Town Center/Harbor

1992 — Passengers of the Mayflower Plaque, Old Brick Church, Cold Spring, NJ
The New Jersey Mayflower Society placed a bronze plaque that reads:  “In Recognition and Honor of /  THE PASSENGERS ON THE MAYFLOWER /  PRESENTED / MAY 17, 1992 / By / Society of Mayflower Descendants/ State of New Jersey” in this 1823 Presbyterian Church. Because John and Elizabeth Tilley Howland’s granddaughter (daughter of Desire) Hannah Gorham married Joseph Whilldin/Wheldon and then moved to Cape May Co., NJ, it is said that there are more Mayflower Descendants buried in its cemetery than anywhere else outside Massachusetts. Their daughter Hannah Whilldin married, first, Thomas Leaming. Besides Leaming, following generation surnames include Eldredge, Doubleday, Garlick, Stites, Hughs, and Hand.

1921 — Peace Arch between Blaine, Washington and Surrey, Canada
First named the International Peace Portal, it was originally dedicated on September 6, 1921.and each year a reenactment of the dedication is held. It is in the Peace Arch State Park and sits on the international border between British Columbia, Canada, and the United States, just east of US I-5. It is about a half hour from Vancouver. A piece of timber taken from the Mayflower Barn at Jordans northwest of London, England, was placed in the arch, a gift of the British Society of Friends and was marked by a tablet and commemorated the common ancestry of the US and Great Britain. The identity of the barn as having Mayflower timbers has since been disproved. See Surrey, British Columbia entry.

1921 — Peach Arch, Peach Arch Provincial Park, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Peace Arch Provincial Park is atypical in that it is a testament to peace between Canada and the United States.  Its imposing white monument called Peace Arch is a unique symbol of peace and friendship between Canada and the US. The monument was constructed in 1921 and commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814, which ended the War of 1812 between the US and Britain. A prominent American businessman Samuel Hill conceived the idea of the arch and laid a hollow cornerstone within which he placed a hammered steel box made from the steel of a captured slave ship. Inside the box, he placed a piece of the Beaver and the Mayflower. The arch is said to be the first of its kind in the world, and today remains an open gate between Canada and the US, bearing the inscription May These Gates Never Close. On the Washington side is engraved: Children of a Common Mother while Brethren Dwelling Together in Unity is on the British Columbia side.

2006 — William Brewster Wax Figure, Bassetlaw Museum, Retford, England
A life sized wax figure in 17th century garb sits on a chair in a glass enclosure with identifying labels.

In 1608, after their successful second attempt to flee England, the Pilgrims settled in Amsterdam for one year before moving to the south to Leiden.

1909 — Holland Pilgrim Memorial Plaque, The Scottish (English Reformed) Church, Begijn Hof, Amsterdam
Placed in memory of Henry Ainsworth (early Separatist leader in Holland), Francis Johnson (early Separatist leader in London and then Emden, Germany), Pastor John Robinson, Elder William Brewster, and Gov. William Bradford by the Chicago Congregational Club. The bronze tablet has six official seals: one in each corner and one centered at top and bottom, and are, top left corner the City of Chicago, top center the seal of Amsterdam, top right Amsterdam coat of arms, bottom right the Dutch royal crest, center bottom the seal of the Chicago Congregational Club, left bottom corner the seal of the State of Illinois. The text reads: ONE : IN : CHRIST / 1609 — FROM SCROOBY · TO · AMSTERDAM — 1909 / AINSWORTH · JOHNSON · ROBINSON · BREWSTER · BRADFORD / BY · A · JOINT · CONSENT · THEY · RESOLVED · TO · GO · INTO · THE · LOW · COUNTRIES / WHERE · THEY · HEARD · WAS · FREEDOM · OF · RELIGION · FOR · ALL · MEN / AND · LIVED · AT · AMSTERDAM / (GOVERNOR · WILLIAM · BRADFORD · HISTORY · OF · PLYMOUTH · PLANTATION) / IN · GRATEFUL · REMEMBRANCE · AND · IN · CHRISTIAN · BROTHERHOOD / THE · CHICAGO · CONGREGATIONAL · CLUB / REAR · THIS · MEMORIAL / A · D · 1909

