor in repairing the mast after the storm during the crossing.
It must have been so difficult. The survivors having to bury their loved ones & whole families.
We surely owe a debt of gratitude to them all. Little did we know the sadness of that first Thanksgiving.
But they gave thanks to God.
They were so humbled to have survived that first year, the feeling in the air must have been incredible.
Only a month later another ship showed up and joined the colony, with 30+ full grown men and they were all hungry. Suddenly food was low again and any Mayflower woman of remotely marriageable age was under a lot of pressure.
Their trials persisted for years. We owe them a great debt for what they endured and why.
It was the peaceful Powhatan who saved the settlers. The Indigenous people were later Thanked by murder and rape. Surviving descendants just received federal recognition last year.
One son did the math and figures about 60,000,000 are direct ancestors from the Mayflower in America. John Alden, Gardner, Standish, Pracilla Mullins, Brewster, Bradford exchange . . . and so on.
Most of the U. S. Presidents, Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, and so on are from the Mayflower folk.
I've never looked into the number, but that's incredible. Nixon, FDR, and the Bushes are direcr descendants of Howland/Tilley alone, so the fact that there are more is interesting.
I am a descendant of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. I am one of many millions.
We’re related lol. I’m also direct descendant John & Priscilla (Mullins), Mullins side.
@@cdunn369 Hi distant cousin! 👋🏻😄
Most of my ancestors seem to have come over in the Great Migration around 1635. I think I'm related to everybody. Even Winston Churchill is a distant cousin (on his mom's side, of course).
This is neat! I'm descended from Alden, Fuller, Hopkins, & White. This visual gives you a good perspective on the survivors and their perilous life in the new world. Thanks!
It's one of the few ads that was targeted at me on social media all last fall that I actually wanted!
I'm a descendant of Stephen Hopkins also. My family came to Massachusetts, and in all these generations, we never left.
Same here! Hi cousins!!!
Rebecca Maed
Hello distant cousin!!!
My great-uncle William Buxton (Uncle Bill) traced our lineage (my maternal side) to John Alden and Priscilla Mullen. He traveled through out the New England area to document his findings. To give you an idea of what he went through; I have a photocopy of his hard work. As he was locating information he in turn TYPE on MIMEOGRAPH PAPER.
Wayyyyy before coping machines and internet. He loved what he was doing and I don't think he would use the internet with what he did. He might have when he got ready to cross the pond to search out more there.
Same here I'm related to constance Hopkins
All of OUR forefathers knew eachother, literally. Nice to meet you all.
Nice to meet you also. My ancestors were John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.
@cynthiaweir5697 hello!
The Mormon ancestor site says I am related to the Billingtons which I have confirmed. The father had a dispute with another man and 10 years later killed the man. He was the first man to be hanged for murder in Massachusetts. He wife was publicly punished for uncivil behavior. One son knocked over a musket on the Mayflower which almost hit a barrel of gunpowder. He had been making firecrackers. His brother wandered away from the settlement and Indians captured him and traded him to another tribe. Squanto and other settlers found him and had to trade to get him back. I was talking to two people whose ancestors were on the Mayflower. When I mentioned the Billingtons she sneered at me and walked away. I saw the Mayflower replica in 1955 in Florida when I was 5. Did not know the ancestors then.
Haha jeez, people getting petty with you over who your Mayflower ancestors were??? Sad thing is, I believe it. Thanks for sharing!
Direct descendent of John Billington here as well! Those other people are just mad we have a colorful history lol. Also more research has been done that leans more too he didn't kill his neighbor, the mayor or leaders of the town framed him for it because they didn't like his family and wanted them out. There's no solid evidence that points to him doing it.
Thanks for the replies and a shout out to my distant cousins!
Are you talking about Family Search? That’s how I found out I had relatives on the Mayflower too. It is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints.
Hello Cousin! So odd for someone to be that petty hundred of years later! My Billington line married into the Eaton and Dr. Samuel Fuller lines, so they must have gotten over things at some point.
I enjoyed your presentation.
I am a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.
I am also a direct descendant of Martin Tichenor. Martin was one of 30 founders of Newark, New Jersey in 1666.
I am also a descendant of Squire Boone(Daniel's father). and Lorenzo Dow Earp(Wyatt's uncle).
There are numerous direct Revolutionary descendants.
The majority of my ancestors were here from 1600's.
If I could find my Cherokee ancestor I would have my complete genealogy for America.
That's a heck of a lineup!
@@GrahamBradley you and about a million other people
Me too, me too! Would that mean you and I are related?
@@newmyr-2556 Hello cousin. There are many notable Alden descendants. Amelia Earhart, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Matt Damon. I'm sure there are more that I am not aware of. I understand there are probably millions of Alden descendants in America. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote about the Alden love story in "The courtship of Miles Standish".
Genealogy is very interesting, you never know what you will find.
@@loritichenor9421 - Hi cousin! Out of curiosity I checked my tree to see if it had a Tichenor. Yup, 1person. Would you happen to have a 'Margaret Newton Tichenor' in your tree? I love genealogy, I agree, it's very interesting!! Catch you in the morning. Nite, nite.
Another book, now out of print, " Saints and Sinners" records many facts regarding these earliest immigrants.
Would you happen to know who wrote that one? I tried looking up the title and got a wide variety.
I wonder if they mean the 1945 book "Saints and Strangers"
I'm one of the great grandchildren of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley,are family name became Bosworth,my sister became a daughter of the revolution. it's always been pretty common knowledge in our family to be related to the descendants of the Mayflower, Grandpa bosworth or John bosworth was supposed to be a real hard ass, LoL. Grandpa bosworth is always been something that we've talked about in the family over the years, and we were always big on Thanksgiving over the years.
