Degory Priest was one of the Pilgrim passengers on the "Mayflower" in 1620. His wife, Sarah Allerton, and children Mary and Sarah stayed behind in Holland in Leiden where some of the Pilgrims had moved to escape religious persecution in England. He died during that first desperate winter in Plymouth. His wife and children came to North America on the "Anne" in 1623. At least one of his grandchildren was an early resident of Nantucket Island. Wikipedia
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