Unknown — Holland Pilgrim Memorial Stained Glass Window, The Scottish (English Reformed) Church, Begijn Hof, Amsterdam.
This single stained glass window, showing people at prayer upon the deck of a ship with a billowing sail and a windmill in the left background, commemorates the English Separatists, including the Pilgrims, who worshiped in this church. In stained class in the base panel it reads: THEIR PASTOR COMMENDED / THEM WITH MOST FERVENT PRAYERS / TO THE LORD AND HIS BLESSING

1917 — International Monument to the Reformation, Geneva, Switzerland
Usually known as the Reformation Wall, is a monument that honors many of the main individuals, events, and documents of the Protestant Reformation by depicting them in statues and bas-reliefs. The Wall is in the grounds of the University of Geneva, which was founded by John Calvin. There are ten statues of Calvinism's main proponents. The four Genevan reformers are flanked by smaller statues of major Protestant figures, bas-reliefs, and inscriptions. Oliver Cromwell is surrounded by Pilgrims praying on the deck of the Mayflower.

The Pilgrims arrived by boat from Amsterdam in the university town of Leiden on May 1, 1609 and remained here for the next 11 years before departing for the New World.

1865 — Pastor John Robinson's House (Jean Pesijnshof) Memorial Stone, Leiden, Holland
Placed by Henry Martyn Dexter and G. E. Day, this memorial reads: "On this spot lived, taught and died John Robinson, 1611-1625."

1891 — Pastor John Robinson Plaque, Peter's Church, Leiden, Holland
This tablet was erected on the wall of the Peter's Church by the National Council of Congregational Churches in the United States to mark the burial site of March 4, 1625 of the Leiden Pilgrims' Pastor Robinson. At the top, below an image of the Mayflower, the text reads: THE MAYFLOWER, 1620 / IN MEMORY OF / REV. JOHN ROBINSON, M.A., / PASTOR OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH WORSHIPING OVER AGAINST / THIS SPOT. A.D. 1608-1625, WHENCE AT HIS PROMPTING / WENT FORTH / THE PILGRIM FATHERS / TO SETTLE NEW ENGLAND / IN 1620. / BURIED UNDER THIS HOUSE OF WORSHIP, 4 MAR. 1625 / AE XLIX YEARS. / IN MEMORIA AETERNA ERIT JUSTUS. / ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL / CHURCHES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . / A.D.1891

1928 — Pastor John Robinson Memorial Plaque, Peter's Church (Pieterskirk), Leiden, Holland
The General Society spent $500 for this memorial tablet to the Pilgrim's Leiden minister who remained behind to minister to the members of the Separatist congregation who did not leave on the 1620 voyage to New England. Robinson died in 1624. Below an image in color of the Mayflower the text reads: IN MEMORY OF / JOHN ROBINSON / PASTOR OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN LEYDEN / 1609  1625 / HIS BROADLY TOLERANT MIND / GUIDED AND DEVELOPED THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF / THE PILGRIMS OF THE MAYFLOWER / OF HIM THESE WALLS ENSHRINE ALL THAT WAS MORTAL / HIS UNDYING SPIRIT / STILL DOMINATES THE CONSCIENCES OF A MIGHTY NATION / IN THE LAND BEYOND THE SEA / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER / DESCENDANTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  A. D. 1928