Cool! Welcome to the family reunion in the comments, haha
Hello cousin! I’m from your Uncle Henry’s line but also from William White that traveled with your g-dad John.
Welcome to the party!
Hey, me too! They are my 10th great grandparents…..family name now is Ryder
Husband is a Chipman. He married Hope Howland. There is an issue with the line at the Perez Chipman. They are uncles and sons with the same name. Regardless whether it is an uncle or brother, it is still Chipman.
My ancestor arrived in 1634 to Massachusetts Bay Colony, he sailed from Kent, England on the Hercules.
Some of the Pilgrims were textile workers. I also became a textile worker for over 37 years. I was a Fuller Mill operator for one of the biggest Woolen Mills in the country. Mill shut down in December of 2018. After 183 years of consecutive years of Operation.
I think even the name Fuller is an occupational title for someone who works with wool textiles ❤
wow. how sad the mill closed after 183 years. i've always believed that people's abilities are in the blood!
Roger's, Chilton, Standish, Brewster, Allerton, Priest, Mullins, Bradford, Doty, Warren, Alden, Winslow, White-Carver. I am forever grateful and proud do be the descendant of these brave men and women. My grandparents birthed our nation, and in time made me. Thank you for this video, I am trying to learn all I can about my heritage and I am finding that it is linked with the history of america from the beginning until now.
Fantastic! I highly recommend Rebecca Fraser's "Mayflower" book to learn more about them.
Hello cousin. I am related to William Brewster and Richard Warren.
@@davyhenry8985 what's up, crazy how many people we are related too at this point. I know I have at least 50000 traceable cousins in the us, which is really weird to think about.
@@GrahamBradley I will definitely give that a read, thank you for the info!
I am a dependent of the Winslow who wrote a letter decrbing the Thanksgiving feast.
So incredibly interesting, you did a fantastic job remembering all of that
Thank you! It's a fascinating subject, there are some good books out there about them all.
Edward Fuller is my 10th great grandfather. I can’t imagine what they all went through to come here.
I'm descended from either Edward or Samuel Fuller - I forget which (related to both of course). My grandfather's (Harold Sherrod) mother's maiden name was Ellen Fuller (her aunt was Sarah Fuller who taught Helen Keller how to articulate words with her mouth (not to be confused with Annie Sullivan who made the initial breakthrough with communicating with Helen Keller). My grandfather Harold's brother (Max Sherrod) led a number of people from Michigan to homestead in Alaska, and is well-known in Alaska history. I'm curious to know exactly how you and I are related. Dan Ross in Michigan P.S. - by the way, Barack Obama also traces back to the Fullers (I'm not an Obama fan)
I’m decendant of Standish, Alden, Winslow, Bradford, Cooke, Brewster, howland, and Hopkins
Quite the lineup!
@@GrahamBradley Ight bet
I'm related to Alden, Hopkins and Mullins.
I'm descended from John Alden & Pricilla Mullens and Myles Standish & Rose (nln) through the marriage of their children. The are my 13th great grandparents
@@laurene5806 nice
That was fascinating. I’m a DAR daughter and love learning about the history of the early Colonists. My ancestors do not go back quite that far. Thanks you for sharing 😊
Thank you for watching! DAR membership is still pretty cool, who were some of your Revolution ancestors?
@@GrahamBradley Anthony Arnold, Sr. From Mt. Savage Maryland. He signed the Oath of Fidelity. He was my entry into DAR. I have other ancestors but I need to document my lineage. I live just outside of DC so I can easily access the DAR library. Well, not so easily these days 😊
@@myhappynest6125 Haha yeah you might have to hop a fence or two, but that's cool!
You may be a mayflower ancestor as well . Keep digging .
My husband’s family are decedents of the Brewster family. His aunt is part of the Wright brothers. (1st airplane) This is so interesting! Thanks for the video!
Brewster here too, Grandmother Bartlett from Maine.
@@maralisil very cool. 🙂
I'm a Brewster descendant as well! :D
My family is direct descendants of John and Elisabeth. Thank you for posting this!
Thanks for watching, glad he made it!
I am a Mayflower descendant. My great, great ........grandfather was George Soules.
Mine too . Hi distant cousin 😀
I'm a descendant of George Soules also, I'm descended from his son George.
Mine aswell, nice to meet you very distant cousin
I'm a William and Mary Brewster Descendent. On my mother's side. William Brewster was the Pilgrims Spiritual Leader and basically was Pasturing the Pilgrims. He also was a very close friend of William Bradford. Pasture Robinson stayed back In either Holland or England . Patience and Fear were two other children of William and Mary Brewster. They joined the colony later. All but four women died the first year.
So I lived in Griswold ct. Brewster rd. At the end was brewsters orchards. I worked there. Jimmy and Simon Brewster were desendents.
Any info?
@Paul-mp2mj Can't say for sure, do they have any contact info?
@@GrahamBradley
Hello, unfortunately no. This was back in 79, 80 . They both have passed. Such great memories tho being 9 years old , learned how to drive from a tractor. Milking cows
Jimmy was the horse guy, Si
d was the apple and cow side, Sid for Simon . Great people.
I could go on and on. Blessed I've been.
I had met their mother at that time and she was 90s. They would tell me stories,
their dependents.
Samuel Fuller (doctor) was my multi- grandfather through my father's lineage. I have heard that up to 30% of Americans can claim descent through Mayflower participants.
