Mayflower Passengers and Their Leiden Connection
All 102 Mayflower passengers, grouped by how well their time in Leiden is documented. This follows the same categories used in our own research overview — from clearly documented residents to the "Strangers" who joined the voyage in England and never lived in Leiden at all.
Baptised in Leiden's Dutch Reformed Church
Born in Leiden
These passengers were born and baptised in Leiden itself, into households already settled in the city.
- Bartholomew Allerton
- Remember Allerton
- Mary Allerton
- Love Brewster
- Wrestling Brewster
- John Cooke
Passengers with clear evidence of residence in Leiden
Documented residence in Leiden
House purchases, citizenship registers, marriage and church records place these passengers and their households in Leiden. Where we have a dedicated record trail on this site, the name links through to it.
- William Brewster
- Mary Brewster
- Isaac Allerton
- William Bradford
- Dorothy May Bradford
- John Carver
- Katherine (White) Carver
- James Chilton
- Mary Chilton
- Francis Cooke
- John Crackstone
- Moses Fletcher
- Edward Fuller
- Samuel Fuller
- Degory Priest
- Thomas Rogers
- Joseph Rogers
- Ann (Cooper) Tilley
- John Tilley
- Joan (Hurst) Tilley
- Elizabeth Tilley
- Thomas Tinker
- John Turner
- Thomas Williams
- Edward Winslow
- Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow
Associated with the Leiden group, but not equally certain for each person
Leiden connection possible or uncertain
These passengers are linked to the Leiden congregation historically, but the evidence placing them in the city personally is thinner or still being worked through.
- Humility Cooper
- Henry Samson
- John Goodman
- Richard Clarke
- Roger Wilder
- William Latham
- Desire Minter
- Myles Standish
- Rose Standish
Joined in England, not part of the Leiden congregation
No Leiden record
These passengers, often called the "Strangers," boarded in England and have no documented connection to Leiden. Their absence here reflects the historical record, not a gap in our research.
- John Howland
- George Soule
- John Alden
- Richard Warren
- Edward Doty
- John Billington
- Eleanor Billington
- Francis Billington
- William Mullins
- Alice Mullins
- Priscilla Mullins
- Christopher Martin
- Mary Martin
- William White
- Susanna White
- Stephen Hopkins
- Elizabeth Hopkins
- Francis Eaton
- Sarah Eaton
In Leiden before they left for America
The bigger picture
Eleven years, one congregation, six documented families
The English Separatists first fled England for religious reasons. In Amsterdam they joined Pastor John Robinson. Together they moved to Leiden around 1609. For about eleven years they lived, worked and worshipped in this Dutch city. From Leiden they travelled to Delfshaven, then to England, and finally joined the Mayflower voyage in 1620.
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