This means you’ll likely have a direct line if you can prove it! If you have the same last name (or if your mother’s maiden name is the same), this is also a great start for finding your Pilgrim ancestors. Which ancestors does your family claim a connection to? That can give you a name to look for as you start searching. The first step is to write down what details you can remember of these stories. Usually, people who are interested in finding out if they’re connected to the Mayflower have family stories telling them so. Even trying makes this a win-win situation! Finding Your Ancestors And working to find that connection can help you get a very accurate, detailed family tree back to the 1600s in America. These 51 are the verified Pilgrims who still have direct descendants today:įinding a connection to one of these people, naturally, makes for a pretty great story. And many of them do! Researchers estimate that there are are over 35 million direct descendants of the Mayflower passengers. Since this is such a large event in the history of the United States, a lot of modern Americans want to find a connection to the initial colonizing efforts. Everyone knows the name of their ship: the Mayflower. Interest in Pilgrim genealogy is surging with the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's 1620 arrival in the New World fast approaching.In 1620, Pilgrims fleeing the religious persecution in England landed in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. Brenton Simons, president of the genealogical society, said the new database makes it "easier than ever to learn whether an individual is descended from one who planted the first permanent settlement of New England in Plymouth Colony and ultimately laid the foundation for America.”
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There are an estimated 10 million living Americans and as many as 35 million people worldwide descended from the Pilgrims, according to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.Īlthough access to some of the Pilgrim database is free, the full database requires membership in the genealogical society, which costs $35 for a three-month plan.ĭ. That "fifth generation" of descendants lived in the 1700s and 1800s, so the name you type in to search the database would have to be one of your ancestors who lived during that time. The database contains authenticated information on more than 59,450 people in the fifth generation of the Mayflower passengers known to have descendants. Names we all remember from history class, including Myles Standish, John Alden and William Bradford, were on the famed ship, which sailed from England to the New World in 1620 with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30 people.
This is the first time the books' contents have been made available online. "All information in the database is derived from the original printed books published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants," the genealogical society said on its website. Are you related to one of America's first immigrants? A new " Pilgrim database" from the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants will let you know for sure.
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