. The May-flower and her log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 : chiefly from original sources . idence suggesting that Browne was a mechanic; Billingtonand Cooke had been trained to husbandry; that Chilton hadbeen a small tradesman; that Edward Tilley had been, like The May-Flowers Passengers 95 his brother, a silk-worker; that Turner was a tradesman, andWarren a farmer; while it is certain that Cooke, Rogers, andWarren had been men of some means. Of the above list of fourteen men whose last occupationsbefore joining the colonists are unknown, only five, , Billington, Cooke, Gardiner, and
. The May-flower and her log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 : chiefly from original sources . idence suggesting that Browne was a mechanic; Billingtonand Cooke had been trained to husbandry; that Chilton hadbeen a small tradesman; that Edward Tilley had been, like The May-Flowers Passengers 95 his brother, a silk-worker; that Turner was a tradesman, andWarren a farmer; while it is certain that Cooke, Rogers, andWarren had been men of some means. Of the above list of fourteen men whose last occupationsbefore joining the colonists are unknown, only five, , Billington, Cooke, Gardiner, and Warren livedbeyond the spring of 1621. Of these, Warren died early,Gardiner left the colony and became a seaman; the otherthree, Billington, Browne, and Cooke, became Morton, of Merry Mount, in his New Eng-lands Canaan (p. 217), gives Billington the sobriquetOuldWoodman. The early deaths of the others make their former handi-crafts — except as so much data pertaining to the composi-tion and history of the colony — matters of only ephemeralinterest. Hist fromCnglanD. 196
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