⚓ Our Mayflower Ancestors
A family history · October 2026

Our Mayflower Ancestors

For Glen & Pam Hopkinson, their five children, and all their posterity

In the fall of 1620 a small ship called the Mayflower crossed the Atlantic with about 102 passengers. Four of them are direct ancestors of Glen and Pam’s family, and they come down through both sides. So every child, grandchild and great-grandchild of Glen and Pam descends from Mayflower passengers through both parents.

4 Mayflower passengersBoth sides of the family1620 → today

Pam’s side Julie Pamela “Pam” Cozzens

  • William Brewster, Mayflower passengerthe Pilgrims’ Elder · Pam’s 11th-great-grandfather
  • Henry Howland, not a passengercame to Plymouth later · John Howland’s younger brother

Glen’s side Glen Spencer Hopkinson, via Vivian Hamblin

  • John Howland, Mayflower passengerthe man who fell overboard · Glen’s 9th-great-grandfather
  • Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower passengerthe shipwrecked adventurer · 10th-great-grandfather
  • Thomas Rogers, Mayflower passengerthe father lost the first winter · 10th-great-grandfather
At a glance

How each ancestor is related to us

The Howland family appears on both sides: John through Glen, his brother Henry through Pam. To find your own relationship, start from your generation’s column. Great-grandchildren add one more “great.”

Relationship of each ancestor to Glen or Pam, their children, and their grandchildren
AncestorOn the Mayflower?SideTo Glen or PamTo their childrenTo grandchildren
William BrewsterYesPam11th-great-grandfather12th-great-grandfather13th-great-grandfather
Henry HowlandNo, came laterPam10th-great-grandfather11th-great-grandfather12th-great-grandfather
John HowlandYesGlen9th-great-grandfather10th-great-grandfather11th-great-grandfather
Stephen HopkinsYesGlen10th-great-grandfather11th-great-grandfather12th-great-grandfather
Thomas RogersYesGlen10th-great-grandfather11th-great-grandfather12th-great-grandfather

Relationships were confirmed in the FamilySearch Family Tree in October 2026 for the children’s generation; the other columns are one generation up or down. Every passenger was checked against the FamilySearch Research Wiki’s Mayflower Passenger List.

Chronology

The story, year by year

From a secret congregation in an English village to a family that now spans five children and their descendants. Quotations come from people who were there; original 1600s spelling is kept.

England & Holland1566–1619Voyage & First Year1620–1621Plymouth Colony1622–1687The Family Carries On1669–today

England & Holland 1566–1619

  1. about 1566

    William Brewster is born

    Brewster

    Probably at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire. He later studies at Cambridge and serves the diplomat William Davison at the royal court before returning to Scrooby to run the post station at Scrooby Manor.

  2. by about 1572

    Thomas Rogers is born

    Rogers

    At Watford, Northamptonshire, son of William and Eleanor Rogers.

  3. 30 April 1581

    Stephen Hopkins is baptized

    Hopkins

    At Upper Clatford, Hampshire (identified by researcher Caleb Johnson; Anderson says more cautiously “by about 1579”).

  4. about 1592–1599

    John Howland is born

    John Howland

    At Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, son of Henry and Margaret Howland. The exact year is estimated.

  5. 24 October 1597

    Thomas Rogers marries Alice Cosford

    Rogers

    At Watford, Northamptonshire, where their children were later baptized.

  6. about 1603–1604

    Henry Howland is born

    Henry Howland

    At Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire: John Howland’s younger brother.

  7. 1608

    The Scrooby congregation flees to Holland

    Brewster

    The Separatist congregation that met secretly at Scrooby Manor escapes persecution. In Leiden, Brewster becomes the church’s ruling Elder and later runs a small press printing religious books banned in England.

  8. 1609–1610

    Hopkins is shipwrecked on Bermuda

    Hopkins

    Bound for Jamestown on the Sea Venture, Stephen Hopkins is wrecked by a hurricane on Bermuda. The survivors spend about ten months there; he is nearly executed for questioning the governor’s authority, is pardoned, reaches Jamestown, and later returns to England.

