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Mayflower Passengers (1620)

MATERNAL LINE~11th great-grandfather
Francis CookeJohn Cooke...Hathaway & Peckham lines...Mary Peckham...Swift line...Rachael Winter SwiftFrancis Swift PerryCarol PerryJohn, Perry & Patrick Long

Francis Cooke is your ~11th great-grandfather. Mayflower passenger, 1620.

MATERNAL LINE~11th great-grandfather
Richard WarrenSarah Warren...married John Cooke (Francis Cooke's son)......Hathaway & Peckham lines...Rachael Winter SwiftFrancis Swift PerryCarol PerryJohn, Perry & Patrick Long

Richard Warren is your ~11th great-grandfather. Mayflower passenger, 1620.

MATERNAL LINE~11th great-grandfather
Degory PriestMary Priest...Coleman families → Nantucket......Swift/Perry line...Francis Swift PerryCarol PerryJohn, Perry & Patrick Long

Degory Priest is your ~11th great-grandfather. Mayflower passenger who died the first winter at Plymouth.

MATERNAL LINE~10th great-grandfather
George SouleSusannah Soule...Barber family → Peckham line...Mary Peckham...Swift line...Francis Swift PerryCarol PerryJohn, Perry & Patrick Long

George Soule is your ~10th great-grandfather. Mayflower passenger, came as servant of Edward Winslow.

Your ancestry includes at least four confirmed passengers on the Mayflower, which arrived at Plymouth, Massachusettsin November 1620 carrying roughly 100 souls. These connections come through the southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island branches of Mom’s side.

NameBornPIDRelationship
Francis Cooke1583LZ2F-MM7~11th great-grandfather
Richard Warren~1583KXML-7XC~11th great-grandfather
Degory Priest1579LYXM-V3F~11th great-grandfather (died 1st winter)
George Soule~1600LZN7-DXZ~10th great-grandfather

Francis Cooke

Francis Cooke sailed with his son John (1606, PID: 99WH-WYF). His wife Hester Mahieu (~1584, PID: LHVB-P72) was of French Walloon descent. John married Sarah Warren, daughter of fellow passenger Richard Warren, creating a double Mayflower connection. Through the Hathaway and Peckham families, this line reaches you.

Degory Priest

Degory Priest died the first winter at Plymouth Colony. His daughter Mary Priest (1611, PID: 9HHV-JSL) married Phineas Pratt (~1593, PID: LRLD-C6D), and through the Coleman families this reaches you via Nantucket. Priest’s ancestry connects to Sir Hugh of Devon Prust (1527, PID: LZ2Z-ZPY).

George Soule

George Soule came as a servant of Edward Winslow. Through his daughter Susannah (1644, PID: 9X3T-V7S) and the Barber family, this reaches you via the Peckham line of Rhode Island.