Daily Life in the Plimoth Colony

Daily life in the Plimoth Colony was not an easy one compared to today's standards.
Men of the colony had to construct new buildings for residences and some common buildings such as meeting houses. Furniture had to be built, tools had to be forged, livestock had to be tended, crops had to be planted and tended- after they found out what crops would grow in their new homeland.
Woman had to keep the houses clean, cook the meals, tend their herb and vegetable gardens- herb gardens were important for cooking as well as making herbal remedies to use for illnesses.
Soap and candles made from animal fat ( tallow) were also the resposibility of the women of the colony and were made from start to finish by these women. Although the women of the colony did sew- at first the clothing was imported from England as there were no clothes making materials avaialable to them.
Women were also responsible for the overseeing of the practiced religion of the times.
With so many chores to be done often the chores were done in groups and shared- such as soapmaking,candlemaking,plowing the fields etc.