Biographical Summary
Practically nothing is known of
Mayflower passenger Thomas English, beyond his name, and the fact he
died sometime during the first winter at Plymouth. It has been
widely assumed that he is the Thomas England who witnessed the Leiden
betrothal of Jacob McConkey to Bletgen Peters on 31 May 1613. If
true, this indicates he was in Leiden early-on, and thus may have come
from one of the main areas for early Pilgrim residents in Leiden:
Scrooby and vicinity, Sandwich/Canterbury vicinity, or Norwich vicinity. |
