List of Mayflower passengers

thumb|290px|Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, painting by William Halsall (1882)

This is a list of the passengers on board the Mayflower during its trans-Atlantic voyage of September 6 – November 9, 1620, the majority of them becoming the settlers of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. Thirty-seven passengers were members of a separatist Puritan congregation in Leiden, the Netherlands (also known as Brownists), who were seeking to establish a colony in the New World where they could practice their religion without interference from the English government or church. The Mayflower departed with 102 passengers, 74 male and 28 female, and a crew headed by Master Christopher Jones. About half of the passengers died in the first winter. Many Americans can trace their ancestry back to one or more of these individuals who have become known as the Pilgrims.

Members of the Leiden, Holland, Congregation

thumb|right|[[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown memorial to Pilgrims who died in Cape Cod Harbor.]]

thumb|right|List of Mayflower passengers at the [[National Monument to the Forefathers]]

Note: An asterisk on a name indicates those who died in the winter of 1620–21.

Allerton, Isaac (possibly Suffolk).
Mary (Norris) Allerton*, wife (Newbury, Berkshire)
Bartholomew Allerton, 7, son (Leiden, Holland).
Remember Allerton, 5, daughter (Leiden).
Mary Allerton, 3, daughter (Leiden). She died in 1699, the last surviving Mayflower passenger.
Bradford, William (Austerfield, Yorkshire).
Dorothy (May) Bradford*, wife (Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire).
Brewster, William (possibly Nottingham).
Mary Brewster, wife.
Love/Truelove Brewster, 9, son (Leiden).
Wrestling Brewster, 6, son (Leiden).
Carver, John (possibly Yorkshire).
Katherine (Leggett) (White) Carver, wife (probably Sturton-le-Steeple, Nottinghamshire).
Chilton, James* (Canterbury, Kent).
Mrs. (James) Chilton*, wife.
Mary Chilton, 13, daughter (Sandwich, Kent).
Cooke, Francis.
John Cooke, 13, son (Leiden).
Cooper, Humility, 1, (probably Leiden) baby daughter of Robert Cooper, in company of her aunt Ann Cooper Tilley, wife of Edward Tilley
Crackstone/Crackston, John* (possibly Colchester, Essex).
John Crackstone, son.
Fletcher, Moses* (Sandwich, Kent).
Fuller, Edward* (Redenhall, Norfolk).
Samuel Fuller, 12, son.
Fuller, Samuel (Redenhall, Norfolk), (brother to Edward).
Goodman, John (possibly Northampton).
Priest, Degory*
Rogers, Thomas* (Watford, Northamptonshire).
Joseph Rogers, 17, son (Watford, Northamptonshire).
Samson, Henry, 16, (Henlow, Bedfordshire) child in company of his uncle and aunt Edward and Ann Tilley. William White's sister Bridget was John Robinson's wife. John Robinson was Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers leading the Separatists since his days at college at Cambridge
Susanna White, wife, widowed February 21, 1621. She subsequently married Pilgrim Edward Winslow.

thumb|right|Mayflower plaque in St. James Church in Shipton, Shropshire commemorating the More children baptism.

More, Ellen (Elinor)*, (Shipton, Shropshire), age 8, assigned as a servant of Edward Winslow. She died from illness sometime in November 1620 soon after the arrival of Mayflower in Cape Cod harbor and likely was buried ashore there in an unmarked grave.
More, Jasper*, (Shipton, Shropshire), age 7, indentured to John Carver. He died from illness on board Mayflower on December 6, 1620, and likely was buried ashore on Cape Cod in an unmarked grave.
More, Mary*, (Shipton, Shropshire), age 4, assigned as a servant of William Brewster. She died sometime in the winter of 1620/1621. She and her sister Ellen are recognized on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb in Plymouth. Until relatively recently, the children were thought to be orphans, foundlings, or involuntary child labor. At that time, children were routinely rounded up from the streets of London or taken from poor families receiving church relief to be used as laborers in the colonies. Any legal objections to the involuntary transportation of the children were overridden by the Privy Council. For instance it has been proven that the four More children were sent to America because they were deemed illegitimate. Three of the four More children died in the first winter in the New World, but Richard lived to be approximately 81, dying in Salem, probably in 1695 or 1696.