    “a fellow who had much knowledge in the Scriptures, and could reason well therein”

    William Strachey, A True Reportory (written 1610)
  9. 1613

    Hopkins’s first wife, Mary, is buried

    Hopkins

    At Hursley, Hampshire. Their children include Constance, through whom Glen’s line descends.

  10. 1618

    Rogers becomes a citizen of Leiden

    Rogers

    Thomas Rogers, a merchant in camlet (a woven cloth), is living with the Pilgrim congregation in Leiden.

  11. 1618

    Hopkins marries Elizabeth Fisher

    Hopkins

    At Whitechapel, London.

Voyage & First Year 1620–1621

  1. Fall 1620

    The Mayflower sails, with about 102 passengers

    All four passengers

    Aboard: Brewster with his wife Mary and sons Love and Wrestling; Hopkins with Elizabeth, Giles, Constance, Damaris and two servants; Thomas Rogers with his son Joseph; and young John Howland in Governor John Carver’s household.

    “Thomas Rogers, and Joseph, his sone. His other children came afterwards.”

    William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, passenger list
  2. 1620, at sea

    John Howland is thrown overboard

    John Howland

    In a mighty storm he is swept into the sea, catches hold of the topsail halyards trailing in the water, and is hauled back aboard.

  3. 1620, at sea

    Oceanus Hopkins is born

    Hopkins

    Elizabeth Hopkins gives birth to a son during the voyage.

  4. 1620

    The Mayflower Compact

    All four passengers

    Brewster, Howland, Hopkins and Rogers each sign the Compact. (Its signers’ names were first printed in Nathaniel Morton’s New England’s Memorial, 1669.)

  5. December 1620

    Exploring Cape Cod: the “First Encounter”

    John HowlandHopkins

    John Howland is one of the ten men on the December exploring party that ends in the “First Encounter” with Native people on Cape Cod. Hopkins goes out on several exploring parties.

  6. Winter 1620–21

    The “first sickness”

    Rogers

    Roughly half the passengers die. Thomas Rogers dies, probably in January or February 1620/21, but his son Joseph survives. Elizabeth Tilley, John Howland’s future wife, is orphaned.

    “Thomas Rogers dyed in the first sicknes, but his sone Joseph is still living, and is maried, and hath 6. children.”

    William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (1651)
  7. March 1621

    Samoset walks into Plymouth

    Hopkins

    He greets the settlers in English and spends the night at Stephen Hopkins’s house.

    “We lodged him that night at Stephen Hopkins’ house, and watched him.”

    Mourt’s Relation (1622)
  8. Spring 1621

    Governor Carver dies

    John Howland

    John Howland, who served in Carver’s household, becomes a free man.

  9. July 1621

    Mission to Massasoit

    Hopkins

    Hopkins and Edward Winslow travel about 40 miles to visit the great sachem Massasoit.

    “…it pleased the governor to make choice of Stephen Hopkins and Edward Winslow to go unto him…”

    Mourt’s Relation (1622)

Plymouth Colony 1622–1687

  1. 1622

    Mourt’s Relation is published

    The colonists’ own journal of their first year is printed in London.

  2. about 1623–1624

    John Howland marries Elizabeth Tilley

    John Howland

    A fellow Mayflower passenger, orphaned in the first winter. They have ten children. Glen’s line runs through John’s daughter Hope.

  3. 17 April 1627

    Mary Brewster dies at Plymouth

    Brewster

    Wife of Elder William Brewster.

  4. By early 1633

    Henry Howland is at Plymouth

    Henry Howland

    He appears on the 1633 Plymouth tax list and the original freemen list, and settles at Duxbury “by the bay side, near Love Brewster’s.” He serves as constable, highway surveyor and juror.

  5. 10 April 1644

    Elder Brewster dies at Duxbury

    Brewster

    Plymouth went most of its early years without an ordained minister, and Brewster had preached and taught every Sabbath for years.

    “He had this blesing added by ye Lord to all ye rest, to dye in his bed, in peace, amongst ye mids of his freinds, who mourned & wepte over him…”

    William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation
  6. June–July 1644

    Stephen Hopkins dies at Plymouth

    Hopkins

    His will is written 6 June and proved 17 July 1644. In later life he had kept a tavern and store in Plymouth.