Oddly he is mine through both my mother and father’s family.
Hi Cousin
Supposedly a distant relation of mine as well as William Orcutt who lived there a little later.
That sounds way excessive.
I think I read somewhere that John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley are the ancestors of over 1 million descendants. I don’t know about that 30% number though...
My goodness, I did not know it existed. My wife and I both come from the Mayflower and Plymouth Colony heritage. My mother, father and mother-in-law. Probably my father-in-law as well, if I ever trace it out. It's my family. My mother's side also goes back to James Fort, later renamed "Jamestown" in Virginia Colony. It just nice to know. America, even before the European settlements and colonies, is my family history. We want all the way across to where my brother and I were born on the west side of the Pacific. Then came all the way back to Virginia (my sister to Maine and one if her sons to Boston) where we now live. 414 years of moving West! Then back East. Family tracing back to Virginia Colony and Plymouth Colony now in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, to Wyoming, Missouri, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Maine and Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, to Florida and other States! Thank you for the list.
I was so excited to discover your video. John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley are my 10th Great grandparents on my dad’s side. We always knew that they were also ancestors to four US presidents but I just learned from you that Joseph Smith was a descendent of John Howland. Learn something new every day. We also have Wampanoag and Narragansett ancestors.Thanks for this great video.
I also am from that branch on my mom's side. I found a distant relative of my maternal grandfather and his public family tree and traced his ancestor to where ours were mutual and then found the Tilleys!
I’m a Howland descendant too. Dickerson/Dickinson surname where is your family located?
@@FLORIDA_MAN_813 Family name is now Ryder. Still on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Yep. Howland and Tilley descendant here too
Both of my mother's parents go directly to the Mayflower, including William White and his son, Perrgrine. Her dad is from the Hubbard line thinkMy mother is 96 years old and lives by herself in Augusta Maine and takes care of herself to this day. That's called stubborn Strong genes.
I also have Hubbards on that side of my family!
I am related to Peregrine White
Thank you for paying attention to history and family. I’m 13th direct from two you mentioned. My brother had a roommate who carried the family name, we retained one of the artifacts through the female line, so they were distant cousins. He was disappointed not to have any memorabilia, my brother laughed and said, “You have the name! “. (First on your list)
On my mother's mother side of the family, that family was called "after planters", because the Pilgrams were the first planters. My grandmother's family came to America in 1635 and some of them married into the surviving pilgrim families. Through marriage, I am related to quite a few descendants of the pilgrims. This was fun to watch, thank you.
I am Australian and just found my father's biological father. He was given up at birth. On that family line, my second great grandfathe is an American who moved to Victoria in the 1840s. Went back on that line, and I found out I am related to the Allerron family. Hearing that Isaac Allerton was the bookkeeper and a bad one is interesting.
Quite a family line you've got!
I'm keen to find another book on the Allertons, someone else here in the comments is related to them and he said the bad bookkeeping reputation was undeserved. I don't know, I will have to read more.
From what i understand he had a ponzi scheme going and they lynched him. 😢 just kidding
I’m a descendant of the Allerton and the Brewster family. William Brewster IV is my 11th great grandfather. His daughter married Isaac Allerton. I didn’t realize that Allerton was a con. I have lots of reading to do.
Interesting information. H W Longfellow gave a fascinating account of the first American love triangle called "The courtship of Miles Standish". This is an account of my family connection with the Mayflower. Priscilla Mullins and John Aldon were my ancestors.
Linus made a reference to that in the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving cartoon!
Mine too! ❤
Yes, mine were as well AND thanks to this post and all of the wonderful people who have commented I have now found out that H W Longfellow was also a descendant of theirs!
My family history also shows many early presidents and other famous celebrities who have mutual connections. Many generations of descendents.
Alden. If you're related, the least you could do is spell it right.
For starters, I enjoyed your video. It is a wonderful summary of the people of the Mayflower! It caught my attention because on Relative Finder it shows as direct common ancestors John Alden, Love Brewster, John Howland, Richard Warren, William Mullins and John Tilley are my 11th, 12th, and 13th great grandfathers with Priscilla Mullins and Elizabeth Tilly as great grandmothers. Edward Winslow as a 11th Great Uncle and Christopher Jones, Henry Samson, Elizabeth Fisher and Myles Standish as 3rd, 4th, and 5th cousins. This video helped enrichen my own understanding of my family history more. Thank you!
Perigrin White was born on the Mayflower and should be added to the family group.😊
My decendant ❤
My grand-mother was a Spaulding and they came a few years before the Mayflower, Spaulding was an indentured servants to Sir Yeardley. Many of this earlier group died from starving I believe. Then the Tilley woman I'm related to her as well on the Mayflower. So I have so many cousins that are presidents and such because of the earlier people, when people come this early you can so many cousins, 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th, that you have so many times removed and it's interesting. Even Queen Elizabeth's mother, my grand-mother Spaulding line goes into hers. Spaulding was misspelled on the paperwork from that ship. And then I found I was related to both Joseph Smith and Emma.
I suspect that you are talking about Jamestown- not the Mayflower.
So many relatives you should all get together and do a photoshoot.how interesting that would be.
We would need a football stadium!
i am related, but I will refuse the photoshoot.
I love the poster. It has really helped me as I have put my tree together. I keep coming back to your video to see the passengers and survivors. So far my family are descendants from Brewsters Cooke’s Chilton Hopkins Winslow’s Warren and Latham.
