My father's father's family can trace its ancestry back to Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower. Click on the chart below shows to see the line of descent from him to me through thirteen generations. See this article or this Wikipedia entry for more information about William Brewster, who, as senior passenger aboard the Mayflower, served as Plymouth Colony's religious elder.
Note that William's daughter Patience married Thomas Prence, who arrived in Plymouth in 1621 on the ship Fortune, and was famous in his own right for succeeding William Bradford as the Governor of Plymouth Colony from 1657 until his death in 1673.
Richard Warren (1578-1628)
My father's mother's family can also trace a line back to Richard Warren of the Mayflower. Click on the chart below to show the line of descent from him to me through thirteen generations. See this article and this Wikipedia entry for more information about Richard Warren.
Note that Richard left his wife Elizabeth behind in England with their 5 children to sail on the Mayflower. They arrived on the ship Anne in 1623. Two more children were subsequently born to the family in the next several years. After Richard died in 1628, Elizabeth lived another 45 years until the age of 90.
