Lori Coffey

You know them as monuments and myths, but now you can get to know the Pilgrims as people! Understand their family ties, their jobs, their hopes, and even their failures. Follow our Pilgrim ancestors from England to Holland and finally to the New World where only half survive that first winter to help found a new nation!

Nineteen women (along with 50 men and 23 children) boarded the Mayflower in 1620. This is the heart-wrenching tale of the four women who survived to the first Thanksgiving. Overshadowed by the men you studied in school, this true-life drama shines light on the strong women who endured limitations, hardships, and tragedy to give birth to a new nation!

Meet Isaac Allerton, one of the most complex figures in Plymouth Colony. While there is no monument to this ambitious Pilgrim, we can thank him for the thriving fishing industry and the booming economy of New England in the 1600s. So why was he banished from Massachusetts? Learn his intriguing story!