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4 unusual facts about Samuel More


Samuel More

Samuel More, under his father Richard's direction, removed the four children from their home, and four years later, without their mother's knowledge, they were transported to the New World on board the Pilgrim Fathers' ship the Mayflower.

The adultery was supposedly committed with Jacob Blakeway, a young man near in age to Katherine who lived close by and whose family had been More tenants for several generations.

Samuel More was the husband of Katherine More, whose father, Jasper More, was master of Larden, a 1000-acre estate between Much Wenlock and Ludlow in Shropshire, England.

Jasper More, a descendant of Samuel More, prompted by his genealogist friend, Sir Anthony Wagner, searched his attic and discoverd a 1622 document which detailed the adultery of the children's mother, Katherine More.


Jane Pemberton Small

Jane's granddaughter, Katherine More, was at the centre of a bizarre incident that occurred between her and her husband Samuel More from about 1616 to 1620.


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Jacob Blakeway

According to Samuel More’s account, he was cited before the ‘High Commission Court and Council of the Marches’.

The More children and the Mayflower

Jasper More, a descendant of Samuel More, prompted by his genealogist friend, Anthony Wagner, searched his attic and discoverd a 1622 document which detailed the adultery of the children's mother, Katherine More.