Susanna More
1650-1728
Richard More's Daughter
My Grandparents
Paternal 5th & 6th Great Grandmother
Susanna Dutch
1683-1762
Richard More's Granddaughter
My Grandparents
Paternal 4th & 5th Great Grandmother
Susanna Knowlton
1714-1788
Richard More's Great Granddaughter
My Grandparents
Paternal 3rd & 4th Great Grandmother
Susanna Dodge
1742-1788
Richard More's 2nd Great Granddaughter
My Grandfathers
Paternal 3rd Great Grandmother
Susanna Fellows
1769-1843
Richard More's 3rd Great Granddaughter
My Mothers
Paternal 3rd Great Grandmother
The “Blessing” left London in July of 1635 and arrived in Massachusetts Bay that August. Onboard was Richard More and Christian Hunter, who would become his first wife less than a year later, both were just 20 years old. They were directly in the path of one of the biggest hurricanes about hit New England and experienced it together while first meeting and falling love.
Shortly before the Mayflower reached Cape Cod in November of 1620, Richard More turned 6 years old. In early December, his older brother by one year Jasper More aged 7 succumbed to illness and died onboard. He was buried in the dunes nearby, one of the many early, unmarked graves.
Samuel More paid a hefty £100 (over double the cost for each child) to place all four children; Elinor, Jasper, Richard and Mary “such a spurious broode” (as he referred to them); onboard the Mayflower as indentured servants in the hands of “honest & religious people”.
In 1616 Samuel More confronted Katherine More with an accusation of adultery. None of their children looked anything like him, instead they particularly resembled Jacob Blakeway, ‘a fellow of meane parentage and condicon’ from a common Yeoman farming family that for years had leased land from Katherine’s Father.
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