Samuel Bradford

Notes:

"[O]ne of the Committee of Correspondence in the early part of the Revolution. He raised and commanded a company in Col. Cotton's regiment. By over exertion in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, his health became so impaired that he was compelled to return home, where he d. 17 Feb., 1777, ae. 47." ["A Genealogy of the Bradford Family", citation details below.]

Samuel married Grace Ring on 1 Nov 1749 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Grace (daughter of Samuel Ring and Ruth Sylvester) was born on 6 Apr 1730 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 20 Apr 1793 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Welthea Bradford was born on 15 Nov 1757 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jun 1846.

Notes:

"Colonel Gamaliel Bradford had service at Crown Point in 1756 and at Fort William Henry in 1759. As a captain he served in Nova Scotia in 1760." [Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 24, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, Part 3, citation details below]

Gamaliel married Abigail Bartlett on 30 Aug 1728 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Benjamin Bartlett and Ruth Pabodie) was born about 4 May 1703 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 30 Aug 1776 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery, South Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1702
• Alternate birth: 18 Mar 1704, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1667, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Samuel married Hannah Rogers on 31 Jul 1689 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony. Hannah (daughter of John Rogers and Elizabeth Pabodie) was born on 16 Nov 1668 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died in Sep 1754 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Ruth Pabodie in Dec 1677 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of William Pabodie and Elizabeth Alden) was born on 27 Jun 1658 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died between 25 Apr 1724 and 27 Mar 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Wikipedia:

He held the rank of major in the militia and was the commander of the military forces of Plymouth Colony during the King Philip's War. He commanded the Plymouth Regiment at the Great Swamp Fight on 19 December 1675. During the battle his eye was wounded.

He later served as the deputy governor of Plymouth Colony under Governor Thomas Hinckley from 1682 to 1686 and from 1689 to 1692 when the colony was merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Bradford was suspended from office during the governorship of Sir Edmund Andros from 1686 to 1689.

William married Alice Richards after 23 Apr 1650 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony. Alice (daughter of Thomas Richards and Welthian) was born on 16 Jun 1627 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; was christened on 7 Apr 1629 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; died on 12 Dec 1671 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Pabodie in Nov 1666 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of William Pabodie and Elizabeth Alden) was born on 24 Apr 1647 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died between 4 May 1677 and 21 Oct 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 6 Jun 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Benjamin married Sarah Brewster between 4 Apr 1654 and 8 Aug 1655. Sarah (daughter of Love Brewster and Sarah Collier) was born about 1635 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died between 5 Mar 1668 and 21 Jan 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Alden on 26 Dec 1644 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins) was born about 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 31 May 1717 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alleged to have been the first white woman born in New England.

Notes:

Governor of Plymouth Colony 1621-33, 1635, 1637, 1639-43, and 1645-56.

From Wikipedia:

William Bradford was an English Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire. He moved to Leiden in Holland in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of the Plymouth Colony intermittently for about 30 years between 1621 and 1657. His journal Of Plymouth Plantation covered the years from 1620 to 1657 in Plymouth. [...]

William Bradford's most well-known work by far is Of Plymouth Plantation. It is a detailed history in journal form about the founding of the Plymouth Colony and the lives of the colonists from 1621 to 1646. Bradford's journal is described as a retrospective account of his recollections and observations. The first work was written in 1630; the second was never finished, but "between 1646 and 1650, he brought the account of the colony's struggles and achievements through the year 1646." As Walter P. Wenska states, "Bradford writes most of his history out of his nostalgia, long after the decline of Pilgrim fervor and commitment had become apparent. Both the early annals which express his confidence in the Pilgrim mission and the later annals, some of which reveal his dismay and disappointment, were written at about the same time." In Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford drew deep parallels between everyday life and the events of the Bible. As Philip Gould writes, "Bradford hoped to demonstrate the workings of divine providence for the edification of future generations."

In 1888, Charles F. Richardson referred to Bradford as a "forerunner of literature" and "a story-teller of considerable power." Moses Coit Tyler called him "the father of American history." Many American authors have cited his work in their writings; for example, Cotton Mather referred to it in Magnalia Christi Americana and Thomas Prince referred to it in A Chronological History of New-England in the Form of Annals. Even today it is considered a valuable piece of American literature, included in anthologies and studied in literature and history classes. It has been called an American classic and the pre-eminent work of art in seventeenth-century New England.

