Dr. Giles Heale, "Mayflower" Passenger

Mayflower History by Caleb Johnson

Ship's Surgeon,Giles Heale was born about 1595, and had just completed his apprenticeship in London as a Barber-Surgeon on 3 August 1619 with Edward Blanie. Just prior to the Mayflower's voyage, on 2 May 1620, Giles Heale filed his marriage intention to Mary Jarrett of St. Giles in the Fields. The voyage of the Mayflower was quite probably Giles Heale's first "real" job. Given that half the crew and half the passengers would ultimately die, he may have been quite unprepared for what ultimately played out.

In February, during the height of the first winter at Plymouth, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton gifted him a book, Annotations Upon the Psalms by Henry Ainsworth. Giles Heale regifted the book to his wife Mary on 28 February 1621/2. The book still survives and is at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. Giles Heale also witnessed the February 1620/1 will of William Mullins. He returned to London after the voyage and took up residence at St. Anne Blackfriars, where a daughter Mary was baptized on 23 April 1623, and buried four days later.

They had a son William baptized 11 March 1624/5 at St. John of Wapping, London, but he is buried 21 October 1625 in neighboring St. Mary Whitechapel. They had no more children. Heale was admitted to the lecture bills of the Barber Surgeons in 1631, and was taxed at Drury Lane in 1641 and 1646. In 1644, he and his wife were involved in a Chancery lawsuit over a debt owed them by William Chamberlain of London, esquire. He was buried 8 April 1653 at St. Giles in the Field, London, producing a will four days earlier that only mentioned his wife Mary.

http://mayflowerhistory.com/crew

Giles Heale BIRTH 1595 DEATH 1653 (aged 57–58) BURIAL St Giles in the Fields Churchyard Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England Add to Map MEMORIAL ID 161557737

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161557737/giles-heale

No record of Giles Heale on William Bradford's passenger list or the following websites:

http://mayflowerhistory.com/mayflower-passenger-list http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/mayfpas.htm https://www.landofthebrave.info/mayflower-passenger-list.htm https://blog.genealogybank.com/researching-your-pilgrim-ancestry-fr... https://www.pilgrimhall.org/list_passengers.htm https://www.teachervision.com/colonial-america/william-bradfords-ma...

Known crew members:

Christopher Jones – Captain John Clarke – First Mate and Pilot Robert Coppin – Second Mate and Pilot Giles Heale – ship's surgeon, identified with the Separatists. He is not counted as one of the 102 passengers. Andrew Williamson – Seaman John Parker – Seaman Master Leaver – Seaman[40]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mayflower_passengers

Mayflower Crew Christopher Jones, captain John Alden, cooper
 John Allerton, seaman 
John Clarke, ship’s pilot 
Robert Coppin, Master’s mate 
Thomas English, seaman Giles Heale, ship’s surgeon 
John Parker, seaman
 William Trevore, seaman 
Ely (last name unknown), seaman 
Andrew Williamson, seaman

https://www.mayflower400uk.org/education/mayflower-passengers-list-...

Mayflower Crew:

♦ John Alden, cooper ♦ John Allerton, seaman ♦ John Clarke, ship’s pilot ♦ Robert Coppin, Master’s mate ♦ Thomas English, seaman, ♦ Giles Heale, ship’s surgeon ♦ Christopher Jones, captain ♦ John Parker, seaman ♦ William Trevore, seaman ♦ Ely (last name unknown), seaman ♦ Andrew Williamson, seaman

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/mayflower-passenger-list/

The following are the passengers Giles Heale attended to as ship physician:

November 6, 1620 William Butten: "the only passenger who dies on the voyage," Bradford (Prince), vol. 3, p. 8.

December 4, Edward Thompson: servant to Master White,1st that dies since their arrival," when anchored bid., p. 12. December 6, Jasper More: , while at anchor off Cape Coda boy of Master Carver's," Ibid. December 7, Dorothy Bradford: wife to Master William Bradford," [fell or jumped overboard] when anchored Ibid. December 8, James Chilton: anchor off Cape Cod Ibid.

