The Pennsylvania Mayflower

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1 The Pennsylvania Mayflower Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Editor: John M. Hunt, Jr. Phone: (610) Vol ume XX, No. I Spring, 2008 At Our Annual Meeting And Luncheon, 2008 ALICE BOUCHER, outgoing El der, re turn ing Board mem ber, de liv ered the In vo ca tion, which she her self wrote. O God, she said, we are hum bled at this op por tu nity to come into your pres ence. We stand in awe of your power and sus tain ing grace. We are eter nally thank ful, for our Pil grim fore bears had you as the cen ter of their pil grim age on these shores, as they es tab lished a new so ci ety while they en dured tri als that would have de stroyed a lesser peo ple. We thank you for the Take Tea This May Chez Davis In a great encore, we will enjoy tea and cakes, and pleasant conversation, at the Villanova home of Aldys and Murdoch Davis. What a setting! When our Society was there before, in 2006, we found the house enchantingly unique, (Con tin ued on page 5 ) spirit and prov i dence that have brought us to gether to day. We ask your bless ing on our gath er ing. We pray, O God, that, as you have in vested in us, we will be faith ful wit nesses to your in fi nite good ness, love, and jus tice. To God be the glory. Amen. Eighty-six mem bers and guests attended, including Robert Davis (past Governor Gen eral, GSMD) and his wife Jeanne, Ann Brewster (val ued member, widow of former SMDPA Pilgrim So ciety/pil grim Hall Director Peggy M. Baker was our fea tured speaker. Gov er nor Wil liam Brewster), James Baker (Alden House Cu ra tor, SMDPA (Con tin ued on page 2)

2 Annual Meeting And Luncheon (Continued from Page 1) Distinguished Mayflower Scholar 2002), Peggy Baker (Director of Pilgrim Hall, SMDPA Distinguished Mayflower Scholar 2008), Brewster Cockrell (SMDPA Western Colony Governor), Christine Crossan (Delaware Society Governor) and her husband Robin, Harry Folger (former New Jersey Society Governor; assistant editor, The Mayflower Quarterly), John Hoffman (President, the Fuller Society) and his wife Bea, Joan Miller (SMDPA Susquehanna Colony Governor; President, Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred) and her husband Don, Richard Dana Smith (Governor General, Society of the War of 1812), and Alice Teal (former New Jersey Society Governor; editor, The Mayflower Quarterly; SMDPA Distinguished Mayflower Scholar 2004). Western Colony Governor W. Brewster Cockrell brought greetings from Gov. Nor man Rob inson, left, wel - comes Del aware Gov. Chris tine Crossan, her hus band, Robin, and (far right), Del. DGG Noel Kuhrt. Pittsburgh. Patricia Hill and I drove happily to be here from the Western Colony, representing it today. I would like, he added, to thank Governor Carroll and former Governor Stacy Wood for having come during the past few years to Pittsburgh to encourage our group; and that encouragement has continued to this day. Pittsburgh is preparing in 2008 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding; and although crossing the mountain isn t as arduous as it was 250 years ago, it still takes a certain amount of resolve. But Pat and I both think that forging links with our cousins and fellow members in Pittsburgh is important, and we would like to continue to attend these meetings. The year 2007 saw much activity in Pittsburgh. We have approximately 170 members, a number of whom are former members of the Northwest Colony [in the Erie area], which was dissolved in We are making the commitment to encourage them to become part of our organization and attend our meetings. Reports set our Society s active membership at 745 ( junior life at 83). Norman P. Robinson, medaled and installed as our 44th Governor, noted that he was very honored to have been elected Governor of the Society. I hope, he said, to live up to all that is expected of me, and I m very dependent on a wonderful team of committee chairmen and other officers to support me in this adventure. The past governor s medal, though it was expected, surprised and gratified the recipient. I ve asked Ann Brewster, Governor Robinson said, to come and present Win Carroll who has done a fabulous job with his past governor s medal. This medal was special. It had belonged to Ann s late husband Bill Brewster, SMDPA Governor , Most Distinguished Pilgrim 2002, promoter of Pilgrims Then and Now. Bill had hoped, Ann said, that [the medal] would see more service, and he would be very pleased to know that Win Carroll is Gov. Bill Brewster's widow Ann gives her late hus band's medal to outgoing Gov. Win Carroll. going to be wearing it and in good health. (It was during Bill Brewster s governorship that the Susquehanna Colony, now 90 members strong and enormously influential in the running of our Society, was first established.) Elder Deborah Miller, for grace at luncheon, read A Prayer for Pilgrims and Journeyers. We travel in need, the poem said, dependent on the Lord / for strength, for assurance; / dependent on each other, / God s instruments, for 2 The Pennsylvania Mayflower

