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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MIGRATION TO C&PE MAY OF DESCENDANTS OF THE PILGRIMS WHO CAME TO PLYMOUTH IN THE SHIP MAYFLOWER, AND THEIR CHILDREN TO THE PRESENT TIME 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 OUT FROM THE COUNTY / 7 MEMORIAL OF THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS AT PLYMOUTH j 1620 1920 BY Rev Paul Stubtevant Howe, ll.b. ph. d. Member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society Member of the Pennsylvania Society of Mayflower Descendants. Member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Jtevolution. Member of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania. Past Chaplain General of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America "These Cape May County Descendants of the Mayflower band have been, until Dr. Howe arrived, a lost tribe, many of them uninformed of their illustrious origin others informed but indifferent to the interest of the subject. In common with the people in many other sections, the people in our County have never been sufficiently interested in perpetuating the record of the doings of their period, and much of local history that would be valuable to present and ifuture generations has been lost; for there have been stirring events and great deeds done in our section as in others and by our 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 "old families" that Dr. Howe has come among us and applied his enthusiasm, his ripe knowledge and trained skill to the unravelling of the tangled skein of descents, and establishing for all time the ancestry of the numerous families, the records of which he has investigated. It has taken him many months and upon many journeys, for wherever there have been records apt to shed light upon Ais subject, there he has gone, and indefatigablv probed, questioned and examined. This book is the result of these arduous labors and iB a lasting monument to his sincerity and interest in a subject of greatest importance. It is also a permanent and absolutely reliable record of incalculable value, to this and all succeeding generations of the families discussed, and a contribution to the general history of the nation, whose worth is of value beyond computation." AARON W. HAND, County Superintendent of Public Schools August 1, 1920. • CAPE MAY THE GREATEST SETTLEMENT OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN THE WORLD Not 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 settlement at Cape May. Dr. Howe's book gives a full account of the first settlement, and thfe 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 ma^y 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 of the Rev. Dr. Daniel Lawrence Hughes and the late Major Charles Welsh Edmunds have been carefully examined, and as far as the Mayflower lines are touched upon^are included -in-this , most complete genealogical work of the County. Where information has been given, not only are the family lines of desoent indicated, but even the children bora during the present anniversary year are named, with the date and place of birth. Each recorded descendant of the Pilgrims of the County will find in this volume a complete genealogical history of his Mayflower ancestors, reaching over the whole period of three hundred yean from the landing on Plymouth Rock an December H. MM. f> the present time, and the Introduction gives a reawe of the history of the migration to Holland in 1608, the twelve years sojourn in Amsterdam and Leyden, and the final departure for the New World. Aside from the interest of Dr. Hseek wtrk as s contribution to the history o t the Pilgrim migration mod ssttlsmont, t ha hook gives a lat of the Colonial ■alius aad living moasbers of the old famihea of the County. ■mimaiHiiuiiiii

