Mapping relatives from Europe to America

Rosenkranz / Snyder

Antoni Reger Sr

• 1690 born Benken, Basel, SWITZERLAND
• 1712 married Juditha Schaub (1694-1728) in Benken
• 1713 Antoni Reger Jr born in Benken
• 1737 arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1740 Antoni Jr married Catherine Schoch / Shook (born 1713 in Benken) in Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania
• 1740 Barbara Rueger / Reger born in Tulpehocken, PA
• 1770 Antoni Sr died in Hardy, West Virginia
• 1780 Antoni Jr died in Hardy

Johann Reinhart Rohrbach

• 1698 born Bergen, GERMANY
• 1727 married Anna Margaretha Koch in Höchstädt, Germany
• 1740 Johann Conrad Rohrbach born in Höchstädt or Bayreuth, Germany
• 1743 Anna Koch died in Hochstadt
• 1743-1760 JRR & JCR arrived in Berks Co, Pennsylvania
• 1760 married Barbara Rueger in Berks Co
• 1763 Barbara Rohrbach born Hampshire Co, West Virginia
• 1765 JRR died in Berks Co
• 1821 JCR died in Hardy, VA (now West Virginia)

Carl Karl Theodor Rosenkranz

• 1834 born Demmin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, GERMANY
• 1890 died Haddam, Washington, Kansas

Dorothea Magdalena Wriedt

• 1837 born in Hassee, Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY
• 1858 married Carl
• 1864 arrival how? (stated on census)
• 1870 Ross, Lake, Indiana
• 1879 William Rosenkranz born in Ross, Lake, Indiana
• 1880 Mill Creek, Washington Kansas
• 1885 Grant, Washington, Kansas
• 1910 Haddam, Washington, Kansas
• 1919 died Haddam, Washington, Kansas

Barbara Heibner

• 1844 born in Hessen Darmstadt, GERMANY
• 1921 died Sterling, Rice, Kansas

Sigafoos / Kempe

Mayflower connections

These passengers connect through the Leonard branch of the Sigafoos / Kempe family. Select a name to explore their family in the tree.

Mayflower history and passenger stories →

All sailed from Plymouth, England, in September 1620, reached Cape Cod in November, and began settling Plymouth Colony in December. The notes below give their earlier homes and what happened afterward.

Thomas Rogers

Mayflower passenger: history and family evidence

• About 1572 born, associated with Watford, Northamptonshire, England
• 1597 married Alice Cosford in Watford
• 1606 son John Rogers baptized in Watford
• By 1617 living in Leiden, Netherlands, where he bought a house
• 1620 sailed on Mayflower with son Joseph; Alice and other children remained behind
• 1621 died during the first winter in Plymouth Colony; Joseph survived
• By 1633 son John was recorded in Plymouth
• 1639 John married Anna Churchman; daughter Abigail connects to the Richmond and Leonard families

Dates and opening relationships follow the Mayflower Society’s Rogers profile.

John Howland

• About 1598–99 born, probably in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England
• 1620 sailed in John Carver’s household; survived falling overboard during a storm
• About 1623 married fellow passenger Elizabeth Tilley in Plymouth; they had ten children
• Later served in Plymouth’s government
• 1673 died at Kingston, Massachusetts

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

John Tilley

• 1571 baptized in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
• 1596 married Joan Hurst in Henlow
• 1620 sailed with Joan and their daughter Elizabeth; joined the Cape Cod explorations
• Died during the first winter of Plymouth Colony, 1620–21; Elizabeth survived

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

Joan (Hurst) Tilley

• 1568 baptized in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
• 1596 married John Tilley after the death of her first husband
• 1620 left England with John and their daughter Elizabeth
• Died during the first winter of Plymouth Colony, 1620–21
• Her first husband, Thomas Rogers, was a different man from the Mayflower passenger

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

Elizabeth Tilley

• 1607 baptized in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
• 1620 crossed with her parents at about thirteen years old
• Lost both parents during the first winter
• About 1623 married John Howland in Plymouth; their ten children included Desire
• 1687 died in Swansea, Massachusetts

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

Peter Browne

• Probably born about 1594, possibly in Dorking, Surrey, England
• 1620 sailed from England as a single man
• 1621 survived a freezing night after getting lost while gathering thatch with John Goodman
• Married Martha Ford, then a woman named Mary; daughter Mary Browne married Ephraim Tinkham
• 1633 died in Plymouth Colony during an epidemic

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

Degory Priest

• About 1579 born; his exact birthplace is unknown
• 1611 married Sarah Allerton Vincent in Leiden, Netherlands
• 1620 left his wife and daughters Mary and Sarah behind when he sailed
• 1 January 1621 died during the first winter in Plymouth Colony
• 1623 his widow and daughters followed aboard Anne

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

Isaac Allerton

• About 1586–87 born in England; probably associated with East Bergholt, Suffolk
• 1611 married Mary Norris in Leiden, Netherlands
• 1620 left Leiden and sailed with his wife and three children
• Later made repeated Atlantic trips as Plymouth’s commercial agent
• 1659 died in New Haven, Connecticut

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

Mary (Norris) Allerton

• Birth date unknown; described as being of Newbury, England
• 1611 married Isaac Allerton in Leiden, Netherlands
• 1620 left Leiden and crossed while pregnant, with Isaac and their three children
• December 1620 delivered a stillborn son aboard the ship
• February 1621 died in Plymouth Colony

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

Mary Allerton

• About 1616 born in Leiden, Netherlands
• 1620 sailed with her parents as a small child; her mother died the following winter
• Married Thomas Cushman; they had eight children, including Elkanah
• 28 November 1699 died, the last surviving Mayflower passenger

Life story · Mayflower Society profile

Other arrivals

Thomas Leonard

• 1577 born in Chevening, Kent, ENGLAND
• 1638 died in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Kenneth Sutherland

• 1780 born in Meikle ferry / Muckle ferry, Sutherland (Highland), SCOTLAND
• 1828 Joseph Sutherland born in Frampton Province, Quebec, Canada
• 1850 arrived New York, New York
• 1870 census

William Ferguson

• 1794 born in Logierait, Perthshire, SCOTLAND
• 1825 married Margaret MacDonald (born 1800 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland)
• 1835 arrived in New York, New York
• 1850 census in Yonkers, New York