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List of Maryland colonists

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Illustration of the Ark (left) and the Dove (right)

In November 1633, Ark and Dove departed England with 100 to 300 settlers.[1][2][3][4]

Using the trade winds to the Antilles islands, they arrived at Point Comfort, Virginia in February 1634 [O.S. February 1633], then landed on St. Clement's Island, Maryland on April 4 [O.S. March 25] 1634.[5]

Passengers aboard the Ark[6]
  1. Anne, servant of Jerome Hawley
  2. Thomas Allen (d. 1648)
  3. John Altham (alias Gravener), SJ
  4. William Andrews, gentleman
  5. John Ashmore
  6. William Ashmore
  7. James Barefoote, gentleman (d. 1633 en route)
  8. John Baxter, Esq.
  9. Ralph Bean
  10. Thomas Beckwith, servant of Thomas Cornwaleys
  11. Anon Benham, servant of Thomas Greene
  12. Henry Bishop (Briscoe)[4]
  13. John Boles, secretary of Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
  14. Richard Bradley
  15. John Briant
  16. William Browne
  17. Matthew Burrows
  18. George Calvert II, Esq. (1613-1634), third son of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
  19. Leonard Calvert
  20. Christopher Carnell
  21. Thomas Carrington
  22. Richard Cole
  23. John Cook
  24. Thomas Cooper
  25. Thomas Cornwallis, commissioner
  26. Ann Cox, gentlewoman (d. 1638)
  27. Edward Cranfield
  28. Thomas Dorrell, Esq.
  29. Peter Draper, secretary of Leonard Calvert
  30. Richard Duke
  31. Robert Edwards
  32. William Edwin
  33. John Elbin
  34. Nicholas Fairfax, Esq., of Sand Hutton Grange, Yorkshire (d. 1633 en route), investor
  35. Cuthbert Fenwick, Esq.
  36. William Fitter, gentleman
  37. Captain Henry Fleete, gentleman (passenger)[7]
  38. Francisco, servant of Fr. Andrew White
  39. Lewis Fremond
  40. Richard Gerard, Esq., of Ince, Lancashire, investor
  41. Thomas Gervase (d. 1637)
  42. Richard Gilbert
  43. Stephen Gore
  44. Henry Green[8]
  45. Thomas Greene[9]
  46. Thomas Griston
  47. John Halfhead
  48. John Hallows (Hollis/Hallis), gentleman (d. 1657)
  49. Nicholas Harvey, gentleman (d. 1647)
  50. Jerome Hawley, Esq., of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex (1590-1638), investor and co-author of A Relation of Maryland (1635), commissioner[8]
  51. Thomas Heath
  52. Captain John Hill, gentleman[8]
  53. John Hilles
  54. John Hillard
  55. Richard Hills
  56. James Hockley
  57. Benjamin Hodges, servant of John Saunders
  58. John Holderen, servant of Thomas Cornwaleys
  59. Henry James
  60. Mary Jennings, servant of Fr. Andrew White
  61. Josiah, servant of Thomas Cornwaleys
  62. John Knowles
  63. William Lewis
  64. Richard Loe, servant of Thomas Cornwaleys
  65. Richard Lusthead
  66. John Marlburgh
  67. Christopher Martin
  68. John Medcalf[8]
  69. Charles Middleton
  70. Roger Morgan
  71. Thomas Munns
  72. John Neville
  73. Richard Nevitt, ward of John Saunders
  74. John Norton, the elder
  75. John Norton, the younger
  76. Robert Pike
  77. Black John Price
  78. White John Price
  79. Lodwick Price
  80. Francis Rabnett, gentleman
  81. John Robinson
  82. Francis Rogers
  83. William Sayre (Saire), Esq.[8]
  84. Stephen Salmon, servant of Thomas Cornwaleys
  85. John Saunders, Esq., co-owner of the Dove and investor (d. 1634)
  86. Robert Sherley, servant of Fr. Andrew White
  87. Robert Simpson
  88. Robert Smith
  89. Thomas Smith
  90. William Smith
  91. Matthias Sousa
  92. Thomas Stratham
  93. James Thornton
  94. Cyprian Thorowgood, gentleman
  95. Robert Vaughan, gentleman
  96. Roger Walter
  97. John Ward
  98. Evans Watkins, servant of Leonard Calvert
  99. John Wells
  100. Andrew White, SJ
  101. Frederick Wintour, Esq., of Lydney, Gloucestershire, investor
  102. Robert Henry Wiseman, Esq. (d.c. 1634), investor[10]

Crew aboard the Ark

  • Capt. Robert Wintour, Esq., of Lydney, Gloucestershire, Commander of the Ark
  • Capt. Richard Lowe, Master of the Ark, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex (d. 1638)
  • Capt. William Humber
  • John Bowlter (Boulter), purser and steward
  • Richard Edwards, chirurgeon
  • Justinian Snow, factor (agent)[8]

Crew aboard the Dove

  • Capt. John Curie (Curke), Master of the Dove (d.c. 1634 en route)
  • Capt. Richard Orchard, Master of the Dove, of Wapping, Middlesex
  • Nicholas Perry (Perrie), quartermaster, of Isle of Wight
  • John Games, gunner, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex
  • Richard Kempton (Kenton), boatswain, of Tower Wharf, London[4]
  • Samuel Lawson, mate
  • Mr. Warrelow, mate
  • Michael Perril, servant to the Master

Notes

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  1. ^ "The Society of the Ark and the Dove: The Passengers and Crew of the Ark and the Dove". socarkdove.org.
  2. ^ "The Society of the Ark and the Dove: The Routes of the Ark and the Dove". socarkdove.org.
  3. ^ "National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Historical Background)". www.nps.gov.
  4. ^ a b c "Ark and Dove". packrat-pro.com.
  5. ^ "The Society of the Ark and the Dove". socarkdove.org.
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240112174401/https://www.thearkandthedove.com/passenger-list/
  7. ^ "ISTG Vol 2 - Ark and Dove". www.immigrantships.net.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Neill, Edward Duffield. The Founders of Maryland as Portrayed in Manuscripts, Provinical Records and Early Documents. United States, Joel Munsell, 1876.
  9. ^ "Leonard Calvert MSA SC 3520-198". Maryland State Archives. 2003-03-07.
  10. ^ Reavis, William A. “The Maryland Gentry and Social Mobility, 1637-1676.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, 1957, pp. 418–28. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1915653. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.