Are you a descendant of Richard More? Richard More and his three siblings travelled on the Mayflower as the only children without parents; they were not orphans, however they may as well have been. The children, Elinor/Ellen [Ellinora], Jasper [Jasperus], Richard and Maria were between the ages of four and eight, and were placed with other families to make the voyage. The only child of the More children to survive the first winter was Richard. Richard continued living with the Brewsters; he is listed with them in the 1627 cattle division. In 1635, a Richard More age 20 was a passenger on a ship bound for New England. Why he left for England is not known, but perhaps he had gone looking for answers into the plight of he and his siblings. In 1637, for £21, he sold twenty-five acres in Duxbury and moved to Salem, where he was granted a half-acre as an “Inhabitant.” Richard became a well-known sea captain who provided the new colonies with supplies for their survival. Richard More married Christian Hunt at Plymouth, 20 October 1636. He married again probably at Salem, before 23 May 1678, Jane ( ) Crumton. It should be noted that Richard had another wife in England while he was still married to his first wife. The marriage of “Richard Moore of Salem in New England Maryner” and Elizabeth Woolno, is recorded at St. Dunstan’s, Stepney, Middlesex, 23 October 1645. Richard had 7 children with Christian Hunt More. Capt. Richard More died at Salem, between 19 March 1693/94 and 20 April 1696. Note that the date of 1692 on his gravestone was added between 1901-1919 and is incorrect. To learn more about Richard, the More Family and other Mayflower Passengers, visit: https://themayflowersociety.org/passenger-profiles/ #TheMayflowerSociety #AreYouADescendant #CaptRichardMore #MayflowerPassenger (fb)

It’s that time of year again: The Running of the Herring! "In April and May come another kind of fish which they call herring or old wives [alewives] in infinite schools, into a small river [Town Brook] running under the town, and so into a great pond or lake [The Billington Sea] of a mile broad, where they cast their spawn." - John Pory 1622/1623 #ExploringPlymouth #TheHerringRun #EarlyColonists #History #TheMayflowerSociety #HerringRun #Nature #ExploringPlymouth (fb)