1955 — William Brewster Alley (William Brewstersteeg) Plaque, Leiden, Holland
The text of the rectangular bronze plaque over the arch at the entrance to the William Brewstersteeg reads: SITE OF THE VICUS CHORALI (OR PILGRIM) PRESS, ON PIETERSKERKKOORSTEEG / (ST. PETER’S CHURCH, CHOIR ALLEY), LEYDEN, NETHERLANDS, IN THE (1609-1620) / HOME OF THE SEPARATIST PILGRIM FATHER, ELDER WILLIAM BREWSTER OF SCROOBY,/ NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND, THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF PLYMOUTH IN NEW ENGLAND / UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1643-44. / THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS (USA, 1897) / WALDO MORGAN ALLEN, GOVERNOR GENERAL / ON THEIR FIRST PILGRIMAGE – 152, BY PLANES – TO THE NETHERLANDS AND ENGLAND / SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 6, 1955 / 335 YEARS AFTER THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER"

1997 — Leiden American Pilgrim Museum, Leiden, Holland
Initiated with help from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Pilgrim Society and the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, this fifteenth-century house gives an excellent idea of life in Leiden in the Pilgrim times. It presents a comprehensive exhibit about the Pilgrims. A photographic tour of Leiden is included on its website. Its director, Jeremy D. Bangs, PhD, is author of the 2009 chronicle of Pilgrim history, Strangers and Pilgrims, Travellers and Sojourners - Leiden and the Foundations of Plymouth Plantation. Website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~netlapm).

2004 — Memorial to Pilgrims who died in exile, Pieterskerk, Leiden, Holland
Mounted around the corner to the left of the exterior of Peter’s Church (Pieterskerk) from the Robinson memorial plaque, is this memorial to those adults and children who died during their exile in Leiden. The plaque, suggested by Jeremy D. Bangs, PhD, and erected by the city of Leiden, is highly significant because it begins with a quote from a member of the Separatists that is the earliest known reference to them as “Pilgrims.” Dated 1622 it predates William Bradford’s first use by eight years. The memorial reads: “During the Pilgrims Fathers’ Leiden exile, / more than thirty members died. / Many were buried in the Pieterskerk along with / their Leiden neighbors. / --- / ‘BUT NOW WE ARE ALL, IN ALL PLACES, / STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS, TRAVELERS / AND SOJOURNERS…’ / Robert Cushman, Pilgrim Leader, 1622 / --- / ISAAC ALLERTON’s child – 1620 / JOHN ALLERTON’s child – 1616 / THOMAS BLOSSOM’s children – 1617 /  THOMAS BREWER’s wife & children – 1617, 1618 / WILLIAM BRITSMAN’s child – 1612 / EDMUND CHANDLER’s child – 1619 / ROBERT CUSHMAN’s wife and children – 1616 / SAMUEL FULLER’s wife & child – 1615 / EDMUND JESSOP’s child – 1618 / JOHN KEBLE’s child – 1614 / JOHN KEBLE’s widow – 1645 / SAMUEL LEE’s child – 1619 / ROBERT PECK’s child – 1619 / JOHN REYNOLD’s wife & child – 1619 / JOHN ROBINSON’s children – 1618, 1621, 1623 / JOHN ROBINSON – 1625 / JOHN SPOONER – 1628 / JOHN & JANE SPOONER’s child – 1630 / RANDALL THICKENS’s child – 1615”

2011 — St. Mary’s Church, Redenhall, Norfolk Co., England
A dedication ceremony is planned for the spring of 2011 for the blessing of a plaque to be placed in St. Mary's by the Fuller Society. The plaque will state that the Fuller Society helped in the restoration of the window (beside where the plaque will be placed) and read: “In memory of / Edward Fuller baptized 4 September 1575 / & / Samuel Fuller baptized 20 January 1580 / Pilgrims to America on the Mayflower 1620. / Fuller Society 2011”

2009 — John Billington Plaque, Spalding, England
Wooden plaque in Spalding Gentlemen’s Club reading “In memory / of ‘ John Billington, Wife Elinor, / and sons John Jr., Francis – Passengers / In 1620 on Pilgrim Ship Mayflower / Believed from Cowbit Lincolnshire / near Spalding, England / Richard L. Mix Family 2009” The Club is one of the oldest learned societies in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1710. It is the earliest provincial associations for the encouragement of archaeology. The plaque was placed by The Billington Family Association founder Richard Mix.

