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Christopher Jones Christopher Jones was the renowned Captain and Governor of the epic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. Jones was born in the port of Harwich in Essex co., on the eastern coast of England located on the North Sea. He died in Rotherhithe parish, London, sometime before March 5, 1622 and was buried at St. Mary The Virgin Church in Rotherhithe on that date. He was a son of Christopher Jones and his wife Sybil _____. The senior Jones was also a mariner and ship owner who died in 1578, leaving to his young son bearing his name, and his interest in the ship Marie Fortune when he should attain the age of eighteen years. Jones' mother Sybil married Richard Russel after his father’s death and continued to reside at the Jones family home on Kings Head Street in Harwich which is presently a visitor attraction. Wikipedia [ - ]
