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
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)Locations of birth for Mayflower passengers follow Caleb Johnson's list as found at Mayflower History.com . Retrieved August 29, 2006. 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).Division of passengers by category generally follows Appendix I of Saints and Strangers by George F. Willison with some exceptions. 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 TilleyHumility Cooper and Henry Sampson were both children who joined their uncle and aunt Edward and Ann Tilley for the voyage. Willison lists them as "strangers" because they were not members of the church at Leiden; however, as children they would have been under their aunt and uncle who were members of that group. Crackstone/Crackston, John* (possibly Colchester, Essex). John Crackstone, son. Fletcher, Moses* (Sandwich, Kent). Fuller, Edward* (Redenhall, Norfolk). Mrs. (Edward) ____Fuller*, wife.A genealogical profile of Edward Fuller Pilgrim Village Family Sketch Edward Fuller New England Genealogical Historic Society 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. Tilley, Edward* (Henlow, Bedfordshire) Ann (Cooper) Tilley* (Henlow, Bedfordshire) wife of Edward and aunt of Humility Cooper and Henry Samson. Tilley, John* (Henlow, Bedfordshire). Joan (Hurst) (Rogers) Tilley*, wife (Henlow, Bedfordshire). Elizabeth Tilley, 13, daughter (Henlow, Bedfordshire). Tinker, Thomas* (possibly Norfolk). Mrs. Thomas Tinker*, wife. boy Tinker*, son, died in the winter of 1620. Turner, John* (possibly Norfolk). boy Turner*, son, died in the winter of 1620. boy Turner*, younger son. died in the winter of 1620. White, William*Ruth Wilder Sherman, CG, FASG, and Robert Moody Sherman, CG, FASG, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Family of William White, Vol. 13, 3rd edition (Pub. by General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2006) p. 3. 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. Resolved White, 5, son, wife was Judith Vassal. Peregrine White, son. Born on board the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor in late November 1620. First European born to the Pilgrims in America. Williams, Thomas Winslow, Edward (Droitwich, Worcestershire). Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow*, wife. Servants of the Leiden Congregation Butten, William* (possibly Nottingham), "a youth", indentured servant of Samuel Fuller, died during the voyage. He was the first passenger to die on November 16, three days before Cape Cod was sighted. ____, Dorothy, teenager, maidservant of John Carver. Hooke, John*, (probably Norwich, Norfolk) age 13, apprenticed to Isaac Allerton, died during the first winter. Howland, John, (Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire), about 21, manservant and executive assistant for Governor John Carver. Latham, William, (possibly Lancashire), age 11, servant and apprentice to the John Carver family. Minter, Desire, (Norwich, Norfolk), a servant of John Carver whose parents died in Leiden.A genealogical profile of John Carver (a collaboration of Plimoth Plantation and New England Historic Genealogical Society accessed 2013-04-21)
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.David Lindsay, Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger amongst the Pilgrims (New York: St. Martins Press, 2002) p. 27 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, Richard, (Shipton, Shropshire), age 6, indentured to William Brewster. He is buried in the Charter Street Burial Ground in Salem, Massachusetts. He is the only Mayflower passenger to have his gravestone still where it was originally placed sometime in the mid-1690s. Also buried nearby in the same cemetery were his wives Christian Hunter More and Jane (Crumpton) More.Memorial for The More children 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. Soule, George, (possibly Bedfordshire), 21–25, servant or employee of Edward Winslow. Story, Elias*, age under 21, in the care of Edward Winslow. Wilder, Roger*, age under 21, servant in the John Carver family.
Passengers recruited by Thomas Weston, of London Merchant Adventurers Billington, John (possibly Lancashire). Eleanor Billington, wife. John Billington, 16, son. Francis Billington, 14, son. Britteridge, Richard* (possibly Sussex). Browne, Peter (Dorking, Surrey). Clarke, Richard* Eaton, Francis (Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset). Sarah Eaton*, wife. Samuel Eaton, 1, son. Gardiner, Richard (Harwich, Essex). Hopkins, Stephen (Upper Clatford, Hampshire). Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins, wife. Giles Hopkins, 12, son by first marriage (Hursley, Hampshire). Constance Hopkins, 14, daughter by first marriage (Hursley, Hampshire). Damaris Hopkins, 1–2, daughter. (She died soon in Plymouth Colony and her parents later had another daughter with the same name.) Oceanus Hopkins, born on board the Mayflower while en route to the New World. Margesson, Edmund* (possibly Norfolk). Martin, Christopher* 38 (Great Burstead, Essex). Mayflower Governor & Purchasing Agent. Mary (Prowe) Martin*, wife. Mullins, William* (Dorking, Surrey). Alice Mullins*, wife. Priscilla Mullins, 18, daughter. Joseph Mullins*, 14, son. Prowe, Solomon* (Billericay, Essex). Son of Mary Prowe Rigsdale, John* (possibly Lincolnshire). Alice Rigsdale*, wife. Standish, Myles (West Derby Hundred or Leylandshire, Lancashire). Military Expert for Colony. Rose Standish*, wife. Warren, Richard (Hertford, England). Winslow, Gilbert (Droitwich, Worcestershire), brother to Pilgrim Edward Winslow but not known to have lived in Leiden. Servants of Merchant Adventurers passengers Carter, Robert*, (possibly Surrey), teenager, servant or apprentice to William Mullins, shoemaker. Doty, Edward, (possibly Lincolnshire) age probably about 21, servant to Stephen Hopkins. Holbeck, William*, age likely under 21, servant to William White. Langemore, John*, age under 21, servant to Christopher Martin. Leister, Edward also spelled Leitster, (possibly vicinity of London), aged over 21, servant to Stephen Hopkins. Thompson (or Thomson), Edward*, age under 21, in the care of the William White family, first passenger to die after the Mayflower reached Cape Cod.
Passenger activities and care Some families traveled together, while some men came alone, leaving families in England and Leiden. Two wives on board were pregnant; Elizabeth Hopkins gave birth to son Oceanus while at sea, and Susanna White gave birth to son Peregrine in late November while the ship was anchored in Cape Cod Harbor. He is historically recognized as the first European child born in the New England area. One young man died during the voyage, and there was one stillbirth during the construction of the colony.
According to the Mayflower passenger list, just over half of the passengers were Puritan Separatists and their dependents. They sought to break away from the established Church of England and create a society along the lines of their religious ideals. Other passengers were hired hands, servants, or farmers recruited by London merchants, all originally destined for the Colony of Virginia. Four of this latter group of passengers were small children given into the care of Mayflower pilgrims as indentured servants. The Virginia Company began the transportation of children in 1618.Donald F. Harris, PhD., The Mayflower Descendant (July 1994) vol. 44 no. 2 p. 111 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.R.C. Johnson, The Transportation of Vagrant Children from London to Virginia, 1618–1622, in H.S. Reinmuth (Ed.), Early Stuart Studies: Essays in Honor of David Harris Willson, Minneapolis, 1970.The Mayflower Descendant (July 2, 1994) vol. 44 no. 2 pp. 110, 111 For instance it has been proven that the four More children were sent to America because they were deemed illegitimate.Donald F. Harris, The Mayflower Descendants vol 43 (July 1993), vol. 44 (July 1994). 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.David Lindsay, Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger amongst the Pilgrims (St. Martins Press, New York, 2002) Introduction
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.Caffrey, Kate. The Mayflower. New York: Stein and Day, 1974