On December 18, 1620, the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Harbor ... The original party who were looking to leave England were seeking religious freedom and escape from persecution.

Passengers on the Mayflower included men, women and children from England and the city of Leiden ... It was time for the Leiden Separatists to leave - so they bought a small ship called the ...

PLYMOUTH, England (AP ... across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, the Mayflower christened by U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson has no crew or passengers. It will cross the sea powered by ...

The first event in the series, “The Mayflower Compact and the ... dissenting citizens of New England and elsewhere in America were free to leave and join another colony, or return to England ...

The Devon original can claim the first of the two most famous red-letter dates - September 6, when, in the mists of 1620, the Mayflower slipped away from its wharf on what passenger William ...

The Mayflower, a leaky 80-foot-long British cargo ship carrying 102 passengers who were determined to build a new society "for the glory of God," departed from Plymouth, England on this day in ...

A monthslong effort to digitize and index the authenticated genealogies of Mayflower passengers has been completed and is available online, the New England Historic Genealogical Society announced ...

The Lake County Genealogical Society invites those interested in exploring a potential relationship to the passengers of the Mayflower to a presentation and hands-on research April 10 at Morley ...

Passengers on the Mayflower included men, women and children from England and the city of Leiden ... It was time for the Leiden Separatists to leave - so they bought a small ship called the ...