Publisher's Synopsis
Growing up we Burbanks knew a whole lot about out our heritage on my mother's side of the family. Lords, Ladies, Clergy, Generals and Royalty were all over the family tree. Nana was certainly from an "upstairs" family. However, my father's family history was virtually unknown and there was no doubt that his family was certainly from "downstairs." Enter the information age and the computer; mysteries are solved, heritage and lineage are revealed and surprises are found at every turn. Was I ever excited to find Dad's roots went back to the Mayflower. First I found Priscilla Mullens and her parents. Next was Myles Standish, then John Alden, Governor William Bradford and William Brewster. Every day or so I would discover a lead that led to yet another Mayflower passenger relative. In the end (I think it's the end) fifty-nine connections to the Mayflower were established: fifty six passengers and three crewmembers. Not all 59 are direct connections. For example: In four cases, the More children, the family connection goes back to our common relative Charlemagne (742 - 814). In another, family membership was by marriage and not by blood. William and Susanna White with two children landed at Plymouth Rock. William died in November shortly after arriving at Plymouth, leaving Susanna a widow with a new born child. She, and her boys, shortly thereafter became a member of our family when she married our relative Edward Winslow. I often wonder what dad's reaction to all this might have been?
