The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World*

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Copyright © 2008 by Nathaniel Philbrick.

Adapted for young people from
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War
. First published in 2006 by Viking
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Philbrick, Nathaniel.
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World / by Nathaniel Philbrick.
p. cm. Adaptation of: Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war. New York : Viking, 2006. Includes index.
1. Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)—Juvenile literature. 2. Massachusetts—History—New Plymouth, 1620-1691—
Juvenile literature. 3. Bradford, William, 1590-1657—Juvenile literature. 4. Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718—Juvenile
literature. 5. Indians of North America—Wars—1600-1750—Juvenile literature. I. Philbrick, Nathaniel. Mayflower.
II. Title. F68.P.2'2—dc22 2007030669

 

eISBN : 978-1-101-50040-8

LIST OF CHARACTERS

William Bradford
• governor of Plymouth Colony after John Carver dies; writes
Of Plymouth Plantation

John Robinson
• pastor and leader of the English separatists in Leiden before they leave for America

Elder William Brewster
• Pilgrims' leading lay minister

John Carver
• first governor of Plymouth Colony

Robert Cushman
• helped organize voyage to America

Thomas Weston
• leading Adventurer from London

Christopher Jones
•
Mayflower
's master

Robert Coppin
• Jones's mate and pilot

Captain Miles Standish
• (wife Rose) Pilgrims' leading military officer

Christopher Martin
•
Mayflower
governor, original purchasing agent

Stephen Hopkins
• stranger who may have been to Jamestown before boarding the
Mayflower

Edward Winslow
• leading Pilgrim diplomat who also served as governor

John Howland
• indentured servant who eventually became a leading citizen of the colony

John Billington
• head of what Bradford called the “profanest family” on the
Mayflower;
sons John and Francis

Thomas Morton
• leader of Merrymount

John Sanders
• leader of Wessagussett settlement

Phineas Pratt
• another leader of Wessagussett settlement

John Hamden
• English gentleman who spent winter of 1623 with the Pilgrims

Massasoit
• Pokanoket sachem

Canonicus
• Narragansett sachem

Squanto
• Pilgrims' interpreter, originally from Patuxet (Plymouth Harbor)

Epenow
• sachem from Martha's Vineyard

Samoset
• sachem from Pemaquid Point, Maine

Passaconaway
• sachem and powwow from Merrimack River in southern New Hampshire

Aspinet
• Nauset sachem

Canacum
• Manomet sachem

Iyanough
• Cummaquid sachem

Corbitant
• Mattapoisett sachem

Hobbamock
• Pokanoket pniese

Obtakiest
• Massachusetts sachem

Pecksuot
• Massachusetts pniese

Wituwamat
• Massachusetts warrior

Uncas
• Mohegan sachem, pledged loyalty to Puritans during Pequot War

Miantonomi
• Narragansett sachem

Thomas Prence
• Plymouth governor

Thomas Willett
• founder of Wannamoisett and friend of Alexander (Wamsutta)

Major William Bradford Jr.
• William Bradford's son

John Miles
• swansea minister whose house became Miles garrison

James Cudworth
• army commander from scituate

Benjamin Church
• carpenter and leading captain during King Philip's War

Alice Church
• Benjamin Church's wife

Josiah Winslow
• son of Edward; first governor of Plymouth Colony born in the New World

Samuel Moseley
• leading captain during King Philip's War; known for his hatred of Indians

Captain Roger Goulding
• mariner who rescued Church's men at the Pease Field Fight and was present at death of Philip

Captain Thomas Lathrop
• leader at Bloody Brook

Major Robert Treat
• led Connecticut forces at Great swamp Fight

John Eliot
• leading Puritan missionary to the Praying Indians

Captain Daniel Gookin
• superintendent to Praying Indians

Major Samuel Appleton
• commander of Massachusetts forces

John Gorham
• led Plymouth forces with William Bradford at Great swamp Fight

Captain Samuel Wadsworth
• led rescue of Lancaster

Mary Rowlandson
• (son Joseph, daughters Mary and sarah) captured by Indians at Lancaster

John Rowlandson
• Mary Rowlandson's husband, minister of Lancaster

Captain Michael Pierce
• from scituate, killed with most of his men at Blackstone River

Captain George Denison
• led Connecticut force with Mohegans, Pequots, Niantics that captured Canonchet

John Hoar
• from Concord, negotiated ransom and release of Mary Rowlandson