Person:William Ford (69)

There is a chance that the ancestors of William came over on the ship Fortune in 1621. I didn't want to lose this bit of info. until I can or cannot prove it to be Ford ancestors: The ship Fortune arrived at Plymouth on November 9, 1621, just a few weeks after the First Thanksgiving. By about 1626, Peter Browne of the Mayflower, married Martha Ford, who arrived as one of the only female passengers on the ship Fortune in 1621. She gave birth almost immediately after arriving, but husband Ford apparently died during the voyage or shortly after arrival. In the 1627 Division of Cattle he, his wife Martha (Ford), his daughter Mary Browne, and his stepchildren John and Martha Ford were included with the Samuel Fuller and Anthony Anable families. About a year later, Peter and Martha would have daughter Priscilla (perhaps named after Mayflower passenger Priscilla Mullins who was also from Dorking), but wife Martha would die. Martha Ford b. 1581 & William Ford b. 1562 both of Inkborough, Worcestershire, England. Children: Martha Ford b. in England. John Ford b. Nov. 10, 1621, a day after arriving to Plymouth. he marries Ann ? & has William, Michael, Melicent and Margaret all in Duxbury, Plymouth, MA.