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[[File:The Mayflower Compact 1620 cph.3g07155.jpg|right|thumb|''Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620'', a painting by [[Jean Leon Gerome Ferris]] 1899]]
▲It was later published in [[London]] in ''[[Mourt's Relation]]'' in 1622, and the authors had added a [[preamble]] to clarify its meaning: "it was thought good there should be an association and agreement, that we should combine together in one body, and to submit to such government and governors as we should by common consent agree to make and choose."
What is known today of the wording of the Mayflower Compact comes from [[William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)|William Bradford]]’s
The list of signers was published at least twice in the 18th century, but each time based apparently on
▲The passengers probably assembled in the ship’s great cabin, about thirteen by seventeen feet, with two windows on the stern and one window on either side. Forty-one men signed the Compact, beginning with Governor [[John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor)|John Carver]] and ending with Edward Lester. Nine adult males on board did not sign the document; some had been hired as seamen only for one year and others were probably too ill to write. No women signed it, in accordance with cultural and legal custom of the times.<ref name="Philbrick p. 43">Nathaniel Philbrick, ''Mayflower: A story of Courage, Community and War'' (New York:Viking, 2006), p. 43</ref><ref name="Bunker p. 281">Nick Bunker, ''Making Haste from Babylon: The ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims and their New World a History'' (New York: Knopf 2010), p. 281</ref>
The Morton signer list from 1669 is what most ''Mayflower'' scholars have used when compiling a list of those who signed
▲What is known today of the wording of the Mayflower Compact comes from [[William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)|William Bradford]]’s [[manuscript]], apparently copied from the original document. The original of the Mayflower Compact has long been lost, possibly stolen during [[American Revolutionary War]] (1775-1783) looting. The text was first published in 1622 and then in Bradford’s journal from about 1630. But Bradford did not have a list or even gave a suggestion of the names of the signers. [[Plymouth Colony]] secretary [[Nathaniel Morton]] provides both the Compact and a list of signers in his 1669 ''New Englands Memoriall'', and many persons have thought that this list was an actual transcript of the names of all the signers and in the sequence of their signing.
▲The list of signers was published at least twice in the 18th century, but each time based apparently on Morton’s 1669 list and not the original. Consequently, there has been confusion for many years about the actual list of signers, with some suggesting that there would be names besides those Morton had provided if all adult male passengers had signed the compact=. Morton apparently copied from Bradford, and not from the original written and signed compact.
▲The Morton signer list from 1669 is what most ''Mayflower'' scholars have used when compiling a list of those who signed the Mayflower Compact. That list, basically, is used in the Stratton book on page 413 and is what is used here. There are variations in the spelling of some names between Stratton’s list and Morton’s 1669 list, and those 13 instances are also noted here.<ref name="Stratton pp. 411-413">Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing 1986) pp. 411-413</ref><ref name="Mayflower Compact">[http://mayflowerhistory.com/mayflower-compact/ Caleb Johnson, ''Mayflower Compact'']</ref>
== Signatories ==
[[John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor)|John Carver]] - An early associate of Bradford and Brewster who became a prominent member of the English Separatist church in [[Leiden]], [[Holland]] where he was a [[deacon]] in the church. With Robert Cushman, he was an agent for the Leideners in 1620, organizing for the ''Mayflower'' voyage. He was a prosperous man who invested a large portion of his personal wealth in the voyage. He came on the ''Mayflower'' with his wife and five servants, one of whom was Roger Wilder who died early, along with a 7-year boy in his care named [[Richard More (Mayflower passenger)|Jasper More]]. (Jasper was one of the four More children on board and one of the earliest to die.) Carver was the first governor of Plymouth Colony and died suddenly at age 56, in April or May 1621, with his wife dying shortly thereafter. His legacy was overshadowed by his failure to provide a return to ''Mayflower''’s London investors, much to their vexation against him. The Fortune in November 1621 carried angry Merchant Adventurer letters addressed to him but by then he was already long deceased.<ref name="Banks p. 44">Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623'' (Baltimore, MD.:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 44</ref><ref name="Stratton p. 259">Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing 1986) p. 259</ref><ref name="Johnson pp. 107-114">Caleb H. Johnson, ''The Mayflower and her passengers'' (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006) pp. 107-114</ref>▼
▲* '''[[John Carver (Plymouth Colony governor)|John Carver]] -''' An early associate of Bradford and Brewster who became a prominent member of the English Separatist church in [[Leiden]], [[Holland]] where he was a [[deacon]] in the church. With Robert Cushman, he was an agent for the Leideners in 1620, organizing for the ''Mayflower'' voyage. He was a prosperous man who invested a large portion of his personal wealth in the voyage. He came on the ''Mayflower'' with his wife and five servants, one of whom was Roger Wilder who died early, along with a 7-year boy in his care named [[Richard More (Mayflower passenger)|Jasper More]]. (Jasper was one of the four More children on board and one of the earliest to die.) Carver was the first governor of Plymouth Colony and died suddenly at age 56, in April or May 1621, with his wife dying shortly thereafter. His legacy was overshadowed by his failure to provide a return to ''Mayflower''’s London investors, much to their vexation against him. The Fortune in November 1621 carried angry Merchant Adventurer letters addressed to him but by then he was already long deceased.<ref name="Banks p. 44">Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623'' (Baltimore, MD.:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 44</ref><ref name="Stratton p. 259">Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing 1986) p. 259</ref>
