My friend asked me about the most interesting things I learned in MA so far. One thing that came to mind was a display from the Pilgrim museum in Plymouth.
They have a poster that shows silhouettes of the Pilgrims and others who came ashore that frigid December grouped by families. On that same poster, they show greyed out who died that first winter. There were some interesting details that, given the small sample size are probably not statistically relevant, show a short synopsis of how to survive New England in the 17th century.
You died:
if you were single, male and over 30
if you had given birth within the last two years
if you were under 2 years old
if you were female and under 30
Otherwise most everybody lived. Bradford's wife died, and a few other random individuals, but without knowing about how they died, it seems fairly simple that to survive in the colony, in the winter, in New England, you were best served if you had a family around you to love you.
The colony as a result became a growing and young community. Several children were born the next year. Survivors remarried. The sturdy and strapping survived and passed on a legacy.
Family is the key. Good thing I brought mine.
They have a poster that shows silhouettes of the Pilgrims and others who came ashore that frigid December grouped by families. On that same poster, they show greyed out who died that first winter. There were some interesting details that, given the small sample size are probably not statistically relevant, show a short synopsis of how to survive New England in the 17th century.
You died:
if you were single, male and over 30
if you had given birth within the last two years
if you were under 2 years old
if you were female and under 30
Otherwise most everybody lived. Bradford's wife died, and a few other random individuals, but without knowing about how they died, it seems fairly simple that to survive in the colony, in the winter, in New England, you were best served if you had a family around you to love you.
The colony as a result became a growing and young community. Several children were born the next year. Survivors remarried. The sturdy and strapping survived and passed on a legacy.
Family is the key. Good thing I brought mine.
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