3 Annual Meeting And Luncheon (Continued from Page 1) dependent on each other, / God's instruments, for love. As the journey brought us here, it concluded, so now we begin it anew, / in company. Gov er nor Carroll presented framed certificates of appreciation, in recognition of your years of service to the Society, to those now leaving our Board Lauren P. Bailes, Peter M. Adams, Walton Van Winkle III, and Janet Springer. Walton found being Treasurer an honor, and he quipped from time to time a pleasure. Janet Springer served variously, and devotedly, as Secretary, Deputy Governor, Acting Historian, public relations officer, and librarian. Governor Carroll regretted to say that Janet experienced a setback in health and relocated to New Jersey; he sent her our Society's best wishes. Gov er nor Carroll, by way of wel come, gave of fi cial badges to new As sis tants Colette Bailes, Hunter Da vis, and Pe ter Zelov. It was a first in our So ci ety when we stood with our glasses and drank the fol low ing toast to the Pil grims. To the Pil grims, a sim ple peo ple, in spired by an ar dent faith in God, a daunt less cour age in dan ger, a bound less re source ful ness in the face of difficulties, an impregnable for ti tude in ad ver sity, thus they have in some mea sure be come the spir i tual an ces tors of all Amer i cans. To the Pil grims! (This toast, used at the Pil grim So ci ety each year the fa vor ite of its Pres i dent, Peggy M. Baker bor rows word ing from the con clu sion of the pref ace to Sam uel Eliot Morison s edi tion of Bradford s Of Plym outh Plan ta tion, [New York 1952, twelfth print ing 1989]. Brad ford s His tory, Eliot wrote, is the story of a sim ple peo ple in spired by an ar dent faith to a daunt less cour age in dan ger, a re source ful ness in deal ing with new prob lems, an im preg na ble for ti tude in ad ver sity that ex alts and heart ens one in an age of un cer tainty, when cour age fal ters and faith goes dim. It is this story, told by a great hu man be ing, that has made the Pil grim Fa thers in a sense the spir i tual an ces tors of all Amer i cans, all pi o neers. ) Peggy M. Baker, our Kath ar ine F. Lit tle Distinguished Scholar, regaled us. PM Alden Descendants Group Photo Spring