1780 — The Mayflower Pub, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London, England
This pub was built on the site of The Shippe pub that dates back to circa 1550. The Shippe was rebuilt and renamed the Spread Eagle and Crown in 1780 and then renamed as The Mayflower in 1957.

1955 — Pilgrim Father's Memorial Church Font, Southwark, London, England
This church is the post World War II successor church to the 1788 Union Street and 1864 Buchenham Square Southwark Independent Church. The font, a gift of the church's minister, Dr. A. D. Belden (1883-1964), is fashioned out of a piece of Plymouth Rock that was originally intended as a foundation stone for the building.

1966 — Christopher Jones Plaque, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London, England
Christopher Jones was Master (captain) and part owner of the Mayflower that in 1620 carried the Pilgrims to New England. He was not a “Pilgrim” although he played a most important part in their lives. In 1611 Jones had moved the ship from his home town and port of Harwich to Rotherhithe, then the center of England’s trade, located on the south bank of the Thames. The ship was registered there from that date until it was broken up in 1624. The last entry about the Mayflower in the Port of London Customs Book for “Christopher Jones, of ‘The Mayflower’” was in October 1621. Jones died in 1622. His grave was lost and a new memorial was erected to him in the year of the 375th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage. The plaque reads “THE MAYFLOWER / Christopher Jones, Master and part owner / was buried in this churchyard, 5th March 1622. / This Tablet was erected on the occasion of the / 250th Anniversary of the Consecration / of this Church”

1995 — Sailing of the Mayflower Plaque, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London, England
The People of the London Borough of Southwark placed a plaque commemorating the sailing of the Mayflower under the command of Rotherhithe’s Christopher Jones. The round blue plaque reads: “London Borough of Southwark / Sailing of the Mayflower / In 1620 the Mayflower sailed from / Rotherhithe on the first stage of / its epic voyage to America / In command was Captain/Christopher Jones / of Rotherhithe / Voted by the People”

Unknown — “Sunshine Weekly and the Pilgrim’s Pocket” Statue, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London, England
This life sized statue depicts the astonishment of a 17th century Pilgrim at a boy reading a 1930’s comic, whilst a frisky Staffordshire Bull Terrier clamors for attention. The pilgrim’s pocket contains an A-Z, dated 1620! The statue reflects the area’s past connection to the Pilgrims. Erected by the Mayflower Tenants Assn., Sunshine Weekly and the Pilgrim’s Pocket.

1913 — Pilgrim Monument, Old West Quay, Southampton, England
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants contributed $100 toward this monument that was unveiled by US Ambassador Walter Page.

1955 — Plaque, The Pilgrim Fathers Memorial, Southampton, England
Plaque with may flowers in the four corners and an image of the ship Mayflower beneath which appears “THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS (USA, 1897) / WALDO MORGAN ALLEN, GOVERNOR GENERAL / ON THEIR FIRST PILGRIMAGE – 152, BY PLANES – TO THE NETHERLANDS AND ENGLAND / SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 6, 1955 / 335 YEARS AFTER THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER"

Unknown — Plaque, West Gate, Southampton, Hampshire, England
The Pilgrims would have passed through this gate to board the Mayflower and Speedwell. A Plaque reads: “COUNTY BOROUGH OF SOUTHAMPTON / WESTGATE / --------- / THIS IMPORTANT WESTGATE / LED DIRECTLY TO THE WEST QUAY / WHICH FOR MANY CENTURIES WAS THE / ONLY COMMERCIAL QUAY WHICH THE / TOWN POSSESSED * THE GROOVES / OF THE PORTCULLIS GATES / AND THE APERTURES THROUGH / WHICH THE DEFENDERS OF THE TOWN / COULD HARASS ATTACKERS MAY STILL / BE SEEN * * THROUGH THIS / ARCHWAY MARCHED SOME OF THE / ARMY OF HENRY V ON THEIR WAY / TO AGINCOURT IN 1415 / * * / THE PILGRIM FATHERS  / EMBARKED HERE FROM THE WEST / QUAY ON THE MAYFLOWER / AUGUST 15TH 1620”

