Christopher Jones


Region Occupation Born Died
North America, New England Mariner 1585 1624

Captain of the Mayflower in 1620 on its passage from Southampton, England to New England. An able seaman who had access to a 3' crossstaff for calculating latitude. Nonetheless, put the Mayflower two degrees to the north of where the patent allowed the Pilgrims to settle. Was unable to get around Cape Cod when sighting land off Truro and wintered with the Pilgrims in Plymouth.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Related Ships

Mayflower

Compiler

Peter Richards

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