  7. 1651

    Bradford counts the “increasings”

    Rogers

    Finishing Of Plymouth Plantation (written 1630–1651), Governor Bradford records what became of each passenger’s family.

  8. 1657/58–1660

    Henry Howland stands by the Quakers

    Henry Howland

    Fined in March 1657/58 for “entertaining a meeting” of Quakers in his house; in 1659 he loses his freeman’s rights as an “abettor and entertainer of Quakers”; fined again in 1660. He is also among the purchasers of the lands that became Dartmouth and Freetown.

  9. 1 January 1670/71

    Henry Howland dies at Duxbury

    Henry Howland

    (Some older sources say 17 January.)

  10. 23 February 1672/73

    John Howland dies at Rocky Nook

    John Howland

    In what is now Kingston: the last Mayflower passenger still living in Plymouth.

    “…was the last man that was left of those that came over in the shipp called the May Flower, that lived in Plymouth…”

    Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 8
  11. 1687

    Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland dies

    John Howland

    At Swansea.

The Family Carries On 1669–today

  1. 1669

    Hannah Rogers is born: Hopkins and Rogers meet

    HopkinsRogers

    Her father Thomas is Joseph Rogers’s son; her mother Elizabeth Snow is Constance Hopkins’s daughter. Two passenger lines now run as one.

  2. 1747

    Barnabas Hamblin is born

    HopkinsRogers

    The Hamblin name enters Glen’s line through Dorcas Fish’s son.

  3. 1790

    Isaiah Hamblin is born: Howland joins

    HopkinsRogersJohn Howland

    Son of Barnabas Hamblin (Hopkins + Rogers) and Mary Bassett (John Howland). Three passengers now stand behind one person.

  4. 1810

    Jane Richmond is born: Pam’s lines meet

    BrewsterHenry Howland

    Her father David Richmond descends from Elder Brewster; her mother Mercy Hay descends from Henry Howland.

  5. 1946 · 1949

    Glen and Pam are born

    Our whole family

    Glen Spencer Hopkinson (1946) through Vivian Hamblin; Julie Pamela “Pam” Cozzens (1949) through Fay Alvern Cozzens.

  6. Today

    Five children, grandchildren, and more

    Our whole family

    Every one of Glen and Pam’s descendants comes from Mayflower passengers through both parents. The lines were checked against FamilySearch in October 2026.

Geography

Where it happened

Our ancestors came from small villages scattered across England, gathered in Leiden, crossed the Atlantic, and settled along Plymouth Bay. Each dot is colored by the ancestor who was there.

William BrewsterHenry Howland (came later)John HowlandStephen HopkinsThomas RogersElizabeth Tilley (John Howland’s wife)
Before 1608English villages