The Of Plymouth Plantation manuscript disappeared by 1780, "presumably stolen by a British soldier during the British occupation of Boston"; it reappeared in Fulham, London, England. Philip Gould states, "In 1855, scholars intrigued by references to Bradford in two books on the history of the Episcopal Church in America (both located in England) located the manuscript in the bishop of London's library at Lambeth Palace." A long debate ensued as to the rightful home for the manuscript. Multiple attempts by United States Senator George Frisbie Hoar and others to have it returned proved futile at first. According to Francis B. Dedmond, "after a stay of well over a century at Fulham and years of effort to [e]ffect its release, the manuscript was returned to Massachusetts" on May 26, 1897.

William married Alice Carpenter on 14 Aug 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony. Alice (daughter of Alexander Carpenter and (Unknown wife of Alexander Carpenter)) was born about 1590; was christened on 3 Aug 1590 in Wrington, Somerset, England; died on 26 Mar 1670 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony; was buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussets. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 3 Aug 1590, Wrington, Somerset, England
• Alternate death: 27 Mar 1670, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
• Alternate death: 26 Mar 1671, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Notes:

She was the widow of Edward Southworth, and is thus referred to in many sources as "Alice Southworth." She arrived in New England on the Anne on 14 Aug 1623.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptised: 16 Apr 1596, Pitminster, Somerset, England

Notes:

Arrived in 1633; first at Dorchester.

Thomas married Welthian about 1619. Welthian died between 3 Jul 1679 and 4 Nov 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly the sister of Thomas Loring of Hull, who came to New England from Axminster in Devon.

She came under suspicion of witchcraft in 1654, but evidently was never prosecuted.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 20 Sep 1692, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes:

"He probably arrived at Plymouth around 1630 when the last of the Separatists arrived from Leiden." [Stott, citation details below.]

John Rogers (1606-~1692) = Anna Churchman (d. ~1665)
Elizabeth Rogers (~1643->1702) = Nathaniel Williams (1641-1692)
John Williams (1675-1724) = Hannah Robinson (1678-1757)
Silas Williams (1707-1775) = Mary Wetherell (1715-1757)
Paul Williams (1738-1773) = Mary
Jairus Williams (1764-1841) = Hannah Morse (1770-1850)
Jason Williams (1805-1886) = Melinda Chamberlin (1805-1884)
Julia Ann Williams (1832-1895) = Calvin Sanford (1817-1888)
Lucy Fidelia Sanford (1860-1901) = Charles Wesley Nourse (1856-1914)
Ralph Carroll Nourse (1892-1958) = Alice Adelaide Gleed (1892-1981)
Cynthia Bassett Nourse (1930-1980) = Virgil Greeley Hetfield (1925-1996)
James Alan Hetfield (1963- ), lead singer and cofounder of Metallica

John married Anna Churchman on 16 Apr 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Anna died after May 1665. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft May 1664

William married Elizabeth Alden on 26 Dec 1644 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins) was born about 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 31 May 1717 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alleged to have been the first white woman born in New England.

Notes:

Emigrated in 1623, with his wife, on the Anne. He was a wine cooper.

Robert married Mary Warren about 1629. Mary (daughter of Richard Warren and Elizabeth Walker) was born about 1611; died on 27 Mar 1683 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1610

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1614

Notes:

Arrived with his parents in 1620 on the Mayflower.

Love married Sarah Collier on 15 May 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of William Collier and Jane Yates) was born before 30 Apr 1616; was christened on 30 Apr 1616 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 26 Apr 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Admitted freeman of Duxbury 2 Jan 1638. Proprietor of Bridgewater 1645.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1598

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. Removed to Duxbury 1632. He was a cooper, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. A protagonist of Longfellow's "The Courtship of Miles Standish", which may or may not be grounded in actual events.

He was hired at the port of Southampton, but despite the strenuous efforts of many researchers over many years, absolutely nothing has been proved about his English origins.

Deputy Governor of Plymouth, 7 Mar 1665 and 30 Oct 1667. Treasurer 3 Jun 1656, 3 Jun 1657, 1 Jun 1658. Council of War 27 Sep 1642, 10 Oct 1643, 2 Jun 1646, 6 Apr 1653, 12 May 1653, 1 Jun 1658, 2 Apr 1667. Committee to revise laws 4 Jun 1645, 3 Jun 1657. Committee on Kennebec trade 3 Mar 1645, 7 Jun 1648, 8 Jun 1649, 5 Mar 1656. He was literate. "Although there is no direct evidence for his literary and educational attainments, his extensive public service, including especially his appointments as colony treasurer and to committees on revising the laws, certainly indicates that he must have been well-educated." [Robert Charles Anderson, The Pilgrim Migration, citation details below.]

