Folk Figure. He was the first recorded person to attest to the significance of Plymouth Rock as the landing place of the Mayflower Pilgrims. In 1741 there were plans to build a wharf which would bury the rock. The 94-year-old church elder Thomas Faunce asked to be brought to the rock to say a farewell, as his father had told him it was the place of first arrival. He was brought to the rock and bid it farewell with tears. Faunce's testimony was regarded as credible as his father had arrived in the colony aboard the ship Anne in 1623, just three years after the Mayflower landing, and as he was born in 1647, he had lived among many of the Mayflower passengers. Historians have questioned Faunce's assertion, that perhaps he had invented the story or was mistaken, as he was not born when the landing occurred. A boulder would have been a difficult disembarkation spot, and in fact the Pilgrims had landed at Provincetown a month prior to landing in Plymouth, lessening its significance. Despite the doubts, Plymouth Rock was already described in 1835 as a "place of veneration" by Alexis de Tocqueville and has remained a famous relic of national significance.
Thomas Faunce was born in 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony around 1647 and died there on 27 Feb 1746 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He married Jane Nelson on 12 Dec 1672 in Plymouth, daughter of William Nelson and Martha Ford. They had children Patience, John, Martha, Priscilla, Thomas, Joannah, and Jean.
Thomas Faunce was born in 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony around 1647 and died there on 27 Feb 1746 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He married Jane Nelson on 12 Dec 1672 in Plymouth, daughter of William Nelson and Martha Ford. They had children Patience, John, Martha, Priscilla, Thomas, Joannah, and Jean.
Folk Figure. He was the first recorded person to attest to the significance of Plymouth Rock as the landing place of the Mayflower Pilgrims. In 1741 there were plans to build a wharf which would bury the rock. The 94-year-old church elder Thomas Faunce asked to be brought to the rock to say a farewell, as his father had told him it was the place of first arrival. He was brought to the rock and bid it farewell with tears. Faunce's testimony was regarded as credible as his father had arrived in the colony aboard the ship Anne in 1623, just three years after the Mayflower landing, and as he was born in 1647, he had lived among many of the Mayflower passengers. Historians have questioned Faunce's assertion, that perhaps he had invented the story or was mistaken, as he was not born when the landing occurred. A boulder would have been a difficult disembarkation spot, and in fact the Pilgrims had landed at Provincetown a month prior to landing in Plymouth, lessening its significance. Despite the doubts, Plymouth Rock was already described in 1835 as a "place of veneration" by Alexis de Tocqueville and has remained a famous relic of national significance.
Thomas Faunce was born in 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony around 1647 and died there on 27 Feb 1746 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He married Jane Nelson on 12 Dec 1672 in Plymouth, daughter of William Nelson and Martha Ford. They had children Patience, John, Martha, Priscilla, Thomas, Joannah, and Jean.
Thomas Faunce was born in 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony around 1647 and died there on 27 Feb 1746 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He married Jane Nelson on 12 Dec 1672 in Plymouth, daughter of William Nelson and Martha Ford. They had children Patience, John, Martha, Priscilla, Thomas, Joannah, and Jean.
Inscription
Here lyes buried
the body of
Mr Thomas Faunce
Ruling elder of the First
Church of Christ in
Plymouth deceafed Febr
27th An Dom 1745/6 in
the 99th year of his age.
The Fathers where are they
Blefsed are the dead who
die in the Lord.
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