Scrooby, Watford, Fenstanton, Upper Clatford

1608–1620Leiden, Holland

Brewster’s church in exile; Rogers a citizen in 1618

Fall 1620The Atlantic

Howland overboard; Oceanus Hopkins born at sea

1620–1621Cape Cod & Plymouth

Exploring, the first winter, Samoset, Massasoit

1630s–1680sDuxbury & beyond

Brewster and Henry at Duxbury; Howland at Rocky Nook

The Atlantic journeysMap of the North Atlantic showing the 1608 move from Scrooby to Leiden, Stephen Hopkins’s 1609 Sea Venture voyage to Bermuda and Jamestown, the 1620 Mayflower crossing to Plymouth, and Henry Howland’s later crossing.Mayflower, fall 1620about 102 passengers, all four of our passengers aboardHenry Howland, later (at Plymouth by early 1633)Stephen Hopkins on the Sea Venture, 1609wrecked on Bermuda, then on to JamestownBermudaSea Venture wreck, 1609JamestownVirginia colonyPlymouth ColonyEnglandLeidenHolland, 1608–1620ATLANTIC OCEANNORTH AMERICAEUROPE
The Atlantic crossings. The 1608 flight to Holland; Stephen Hopkins’s 1609 Sea Venture voyage, wrecked on Bermuda before reaching Jamestown; the Mayflower in the fall of 1620; and Henry Howland’s later crossing (his ship and year are not known; he was at Plymouth by early 1633). Routes are drawn schematically.
England and HollandMap of England and Holland marking Scrooby, Cambridge, Watford in Northamptonshire, Fenstanton, Henlow, Upper Clatford, Hursley, Whitechapel in London, and Leiden.ENGLANDNORTH SEAHOLLANDENGLISH CHANNELScroobyBrewster’s home; secret congregationCambridgeBrewster studied hereWatford (Northants)Thomas Rogers; married 1597FenstantonJohn & Henry Howland bornHenlowElizabeth Tilley bp. 1607Upper ClatfordStephen Hopkins bp. 1581Hursleyfirst wife Mary buried 1613Whitechapel, LondonHopkins married Elizabeth Fisher, 1618LeidenBrewster (Elder) & Rogers1608: flight to Holland
England & Holland: where they came from. Note that Thomas Rogers’s Watford is the village in Northamptonshire, not the better-known Watford near London. Henlow, Bedfordshire, is where Elizabeth Tilley, John Howland’s future wife and a fellow passenger, was baptized in 1607.
Plymouth ColonyMap of southeastern Massachusetts marking Plymouth, Duxbury, Rocky Nook in Kingston, Eastham on Cape Cod, Swansea, Freetown, and Dartmouth.CAPE COD BAYNANTUCKET SOUNDPLYMOUTH COLONYCAPE CODPlymouthall four passengers; Henry by 1633DuxburyBrewster d. 1644; Henry d. 1671Rocky Nook (Kingston)John Howland d. 1673EasthamJoseph Rogers’s familySwanseaElizabeth (Tilley) Howland d. 1687FreetownHenry a purchaserDartmouthHenry a purchaser↑ Kennebec River trading post (Maine), led in part by John Howland← Massasoit, about 40 miles inland(Hopkins & Winslow, July 1621)Exploring parties along Cape Cod;“First Encounter,” Dec. 1620
Plymouth Colony: where they lived and died. Plymouth was home to all four passengers. Brewster and later Henry Howland lived across the bay at Duxbury; John Howland died at Rocky Nook (now Kingston). Joseph Rogers raised his family at Plymouth and Eastham. Henry was a purchaser of the lands that became Dartmouth and Freetown. Arrows mark places that are off the map.
Biographies

Meet the ancestors

Four passengers, plus one brother who came later. Dates follow the published scholarship (chiefly Robert C. Anderson); dates such as “1670/71” are written the old way, because the English year then began in March.

⚓ Mayflower passenger

William Brewster

The Pilgrims’ Elder

Pam’s side · FamilySearch LH2V-RD6

To Pam11th-great-grandfather
Their children12th-great-grandfather
Grandchildren13th-great-grandfather
Born
about 1566, probably Scrooby, Nottinghamshire
Died
10 April 1644, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Wife
Mary (maiden name not proven), d. Plymouth 17 April 1627
Our line
through his daughter Patience, wife of Gov. Thomas Prence

The oldest and probably best-educated Pilgrim leader. A Cambridge student and former aide at the royal court, he ran the post station at Scrooby Manor, where the Separatist congregation met in secret. In Leiden he became ruling Elder and printed books banned in England. He sailed in 1620 with Mary and their sons Love and Wrestling, signed the Compact, and served as Plymouth’s spiritual leader for years before moving to Duxbury.

“He was wise and discreete and well spoken, having a grave & deliberate utterance, of a very cherfull spirite, very sociable & pleasante amongst his freinds, of an humble and modest mind…”

William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (original spelling)
Not a Mayflower passenger

Henry Howland

John’s younger brother, who came later

Pam’s side · FamilySearch MTDG-2WT

To Pam10th-great-grandfather
Their children11th-great-grandfather
Grandchildren12th-great-grandfather
Born
about 1603–1604, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire
Arrived
Plymouth by early 1633 (1633 tax list; freemen list)
Died
1 January 1670/71, Duxbury (some say 17 January)
Wife
Mary (maiden name not proven)
Our line
through his daughter Abigail Howland

Henry did not sail on the Mayflower; he followed his brother John some years later. He settled at Duxbury near Love Brewster, served as constable, highway surveyor and juror, and prospered as a purchaser of the lands that became Dartmouth and Freetown. Later in life he became a Quaker, a brave choice in Puritan Plymouth, and was fined and stripped of his freeman’s rights for it. FamilySearch may list him as “Henry Howland II.”

