The Mayflower Compact

adopted November 11, 1620

In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereigne Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.

Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first colony in the Northerne Parts of Virginia; doe, by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equall Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the Generall Good of the Colonie; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our Sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the fiftie -fourth, Anno. Domini, 1620.

	Mr. John Carver		Mr. Stephen Hopkins
	Mr. William Bradford		Digery Priest
	Mr. Edward Winslow		Thomas Williams
	Mr. William Brewster		Gilbert Winslow
	Isaac Allerton		Edmund Margesson
	Miles Standish		Peter Brown
	John Alden		Richard Bitteridge
	John Turner		George Soule
	Francis Eaton		Edward Tilly
	James Chilton		John Tilly
	John Craxton		Francis Cooke
	John Billington		Thomas Rogers
	Joses Fletcher		Thomas Tinker
	John Goodman		John Ridgate
	Mr. Samuel Fuller		Edward Fuller
	Mr. Christopher Martin		Richard Clark
	Mr. William Mullins		Richard Gardiner
	Mr. William White		Mr. John Allerton
	Mr. Richard Warren		Thomas English
	John Howland		Edward Doten
	Edward Liester