Richard More: the Shropshire outcast who sailed to riches on the Mayflower

County calls for boy’s lost story to be part of the 400th anniversary celebrations of the pilgrim fathers

He was only six when he was disowned by his wealthy father, torn from his adulterous mother and shipped to America with the pilgrims on the Mayflower to begin a new life as a servant.

For centuries, the extraordinary tale of the Shropshire childhood of Richard More – a celebrated New England sea captain and one of the “first comers” to America – was lost in the mists of time. Now a group of local historians hopes to reignite interest in More and his three young siblings, who died shortly after leaving for the new world on board America’s most famous boat.

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