Source: Ancestry.com

• On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower sailed from England with 102 men, women and children: 74 male, 28 female, plus the crew. After arriving at the shores of what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts the Pilgrims did not disembark but spent their first winter living onboard. By April 1621, only 53 passengers and half the crew had survived. Women were particularly hard hit; of the 19 women who had boarded the Mayflower, only five survived. William and his wife died that first winter.