Crossing the Atlantic 400 years ago in the Mayflower

The Mayflower departed from Plymouth in 1620 to cross the Atlantic in the Autumn storms. Conrad Humphreys recounts that story and describes the conditions they faced during that incredible voyage.

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

I have a ton of ancestors who made this journey, pre-revolutionary war, and at least one on this ship. It is fascinating and shocking that so many of my ancestors survived for years, after simply surviving the very journey itself. Lovely to hear your reflections.

[@ConradHumphreys]

Thank you.

[@CarlEastvold]

I have several ancestors (including John Howland - who was a passenger - not a seaman) who were on the Mayflower. Interesting video - couple glitches. They were NOT heading for Cape Cod. They were heading for Northern Virginia (which would have - at that time - included the Hudson River at today's NYC - which was their destination of choice. When Capt. Jones tried to go south from Cape Cod they ran into the dangerous shoaling waters of Pollack Rip and Jones turned the Mayflower around - which led to the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth - rather than the Hudson River.

[@ahe79]

I, too, have several ancestors who took that voyage. Yes, John being one. It is strange to think if he hadn’t been retrieved, you, I and countless others would not exist.

[@doesthisfacemakemelooklike535]

Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger is your 10th great grandfather.
→ Oliver Hokanson
your father → Ellen Louise Hokanson
his mother → Ellen “Nellie” Yada
her mother → Mary Elvira Hurd
her mother → Joseph Wyram Reed
her father → Joseph Reed
his father → Samuel Reed
his father → Ezekiel Reed
his father → John Reed
his father → Esther Reed
his mother → Mary Tomson
her mother → Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger
her father
Shortest in-law relationship
Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger is your fifth great uncle's fifth great grandfather.
→ Carol-Len Hokanson
your mother → Leonard Emmett Smith
her father → Viola Winifred Smith
his mother → Eliza Jane Jennie Waggoner
her mother → Addison Peleg Lewis
her father → Lydia Lewis
his mother → Elizabeth Lewis
her sister → Psalter Pullman
her husband → Alice Pullman
his mother → Elizabeth Potter
her mother → Jonathan Mosher
her father → Lydia Mosher
his mother → Mary Taber
her mother → John Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger
her father → Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger
his father