Mayflower
My Family's Descent from
Elder William Brewster
and
Master Richard Warren
who in 1620
arrived on the Mayflower
Mayflower
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday ever since I was a child. As I grew up and learned more about the holiday, its origin in America and anciently, I have grown to love it even more. It is a day of showing thanks but is not associated with a religion.
I have three ancestors who arrived in this country on the MAYFLOWER. Two on my mother's side of the family and one on my father's. The two on my mother's side were "Elder" William Brewster, who was the elder of the Pilgrim Church, their pastor (Check out his estate at Through The Looking Glass.) ; and "Master" Richard Warren. The ancestor from my father's side was George Soule. All three lived through the first hard winter and were at the first Festival in Plymouth, Massachusetts in the autumn of 1621. The Festival which later became known as the First Thanksgiving.
Our MAYFLOWER line of descent from William BREWSTER to Harvey Foster BASSETT has been proven and documented with the Society of Mayflower Descendants. This was due in great part, to Rex and Marguerite McCARTY of Casselberry, Florida. They have membership in the Society from Harvey Foster BASSETT to his daughter Mary Catherine BASSETT MARSHALL to her daughter Etta MARSHALL McCARTY to her son John Marshall McCARTY to his son Rex McCARTY. The Warren line has also been proven, but not documented with the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Links to my other sites on the Web
The First Thanksgiving Festival
Thanksgiving Poems
William Brewster
Richard Warren
George Soule
My Bassett Genealogy
My Conant Genealogy
My Frakes/Frake/Freke Genealogy
