The story of the Pilgrims is being rewritten to be secular, as is much of US history.
Gale E PhillipsDecember 3, 2020
The common perception of the Pilgrims being intolerant of other religions within their colony is true, but the story is more complex than that. They came to establish their own settlement where they could worship according to their specific beliefs and felt that people of different religious beliefs in their settlement would not only dilute their purpose, but also open the settlement up to contention, which they wanted to avoid as this had been part of the old world they were leaving. They didn't come to create a religious democracy. Their idea was that people of other religious convictions should establish their own settlement. I have thought of it as people creating a chess club and then other people join and want to change it into a checkers club.
Laura Lee EdwardsDecember 2, 2020
The descendants of John Howland are numerous. The include LDS leaders, as well as political ones. Do. Google search of him for more information.
Charles HarperNovember 27, 2020
During a storm enroot a young servant of Governor Carver went upside for some fresh air. The ship lurched heavily in a huge swell and he fell overboard. This was John Holland, who would later inherit his master's estate, marry another passenger, Elisabeth Tilly, and have ten children. John had managed to grab a halyard from the ship and survive in the storm until someone missed him. One of his children was a direct descendent of Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph's mother.
Joel MarksNovember 26, 2020
God bless the Pilgrims a chisen peoples of the Abrahamic civenant. The Pilgrims fulfill thevtruth of Mormons salient prophecies.
Robert D StarlingNovember 25, 2020
Henry Sampson was one of those Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving. According to Family Search, he was my 8th great-granduncle. I just learned about Henry this week, so Thanksgiving will have a new meaning for our family this year.
Ron BarnesNovember 25, 2020
I recently learned something strange about my ancestry. I am descended from a couple who came over on the Mayflower. However, I am descended from their son who did not make the voyage. He arrived decades later.
Daniel LarsonNovember 25, 2020
Of course, what is not written is that the Pilgrims, for all their virtue, were intolerant of anyone else who did not believe as they did. The history of the rest of the New England colonies is fully about those who fled their colony or were expelled by them because of their differing beliefs. Yes, we should celebrate the Pilgrims. But, yes, as well, we should know them fully, not just their mythical history.
Karen C NewsomNovember 25, 2020
After I read William Bradford's autobiography, I lightly referred to it as Book of Mormon Part Two. An incredible read.
Robin PrestonNovember 25, 2020
Definitely a chosen people. I wonder why they experienced so much death? Was it a cleansing? It seems that God would have protected them. Ver excited the read this book by Tim Ballard. I have already read the Washington and the Lincoln Hypotheses. They are very well researched and written.
Maryann TaylorNovember 25, 2020
Thank you so much for this article! I am a direct descendant Of Perregrine White who was born aboard the Mayflower as it sat near the American shore--the first baby from this group to be born in America! I hope I can somehow live up to these great people who showed such courage. I am grateful to know that the feast of that first Thanksgiving so long ago was not just a party with the American natives. It was a celebration of gratitude to God.
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Jenny PuckettDecember 3, 2020
The story of the Pilgrims is being rewritten to be secular, as is much of US history.
Gale E PhillipsDecember 3, 2020
The common perception of the Pilgrims being intolerant of other religions within their colony is true, but the story is more complex than that. They came to establish their own settlement where they could worship according to their specific beliefs and felt that people of different religious beliefs in their settlement would not only dilute their purpose, but also open the settlement up to contention, which they wanted to avoid as this had been part of the old world they were leaving. They didn't come to create a religious democracy. Their idea was that people of other religious convictions should establish their own settlement. I have thought of it as people creating a chess club and then other people join and want to change it into a checkers club.
Laura Lee EdwardsDecember 2, 2020
The descendants of John Howland are numerous. The include LDS leaders, as well as political ones. Do. Google search of him for more information.
Charles HarperNovember 27, 2020
During a storm enroot a young servant of Governor Carver went upside for some fresh air. The ship lurched heavily in a huge swell and he fell overboard. This was John Holland, who would later inherit his master's estate, marry another passenger, Elisabeth Tilly, and have ten children. John had managed to grab a halyard from the ship and survive in the storm until someone missed him. One of his children was a direct descendent of Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph's mother.
Joel MarksNovember 26, 2020
God bless the Pilgrims a chisen peoples of the Abrahamic civenant. The Pilgrims fulfill thevtruth of Mormons salient prophecies.
Robert D StarlingNovember 25, 2020
Henry Sampson was one of those Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving. According to Family Search, he was my 8th great-granduncle. I just learned about Henry this week, so Thanksgiving will have a new meaning for our family this year.
Ron BarnesNovember 25, 2020
I recently learned something strange about my ancestry. I am descended from a couple who came over on the Mayflower. However, I am descended from their son who did not make the voyage. He arrived decades later.
Daniel LarsonNovember 25, 2020
Of course, what is not written is that the Pilgrims, for all their virtue, were intolerant of anyone else who did not believe as they did. The history of the rest of the New England colonies is fully about those who fled their colony or were expelled by them because of their differing beliefs. Yes, we should celebrate the Pilgrims. But, yes, as well, we should know them fully, not just their mythical history.
Karen C NewsomNovember 25, 2020
After I read William Bradford's autobiography, I lightly referred to it as Book of Mormon Part Two. An incredible read.
Robin PrestonNovember 25, 2020
Definitely a chosen people. I wonder why they experienced so much death? Was it a cleansing? It seems that God would have protected them. Ver excited the read this book by Tim Ballard. I have already read the Washington and the Lincoln Hypotheses. They are very well researched and written.
Maryann TaylorNovember 25, 2020
Thank you so much for this article! I am a direct descendant Of Perregrine White who was born aboard the Mayflower as it sat near the American shore--the first baby from this group to be born in America! I hope I can somehow live up to these great people who showed such courage. I am grateful to know that the feast of that first Thanksgiving so long ago was not just a party with the American natives. It was a celebration of gratitude to God.
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