Ellen More, "Mayflower" Passenger

Placed with the family of Edward Winslow, she came to America on the Mayflower. Unfortunately, she died the first winter.

Father: Jacob Blakeway b: Abt 1583 in Stanton Long Parish, Shropshire, England Mother: Katherine More b: Abt 1586 in Shropshire, England

Sources

• http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/EllenMore.php
• Hostages of Fortune: The More children of the Mayflower,R.G. Kainer, New England Ancestors, Winter 2003, Vol. 4, No. 1

After a vicious court battle, Samuel More, who denied being the biological father of the More children, after he found that his wife was having an affair of their neighbor, Jacob Blakeway, won them in court, despite their resemblance to Blakeway, & placed them with the Puritan separatists.
Richard & Mary were placed with the William Brewster family.
Jasper was placed with Governor John Carver. Ellen was placed with the Winslow family, that also included Elias Story and George Soule.

In 1669, Plymouth Secretary Nathaniel Moreton published the first known list of the Mayflower signers, which includes George Soule, meaning that Soule had to be at least 21 years of age at the time.