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The Ark and the Dove AdventurersThe Ark and the Dove Adventurers. By The Society of the Ark and the Dove. Hardbound, 2005, Index, 296 pp.
In November 1633 the 358-ton Ark and the 26-ton Dove sailed
from the Isle of Wight in England, transporting some 125 colonists to settle the
Proprietary Province of Maryland. This new work, The Ark and the Dove
Adventurers, is the first comprehensive account of these original Maryland
colonists, and it contains compiled genealogies of their descendants to the
fifth generation when possible, much like the five-generation project of the
Mayflower Society or the six generation project of the Order of First Families
of Virginia. It is an authoritative and significant contribution to early
Maryland history and genealogy and places Maryland "first families" on a par
with the first families of Massachusetts and Virginia. Because there are no
recorded passenger lists for the Ark and Dove, the compilers have
mined alternative record sources in order to reconstruct the rosters of
passengers and crew and establish the genealogical links and vital statistics
that make up the heart of this book. These sources include the Maryland Land
Patent Books; the minutes, proceedings, and records of the Maryland Prerogative
Court, Chancery Court, Provincial Court, and the Assembly; the land, probate,
court, tax, and other records of the original counties; the registers of the
earliest churches; and Harry Wright Newman's The Flowering of the Maryland
Palatinate. Countless other sources are cited in footnotes. Edited by noted
Maryland genealogists George Ely Russell, former editor of the National
Genealogical Society Quarterly, and Donna Valley Russell, both Fellows of the
American Genealogical Society, the work is divided into three parts: Part One is devoted to Sir George Calvert (Lord Baltimore), the
founder of Maryland, and his descendants. Part Two, which comprises the majority of this work, presents
biographical accounts of passengers known to have had families, plus genealogies
of descendants, extended to the fifth generation. Part Three describes the passengers who are not known to have had descendants. Also included are some later arrivals previously and erroneously claimed as 1634 settlers, and some spurious or doubtful claims of descendants. In addition, the book contains a comprehensive Index, compiled by Jane Fletcher Fiske, FASG, naming approximately 6,000 individuals, with women listed under both maiden names and married names. About The Society of The Ark and The Dove 5042-G |