Talk About Relocation!

 In 1620, Stephen Hopkins booked passage to the new world for himself, his pregnant wife, children (Constance - age 14, Giles, and Damaris), and two servants.

The two month journey aboard the Mayflower would be a miserable one. Rough waves, seasickness, and cramped spaces were no doubt challenging.

On November 21, the ship arrived at Cape Cod. Constance and her siblings (including a half-brother that was born en route and named Oceanus) were among the youngest of the ship's passengers.

Constance, who is my 11th great-grandmother, was born in Hursley England in 1606.

Seven years after sailing, Constance would marry Nicholas Snow. Nicholas arrived at Plymouth in 1623 on a ship called the Anne. They had 12 children (and 72 grandchildren)!

Nicholas died in 1676, with Constance following a year later.

No one seems to know where they are buried. A memorial plaque was placed by the descendants of Nicholas and Constance in 1966 in the Cover Burying Ground in Eastham, Mass.

A beaver hat, which is said to have belonged to Constance, is in the collection of the Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth.

In the novel Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth (1968), by Patricia Clapp, Constance Hopkins Snow is the central character.

Ivey - Stapler - Akins - Cowart - Bailey - Walker - Snow - Hopkins