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■ " — -- fl an account of the migration to cape may of ■ descendants of the pilgrims who came t m to plymouth in the ship mayjj flower, and their children < 5 to the present time 1 mm. « B the lost colony of mayflower descendants ] ■ at cape may 1 a / ■ a volume of the deepest interest to resi- ' z dents of cape m&y county and ■ families ytho have ■ GONE OUT FROM ■ THE COUNTY v 0 memorial of the three hundredth annim versary of the landing of the pilgrim fathers at plymouth , , 1620 1920 q by « Rev Paul Stubtevamt Howe, lub. ph. d. ■ Member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society B Member of the Pennsylvania Society of Mayflower Descendants. B Member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the llevoB lution. m Member of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania. ™ Past Chaplain General of the Order of Founders and Patriots . Hi of America M; "These Cape May County Descendant* of the Mayflower — I band have been, until Dr. Howe arrived, a lost tribe, .many ™ of them uninformed of their illustrious origin others informed B but indifferent to the interest of the subject. B In common with the people in many other sections, the |fl people in our County have never been sufficiently interested, B . in perpetuating the record of the doings of their period, antf S much of local history that would be valuable to present andj ■ future generations has been lost; for there have been stirring Hi events and great deeds done in our section as in others and by b our citizens. in all of the great war crises which have visited ■ the colonies and the nation since the first settlements. m 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 B qnravelling of the tangled skein of descents, and establishing B for all time the ancestry of the numerous families, the records B of which he has investigated. m has taken him many months and upon many journeys, ^ for wherever there have been records apt to shed light upon his subject, there he has gone, and indefatigably probed, ques- * tioned and examined. ■ This book is the result of these arduous labors and is a

B I acting monument to his sincerity and interest in a subject of m greatest importance. It is also a permanent and absolutely ™ reliable record of incalculable value to this and all succeeding B generations of the families discussed, and a contribution to the B general history of the nation, whose worth is of value beyond com- - B putation." m AARON W. HAND, m County Superintendent of Public Schools B August 1, 1920. b CAPE MAY THE GREATEST SETTLEMENT OF MAY0 FLOWER DESCENDANTS IN THE WORLD Not even in Plymouth, or in any town of the County of b Plymouth can so many descendants of the Mayflower be found b as in the old County of Cape May. This will be a surprise to B many who do not know the interesting history of the early mm settlement at Cape May. Dr. Howe's book gives a full aocount 5 of the first settlement, and the several lines of Pilgrim descent b in the County. Several years of continued study of documents, B willa mid deeds, formed the preliminary preparation for this B undertaking, and no effort or expense has been spared to make ■ this work reliable and complete as far as the main lines of PilB 8«m descent are discussed. Some twelve hundred living Maym flower descendants are included in the lists of names in this book, 5 and as many more included among the grandchildren and childB ^ 0f descendants whose reoorda are not complete through lack b of information in the later goierationa The genealogical work b of the Rev. Dr. Daniel La wre»*r Hughes And the late Major B Charles Welsh Edmunds have been oarefully examined, and ae m far aa the Mayflower lines are touched upon are included in this b moat complete genealogical work of the County. Where inforB has been given, not only are the family lines of dasb oent indicated, but even the children bom during the present B anniversary year are named, with the date and place of birth, j Each recorded deeoendant of the Pilgrims of the County will find in this volume a complete genealogical history of his MayB flower aisnatriri. reaching over the whole period of three hnnb dred yean from the Tending on Plymouth Rock on December b II, 16S0, to the p restart time, and the Introduction gives a reB mm of the history of the migration to Holland in 1606, the m twelve yean sojourn in Amsterdam and Inyden, and the final de- " pasture for the New Wold. Aside from the interest of Dr. B Howe's weak as a contribution to the hitoory a f the Pilgrim i b migration and iirilB— . the bask frees a bat of the Colonial i b Ml i Itoir. and Uring mmntoas of the old families of the County. i ■■■■■■■■■■■■•*■■■■■■■

