November 11, 1620

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

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 northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; 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 Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620.

 

John Alden	Isaac Allerton	John Allerton
John Billington	William Bradford	William Brewster
Richard Britteridge	Peter Browne	John Carver
James Chilton	Richard Clarke	Francis Cooke
John Crackston	Edward Dotey	Francis Eaton
Thomas English	Moses Fletcher	Edward Fuller
Samuel Fuller	Richard Gardiner	John Goodman
Stephen Hopkins	John Howland	Edward Leister
Edward Tilley	Edmund Margeson	Christopher Martin
William Mullins	Degory Priest	Thomas Rogers
John Rigdale	Georoe Soule	Myles Standish
Thomas Tinker	John Tilley	John Turner
Richard Warren	Thomas Williams	Edward Winslow
Gilbert Winslow	William White