John Alden (1599-1687) = Priscilla Mullins (d. aft. 1651)
Ruth Alden (~1640-1674) = John Bass (1630-1716)
Hannah Bass (1667-1705) = Joseph Adams, Jr. (1654-1737)
John Adams (1691-1761) = Susanna Boylston (1709-1797)
John Adams (1735-1826) = Abigail Smith (1744-1818), 2nd President of the United States
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President of the United States

John Alden (1599-1687) = Priscilla Mullins (d. aft. 1651)
Rebecca Alden = Thomas Delano
Jonathan Delano (~1675-1765) = Hannah Doty (1675-1764)
Jonathan Delano (1701-~1745) = Elizabeth Winslow (1707-~1745)
Elizabeth Delano (b. 1725) = John Penney (1721-~1756)
Jonathan Penney (~1754-~1812) = Priscilla Grover (1757-~1820)
Priscilla Pinney (~1778-1811) = Luther Franklin (1780-1861)
Abigail Franklin (1811-1892) = Hiram D. Moor (1812-1888)
Victoria Josephine Moor (1846-1885) = John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926)
(John) Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th President of the United States

John married Priscilla Mullins about 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Priscilla (daughter of William Mullins and Alice) was born about 1602; died after 1651. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1600 to 1605
• Alternate birth: Abt 1603
• Alternate death: Bef 1687, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620.

She may have been a daughter of an earlier wife of William Mullins, rather than of Alice.

William married Alice Hanson on 21 Jun 1584 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. Alice (daughter of John Hanson and Margaret Gressam) was born before 8 Dec 1562 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 8 Dec 1562 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; died before 23 May 1597 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; was buried on 23 May 1597 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"'Alexander Carpenter of Wrington' was on 16 December 1600 witness at the Amsterdam marriage of 'Antoine Fetcher' and 'Jenneken Richeman'. He was at Leiden by 1611. In a letter of 19 August 1644 or 1646 to Mary Carpenter of Wrington, sister of his wife Alice (Carpenter) (Southworth) Bradford, William Bradford noted that the mother of the Carpenter sisters had recently died, and invited Mary to join them in Plymouth, which she soon did." [Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, citation details below, p. 314]

Note that Mary Lovering Holman's 1919 Scott Genealogy, which Anderson cites as the best treatment of Alexander Carpenter, misdates William Bradford's aforementioned letter to Mary Carpenter, and thus implicitly Mary Carpenter's emigration, saying that Bradford's letter was written and sent in 1664, which would be seven years after Bradford's death. This error probably came from a too-hasty reading of the original article in which Bradford's letter was published, Frederic Kidder's "Letter of Mary Carpenter", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 14:195, July 1860. Kidder was working from a copy of Bradford's letter made "a long time previous", and transcribes the letter's date as "August 19, 1664", but in a footnote he says "This is so in the copy, but it must be an error; probably the original read 1644 or 1646, as there is internal evidence that the letter was written around that time."

Also note that William Bradford's letter of 1644 or 1646 says that, Mary Carpenter's mother having recently died, Mary is "in a solitary condition." From which it seems evident that Alexander Carpenter had died earlier.

Alexander married (Unknown wife of Alexander Carpenter). (Unknown died before 19 Aug 1644. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 19 Aug 1646

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1571, Watford, Northamptonshire, England
• Alternate birth: Abt 1572, Watford, Northamptonshire, England
• Alternate death: Between 1620 and 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes:

Arrived in New England in 1620 on the Mayflower; died in the first sickness.

He was a camlet merchant; i.e., a trader in the kind of heavy cloth used in, for instance, cloaks. On 25 Jun 1618 he was admitted as a citizen of Leiden, not a distinction achieved by most of the English Separatists living there. Prior to his voyage on the Mayflower, on 1 Apr 1620 he sold his house on the Barbarasteeg to one Mordecai Cohen for 300 guilders.

Thomas married Alice Cosford on 24 Oct 1597 in Watford, Northamptonshire, England. Alice (daughter of George Cosford and Margaret) was born before 10 May 1573; was christened on 10 May 1573 in Watford, Northamptonshire, England; died after 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Charles Anderson's assumption is that she came to Plymouth with the last of the Leiden Separatists in 1629 or 1630.

Recorded in Leiden as Elsgen Rogiers.

