MAYFLOWER SETS OUT FOR NEW WORLD FROM PLYMOUTH ENGLAND
Plymouth, England (JFK+50) On September 16, 1920, the merchant ship Mayflower* left England bound for Virginia in the New World. On board were 102 passengers including a group of religious dissenters commonly known today as Pilgrims.
Known at the time as Separatists because they wanted to separate from the Church of England, they referred to themselves as Saints.
The 90 foot wooden vessel was blown far off course during the voyage and ended up landing on Cape Cod on November 21, 1620.
JFK+50 NOTE
Gov. William Bradford referred to his people as "pilgrimes" but the term "pilgrims" was not applied to them until the early 1800s.
*Mayflower, 180 tons 110 feet long & 25 feet in the beam, had 4 decks. On her 1620 voyage, she had a crew of 30. There is no record of the ship after 1624 but a replica, Mayflower II, is docked today at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
SOURCE
"The Mayflower Left England September 16, 1620," JFK+50, September 16, 2013, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
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