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Signed in the Cabin of the "Mayflower"
Nov. 21st, 1620
[Nov. 11th Old Style Calendar]
In the Name of God. Amen.
We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord,
King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain France and
Ireland
King, Defender of the Faith, etc.
Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith
and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern
parts of Virginia, do by those presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of
God, and of one another covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body
politic, for our better ordering and preservation and futherance of the ends aforesaid;
and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances,
acts constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet
and convenient for the general good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due
submission and obedience.
In witness hereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11 of November,
in the year in the reign of our sovereign Lord King James of
England
,
France
, and of
Ireland
the eighteenth, and of
Scotland
the fifty-fourth. Anno. Dom. 1620.
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Signers of the Compact
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JOHN CARVER
WILLIAM BRADFORD*
EDWARD WINSLOW*
WILLIAM BREWSTER
ISAAC ALLERTON**
MYLES STANDISH*
JOHN ALDEN*
SAMUEL FULLER*
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
WILLIAM MULLINS**
WILLIAM WHITE**
RICHARD WARREN*
JOHN HOWLAND*
STEPHEN HOPKINS**
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EDWARD TILLY
JOHN TILLY**
FRANCES COOKE**
THOMAS ROGERS**
THOMAS TINKER
JOHN RIGDALE
EDWARD FULLER**
JOHN TURNER
FRANCIS EATON**
JAMES CHILTON**
JOHN CRACKSTON
JOHN BILLINGTON**
MOSES FLETCHER*
JOHN GOODMAN
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DEGORY PRIEST*
THOMAS WILLIAMS
GILBERT WINSLOW
EDMOND
MARGERSON
PETER BROWN*
RICHARD BRITTERIDGE
GEORGE SOULE*
RICHARD CLARKE
RICHARD GARDENER
JOHN ALLERTON
THOMAS ENGLISH
EDWARD DOTY*
EDWARD LEISTER
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*The Mayflower Passengers
from whom descent has been proven.
**Includes descent from
wife or child on the Mayflower.
The Mayflower Passengers
who were too young to sign the compact, but from whom descent has been proven:
Richard More
Henry Samson
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