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PROSPECTUS--" Pilgrim Decendants in Cape May County "

AN ACCOUNT OP .THE MIGRATION TO CAPE MAY OP DESCENDANTS OF THE PILGRIMS WHO CAME . TO PLYMOUTH IN THE SHIP MAYFLOWER, AND THEIR CHILDREN TO THE PRESENT TIME I* r ' - THE LOST COLONY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS AT CAPE MAY A VOLUME OF THE DEEPEST INTEREST TO RESIDENTS OF CAPE MAY COUNTY AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE GONE OUl* FROM TH^-OOUNTY - • " j, .^MEMORIAL OF THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANN I- * VERSA RY OF THE .LANDING OF THE PIDCfolM FATH^RS if ''PLYMOOTB, v ts ■ » o lffiOaaW-196^ sft & ; BY • ■% Rev Paul StuBtevant Howe, lub. p». d. ' ' rflf ember of the Pennsylvania Historic -J £■ ciety If ember of the Pennsylvania Society of Mayflower Descendants. '"Member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of Ike Kevo- '•"* lution. , ' " ■ ' ■ Member of the ColonuA- Society of Pennsylvania. f.ast Chaplain General of the Order of Pounders mid Patriots gj of America' *" f ■&l "Theae Cape May County ' Descendant* of the Mayflower U fad have been, until Dry -Howe arrived, a lout tribe, many q£them uninformed of their illustrious origin others informed 'Mt indifferent to the interest of the subject. In common with the people in many other sections, the Agile in our County have never been sufficiently interested fi perpetuating the record of the doings of their period, and notch of local history" that would be valuable to present and future generations has been lost; for there have been stirring events and great deeds done in our section a$ in others and by ouf citizens in all of the great war crises which have visited the colonies and the nation since the first settlements. *"~ It is fortunate for history, and equally fortunate for/our "<8a families" that Dr. Howe has come among us and applied v his! enthusiasm, his ripe knowledge and trained skill to I the unravelling of the tangled skein of descents, and establishing for #11 time the ancestry of the numerous familial the. Jleoords muM§» has-InvestigSted-It has taken him nm©y months aqd upon many-* jowpeys, ' fo£ uteTeVer fhere heve been recdrds apt to shed light upon his subject, there he has gone, and indefatigablv prj^d, * , tioned and examined. This book is the result of, these arduous jabors and is a lasting monument to ;ins giiwity Sod 'Interest 1n i subj— t of greatest importaffce^ It is also a permanent and absolutely reliable record of incalcueble value to this and all succeeding . , gene^tfft of t^ fanuHcfc discussed, tad a contribution to the general history of the nation, whoeeworth is of value bejrond computation." *' \ AARON W. HAND, SupertfltWidefat of Insti-uction, Cape May County. August 1,1920. '• ' ^ ' CABE MAY THE GREATEST SETTLEMENT OF MAY- . v FLOWER DESCENDANTS IN THE WORLD r ' «*■!" Hot even in ^Plymouth, or in, any town of the County of Plymouth can so many descendants of the Mayflower be found as in the old County of Cape May. This will be a surprise to many who do not know the interesting history of the early I settlement at Cape May. Dr. Howe's book gives a full account of the' first settlement, and the several lines of pilgrim descent in the County. Several years of continued study of documents, wills and deeds, formed—the preliminary preparation for this undertaking, and no effort or expense has been spared to make this work reliable and complete as far as the main lines of Pilgrim descent are discussed. Some twelve hundred living Mayflower descendants are included in the lists of names in this book, and as many more included among the grandchildren and children of descendants whose records are not complete through lack of information in the later generations. The genealogical work t of the Rev. Dr. Daniel Lawrence Hughes and the late Major Charles Welsh Edmunds have been carefully examined, and as far as the Mayflower Jkies are touched upon are included in this most oqmplete genealogical work of the County. Where information has been given, not only are "the family llnek' of descent indicated, but even Utr-ebikliEnborn during the present annivenary year are named, with the date and place of birth. 9 Each recorded descendant of the Pilgrims of the County will find in this volume a complete genealogical history of Ws Mayflower anemtors, reaching over the whole period of three 1pm- ^ dred years from the landing on Plymouth Rock on December SI, 1920, to the present time, and the Introduction gives a resame of. the history of the mifrstian to Holland in 1608, the it twelve jyars sojootn i*> Amstenjam and Leyded, and the final departure few the New World. Aside from the interest of Dr. . Howe's woric is a contribution to the history of the Pilgrim [ migration and settlement, the book gives a lint of the GoWmial | sue—tors and living me—bos of the old families of the County.

