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® AN ACCOUNT OP THE MIGRATION TO CAPE MAY OF B DESCENDANTS OF THE -PILGRIMS WHO CAME ■I ' TO PLYMOUTH IN THE SHIP MAY- _ FLOWER, AND THEIR CHILDREN ■ TO THE PRESENT TIME » fl THE LOST COLONY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS g| AT CAPE MAY *." ■ A VOLUME OF THE DEEPEST/lNTEREST TO RESImm DENTS OF CAPE MAY COUNTY AND ■ families who have ■ GONE OUT FROM B ' THE COUNTY ■ MEMORIAL OF THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIm VERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM Jj FATHERS AT PLYMOUTH 1620 1920 F fl) BY mg ret Paul Stubtevant Howe, ll.b. ph. d. J " 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 RevoWW lution. m Member of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania. ff Past Chaplain General of the Order of Founders and Patriots ■' of America S "These Cape May County Descendants of the Mayflower m 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. B In common with the people in many other sections, the '~B people in our County have never been sufficiently interested ■ in perpetuating the record of the doings of their period, and f 2 * much of local history that would be valuable to present and I future generations has been lost; for there have been stirring J • B events and great deeds done in our section as in others and by fl) our citizens in all of the great war crises which have visited B the colonies and the nation since the first settlements. ■I 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 unravelling of the tangled skein of descents, and establishing ' B for aH 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 * his subject, ,there he has gone, and indefatigably probed, ques- ■ tioned and examined. b This book is the result of these arduous labors and is a B lasting monument to his sincerity and interest in a subject of Wk greatest importance. It is also a permanent and absolutely m 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 comB putation." 3jfe.b| aaron w. hand, ■■ County Superintendent of Public Schools 5 August 1, 1920. J CAPE MAY THE GREATEST SETTLEMENT OF MAY- ^ B. FLOWER 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 B as in the old County of Cape May. This -will be a surprise to f many who do not know the interesting history of the early Hi settlement at Cape May. Dr. Howe's book gives a full account m of the first settlement, and the several lines of Pilgrim descent ~ in the County. Several years of continued study of documents, B wills and deeds, formed the preliminary preparation for this B undertaking, and no effort or expense has been spared to make ■ ttii« work reliable and complete as far as the main lines of PilB grim descent are discussed. Some twelve hundred living MayM flower descendants are included in the lists of names in this book, m- and as many more included among the grandchildren and childS™ ren of descendants whose records are not complete through lack of information in the later generations. The genealogical work of the Rev. Dr. Daniel LawrenoeJ-Ingfaea and the late Major M Charles Welsh Edmunds have been carefully examined, and as H far as the Mayflower lines are touched upon are included in this ~ S most complete genealogical work of the County. Where infor- ™ nistiou has been given, not only are the family lines of desB oent indicated, but even the children born during the present B anniversary year are named, with the date and place of birth. H Each recorded descendant of the Pilgrims of the County will _ find in this volume a complete genealogical history of his May- • ' flower ancestors, reaching over the whole period of three hunB died yean from the landing on Plymouth Boek on December , B *1, loo; to the present time, and the Introduction gives a re- . ^ sum of the history of the migration to Holland in 1606, the H| twelve years sojourn in Amsterdam and Layden, and the final de- ^ partus for the Now World. Aside from tha interest of Dr. §L B Howe's weak so a contribute to Mm history of the Pilgrim B mtettsn and rattlnmsnt. the book gives a list of Urn Colonial B » had living mm tin of the oU famiWas ef ths Cwty. ' liflHINUIIMnHlill

