The Friends of the Shropshire Archives and the Shropshire Mayflower Children Group have jointly organised a day of talks to consider the story around Shropshire's Mayflower Children.
A gravestone in the Charter Street Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts declares -
"Here lyeth buried ye body of Capt Richard More aged 84 years died 1692 - A Mayflower Pilgrim"
Richard More (aged 6) and his sisters and brother, Ellinor, Mary and Jasper, were taken from their mother in Shipton, Shropshire, and sent to America on the Mayflower in 1620. Only Richard survived the voyage. This is a very unhappy saga of family intrigues, the cruel abandonment of four young children and a new life for Richard in America - set against the backdrop of religious intolerance both in England and in America.
The event will take place on Saturday 4th July 2020 at 9:30 for 10:00 am till 4.00 pm (approx) at Shipton Village Hall, TF13 6JX on the B4378 Much Wenlock road just before the Shipton village signs.
Admission is by ticket in advance: £20.
Details of how to get tickets can be found on the Shropshire Archives' website at -
https://friendsofshropshirearchives.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/mayflowe...
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