Undoubtedly the first two generations of the settlers the County knew of the Pilgrim strain brought from < '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 < such a faithful eon of the County as Rev. Dr. Daniel Lawrence J no mention of the most interesting fact in our genealogical 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 Cape May famous as the residence of the largest settlement of Mayflower descendants in the world. MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN CAPE MAY COUNTY gives a fac-simile of the famous "Wast Book", and extensive extracts from other "documents connected with the early history of the first settlers and their descendants. Dr. Howe's book 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 Mavflower. 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, Crsooe, Eldredge, Eldridge, Mecray, CreaBe, Foster, Gorhatn, Hand, Cassedy, Lee Richardson, Barnett, Duke, Thompson, Hughes, Jackson, Johnson, Hall, Bennett, Matthews, Parsons, Schellenger, Russell, Schenk, Stites, Ware, Smith, Wales, PhiUips, Reeves, Moore, Rowland, Rutherford, Russell, Rice, Foster, Meigs, Matiock, Abbott, Inakeep, Pyke, Austin, Booker, Waters, Woolson, Bitter, Taylor, Timmons, Hildreth, Hewitt, King, Hemsley, Lengert, Harris, Goff, Town, Stevens, Dolby, ^-vClement, Bernshouse, Downs, Godschalk, Compton, Hoffman, Pqjerson, Bate, Cummings, Jaycox, Rose, Gaskill, Benezet, i Chambers, Sapp, Hemmingway, Harrington, Kenny, Rock, Oak- ' ley, Butler, Carrell, Bassett, Irvine, Winter, McMinn, Roberts, Kershaw, Bellangy, Dougherty, Gile, Wicks, Chester, Germon, Reed, Meats, York, Shields, Beesley, Sheppard, Dunn, Weishampel, Koch, Williamson, Doak, Davis, Benkert, Sayre, Needles, Tutt, Wood, Montgomery, Okie, Pleasants, Newhall, Springer, Tuthill, Corson, Keeler, Haldeman, Huff, Miller, Horner, Ryan, Porter, Paul, Bockius, Peck, Hynson, Harris, Shaw, Rabeau, Wilson, Simmington, Boeraer, Leuf, Robin1 son, Ludlam, Connor, Barnes, Wynkoop, Young, Savage, White, Gilbert, Jonas, Stretch, Kindberg, Hitchner, Perkins, P&troni, p Rief, Smyth, Poynter, Ashcroft, Kirby, Washburn, Swain, Sid- ' ney, James, Woltemate, Sutton, Crawford, Naves, Ginder, Sparks, Steffin, Kaufman, Loper, Williams, Marshall Blattner, Cook, Young, Reins, Ogden, Webbe, Wheather, Con1

elly, Cox, Parvin, Craig, Perkinpine, Deming, Barrows, Guest. c Church Merritt. The above list of names will give an idea of the many Mayflower families included in this work. •] ABide from these Mayflower families, many by in- - ] termarriage have the right to be enrolled among the members ( of the descendants of the most distinguished ancestry of our Country making the total number OVER TWELVE 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 J 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 MAY , COUNTY has the following illustrations : — L THE MAYFLOWER AT ANCHOR IN THE NEW WORLD. ' IL 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. VI. THE GRAVE OF JOHN HOWLAND. VIL THE STANDISH MONUMENT, DUXBURY, 1 MASS. 1 VIII. THE ARMS OF THE HOWLAND FAMILY. ' GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. : L Foreword by Aaron W. Hand, County Superintendent " of Public Schools of Cape May County. IL 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 r The Early History of the Pilgrims, (e) The Number and " Character of the Mayflower Passengers, The Sojourn in Hol5 Und, The Voyage to America and The Settlement at Plymouth. IIL The "Wast Book" of Colonel John Gorham (in fae- ; -*>• . I IT. WOk, Dssds and Documents Proving The Mapflowsr Descent of the Cape May Famiikn " / ' Lj t