The 400th Thanksgiving is extremely special because my son was born and has his BD on this Thanksgiving.
So thank you for sharing this poster and your knowledge so others can make their connections.
Wow, I'm glad it's been useful for you and your family! High five to your son this year!
It's amazing that a lot of Americans come from this few. Even I'm from these guys, but I remember that given enough time, we all are related to common ancestors.
I'm a direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, Edward Fuller, Samuel Fuller. Richard Warren. Also Richard More and his 3 siblings. Yes Jasper was Richard and Mary's siblings along with Elinor. Richard and his siblings were the only ones with documented royal ancestry. Their mother had an affair. None of the children were her husbands. She lost custody in a divorce. He then handed the kids over to the Puritans where they were divided up between several of the families as indentured servants. Richard More had an interesting life, he lived long enough to witness the Salem witch trails. I always thought his life would make an interesting movie.
I'm apparently finding cousins here. on my mom's side we are descended from Alden as well.
I am also related to John and Priscilla Aldon. Have you read "The courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
@Darrelas Not yet, I keep getting sidetracked whenever I think about it
@NeTxGrl Howdy Neighbor! I'm in North Texas.
In the last 3 days I discovered I am related to three of the Mayflower passengers. I was so surprised and thrilled!
Me too. But there are six million of us now, isn't that wild?
Genealogy has been my new obsessey project, and it's fun because, for me at least, it leads to learning more about history. And I've always loved this country, but am more grateful to live here now.
Edward Fuller I think is my 12x great grandfather and he and his wife died after just being here a short time. They were so brave.
On wow, there he is! This poster is very cool, thanks for sharing it.
I’m a descendant of Constanca Hopkins.
She married Nicolas Snow, who came over in 1623.
Stephen Hopkins is my 10x great-grandfather.
Very cool! I loved the book about her by Patricia Clapp.
@@madiantin I just now ordered the book, thank you 🙂
@@maryperry1773 Wonderful! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
She had 13 children
Thanks for the great video!! I am the great grand nephew of Samuel and Edward Fuller. My great grandfather, Sir Thomas Fuller of Redenhall was their brother.
Wow, that's pretty cool!
Another Fuller here through Edward and his son Samuel. That's interesting about the other brother, Thomas. Also, the doctor, Samuel being a brother and Mayflower/colony doctor..
I was surprised to find out that Mary Chilton is my 10th great grandmother. Im obsessed with her story. Which also makes Winslow my 10th great grandfather.
What’s up cuz?
Me, too, cuz!
im related to the Winslows through my dads side of my family tree...fun fact
I'm a decendent of Myles Standish.
Hi cousin!!
Hello Cousins! My direct 10th great grandparents include, Richard Warren, Nicholas Snow + Constance Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins + Elizabeth Fisher, John TIlley + Joan Hurst, John Howland + Elizabeth Tilley, and Francis Cooke. It's amazing to see others here that I am related to. I have a strong independent streak ;-)
Edward Doty is an ancestor of mine, so I got a good laugh you calling him an idiot! My Mom, told me he was always in trouble and that he was involved in a duel down by the shore that had to be broken up. I have had the impression that he did fairly well for himself later in life. Fun video! Thanks!
Yeah, he straightened up! But he and Edward Leister were often in trouble as youths.
I am also a descendant of Edward Doty. My Mother studied Genealogy and my two younger Brothers and Mother (Deceased 2001), all belonged to Mayflower societies. I am 64 and was not invited to join but I am very proud of this fascinating person who was the 40th signer of the Mayflower Compact and went on to eventually become a free and successful man.
This was very interesting. I am a descendent of Richard Warren. I have a book about the Warren’s and how they are part of our family tree and another book about the Stickney’s going back to the 1400s.
Hello, Ken! I'm a descendant of Warren as well. Can you tell me the title of this book, please?
Richard Warren
His 3 daughters and 2 sons on one website said now a days have 13 million descendants a lot of cousins
John Warren
I’m a direct descendant of William and Susanna (née Jackson) White (remarried to Edward Winslow) through Peregrine White’s lineage. Peregrine was the first birth in the new colony. Edward and Susanna were the first marriage to take place in the colony.
Hey cousin! I'm currently reading Nathaniel Philbrick's book and trying to dig deeper into family history. I'm one of the last Winslows from a line going back to Kenelm Winslow's line (not pictured in the above video), so all Winslow family lore attracts my attention. My succession of Winslows goes from Lynwood jr. (my dad, b. 1943) < Lynnwood Sr. < Albert < Erastus ... before whom, I'm not sure of the connection between Erastus and Kenelm (much earlier). Big gap of several generations there, I know.
I am also directly related to Peregrine White (even still carry on the last name!). A cousin of mine has traced our lineage back to I believe the 1300s. It is quite fascinating! It is one of my lifes goals to go see Peregrines homestead and I believe they still have his bassinet and the pocket watch the captain of the Mayflower gifted him on display!
Me too!
Karlie White I went to the Plymouth Museum about a decade ago and they had the bassinet on display. Super cool to see things in person rather than in a book or on a website.
@@chrissyuful that would be amazing to see and I totally agree! Nothing is the same in person vs a book!!
I'm a Doty and I've always bragged I had an ancestor on the mayflower... after hearing this I'm going to stop bragging...LOL
Haha it's okay, he straightened up!
I am a Doty also. I like that he wasn't accepted by the separatists. I feel better that he was a 12 or 13 year old servant (orphaned) and not a colonizer.