1844 — Scrooby Manor Bronze Plaque, Scrooby. England
The Pilgrim Society erected a plaque that reads: “THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE / PILGRIM SOCIETY OF PLYMOUTH / MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES OF / AMERICA, TO MARK THE SITE OF THE / ANCIENT MANOR HOUSE, WHERE LIVED / WILLIAM BREWSTER / FROM 1588 TO 1606, AND WHERE HE / ORGANIZED THE PILGRIM CHURCH, OF / WHICH HE BECAME ELDER, AND / WITH WHICH, IN 1608, HE REMOVED TO / AMSTERDAM, IN 1609 TO LEYDEN, AND IN / 1620 TO PLYMOUTH, WHERE HE DIED / APRIL 16, 1644.” See below for the 1920 plaque.

1905 — Scrooby Manor (Pilgrim Homestead), Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants began efforts to purchase this property where Elder William Brewster once lived and where he conducted nonconformist religious services. Plans were abandoned in 1908.

1920 — Scrooby Manor Bronze Plaque, Scrooby, England
A bronze plaque commemorating the 300^th anniversary of the Mayflower was erected which reads: “ ON THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER / WITH THE PILGRIM FATHERS TO NEW / ENGLAND, THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED / BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE / ANGLO-AMERICAN SOCIETY, IN / COMMEMORATION OF THE HEROIC VIRTUES / OF THE LITTLE BAND OF LOVERS OF / TRUTH AND FREEDOM WHICH FIRST MET / IN THIS PLACE. / SEPTEMBER 2 1920.”

1948 — St. Wilfrid’s Church, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Pilgrim William Brewster first preached here in 1598. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants solicited contributions towards repairs of wartime damage to the church.

1891 — Tablet, The Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, England
Tablet without adornment reads: “On the 6^th of September 1620 in the Mayorality of Thomas Townes / after being kindly entertained and courteously used by divers / Friends there dwelling, the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from / Plymouth in the Mayflower in the Providence of God to /  to settle in NEW PLYMOUTH and to lay the foundations / of the NEW ENGLAND STATES ~~ The ancient / Cawsey whence they embarked was destroyed not many Years / afterwards, but the Site of their Embarkation is marked by / the Stone bearing the name of the MAYFLOWER in / the pavement of the adjacent Pier. This Tablet was erected / in the Mayorality of J. T. Bond 1891 to commemorate / their Departure and the visit to Plymouth in July / of that Year of a number of their Descendants and / Representatives.

1891 — Mayflower Stone, Sutton Harbor Pier, Plymouth, England
Stone in pavement in front of the portico on the Mayflower Steps reads: MAYFLOWER / 1620

1895 — The Mayflower Steps & Arch, Sutton Harbor Pier, Plymouth, England
These steps and arch mark the approximate area where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower and finally set sail on September 6, 1620.

1934 — Tablet, The Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, England
Immediately below the above 1891 tablet above is another tablet stating: THIS MEMORIAL, PRESENTED BY ALDERMAN SIR FREDERICK WINNICOTT, J. P., / WAS UNVEILED BY THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF PLYMOUTH / (Mr  COUNCILLOR E. STANLEY LEATHERBY) ON THE 5th SEPTEMBER 1934

1955 — Plaque, The Barbican, Plymouth, England
Plaque with mayflowers in the four corners and an image of the ship Mayflower beneath which appears: THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS (USA, 1897) / WALDO MORGAN ALLEN, GOVERNOR GENERAL / ON THEIR FIRST PILGRIMAGE – 152, BY PLANES – TO THE NETHERLANDS AND ENGLAND / SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 6, 1955 / 335 YEARS AFTER THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER

1955 — Plaque, Buckland Abbey, Plymouth, England
Plaque with may flowers in the four corners and an image of the ship Mayflower beneath which appears: THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS (USA, 1897) / WALDO MORGAN ALLEN, GOVERNOR GENERAL / ON THEIR FIRST PILGRIMAGE – 152, BY PLANES – TO THE NETHERLANDS AND ENGLAND / SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 6, 1955 / 335 YEARS AFTER THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER. Buckland Abbey at one time was the home of Sir Francis Drake.

