1. Miles Standish (b. 1584), scion of an old Lancastershire family, was engaged to go with the colonists to handle their military affairs. Though a "stranger" to the Leyden pilgrims, Standish, like John Alden the hired cooper, became one of their staunchest supporters.
2. Aurora Oldham Sampson was a ship's captain. He lived near Four Corners in Hanover.
3. John Alden crossed the Atlantic ocean in 1620 in the Mayflower where he met Priscilla, the daughter of William Mullins. John and Priscilla were married about 1623 and had about ten children. After the initial years in Plymouth they moved to the near-by town of Duxburrough - known today as Duxbury. John lived until 1687, Priscilla having passed away about five years earlier. The romance of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins is immortalized in the famous poem by Longfellow.
4. John Alden Jr. was a sea captain and soldier, and a prominent citizen in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1696, he was tried and accused as a witch in Salem. He later escaped prison and, with the help of friends, fled to Duxbury. Later he was exonerated.
5. Johnathan Sampson* (b.1767) was a shipbuilder (see below) on the North River from 1795 to about 1820. "He is remembered by the old residents as a very social man, and one of the many hospitable men of the day who loved their 'eleven o'clock and four', and his wealth enabled him to indulge in all the luxuries of the time."
6. Elder William Brewster (b. c 1566) Occupation: printer. Religious leader of the Pilgrims.
7. Johnathan Brewster (b. 1593) came to Plymouth in the Fortune, Nov., 1621. In Plymouth, Jonathan engaged in various activities, acting at times as an attorney, starting a ferry service, and engaging in coastal shipping to Virginia. In 1635 he was in charge of a trading post in Connecticut on behalf of Plymouth Colony, later returning to Plymouth. (see attached document)
8. John Turner (b. on 22 Oct 1620 in Essex, England) He settled 30 rods north-west of Union bridge (in Scituate), where he erected a tannery. Twenty acres were laid out for John, east of Barstow's hill and adjoining the third Herring brook; his son Isaac lived on this land. He held numerous town offices, and with his younger brotgher, John Turner, known as John, Jr., served on many committees for division of common lands, and on those chosen to carry out various actions of the town. The brothers were often serving together on juries at the Plymouth Court, as well as upon inquests. John,m Sr., served in the campaign against the Narragansetts with his brother, Joseph Turner.
9. Amos Turner (b. 1671) lived at 562 King St, Hanover. The old brick house still stands - it is now covered over with stucco.
10. Col. Amos Turner (b. 1741) was a revolutionary war Colonel in charge of minute-men in South Hanover, who marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 (ie. the battle of Lexington and Concord). He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety in 1775, and was Captain of the Regiment sent to Rhode Island in 1776 and 1777.
11. Stephen Bailey (b.1780) married his first cousin Ruth Hatch. They lived in the house which still stands at 408 King St, Hanover (the Stephen Bailey House).
*Ships built by Johnathan Sampson
NOTE - Johnathan Sampson built at least 3 other ships not listed, and probably more after the War of 1812.