The Fortune Passenger List 1621 Genealogy Poster

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan

The Mayflower landed in 1620, but we don't hear much about the next group to arrive. "The Fortune", carrying 35 new-comers to the colony, caused quite a stir when it appeared off Cape Cod unexpectedly on November 9, 1621. At the first sighting of the ship, both the colonists and the Native Americans were on high alert, suspecting the ship of being a threat as it sat off shore for over a week, reluctant to proceed. The colonists readied the cannons while the ship's passengers contemplated returning to England. They finally proceeded to Plymouth Bay in late November and the colonists were relieved to see it was an English ship.  Surely they hoped the ship carried at least some provisions to supplement their dangerously low storehouses as another brutal winter approached, but instead they received 35 passengers, nearly all male, with very little provisions or supplies. The new-comers were equally disappointed that the colony consisted of just seven houses and four common (public) buildings. Perhaps they expected the Pilgrim's would have made more progress in their first year, obviously unaware of the many challenges they faced. The colony's eleven structures would have to be shared by 82 people until new homes could be built. There were now more mouths to feed and not enough food to go around, which caused everyone concern, but there were now more strong, healthy workmen to help build the colony, and that they did.  

Most of the Fortune's passengers were young men recruited by Thomas Weston and the London Merchant Adventurers. This collectible keepsake commemorates their voyage and pays tribute to the passengers and crewmen who braved the Atlantic to start a new life and a new country in America - our Pilgrim fathers. Which passenger(s) do you descend from? Following is a list of known passengers aboard The Fortune:

• John Adams
• William & Elizabeth Bassett
• William Beale
• Jonathan Brewster
• Clement Briggs
• Edward Bompasse
• John Cannon
• William Conner
• Robert Cushman
• Thomas Cushman
• Stephen Deane
• Phillipe de la Noye
• Thomas Flavel & son
• Mr. Ford
• Mrs. Martha Ford
• John Ford
• Robert Hicks
• William Hilton
• Benedict Morgan
• Thomas Morton
• Augustine Nicolas
• William Palmer
• William Pitt
• Thomas Prence
• Moses Simonson
• Hugh Stacie
• James Steward
• William Tench
• John Winslow
• William Wright

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