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Hazen Family Tree - The First Winter aboard the Mayflower - Sarah Eaton and others - Bonus post for Bradley Family and Stricker Family

The first winter aboard the Mayflower

I don't know about you, but all I was taught about the Mayflower in school was the supposed story of the first thanksgiving. The real history is much more difficult.

When the Mayflower arrived, it anchored first in Provincetown Harbor, off the coast of Cape Cod, on November 21, 1620. There, they drafted and signed the Mayflower Compact, then did some preliminary exploration of the area. They moved to Plymouth Harbor in December of 1620. 

Conditions aboard were appalling. The 102 passengers were quartered in the "gun deck" - a windowless space between the main deck and the cargo hold. The total available living space was about 58 ft. by 24 ft. for all 102 passengers. The hull leaked, so it was a wet, stuffy, smelly place at the best of times. The ship's crew sometimes allowed passengers on deck for fresh air, but not often.

Five of the Pilgrims died while the ship was in Provincetown Harbor:

    William Button - indentured servant of Samuel Fuller 

    Edward Thompson - indentured servant of William White

    Jasper More - seven year old servant to John Carver

    Dorothy Bradford - wife of William Bradford

    James Chilton - father of Mary Chilton, profiled in the last Hazen blog post. 

Note: James Chilton is an ancestor on the Hazen family tree, the Bradley family tree, AND the Stricker family tree



After the Mayflower relocated to Plymouth Harbor, the sicknesses continued.  



Forty-five of the 102 Mayflower passengers died during the winter of 1620-1621. I won't name them all, but there are the ones from the Hazen/Bradley/Stricker Trees:

Sarah, wife of Francis Eaton (maiden name unknown) - Hazen family tree

Susanna, wife of James Chilton - Hazen, Bradley, and Stricker family trees

Elizabeth Fuller - Hazen family tree

Degory Priest - Bradley family tree

Moses Fletcher - Bradley family tree


For the curious minded - James and Susanna Chilton had two daughters - Mary, on the Bradley family tree came with them on the Mayflower, and Isabella, who came later. Isabella is an ancestress on both the Hazen and Stricker family trees. 

 




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