V. The Will of John Howland The Pilgrim, And Outline ^ Of His Life. S . Printed for the First Time in This State. 'B : aB VL The Session Book of The Cold Spring Presbyterian B Church, Containing Many Reoorda of the Births, Deaths and ■ Marriages of Mayflower Descend an ta — A Long Lost Bodk, Ndtr B Printed for the First T une in Tins County. m VIL Genealogy cu Mayflower Families, With a List of * Ancestors Exteiidii-, Period of Three Hundred Tears. B VJLll. ueneaiogy at .u* weir Families, With A List of b TOMBSTONES L\ "hi- i OLD SPRING CEMETERY. B (A o— ealcgivi s.-iet, Examination of Disputed Prob- & Alio 3 ueneaiogy m A. i cOHi'LEf E INDEX TO ALL MAYFLOWER DE- B SCENLA.N IS AND ALLIED FAMILIES MENTIONED IN B THE * »KfL B The tiTnrtari edition of this intensely interesting book is now B in the press of Albert R. Hand of Cape May and will be in B readiness for the irit#rm«Hnn>i Celebration at Plymouth. Aa the ^ number of volumes will be Hwdted, orders should be sent with ® remittance to the publisher, Albert R. Hand, who holds the |l copyright Fill out the enclosed order blank and mail today g . if yon wish to secure a oopy of the most interesting book ever _ published upon the subject ^ sample page— 119 5 mayflower descendants in cape may county ■ For ancestors leading bade to the Mayflower see page 109 b ELIZABETH SCHELLENGER HUGHES g| ELIZABETH SCHELLENGER HUGHES* (Albert J Henry Hughes,* Humphrey HugheBT Jane Whilldin,* James B Whilldin,* Joseph Whilldin,4 Hannah Gorham,1 Desire How- b land, * JOHN HOWLAND,1 THE PILGRIM), was born St ■ Cape May, 4 April, 1844, married at Cape May, 8 November, « 1865, James Mecray, M. D., born at Cape May, 21 February, m 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 ME-' Bl CRAY BOCKIUS, born 7 September, 1886, died 13 June, 1888, B ' DOROTHY MECRAY BOCKIUS,. born 13 August, 1889, g married 10 November, 1909, ELLWOOD SOTJDER,n k (Ellwood Souder,10 Heater Ann Eldridge Johnson,* ^ Jane White Eldridge,* Elizabeth Edmunds' Jane B Whilldin,* Ja^nee Whilldin,* Joseph Whilldin,4 Hannah ' Gorham,* Desire Howland,* JOHN HOWLAND1 THE PIL- ggj ' GRIM), born "at Wilmington, Delaware, 22 September, 1887, a " and had, ELIZABETH MECRAY JSOUDER, born 10 January, ™ » 1911 ; LOGAN BOCKIUS, born 31 March, 1893. ™ (2) HULDA SCHELLENGER MECRAY, born 29 De- B ! ■■

cember, 1869, died 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 0 October, 1901, PAUL MULFORD MECRAY, born 8 July, 1908. ^ . AUTHOR'S NOTE » The laborious task of this undertaking is not a financial ' enterprise, and the author can hardly expect a return for the ™ long months spent in its preparation. The publisher, Mr. 0 Albert R. Hand, has freely advanced considerable sums of B 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 B whose ancestry is here traced out to the Pilgrim Band. B PAUL STURTEVANT HOWE,.. B Rector of the Church of the Advent, Cape May, N. J. ■* August 14th, 1920 ~ ■ Pilgrim Descendants in Cape May County • SUBSCRIPTION BLANK j^j (Limited Edition) [ , . . . * b Albert R. Hand, Publisher, •- > * Cape May, N. J. 1-inrNew . r_ Dear Sirt— '* I* ' . • b Please accept my order for one copy of the genealogical 0 work, "Mayflower Descendants in Cape May County," by the 0 Rev. Paul Starter ant Howe, Ph. U I agree to poy the sum of 0 $5.00 (plus postage if sent by mail), upon the delivery of this 0 book, which is now in press. 0 | NAME b * I STREET AND 100. . ■ ■ CITY g DATS ■