I’m a Doty too how cool, ever want to connect mad4mutts@yahoo.com. You can look up info on Edward Doty on Plymouth plantation he was a indentured servant and quite a theft
Another Doty here!
Grandmother on father's side maiden name Doty. My great grandfather was Walter Doty and was assistant deputy warden at West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville. I remember him as a young boy and he was quite a colorful character and I fondly remember stories about him from my dad and grandmother.
I know they both passed away never knowing that they were related to Edward Doty. My grandmother would have been blown away knowing our relationship to the original Mayflower passengers.
In fact the land that the Mayflower Society resides on was great grandfather Doty's land. He ended up cleaning up his act and became a successful land owner.
My son was contacted by Ancestry.Com and determined the direct lineage.
My sister in law is married to a Doty ,he said that Doty was a stowaway ,lol,he still got here !
I have this set of graphics myself; they are a sobering reminder to me. Only THREE pairs of man and wife survived that ordeal, the Brewsters were one of them. I owe my existence to the hardiness of my 10th-great-grandparents.
I'm descended from Francis Eaton 'tho I know less about that than my mothers family. My middle name is Macy and my 9th great-grandfather was Thomas Macy who was one of the original 8 who purchased Nantucket from, I believe, New York and was the first white settler there. I grew up in Arizona and have never been to either Plymouth or Nantucket; I suppose I should make a pilgrimage someday to honor the families and my heritage.
That would be a great trip, I've never made it out there either but the more I research Plymouth, the more I want to see it.
You should definitely go to Nantucket
@@sandramichaud2339 Yes I should, my time is not infinite.
William Bradford is my 10th greatgrandfather. His first wife, Dorothy, fell overboard and drowned after the Mayflower landed in Plymouth. William married a second wife, Alice, and I am related through their son, Joseph. I became interested in genealogy not long ago, and find it so interesting. Thank you for your information.
Thanks for sharing! I recently watched "Saints and Strangers" which was a 2015 miniseries about the Mayflower, they went with the theory that Dorothy committed suicide because she was depressed and missed her son, John (they left him with relatives in England.)
Bradford never confirmed whether he thought she did or not. There's still a debate over it to this day, with some evidence in favor, but nothing conclusive.
Bradford sure endured a lot of loss in those years.
@@GrahamBradley I've heard about the possibility of Dorothy's suicide, also. No one knows for sure what really happened, and at this point, no one ever will. That first, terrible winter when so many of the Mayflower passengers died reduced their number, and many more would have died had it not been for the Native Americans coming to their rescue. Bradford was resilient and did the best he could for his people and for himself. He did have a tough go of it from what I've read. Thanks again for your hard work and a good presentation.
Hi cousin! I'm a descendant of Bradford too, but we've lost the genealogical records that show it. My uncle spent years researching and wrote a short book about it just for the family, he was able to go all the way back to around 500AD in Normandy. He died some years ago and nobody can find the book.
what was his name? I have been told we are descendents too, but I have not gone back that far. We have a great many Bradford's in our family.
He’s supposed to be my 9th great grandfather. I was born in the 90s. I don’t know much other than this is what my mom told me lol
We knew we had 2 relatives on the Mayflower but my Aunt recently found we had 13 relatives on the Mayflower. Find it absolutely amazing what they endured.
Holy cow, that's the most I've heard of.
I'm gonna do another video soon about this, it's a favorite topic of mine.
Cooke, Hopkins, Rogers,Roger's, Soule, Warren, Brewster, Howland. These are all the families that are in our direct line. I misspoke when I said 13. We are related on our Smith and Haliburton family trees.
@@GrahamBradley I put the family names in second comment. Thank you for your video!
@@deedeestiles5418 well if you've got Howland presumably you've got Tilley and she was related to all the other Tilleys who sadly passed
Wow,.. I'm related to 13 as well... I bet it's appropriate to say, "hi cuz!!". Lol
We joke about celebrities naming their kids weird things, but these kids names are wild, lol. But I actually like most of them. I think it’s so cute they named the baby born at sea “Oceanus”.
I've recently found out I'm a decendant of his father Stephan and his son Giles, who Stephen had with his late wife Mary.
@@MuseMarketing I’m a descendant of Constance, Giles sister.
@@MuseMarketing so is Allison Janney. You should watch her episode of "Who Do You Think You Are."
I was looking at the first descendants of Brewster and one of the children was named Fear.
Roger Williams was later an important figure amongst the Pilgrims as well after he came to America in 1630 and tried to announce The Separation of Church & State onboard The Lyon in 1631 which was shot down for the first 5 years before it began to gain ground. Of course, Roger Williams was the first governor of Rhode Island nominated The Founder of Rhode Island who was once a student of Sir Edward Coke who came out with The Petition of Rights (1628), in which, later became known as The Parliament Bill of Rights in 1689 which was when King James II was removed from the throne and replaced by his nephew, Prince William of Orange otherwise known as Prince William The III. Also, Pastor John Robison who helped organize The Mayflower was once a follower of English Minister John Smyth (encyclopedias) who died in Amsterdam, Holland in 1612. That was the same year that Rev. Edward Wightman, my direct ancestor, was burned at the stake by King James I also known as King James VI.
Rev. Edward Wightman was The Last Protestant Martyr from the first Protestant Martyr of many, John Rogers, who was burned at the stake by Queen Mary I in 1555 who set out to edit the errors and publish William Tyndale's New Testament Bible that became The King James Version of The Bible. William Tyndale and Martin Luther influenced Queen Anne Boleyn according to the Tudor Society out of London.
