The Mayflower
brought the first group of Pilgrims to North America in 1620. Our family can
trace its heritage back to John Alden, William Mullins and Priscilla Mullins of the
Mayflower
through the maternal side of the family as outlined below. Valid proof of the birth, marriage and death for each Mayflower ancestor and their spouse has been found, and the ancestry has been accepted by the The General Society of Mayflower Descendants. The roadmap used to establish and document the lineage was a summary provided by an unknown ancestor. While it contains some errors (particularly the details of Jonathan Watrous' Revolutionary War service) it has been remarkably accurate and did lead to validation of the lineage.
The same genealogist provided two handwritten journals thoroughly documenting a large piece of Wetherell genealogy, the contents of which are fully reflected in the Family Tree file. The journals were last transcribed in 1905 and possessed at one point by my great grandfather Harry Keeney. Since the contents focus exclusively on the Wetherell lineage I suspect they came from Harry's mother, Rose Wetherell Keeney, daughter of Frances Celia Watrous Wetherell, which would also explain the Watrous detail in the Mayflower summary.
The specific
Mayflower
lineage is presented directly below (passengers and direct descendants are in
bold):
If any birth, marriage or death information below is
underscored
you can click to see a copy of the source document, otherwise you can find
where the proof came from in the "Notes" section of the
Family Tree
files.
William Mullins
- Born about 1572, likely in Dorking, Surrey, England
- Married
(?)
Alice- - -
(b. ? - d. winter 1621 in Plymouth, MA)
- Died February 21, 1621 in Plymouth, MA
John Alden
- Born about 1598 in England
- Married Priscilla Mullins
(b. 1600 to 1605 - d. between 1650-1687)
- Died September 12, 1687 in Duxbury, MA
Elizabeth Alden
- Born 1623/24 in Plymouth, MA
- Married William Pabodie (b. 1619 - d. 12/13/1707 in Little Compton, RI)
- Died May 31, 1717 in Little Compton, RI
Mercy Pabodie
- Born January 2, 1649/50 in Duxbury, MA
- Married John Simmons (b. 1647 - d.2/9/1715-16)
- Died 1728 in Duxbury, MA
Martha Simmons
- Born November 17, 1677 in Duxbury, MA
- Married Ebenezer Delano (b. 12/23/1672 or 75 - d. 1704-06 in Duxbury, MA)
- Died December 10, 1754 in Lebanon, CT
Thankful Delano
- Born June 8, 1702 in Duxbury, MA
- Married Ebenezer Metcalf (b. 4/3/1703 in Norwich, CT - d. 1/22/1780 in Lebanon, CT) in Lebanon, CT,
October 7, 1725
- Died December 26, 1777 in Lebanon, CT
Abia Webster
- Born January 19, 1765 in Lebanon, CT
- Married Jonathan Waterhouse
(
b. 6/2/1758
in New London (Waterford), CT - d. 9/23/1841 in Somers, CT (Longmeadow, MA?),
buried
in Hebron, CT) June, 1783
- Died March 10, 1835 in Gilead, CT,
buried
in Hebron, CT