<P> Plymouth Rock is geologically classified as a Dedham Granite boulder and a glacial erratic . The two most significant primary sources on the founding of Plymouth Colony are Edward Winslow 's Mourt 's Relation and Bradford 's history Of Plymouth Plantation , and neither refers to Plymouth Rock . The rock first attracted public attention in 1741 when the residents of Plymouth began plans to build a wharf which would bury it . Before construction began , a 94 - year - old elder of the church named Thomas Faunce , then living three miles from the spot , declared that the boulder was the landing place of the Mayflower Pilgrims . He asked to be brought to the rock to say a farewell . According to Plymouth historian James Thacher : </P>
<P> Plymouth Rock is geologically classified as a Dedham Granite boulder and a glacial erratic . The two most significant primary sources on the founding of Plymouth Colony are Edward Winslow 's Mourt 's Relation and Bradford 's history Of Plymouth Plantation , and neither refers to Plymouth Rock . The rock first attracted public attention in 1741 when the residents of Plymouth began plans to build a wharf which would bury it . Before construction began , a 94 - year - old elder of the church named Thomas Faunce , then living three miles from the spot , declared that the boulder was the landing place of the Mayflower Pilgrims . He asked to be brought to the rock to say a farewell . According to Plymouth historian James Thacher : </P>
name of ship that landed at plymouth rock
name of ship that landed at plymouth rock
Mayflower
Mayflower