“abettor and entertainer of Quakers”

Plymouth Colony court records, 1659 (the charge on which he lost his freeman’s rights)
⚓ Mayflower passenger

John Howland

The man who fell overboard

Glen’s side · FamilySearch LZK8-1X7

To Glen9th-great-grandfather
Their children10th-great-grandfather
Grandchildren11th-great-grandfather
Born
about 1592–1599, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire
Died
23 February 1672/73, Rocky Nook (now Kingston); buried Plymouth 25 Feb.
Wife
Elizabeth Tilley, also a passenger (bp. Henlow 1607; d. Swansea 1687)
Our line
through his daughter Hope, wife of John Chipman

A young servant (more like a steward) in Governor John Carver’s household, he was swept into the Atlantic in a storm and saved by a trailing rope. He signed the Compact, was on the December 1620 “First Encounter” exploring party, and became free when Carver died. He married Elizabeth Tilley about 1623–24; they had ten children. He served as assistant, deputy, and a leader of the Kennebec trading post, and was the last Mayflower passenger living in Plymouth.

“…it pleased God yt he caught hould of ye top-saile halliards, which hunge over board, & rane out at length; yet he held his hould (though he was sundrie fadomes under water) till he was hald up by ye same rope to ye brime of ye water…”

William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (original spelling)
⚓ Mayflower passenger

Stephen Hopkins

The adventurer, shipwrecked once before

Glen’s side · FamilySearch LVQ1-FMH

To Glen10th-great-grandfather
Their children11th-great-grandfather
Grandchildren12th-great-grandfather
Born
bp. 30 April 1581, Upper Clatford, Hampshire (Anderson: “by about 1579”)
Died
between 6 June and 17 July 1644, Plymouth
Wives
(1) Mary, bur. Hursley 1613; (2) Elizabeth Fisher, m. Whitechapel, London, 1618
Our line
through his daughter Constance, who sailed with him

In 1609 he was wrecked on Bermuda aboard the Sea Venture, the wreck widely believed to have inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and later reached Jamestown. Not a Leiden church member (a “Stranger”), he was valuable for his New World experience: he signed the Compact, explored Cape Cod, hosted Samoset, and went with Edward Winslow to Massasoit. His son Oceanus was born at sea. Later he kept a tavern, and was more than once in trouble with the court.

“We lodged him that night at Stephen Hopkins’ house, and watched him.”

Mourt’s Relation (1622), on Samoset’s visit, March 1621
⚓ Mayflower passenger

Thomas Rogers

The father who never saw a second spring

Glen’s side · FamilySearch LZG9-SMC

To Glen10th-great-grandfather
Their children11th-great-grandfather
Grandchildren12th-great-grandfather
Born
by about 1572, Watford, Northamptonshire
Died
Plymouth, probably Jan. or Feb. 1620/21, in the “first sickness”
Wife
Alice Cosford, m. Watford, 24 October 1597
Our line
through his son Joseph, who sailed with him

The records are thin. Traced to Watford, Northamptonshire, he was living in Leiden by the 1610s, became a citizen there in 1618, and dealt in camlet cloth. He sailed with his teenage son Joseph, leaving his wife and other children to follow, and signed the Compact. He died that first winter. Joseph survived and raised a family at Plymouth and Eastham; his other children, including John, came later.

“Thomas Rogers dyed in the first sicknes, but his sone Joseph is still living, and is maried, and hath 6. children. The rest of Thomas Rogers [children] came over, & are maried, & have many children.”

