| Name | Susannah FULLER |
| Birth | 1593, Redenhall parish, Norfolk County, ENGLAND |
| Death | 1 Oct 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Age: 87 |
| Religion | "Mayflower Pilgrim" |
| Father | Robert FULLER (1543-1614) |
| Mother | Frances BLACKWELL (1551-1614) |
| 1 | William WHITE |
| Birth | 10 Nov 1591, Leyden, South Holland, NETHERLANDS |
| Death | 21 Feb 1620/21, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Age: 28 |
| Religion | "Mayflower Pilgrim" |
| Father | John WHITE (1560-) |
| Marriage | 1612, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
| Children | Resolved (~1615->1687) |
| Peregrine (1620-1704) |
| 2 | Edward WINSLOW Jr. (II) "Governor, Massachusetts Colony" |
| Birth | 18 Oct 1595, Droitwich, Worcester County, ENGLAND |
| Death | 8 May 1655, at sea, near the island of HISPANIOLA Age: 59 |
| Occupation | Printer; Governor |
| Religion | Baptized 20, October 1595, St. Peters, Droitwich, Worcester County, ENGLAND; "Mayflower Pilgrim" |
| Father | Edward WINSLOW (1560-1620) |
| Mother | Magdelene OLIVER (1566->1607) |
| Marriage | 12 May 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
| Children | UNNAMED (Died as Infant) (1623-1623) |
| Edward (~1624-) | |
| John (~1626->1627) | |
| Josiah (1629-1680) | |
| Elizabeth (>1630-~1697) |
[NOTE] The area of the parish of Redenhall with Harleston is 1,610 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 1,784, less than one-fourth agricultural. Part of the town lies in the parish of Mendham, which is chiefly in Suffolk; the Norfolk portion of this parish has an area of 720 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 341, one-fourth agricultural; giving a total for Harleston of 2,330 acres, with a population of 2,125. The town consists of a main street along the Yarmouth road, and a convenient market-place on the south side of the main street. The 'middle row,' between the street and the market-place, is in the hamlet of Harleston, which is part of Redenhall parish. In this part is a chapel-of-ease, a plain building. There are three dissenting places of worship in the town. The river Waveney flows at a short distance to the south; there are three bridges over it in the neighbourhood. The manufacture of bombazines is carried on to a small extent: there is a well attended corn-market on Wednesday, and two considerable fairs, at which great numbers of Scotch cattle are sold. The parish church of Redenhall is situated on an elevation a mile from the town on the road to Yarmouth. It consists of a nave with two aisles, a chancel, and a fine western tower of perpendicular character. The tower was built A.D. 1460-1520, but the body of the church in the beginning of the fourteenth century. The living is a rectory, with the chapelry of Harleston annexed, of the clear yearly value of £803. There were in 1833, in the parish of Redenhall and the Norfolk portion of Mendham parish, two infant or dame schools, with 33 to 38 children; a national day and Sunday school, partly endowed, with 90 children in the week and 134 on Sundays; two day-schools, with 40 children; and one Sunday-school with 145 children. - [3]
6 September 1620 William, his wife, and son Resolved were three of the 102 passengers that embarked on the Mayflower, leaving Plymouth, England on this day.
9 November 1620 The passengers and crew aboard the Mayflower sighted land.
11 November 1620 The passengers and crew of the Mayflower made landfall in America. The group of 102 passengers who crowded aboard the Mayflower for the crossing was not homogenous. Many of the passengers were members of the Leiden congregation, but they were joined by a number of English families or individuals who were hoping to better their life situations, or were seeking financial gain. These two general groups have sometimes been referred to as the "saints" and "strangers." Although the Leiden congregation had sent its strongest members with various skills for establishing the new colony, nearly half of the passengers died the first winter of the "great sickness." Anyone who arrived in Plymouth on Mayflower and survived the initial hardships is now considered a Pilgrim with no distinction being made on the basis of their original purposes for making the voyage. - [1]
The role of women on the Mayflower was similar to that of women in general at the time. Women may have spent their spare time sewing clothing for themselves, their husbands and family, for the upcoming winter. They cooked the meals for the most part, if the seas were not too rough. Laundry could not be done practically, so just days after sighting land, one of the first things the Pilgrims did was bring the women ashore so they could wash clothes. The men went around and gathered juniper branches, to be burned on the ship for both the aroma and for cooking purposes. Then the women stayed on the Mayflower as the men ran around exploring the coastlines looking for a place to settle. On some of these explorations, as many as three-fourths of the men would be gone, leaving the women behind to wait and wonder about their husbands' fate-and their own fates should something happen to their men. After two very long months of miscellaneous exploring missions, the men returned to the ship with good news-they had found a place to settle. But while the men were constructing the houses, and carrying supplies on shore, the women continued for yet another two months living on board the ship, coming ashore only to do occasional laundry, or for some Sunday services. Disease began to spread among men and women alike, but the close living quarters aboard ship certainly contributed to its spread among the women. Rose Standish, Elizabeth Winslow, Mary Martin, Alice Mullins, Ann Tilley, Joan Tilley, Alice Rigdale, Susanna Chilton, Sarah Eaton, Mary Allerton and several other women all fell victim to the rampant disease of the first winter.
