Signers of the Mayflower Compact

Signers of the 1620 Mayflower Compact

Contract of Self-Government created in December 1620 at the earlier suggestion of their spiritual leader, John Robinson. It was signed by 41 leaders of the Mayflower Pilgrims before they put to shore at Plymouth Colony.

The Compact
In ye name of God Amen· We whose names are vnderwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soueraigne Lord King James by ye grace of God, of great Britaine, franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c

Haueing vndertaken, for ye glorie of God, and aduancemente of ye christian ^faith and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia· doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, couenant, & combine our selues togeather into a ciuill body politick; for ye our better ordering, & preseruation & fur= therance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof, to enacte, constitute, and frame shuch just & equall lawes, ordinances, Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & conuenient for ye generall good of ye colonie: vnto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witnes wherof we haue herevnder subscribed our names at Cap= Codd ye ·11· of Nouember, in ye year of ye raigne of our soueraigne Lord king James of England, france, & Ireland ye eighteenth and of Scotland ye fiftie fourth. Ano: Dom ·1620.

41 Signers

 * 1) John Carver - 1st Governor of Plymouth Colony, died in first year.
 * 2) William Bradford (1590-1657) - 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony
 * 3) Edward Winslow (1595-1655) -
 * 4) William Brewster (1567-1644) -
 * 5) Isaac Allerton (1586-1658) -
 * 6) Myles Standish (c1584-1656) -
 * 7) John Alden (Pilgrim)
 * 8) Samuel Fuller (1580-1633)
 * 9) Chistopher Martin
 * 10) William Mullins (c1572-1620)
 * 11) William White (1570-1621)
 * 12) Richard Warren
 * 13) John Howland (1592-1672)
 * 14) Stephen Hopkins (1581-1644)
 * 15) Edward Tilley
 * 16) John Tilley (1571-1621)
 * 17) Francis Cooke (1583-1663)
 * 18) Thomas Rogers (-1621)
 * 19) Thomas Tinker (-1621)
 * 20) John Rigdale (?-1621)
 * 21) Edward Fuller (1575-1621)
 * 22) John Turner (Mayflower passenger)
 * 23) Francis Eaton (1596-1633)
 * 24) James Chilton (1556-1620)
 * 25) John Crackstone
 * 26) John Billington (1580-1630)
 * 27) Moses Fletcher (?-1620/21)
 * 28) John Goodman (c1595 -1621)
 * 29) Degory Priest (1579-1621)
 * 30) Thomas Williams
 * 31) Gilbert Winslow
 * 32) Edmund Margesson
 * 33) Peter Browne (Mayflower Pilgrim)
 * 34) Richard Britteridge (?-1620)
 * 35) George Soule (1595-1680)
 * 36) Richard Clarke (?-1621)
 * 37) Richard Gardiner (1600-1621)
 * 38) John Allerton (?-1621)
 * 39) Thomas English (?-1621)
 * 40) Edward Doty
 * 41) Edward Leister (1600)