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This is a biography of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins, who led one of the most exciting and fascinating lives. Shipwrecked in Bermuda, an early colonist at Jamestown with Pocahontas, and a passenger on the Mayflower.

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This is a biography of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony church elder William Brewster. Written by Sue Allan, the official historian of Scrooby Manor, where William Brewster lived prior to his flight to Holland in 1608.

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This biography of Mayflower passenger William Bradford covers his early life in Austerfield.

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This biography of Mayflower passenger Susanna White Winslow, is written by Mayflower historian and scholar Sue Allan, who puzzled out Susanna’s origins in 2017 with Simon Neal and Caleb Johnson.

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This is a biography of Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow, “New England’s First International Diplomat.” Written by Leiden and Pilgrim scholar Dr. Jeremy D. Bangs.

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This is a biography of the More children, who were bastardized in England following the bitter divorce of their parents. Their father (who claimed they weren’t even his) won custody, and sent them off to America on the Mayflower with the Pilgrims. This is their story, with a focus on the one child who survived the first winter: Richard More.