John Carver (governor)

John Carver
1st Governor of Plymouth Colony
In office
November 1620 – April 1621
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byWilliam Bradford
Personal details
Bornbefore 1584
England
DiedApril 1621
Plymouth Colony
Resting placeCole's Hill Burial Ground
Spouses
Mary de Lannoy
(m. 1609; died 1609)
Katherine White
(m. 1615⁠–⁠1621)
[a]
Children2 (predeceased both parents)
OccupationDeacon
ProfessionGovernor
Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882)

John Carver was one of the Pilgrims who made the Mayflower voyage in 1620 which resulted in the creation of Plymouth Colony in America. He is credited with writing the Mayflower Compact and was its first signer, and was also the first governor of Plymouth Colony.[1][2][3]


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  1. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691, (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p. 259
  2. ^ "Pilgrim Hall Museum John Carver". Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  3. ^ A genealogical profile of John Carver, (a collaboration of Plimoth Plantation and New England Historic Genealogical Society accessed 2013-04-21) "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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