On my mother's paternal side (the same line that had the connection to the Salem Witch Trials), I had nine ancestors on the Mayflower, the ship that brought the pilgrims to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1620:
Captain Myles Standish - the military leader of Plymouth. His first wife Rose died in the winter of 1621. We are descendants of his son Alexander by his second wife Barbara, who arrived on the Anne in 1623.
John Alden and Priscilla Mullins - they were basically like the prom king and queen of Plymouth. We are descended through their son, Joseph.
Francis Billington and his parents John and Eleanor. The Billingtons were the troublemakers of Plymouth. John was the first person executed in Massachusetts when he was hanged for murder in 1630.
Samuel Eaton and his parents Francis and Sarah. Samuel was a baby on the Mayflower and his mother Sarah died during the sickness of the first winter. His father died when Samuel was about 13. He was apprenticed to John Cooke after his father's death and later married Martha Billington, the daughter of Francis Billington. We are descended through their son Francis Billington II.