Of all the women, Susanna White, Mary Brewster, Elizabeth Hopkins, and Eleanor Billington survived through April, 1621. So these four, with the help of older girls like Priscilla Mullins, Desire Minter, and John Carver's maidservant, had to cook, keep house, and do laundry for all the men, not to mention raising all the young children. To make matters even worse, on November 9, 1621, the ship Fortune arrived with 35 more passengers, but with only one or two more women.
Pilgrim women lived in a male-dominated society that believed women were created by God for man's benefit and for him to subjugate. Women had no say in political decisions, could not vote or participate in town meetings, and were not on juries. Women were not allowed to speak in church or interpret scripture, and had to keep their heads covered at all times when in public. They were not taught to read or write, and most were unable to even write or spell their own names. The law often treated women as minors, of a similar legal status to children. Pilgrim women, however, did make some advancements over their English counterparts. Women in Plymouth had the right to buy, sell and own land-which they generally obtained after a husband's death. They were guaranteed at least one-third of their husband's estate, despite what he might put in his will. They could be a legal witness for a deed or a probate document--a step up from always being considered a minor. Women in Plymouth had a more say in their marriages-they chose who they would marry; if it was a first marriage, the father generally had an extra-legal "veto" power, but otherwise it was the woman's decision. A husband could legally discipline his wife just as he could discipline his children. But if she was visibly injured, the court took punitive action against him (the woman had no say whatsoever in the matter) and he was simply found guilty by a jury, fined and whipped. Repeat offenders received increasingly severe whippings and steeper fines. Whether it was the effective deterrent, or whether because of strong moral and religious values, physically injurious domestic violence was rather rare. None of the Mayflower passengers themselves were involved in any known domestic violence cases. It may be of interest to note that there are even a couple accounts in the court records in the 1660s of women who beat up their husbands! - [2]
December 1620 Between the 7th and 10th, Susanna gave birth to their son Peregrine aboard the Mayflower, anchored in Provincetown Harbor, Plymouth Colony.
12 May 1621 Susannah married Edward Winslow. Edward's first wife had died earlier this year, as had her first husband William.
[NOTE] MYTH #1: Native Americans were mistreated by the Mayflower passengers, and their land was stolen from them. ANSWER: While in Holland, the Pilgrims had read stories of the savage natives who killed and tortured the white settlers. Because of this, they feared the Indians, and considered them uncivilized savages. When they arrived, and were exploring Cape Cod, they were attacked, and had to defend themselves. Luckily, no one died in this incident, Indian or Pilgrim. The natives were cautious and fearful of white settlers, because previous white explorers to the New England coast had killed, kidnapped, and enslaved them, and destroyed their tribes. The land the Pilgrims chose to settle on was abandoned land that had been settled by the Patuxet tribe, which subsequently was completely wiped out by a plague. The only surviving member of the tribe was Squanto or Tisquantum, who lived out the remainder of his life in peace within the Plymouth Colony. Squanto (Tisquantum), who was introduced to the Pilgrims by another Indian named Samoset, lived with the settlers in the Plymouth Colony. He helped translate, negotiate, and make peace with the surrounding native tribes, including the Wampanoags headed by chief Massasoit. Another Indian that spoke English also lived in the Plymouth Colony with Captain Myles Standish, was named Hobomok. Land was bought from the Indians, and sold with their permission-Native American signatures and marks can be found on many early Plymouth Colony deeds. Trade and other business dealings were common with the Indians as well. MYTH #2: The Pilgrims always wore colorless black and white clothing. ANSWER: Colorless clothing was a Puritan extreme, but not a Separatist extreme. When a colonist died, an inventory was taken by the Court, for purposes of probate. John Howland had two red waistcoats. William Bradford had a green gown, violet cloak, lead colored suit with silver buttons, and a red waist-coat. William Brewster had green drawers, a red cap, and a violet coat. Black, white, grey, and brown were by far the most common color worn by the Pilgrims, but it was definitely not the only colors. MYTH #3: The Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving every year. ANSWER: The Pilgrims had the first Thanksgiving, and never had another Thanksgiving again. When William Bradford's journal was discovered in 1854, it brought a lot of interest and attention to the Pilgrims history. President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday. The original thanksgiving occurred in mid-October and the feasting lasted 3 days-not even close to the last Thursday of November with feasting of one meal as we celebrate it today. - [2]
[NOTE/PUZZLE] Website [4] places this Susannah as Susannah/Anna (a combination of facts between this Susannah and Anna, the child of Robert and his first wife Sarah)
[1] - http://www.mayflower.org/pilgrim.htm
[2] - http://www.umkc.edu/imc/mayflow.htm
[3] - http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/Norfolk/harleston.htm
[4] - Fuller, From the Mayflower ... to Michigan; www.jowest.net/genealogy/jo/fuller