Bing Crosby was a Mayflower descendant. He had two Mayflower ancestors: William Brewster and Edward Winslow.
There are millions of Mayflower descendants.
Are you a descendant of William Brewster or Edward Winslow? If so, then you are Bing Crosby’s cousin.
Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. on 3 May 1903, he died 14 October 1977.
According to Wikipedia:
“The first multimedia star, from 1931 to 1954 Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. His early career coincided with technical recording innovations such as the microphone. This allowed him to develop a laid-back, intimate singing style that influenced many of the popular male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine said that he was the person who had done the most for American soldiers’ morale during World War II.
“In 1948, American polls declared him the ‘most admired man alive.’ Crosby won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O’Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of St. Mary’s opposite Ingrid Bergman the next year, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to… films from 1940 to 1962.”
Roll Calls are a regular feature of family history sites.
Some Mayflower descendants are famous, like Bing Crosby – but, most of us are ordinary people.
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.
Enegren, Nina
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden, Priscilla Alden, William Bradford
Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington), 24 December 1922, page 66
England, Elsa (1922 – 2009)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Bradford
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), 11 January 2009
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), 11 January 2009
England, Orville Lee (1927-2014)
Mayflower Ancestor: Peregrine White
Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, West Virginia), 23 September 2014
Charleston Gazette (Charleston, West Virginia), 23 September 2014
Engle, Wanda (1913 – 2006)
Mayflower Ancestor: Peregrine White
Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, West Virginia), 27 April 2006
Charleston Gazette (Charleston, West Virginia), 27 April 2006
Erbe, Allen Wesley (1931 – 2014)
Mayflower Ancestor: Mary Chilton
Rockford Register Star (Rockford, Illinois), 27 April 2014
Ervin, Joseph W.
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 30 November 1930, page 27
Ervin, Sam J., Jr.
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 30 November 1930, page 27
Esburg, William
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 30 November 1930, page 27
Evans, Emma V. (1902 – 1993)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster, George Soule
Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, New Jersey), 30 May 1993
Even, Doris Lucile (1914 – 2013)
Mayflower Ancestor: Francis Cooke
Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), 22 March 2013
Fahnestock, Frances Jeffery (1916 – 1997)
Mayflower Ancestor: Peregrine White
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 27 January 1997
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), 27 January 1997
Fanning, Patrick
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Daily Union (Washington, D.C.), 30 September 1853, page 1
Farmer, Jef (1919 – 2002)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas), 6 December 2002
Farnum, Valerie Louise (1913 – 2011)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 3 May 2011
Fenney, Orrice V. (1913 – 1992)
Mayflower Ancestor: Edward Fuller
Sunday Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), 1 March 1992
Field, Susan J. (1904 – 1999)
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), 1 October 1999
Field, Vernon A.
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden, Priscilla Mullins
Boston Journal (Boston, Massachusetts), 8 August 1907, page 7
Fifield, Donald Sayre, Jr. (1923 – 2004)
Mayflower Ancestor: Stephen Hopkins
Times Argus (Montpelier-Barre, Vermont), 9 November 2004
Fishback, William H. (1915 – 2002)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Cape Cod Chronicle (Chatham, Massachusetts), 23 May 2002
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Massachusetts), 24 May 2002
Fiske, Alburn F. (1911 – 1992)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden
Union-News (Springfield, Massachusetts), 10 September 1992
Flack, Robert Lloyd (1927 – 1989)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Syracuse Herald American (Syracuse, New York), 4 September 1989
Flaherty, Doris F. (1922 – 2004)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden, Stephen Hopkins
Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Connecticut), 7 July 2004
Flahive, Anna May (1913 – 1997)
Mayflower Ancestor: Myles Standish
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 October 1997
Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, Maine), 5 October 1997
Flint, Robert Carl (1930 – 2004)
Mayflower Ancestor: Richard Warren
Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan), 12 September 2004
Flood, Muriel R. (1927 – 2011)
Mayflower Ancestor: William White
Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), 2 June 2011
The Standard-Times (North Kingston, Rhode Island), 2 June 2011
Flynn, Doris Jean (1922 – 2011)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Highland Park News (Highland Park, Illinois), 19 May 2011
Folger, John H.
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 30 November 1930, page 27
Folger, Lee A.
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 30 November 1930, page 27
Forbes, Harry D.
Mayflower Ancestor: Francis Cooke
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 October 1913, page 29
Ford, Franklin E. (1910 – 2009)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden, Priscilla Alden
Midland Daily News (Midland, Minnesota), 5 June 2009
Forsythe, Rita Kathleen (1923 – 2014)
Mayflower Ancestor: Billington Family
Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California), 2 June 2014
Fortson, Mary
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington), 24 December 1922, page 66
Foster, Ann M.
Mayflower Ancestor: Isaac Allerton
Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington), 24 December 1922, page 66
Foster, Betsy (1923 – 2012)
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Leesburg Today (Leesburg, Virginia), 21 January 2013
Fournier, Bruce
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), 14 June 1957, page 6
Fournier, Leonard
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), 14 June 1957, page 6
Fournier, Tommy
Mayflower Ancestor: William Brewster
Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), 14 June 1957, page 6
Fowler, Beverly Ann (1930 – 2007)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
News-Register (McMinnville, Oregon), 4 August 2007
Fox, Virgil L. (1958 – 2007)
Mayflower Ancestor: Ross Family
Huntington Herald-Press (Huntington. Indiana), 13 September 2007
Frank, Lois (1921 – 2012)
Mayflower Ancestor: Edward Fuller
Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey), 31 May 2012
Frazier, Stafford (1930 – 2007)
Mayflower Ancestor: Edward Doty
Cape Codder (Orleans, Massachusetts), 31 August 2007
Freeman, James N.
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 30 November 1930, page 27
French, Asa P.
Mayflower Ancestor: John Alden
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 October 1913, page 29
French, Ruth (1928 – 2013)
Mayflower Ancestor: John Howland
Record-Journal (Meriden, Connecticut), 17 January 2013
Frick, Julia (1915 – 2014)
Mayflower Ancestor: Stephen Hopkins, John Howland
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 16 January 2014
Frost Johnson, Ruth M. (1901 – 1989)
Mayflower Ancestor: Stephen Hopkins
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Massachusetts), 25 July 1989
Frothingham, Louis A.
Mayflower Ancestor: William Bradford, William Brewster, Richard Warren
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 October 1913, page 29
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