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The Mayflower Genealogies

George Ernest Bowman MD 29:2 (1931)

[Editor's Note: These lineages are as Bowman and others have presented them. Always check more recent sourcing before regarding any information as undisputed.]

In an effort to clarify Mayflower lineage, Bowman published the following summary in 1931. It gives the known Mayflower families who had descendants and the intermarriage data of these families. He says:

"I decided to call my compilation "The Mayflower Genealogies," as early as 1899, and have used that name for more than thirty-two years.There were exactly one hundred and four (104) Mayflower Passengers, but many of them died the first winter, and others died without issue.

Descent can be proved from only fifty of the Passengers, and these fifty can be divided into twenty-three family groups, as follows:"

Site Note: Where a second generation individual is included, it indicates that this family member came on the Mayflower. It does not exclude other children born here. Also note that in some instances other family members came later, and thus are legitimate Mayflower Ancestors but not included in this passenger accounting.

John1 Alden, wife Priscilla2 Mullins, and her parents, William1 and Alice Mullins.

Isaac1 Allerton, wife Mary and daughters Mary2 and Remember2.

John1 Billington, wife Eleanor and son Francis2.

Gov. William1 Bradford.

Elder William1 Brewster, wife Mary and son Love2.

Peter1 Brown.

James1 Chilton, wife and daughter Mary2. (Daughter Isabella, arrived later)

Francis1 Cooke, son John2

Edward1 Doty.

Francis1 Eaton, wife Sarah and son Samuel2.

Edward1 Fuller, wife (name unknown) and son Samuel2.

Dr. Samuel1 Fuller.

Stephen1 Hopkins; second wife Elizabeth Fisher; son Gyles2 and daughter Constance2, both by first wife, Mary. [TAG 291:73:170]

John1 Howland, wife Elizabeth: Tilley, and her parents, John1 Tilley and wife (name unknown*).

Richard1 More.

Degory1 Priest.

Thomas1 Rogers, son Joseph2.

Henry1 Samson.

George1 Soule.

Capt. Myles1 Standish

Richard1 Warren.

William1 White, wife Susanna and sons Resolved2 and Peregrine2.

Edward1 Winslow.

The foregoing list shows that twenty-three individual genealogies will include all known lines of Mayflower Descent.
William Mullins and John Tilley and their respective wives are given their proper places, but their descendants will appear only in the Alden and Howland branches of "The Mayflower Genealogies".
* She was not Bridget Van der Velde, as so often claimed. See Mayflower Descendant, 10: 65.

The twenty-three subdivisions of "The Mayflower Genealogies , therefore, will be named for the following twenty-three heads of families:

John Alden	Edward Doty	Thomas Rogers
Isaac Allerton	Francis Eaton	Henry Samson
John Billington	Edward Fuller	George Soule
William Bradford	Dr. Samuel Fuller	Myles Standish
William Brewster	Stephen Hopkins	Richard Warren
Peter Brown	John Howland	William White
James Chilton	Richard More	Edward Winslow
Francis Cooke	Degory Priest