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The Mayflower was the famous ship that transporte the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts (which would become the capital of Plymouth Colony), in 1620. The vessel left England on September 6, and after a gruelling 66-day journey marked by disease, the ship dropped anchor inside the hook tip of Cape Cod (Provincetown Harbor) on November 11 (dates in Old Style, Julian Calendar; according to the New Style Gregorian Calendar, the corresponding dates are September 16 and November 21). The Mayflower originally was destined for the mouth of the Hudson River, near present-day New York City, at the northern edge of England's Virginia colony, which itself was established with the 1607 Jamestown Settlement. However, the Mayflower went off course as the winter approached, and remained in Cape Cod Bay (mapped in 1602 by Gosnold).

Trivia about mayflower

  • In December 1620 this vessel came ashore at a secondary destination because of a shortage of beer
  • Oceanus Hopkins was born at sea in 1620 aboard this pilgrim ship
  • The trailing arbutus, also known as this, is shipshape as the state flower of Massachusetts
  • John Billington, the first person executed for a murder in the colonies, came over on this ship
  • In December 1620, 3 months after leaving Plymouth, England, this ship arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts
  • Most of the colonists on this ship that landed at Plymouth in December 1620 were not Pilgrims
  • History:Study up on this ship that anchored in Plymouth Harbor on Dec. 26, 1620
  • Peregrine White, the 1st child born in New England of English parents, was born on this ship
  • Merchant ship that made the trip in 1620 from Plymouth to Cape Cod
  • A "General Society" traces the descendants of passengers on this ship, including Myles Standish
  • As a member of Pine Valley's Daughters of Fine Lineage, Phoebe traces her roots back to this boat
  • On November 21, 1620 this ship rounded Cape Cod
  • A British crew sailed a replica of this ship from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Mass. in 1957
  • This ship's historic Atlantic crossing took from September 16 to November 21, 1620
  • Its most famous voyage was from September 16, 1620 to November 21, 1620
  • Peregrine White was born aboard this ship in November 1620, Pilgrim
  • With Christopher Jones as captain, this ship departed Plymouth, Mass. April 15, 1621 & returned to England
  • Wm. Bradford's first wife drowned while this ship was anchored before the colonists went ashore
  • It's the famous ship depicted here in Plymouth harbor
  • This state flower of Massachusetts shares its name with the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World
  • Just before the founding of the Plymouth colony in 1620, the Pilgrims signed a compact on this ship
  • In 1957 a recreation of this ship made a recreation of its 17th century trip from England to Massachusetts
  • Pilgrims progressed on it(9)
  • Due to stormy weather, this ship arrived at Cape Cod instead of Virginia November 21, 1620
  • For many years prior to leaving for America in 1620, this ship had served in the wine trade between England & France
  • Oceanus Hopkins was born on this ship while it was at sea; Peregrine White, after it got to New England
  • After its return to England, this Pilgrim ship may have been sold for salvage & used as a barn roof
  • On this ship that sailed in Sept. 1620, the Puritans called themselves "saints" & the others on board "strangers"
  • It initially left England August 15, 1620 along with another ship, the Speedwell
  • The Pilgrims could tell you this is Massachusetts' official state flower
  • Its journey across the pond took 66 days in 1620
  • The Speedwell was this famous ship's companion in August 1620
  • In 1620 the Speedwell was found unseaworthy so its passengers were crowded aboard this ship
  • In "the courtship of Miles Standish", Longfellow wrote, "youngest of all was he of the men who came in" this ship
  • It's set to 383 years ago & you'll swim aboard this; I'm afraid your bunkmate Edward Tilly snores
  • Jodie Foster won big over Nathan Lane & Harry Connick Jr. when she named this 1620 ship & they couldn't

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