December 21, Richard Britteridge: "the first who dies in this harbour,"Ibid., p. 17. December 24, Solomon Martin (Prower): "the sixth and last who dies this month," [Plymouth harbor] Ibid.

January 1, 1621, Digory Priest: "the year begins with the death of Degory Priest," Ibid., p. 29. January 8, Christopher Martin: "this day dies Master Christopher Martin," Ibid., p. 30. January 29, Rose Standish: "Dies Rose, wife of Captain Standish," Ibid., p. 31. N.B. This month, 8 of our number die. February 21, William White, William Mullins, "with two more": Ibid., p. 32. February 25, Mary Allerton: "Dies Mary, wife of Master Isaac Allerton," Ibid. N.B. This month, 17 of our number die. March 24, "Dies Elizabeth [Winslow], wife of Edward Winslow," Ibid., p. 38. N.B. This month, 13 of our number die.

And in three months past, die Half our Company. The greatest part in the depth of winter, wanting houses and other comforts; being infected with the scurvy and other diseases which their long voyage and unaccommodate condition bring upon them. So as there die sometimes two or three a day. Of one hundred persons, scarce 50 remain. The living scarce able to bury the dead; the well not sufficient to tend the sick: there being in their time of greatest distress but six or seven who spare no pains to help them. Two of the seven were Master Brewster, their reverend Elder, and Master Standish the Captain.

The like disease fell also among the sailors; so as almost Half their company also die, before they sail. (Ibid., pp. 38-39.)

"Of these hundred persons which came first over in this first ship together, the greater half died in the general mortality, and most of them in two or three months' time." (Bradford, p. 447)

The list of passengers on the Mayflower and the "Decreasings and Increasings" form Appendix XIII of Samuel Eliot Morison's edition of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 (New York: Knopf, 1952), pp. 441-448.

The entries given below are supplemented by those in Bradford's Register (Prince, 1736) as they often provide a specific date of death.

Allerton, Mary (Norris): Mr. Allerton his wife died with the first, and his servant John Hooke," Bradford, p. 444. Register: Dies Mary, the wife of Master Isaac Allerton," Feb. 25, 1621.

Allerton, John: "Died in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447.

Bradford, Dorothy (May): "William Bradford his wife died soon after their arrival," Bradford, p. 444. Register: "wife to Master William Bradford" died Dec. 7, 1620.

Richard Britteridge: "Died soon after arrival in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447. Register: He died on Dec. 21, "the first to die in this harbour."

Butten, William: "Mr. Fuller, his servant died at sea," Bradford, p. 445. Register: "the only passenger who dies on the voyage," Nov. 6, 1620.

Carter, Robert (servant to William Mullins): "Died the first winter," Bradford, p. 445.

Carver, John and Carver, Katherine (White) (Leggatt) (wife): Mr. Carver and his wife died the first year, he in the spring, she in the summer," Bradford, p. 443.

Chilton, James and Chilton, Susanna (Furner): "James Chilton and his wife also died in the first infection," Bradford, p. 446. Register: James Chilton died on Dec. 8, 1620, on board the Mayflower.

Clarke, Richard: "Died soon after arrival in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447

Crackstone, John: "Died in the first mortality," Ibid., p. 445.

Eaton, Sarah: "Francis Eaton his first wife died in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 446.

English, Thomas: "Died in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447.

Fletcher, Moses: "Died soon after arrival in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447.

Fuller, Edward and Wife: "Edward Fuller and his wife died soon after they came ashore," Bradford, p. 446.

Goodman, John: "Died soon after arrival in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447. Goodman was still alive in mid-January 1621 (Mourt's Relation, pp. 45-48), although not in good physical shape. He is listed as one of those who received land in 1623 (PCR 12: 4). He is not listed among those who were part of the cattle division of 1627, so he must have died by then.

