Mary More (bef. 1616 - abt. 1621)

Born before 16 Apr 1616 in Shipton, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Died about 1621 after about age 4 in Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Baptized: Mary More was baptized at Shipton, Shropshire, England, 16 Apr 1616 Maria Moore filia Samuelis More et Caterinae uxoris Eius de larden bap.^[1]

Mary's mother, Catherine, had been engaged in a long term affair with Jacob Blakeway, and it was determined that he was the father of her children. After the divorce of Samuel and Catherine, Samuel had custody of the children and put them into the care of John Carver and Robert Cushman to transport them to Virginia, maintain them for seven years and at the end of the term provide them with 50 acres of land.^[2]

Sailed on the Mayflower 1620: "Mr. William Brewster ; Mary, his wife ; with 2. sons, whose names were Love & Wrasling ; and a boy was put to him called Richard More; and another of his brothers....."^[3]

It seems to be accepted that the "brother" of Jasper was probably Mary, and that Bradford had made an error in his list.

Death: She died sometime in the winter of 1620/1621. Richard More his brother dyed the first winter. ^[3]

Mayflower, First Sickness and Cole's Hill Burial Ground

Sources

1. ↑ Hill, Edwin A. "The English Ancestry of Richard More of the Mayflower." NYGBR Vol 36. Iss. 3. p. 214
2. ↑ Wagner, Anthony B. The Origin of the Mayflower Children: Jasper, Richard and Ellen More. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 114: 163 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation (Boston:, 1865) – p. 447, 451

• Wikipedia for Mary More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mayflower_passengers_who_died_in_the_winter_of_1620%E2%80%9321

• Mayflower Bastard - A Stranger Among the Pilgrims by David Lindsay.

• The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. II p. 1282-1283 (More children). Robert C. Anderson NEHGS 1995.

• Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Of Plimoth Plantation: manuscript, 1630-1650. State Library of Massachusetts "List of Mayflower Passengers." In Bradford's Hand.

Acknowledgements

• BK McDonald, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by BK and others.