Pilgrims

We have an ancestor named John Moses who emigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1632.  He was a shipwright (which means a ship builder.)  I was reading about him online in a book written in 1899 by one of his descendants.  She said, "It is highly probable that John Moses did not come to New England to escape religious persecution, but rather to fill a demand for men who could build ships."  Well, THAT'S a new twist!  Also he was fined 10 shillings on two different occasions for drunkenness so the author doubts he was a strict Puritan.

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And how about this...Peter Brown is one of our ancestors and he came on the Mayflower in 1620!  Do you see his name on the Mayflower Compact?  In the picture below, Peter Brown is the 4th person from the right (not counting the child.)

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Congratulations to Travis who won the latest challenge!  He'll be eating at Arby's sometime in the near future!