Holbeck, William (servant to William White): "Mr. White and his two servants died soon after their landing," Bradford, p. 445.

Hooke, John: Servant to Isaac Allerton, "died with the first," Bradford, p. 444.

Langmore , John (servant to Christopher Martin): "Mr. Martin, he and all his died in the first infection, not long after the arrival," Bradford, p. 445.

Margesson, Edmund: Died soon after arrival in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447.

Martin, Christopher: "Mr. Martin, he and all his died in the first infection, not long after the arrival," Bradford, p. 445.

Martin, Marie (Prower) (wife): "Mr. Martin, he and all his died in the first infection, not long after the arrival," Bradford, p. 445.

More, Ellen: "One of his [Edward Winslow's] servants died, as also the little girl [Ellen More] soon after the ship's arrival," Bradford, p. 444.

More, Jasper: "Died of the common infection," Bradford, p. 443. Register: "a boy of Master Carver's" died Dec. 6, 1620.

More, Mary: "Richard More's brother [sic] died the first winter," Bradford p. 444. Probably "brother" is an error, and Bradford, writing thirty years later, had forgotten that Richard had a second sister who died. Jasper, his older brother, had already been mentioned by Bradford under his accounting for the Carvers. See Anderson, p. 1283.

Mullins, William: "Mr. Mullins and his wife, his son and his servant died the first winter," Bradford, p. 445. Register: died Feb. 21, 1621.

Mullins, Alice (wife of William Mullins).

Mullins, Joseph (son of William Mullins).

Alice Mullins left a nuncupative will, which was taken back to England on the Mayflower, on her return voyage. She sailed from Plymouth on 5 April 1621. At that date Alice and Joseph Mullins must have been alive, as they were beneficiaries under the will and there was no official notification of their death attached to it. They presumably died in the spring or summer of 1621.

Priest, Digory: "Died soon after arrival in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447. Register: Priest died on Jan. 1, 1621.

Prower, Samuel (stepson of Christopher Martin): "Mr. Martin, he and all his died in the first infection, not long after the arrival," Bradford, p. 445. Register: died Dec. 24, 1620.

Rigsdale, John and Wife: "So did John Rigsdale and his wife, [die in the first sickness]," Bradford, p. 446.

Rogers, Thomas: "Thomas Rogers died in the first sickness," Bradford, p. 446.

Standish, Rose: "Captain Standish his wife died in the first sickness," Bradford, p. 445. Register: died Jan. 29, 1621.

Story, Elias: "One of his [Edward Winslow's] servants died . . . soon after the ship's arrival," Bradford, p. 444.

Thompson, Edward(servant to William White): "Mr. White and his two servants died soon after their landing," Bradford, p. 445

Tilley, Edward and Tilley, Agnes (Ann) (Cooper): "Edward Tilley and his wife both died soon after their arrival," Bradford, p. 446.

Tilley, John and Tilley, Joan (Hurst) (Rogers): "John Tilley and his wife both died a little after they came ashore," Bradford, p. 446.

Tinker, Thomas, Wife and Son: "Thomas Tinker and his wife and son all died in the first sickness," Bradford, p. 446.

Turner, John and two Sons: "John Turner and his two sons all died in the first sickness," Bradford, p. 446.

White, William: "Mr. White and his two servants died soon after their landing," Bradford, p. 445. Register: William White died the same date as William Mullins, Feb. 21, 1621, "with two more." His servants were William Holbeck and Edward Thompson.

Wilder, Roger (servant to John Carver): "Died of the common infection," Bradford, p. 443.

Williams, Thomas: "Died soon after arrival in the general sickness," Bradford, p. 447. In Mourt's Relation, p. 56, reference is made to a "Mr. Williamson," who with Captain Standish on March 22, 1621, met Massasoit at the brook. As there was no Williamson among the passengers, the editor, Dwight Heath, suggests that this was in fact Thomas Williams.

Winslow, Elizabeth (Barker): "Mr. Edward Winslow his wife died the first winter," Bradford, p. 444. Register: Elizabeth Winslow died on March 24, 1621.