On The 15th of November, 1501, Prince Arthur Tudor married Catherine of Aragon, a strict Catholic from Spain. They were both 15 years old when they married. However, Arthur Tudor died on the 2nd of April 1502 after 5 months of marriage.
On June 11th, 1509, Prince Henry Tudor, also known as King Henry VIII, married Catherine of Aragon, & his eldest daughter's name was Mary Tudor born February 18, 1516 also known as Queen Mary I.
King Henry VIII also had a son born on the 15th of June, 1519, Henry Fitzroy, but he was the son of his mistress, Elizabeth Blount. Henry Fitzroy was illegit to succeed to the throne.
King Henry VIII's 2nd daughter was, Elizabeth Tudor, born on the 7 September 1533 named after her grandmother, Elizabeth of York. Elizabeth Tudor was King Henry VIII & Queen Anne Boleyn's daughter after they married on the 25th of January 1533.
King Henry VIII had another son, Edward VI or Edward Tudor, born on the 12th of October 1537, with Jane Seymour, his 3rd wife of six wives.
Queen Anne Boleyn was influenced by Martin Luther & William Tyndale according to The Tudor Society out of London. Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's most trusted advisor, suggested to King Henry VIII that he establish his own church after Pope Clement VII sent King Henry VIII a letter on January 5, 1531 refusing to allow King Henry VIII to nullify his marriage to Queen Catherine of Aragon or he would face excommunication from The Roman Catholic Church. Of course, after Anne Boleyn became pregnant, King Henry VIII didn't want Anne having his child out of wedlock. That is when Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's most trusted advisor, suggested to King Henry VIII that he should form his own church in order to marry Anne Boleyn (Protestant).
My grandmother is Swedish and her great grandmother came to America on the Mayflower
I had 3 families on the Mayflower.
Two on my mother's side and 1 on my father's side.
Nice! Lucky they made it through! Do you know which families?
I descend from Stephen Hopkins. He did not marry Susanna White. In his will, witnessed by Capt Myles Standish and Gov William Bradford soon before his death mid 1644, he mentions his deceased wife Elizabeth, and his wish to be buried next to her. They had 5 more children born to them after their arrival, not including the toddler, and baby born on the way.
The two older children were from his first wife, Mary Poole Hopkins, who had died earlier.
I addressed that later in the video, which has gotten much more views than I ever expected, haha. Thanks for watching.
I've got three family connections to the Mayflower. On my mom's side, James Chilton is my 10th great-grandfather. He died while the ship was anchored off the tip of Cape Cod before they made it to Plymouth. He was the oldest passenger. Little is known about his wife, but she died soon after. I am descended through their daughter Isabella who came over from Leiden about ten years later with her husband Roger Chandler. On my dad's side, Edward Winslow Senior is my 10th great-grandfather. He is the father of the Edward Winslow (9th great-granduncle) who was the passenger on the Mayflower. I am descended through his other son Kenelm (9th ggf) and his son Kenelm (8th ggf) and his son Kenelm (7th ggf). The third connection is also on my dad's side. My 1st cousin 9x removed John Haskell, son of Roger Haskell (who had settled in Beverly in 1635 when it was still part of Salem) married Patience Soule, daughter of George Soule, Mayflower passenger, Compact signer, and indentured servant of Edward Winslow Jr.. John moved down to Middleborough in Plymouth Colony and they lived on land that George had willed to Patience.
Tangential family history: John's brother Mark married a woman named Mary Goodale Smith whose uncle Jacob Goodale was beaten to death by his employer Giles Corey for allegedly stealing some apples in 1675 (Giles was pressed to death in 1692 for not entering a plea to the charge of witchcraft). Meanwhile, Mark was called for jury duty in the trials, but he was a freethinker and thought that witchcraft and witch trials were nonsense, which if he had admitted to would have been the same as admitting to witchcraft, so he skipped town and moved down to Rochester in Plymouth Colony nearer to his brother John. Mark's great-grandson Colonel Elnathan Haskell is pictured in John Trumbull's painting "The Surrender of General Burgoyne" which is hanging in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda (he's 7th from the right with the red lapels). Elnathan moved to South Carolina after the Revolution. Elnathan's grandson Charles Thomson Haskell Jr. was killed defending the fortifications on Morris Island in 1863, his other grandson William Thomson Haskell was killed at Gettysburg and two others, Lt. Col. John Cheves Haskell and Col. Alexander Cheves Haskell, were asked by General Lee to lead the artillery and cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, respectively, to the surrender at Appomattox. Alexander was appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court after supporting Wade Hampton for Governor in 1876 and in 1890 he broke from the Democratic majority and ran against Benjamin Tillman (didn't win, tho'). Alexander's daughter Mary Elizabeth Haskell met Kahlil Gibran in the early 1900s and became his intimate friend and financial benefactor, and she is who the character Almitra is based on in his book The Prophet.
Meanwhile, my branch of the Haskell family tree stayed in Essex County (Beverly, Gloucester, Newbury/Newburyport) from 1635 until my great-grandfather George Whitefield Haskell Jr. moved to Maine. They missed all the fun my distant uncles and cousins had, except for my 4th ggf Caleb Haskell, who was a Patriot soldier in the Revolution. He wrote a diary that has been published about his experiences at the Siege of Boston, Bunker's Hill, and Arnold's expedition to Quebec where he got smallpox and was court-martialed for not re-enlisting after his enlistment expired (they were desperate to hang onto what little manpower they had).
Thank you for sharing all this!
One of the passengers, servant John Howland, was my greatx15 grandfather.
