Bradford's history of the Plymouth settlement, 1608-1650: Rendered into modern English by Harold PagetBradford, William
History
Bradford's history of the Plymouth settlement, 1608-1650: Rendered into modern English by Harold Paget
Bradford, William
Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691; Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Early works to 1800
Mrs. Allerton, and the boy, Hook, died in the first general
sickness. Bartholomew married in England. His daughter, Remember,
married at Salem and has three or four children living. Mary
married here and has four children. Mr. Allerton married, secondly,
a daughter of William Brewster, and had one son; he married a third
time, and left this place long ago.
SAMUEL FULLER; a servant, WILLIAM BUTTON.
His wife and a child were left behind, and came over afterwards.
Two more children were born here, and are living. Button died at
sea. Mr. Fuller died 15 years ago.
JOHN CRACKSTON, his son, John.
John Crackston died in the first sickness. His son died 5 or 6
years after; he lost himself in the woods in winter, and his feet
were frozen, which brought on fever.
MYLES STANDISH; Rose his wife.
Mrs. Standish died in the first sickness. Captain Standish married
again, and has four sons living.
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN; his wife, two servants, SOLOMON PROWER and JOHN
LANGMORE.
All these died in the first sickness, soon after their arrival.
WILLIAM MULLINS; his wife; two children, Joseph and Priscilla; a
servant, ROBERT CARTER.
All but Priscilla died in the first sickness. She married John
Alden; both are living. They have eleven children.
WILLIAM WHITE; Susanna, his wife; one son, Resolved; and one born
aboard ship called Peregrine; two servants, WILLIAM HOLBECK and
EDWARD THOMSON.
Mr. White and his two servants died soon after their landing. His
widow married Mr. Winslow. His two sons are living.
STEPHEN HOPKINS; Elizabeth, his wife; two children by a former wife,
Giles and Constanta; and two by this wife, Damaris and Oceanus—the
latter born on the voyage; two servants, EDWARD DOTY and EDWARD
LISTER.
Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins lived here over twenty years, and had one
son and four daughters born here. Doty is living, and has seven
children by a second wife. Lister went to Virginia and died there.
RICHARD WARREN.
His wife and four daughters were left behind and came afterwards,
and two more were born here. Mr. Warren lived some four or five
years here.
JOHN BILLINGTON; Ellen, his wife; two sons, John and Francis.
Billington was executed after he had been here ten years. His eldest
son died before him; his second is married.
EDWARD TILLIE; Anne, his wife; two children (their cousins), HENRY
SAMSON and HUMILITY COOPER.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tillie died soon after their arrival. Humility
Cooper returned to England and died there. Henry Samson is living
and has seven children.
JOHN TILLIE; his wife; their daughter, Elizabeth.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tillie died soon after their arrival. Elizabeth
married John Howland (see above).
FRANCIS COOK; his son, John.
Mrs. Cook and other children came over afterwards. Three more
children were born here. His son, John, is married. Mr. Cook is a
very old man, and has seen his children’s children have children.
THOMAS ROGERS; Joseph, his son.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account