Biographical Summary
Mary More, and her three siblings
Richard, Jasper, and Ellen, were baptized in Shipton, Shropshire,
England. Their mother was Katherine More, who at the time was
married to her cousin Samuel More in a pre-arranged marriage that was
not working out well. The father of the More children was either
her husband Samuel More, or it was Jacob Blakeway with whom she was
having an extramarital affair.
When the extramarital affair was
discovered, a divorce proceeding ensured. Katherine lost the
custody battle for her children, so Samuel shipped the children off to
America. Richard (age 6) and Mary More (age 4) were put to the
William Brewster household; Jasper (age 7) was placed in the John Carver
family; and Ellen (age 8) was placed in Edward Winslow's family.
All the More children, except for
Richard, died the first winter at Plymouth.
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