My husband had an part-American great-grandmother (we're Canadian). I didnt expect to find an ancestor on the Mayflower, but I found two so far, Richard Warren and Francis Cooke. I believe there is also a Chilton connection. From the Fortune, Anne & Little James I've discovered about 6 more ancestors.
Awesome! I suspect some of your American ancestors just pushed north over the years, then?
Welcome to the family reunion!
@@GrahamBradleytwo of his 4x great-grandparents came up around 1795. Then their grandson (2x great-grandfather) married in Maine. They moved back to Canada just after my husband's great-grandmother was born.
James Chilton is my 10th ggf through his daughter Isabella Chandler who came over ten years later. I like to say that I'm 1/32 Canadian because my 3rd great-grandmother Fannie Matilda Betts (married Caleb Haskell, son of Caleb, son of Caleb) was the daughter of Loyalists Dr. Azor and Gloriannah Purdy Betts who moved to soon-to-be New Brunswick in 1783 with the Spring Fleet. Azor has a Wikipedia page and is mentioned on the Founders Online site under General Orders 26 May 1776.
@@GrahamBradley
Upwards to around 100,000 Americans fled to Canada to avoid political persecution during and after the Revolution. Revolutionary governments can be very intolerant and hostile to those who disagree. In 1776 Congress passed the Tory Act which basically made it a punishable crime to disagree with the government (in January, six months to the day before they supposedly threw off the shackles of tyranny).
I am a descendant of Brewster *and* with Standish (via Sarah Allen who married Josiah Standish, Myles son) as an ancestor on my mother’s side, but more interesting is that one of my ancestors was Robert May who helped settle Jamestown, with other ancestors who settled Cape May (Mey) and Mays Landing NJ later on. On my fathers side, my great grandmother X8 was Hannah Dustin (Dusten/Dustan) of Massachusetts, where statues where built in her honor for the slaughter of indigenous people (in self defense after they killed her baby and kidnapped her) and many streets and schools are named after her. The worst thing I’ve discovered through census reports is having a great great that owned a 14 year old slave girl on the eastern shore of Maryland (I actually wept for 2 days and stopped doing ancestry research for a year). You *never* realize how enormous your ancestry is until you start actually doing decades of research.
Wow, that's incredible.
It's such a huge web and you find amazing things in it. Thanks for sharing.
I put an offer in on a house a few years ago. Unfortunately it was sold to another buyer. When I did a little research I found out it was William Brewster's old house in Scrooby Nottinghamshire. Its was owned by Williams father who was also the post master for the area. Beautiful old cottage next to the village church. I keep checking to see if it has come up for sale again.
Heartbreaker!!!
@@GrahamBradley if you Google old vicarage scrooby uk, you can see the pictures.
Thank you for that information ! William Brewster is my ancestor. I will look for that cottage.
@@joanmavima5423 just google "the old vicarage Scrooby, Nottinghamshire" you will see it. 👍
I knew that my ancestor, Edward Doty, was a rogue. lol Eventually, he was freed and became a fairly well-to-do man. One of his descendants was one of the few famous women of the Revolutionary War era, Mercy Otis Warren. He was my 9th great grandfather.
Now that I did not know, very cool! Glad he got back on the straight and narrow, haha.
I am descended from Edward Doty!!
My wife decended from Doty. Mine were the Fullers.
So cool to see so many distant relatives I/we have!! Never knew too much about Edward Doty other than he was a bit of a trouble maker.
Another decedent of Edward Doty....35th generation.
Although not quite as early as this crowd, my maternal line arrived in Connecticut in the 1650's.
I am a direct descendant of Stephen Hopkins and Constance Fisher through their daughter Deborah Hopkins who married Andrew Ring, born in Leyden, Holland. Stephen was portrayed by Shakespeare in the Tempest. He was the shipwrecked Stefano. Hopkins and his boys always volunteered for the dangerous jobs. Remember, Hopkins knew Squanto.
I am related to Stephen Hopkins through his daughter, Constance. Stephen was a Stranger, one of the nonreligious members of the company.
your are not just believing the lies pass down
I am a Hopkins descendent, too. Hi, cousin!
My grand uncle/ my grandpas brother is big into our family history and my ancestors are from the mayflower witch my family’s last name “may” and my grand uncle told me that Dorothy didn’t make it and drowned and me watching this video gave me the chills. Another “cool” family history is one of my ancestors is part of the Boston tea party and another one on my ancestors is the doctor that examined John booth Abraham Lincoln killer and another ancestor founded Mayville Wisconsin.
My family came over on the mayflower we are part of the mayflower society. And I do see the name and they are also part of the people who stayed. This is neat thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I just found out today that I am related to Stephen Hopkins through his daughter Constance. Interesting that Stephen had been to Jamestown prior, I did not know that!
Cool! And yeah he had quite the adventure, he was shipwrecked for almost a year before he got there.
WOW, so am I. Constance's hat is in the Plymouth Museum. He was in Jamestown prior - that's why he was asked to go back to the New World. He had been shipwrecked on Bermuda, and they made it to Jamestown. He then went back to England, remarried, then agreed to go back on the Mayflower. He was a good friend of Squanto.
@@GrahamBradley And sentenced to death for mutiny! But the sailors took pity on him and saved him. The incident is thought to have inspired 'The Tempest' by Shakespeare, with Stephen inspiring Stephano.
@@suzeaa I've been meaning to read the book about him that just came out last year, hopefully it goes into more detail about that. Tempest is my favorite Shakespeare piece.