William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, “Decreasings and Increasings” (1651)
Family lines

How five lines become one family

In this chart, down means later in time: each person sits at their birth year. Follow a colored thread from a passenger down to Glen or Pam. Where threads braid together, two family lines met in one person.

Jane Richmond, b. 1810

Pam’s two lines meet. Her father David Richmond descends from Brewster; her mother Mercy Hay from Henry Howland.

Hannah Rogers, b. 1669

Glen’s Hopkins and Rogers lines meet. Her parents were Joseph Rogers’s son Thomas and Constance Hopkins’s daughter Elizabeth Snow.

Isaiah Hamblin, b. 1790

John Howland’s line joins. Isaiah was the son of Barnabas Hamblin (Hopkins + Rogers) and Mary Bassett (Howland).

William BrewsterHenry Howland (came later)John HowlandStephen HopkinsThomas Rogers
Family lines from the Mayflower to Glen and Pam A chart where height represents time (birth years from 1567 to today). Pam’s Brewster and Henry Howland lines merge at Jane Richmond, born 1810. Glen’s Stephen Hopkins and Thomas Rogers lines merge at Hannah Rogers, born 1669, and John Howland’s line joins at Isaiah Hamblin, born 1790. Both sides lead down to Glen and Pam and their posterity. The same information is listed as numbered chains below the chart. 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1620 PAM’S SIDEGLEN’S SIDE married Their five children, their spouses,grandchildren & all who follow ⚓ MAYFLOWER 1620William Brewster1567–1644 · LH2V-RD6 Patience Brewster1600–1634 · KNZ2-1QV Rebecca Prence1627–1651 · L236-9F9 Patience Freeman1647–1738 · N6W5-5XX Dorothy Burge1670–1725 · LHWD-TG2 Jane Clifton1697–1751 · LZFB-74J Ichabod Richard Bowerman1721–1790 · MMVN-7L4 Jane Bowerman1750–1827 · LCXL-J56 David Richmond1785–1849 · LLQ3-H8R CAME LATER · NOT A PASSENGERHenry Howland II1600–1671 · MTDG-2WT Abigail Howland1628–1692 · 9QQV-PX8 Nathaniel Young1656–1704 · LHNK-NB1 Nathan Young1681–1749 · LZJQ-8LC Nathan Lewis Young1713–1763 · L41S-1BS Ann Bethia Young1746–1782 · L78R-MCF Anna Catherine Rider1761–1861 · LX32-FZ5 Mercy Hay1784–1845 · KWJP-QR5 Jane Richmond1810–1852 · KWJX-3JG Lydia Margarite Staker1845–1923 · KWJZ-XLR Mary Belle Robison1882–1959 · KWC1-52Q Fay Alvern Cozzens1908–1993 · KWCG-R75 Julie Pamela “Pam” Cozzens1949–Living · LFPX-DC5 ⚓ MAYFLOWER 1620Stephen Hopkins1581–1644 · LVQ1-FMH Constance Hopkins1606–1677 · LTGV-JVQ Elizabeth Snow1639–1678 · LZPQ-1ML ⚓ MAYFLOWER 1620Thomas Rogersc.1572–c.1621 · LZG9-SMC Joseph Rogers1603–1678 · K6QT-BK5 Thomas Rogers1638–1678 · LJR3-9YL Hannah Rogers1669–1733 · ML4P-QWD Hannah Harding1694–1739 · L5NZ-7KC Dorcas Fish1717–1754 · L4M5-WBY Barnabas Hamblin1747–1799 · LLQZ-7H9 ⚓ MAYFLOWER 1620John Howlandc.1598–1673 · LZK8-1X7 Hope Howland1629–1683 · LHLH-DVW Bethia Chipman1666–1702 · LCXK-S79 Mary Gale1689–1769 · K8HP-LVF Jonathan Bassett1709–1786 · LYT4-P3N Mary Bassett1745–1799 · KJCV-9M2 Isaiah Hamblin1790–1856 · KWJY-NSJ Oscar Hamblin1833–1862 · KWVH-ZF7 Wallace Hamblin1862–1937 · KWZ9-CMD Edwin Rollins Hamblin1887–1970 · KWCB-XZ7 Vivian Hamblin1918–1999 · KWCL-WCM Glen Spencer Hopkinson1946–Living · LFPX-DZ3 Two lines meetfather: David Richmond (Brewster)mother: Mercy Hay (Henry Howland) Hopkins + Rogers meetfather: Thomas Rogersmother: Elizabeth Snow Howland joinsfather: Barnabas Hamblin (Hopkins + Rogers)mother: Mary Bassett (Howland)

On a small screen, swipe sideways to see the whole chart.

