Mayflower Connections to the Weiss Family

This Thanksgiving, I discovered more about about Mark's Mayflower ancestors.

In November 2020 it will be 400 years since the landing of the pilgrims in 1620.

Landing in Plymouth, MA in 1620

Mark's relatives who stepped on shore after their 63 day trip in the tiny Mayflower included:

John Alden was a cooper (barrel maker).  

John Alden (who married Priscilla Mullins).  John was Mark's 10^th great uncle.

Our children are 14^th generation and our grandchildren are the 15^th generation direct descendants of John Alden.

William Mullins, his wife, Alice, with their children Priscilla and Joseph.

            William and Alice would be Mark's 11^th great uncle and aunt.

            William, Alice, and Joseph all died that first winter.

Priscilla Mullins was the daughter of a shoemaker.  Her father, mother, and brother all died the first winter.

Priscilla Mullins the only survivor of the Mullins family, would be Mark's

10^th great aunt.

This is the will of William Mullins who died Feb 21, apparently on-board the Mayflower.

Edward Winslow has the only portrait of a Pilgrim made during his lifetime.  He was a printer in London and published religious books that were illegal in England.  He was a prominent man in the colony and his first-hand accounts
are available on-line.

Edward Winslow was Mark's 1^st cousin 10x removed.

John and Priscilla probably have the largest number of descendants of any Mayflower passenger.  Robert D. Hales, Marion D. Romney and Truman O. Angell were descendants of Priscilla Mullins. Also John Quincy Adams and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow are among John and Priscilla's descendants.   (Longfellow wrote a poem, "the Courship of Myles Standish" which is a classic but has little factual basis.)

First Thanksgiving by Brownscombe

These are amazing people. 

I have discovered so many interesting things about this brave, religious people who left England and Leiden to come to America in search of religious freedom.

Brewster giving the blessing over the Thanksgiving Feast.

These two broadsides were published a the time of John Alden's death.

This is actually a home that the Alden family lived in.  It was built in 1653 and still stands in Duxbury, MA. John and Priscilla probably have the largest number of descendants of any Mayflower passenger.

Mayflower II--a replica.  When our family went to Plimouth Planation we also toured this ship.

A mortar and pestle that  once belonged to Edward Winslow and is on display at the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth.

We have so much to be grateful for.


D&C 59:21 comes to mind:
 And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments.



Email Cyndy for a “Gratitude Amplifier” that could be used next Thanksgiving Day or anytime.