Joseph Latham

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• FamilySearch ID: LD56-S4Q
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Jan 1939, ARIZO

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• FamilySearch ID: KNWB-D3R
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Feb 1933

Robert married Susanna Winslow about 1650 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Susanna (daughter of John Winslow and Mary Chilton) was born about 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died after 14 Nov 1685 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9KBK-DN8
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Dec 1929, ARIZO

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• FamilySearch ID: KNZ6-F96
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Jul 1931, SLAKE

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John Winslow is the son of Ed Winslow Sr. who died in England in 1620) . J ohn's brother, Edward Winslow II, was a passenger on the Mayflower an d wa s twice the Governor of the Colony. As indicated below John arrive d in Am erica a year after his brother Edward. John died as one of the we althies t merchants in Boston. [Ullmann, “Some Descendants of Roger Billi ngs,” 19 8.]


He arrived on the ship the Fortune in November of 1621 at Plymouth.

John married Mary Chilton on 12 Oct 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Mary (daughter of James Chilton and Mrs Chilton) was born on 31 May 1607 in Sandwich, Kent, England; was christened on 26 Jul 1607 in Sandwich, Kent, England; died on 1 May 1679 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; was buried on 11 May 1679 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LBB7-YX6
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Aug 1894, SGEOR

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Mayflower - Pilgrim

Mary Chilton (1607-ca.1679) was a Pilgrim and purportedly the first Euro p ean woman to step ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Mary Chilton was born on May 31, 1607 in Sandwich, Kent, England and w a s the daughter of Mayflower passenger James Chilton. At the age of thir te en, she accompanied her parents on the voyage to Plymouth. Her father , a t age sixty-four, was the oldest passenger on the Mayflower.
It was once believed that Susannah Furner was her mother, but this was c o nclusively disproved in 1999 by researcher Michael Paulick. Susannah Fu rn er was in fact James Chilton's step-sister.
By legend, Mary Chilton was the first female passenger to step ashor e a t Plymouth, reportedly so excited that she jumped out of the small bo at a nd waded ashore onto "Plymouth Rock." [1]
Her father died on December 8, 1620 aboard the Mayflower and her mothe r d ied six weeks later on January 21, 1621, also aboard ship, both on th e fi rst infection of the disease. This was proclaimed by the Governor o f Plym outh, William Bradford in 1650. Once orphaned, it is believed sh e becam e the ward of Myles Standish. Chilton was given three shares in t he lan d division of 1623, one for each of her family members that died . Her pro perty was situated between those of Standish and John Howland.
She was one of eleven under-age girls on the Mayflower. Of these, she w a s one of the nine to survive the first year at Plymouth and would hav e be en present at the time of the famous First Thanksgiving in 1621. I n contr ast, only four of the fourteen adult women survived the first yea r.
She married John Winslow (possibly on October 12, 1624) and thus becam e t he sister-in-law of Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow. They had te n chil dren: John, Susannah, Mary, Edward, Sarah, Samuel, Joseph, Isaac , an un-n amed child who probably died in infancy, and Benjamin. All bu t Benjamin m arried, and Benjamin's birth is the only one listed in the r ecords of Ply mouth colony.
The family moved to Boston some time after the birth of Benjamin in 165 3 . There John Winslow is said to have prospered as a merchant.
She made out a will on July 31, 1676 (the only female passenger on the M a yflower to do so) and died before May 1, 1679 in Boston.

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• FamilySearch ID: G63C-5N6
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Jun 1931, SLAKE

Edward married Magdaline Oliver on 4 Nov 1594 in St. Bride Church, Middlesex, England. Magdaline (daughter of Gilbert Oliver and Margery Young) was born on 4 Aug 1566 in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England; died on 24 Mar 1631 in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England; was buried in St. Peter's Church, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LYN1-XJV
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Mar 1910, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: LYJD-72P
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Mar 1895, SGEOR

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Mayflower - Pilgrim

James Chilton was born about 1556, probably at Canterbury, Kent, Englan d , the son of Lyonell and Edith Chilton. James married about 1583, and h a d his first child (Joel) baptized at St. Paul's, Canterbury, Kent, Engl an d in August 1584. The name of James Chilton's wife is not found in an y r ecords. The long-published claim that she was named Susanna Furner wa s di sposed of by Michael Paulick's research published in 1999 and 2007.

James Chilton and wife had eight children born in Canterbury, Kent, befo r e moving about 1600 to Sandwich, Kent, where he had his last three chil dr en baptized. In 1609, his wife (unfortunately called simply "___ Chilt o n wife of James Chilton," was charged by the Archdeaconry Court with at te nding the secret burial of a child (they opposed the "popish" burial c ere monies of the Church of England). It was presumably not long before t he f amily left for Holland. In 1619, James Chilton (aged 63) and his old est d aughter Isabella were caught in the middle of an anti-Arminian rio t in Le iden, and he was hit in the head with a stone, requiring the serv ices o f the town surgeon Jacob Hey.

James, his wife, and his youngest daughter Mary, all came on the Mayflow e r in 1620. James, at the age of 64, was the oldest person known to hav e m ade the Mayflower's voyage. James died on 8 December 1620 onboard th e May flower, which was then anchored off Provincetown Harbor--one of si x passe ngers to die in the month of December. His wife also died sometim e the fi rst winter, but daughter Mary survived.

James married Mrs Chilton about 1584 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Mrs died on 21 Jan 1621 in At Sea, Atlantic Ocean. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GDZY-Z9F
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Dec 1938, SLAKE

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Mayflower - Pilgrim

Very little is known about James Chilton's wife. Mrs. Chilton's name h a s not even been discovered. It has been widely suggested for many year s s he may have been Susanna Furner, but this was fairly conclusively dis prov en by the research of Michael Paulick, published in 1999.

In May 1609 in Sandwich, Kent, "_[blank]_ the wife of James Chilton" w a s one of several individuals accused of attending the secret buria l o f a child of Andrew Sharpe. Shortly thereafter the family apparentl y lef t for Holland and took up residence with the Pilgrims' church in Le iden . She, her husband James, and her youngest daughter Mary came on th e Mayf lower to Plymouth in 1620. Her husband was one of the first peopl e to di e after arrival, on December 8. She died sometime later the firs t winter , but her orphaned thirteen year-old daughter Mary survived.