4 Peg Baker Becomes 10 th Little Scholar By Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. Peggy Baker, Director and Librarian of the Pgilgrim Society/Pilgrim Hall in America s Hometown, Plymouth, MA, received the Pennsylvania Society s 10th annual Katharine F. Little Distinguished Mayflower Scholarship Award at its Annual Meeting on January 26, The Award was initiated in 1997 as the Distinguished Mayflower Scholarship Award to honor significant contributions of non-smdpa members who publish and preserve Mayflower/Pilgrim history. It was first presented to Caroline L. Kardell, then the General Society s Historian General. Caroline died this past December. Peggy s husband, James W. Baker, Jr., former senior historian at the 1627 Plimoth Plantation, received the award in At the suggestion of then Board member Phyllis J. Moony the award s title was extended in 2003 to honor our late beloved and long-time Board officer, Katharine Fox Little, who had died in The Rev. Gary L. Marks, author of the SMDPA publication Pilgrims Then and Now, was the first to receive the award with its new title. Following the presentation of a framed certificate and cash prize, she recounted how as Peggy MacLachlan she discovered the Pilgrims after moving to Plymouth in 1990 to become Curator of Manuscripts and Books of the Pilgrim Society. With her she brought her eight years of experience of having worked at two of our nation s major artifact museums in Dearborn: the Dearborn Historical Museum and the Henry Ford Museum. She spoke of her love of history and majoring in Latin, History and Education and receiving Master of Arts degrees in Latin and History as well as a Master s in Library Science specializing in Archives. Her favorite history as a child? Robin Hood and King Arthur! Peggy shares a similar non-pilgrim/mayflower heritage (Scots-Irish forebears) with premier Pilgrim historian and Leiden American Pilgrim Museum director Jeremy D. Bangs, Ph.D. (Norwegian forebears) and former Pilgrim Society president and trustee the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes (Afro-American forebears). In 1995 she found herself in her present position of Director and Librarian with responsibility for the care of nearly all known surviving Pilgrim artifacts. How did she manage a crash course in the Pilgrims and the Mayflower? She sought out the experts, among them Caroline Kardell, and James Baker (yes, the same). Soon she was planning the Hall s first major renovation and expansion since 1921 and within a relatively short time the needed 3.4 million dollars were raised (over 4 million at final count). SMDPA contributed $5,000 to the renovation drive. Groundbreaking took place in mid 2007 and Pilgrim Hall will reopen prior to the 2008 Mayflower Society s Triennial Congress. Peggy has become Plymouth Colony s premier living servant. As her Certificate stated Dedicated Keeper, and Preservationist of its Treasurers, Revealer of its History, Overseer of the Nation s Oldest Museum, and Helpmate to Sister Mayflower Organizations. Upon her return home after her visit to our Society, she wrote to Governor Carroll of being deeply honored to receive this year s award, an award unique among Pilgrim/Plymouth historical societies, no one else honors those of us laboring in the vineyards and how she knows that previous honorees would join her in saying how wonderful and heartwarming it is to have our efforts recognized. In another communication she wrote that The Pilgrim Society is very grateful for the support that it receives from [the Pennsylvania Society. ] Mutual cooperation seems so obvious... Having a group such as Pennsylvania give such wholehearted support not only helps our operations, it gives me the encouragement to keep chipping away at the unconverted! PM Peggy M. Baker, right, con verses over din - ner with Rich ard Smith and Kathy Coriell. 4 The Pennsylvania Mayflower

5 Spring Tea at Chez Davis (Continued from Page 1) the landscaping and gardening beautifully harmonious. The Davises don t know the house s age, but believe it was built in the 18th century (an older foundation, outside the door to the back patio, complicates matters). Not so long ago the house was a barn, part of the George Stuart estate, and chicken coops were in front of where the dining room door is. As of 1949, when Tom and Jean Stuart set about renovating the structure, the living room was stables, [the] big window [the] entrance. The inside paneling is, in the full rigor of the term, exquisite (from Latin, sought out ). Come and see it local black walnut (gun stock wood) in the entrance hall, Aracari wood from Brazil in the dining room, and Spanish cedar in the plant room. The Villanova home of Aldys and Murdoch Davis will be the site of Spring Tea.. Gardening is Aldys Davis passion. She has an expert s knowledge of plants and flowers, an artist s flair for their arrangement. She has been a horticulture judge for the Garden Club of America, chairman of the Fragrant Garden at Tyler Arboretum, corresponding secretary of the Four Counties Garden Club, and member of the Jenkins Arboretum. We will probably notice, as we arrive, some of her spring gardening. Meet Aldys Davis, Alden descendant, Colonial Dame, tennis player, volunteer, at her charming residence on Saturday, May 17, 2008, from 2 to 5 PM. Expect an irresistible spread, splendidly set. The Society will provide the beverages gratis; we only ask, as usual, that you bring the food (cookies, cakes, biscuits, cheeses, nuts, tea-sandwiches, etc.), enough to serve six fellow tea-takers. Please send the enclosed reservation to our hostess, SMDPA Social Events Co-chair Aldys C. Davis, at her home address: 256 Broughton Lane, Villanova PA There is no cost. Norman P. Robinson, SMDPA Governor, 2008, first joined our Board of Assistants as Elder, under Governor William Brewster. He was for many years Treasurer, then Finance chair. His devotion to sailing linked him to the Corinthian Yacht Club in Essington, where he was in succession membership chair, Rear Commodore, Vice Commodore, and Commodore. It was on his first day as Commodore, January 16, 1999, that he welcomed our Society to lunch at the Club, amid all the nautical appointments, to honor Caroline Kardell as our first Distinguished Mayflower Scholar. As President of the Corinthian Historical Foundation he is able to combine nautical art and artifacts with his interest in nautical history in America. Skiing in Colorado and tennis at Merion Cricket keep him fit, he says. Meet Governor Robinson and his wife Suzie at our coming Spring Tea. PM West ern Col ony Gov. W. Brewster Cockrell (stand - ing) joins in coming Gov. Norman Rob in son and out - going Gov. Winchell Carroll. PM Spring

