Ten passengers, plus one brother who came later. Dates follow the published scholarship (chiefly Robert C. Anderson) and FamilySearch vitals checked in October 2026; dates such as “1670/71” are written the old way, because the English year then began in March.
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- Born
- about 1566, probably Scrooby, Nottinghamshire
- Died
- 10 April 1644, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
- Wife
- Mary (maiden name not proven), d. Plymouth 17 April 1627
- Our line
- through his daughter Patience, wife of Gov. Thomas Prence
The oldest and probably best-educated Pilgrim leader. A Cambridge student and former aide at the royal court, he ran the post station at Scrooby Manor, where the Separatist congregation met in secret. In Leiden he became ruling Elder and printed books banned in England. He sailed in 1620 with Mary and their sons Love and Wrestling, signed the Compact, and served as Plymouth’s spiritual leader for years before moving to Duxbury.
“He was wise and discreete and well spoken, having a grave & deliberate utterance, of a very cherfull spirite, very sociable & pleasante amongst his freinds, of an humble and modest mind…”
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (original spelling)
⚓ Mayflower passenger
Mary Brewster
Elder Brewster’s wife, who sailed with him
Pam’s side · FamilySearch LH5W-4T5
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- Born
- about 1569 (FamilySearch; associated with Scrooby)
- Died
- 17 April 1627, Plymouth
- Husband
- William Brewster, the Pilgrims’ Elder
- Our line
- same path as William, through their daughter Patience
FamilySearch records her simply as “Mary”; her maiden name is not proven. She sailed on the Mayflower with William and their sons Love and Wrestling. She survived the first winter and died at Plymouth in 1627, long before William. Pam’s Brewster line runs through their daughter Patience.
“…though his wife dyed long before, yet she dyed aged.”
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, on Elder Brewster’s wife
Not a Mayflower passenger
Henry Howland
John’s younger brother, who came later
Pam’s side · FamilySearch MTDG-2WT
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- Born
- about 1603–1604, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire
- Arrived
- Plymouth by early 1633 (1633 tax list; freemen list)
- Died
- 1 January 1670/71, Duxbury (some say 17 January)
- Wife
- Mary (maiden name not proven)
- Our line
- through his daughter Abigail Howland
Henry did not sail on the Mayflower; he followed his brother John some years later. He settled at Duxbury near Love Brewster, served as constable, highway surveyor and juror, and prospered as a purchaser of the lands that became Dartmouth and Freetown. Later in life he became a Quaker, a brave choice in Puritan Plymouth, and was fined and stripped of his freeman’s rights for it. FamilySearch may list him as “Henry Howland II.”
“abettor and entertainer of Quakers”
Plymouth Colony court records, 1659 (the charge on which he lost his freeman’s rights)
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- Born
- about 1592–1599, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire
- Died
- 23 February 1672/73, Rocky Nook (now Kingston); buried Plymouth 25 Feb.
- Wife
- Elizabeth Tilley, also a passenger (bp. Henlow 1607; d. Swansea 1687)
- Our line
- through his daughter Hope, wife of John Chipman
A young servant (more like a steward) in Governor John Carver’s household, he was swept into the Atlantic in a storm and saved by a trailing rope. He signed the Compact, was on the December 1620 “First Encounter” exploring party, and became free when Carver died. He married Elizabeth Tilley about 1623–24; they had ten children. He served as assistant, deputy, and a leader of the Kennebec trading post, and was the last Mayflower passenger living in Plymouth.
“…it pleased God yt he caught hould of ye top-saile halliards, which hunge over board, & rane out at length; yet he held his hould (though he was sundrie fadomes under water) till he was hald up by ye same rope to ye brime of ye water…”
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (original spelling)
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- Born
- bp. 30 August 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire
- Died
- 21 December 1687, Swansea
- Parents
- John Tilley and Joan Hurst, both passengers
- Husband
- John Howland; ten children
- Our line
- through their daughter Hope Howland
She sailed as a girl with her parents. Both John Tilley and Joan Hurst died a little after coming ashore in the first winter, leaving Elizabeth an orphan among the survivors. About 1623–24 she married John Howland; Bradford later recorded that they had ten children. Glen’s Howland line runs through their daughter Hope.
