A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameMary Jane Chilton 
Death16 May 1679, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BCA Age: 71
BurialKings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts443
FlagsMayflower Passenger
FatherJames Chilton (~1556-1620)
MotherSusannah Furner (James Chilton’s Wife” (1564-1621)
Spouses
Birth16 Apr 1597, Droitwich, Worchestershire, England11
Deathbef 21 May 1674, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BCA13 Age: 77
BurialKings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts441
FatherEdward Winslow Esq (1560-1620)
MotherMagdaline Ollyver (Oliver) (1566-1631)
Notes for Mary Jane Chilton
First Pilgrim to touch Plymouth Rock. Passenger on Mayflower. She was born in England around May, 1607. (She was baptized on May 31, 1607). Her parents were James and Susannah (Furner) Chilton. When Mary was thirteen, she sailed on the Mayflower to Plymouth. Her father was the oldest passenger on the ship. He was sixty-four. On December 18, 1620, James died while the Mayflower was anchored in Provincetown Harbor. Mary was left an orphan when her mother died six weeks later. Mary Chilton became a ward of either Myles Standish or John Alden. In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims held their Harvest Feast, Mary would have been a helper. After the first difficult winter only four adult women survived. They would have been responsible for the feast, which lasted three days. When the land division occurred in 1623, Mary received three shares. One for each of her parents and one for herself. Around October 12, 1624, Mary Chilton and John Winslow married. They became the parents of ten children. About 1653, the Winslows moved to Boston where John became a prosperous merchant. They lived on Spring Lane.Chilton
Posted 01 Sep 2016 by JohnLinneman
This was taken from Michelle's History of Bridgewater. Mary Chilton was said to have been the first lady who came on shore, it goes on to say this was no time for ceremony no two- by- two's; somebody the one tugging hardest at the leash did get ashore first. It has never been said that this was anybody but Mary Chilton. Mary Chilton was the first European female that landed ...one thing worthy of notice is that her curiosity of being first on American Strand prompted her like a young heroine to leap out of the boat and wade ashore she was 12 years old at the time.13