Degory Priest

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Degory Priest

Birth
Devon, England
Death
1 Jan 1621 (aged 38)
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9573618, Longitude: -70.6623345
Plot
Cole Hill Monument
Memorial ID
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"Mayflower" passenger and 22nd signer of the Mayflower Compact.

Degory Priest married Sarah Allerton, sister of Isaac Allerton, who was the 5th signer of the Mayflower Compact.

Father of Mary Priest and Sarah Priest Coombs.

COLE HILL MONUMENT:
Scene of the secret night burials of those who died during the settlement's first bitter winter. Corn was planted over their unmarked graves so that the Native Americans should not know how many had perished.





"Mayflower" passenger and 22nd signer of the Mayflower Compact.

Degory Priest married Sarah Allerton, sister of Isaac Allerton, who was the 5th signer of the Mayflower Compact.

Father of Mary Priest and Sarah Priest Coombs.

COLE HILL MONUMENT:
Scene of the secret night burials of those who died during the settlement's first bitter winter. Corn was planted over their unmarked graves so that the Native Americans should not know how many had perished.