Undoubtedly the first two generations of the settlers the County- knew of the Pilgrim strain brought from Plymouth Colony by the early whalemenr At an early date all memory of the Pilgrim ancestry t tl the County was lost, and in the devoted genealogical work of 6iich a faithful son of the County as Rev. Dr. Daniel Lawrence Hughes, no mention of the mgst interesting fact in our genealogical history is made, altho' Dr. Hughes was .descended from a Mayflower passenger in two lines and hiB wife was of the sawe ancestry. The discovery of the document, famous in our history, the "Wast Book" of Colonel John Gorbslh," Written during the Ixhi isbuijg Expedition of 1745, brought to light the long forgotten facts of the Pilgrim ancestry of the County,, and makes Cape May famous — .the residence of the1 largest settlement of Mayflower descendants in the world. mayflower descendants in cape may cojjnty gives a fac-Mmile of the. famous "Wast Book", and " extensive extracts frdm other documents connected with the early history of the first settlers and their descendants. Dr. HOwe's hook shows' the interesting fact that nearly all the older families of the County — and the many who have gone out from the County-— are descended from three of the passengers of the Mayflower. In no part of the world should the present celebration of the three hundredth ann! versa y of the landing of the, pilgrim fathers to be of greater interest than in Cape May County — the largest settlement of mayflower- descendants in the world. . * ;'v " Learning, Wbilldin, Crowell, Edmunds, Crease, Eldredge, Eldridge, Meeray, Creaee, Foster, Gorham, Hand, Cassedy, Lee Richardson, Barnett, Duke, Thompson, Hughes, Jackson, Johnson, Hall*, Bennett, Matthews, Parsons, Schellenger, Russell, Sehenk, Stiles, Ware, Smith, Wales, Phillips, Reeves, Moore, Rowland, Rutherford, Russell, Rice, Foster; Meigs, Matlock, Abbott,- Inskeep, Pyke, Austin, Booker, Waters, Woolson, Hitter, Taylor, Timmons, Hildreth, Hewitt, King, Hemsley, Lengert^ Harris, Goff, Town, Stevens, Dolby, Clement, Bernshouse, Downs, Godjchalk, Compton, Hoffman, Peterson, Bate, Oummings, Jay, Cox, Rose, Gaskill, Benezet, Chambers, Sapp, Hemmingway, Harrington, Kenny, Rock, Oakley, Butler, Carrell, BaBsett, It-vine, Winter; McMinn, Roberts, Kershaw, Bellangy, Dougherty, Gile, Wicks, Chester, Germon, Reed, Meare, York, Shields, Beeuley, Sheppard, Dunn, Wetshanipel, Koch, Williamson, Doak, Davis, Benkert, Say re Needles, Tutt, Wood, Montgomery, Okie, Pleasants, Newhall, Springer, ISitbill, Gorton, Keeler, Haldeman, Huff, Miller, Horner, Ryan, Porter, Paul, Brockius, Peck, Hynspn, Harris, \Sh'aW# Rabcau, Wilson, Simxnington, Boerner, Leuf, Robinson, Uudlam, Ckumor.^iarneyiWynkooPjvYoung, Savage, White, Gilbert, Jonas, Stretch, Kihdberg, Hitehner Perkins, Patroni, RieL Kmj-th, Pointer. AshcrOft; Kiri»', ^W ashburn, Swain, Sidney, Jones, "W alternate, Sutton, Crawford, Naves, Ginder, Sparks,' Steffin, Kaufman, Loper, Williams, Marshall Blattner, Cook, Young; Reins, Ogden, Webbe, Wheather, Conelly, Oox, Parvin, Craig, Perklnpipe, Deming, Barrows, Guest, Church Merritt. The above list of names will give an idea of the many Mayflower families included in this work. Aside from these Mayflower families, many by intermarriage have the right to be enrolled among the members of the descendants of the most distinguished ancestry of our Country, miTTing the total number OVER TWELVE HUN■HUNDRED^MORE, wEere full record, is incomplete through ^Aming the parents or grandparents of not less than" TWELVE, tttJNDRED MORE, where the full record-is incomplete through failure of the present generation to send in the fanjily record or temporary lack of information. The stimulating value of a Work of this kind cannot be over estimated in stirring up the spirit of loyalty to the institutions founded by our ancestors. MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN CAPE J MAY COUNTY has the following illustrations: — L THE MAYFLOWER AT ANCHOR IN THE NEW WORLD. ) II. REPRODUCTION OF, PHOTOGRAPH AND AUTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR, REV. PAUL STCRTEVANT HOWE, Ph. D. III. THE HOWLAND' HOUSE AT PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. IV. BURIAL HILL, PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS. V. COLD SPRING CEMETERY, COLD SPRING NEW JERSEY. VL THE GRAVE OF JOHN HOWLAND. VII. THE STANDISH MONUMENT, DUXBURY, MASS.-- 4 . «_ VIII. THE ARMS OF THE HOWLAND FAMILY. GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. Foreword by Aaron W._ Hand, Superintendent of Pnblic Instruction -of Cape May County. - II. Ihtfodnetian, including (a) The First Two Years of Pilgrim History, (from the author's thesis for the doctorate in Philosophy, lb) Manuscripts, Documents and Authorities for The Early History of the Pilgrim*, (a) The Number and Character of the Mayflower Pa— engcra,' IV' Sojourn in Holland, The Voyage to America and The Settlement at Plymouth. III. The "Wast Book" of Colonel John Gdrfcam (in facsimile). IV. Wills, Deeds and Documents. Proving The M^flower

