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Mayflower Compact

Before coming to the New World, the Pilgrims had lived in Leyden, Holland from 1608 to 1620. While there, they absorbed the liberating influences of Dutch society and shifted toward a more democratic form of self-governance.

As the passengers aboard the Mayflower journeyed across the Atlantic, there were three factions: the Separatists seeking religious freedom, the merchant-adventurers seeking their fortune, and the crew seeking their livelihood. It became apparent that if these passengers were to survive in an alien land,they needed to consent voluntarily to a cooperative form of government.Thus it was that The Mayflower Compact came into being and was signed by the adult male passengers in November, 1620.

While the language of Shakespeare's day might seem quaint to us today, the spirit of democracy, embracing a civil body politick, set forth in this famous document is timeless.

The Mayflower Compact

"In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God,of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc.

"Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; do by these presents,solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another,covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact,constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, Acts,Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and obedience. In Witness whereof we have here unto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620."

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Signers of the Mayflower Compact

John Carver Edward Tilley Degory Priest

William Bradford John Tilley Thomas Williams

Edward Winslow Francis Cooke Gilbert Winslow

William Brewster Thomas Rogers Edmund Margesson

Isaac Allerton Thomas Tinker Peter Brown

Myles Standish John Rigsdale Richard Britteridge

John Alden Edward Fuller George Soule

Samuel Fuller John Turner Richard Clarke

Christopher Martin Francis Eaton Richard Gardiner

William Mullins James Chilton John Allerton

William White John Crackstone Thomas English

Richard Warren John Billington Edward Doty

John Howland Moses Fletcher Edward Leister

Stephen Hopkins John Goodman

The Passengers of the Mayflower - Click on name for biography

John Alden	John Carver	Richard Gardinar	Mary More	Elizabeth Tilley
Isaac Allerton	Katherine (White) Carver	John Goodman	William Mullins	Thomas Tinker, wife, and son
Mary (Norris) Allerton	James Chilton	William Holbeck	Mrs. Alice Mullins	William Trevore
Bartholomew Allerton	Mrs. Chilton	John Hooke	Priscilla Mullins	John Turner, and two sons
Remember Allerton	Mary Chilton	Stephen Hopkins	Joseph Mullins	Richard Warren
Mary Allerton	Richard Clarke	Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins	Degory Priest	William White
John Allerton	Francis Cooke	Constance Hopkins	Solomon Prower	Mrs. Susanna White
John Billington	John Cooke	Giles Hopkins	John Rigsdale	Resolved White
Eleanor Billington	Humility Cooper	Damaris Hopkins	Alice Rigsdale	Roger Wilder
John Billington	John Crackston	Oceanus Hopkins	Thomas Rogers	Thomas Williams
Francis Billington	John Crackston (Son)	John Howland	Joseph Rogers	Edward Winslow
William Bradford	Edward Doty	John Langmore	Henry Samson	Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow
Dorothy (May) Bradford	Francis Eaton	William Latham	George Soule	Gilbert Winslow
William Brewster	Mrs. Sarah Eaton	Edward Leister	Myles Standish	"Mr. Ely"
Mrs. Mary Brewster	Samuel Eaton	Edmund Margesson	Mrs. Rose Standish	Dorothy, Carver's maidservant
Love Brewster	Thomas English	Christopher Martin	Elias Story
Wrestling Brewster	Moses Fletcher	Mary (Prower) Martin	Edward Thompson
Richard Britteridge	Edward Fuller	Desire Minter	Edward Tilley
Peter Browne	Mrs. Fuller	Ellen More	Ann (Cooper) Tilley
William Button	Samuel Fuller	Jasper More	John Tilley
Robert Carter	Samuel Fuller	Richard More	Joan (Hurst) Tilley