 A second ship arrived in November 1621 named the Fortune , sent by the Merchant Adventurers one year after the Pilgrims first set foot in New England . It arrived with 37 new settlers for Plymouth . However , the ship had arrived unexpectedly and also without many supplies , so the additional settlers put a strain on the resources of the colony . Among the passengers of the Fortune were several additional people of the original Leiden congregation , including William Brewster 's son Jonathan , Edward Winslow 's brother John , and Philip Delano ( the family name was earlier " de la Noye " ) whose descendants include President Franklin Delano Roosevelt . The Fortune also carried a letter from the Merchant Adventurers chastising the colony for failure to return goods with the Mayflower that had been promised in return for their support . The Fortune began its return to England laden with £ 500 worth of goods ( equivalent to £ 78 thousand in 2010 , or $ 119 thousand at PPP ) , more than enough to keep the colonists on schedule for repayment of their debt . However , the Fortune was captured by the French before she could deliver her cargo to England , creating an even larger deficit for the colony . 