“His servant, John Howland, maried the doughter of John Tillie, Elizabeth, and they are both now living, and have 10. children…”
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (1651)
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- Born
- before 19 December 1571 (FamilySearch)
- Died
- between January and March 1620/21, Plymouth (first winter)
- Wife
- Joan Hurst, also a passenger
- Our line
- through their daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Howland
Of Henlow, Bedfordshire, where his daughter Elizabeth was baptized, he sailed with Joan and their daughter Elizabeth. He signed the Mayflower Compact and went out on Cape Cod exploring parties. He and Joan both died a little after coming ashore in the first winter.
“John Tillie and his wife both dyed a litle after they came ashore; and their daughter Elizabeth maried with John Howland…”
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (1651)
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- Born
- before 13 March 1567/68 (FamilySearch)
- Died
- between January and March 1620/21, Plymouth (first winter)
- Husband
- John Tilley
- Our line
- through their daughter Elizabeth
Born Joan Hurst, she married John Tilley and sailed with him and their daughter Elizabeth. Bradford records that both she and John died a little after coming ashore, orphaning Elizabeth.
⚓ Mayflower passenger
Stephen Hopkins
The adventurer, shipwrecked once before
Glen’s side · FamilySearch LVQ1-FMH
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- Born
- bp. 30 April 1581, Upper Clatford, Hampshire (Anderson: “by about 1579”)
- Died
- between 6 June and 17 July 1644, Plymouth
- Wives
- (1) Mary, bur. Hursley 1613; (2) Elizabeth Fisher, m. Whitechapel, London, 1618
- Our line
- through his daughter Constance, who sailed with him
In 1609 he was wrecked on Bermuda aboard the Sea Venture, the wreck widely believed to have inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and later reached Jamestown. Not a Leiden church member (a “Stranger”), he was valuable for his New World experience: he signed the Compact, explored Cape Cod, hosted Samoset, and went with Edward Winslow to Massasoit. His son Oceanus was born at sea. Later he kept a tavern, and was more than once in trouble with the court.
“We lodged him that night at Stephen Hopkins’ house, and watched him.”
Mourt’s Relation (1622), on Samoset’s visit, March 1621
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- bp. 11 May 1606 (FamilySearch)
- Died
- 25 October 1677 (FamilySearch)
- Father
- Stephen Hopkins (first marriage, to Mary)
- Husband
- Nicholas Snow
- Our line
- through their daughter Elizabeth Snow, mother of Hannah Rogers
Bradford lists her among Stephen Hopkins’s children by his first wife as “Constanta.” She sailed on the Mayflower with her father, later married Nicholas Snow, and raised a large family. Glen’s Hopkins line runs through her daughter Elizabeth Snow into the Hannah Rogers merge.
“His doughter Constanta is also maried, and hath 12. children, all of them living, and one of them maried.”
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (1651)
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- Born
- by about 1572, Watford, Northamptonshire
- Died
- Plymouth, probably Jan. or Feb. 1620/21, in the “first sickness”
- Wife
- Alice Cosford, m. Watford, 24 October 1597
- Our line
- through his son Joseph, who sailed with him
The records are thin. Traced to Watford, Northamptonshire, he was living in Leiden by the 1610s, became a citizen there in 1618, and dealt in camlet cloth. He sailed with his teenage son Joseph, leaving his wife and other children to follow, and signed the Compact. He died that first winter. Joseph survived and raised a family at Plymouth and Eastham; his other children, including John, came later.
“Thomas Rogers dyed in the first sicknes, but his sone Joseph is still living, and is maried, and hath 6. children. The rest of Thomas Rogers [children] came over, & are maried, & have many children.”
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, “Decreasings and Increasings” (1651)
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- 23 January 1602/03 (FamilySearch)
- Died
- 15 January 1677/78 (FamilySearch)
- Father
- Thomas Rogers, who died the first winter
- Wife
- Hannah
- Our line
- through their son Thomas Rogers (not the passenger) to Hannah Rogers
He sailed as a teenager with his father Thomas. His father died in the first sickness, but Joseph survived, married Hannah, and raised his family at Plymouth and Eastham. Glen’s Rogers line continues through his son Thomas (LJR3-9YL) to Hannah Rogers, where Hopkins and Rogers meet.
“Thomas Rogers dyed in the first sicknes, but his sone Joseph is still living, and is maried, and hath 6. children.”
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (1651)