October 24, 2018
Roll Calls are a regular feature of family history sites.
With the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower coming up soon in 2020, let’s compare notes and see who your Mayflower ancestors are.
Families have written about their Pilgrim ancestors for hundreds of years and their stories have been recorded in America’s newspapers.
Here are just a few of the thousands of Mayflower cousins that I have found in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives. We’ve included the name of the newspaper and the exact page where you can find an article about that cousin.
Please add your Mayflower lineage here and help us build a more complete record of all of the descendants of the Mayflower passengers.
Graveline, Lillian Isabel (1917 – 2010)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Connecticut), 13 July 2010
Gray, Carl R.
Mayflower Ancestor: Francis Cooke, Stephen Hopkins
Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), 20 January 1924, page 39
Gray, Helen Lovina (1913 – 2000)
Mayflower Ancestor: Susanna White, William White
Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California), 1 December 2000
Greene, Beryl J. (1938 – 2017)
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren, Roger Williams
East Greenwich Pendulum (East Greenwich, Rhode Island), 16 March 2017
Greene, Samuel S.
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 October 1913, page 29
Greene, Warren
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington), 24 December 1922, page 66
Greenough, Peter B. (1917 – 2006)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 10 September 2006
Greenwood, Helen (1909 – 1986)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), 19 June 1986
Gresh, Helena Adams (1923 – 2006)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 14 April 2006
Grier, Kay (1939 – 2017)
Mayflower Ancestor: Peter Browne
State (Columbia, South Carolina), 5 August 2017
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 5 August 2017
Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina), 5 August 2017
Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, North Carolina), 5 August 2017
Griffeth, Christina (1906 – 1990)
Mayflower Ancestor: Edward Doty
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 5 April 1990
Grozier, Edwin A.
Mayflower Ancestor: Stephen Hopkins
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 October 1913, page 29
Grueterich, Mary Bertha (1907 – 2003)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden
Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa), 18 December 2003
Gualteri, Ruth (1904 – 2002)
Mayflower Ancestor: Peregrine White
Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), 16 November 2002
Gudzunas, Lillian F. (1927 – 2008)
Mayflower Ancestor: Stephen Hopkins
Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 9 September 2008
Guedesse, Marilyn D. (1933 – 2015)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Bradford
Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa), 23 December 2015
Hancock County Journal-Pilot (Carthage, Illinois), 23 December 2015
Guetens, Constance (1903 – 2000)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire), 7 May 2000
Guild, Curtis
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 October 1913, page 29
Guilford, Charles Fred, Jr. (1930 – 2011)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster, John Children, George Soule
Island Packet (Hilton Head, South Carolina), 12 January 2011
Gunn, Jessie Mary (1925 – 2008)
Mayflower Ancestor: Edward Fuller
Monterey County Herald (Monterey, California), 26 April 2008
Gunn, Kenneth
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden, William Bradford
Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), 14 June 1957, page 6
Gunn, Roger
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden, William Bradford
Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), 14 June 1957, page 6
Gutt, Catherine Julia (1918 – 2004)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Bradford
Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 28 January 2004
Plainville Citizen (Plainville, Connecticut), 12 February 2004
Hagedorn, Celest Morgan (1991 – 2008)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Times-Standard (Eureka, California), 21 March 2008
Hager, Ernest Ford (1914 – 2006)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Bradford
Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, Washington), 9 February 2006
Haines, Elizabeth M. (1919 – 2010)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden
Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 12 May 2010
Hale, Ellen
Mayflower Ancestor: Edward Winslow
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 30 March 1896, page 10
Hale, Titus Stuart, Jr. (1920 – 1994)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster, Richard Warren
Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 28 June 1994
Hall, Elliot A., Jr. (1931 – 2014)
Mayflower Ancestor: William White
Enterprise (Brockton, Massachusetts), 9 November 2014
Hall, Elliot A., Jr. (1931 – 2014)
Mayflower Ancestor: William White
Bridgewater Independent (Bridgewater, Massachusetts), 6 November 2014
Hall, Frank P., Jr.
