Thursday, November 05, 2009

Names of Mayflower Passengers

Here is some interesting information on the names of passengers of the Mayflower during it's historic trip to America.

- 15 people were named John +
- 6 were named Mary *
- 8 were named William +
- 3 were named Elizabeth *
- 6 were named Edward +

And there was one each of: Remember, Love, Humility, Constance, and Resolved.



* Some of the women were only listed as Mrs. and their last name so the numbers of the name may be higher.
+ Some of the children were only listed as the number of kids a family had, so the number of the name may be higher.

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