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No in fact he was killed while loading a ship for sailing in the Boston Massacre.
The Confederate ship was called the Merrimack and the Union ship was called the Monitor.
There were actually three ships that were sent by the Virginia Company of London in December of 1606. The three ships were the Susan Constant (Sometimes referred to as the Sarah Constant), the Godspeed and the Discovery.
Britain captured american ships. When they captured it, they impressed the sailors on it.
I tried to find the answer to this question and didn't come up with the cost of the trip. I did find out that a 60 ton ship the Speedwell was bought by the Piligrams, but not used and that the Mayflower was leased. It had been used for shipping wine, was 3 masted and 180 tons. The individuals on the ship did not pay for passage from what I can figure out.