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I love this stuff, mostly because I am fortunate to be able to trace back to Stephen Hopkins, who with second wife Elizabeth Fisher had Oceanus the first child born in the New World (actually, I think he was born on the ship in passage and another kid had the distinction of being born while the ship was anchored in Provincetown. There's a short read in the most recent Yankee Magazine that goes into some depth on the compelling reason for leaving England and what befell them when they arrived in Provincetown. Roughly half the 100 crew and passengers died in the first year after their arrival. The article is called something like, "Why The Pilgrims Stilll Matter."
Actually, First Encounter Beach is where the Indians caught up with Miles Standish and his men after they had taken the Indians' corn at what is now Corn Hill Beach.
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