Mayflower
1620 Atlantic crossing
The Mayflower was the ship that transported English Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.
To claim Mayflower ancestry is to assert descent from these original colonists—a point of pride for some American families.
The name also appears in commerce, most notably Mayflower moving company. (Lowercase mayflower is a spring-blooming plant.)
Plymouth's founding English colonists
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- voyageJourney by sea
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
Atlantic · England · settlers · William Bradford · Cape Cod · Provincetown · crossing · passengers
Early Massachusetts Pilgrim settlement
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- SquantoPatuxet who helped Pilgrims
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
- charterFounding organizational document
English Protestant reformers
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- faithTrust without proof
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- LeidenHistoric Dutch academic city
Church of England · congregation · Protestants · sanctuary · dissent · worship · sacrifice · devotion
Sea voyage between continents
- navigationDetermining position and course
- journeyTravel from place to place
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- stormsViolent atmospheric disturbances
departure · Southampton · provisions · scurvy · seasickness · ocean · transatlantic · embarkation
Pilgrims
Plymouth's founding English colonists
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- voyageJourney by sea
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
colonists · Atlantic · England · settlers · William Bradford · Cape Cod · Provincetown · crossing · passengers · crew
Plymouth Colony
Early Massachusetts Pilgrim settlement
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- SquantoPatuxet who helped Pilgrims
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
Puritans
English Protestant reformers
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- faithTrust without proof
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
Leiden · Church of England · congregation · Protestants · sanctuary · dissent · worship · sacrifice · devotion · Holland
Atlantic crossing
Sea voyage between continents
- navigationDetermining position and course
- journeyTravel from place to place
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
storms · departure · Southampton · provisions · scurvy · seasickness · ocean · transatlantic · embarkation · perilous
- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, colonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence
- Americas HistoryAmerican Revolution, Aztec Empire, colonial era, colonization, Columbus
- Famous ShipsTitanic, RMS Titanic, Bismarck, Lusitania, Santa Maria
- Legendary VoyagersOdysseus, Ulysses, Jason, Sinbad, Aeneas
- English PuritanismPuritanism, Puritans, strict morals, godly, piety
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
Mayflowerslave ships
Vessels transporting enslaved people
slave ship · warship · Spanish Armada · man-of-war · Middle Passage
Mayflowerwarships
Military combat vessels
HMS Victory · Bismarck · USS Constitution · Viking longships · Spanish Armada
- Mayflower CompactPilgrim governing agreement