Anyone a descendent of someone on the Mayflower?

[Anonymous]

I think knowing your genealogy is interesting. As others have said, it doesn't make you any better (or worse) for having a distant relation to someone who came off the Mayflower.

My dad's family came over sometime in the early 1600s from Ipswich England. A few eventually broke off and crossed the Oregon Trail a couple of hundred years later. Now THOSE were some tough people (esp the women).

I like to imagine how life might have been and it's neat to me to think that a drop of my blood originated from very brave people.

[Anonymous]

7:37 here. My mom is still visiting so I asked her about who/where. We are descendants of James Chilton. His wife died on the ship but his daughter Mary lived. They settled in MA, expanded to NY and RI and eventually ended up in WI in the 1850s where the land was cheap. We are from WI. She also told me my kids are also Mayflower Society. It's the first time I've taken an active interest which made her happy. She also told me she got my grandmother's signature for the MS application day before she died,which was later granted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jamestown poster here -- it's more than a family rumor as people have traced it back.

That's really interesting about the original Mayflower.

Do you know the survival story of your Jamestown lineage? I thought all the settlers were wiped out by the native indians so curious about how some settlers survived.

[Anonymous]

I'm a descendent of the USS Wanderer which landed in the port of Charleston,SC and the slaves were also sold on Jekyll Island, Ga around 1858.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are a white person from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut, odds are pretty high that you are descended from one of them.

Not quite! I was the only one among my white friends from Connecticut whose ancestors arrived in the early 1600s.

I'm White from CT... but my family came from Latin America in the early 1980s. I guess your theory doesn't hold, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are a white person from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut, odds are pretty high that you are descended from one of them.

Not quite! I was the only one among my white friends from Connecticut whose ancestors arrived in the early 1600s.

I'm White from CT... but my family came from Latin America in the early 1980s. I guess your theory doesn't hold, PP.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my mother is in DAR and it is a great organization. they do a lot of wonderful things to preserve historic places and promote history in general. why wouldn't you want to be proud of your heritage? don't understand the feeling of not having any connection with your ancestors.

DAR is a blood-line obsessed organization. To the point where adopted children in the same family are not allowed to join. That, IMO, is f-ed up and displays sorely misplaced priorities.

[Anonymous]

As I read through these posts, I am not the least bit impressed.

DAR is worthless, by the way.

[Anonymous]

I know that on my fathers side of the family, his mother can trace her family tree to the years 1600 and with reasonable expectation even a little later than that.
I know because I have the entire tree.
Obviously that does not include the details of every single mother, but goes by the father.
We are all descended from families whose lineage goes back milennia. And going back 400 years means you can only trace one of your ancient relatives. Not the whole lot that is needed.
I also believe many family trees have lies written into them. Sometimes the name of the father is a lie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my mother is in DAR and it is a great organization. they do a lot of wonderful things to preserve historic places and promote history in general. why wouldn't you want to be proud of your heritage? don't understand the feeling of not having any connection with your ancestors.

DAR is a blood-line obsessed organization. To the point where adopted children in the same family are not allowed to join. That, IMO, is f-ed up and displays sorely misplaced priorities.

Un-American.

[Anonymous]

I'd like to know more about the other voyages of the Mayflower. I am a descendent of Thomas Howes, and it appears he came over around 1635.
If you have any links to find out more about the passenger lists of the other voyages of the Mayflower, please post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes -- direct descendants of Priscilla and John Alden (Longfellow's poem retold their story as an American version of Cyrano). This has made absolutely no difference in our lives or lifestyle ....just interesting for DC at this time of year. We are also related to the Jamestown settlers -- again, not really a big deal but interesting for history lessons, etc.

Do you have a big nose??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm a descendent of the USS Wanderer which landed in the port of Charleston,SC and the slaves were also sold on Jekyll Island, Ga around 1858.

I'd love to hear more about this if you have more info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know more about the other voyages of the Mayflower. I am a descendent of Thomas Howes, and it appears he came over around 1635.
If you have any links to find out more about the passenger lists of the other voyages of the Mayflower, please post.

This site has lots of good information, including passenger lists. There were other ships named the Mayflower, which I think other pp's were referencing, but the mayflower of thanksgiving fame was itself was in ruins by 1624.