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Ark and Dove
Gravesend, England then Cowes, Isle of Wight to St. Clement's Island, Maryland
25 March 1634 Because of persecution by the Church of England, two vessels, financed by Caesilius
Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore transported over 100 (perhaps over 300) "adventurers",
many of whom were Roman Catholic, to the Colony of Maryland in America.
Richard Lowe, was Master of the Ark. Captain Winter commanded the Dove. The ship
Ark, was of about 350 ton burden and the pinnace Dove of about 40 ton burden.
An account of the landing of the Ark and the Dove follows:
"It was March 25, 1634, the initial day of Spring and the first day of the Julian Calendar, as
well as the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, all of which were propitious
for joyous and solemn celebration and a memorial day for each Adventurer, who had
survived the voyage of 123 days or slightly over four months from the sailing from Cowes
to their destination. They selected the larger of three islands lying near the shore of the
Potomac not too far distant from the mainland to disembark. To the island they gave the
name of St. Clement after the fourth Bishop of Rome. Father White directed several of his
retainers to construct a huge cross from one fo the native trees. It was hastily hewn
together and, on that virgin day of Spring in 1634, led by Father White who was assisted
by Father Altham, all the Roman Catholics, and not a few of the Anglicans, gathered for
the first sacrifice of the Roman Mass ever to have been celebrated in one of the Original
Thirteen English Colonies." * [see reference below]
DOCUMENTED LIST OF THE ADVENTURERS ON THE Ark AND THE Dove AND THOSE
WHO WERE EARLY IDENTIFIED WITH THE SETTLEMENT.* [see reference below]
1 John Alcome,Altham Transported
2 Thomas Allen Transported
3 William Andrews Transported
4 William Ashmore,Ashmead Transported
5 James Baldridge,Gent No Proof of Entry
6 Thomas Baldridge,Gent No Proof of Entry
7 James Barefoot,Gent Emigrated
8 John Baxter,Esq. Emigrated
9 Ralph Beane,Bayne,Gent. Transported
10 Thomas Beckwith Transported
11 Anan Benham,Bennan Transported
12 Henry Bishop Transported (sometimes transcribed as Briscoe)
13 John Bolles,Bowles,Gent Emigrated
14 Richard Bradley Transported
15 William Browne Transported
16 John Bryant Transported
17 Mathew Burrowes Transorted
18 George Calvert,Esq. Emigrated
19 Leonard Calvert,Esq. Emigrated
20 Christopher Carnell Transported
21 Thomas Charington Transported
22 Richard Cole Transported
23 John Cook Circumstantial evidence
24 Thomas Cooper Transported
25 Thomas Cornwalys,Esq. Emigrated
26 Ann Cox,Genglewoman. Emigrated
27 Edward Cranfield,Esq. Emigrated
28 Thomas Dorrell,Esq. Emigrated
29 Peter Draper,Gent. Transported
30 Richard Duke,Gent. Transported
31 Joseph Edlowe,Edloe unknown
32 Richard Edwards unknown
33 Robert Edwards Transported
34 William Edwin Transported
35 John Elbin Transported
36 Nicholas Fairfax,Esq. Emigrated
37 Cuthbert Fenwick,Esq. Transported
38 William Fitter,Gent. Transported
39 Henry Fleete,Gent. unknown
40 Lewis Fremand Transported
41 Richard Gerard,Esq. Emigrated
42 Thomas Gervase,Esq. Emigrated
43 Richard Gilbert Transported
44 Stephen Gore Transported
45 Thomas Greene,Esq. Emigrated
46 Thomas Grigston Transported
47 John Halfhead Transported
48 John Hallowes,Gent Transported (sometimes listed as Hollis or Hallis)
49 Nicholas Harvey,Gent. Transported
50 Jerome Hawley,Esq. Emigrated
51 Thomas Heath Transported
52 Capt. John Hill,Gent. Emigrated
53 John Hill Transported
54 John Hillard Transported
55 Richard Hills Transported
56 James Hockley Transported
57 Benjamin Hodges Transported
58 John Holderen Transported
59 Henry James Transported
60 Mary Jennings Transported
61 John Knowles Transported
62 William Lewis,Gent. Transported
63 Richard Loe,Lee Transported
64 Richard Lustead Transported
65 John Marlborough Transported
66 Christopher Martin Transported
67 John Medcalfe,Esq. Emigrated
68 Charles Middleton Transported
69 Thomas Minnus Transported
70 Roger Morgan Transported
71 John Nevill Transported
72 Richard Nevitt Transported
73 John Norton Jr. Transported
74 John Norton Sr. Transported
75 Robert Pike Transported
76 John Price,black Transported
77 John Price,white Transported
78 Lodovick Price Transported
79 Francis Rabnett Transported
80 John Robinson Transported
81 Francis Rogers,Gent. Transported
82 William Saire,Esq. Emigrated
83 Stephen Sammion Tansported
84 John Sanders,Esq. Emigrated
85 Robert Sherbys,Sherley Transported
86 Thomas Slathan Transported
87 Madam Ann Smith,Gentlewoman Emigrated
88 Robert Smith Unknown
89 Thomas Smith,Gent. Transported
90 William Smith Emigrated
91 ???? Smith Transported
92 Ann Smithson Transported
93 Mathias Sousa,mulatto Transported
94 Robert Sympson Transported
95 Richard Thompson Transported
96 William Thompson,Gent. unknown
97 James Thornton Transported
98 Cyprian Thorowgood,Gent. unknown
99 John Tomkins,Tomson unknown
100 Robert Vaughan,Gent. unknown
101 Roger Walter Transported
102 John Ward Transported
103 John Wells unknown
104 Andrew White,Gent. emigrated
105 Evan Wilkins Transported
106 Edward Wintour,Gent. Emigrated
107 Frederick Wintour,Esq. Emigrated
108 Robert Wiseman,Esq. Emigrated
109 Josias ???? Transported
110 Sam ???? Transported
111 Francisco,mulatto Transported
112 James ???? Transported
THE CREW John Boulter. Purser and steward of the Ark.
John Curke. Helper on the Dove.
John Games. On the Dove.
Richard Kenton. Boatswain on the Dove.
Samuel Lawson. Mate on the Dove.
Richard Orchard. Master of the Dove.
Nicholas Perrie. Helper on the Dove.
???? Warreloe. Mate on the Dove.
* The account of the Landing of the Ark and the Dove was take
"The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate" by Harry Wright Newman
Originally published: Washington D.C. 1961 Reprinted for Clearfield Company, by Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland 1998
Another source for a passenger list for the Ark and the Dove is
Series II, "Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families",
by Alice Norris Parran, 1938. See Maryland Catholics on the Frontier
for a link to this listing.
For further information regarding the early history of the Maryland Colony,
particularly in regard to the Catholic/Protestant question, see
Margaret Brent history
This map shows the location of St. Clement's Island on the Potomac river
where the passengers of the Ark and Dove disembArked.
Correspondence 05/20/01 passenger #48 Hallowes/Hollis
John Hallowes (a.k.a. Hollis) married Restituta Tue circa 1639 in
Maryland and had a number of children including William Hollis I.
Then came William Hollis II, William Hollis III and Amos Hollis,
all of whom lived in the Baltimore or Harford County area. Amos
had a son named Benjamin who migrated to Bracken County, Kentucky
circa 1797 and was followed by a long line of Hollis' who live
there through the early 1900's. Charles Hollis
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