Plimoth & Patuxet Ancestors
Researching your family’s history is fun and rewarding. The rich genealogical and biographical Plymouth Ancestors resources will help you discover exciting details about your family in the 17th century.
Or if you have visited the 17th-Century English Village or Mayflower II and have become fascinated by one of the Colonists, you will find information about his or her life after 1627.
The profiles and essays about children are great tools for classroom teachers, and can enhance student research on the First Thanksgiving when used in partnership with You are the Historian at the Museum's online learning center.
For further information visit plymouthancestors.org.
Getting Started
Here you will find pedigree charts, genealogical resources and advice on researching family history.
Genealogical Profiles
From John Adams to William Wright, here you will find genealogical and biographical profiles of many Colonists who arrived in Plymouth Colony between 1620 and 1633. Not everyone's ancestors could fit aboard Mayflower.
The Patuxet (Wampanoag)
Wampanoag family information is held privately. Here you will find information on the Wampanoag in the 17th century and today.
Important Sources
Includes a timeline, information about primary source documents and artifacts, and background information on the Pilgrims.
Children in Plymouth Colony
A series of articles on work, discipline, play and education.
Getting Started
- Family Tree - Getting Started
- Family Tree - Group Sheet
- Family Tree - NEHGS Info
- Family Tree - Pedigree Chart
- Family Tree - Resources
Genealogical Profiles
- John Adams
- Webb Adey
- John Alden
- Isaac Allerton
- John Allerton
- Anthony Annable
- Edward Ashley
- William Baker
- Edward Bangs
- Robert Barker
- John Barnes
- Robert Bartlett
- William Bassett
- William Beale
- John Beaven
- William Bennett
- John Billington
- Thomas Blossom
- Thomas Boreman
- John Bowman
- William Bradford
- William Brewster
- Thomas Brian
- William Bridges
- Clement Briggs
- John Brown
- Peter Brown
- Edward Bumpas
- Edward Burcher
- John Bursley
- John Cannon
- Robert Carter
- John Carver
- Edmund Chandler
- Roger Chandler
- James Chilton
- Richard Church
- Richard Clark
- Thomas Clark
- Richard Clough
- Henry Cobb
- James Cole
- Job Cole
- William Collier
- Christopher Conant
- Roger Conant
- William Connor
- Francis Cooke
- John Cooke
- Josias Cooke
- John Coombs
- Humility Cooper
- John Crackstone
- Robert Cushman
- Thomas Cushman
- John Deacon
- Stephen Deane
- Phillip Delano
- John Doane
- Edward Doty
- John Dunham
- Francis Eaton
- John Eddy
- Samuel Eddy
- Ely
- Thomas English
- John Faunce
- Thomas Flavell
- Moses Fletcher
- Edmond Flood
- Ralph Fogg
- Ford
- Edward Foster
- George Foster
- Edward Fuller
- Samuel Fuller II
- Samuel Fuller
- Richard Gardiner
- William Gilson
- Godbert Godbertson
- John Goodman
- Robert Gorges
- Richard Greene
- John Hampden
- Martha Harding
- Walter Harris
- Timothy Hatherly
- William Heard
- John Hewes
- Robert Hicks
- Richard Higgins
- Thomas Higgins
- William Hilton
- John Hocking
- William Holbeck
- Edward Holman
- John Holmes
- William Holmes
- William Honywell
- John Hooke
- Stephen Hopkins
- Henry Howland
- John Howland
- James Hurst
- John Irish
- John Jenny
- Manasseh Kempton
- Richard Lanckford
- John Langmore
- William Latham
- Edward Leister
- Thomas Little
- Robert Long
- John Lyford
- Edmund Margesson
- Christopher Martin
- Richard Masterson
- William Mendlove
- Robert Mendum
- Desire Minter
- Experience Mitchell
- Ellen More
- Jasper More
- Mary More
- Richard More
- Bennett Morgan
- William Morrell
- George Morton
- Thomas Morton, Sr
- Thomas Morton
- William Mullins
- Samuel Nash
- John Newcomen
- Austen Nicholas
- William Palmer
- William Phips
- Abraham Pierce
- William Pitt
- William Pontus
- Thomas Pope
- Joshua Pratt
- Phineas Pratt
- Thomas Prence
- Degory Priest
- Solomon Prower
- James Rand
- Robert Ratcliffe
- Daniel Ray
- William Richards
- John Rigsdale
- Mary Ring
- Isaac Robinson
- Rogers
- Joseph Rogers
- Thomas Rogers
- Rowland
- Henry Rowley
- Henry Samson
- Anthony Savory
- Thomas Savory
- Richard Sears
- Edward Shaw
- John Shaw
- William Sherman
- Moses Simonson
- John Smalley
- John Smith
- Ralph Smith
- Nicholas Snow
- George Soule
- Constant Southworth
- Thomas Southworth
- Richard Sparrow
- Francis Sprague
- Hugh Stacy
- Myles Standish
- James Steward
- Elias Story
- Thomas Symons
- William Tench
- Edward Thompson
- John Thorpe
- Thomas Tilden
- Edward Tilley
- John Tilley
- Thomas Tinker
- Stephen Tracy
- William Trevor
- Humphrey Turner
- John Turner
- Christopher Wadsworth
- Ralph Wallen
- Richard Warren
- John Washburn
- George Watson
- Francis Weston
- Thomas Weston
- John Whiston
- William White
- Roger Wilder
- Thomas Willett
- Roger Williams
- Thomas Williams
- Edward Winslow
- Gilbert Winslow
- John Winslow
- Josiah Winslow
- Kenelm Winslow
- Walter Woodworth
- William Wright
The Patuxet (Wampanoag)
- Wampanoag - Family Tree
- Wampanoag - Contemporary
- Wampanoag - Homeland
- Wampanoag - Homesite
- Wampanoag - Patuxet Ancestors
Important Sources
- Historical - Key Docs
- Historical - Migration
- Historical - New Plymouth and Plantation
- Historical - Possessions
- Historical -Timeline
Children in Plymouth Colony
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Join Now!People of the East: 17th-Century Wampanoag Life
This booklet offers answers to often-asked historical questions on Wampanoag life.
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This book attempts to provide accurate and objective information about the Pilgrims and addresses many of the common misconceptions and controversies about them.
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