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Background. Adding william butten brings the list of mayflower passenger deaths to 50. About half of the passengers died in the first winter.
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However, with the help of billions of newspaper archives and interconnected genealogies, these estimates are becoming more accurate each day. But a year earlier, 20 enslaved africans were brought to the british colonies against their. Ellen, jasper, and mary were all among the large group of mayflower passengers who died the first winter.
Another mayflower passenger, elizabeth tilley was orphaned when the rest of her family died during the first winter, and she lived in howland's household as his ward.
Did many people on the mayflower get sick? Only 50 of the original 102 passengers survived the first winter. They had not been eating well, and many were weak. Ellen, jasper, and mary were all among the large group of mayflower passengers who died the first winter.
