{"id":88,"date":"2020-01-23T21:36:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T04:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/Genealogy\/?p=88"},"modified":"2020-02-16T07:15:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T14:15:35","slug":"our-earliest-immigrant-ancestors-came-to-america-on-the-mayflower-in-1620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/Genealogy\/our-earliest-immigrant-ancestors-came-to-america-on-the-mayflower-in-1620\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Earliest Immigrant Ancestors came to America on the Mayflower in 1620"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The year 2020 is the 400th<\/sup> anniversary of the Mayflower voyage, and our ancestors include several of those who made that harrowing trip to America in 1620 on the famous little ship. In the next paragraphs click their names to go to their profiles in Our Family Tree<\/em> database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through Lucy Ann Kemp<\/a>, who married Charles Frederick Nowell<\/a> in 1865, the Nowells in our family are descended from Lucy\u2019s 6th<\/sup> great-grandfathers, Peter Brown<\/a> and George Soule<\/a>, and her 7th<\/sup> great-grandfather, Francis Cooke.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through Eleanor Sinclair Gustin<\/a>, who married Jesse Clinton Lafayette<\/a> in 1910, the Lafayettes and Gustins in our family are descended from Eleanor\u2019s 7th<\/sup> great-grandfather, Francis Eaton<\/a>, her 8th<\/sup> great-grandfather, Degory Priest<\/a>, and her 9th<\/sup> great-grandfather, Thomas Rogers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both the Nowells and the Lafayette-Gustins are descended from John Alden<\/a> & his wife Priscilla<\/a> and Priscilla\u2019s parents, William Mullins<\/a> & his wife Alice<\/a>. The Aldens are Lucy Kemp Nowell\u2019s 6th<\/sup> great-grandparents and Eleanor Gustin Lafayette\u2019s 7th<\/sup> great-grandparents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate the 400th<\/sup> anniversary the General Society of Mayflower Descendants has planned many special events and projects which you can check out here<\/a>. To learn more about our Mayflower ancestors check out MayflowerHistory.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The year 2020 is the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage, and our ancestors include several of those who made that harrowing trip to America in 1620 on the famous little ship. In the next paragraphs click their names to go to their profiles in Our Family Tree database. Through Lucy Ann Kemp, who married Charles Frederick Nowell in 1865, the Nowells in our family are descended from Lucy\u2019s 6th great-grandfathers, Peter Brown and George Soule, and her 7th great-grandfather,…<\/p>\n

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