It seems clear that when Bradford compiled his record of "decreasings and increasings," he did not consult his Register, apparently kept as a log while at sea and after landing, to which Thomas Prince later had access. There are too many inconsistencies. What is clear is that Bradford notes in his Register that there were 44 deaths between December 1620 and the end of March 1621. After this he adds that Governor John Carver died in the spring, and his wife Katherine (White) (Leggatt) Carver some five or six weeks later in the summer. As the Register has all the appearance of being the earliest record it should be preferred to the later list of decreasings. Just when Alice and Joseph Mullins died is not clear, except that it appears to have been after April 5, 1621. Thomas Williams must have died after March 22, 1621, and John Goodman sometime between 1623 and 1627.

According to Bradford's Register in Prince, the deaths were as follows: November, 1620 1 Butten, at sea. December 6 January, 1621 8 February, 1621 17 March, 1621 13 subtotal: 44 Spring 1 John Carver Summer 1 Katherine Carver Total: 47

According to Bradford's "Decreasings and Increasings," there were 47 deaths between December 1620 and the end of the winter, followed by those of John and Katherine Carver in the spring and summer, a total of 49. Adding William Butten brings the list of Mayflower passenger deaths to 50.

According to the additional facts known since Bradford compiled his "Decreasings," it is probable that Alice and Joseph Mullins also died in the spring or summer, so there would have been 45 deaths in the winter. If John Goodman survived the winter, as seems possible, it reduces the number to 44, which confirms Bradford's Register. John Williams should be included in the winter deaths, as he could well have died after March 22, 1621 before the spring, as this confirms Bradford's Register total.

On the basis of the information available in both sets of records, it seems that the following is correct: 44 deaths in the winter, and an overall total of 50, as follows: 1 voyage (Butten); 44 winter deaths, including 4 while at anchor off Cape Cod (Edward Thompson, Jasper More, Dorothy Bradford, and James Chilton): 5 spring & summer deaths (John Carver, Katherine Carver, John Goodman, Alice Mullins, Joseph Mullins).

Adapted from: http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/Maydeaths.html

THE WILL OF WILLIAM MULLINS [signed by Giles Heale]

In the name of God Amen: I comit my soule to God that gave it and my bodie to the earth from whence it came. Alsoe I give my goods as followeth That fforty poundes in the hand of goodman Woodes I give my wife tenn poundes, my sonne Joseph tenn pounds, my daughter Priscilla tenn poundes, and my eldest sonne tenn poundes Also I give to my eldest sonne all my debtes, bonds, bills (onelye yt forty poundes excepted in the handes of goodman Wood) given as aforesaid wth all the stock in his owne handes. To my eldest daughter I give ten shillinges to be paied out of my sonnes stock Furthermore that goodes I have in Virginia as followeth To my wife Alice halfe my goodes & to Joseph and Priscilla the other halfe equallie to be devided betweene them. Also I have xxj dozen of shoes and thirteene paire of bootes wch I give into the Companies handes for forty poundes at seaven years and if they like them at that rate. If it be thought too deare as my Overseers shall thinck good And if they like them at that rate at the divident I shall have nyne shares whereof I give as followeth two to my wife, twoe to my sonne William, two to my sonne Joseph, two to my daughter Priscilla, and one to the Companie. Allsoe if my sonne William will come to Virginia I give him my share of land furdermore I give to my twoe Overseers Mr John Carver and Mr Williamson, twentye shillinges appeece to see this my will performed desiringe them that he would have an eye over my wife and children to be as fathers and freindes to them; Allsoe to have a speciall eye to my man Robert wch hathe not so approved himselfe as I would he should have done. This is a Coppye of Mr Mullens his Will of all particulars as he hathe given. In witnes whereof I have sett my hande John Carver, Giles Heale, Christopher Joanes."

https://www.pilgrimhall.org/pdf/William_Mullins_Will.pdf