Crossing the Atlantic 400 years ago in the Mayflower

The Mayflower departed from Plymouth in 1620 to cross the Atlantic in the Autumn storms. Conrad Humphreys recounts that story and describes the conditions they faced during that incredible voyage.

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

I have a ton of ancestors who made this journey, pre-revolutionary war, and at least one on this ship. It is fascinating and shocking that so many of my ancestors survived for years, after simply surviving the very journey itself. Lovely to hear your reflections.

[@ConradHumphreys]

Thank you.

[@CarlEastvold]

I have several ancestors (including John Howland - who was a passenger - not a seaman) who were on the Mayflower. Interesting video - couple glitches. They were NOT heading for Cape Cod. They were heading for Northern Virginia (which would have - at that time - included the Hudson River at today's NYC - which was their destination of choice. When Capt. Jones tried to go south from Cape Cod they ran into the dangerous shoaling waters of Pollack Rip and Jones turned the Mayflower around - which led to the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth - rather than the Hudson River.

[@ahe79]

I, too, have several ancestors who took that voyage. Yes, John being one. It is strange to think if he hadn’t been retrieved, you, I and countless others would not exist.

[@doesthisfacemakemelooklike535]

Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger is your 10th great grandfather. → Oliver Hokanson your father → Ellen Louise Hokanson his mother → Ellen “Nellie” Yada her mother → Mary Elvira Hurd her mother → Joseph Wyram Reed her father → Joseph Reed his father → Samuel Reed his father → Ezekiel Reed his father → John Reed his father → Esther Reed his mother → Mary Tomson her mother → Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger her father Shortest in-law relationship Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger is your fifth great uncle's fifth great grandfather. → Carol-Len Hokanson your mother → Leonard Emmett Smith her father → Viola Winifred Smith his mother → Eliza Jane Jennie Waggoner her mother → Addison Peleg Lewis her father → Lydia Lewis his mother → Elizabeth Lewis her sister → Psalter Pullman her husband → Alice Pullman his mother → Elizabeth Potter her mother → Jonathan Mosher her father → Lydia Mosher his mother → Mary Taber her mother → John Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger her father → Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger his father