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Forty-five of the 102 Mayflower passengers died in the winter of 1620–21, and the Mayflower colonists suffered greatly during their first winter in the New World from lack of shelter, scurvy, and general conditions on board ship. [1] They were buried on Cole's Hill. [2]
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.
Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620.
Of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, only 52 would survive past the first winter. [1] Though the Pilgrims had intended to found a permanent settlement, they were all still living aboard the Mayflower or in temporary dwellings.
The Mayflower set sail for England on April 5, 1621, after being anchored for almost four months in Plymouth Harbor. [4]: 100–101 Nearly half of the original 102 passengers had died during the first winter.
Those passengers were followed by a larger number who perished in the bitter first winter of 1620-21. The deaths of those persons are unique in history as they occurred either at sea just before reaching Cape Cod or while the Mayflower was at anchor at the Cape Cod harbor for several weeks in what would later be called Provincetown Harbor.
His wife also died in the first winter. [27] [28] [29] William Mullins-He was a merchant shareholder in the Merchant Adventurers investment group. Bradford called him one of the more prosperous of the Mayflower passengers, traveling with his wife, son, and daughter, as well as his servant Robert Carter who died early in 1621. He had left two ...
List of Mayflower passengers who died at sea November/December 1620; List of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620–21; Mayflower Society; A. John Alden;