The passengers mostly slept and lived in the low-ceilinged great cabins and on the main deck, which was 75 by 20 feet large (23 m × 6 m) at most. The cabins were thin-walled and extremely cramped, and the total area was 25 ft by 15 ft (7.6 m × 4.5 m) at its largest. Below decks, any person over five feet (150 cm) tall would be unable to stand up straight. The maximum possible space for each person would have been slightly less than the size of a standard single bed.

Passengers would pass the time by reading by candlelight or playing cards and games such as nine men's morris. Meals on board were cooked by the firebox, which was an iron tray with sand in it on which a fire was built. This was risky because it was kept in the waist of the ship. Passengers made their own meals from rations that were issued daily and food was cooked for a group at a time.

Known Mayflower seamen

John Allerton: A Mayflower seaman who was hired by the company as labor to help in the Colony during the first year, then to return to Leiden to help other church members seeking to travel to America. He signed the Mayflower Compact. He was a seaman on ship's shallop with Thomas English on exploration of December 6, 1620, and died sometime before Mayflower returned to England in April 1621.
____ Ely: A Mayflower seaman who was contracted to stay for a year, which he did. He returned to England with fellow crewman William Trevor on the Fortune in December 1621. Historian Jeremy Bangs believes that his name was either John or Christopher Ely (or Ellis), both of whom are documented in Leiden, Holland.
Thomas English: A Mayflower seaman who was hired to be the master of the shallop (see Boatswain) and to be part of the company. He signed the Mayflower Compact. He was a seaman on the ship's shallop with John Allerton on exploration of December 6, 1620, and died sometime before the departure of Mayflower for England in April 1621. He appeared in Leiden records as "Thomas England".
William Trevore (Trevor): A Mayflower seaman who was hired to remain in Plymouth for one year. One reason for his hiring was his prior New World experience. He was one of those seamen to crew the shallop used in coastal trading. He returned to England with _____ Ely and others on the Fortune in December 1621. In 1623, Robert Cushman noted that Trevor reported to the Adventurers about what he saw in the New World. He did at some time return as master of a ship and was recorded living in Massachusetts Bay Colony in April 1650.

Unidentified passenger

"Master" Leaver: Another passenger not mentioned by Bradford is a person called "Master" Leaver. He was named in Mourt's Relation (London, 1622), under a date of January 12, 1621, as a leader of an expedition to rescue Pilgrims lost in the forest for several days while searching for housing-roof thatch. It is unknown in what capacity he came to Mayflower and his given name is unknown. The title of "Master" indicates that he was a person of some authority and prominence in the company. He may have been a principal officer of Mayflower. No more is known of him; he may have returned to England on Mayflowers April 1621 voyage or died of the illnesses that affected so many that first winter.

Known crew members

Christopher Jones – Captain
John Clarke – First Mate and Pilot
Robert Coppin – Second Mate and Pilot
Giles Heale – ship's surgeon, identified with the Separatists. He is not counted as one of the 102 passengers.
Andrew Williamson – Seaman
John Parker – Seaman
Master Leaver – Seaman

Ship crewmen hired to stay one year

John Alden – A 21-year-old from Harwich, Essex, the ship's cooper; he was given the choice of remaining in the colony or returning to England and decided to remain.
John Allerton* – A Mayflower seaman hired as colony labor for one year who was then to return to Leiden to assist church members with travel to America. He died some time before the Mayflower departed for England on April 5, 1621.
____ Ely – A Mayflower seaman contracted to stay for one year. He returned to England on the Fortune in December 1621 along with William Trevor. Jeremy Bangs believes that his name was either John or Christopher Ely, or Ellis, who are documented in Leiden records.
Thomas English* – A Mayflower seaman hired to be master of the ship's shallop. He died sometime before the departure of the Mayflower for England on April 5, 1621.
William Trevore – A Mayflower seaman with prior New World experience hired to work in the colony for one year. He returned to England on the Fortune in December 1621 along with Ely and others. By 1650, he had returned to New England.

Note: Asterisk on any name indicates those who died in the winter of 1620–21.

Animals on board

Two dogs are known to have participated in settling Plymouth. In Mourt's Relation, Edward Winslow writes that a female English Mastiff and a small English Springer Spaniel came ashore on the first explorations of Provincetown. The ship was probably also carrying small domestic animals such as goats, pigs, and chickens. Larger domestic animals came later, such as cows and sheep.

References

Sources

Mayflower passengers from William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, 1650.
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