everyone and his brother in maine is related to someone who came over on the mayflower, and i don't want to bore you, but i want to share about how God orchestrated something awesome to happen to me by watching nbc's show on searching for ancestors. this is a letter i wrote to my sons pertaining to the show and their genealogy...you have to read it to the end to get the blessing....
Tony, George, Gary, Corey,
Crouse genealogy….
Ashley Judd was on ‘Who do You Think You Are’ last night. She was tracing her ancestors and discovered that her great-grandfather 10 times removed was William Bruster (aka: Brewster). He came over on the Mayflower in 1620 with your great-grandfather 8 and 9 times removed (through 2 great-grandparents), William Bradford, who became the first governor of the states. Ashley went to England and found out a great deal of information about William Bruster. These two men opposed the religious system in England and together were arrested for religious disobedience. They actually televised the cell in which both men were incarcerated in Lincolnshire, England in 1607. At one point both men were able to flee England.
William Bruster spent the next 12 years hiding in Holland where there was religious freedom. It is presumed that William Bradford, your ancestor, was there too. In 1620 they went back to England to leave for America as they could not leave from Holland. They could not go on a regular ship because they were fugitives so they hired someone privately. That person betrayed them. After that experience they found the Mayflower and sailed for America.
The voyage was dangerous. Only 60% of the passengers survived. The names of both William’s were written on the passenger list and shown on t.v. The book was pretty dilapidated and had to be handled with gloves.
Your 10th great-grandfather, William Bradford, authored “The Plymouth Plantation”. This book pertained to either Plymouth, England or Plymouth, Massachusetts.
I thought all of this was quite fascinating since you are all descendants of the Mayflower. And just think…The show spent all that money coming up with Ashley’s genealogy and tracing the family history, and Ashley herself did a lot of work and did a lot of traveling to access the information. And all that we did was to sit back and to view the compiled information about your ancestor on t.v. without traveling one mile and without spending a dime. Isn’t that just like God? He is so good.
You may be able to access some of the 4/8/11 episode at, ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ on the Internet as I’m sure they have a website.
I’m going to write to Ashley to thank her.
Love,
Mom
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