THE PILGRIMS LEFT FROM WHERE?

You thought it was Plymouth right! You may be wrong! Instead of Plymouth, Devon it may have been Newlyn, Cornwall. this was another posting in GeneaNet Posted by Jean-Yves on Apr 4, 2019. For the full story go to the GeneaNet post.

He said: "Almost 400 years ago, 100 colonists set off from the shores of England, bound for the New World. The ship which transported the first English Pilgrims from England to America in 1620 is renowned for forming part of the country’s history – and its creation myth.

It has long been believed that Plymouth, Devon, was their last stop in the Old World. However a historian claims to have uncovered new evidence to prove that, in fact, The Mayflower left from its rival county in Cornwall." 

Actually, the full story published in the English newspaper "The Telegraph" on March 31, 2019 by   Gabriella Swerling, social and religious affairs editor. 

Her story:

Almost 400 years ago, 100 colonists set off from the shores of England, bound for the New World. The ship which transported the first English Pilgrims from England to America in 1620 is renowned for forming part of the country’s history - and its creation myth.

It has long been believed that Plymouth, Devon, was their last stop in the Old World. However a historian claims to have uncovered new evidence to prove that, in fact, The Mayflower left from its rival county in Cornwall.

John Chapman, 72, says research has proved the Mayflower stopped for fresh water in Newlyn as it headed for the New World - confirming a theory strongly believed by residents in the Cornish seaside fishing port.

While history's accepted version of events details the ship carrying 100 colonists set sail from Plymouth on September 6, 1620, on a second attempt to reach Virginia, Mr Chapman, a retired policeman, claims a respected librarian who died in 1989 has uncovered the truth.