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Names of the Merchant Adventurers
The Merchant Adventurers were a company of investors originally headed by Thomas Weston. According to Captain John Smith, the Merchant Adventurers consisted of about 70 people who invested widely varying amounts of money in the Plymouth Colony. Many of them soon realized their investment was not doing well, and sold out (including Thomas Weston himself).
Isaac Allerton successfully negotiated an agreement with the remaining investors for the Colony to buy up the outstanding stock. The agreement was signed on 15 November 1626 by fourty-two of the remaining Merchant Adventurers. The Merchant Adventurers did not come to America on the Mayflower.
| John White | Samuel Sharp | Thomas Hudson |
| John Pocock | Robert Holland | Thomas Andrews |
| Robert Kean | James Shirley | Thomas Ward |
| Edward Bass | Thomas Mott | Fria. Newbald |
| William Hobson | Thomas Fletcher | Thomas Heath |
| William Penington | Timothy Hatherly | Joseph Tilden |
| William Quarles | Thomas Brewer | William Penrin |
| Daniel Poynton | John Thorned | Eliza Knight |
| Richard Andrews | Myles Knowles | Thomas Coventry |
| Newman Rookes | William Collier | Robert Allden |
| Henry Browning | John Revell | Laurence Anthony |
| Richard Wright | Peter Gudburn | John Knight |
| John Ling | Emnu. Alltham | Matthew Thornhill |
| Thomas Goffe | John Beauchamp | Thomas Millsop |
Others known to have invested in the Plymouth Company:
Known by William Bradford's letters: Joseph Pocock, William Thomas, "Mr. Gibs", Chistopher Coulson, William Greene, John Pierce, Edward Pickering
Known by court documents: William Pierce (2 shares)
Pilgrims who owned more than their allotted share of stock: William Mullins (9 shares), Edward Winslow (6 shares), probably Richard Warren.
Mayflower Web Pages. Caleb Johnson © 1998