The numbered lines of descent

The same five lines written out, generation by generation, with birth–death years and FamilySearch IDs as recorded in the Family Tree (October 2026). Highlighted rows are where lines meet.

William Brewster → Pam 14 generations
  1. William Brewster (1567–1644, LH2V-RD6)
  2. Patience Brewster (1600–1634, KNZ2-1QV)
  3. Rebecca Prence (1627–1651, L236-9F9)
  4. Patience Freeman (1647–1738, N6W5-5XX)
  5. Dorothy Burge (1670–1725, LHWD-TG2)
  6. Jane Clifton (1697–1751, LZFB-74J)
  7. Ichabod Richard Bowerman (1721–1790, MMVN-7L4)
  8. Jane Bowerman (1750–1827, LCXL-J56)
  9. David Richmond (1785–1849, LLQ3-H8R)
  10. Jane Richmond (1810–1852, KWJX-3JG) lines meet
  11. Lydia Margarite Staker (1845–1923, KWJZ-XLR)
  12. Mary Belle Robison (1882–1959, KWC1-52Q)
  13. Fay Alvern Cozzens (1908–1993, KWCG-R75)
  14. Julie Pamela “Pam” Cozzens (1949–Living, LFPX-DC5)
Henry Howland (not a passenger) → Pam 13 generations
  1. Henry Howland II (1600–1671, MTDG-2WT)
  2. Abigail Howland (1628–1692, 9QQV-PX8)
  3. Nathaniel Young (1656–1704, LHNK-NB1)
  4. Nathan Young (1681–1749, LZJQ-8LC)
  5. Nathan Lewis Young (1713–1763, L41S-1BS)
  6. Ann Bethia Young (1746–1782, L78R-MCF)
  7. Anna Catherine Rider (1761–1861, LX32-FZ5)
  8. Mercy Hay (1784–1845, KWJP-QR5)
  9. Jane Richmond (1810–1852, KWJX-3JG) lines meet
  10. Lydia Margarite Staker (1845–1923, KWJZ-XLR)
  11. Mary Belle Robison (1882–1959, KWC1-52Q)
  12. Fay Alvern Cozzens (1908–1993, KWCG-R75)
  13. Julie Pamela “Pam” Cozzens (1949–Living, LFPX-DC5)
John Howland → Glen 12 generations
  1. John Howland (c.1598–1673, LZK8-1X7)
  2. Hope Howland (1629–1683, LHLH-DVW)
  3. Bethia Chipman (1666–1702, LCXK-S79)
  4. Mary Gale (1689–1769, K8HP-LVF)
  5. Jonathan Bassett (1709–1786, LYT4-P3N)
  6. Mary Bassett (1745–1799, KJCV-9M2)
  7. Isaiah Hamblin (1790–1856, KWJY-NSJ) lines meet
  8. Oscar Hamblin (1833–1862, KWVH-ZF7)
  9. Wallace Hamblin (1862–1937, KWZ9-CMD)
  10. Edwin Rollins Hamblin (1887–1970, KWCB-XZ7)
  11. Vivian Hamblin (1918–1999, KWCL-WCM)
  12. Glen Spencer Hopkinson (1946–Living, LFPX-DZ3)
Stephen Hopkins → Glen 13 generations
  1. Stephen Hopkins (1581–1644, LVQ1-FMH)
  2. Constance Hopkins (1606–1677, LTGV-JVQ)
  3. Elizabeth Snow (1639–1678, LZPQ-1ML)
  4. Hannah Rogers (1669–1733, ML4P-QWD) lines meet
  5. Hannah Harding (1694–1739, L5NZ-7KC)
  6. Dorcas Fish (1717–1754, L4M5-WBY)
  7. Barnabas Hamblin (1747–1799, LLQZ-7H9)
  8. Isaiah Hamblin (1790–1856, KWJY-NSJ) lines meet
  9. Oscar Hamblin (1833–1862, KWVH-ZF7)
  10. Wallace Hamblin (1862–1937, KWZ9-CMD)
  11. Edwin Rollins Hamblin (1887–1970, KWCB-XZ7)
  12. Vivian Hamblin (1918–1999, KWCL-WCM)
  13. Glen Spencer Hopkinson (1946–Living, LFPX-DZ3)
Thomas Rogers → Glen 13 generations
  1. Thomas Rogers (c.1572–c.1621, LZG9-SMC)
  2. Joseph Rogers (1603–1678, K6QT-BK5)
  3. Thomas Rogers (1638–1678, LJR3-9YL)
  4. Hannah Rogers (1669–1733, ML4P-QWD) lines meet
  5. Hannah Harding (1694–1739, L5NZ-7KC)
  6. Dorcas Fish (1717–1754, L4M5-WBY)
  7. Barnabas Hamblin (1747–1799, LLQZ-7H9)
  8. Isaiah Hamblin (1790–1856, KWJY-NSJ) lines meet
  9. Oscar Hamblin (1833–1862, KWVH-ZF7)
  10. Wallace Hamblin (1862–1937, KWZ9-CMD)
  11. Edwin Rollins Hamblin (1887–1970, KWCB-XZ7)
  12. Vivian Hamblin (1918–1999, KWCL-WCM)
  13. Glen Spencer Hopkinson (1946–Living, LFPX-DZ3)

