Some of my ancestors were on that ship!
More people but more supplies and they would have arrived a month or so earlier.
Just like the 4th ship that accompanied the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, it fell off the edge.
Unless I see video and selfies, I ain’t buying it.
The Speedwell initially was supposed to accompany the Mayflower.
She developed leaks three miles out of port and had to turn back.
I had ancestors on the Speedwell.
They had to come over later.
*2017 article ping*
A 43 year old ship built of pine in that era had to be unseaworthy before she pulled away from the quay. Ships that were listed as “repaired” or rebuilt were often a brand new ship except the fittings. That was done for accounting reason. I suspect that’s what happened to Speedwell.
My Mayflower ancestors were Myles Standish, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Alexander Standish married Sarah Alden. Their daughter Elizabeth married Samuel Delano son of Philippe Delano (De La Noye) who arrived almost a year later from whom FDR’s mother was descended also. Every year at Thanksgiving my grandparents would place five kernels of Indian corn next to each plate to remind us of the hardships our Pilgrim fathers and mothers endured. I remember trying to chew it when I was four years old. Is it politically correct to still honor them on this four hundredth anniversary of their arrival. Or do I owe reparations to someone for that too?
So like if some indigenous people in what’s called America sailed to Europe in some canoes then claimed it for themselves; would that work?