Murderer from the Mayflower

In 1620, the Mayflower embarked on a famous voyage from Plymouth, England, to the New World, carrying a group of English Separatists known as the Pilgrims. It was these people that established the first permanent European settlement in North America. But did you know that the Mayflower also carried with it a man who would become the first person to be lawfully convicted of murder in the new world?

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