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22nd November 06, 05:02 PM
#1
That is so cool Turp,
I'm descended from the Mullins family and John Alden on both sides of my family and also the Chilton family on my father's side.
Everyone thought my maternal grandmother was a tad nuts when she proclaimed the connection during a third grade geneology project of mine. When I matured I was able to prove her correct, and later more amazed that the line was on my father's side too. Thanks to the Mayflower Society.
When I discovered the link I wrote my parents, who were vacationing, telling them they were 13th cousins. I got a prompt reply from my mother who said, "Thank God, now I can get an annulment."
Not sure why the History Channel calls the Mayflower folks Puritans. The Puritans came years later to the Boston area and were the dour folks in black. Mayflower folks, as the program mentions, were quite the colorfully dressed, beer drinking, rowdy bunch....as evidence to the large number of children the early women bore.
My ancestors aboard were the merchants, and John Alden who was the cooper in charge of the beer.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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23rd November 06, 12:37 AM
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 Originally Posted by Riverkilt
That is so cool Turp,
I'm descended from the Mullins family and John Alden on both sides of my family and also the Chilton family on my father's side.
Everyone thought my maternal grandmother was a tad nuts when she proclaimed the connection during a third grade geneology project of mine. When I matured I was able to prove her correct, and later more amazed that the line was on my father's side too. Thanks to the Mayflower Society.
When I discovered the link I wrote my parents, who were vacationing, telling them they were 13th cousins. I got a prompt reply from my mother who said, "Thank God, now I can get an annulment."
Not sure why the History Channel calls the Mayflower folks Puritans. The Puritans came years later to the Boston area and were the dour folks in black. Mayflower folks, as the program mentions, were quite the colorfully dressed, beer drinking, rowdy bunch....as evidence to the large number of children the early women bore.
My ancestors aboard were the merchants, and John Alden who was the cooper in charge of the beer.
Ron
According to the program, the Mayflower passengers were a mix of Leyden Separatists (those who were emigrating for religious freedom) and regular English folk, which may be where the colorful, rowdy element came from. I think they were the beginning of the Puritans, so called because they felt that the Anglican Church had become as corrupt as the Roman, and that the purity of the scriptures was subsumed by all the idolatrous ceremony. Don't forget that once the Plymouth colony was established more of their fellow separatist living in Holland came to join them. These may be the "later" Puritans you're referring to.
As for inbreeding, it turns out my parents are 6th cousins. That explains a lot! Now I know why I have 10 toes..... four on one foot and six on the other
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23rd November 06, 09:58 AM
#3
Crack me up Turp,
Well, my Mayflower ancestors were merchants...Bill Mullins was a shoe merchant from London who brought along a large supply of shoes. He signed the Mayflower compact, then died. His wife Alice died the first winter. They were buried in unmarked graves so the Indians wouldn't be able to count the losses to the colony.
Bill's daughter Priscilla, who was 18 at the crossing, married John Alden. John signed on at the last minute and nothing is known about his past. Some suspect he was very attracted to Pricilla, and they did marry and have a LOT of kids. He was a cooper by trade and became a strong leader both during the crossing and in the colony after.
Jim Chilton was a tailor from Canturbury, Kent. He died aboard ship at Cape Cod. His wife died in the Spring of 1621. No one ever recorded her name and its lost in time. Their daughter Mary was 13 at the crossing. Fortunately for me she survived. She's described as "a sprightly young miss" and "very vivacious."
Mary married John Winslow who followed on the ship Fortune in the Spring of 1621 and had ten kids. They moved up to Boston where he was a wealthy shipowner.
Really spooky to realize that if the Mayflower sinks, or Pricilla or Mary die, then I don't get the gift of life.
But, no religious freedom folks in my Mayflower ancestors. Just merchants trying to make a buck, or in John Alden's case out for adventure, love, or both.
And really ironic to me. Last night, I'm with a group of friends, and we're breaking up the gathering, and the Navajo's are all wishing the Bilagaana's (Anglos) a happy Thanksgiving....Kinda touching and heavy on history.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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23rd November 06, 12:15 PM
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There is a treasure trove of information on Rootsweb. Genealogy can be as much of an adiction as kilts. It is really great to find a line that you can trace back for several hundred years. Your efforts have been rewarded Turpin.
There are several ways to display the information from Rootsweb, If you haven't already tried it, try the ahnentafel display mode. Be sure and follow the arrows that show up on the right hand side of the page in the normal pedigree mode.
For those of you who are interested in your family tree, www.rootsweb.com is a great place to start.
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