At 04:26 AM 10/30/2010, Ted Finch wrote: >With a name like MARY, there would have been literally dozens!! Ted makes an excellent point. That was true of many ships' names over several centuries. For example, there were a number of Mayflowers in the 1600s, and the one that came to Plymouth in 1629 was not the same ship as the 1620 Mayflower. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net