2000 — Plaque, Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, England
The plaque includes an image of the Provincetown (MA) Pilgrim Monument and reads: “Pilgrims Point – The Mayflower Steps / The Mayflower made its first landfall at what / is now Provincetown, Massachusetts on the / 11th November 1620 after 66 days at sea. /
There the Mayflower Compact, the first / democratic document written in America / was composed and signed. / ‘And upon the 11th of November we came to / an anchor in the bay …. a harbor wherein a / thousand sail of ships / may safely ride.’ / from Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the / Pilgrims at Plymouth / Presented May 19, 2000 by the Pilgrim / Monument & Provincetown Museum and the / Town of Provincetown, Massachusetts”

1970 — 350 Anniversary Tablet, Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, England
A tablet reads: THE HONORABLE WALTER ANNENBERG / UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR / TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES’S / UNVEILED THIS TABLET ON THE / 6TH. SEPTEMBER 1970. THIS DAY BEING  / THE 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF / THE SAILING OF THE ‘MAYFLOWER’/ COUNCILLOR ERIC D. NUTTALL, J.P. / LORD MAYOR

Unknown —The Elizabethan Gardens, Plymouth, England
The Elizabethan Garden is a recreation of an Elizabethan garden. Above the archway into the gardens is a relief carving of the Mayflower.

Unknown — The Pilgrims List, Plymouth, England
Contains errors as to trade and place of origin.

Unknown — Sherwell Congregational Church Window, Plymouth, Devonshire, England
A four panel family memorial stained glass window, the gift of a parish member, depicts the Pilgrims boarding the Mayflower on the Barbican wharf. An inscription across the panels reads "Aye call it holy ground, the soil where they first trod. They left unstained what they found, there they found freedom to worship God."

1924 — Pilgrim Fathers Plaque, Killingholme Creek (Immingham), Lincolnshire, England
The site of the successful 1608 (the plaque mistakenly carries the date of 1609) attempt to flee to Holland. it reads: FROM THIS CREEK / THE PILGRIM FATHERS / FIRST LEFT ENGLAND IN 1609 / IN SEARCH OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY / THE GRANITE TOP STONE WAS / TAKEN FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK MASS / AND PRESENTED BY THE / SULGRAVE INSTITUTION OF U S A / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED / BY THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SOCIETY / OF HULL / 1924

1989 — Tilley Family Plaque, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
The Pilgrim John Howland Society dedicated a Welsh slate plaque to the John Tilley family. It reads “In memory of / JOHN and JOAN / TILLEY / of this parish / married 20 September 1596 / and their daughter / ELIZABETH / baptized 30 August 1697 / wife of / JOHN HOWLAND / all pilgrims to America / on The Mayflower / in 1620.”

1998 — St. Mary's Church, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
John Howland's wife, Elizabeth Tilley, was baptized in this church in 1607. Members of the Pilgrim John Howland Society have supported the church with funds for its maintenance, most recently, with a donation of £ 1000 for a new roof. The ground floor room of the bell tower is called the “Elizabeth Tilley Room” in appreciation for that society’s contributions over the years. Pilgrim Henry Samson was also baptized here in 1604.

2007 — Henry Samson Plaque, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
A plaque memorializes the baptism of Pilgrim Henry Samson in this his parish church. The plaque is of Welsh slate and is similar to the Tilley family plaque also in this church. It reads “In / memory of / HENRY SAMSON / of this parish / baptized 15 Jan 1604 / a pilgrim to America / on The Mayflower / in 1620. / ERECTED IN 2007 BY / THE PILGRIM / HENRY SAMSON / KINDRED.”