The Mayflower was a ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. One of the passengers on the Mayflower was John ALDEN, who was a cooper and a military advisor. He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact, which was an agreement between the passengers of the Mayflower to create a government for their new colony.