List of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620–1621

During the first winter in the New World, the Mayflower colonists suffered greatly from diseases like scurvy, lack of shelter and general conditions onboard ship. cite book
last=Rothbard
first=Murray Rothbard
title=Conceived in Liberty
year=1975
volume=1
chapter="The Founding of Plymouth Colony"
publisher=Arlington House Publishers] 45 of the 102 emigrants died the first winter and were buried on Cole's Hill. Additional deaths during the first year meant that only 53 people were alive in November 1621 to celebrate the first Thanksgiving.First Thanksgiving, [http://www.pilgrimhall.org/1stthnks.htm] , 1998, Pilgrim Hall Museum, accessed August 29, 2006. Note that this list omits Mr. Ely, a hired seaman and Dorothy, a servant.] Of the 18 adult women, 13 died the first winter while another died in May. Only four adult women were left alive for the Thanksgiving.Dorothy, the servant of John Carver, and Priscilla Mullins were both old enough to be married within a year or two of that first winter; although their exact ages are unknown. So the number of adult women surviving to the first Thanksgiving may be as many as 6 (out of 20).]

Men

*John Allerton?
*Richard Britteridge, December 21
*Robert Carter, after February 21
*James Chilton, December 8
*Richard Clarke
*John Crackstone Sr.?
*Thomas English?
*Moses Fletcher?
*Edward Fuller
*John Goodman -
*William Holbeck?
*John Langmore
*Edmund Margesson?
*Christopher Martin, January 8
*William Mullins, February 21
*Degory Priest, January 1
*John Rigsdale
*Thomas Rogers
*Elias Story
*Edward Thompson, December 4
*Edward Tilley
*John Tilley
*Thomas Tinker
*John Turner
*William White, February 21
*Roger Wilder
*Thomas Williams

Women

*Mary (Norris) Allerton, February 25, reportedly in childbirth, baby was stillborn.Mintz, S. (2003). Childbirth in Early America, [http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/childbirth.cfm] , Digital History, http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu, accessed August 30, 2006.]
*Dorothy (May) Bradford, December 7
*Mrs. James Chilton
*Sarah Eaton
*Mrs. Edward Fuller
*Mary (Prower) Martin
*Alice Mullins April?
*Mary Mosher
*Alice Rigsdale
*Rose Standish, January 29
*Ann (Cooper) Tilley
*Joan (Hurst) Tilley
*Mrs. Thomas Tinker
*Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow, March 24
* [Alice Closford [October 24]

Children

*William Butten, November 6 (died at sea, the only passenger to die during the journey)
*John Hooke (age 14)
*Ellen More (age 8)
*Jasper More (age 7), December 6
*Mary More (age 6)
*Joseph Mullins April?
*Solomon Prower, December 24
*son of Thomas Tinker
*son of John Turner
*another son of John Turner

tatistics by month

Winter

According to Bradford's RegisterThe Plymouth Colony Archive ProjectMAYFLOWER PASSENGER DEATHS, 1620-1621 [http://etext.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/Maydeaths.html] , 2000, Patricia Scott Deetz and James Deetz, accessed August 29, 2006] , a contemporary source

*November, 1 death
*December, 6
*January, 8
*February, 17
*March, 13

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*April uncertain, between 1 and 5The death dates of Alice Mullins and her son Joseph are not clear, perhaps after April 5 when the Mayflower left with her husband William's will naming them as heirs but with no attachment concerning their deaths.] (including Governor John Carver, not in above list)
*May or June, at least 1 (Mrs. Katherine (White) Carver, not in above list)

Four deaths occurred in months unknown before the first Thanksgiving bringing the total deaths to 51.

ee also

*Plymouth Colony
*List of passengers on the Mayflower
*Mayflower
*Cole's Hill

Notes and references

*List of deaths and dates as shown in "Chronological History of New England" by Thomas Prince in 1737, from the register of deaths compiled by William Bradford, which was lost during the Revolutionary War. Can be seen at [http://etext.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/Maydeaths.html Mayflower passenger deaths, 1620-1621]
* [http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/women.php Women on the Mayflower] , MayflowerHistory.com, accessed August 29, 2006.

Further reading

* Cheney, Glenn Alan, "Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year in America," (New London: New London Librarium, 2007) ISBN 978-0-9798039-0-1
* Philbrick, Nathaniel, "Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War," (New York: Viking, 2006) ISBN 0-670-03760-5

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