Notes:

Admitted freeman of Duxbury 2 Jan 1638. Proprietor of Bridgewater 1645.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1598

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. Removed to Duxbury 1632. He was a cooper, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. A protagonist of Longfellow's "The Courtship of Miles Standish", which may or may not be grounded in actual events.

He was hired at the port of Southampton, but despite the strenuous efforts of many researchers over many years, absolutely nothing has been proved about his English origins.

Deputy Governor of Plymouth, 7 Mar 1665 and 30 Oct 1667. Treasurer 3 Jun 1656, 3 Jun 1657, 1 Jun 1658. Council of War 27 Sep 1642, 10 Oct 1643, 2 Jun 1646, 6 Apr 1653, 12 May 1653, 1 Jun 1658, 2 Apr 1667. Committee to revise laws 4 Jun 1645, 3 Jun 1657. Committee on Kennebec trade 3 Mar 1645, 7 Jun 1648, 8 Jun 1649, 5 Mar 1656. He was literate. "Although there is no direct evidence for his literary and educational attainments, his extensive public service, including especially his appointments as colony treasurer and to committees on revising the laws, certainly indicates that he must have been well-educated." [Robert Charles Anderson, The Pilgrim Migration, citation details below.]

John Alden (1599-1687) = Priscilla Mullins (d. aft. 1651)
Ruth Alden (~1640-1674) = John Bass (1630-1716)
Hannah Bass (1667-1705) = Joseph Adams, Jr. (1654-1737)
John Adams (1691-1761) = Susanna Boylston (1709-1797)
John Adams (1735-1826) = Abigail Smith (1744-1818), 2nd President of the United States
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President of the United States

John Alden (1599-1687) = Priscilla Mullins (d. aft. 1651)
Rebecca Alden = Thomas Delano
Jonathan Delano (~1675-1765) = Hannah Doty (1675-1764)
Jonathan Delano (1701-~1745) = Elizabeth Winslow (1707-~1745)
Elizabeth Delano (b. 1725) = John Penney (1721-~1756)
Jonathan Penney (~1754-~1812) = Priscilla Grover (1757-~1820)
Priscilla Pinney (~1778-1811) = Luther Franklin (1780-1861)
Abigail Franklin (1811-1892) = Hiram D. Moor (1812-1888)
Victoria Josephine Moor (1846-1885) = John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926)
(John) Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th President of the United States

John married Priscilla Mullins about 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Priscilla (daughter of William Mullins and Alice) was born about 1602; died after 1651. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1600 to 1605
• Alternate birth: Abt 1603
• Alternate death: Bef 1687, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620.

She may have been a daughter of an earlier wife of William Mullins, rather than of Alice.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 1578

Notes:

Came in 1620 on the Mayflower. Signer of the Mayflower Compact. Charles Edward Banks called him "of London" and "a merchant of that city."

Richard Warren (d. 1628) = Elizabeth Walker (1583-1673)
Anna Warren (1612-1676) = Thomas Little (1608-1672)
Ephraim Little (1650-1717) = Mary Sturtevant (651-1717)
Mary Little (1678-1755) = Job Otis (1677-1758)
Job Otis (1702-1781) = Thankful Otis (1702-1739)
Thankful Otis (1735-1826) = Ignatius Otis (1731-1802)
Amos Otis (b. 1765) = Thankful Taylor (1771-1863)
Cynthia Otis (1809-1907) = Edmund Perkins (1808-1892)
Frederick William Perkins (d. 1916) = Susan Bean (1849-1927)
Fannie Coralie Perkins, changed name to Frances Perkins (1880-1965), FDR's Secretary of Labor, and first-ever female Cabinet secretary

He was also an ancestor of FDR and Ulysses S. Grant, and Canadian prime minister Charles Tupper.

Richard married Elizabeth Walker on 14 Apr 1610 in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Augustine Walker) was born about Sep 1583; was christened in Sep 1583 in Baldock, Hertfordshire, England; died on 2 Oct 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was buried on 24 Oct 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and her children came to Plymouth after her husband.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1566, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
• Alternate birth: Between Jun 1566 and Jun 1567, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Notes:

Emigrated 1620 to Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower. Senior elder and (until the arrival of pastor Ralph Smith in 1629) religious leader of the Plymouth colony. The only Mayflower passenger with a university education and with political and diplomatic experience. Extensive Wikipedia article here.

