Letter of Robert Cushman to Edward Southworth at Heneage House, London, 17 Aug 1620, in Bradford's "History of Plimouth Plantation", Boston, 1901, page 86. Edward's wife was a widow in July 1623. Alice came to Plymouth in 1623 and married (2) 14 Aug 1623 in Plymouth to Gov. William Bradford. The sons, Constant and Thomas, were brought up in the home of Gov. Bradford. (Goodwin:"Pilgrim Republic", 1920, 460-464; Col. Charles E.Banks:" The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers".
Best discussion in "Boston Evening Transcript" (I) 31 Aug 1931; (II) 2 Sep 1931. Bradford of Plymouth by Bradford Smith 1951 p 267. In 1637 both her sons were married. Alice was born in Wirington near Bath, Somerset, Eng. Her father Alexander moved his family to Holland because of religious perscution in England 1600. Alice was born in Holland (from Family News 1988 pg 5). William of COBHAM was without a doubt the son of Alexander. Edward Southworth was her 1st husband and her 2nd was Gov William Bradford. It was a well known fact her father opposed this marriage because of Bradfords inferiorty in socal standing and she was induced to marry a Southworth. Alexander Carpenter was a man of grath wealth. Gov Bradford was already in the Colonies and upon hearing of Edwards death sent word pleading for Aliceto join him. The Carpenters lived in Amsterdam Holland then in 1609 in Leyden Holland they were members of the ancient Brethren.
Saints and Strangers by William F. Willison 1945 pg 88 Living in Leyden, Holland. Were members of the original Scooby England congregation. 1610 Several pages in this book tell the story of Alice and of Edwards death. Alice came to Mass by Ship ANNE 1623" Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Th. D., Lancaster, MA, 1951.
MRS. ALICE SOUTHWORTH
She was the widow of Edward Southworth, daughter of Alexander Carpenter and sister of Julian Carpenter, the wife of George Morton (q.v.). She was betrothed to Edward Southworth, say-weaver of Leyden, 7 May, 1613, by whom she had two sons, Constant, born 1615, and Thomas, 1617, who accompanied her on the voyage. She married Governor Bradford, about a month after arrival, on 14 August, 1623. The Southworths and Gov. Bradford had lived in Heneage House, Duke's Place, London, for about a year prior to the sailing of the Mayflower. It is probable that the Southworth family came from the vicinity of Fenton, co. Notts, near Sturton-le-Steeple, the home of Rev. John Robinson (P.R.O. Exchequer, Dep. 43-44, Elizabeth Michaelmas No. 3).
Southworth families lived in various parishes in that section of England before the Pilgrim exodus.