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 date all memory of the Pilgrim ancestry of the County was lost, and in the devoted genealogical work of . such a faithful son of the County as Rev. Dr. Daniel Lawrence Hughes, 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 laments connected with the early history of the first settlers and their descendants. Dr. Howe '8 book shows the interesting fact that neatly 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 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, Cresee, Eldredge, Eldridge, Mecray, Cresse, Foster, Gorham, Hand, Cassedy, Lee Richardson, Barnett, 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, Goff, Town, Stevens, Dolby, Clement, Bernshouse, Downs, Godschalk, Compton, Hoffman, Peterson, Bate, CummingB, Jaycox, Rose, Gaskill, Benezet, \ Chambers, Sapp, Hemmingwav, Harrington, Kenny, Rock, Oak1 ley, Butler, Carrell, Bassett, Irvine, Winter, McMinn Roberts, / Kershaw, Bellangy, Dougherty, Gile, Wicks, Chester, Germon, Reed, Mears, 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, Boerner, Leuf, Robinson, Ludlam, Connor, Barnes, Wynkoop, Young, Savage, White, Gilbert, Jonas, Stretch, Kindberg, Hitchner, Perkins, Patroni, Kief, Smyth, Poynter, Ashcroft, Kirby, Washburn, Swain, Sidcey, James, Woltemate, Sutton, Crawford, Naves, Ginder, Sparks, Steffin, Kaufman, Loper, Williams, Marshall Blattner, Cook, Young, Reins, Ogden, Webbe, Whealher, Conelly, Cox, Parvin, Craig, Perkinpine, 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 oar 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 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 DESCENDANT® IN CAPE 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. P>UL STUBTEVANT HOWE, Ph. D. HL 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, DUXBUBY, MASS. VIII. THE ARMS OF THE HOWLAND FAMILY. GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. Foreword by Aaron W. Hand, County Superintendent of Public 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) The 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). nr. Wills, Deads and Documents Proving The Mayflower Dm ml of the Caps May Families. mmmmmmmmwmmmmmmumimt

V. The Will of John Howland The Pilgrim, And Ontlins -5 Of His Life. B Printed for the First Time in This State. B ' VL The Session Book of The Cold Spring Presbyterian JB Church, Containing Many Records of the Births, Deaths , fl| Marriages of Mayflower Descendant*— A Long Lost Book, Now Printed for the First T... . in This County. ' 5 VII. GemaalCfO "•» -.liyflowur Families, With k List of ■'■■B Ancestors Exten. Period of Three Hundred Years. B V11L Jen- wer Families, With A List of B^|S TOMIKM • OLD SPRING CEMETERY. • a • es, Examination of Disputed Prob- m *«•« <n • rVJlHO 2 A. • ■ .... LTE INDEX TO ALL MAYFLOWER DB- * 8LE.NL- I •- AND ALLIED FAMILIES MENTIONED IN B THE V RK. B The limited edition of this intensely interesting book is now 3 '» in the press of Albert (R. Hand of Cape May sad will be in S readiness for the International Celebration at Plymouth. As the 5 number of volumes will be limited, orders should bt sent with ,B , remittance to the publisher, Albert R. who holds ths B| copyright Fill out the enclosed order blank and mail today WM if you wish to secure s copy of the most interesting book over ■ published upon the subject ™ SAMPLE PAGE — 119 ■ MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN CAPE MAY COUNTY B For ancestors leading back to the Mayflower see page 109 B ELIZABETH SCHELLENGER HUGHES M ELIZABETH SCHELLENGER HUGHES,* (Albert ® * Henry Hughes,* Humphrey Hughes' Jane Whilldin,* James B Whilldin,' Joseph Whilldin,* Hannah Gorham,* Desire Hew- B land, ' JOHN HOWLAND,1 THE PILGRIM), was born at fl| 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. fl Issue: — i • • Bftail-g (1) ) ELIZABETH HUGHES MECRAY, born 13 August, 5 1866, married 5 November 1885, Peter Logan Bockius, born 20 April, 1859, died 6 March, 1905, and had: ELIZABETH MB- B CRAY BOCKIUS, born 7 September, 1886, died 13 June, 1888, ■ DOROTHY MECRAY BOCKIUS, born 13 AuguBt, 1889, m married 10 November, 1909, ELLWOOD SOUDER," _ (Ell wood Souder,1* Hester Ann Eldridge Johnson,* ® . Jane White Eldridge,* Elizabeth Edmunds' Jane B Whilldin,' James Whilldin,* Joseph Whilldin,* Hannah B Gorham,* Desire Howland,' JOHN HOWLAND1 THE PIL- B| GRIM), born at Wilmington, Delaware, 22 September, 1887, _ and had, ELIZABETH MECRAY S9UDER, born 10 January, 1911 ; LOGAN BOCKIUS, born 31 March, 1893. B (2) HULDA SCHELLENGER MECRAYr born 29 De- B cember, 1869, died 18 February, 1870. h (3) PAUL MULFORD MECRAY, M. D. born 24 October, * 1871, man-ied 18 October, 1900, Jane Elizabeth Boyer, born 15 B December, 1872, and had, HELEN BOYER MECRAY, born 1 B 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. B Albert R. Hand, has freely advanced considerable sums of WW 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. B PAUL STURTEVANT HOWE,.. ra Rector of the Church of the Advent, Cape May, N. J. h August 14th, 1920 J Pilgrim Descendants in Cape May County B SUBSCRIPTION BLANK M (Limited Edition) B Albert R. Hand, Publisher, ™ Cape My, N. J. ™ Dear Sir: — ■■ Please accept my order for one copy of the genaalofical | work, "Mayflower Descendants in Cape May Conmty," by the ^ Rev- Paal Starter ant Howe, PL tt I agree to pay the sum of || *3-00 (plus postage if sent by mail), upon the delivery of thk H Look, which is now in press. ' « NAME a3 STREET AND NO B CITY : J DAT* : ISM NOT*: To thsso nstog thi s «hW isiptlin Sam ■ dm tog B isrtsj ■ !■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■