Years in the chains are as recorded on FamilySearch. Where they differ slightly from the biography dates (Brewster: FamilySearch 1567 vs. about 1566; Henry Howland: 1600 vs. about 1603–1604), the biographies follow the published scholarship. Despite the similar names, “Hopkinson” is not descended from “Hopkins” by surname; that connection comes through Constance Hopkins and several generations of daughters after her.

Closing

A heritage that belongs to all of us

Four ordinary people sailed on a crowded little ship in 1620: a gentle, scholarly church Elder; a young servant who nearly drowned on the way; a shipwrecked adventurer; and a cloth merchant who never saw a second spring. Their courage, faith, stubbornness, and plain good luck are part of who Glen and Pam’s family is, and of who their children and grandchildren will be.

We hope each generation will read these stories, look up these names, and keep adding to the story.

Sources

Look it up yourself

FamilySearch Family Tree IDs

Open any person at familysearch.org/tree/person/details/ followed by their ID.

Relationships were verified from the record of Todd Spencer Hopkinson (KWH7-P9F), one of Glen and Pam’s five children. Living people’s records are private on FamilySearch.

Passenger list used for checking

Primary (first-hand) sources quoted

  • William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (written 1630–1651); Bradford’s History “Of Plimoth Plantation” (Boston, 1898/1901), Project Gutenberg #24950
  • Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth (London, 1622), Project Gutenberg #66359
  • N. B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 8 (John Howland’s death record)
  • Plymouth Church Records, 1620–1859, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vol. 22 (1920)
  • William Strachey, A True Reportory of the Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates (1610; printed in Purchas His Pilgrimes, 1625)

Scholarly references for dates & places

  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony, 1620–1633 (NEHGS, 2004)
  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins (NEHGS, 1995), for Henry Howland
  • General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (“Silver Books”)
  • Caleb H. Johnson, Here Shall I Die Ashore: Stephen Hopkins (2007)

Maps

  • Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain). Place markers are approximate; voyage routes are schematic, not actual tracks.
Cousins and in-laws, not direct ancestors. FamilySearch also shows connections to other famous passengers, kept separate so they aren’t confused with our ancestors. Pam’s side: Edward Winslow (cousin; went with Hopkins to Massasoit), Myles Standish (cousin), Isaac Allerton (by marriage; he married Brewster’s daughter Fear). Glen’s side: William Bradford (cousin; author of Of Plymouth Plantation), John Alden (cousin).