Undoubtedly the first two generatiopa of the settler? the County knew of the Pilgrim strain brought from i Plymouth Colony by the early whalemen. At an early J date all memory of the Pilgrim ancestry of the County <* was lost, and in' the devoted genealogical work of l such a faithful son of the County as Rev. Dr. Daniel Lawrenoe J Hughes, no mention of the most interesting fact in our genea- ] logical history is made, altho' Dr. Hughes was descended from a Mayflower passenger in two lines and his wife was of the sawe . ancestry. The discovery of the document, famous in our history, the "Wast Book" of Colonel John Gorham, written during the Louisburg Expedition of 1745, brought to light the long forgotten facts of the Pilgrim ancestry of the County,, and makes J Cape May famous as the residence of the largest settlement of Mayflower descendants in the world. ! MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN CAPE MAY 1 COUNTY gives a fac-Bimile of the famous "Wast Book", and extensive extracts from other documents connected with the early history of the first settlers and their descendants. Dr. J liowe's book shows the interesting fact that nearly alflhe older families of the County — and the many who have gone out from the County — are descended from three of the passengers of the 1 Mayflower. In no part of the world should the present celebration of the THREE HUNDRETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS be of greater interest than in Cape May County — THE LARGEST SETTLEMENT OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN THE WORLD. Learning, Whilldin, Crowell, Edmunds, Crease, Eldredge, Eldridge, Mecray, Crease, Foster, Gorham, Hand, Casaedy, Lee - Richardson, Baraett, Duke, Thompson, Hughes, Jackson, Johnson, Hall. Bennett, Matthews, Parsons, Schellenger, Russell, Schenk, Stites, Ware, Smith, Wales, Phillips, Reeves, Moore, Rowland, Rutherford, Russell, Rice, Foster, Meigs, Matlock, Abbott, Inskeep, Pyke, Austin, Booker, Waters, Woolson, Ritter, Taylor, Timmons, Hildreth, Hewitt, King, Hemsley, Lengert, Harris, Golf, Town, Stevens, Dolby, Clement, Bernshouse, Downs, Godschalk, Compton, Hoffman, Peterson, Bate, Cummings, Jaycox, Rose, Gaskill, Benezet, Chambers, Sapp, "Hpmmingway, Harrington, Kenny, Rock, Oakley, Butler, Caareu, Bwjsett, Irvine, Winter, McMinn, Roberts, Kershaw, .Bellangjt Dougherty, Gile, Wicks, Chester, Germon, Reed, Mears, York, Shields) Beesley, Sheppard, Dunn, Weiahampel, Kocp, Williamson, Doak, Davis, Benkert, Sayre, Needles, Tutt, Wood, Montgomery, Okie, Pleasants, Newhall, Springer, Tuthill, Corson, Keeler, Haldeman, Huff, Miller, Horner, Ryan, Porter, Paul, BockiuB," Peck, Hynson, Harris, Shaw, Rabeau, Wilson, Simmington, Boerner, Leuf, Robinson, Ludlam, Connor, Barnes, Wynkoop, Young, Savage, White, Gilbert, Jonas, Stretch, Kindberg, Hltchner, Perkins, Patroni, Rief, Smyth, Poynter, Ashcroft, Kirby, Washburn, Swain, Sidney, James, Woltemate, Sutton, Crawford, Naves, Ginder, Sparks, Steffin, Kaufman, Loper, Williams, Marshall Blattner, Cook, Young, Reins, Ogden, Webbe, Wheather, Conelly, Cox, Parvin, Craig, Perkinpine, Deming, Barrows, Guest. Church Merriit. 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 making the total number OVElf TWELVJ5 HUNDRED and not less than TWELVE HUNDRED MORE, where the full record is incomplete through failure of the present generation to send in the family record • or temporary lack of information. The stimulating value of a work of this kiud cannot be over estimated in stirring up the spirit of loyalty to the institutiongfounded byjrar ancestors. MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS^-^fN CAPE MAY CO.UNTY has the following illnstrationB : — L THE MAYFLOWER AT ANCHOR IN THE NEW WORLD. II. REPRODUCTION OF PHOTOGRAPH AND AUTOGRAPH 'OF THE AUTHOR, REV. PAUL STURTEVANT* HOWE, Ph. D. IIL 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. v ' VIII. THE ARMS OF THE HOWLAND FAMILY. GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. L Foreword by Aaron W. Hand, County Superintendent of Piiblie Schools of Cape May County. II. Introduction, including (a) The First Two Years of Pilgrim History, (from the author's thesis for the doctorate in Philosophy, (b) Manuscripts, Documents' and Authorities for The Early History of the Pilgrims, (c) Hie Number and Character of the Mayflower Passengers, The Sojourn in Holland, The Voyage to America and The Settlement at Plymouth. IIL The "Wast Book" of Colonel John Gorham (in facsimile). IV. Wijjs, Deeds and Documents Proving The Mayflower Descent of the-Cspe May Families. ■■ IIIINflUIIIIIIII