William Brewster (~1566-1644) = Mary (d. 1627)
Fear Brewster (~1606-1634) = Isaac Allerton (~1586-1659)
Isaac Allerton, Jr. (~1629-1702) = Elizabeth Willoughby (~1635->1672)
Sarah Allerton (~1670-1731) = Hancock Lee (~1653-1729)
Elizabeth Lee (~1708-~1750) = Zachary Taylor (1707-1768)
Richard Taylor (1744-1829) = Sarah Dabney Strother (~1760-1822)
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th President of the United States

William Brewster (1566-1644) = Mary (d. 1627)
Jonathan Brewster (1593-1659) = Lucretia Oldham (1600-1678)
Benjamin Brewster (1633=1710) = Ann Addis (1628-1709)
William Brewster (1669-1728) = Patience (d. 1740)
Patience Brewster (b. 1699) = Matthew Dewolfe (1697-1783)
Edward Dewolfe (1735-1790) = Elizabeth (d. 1787)
Edward Dewolfe (1768-1835) = Sarah Bill (1768-1854)
Charles De Wolf (1794-1870) = Betsy Putnam (1794-1881)
John Archelous De Wolf (1833-1901) = Louise Doty (1835-1879)
Ida Corinne De Wolf (1863-1944) = LaFayette Waterbury (1864-1931)
Ledora May Waterbury (1885-1959) = Harry Ross Hubbard (1886-1975)
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986)

Other descendants of William Brewster include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Commodore Matthew C. Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, John Batterson Stetson, George B. McClellan, Clarence Day, Archibald MacLeish, Admiral William Halsey, Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower, Thomas Pynchon, Allen Dulles, John Foster Dulles, Nelson Rockefeller, Katherine Hepburn, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Julia Child, Glenn Close, Norman Rockwell, Ted Danson, Pete Seeger, Orrin Hatch, Brewster Kahle, Annie Proulx, Bill Richardson, Richard Gere, Howard Dean, Chevy Chase, and James Taylor.

William married Mary before 1593 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. Mary died on 17 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated 1620 to Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1585

Notes:

His English place of origin is unknown, although he is known to have become a member of the Grocer's Company of London on 3 Mar 1628. Emigrated in 1633 on the Mary and John.

"William Collier [...] came to Plymouth in 1633 as one of the few London-based Merchant Adventurers, a colony investment group, to settle in New England. He was often elected as an Assistant Governor in the thirty-some years between 1634/5 and 1665. He was on the side of the government leaders in the historic 1645 dispute with liberal religious leader William Vassall. During his long life involved in public service, he served on the Council of War and served at times as a commissioner of the United Colonies, a New England colonies military alliance primarily for defense against Indian attack." [Wikipedia]

William married Jane Yates on 16 May 1611 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England. Jane (daughter of Henry Yates and Alice) was born before 5 Feb 1587; was christened on 5 Feb 1587 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England; died after 28 Jun 1666 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1572

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. Died in the first winter. He was a shoemaker.

From "The Probable English Origin of Mayflower passenger Peter Browne, and His Association with Mayflower Passenger William Mullins," by Caleb Johnson, The American Genealogist 79:3, July 2004:

"The parentage and ancestry of William Mullins have not been conclusively proven. The Mullins family may have been living in Dorking for a considerable period of time prior to William Mullins himself, as the Dorking manor court rolls between 1454 and 1458 mention a Peter and Isabel Moleyn on several occasions. The Dorking parish registers are unfortunately defective for the years 1572 through 1578 -- the time period in which we would expect William to have been baptized. However, there was only one Mullins family in Dorking that was having children during this time period: the John Mullins who married Joan Bridger there on 8 July 1571. Most of their children would have fallen into the 'black hole' in the registers. On 23 September 1582, we see the baptism of their last child, Edward Mullins. On 4 February 1583/4, a Mullins (no Christian name given) was buried. Wc can reasonably assume this burial record was for John Mullins the father, because the next Mullins burial record in the registers, on 8 July 1584, was recorded as the 'son of widow Mullins.' And since son Edward Mullins appears in no subsequent Dorking records, we can speculate that this was the unnamed son who was buried. The following year, on 1 November 1585, the widow Joane Mullins was remarried to Vyncent Benham.
"Two Mullinses appear in later Dorking records; they are assumed to be unrecorded children of John and Joan (Bridger) Mullins. They are the Mayflower passenger, William Mullins, and John Mullins."

William married Alice before 1593. Alice died after 2 Apr 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 21 Feb 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. Died sometime after the Mayflower set sail on its return voyage, but before the mid-November arrival of the Fortune.

She may or may not have been the mother of Priscilla Mullins.