6 A Pilgrim Odyssey Peggy Baker In Quotes Peggy M. Baker, our Katharine F. Little Distinguished Mayflower Scholar for 2008, gripped us, and touched us, as she traced her growing appreciation of the Pilgrims. How, coming from the Dearborn and Henry Ford Museums in Michigan, did she take to the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Massachusetts? How did she shift her interest from people with personal power in history, like Caesar and Cleopatra, to the Pilgrims? As curator of manuscripts and books at Pilgrim Hall ( ), then director and librarian (1995-present), she had a rare opportunity, surrounded by their artifacts, to see the people in context and present their story, in the most vibrant way, to the world today. In my years as curator I got to know the Pilgrims, and from complete ignorance I gained knowledge, I gained respect, I went beyond that to being totally entranced and a passionate advocate for these people, and the more depth and complexity in their story that I discovered, the more entranced I became. Peggy Baker and hus band Jim (right) join for mer Gov. Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr. (left). Outgoing Gov. Win Carroll hon ors Peggy Baker as the Kath ar ine F. Lit tle Dis tinguished May flower Scholar for Pilgrim Hall collections are incomparable. If it s a provenanced 17th-century Pilgrim artifact, it is at Pilgrim Hall Museum. We have William Bradford s Bible, the cradle of Peregrine White, Myles Standish s sword, the only portrait of a Pilgrim painted from life (that of Edward Winslow), the earliest sampler embroidered in America (done by the teenage daughter of Myles Standish). The building, a little Greek Revival temple, dated 1824, was charming, historic, unique, challenging. It lacked universal access (a moral and legal imperative) and climate control. We simply had to take care of our artifacts in addition to exhibiting them. A campaign, based on a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, ensued. We knew we owed it to the story, we knew we owed it to the artifacts. We knew it was a matter of 6 The Pennsylvania Mayflower

7 getting the word out there and doing whatever we could to get it out there, and we just kept on going. The fundraising has topped the four million dollar mark. We anticipate, Peggy noted, that the project will be done in the summer of this year, in time for the Triennial Congress in September. * The plan is to unveil a plaque acknowledging the support received, including that from twenty-four state Mayflower Societies. I must say that Pennsylvania has been in the lead with the * For pictures detailing the progress to date, go to support that they have given us, and we deeply, deeply appreciate it. The library, Peggy s office, is purposefully near the exhibits. That library in that museum is what grounds me. This is what keeps me going; it tells me why I am doing what I am doing. Her research on the Pilgrims streams forth from there, in the form of articles. I would like to acknowledge the wonderful support that we ve had from Alice Teal and Harry Folger in taking some of these articles, putting them in the Mayflower Quarterly, which takes them from the exposure to our 800 members into the 27,000 members of the Mayflower Society, a kind of visibility that is absolutely central to our mission. PM John H. Bail ( ) We were very saddened to learn that former Western Colony Regent John H. Bail, a distinguished nonagenarian, ended his pilgrimage on September 18, Fond memories, as Patricia Hill said, cluster around those picnics the Western Colony held on John and Ethel Bail s farm, where John kept bee hives, made honey wine, and passed it generously around, in the manner of a tasting party. The Bail farm was historically situated, Patricia observed. It was in an area where the Indians spent part of their time as they traveled during the seasons. When John s farmer would plow the land, John and Ethel would walk amid the new fallow land looking for Indian arrows. Over the years they acquired many, which they proudly displayed. An engineering graduate of Antioch, a World War II veteran (Army Corps of Engineers), John rose to be director of power engineering at Allegheny Power, retiring in His memberships included our Society, by virtue of descent from William Bradford; Arthur St. Clair Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution; the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy; and the Westmoreland County Historical Society. He was also active in Greensburg Civic Theatre. Our Society extends its sincerest sympathies to John Bail s loving wife of sixty-four years, Ethel Benzer Bail, his brother Donald Bail, his four nieces and one nephew. PM Spring

