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In addition to William Brewster, Sarah Palin descends from nine other Mayflower pilgrims. Some of these are multiple lines of descent.

The mystery of the history of the 567-year-old shoes popped up again when Geraldine Stickney got married on Christmas Day in 1935

William Brewster and the Puritans in Holland decide to migrate to Virginia in the New World. They sail back to England where another group seeking religious freedom will

Colonist Jonathan Brewster arrived in Plymouth in the fall of 1621, son of the Colony's respected elder, William Brewster.

William Brewster and the Puritans, in England they are persecuted for their believes. They migrate to Holland, returning to England prior to sailing for America.

Here, the Mayflower Passenger list continues. This portion of the list includes the Brewsters, the unruly Billingtons and Dotys, as well as the Tilly brothers.

In an interview with Producer Wolfinger, she talks about the actors who play key roles in "Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower."

Sarah Palin is upper echelon when it comes to descent from the nation's colonial era founding families in New England.

The Mayflower Compact is written, then signed on November 11, 1620.

Leiden in The Netherlands is an appropriate November destination because it may have inspired the first American Thanksgiving celebration at Plymouth.

Tens of millions of people can legitimately claim ancestors who came on the Mayflower and they are by no means all elite blue-bloods.

Thomas Prence was the fourth, eighth and twelfth governor of Plymouth Colony and a co-founder of Eastham, Massachusetts. Here is one Prence lineage.

One of Sarah Palin's more controversial ancestors is Mayflower Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins. Four centuries have not separated the fact and fiction of his past.

William Bradford immigrated to Holland from England. He and his wife were aboard the Mayflower with the Pilgrims when they sailed for America in 1620.

Davenport’s congregation divides over religious issues causing a split that created the Third Church, later better known as the Old South Church.

Guess who missed the boat? The Mayflower pilgrims arrived at Plymouth minus their pastor, the Rev. John Robinson.

The Mayflower moors in Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts near Cap Cod instead of Virginia. To avoid a mutiny they decided to settle there.

The Mayflower was followed by the Fortune, making the Little James and Anne third and fourth arrivals. Passengers included wives and children of men already at Plymouth.

Before passengers were allowed to leave the Mayflower, all of the men had to sign an agreement known as the Mayflower Compact--the first civil document of New Plymouth.

John Carver devoted much of his wealth to founding the Plymouth Colony. His term as its first governor was shortened by his death five months later.

When the Mayflower dropped anchor and passengers gave thanks for that safe 1620 voyage to America, they no doubt remembered Rev. John Robinson, their spiritual advisor.

Millions of people are descended from the Pilgrims who arrived in the new world on the Mayflower.

There, in the crowded cabin of the tiny ship Mayflower, while women and children watched, 41 men signed the historic Mayflower Compact, a model of self-government.

Were they pilgrims or just people trying to make a better life for themselves and their children. Whoever they were they an integral part of American History.