Hi Cousin! Yeah Stephen was at Jamestown indentured to the preacher, and because he could read, was assigned to helping with the Sunday services. He may have held the bible during the wedding of Pocahontas and john rolfe. He returned to England shortly after that wedding due to the death of his wife and may have traveled with newlyweds on that ship.
saw your superchat on Rekieta so thought I'd sub. good luck hitting 1k! You're really close!
Thank you! Never grifted on another channel before and I was nervous but the response has been excellent. Hope you like the content!
Thank you so much for this presentation‼️
It saved me SO MUCH time & research, in finding said information❣️
I'm a Howland-Tilly when you get that far back in time.
Nice!
Same! I am their 10th great granddaughter!
@@valerier3673 wow! I’m their 11th great grand daughter!
I am a 9th great granddaughter as well 😊
I’m they 10th parental Grandparents 🤗
As a descendant of the Billingtons, AKA "America's 1st Juvenile Delinquients" I apologize on their behalf. The rest of us turned out okay.
Haha they were quite a difficult bunch weren't they?
@@GrahamBradley I can't begin to tell you how things progressed from there before they leveled off so to speak. LOL Witch trials and everything...what a kick in the head doing my family tree has been :)
What a delightful reply. I suspect that a propensity to hijinks included a good sense of humor :-)
I also descend from the Billington’s through Francis, nearly blew up the ship before everyone got off!
@@ELMICH31 Well hello cousin! LOL I found on ebay 2 great childrens books you must get. One is John Billington friend of Squanto and the other is (my fave of the two) Two Bad Pilgrims.
My best friend, his 5th great grandmother was Abigail Van Nickerson, he is a direct decendant of John Adams, her name is on the register. Most of his family lives somewhere in Maine
I love this...thank you. I'm a descendent of Cooke, Chilton & Fuller. That's how my mom found our connection to Lucy Mack Smith. Proud heritage.
Ancestors from the mayflower here. It would be an interesting movie to see the whole journey reenacted with the true story of their experience. Thank you for sharing!
NatGeo did a mini series in 2015 called "Saints and Strangers," I've only seen half of it but that part was very very close to what actually happened. Worth checking out!
I've got ancestors from maternal and paternal sides that came on the Mayflower. I wish I knew more about them and their journey. It's fascinating.
Definitely check out the books I mentioned! They're fascinating. "The Mayflower and Her Passengers" by Caleb H. Johnson, and "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick.
I am a proud Billington descendant who has never been pilloried, horsewhipped, imprisoned, or hanged. The Pilgrims didn’t like the Billingtons, and I believe the feeling was mutual. Notwithstanding the ill feelings, it is reported that there was an attitude of great sorrow when Big John was executed. There are many Billington descendants. I have a sister-in-law who is one of them.
Hello, my name is Sonny Soule'. I ran across this video and I am a direct decendent of George Soule'. I appreciate this information you put out and have tried to research our family history and have found a little bit of information on our family but if you have any more information I sure would appreciate anything you can provide.
Most people when pronouncing my last name pronounce like you did in your video. My family going back to my great great grandfather have pronounced our last name with the pronunciation like sue and lay as in frito lay with an accent mark over the last letter e.
Thank you for this video and any further info you have
Hiram Ellsworth Soule'
Nick name Sonny
Greetings Soule cousin. I have all the names from current back to grandpa George. - George Soule, Susannah Soule, Susannah West, Ruth Barber, Caleb Bentley, Uriah Bentley, Alexander Bentley, Gustavus Adolphus Bentley, Gustavus Edwards Bentley & Gustavus Andrews Bentley - My grandfather
Great video! I got my mom this poster for Christmas. We are descendants of the young Samuel Fuller
Edward Doty is my 11th generation ancestor. And since he survived, I guess he was smarter than most.
I am also a descendant of Edward Doty. My Mother studied Genealogy and my two younger Brothers and Mother (Deceased 2001), all belonged to Mayflower societies. I am 64 and was not invited to join but I am very proud of this fascinating person who was the 40th signer of the Mayflower Compact and went on to eventually become a free and successful man.
Interesting posters and video! According to my family tree, I'm a descendant of John Alden, Pricilla Mullins, Richard Warren, and Edward Doty. And my husband might be a descendant of the Brewsters.
My husband is a descent of John and Priscilla too, as well as Myles Standish and the Mullins and a couple more (on both his parents’ sides.)
Richard Warren
His 3 daughters and 2 sons nowadays have over 13 million descendants according to one website a lot of cousins
John Warren
Thanks for the tour of the Mayflower occupants.
My family was Moses Fletcher who would be an uncle and John Billington, Samuel Fuller and Hopkins!!!
Howdy to my distant cousin! Edward Fuller is my 11th Great Grandfather. 🤗
@@hurricanehan6073 Howdy right back!!
@RetroSongHits that is so neat! He was from cockermouth england
@RetroSongHits Cockermouth is where they came from in England!
Hey Cousin! Moses Fletcher is my 12th Great grandfather :)
My family and I, are direct descendants of William Bradford. To say we're so proud to be able to show the descendancy from the amazing founding fathers, is an understatement. To be members of such a core history as the early settlers of our great nation. That's all well and good, but the interesting thing to me is the often astonishing, apparently genetic origins of certain personal traits, characteristics of those original people, etc. that do seem to be evident .. even to this day in current descendants. All that based on the supposition that detailed habits of the original people, were accurately reported. All of humanity owes so much, both good and bad, to those who came before!! Thank you so much for presenting this incredibly detailed and fascinating history!