Mayflower Ancestor: William Bradford
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 30 November 1930, page 27
Hall, Laurence Bartlett (1920 – 2007)
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Rocky Mountain News (Rocky Mountain, Colorado), 6 March 2007
Denver Post (Denver, Colorado), 6 March 2007
Hall, Shirley (1919 – 2009)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), 8 April 2009
Hallam, Ethel Elizabeth (1911 – 2005)
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Argus (Freemont-Newark, California), 8 August 2005
Daily Review (Hayward, California), 8 August 2005
Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California), 8 August 2005
Hallett, William F. (1913 – 1997)
Mayflower Ancestor: Robert Fuller
Erie Times-News (Erie, Pennsylvania), 7 December 1997
Halley, Niona L. (1936 – 2018)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Bradford
Lewiston Tribune (Lewiston, Idaho), 9 February 2018
Halpine, Stuart Francis (1925 – 2010)
Mayflower Ancestor: Fuller Family, John Howland
News-Times (Danbury, Connecticut), 27 April 2010
Halsey, Jeremiah
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Daily Union (Washington, D.C.), 30 September 1853, page 1
Hamblen, George Wesley (1921 – 2013)
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Roslindale Transcript (Roslindale, Massachusetts), 24 July 2013
Norwood Transcript & Bulletin (Norwood, Massachusetts), 24 July 2013
Westwood Press (Westwood, Massachusetts), 24 July 2013
Hamilton, Hubert A. (1914 – 2002)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 10 September 2002
Hamilton, Roland M. (1923 – 2012)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden
Pepperell Free Press (Pepperell, Massachusetts), 4 January 2013
Townsend Times (Townsend, Massachusetts), 4 January 2013
Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts), 30 December 2012
Hammer, Gwendolyn (1908 – 1985)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), 28 November 1985
Hand, Anna May (1911 – 2006)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Knoxville News Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee), 6 August 2006
Hanscom, Carolyn Albra (1931 – 2013)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden
Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine), 15 July 2013
Hansen, Dallys Marie (1917 – 2005)
Mayflower Ancestor: Edward Doty
Tomah Journal (Tomah, Wisconsin), 27 October 2005
Hanson, Ellis S. (1917 – 1999)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden Family
Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine), 15 July 1999
Hanson, Lars L.E. (1956 – 2017)
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), 8 October 2017
Hapke, Beverly June (1927 – 2006)
Mayflower Ancestor: Fuller Family
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois), 12 October 2006
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 12 October 2006
Hapline, Stuart (1925 – 2010)
Mayflower Ancestor: Fuller Family, John Howland
New Milford Spectrum (New Milford, Connecticut), 29 April 2010
News-Times (Danbury, Connecticut), 27 April 2010
Harlow, Marthabel (1920 – 2002)
Mayflower Ancestor: Edward Doty
Benton County Daily Record (Benton, Arkansas), 24 January 2002
Harlow, Robert B. (1923 – 2008)
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), 13 July 2008
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I admire what Tom Kemp has done. It is a great service and a major effort. The problem is that GenealogyBank does not have major San Antonio, Texas, Express News newspapers between 1960-1990, a 30-year gap. The San Antonio Light is listed with only 3 early years.
I assume Tom searched GenealogyBank with the word Mayflower. There is one, and probably others, that was missed. Elise Lane Grohe’s listing was on 3 June 2005 and states in the obit that she was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants. Unless I missed it, I do not see her listed in the Mayflower Roll.
Still a great effort. Thank you, Tom.
Hi Nancy –
There are well over 1 billion newspaper articles in GenealogyBank.
Hundreds of thousands refer to Mayflower descendants. I included over 2,000 of these articles as examples to inspire genealogists to what is possible, realistic in newspaper research. There are hundreds of thousands of additional articles.
In addition to ‘Mayflower’ I also searched using variant words like Pilgrim and the individual names of the Mayflower Saints and Strangers.
As you are aware the full eBook: ‘Mayflower Roll Call: Stand Up and Be Counted’ was released this weekend by GenealogyBank.
It is available free here to download and read: https://bit.ly/2RMHhHn
Tom