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There were multiple unborn children on the Mayflower, though most modern accounts downplay or conceal this. While in transit Elizabeth Hopkins gave birth to her son Oceanus; in late November, Susanna White gave birth to her son Peregrine as the Mayflower
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The '''Mayflower''' was one of the first [[ship]]s to sail and bring [[Christianity|Christians]] from [[England]] to what was then the [[New World]]. British [[Puritans]] yearned to establish an unaffiliated Protestant Christian society free from the religious oppression that they had faced from the Anglican Church in England.
 
The '''Mayflower''' was one of the first [[ship]]s to sail and bring [[Christianity|Christians]] from [[England]] to what was then the [[New World]]. British [[Puritans]] yearned to establish an unaffiliated Protestant Christian society free from the religious oppression that they had faced from the Anglican Church in England.
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There were multiple unborn children on the Mayflower, though most modern accounts downplay or conceal this.  While in transit Elizabeth Hopkins gave birth to her son Oceanus; in late November, Susanna White gave birth to her son Peregrine as the Mayflower was anchored in the Cape Cod Harbor. There may also have been a stillbirth soon after the ship arrived, while the colony was being constructed.
 
==Context==
 
==Context==
 
The Pilgrims were part of the group known as Leiden Separatists, a religious group from Southampton who wanted complete autonomy from England. Leiden Separatist  were constantly harassed by [[Anglican]] agents and could not legally worship in the way that they wanted to. They first tried to get to the [[New World]] via the small brig ''Speedwell'' on July 22, 1620, and then again on August 15. However, leakage problems force the crew to return to Southampton.<ref>http://www.pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/mayflower.html</ref>
 
The Pilgrims were part of the group known as Leiden Separatists, a religious group from Southampton who wanted complete autonomy from England. Leiden Separatist  were constantly harassed by [[Anglican]] agents and could not legally worship in the way that they wanted to. They first tried to get to the [[New World]] via the small brig ''Speedwell'' on July 22, 1620, and then again on August 15. However, leakage problems force the crew to return to Southampton.<ref>http://www.pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/mayflower.html</ref>
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