Descent of the Cape May Families. V. The Will of John Howland The Pilgrim, And Outline Printed for the First Time in This State. Of His Life. VL The Session Book of The Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, Containing Many Records of the Births, Deaths and Marriages of Mayflower Descendants! — A Long. Lost Book, Now Printed for the First Time in This County. VIL Genealogy of Mayflower Families, With h List of Ancestors Extending Over The Period of Three Hundred YearE VIII. Genealogy of Mayflower Families, "With A List of TOMBSTONES IN THE COLD SPRING CEMETERY. IX. Genealogical Notes, Examination of Disputed Problems of Genealogy,X. A COMPLETE INDEX TO ALL MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS AND ALLIED FAMILIES MENTIONED IN thEw'orjl The limited-edition of this intensely intending book is now in the pre— of Albert R. Hand of Cape May ihud will be in readine— for the International Celebration at Plymouth. As the number of volumes will be limited, orders should be sent with remittance to the publisher, Albert R. Hand, who holds the copyright Fill ont the enclosed order blank and mail today if you wish to secure a copy of the most interesting book ever published upon the subject SAMPLE PAGE— 119 MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN CAPE MAY, COUNTY For anoestore leading back to the Mayflower see page 109 ELIZABETH SCHELLENGER HUGHES * ' ' L- i " ' ELIZABETH SCHELLENGER HUGHES,* (Albert Henry Hughes,* Humphrey Hughes' Jafie Wbilldin,* James Whilldin,' Joseph Wbilldin,* Hannah Gorham,' Desire Howland, ' JOHN HOWLAND,1 THE PILGRIM), was horn at Cape May, 4 April, 1844, married at Qape May, 8 November, 1865, James Mecray, M. D., born at Cape May, 21 February, 1842, died at Cape May, 9 February, 1916. Issue: — (1)) ELIZABETH HUGHES MECRAY, born 13 August 1866, married 5 November 1885, Peter Logan Bockius, born 20 April, 1859, died 6 March, 1905, and had: ELIZABETH MECRAY BOCKIUS, born 7 September, 1886, died 13 Janej 1888, DOROTHY MECRAY BOCKIUS, born 13 August, 1889, married 10 November, 1909, ELLWOOD SOUDER,n (Ell wood Bonder, 10 Hester Ann Eldridge Johnson,* Jane White Eldridge,1 Elizabeth Edmunds7 Jane Wbilldin,* ' James Whilldin,* Joseph Whitidm,* Hannah Gorham,* Desire Howland,* JOHN HOWLAND* THE 'PILGRIM), born at Wihtfington, Delaware, 22 flt^j£^, 1887, and had, ELIZABETH MECRAY 80UDER, T^rn^tf January, 1911 ; LOGAN BOCKIUS, born 3rMhrch, 1893. (2) HULDA SCHELLENGER MECRAY, born 29 De^ cember, 1869, d{pd 18 February, 1870. * (3) PAUL MULFORD MECRAY, M. D. born 24 October, 1871, married 18 October, 1900, Jane Elizabeth Boyer, born 15 December, 1872, and had, HELEN BOYER MECRAY, born 1 October, 190l^ PAUL MULFORD MECRAY, born 8 July, 1908. ; tfo. AUTHOR'S NOTE The laborious task of this undertaking is net a financial enterprise, and the author can hardly expect a return for the long months spent in its preparation. The publisher, Mr. Albert R. Hand, has freely advanced considerable sums of money in printing and advancing this work, and it is due him that this publication, the free contribution to the community of its author, should receive the support of the many families whose ancestry is here traced out to the Pilgrim Band PAUL STURTEVANT HOWE. Rector of the Church of the Advent, Cape May, N J. August 14th, ]y20 O SUBSCRIPTION BLANK (Limited Edition) Albert R. Hand, Publisher Cape May, N. J. Dear Sir: — . Please accept my order for one copy of the genealogical work, "Mayflower Descendants in Cape May County," by the Rev. Paul Startevant Howe, Ph. D. I agree to pay the sum of *5.00 (plus postage if sett by mail), upon the delivery of this book, which is now in pi— a. Signed - . . • V . '» | (NAME) (STREET AMD MOl) City •

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