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Gilbert Winslow - He arrived with his brother Edward Winslow as part of his brother’s family. He was allowed to sign the Mayflower Compact, apparently due to his brother’s established position, being only about 20 years old then. He appeared in the 1623 land division and returned to England after a number of years in the colony and died there.<ref>Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing 1986) p. 374</ref><ref>Caleb H. Johnson, ''The Mayflower and her passengers'' (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006) p. 261</ref>▼
▲* '''Gilbert Winslow -''' He arrived with his brother Edward Winslow as part of his
▲Edmund Margesson - (Name per Morton, 1669: Edmond Margeson) Author Charles Banks wrote that his name may have been "Edmund Masterson" who was the father of Richard Masterson of Leiden who came to Plymouth later. Author Caleb Johnson writes of his name being potentially "Margetson". He died soon after arrival.<ref>Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623'' (Baltimore, MD.:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 69</ref><ref>Caleb H. Johnson, ''The Mayflower and her passengers'' (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006) p. 182</ref>
* '''Richard Clarke -''' (Name per Morton, 1669: Richard Clark) Probably not a member of the Leiden congregation. No other biographical information about him. He died soon after arrival.<ref>Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623'' (Baltimore, MD.:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 46</ref><ref>Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing 1986) p. 265</ref>{{sfn|Johnson|2006|p=120}}
Richard Gardiner - Per author Caleb Johnson, his name may possibly have been "Gardinar." Banks wrote that he was a seaman employed by the Company to remain in the colony but instead returned to England. Banks also wrote that he was probably of Harwich in County Essex, the hometown of ''Mayflower'' captain Christopher Jones, and may have been related to him. He received one share in the colony land division of 1623 and was a crew member of the Plymouth-based ''Little James'' in 1624. Bradford wrote that he became a seaman and may have died in England or at sea, although per Johnson he may have been on the ''Little James'' when she returned to England in late 1624 as part of the Admiralty investigation into the shipwreck earlier that year.<ref>Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing 1986) pp. 34-35 and 395-296</ref><ref>Caleb H. Johnson, ''The Mayflower and her passengers'' (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006) pp. 152-153</ref><ref>Nick Bunker, ''Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and their New World a History'' (New York: Knopf 2010), pp. 336, 337</ref><ref>Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623'' (Baltimore, MD.:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 57</ref>▼
▲* '''Richard Gardiner -''' Per author Caleb Johnson, his name may
John Allerton - He was hired to stay in the colony for a year to work and then return to Leiden to assist others who wished to come to America, but he died sometime in the early months of 1621. There was a possible relationship to Isaac Allerton, but no documented evidence exists.<ref name="Stratton p. 234"/><ref>Caleb H. Johnson, ''The Mayflower and her passengers'' (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006) pp. 71-72</ref>▼
▲* '''John Allerton -''' He was hired to stay in the colony for a year to work and then return to Leiden to assist others who wished to come to America, but he died sometime in the early months of 1621. There was a possible relationship to Isaac Allerton, but no documented evidence exists.<ref name="Stratton p. 234" />
▲Thomas English - He appeared in Leiden records as "Thomas England." He was a ''Mayflower'' seaman hired as master of the ship’s shallop (light sailboat), which was for coastal transportation and trading. He died in the first winter, sometime before the ''Mayflower'' departed on its return to England in April 1621.<ref>Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune' in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623'' (Baltimore, MD.:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 53</ref><ref name="Eugene Aubrey Stratton 1986 p. 289">Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing 1986) p. 289</ref><ref name="Johnson pp. 132-137">Caleb H. Johnson, ''The Mayflower and her passengers'' (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006) pp. 132-137</ref>
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* '''Edward Leister -''' (Name per Morton, 1669: Edward Liester) Banks credited him with various names such as Lester, Litster, Lister, and Lyster. Bradford gave his name as "Leister" ("Liester" in the 1669 version), which seems more correct per authors Caleb Johnson and Eugene Stratton. He came from London as a servant of Stephen Hopkins, completed his apprenticeship, and then moved to Virginia Colony.<ref>Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623'' (Baltimore, MD.:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 68</ref><ref>Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing 1986) p. 317</ref>{{sfn|Johnson|2006|pp=180–181}}
==See also==
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== References ==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite book|first=Caleb H.|last=Johnson|title=The Mayflower and Her Passengers|publisher=Xlibris|year=2006|location=Indiana}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}}
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