V. The-Wi.ll of John How land The Pilgrim, And Outline 9 Of His life. i - *|jSj for the First Time in This State. V ■ VL The Session Book .of The Cold Spring Presbyterian fljp Church, Containing Many Records of the Births, Deaths and B of Mayflower Descendants— A Long Lost Book, New ' for the First Time in This County. 5 YH Genealogy of Mayflower Families, With a List of * Ancestors Extending Over The Period of Three Hundred Years. I VIII. Genealogy of Mayflower Families, With A Last of iggj, TOMBSTONES IN THE COLD SPRING CEMETERY. ' B IX. Genealogical Notes, Examination of Disputed Prob- ma of Genealogy. ™ X. A COMPLETE INDEX TO ALL MAYFLOWER DE- B AND ALLIED FAMILIES MENTIONED IN B V WORK. 3 The limited edition of this intensely interesting book is now 1 in the press of Albert R. Hand of Cape May and will be in mm, readiness for the International Celebration at Plymouth^As the number of volumes will be limited, orders should be sent with B remittance to the publisher, Albert R. Hand, who holds the £ copyright Fill out the enclosed order blank and mail today 3 if you wish to secure a copy of the most interesting book ever 2 - published upon the subject. SAMPLE PAGE— 119 J MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN CAPE MAY COUNTY ^B* For ancestors leading back to the Mayflower ape page 109 B ELIZABETH SCHELLENGER HUGHES B ELIZABETH SCHELLENGER HUGHES* (Albert ■ Henry Hughes,* Humphrey Hughes1 Jane Whilldin,* James B Whilldin,5 Joseph Whilldin,* Hannah Gorham,* Desire How- 3 land, * JOHN HOWLAND,1 THE PILGRIM), was bom at B Cape May, 4 April, 1844, married at Cape May, 8 November, m 1865, James Mecray, M. D., born at Cape May, 21 February, 1842, died at Cape May, 9 February, 1916. 3 Issue : — 3 (1) ) ELIZABETH HUGHES MECRAY, born 13 August, 5 1866, married 5 November 1885, Peter Logan Bockins, bora 20 B April, 1859, died 6 March, 1905, and had : ELIZABETH ME- • B CRAY BOCKIUS, bora 7 September, 1886, died 13 June, 1888, ■ DOROTHY MECRAY BOCKIUS, born 13 August, 1889, B married 10 November, 1909, ELLWOOD SOUDER,11 2 (Ell wood Souder,10 Hester Ann Eldridge Johnson,* Jane White Eldridge,* Elizabeth Edmunds7 Jane B Whilldin,* James Whilldin,® Joseph Whilldin,* Hannah Gorham,* Desire Howland,1 JOHN HOWLAND1 THE PIL- B GRIM), bom at Wilmington, Delaware, 22 September, 1887, « and had, ELIZABETH MECRAY SCkJDER, born 10 January, 1911 ; LOGAN BOCKIUS, born 31 March, 1893. 3 * ' "'Pf -\ (3) HULDA SCHELLENGER MECRAY, bora 29 De- 3 cember, 1869, died 18 February, 1870. h (3) PAUL MULFORD MECRAY, M. D. bora 24 October, ■ 1871, married 18 October, 1900, Jane Elizabeth Boyer, born 15 B December, 1872, and had, HELEN BOYER MECRAY, bora 1 B October, 1901, PAUL MULFORD MECRAY, born 8 July, 1908. 1 AUTHOR'S NOTE _ The laborious task of this undertaking is not a financial enterprise, and the author can hardly expect a return for the 3 long months spent in its preparation. The publisher, Mr. 3 Albert R. Hand, has freely advanced considerable sums of B money in printing and advancing this work, and it is due him M that this publication, the free contribution to the community ™ Of its author, should receive the support _ of the many families B whose ancestry is here traced out to the Pilgrim Band. 3 PAUL STURTEVANT HOWE,.. w Rector of the Church of the Advent, Cape May, N. J. August 14th, 1920 _ 2 Pilgrim Descendants in Cape May County B SUBSCRIPTION BLANK 1 (Limited Edition) B Albert R. Hand, Publisher, ™ Cape May, N. J. B Dear Sir: — ■ Please accept my order for one copy of the genealogical 3 work, "Mayflower Descendants in Cape May County," by the 3 Rev. Paul Starter ant Howe, Ph. El I agree to pay the sum o i 3' $5.04 (phu postage if sent by mail), upon the delivery of this 1 book, wlueh is now in press. ■ NAME '—j ( | STREET AND NO . 3 CITY — _ JJ DATE 1020 3- % NOTE: TO thsas using this spsdal nlinlgHn form srd srVg B boafc arise to galMnliw a apsctol geias at UM is B •M IV iniV afSmhrnk wfll ha SMt ■ bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb