Men Hired To Stay One Year
- Alden, John (Harwich, Essex) - considered a ship's crewman (he was the ship's cooper) but joined settlers
- Allerton, John*, was listed as a hired man but was apparently related to one of the Pilgrim families on board, Isaac Allerton's, who all came from Leiden. He sailed in order to settle in North America, and was to return to England to help the rest of the group immigrate, but died during the first winter of the Pilgrims' settlement. He may have been a relative of the "Pilgrim" Allerton family.
- Ely, Richard, hired as seaman, returned to England after term was up but later returned to New England and died there. He is mentioned briefly as a sailor by name of Ely in "Of Plymouth Plantation."
- English, Thomas*, hired to master a shallop but died in the winter
- Trevore, William, hired as seaman, returned to England after term was up
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