With the hope of starting a new life, the Pilgrims turned to North America in 1620, sailing on the ship Mayflower, destined for Virginia. They were blown off course, landed instead at Provincetown Bay in November, and finally settled at Plymouth in mid-December. Because they were outside ...
the hotel was constructed withplanks produced in the family sawmill.The resort became afavored destination of the old money elites; it foundered, however, after WWII, and was saved only by the devotion and industriousness of Elsie Jane's descendants. After several renovations and the addition of...
The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882). The Pilgrims were a group of Puritans who founded Plymouth in 1620. Pre-Colonization Massachusetts was originally inhabited by tribes of the Algonquian language family such as the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Pocomtuc, Mahican, and ...
In the state’s small towns too, a large proportion of the residents can claim a Yankee background going back many generations. Many descendants of later immigrants also have found their way to the top of the financial—and often political—ladder....
Part of the land given to Mayflower passengers John and Priscilla Mullins Alden in 1627, and home to generations of their descendants, Alden House Historic Site welcomes visitors to explore one of America's founding stories. Tour the Alden family home built by descendants of the Pilgrim couple,...