Gary Wallace wrote "Dear cousins,     Was watching Snoopys Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and the Mayflower the other day (actually fairly accurate)  Got to wondering about John and Elinor who came in 1635 (?)  were they Pilgrim Puritans -came for religious reasons or just regular colonists? Or do we know. . . " I don't know, of course, but prior to finding WRG, when I assumed my old "tree" was accurate with its references to Henry VIII and Queens Mary and Elizabeth I, I had sort of conjectured that political changes in England after 1609 might have made it seem like a good time to broaden the family horizons. But even if John and Elinor did not come from parents whose political connections might have begun to seem more a liability than an asset, general turmoil and uncertainty in England in the 1620's and 1630's probably helped magnify the attraction of crossing the pond. :) Merry