8 Barbara Brock Kidder ( ) Smiling, welcoming, compassionate, inspiring, Barbara Brock Kidder vitally affected the members of our Society. It was impossible not to be touched by her goodwill and energized by her sense of service, her very Quaker sense of service. News of her passing on January 3, at age 71, at White Horse Village in Newtown Square, brought us much sorrow, but also, as we reflected, a renewed awareness of her indispensability. Barbara s local roots ran deep. Her mother Sarah Pratt qualified her for membership in the Welcome Society (for those who can pinpoint an ancestor s arrival by ship to Pennsylvania between December 15, 1681 and December 31, 1682), and her father Lynmar Brock Sr., an Alden descendant, drew her toward our Society. Her parents entertained both Societies at their Newtown Square farm, Hunters Hill, with its breathtaking vistas. They thus inaugurated a tradition, continued (and amplified, from picnic to tea) by Barbara and her husband Donald, a great friend of our Society. When the Kidders had us to a festive tea in May 2003, we marveled at Barbara s gardening and heard the famous story of her prying open the jaws of a snake, to release an unfortunate frog, exclaiming not today, not Barbara Brock Kid der today! Barbara s devotion to gardening made her a horticulturalist of professional caliber. Japanese floral arrangement was her specialty. She studied it at the school of Ikenobo in Kyoto, Japan, and earned the title of professor of the first grade. She exhibited at the Philadelphia Flower Show, taught at the Main Line School Night, and lectured widely. Though she conducted Holly Ramble tours during the Christmas at the Tyler Arboretum, she did not hesitate, come spring, to take people through her home gardens. She was a member of the Country Gardens of Media, and founding President of the Main Line Chapter of the International Ikenobo Society. Barbara s commitment to our Society appeared when she was Secretary for her brother Lynmar Brock Jr., Governor in When she was Governor in , dissatisfied with desultory communication between the officers of the Society and the membership, she suggested that George Soule reform the situation. This he did by joining editorial forces with Fred Clement, to produce the modern Pennsylvania Mayflower. It was a joy for Barbara to witness, in October 1990 (following her term), the organizational meeting of the Susquehanna Colony in Harrisburg. Thereafter, as Deputy Governor General from Pennsylvania, she led unforgettably our state s delegations to Plymouth Triennials and off-year Congresses. Photographs show her standing in the hospitality tent, wearing a stylishly banded straw hat, making friends with members of other state societies. Those were sweet days, said Stacy Wood. It was not uncommon during those trips for Barbara and Kitty Little, who went as Assistant General, to indulge in a bit of bird-watching, a cherished activity for both. The presence of the two ladies, ex officio, at Board meetings was, for those of us who were just learning about the Society, agreeably edifying. 8 The Pennsylvania Mayflower

9 In 1996, when it was time to celebrate our 100 th anniversary, it was Barbara Kidder who chaired the Centennial Celebration Committee. When we cruised the Delaware on The Spirit of Philadelphia (which Barbara pretended was The Spirit of the Mayflower), we met, most vividly, Governor and Goodwife Bradford. In fact we supped with them. Authentically dressed, they gave us a foretaste of the Plimoth Plantation re-enactors who would revolutionize our education program in the next decade. Barbara herself wore a pink shawl, an official Mayflower color, as she climbed to the upper deck of Spirit, amid the evening breezes, to survey the Delaware. Her committee caught the drama of the occasion, noted Fred Clement, Governor then, not to mention the symbolism, in decorations and mementos. In 2001 Barbara Kidder was to her (but no one else s) surprise our Society s Most Distinguished Pilgrim. Many members, including SMDPA Governor Winchell Carroll, joined hundreds of family, relatives, and friends at a service for Barbara at Willistown Friends Meeting on January 13. People had words of praise about her, as she had unstintingly about others throughout her life. Our Society sends its profound condolences to Barbara Kidder s husband Donald; to her daughters Katherine Doerr, Linda Yarlott, and Susan Kidder; to her two grandchildren; and to her brothers Lynmar Brock Jr. and Charles N. Brock. PM SMDPA Directory 2008 Governor: Norman P. Robinson Deputy Governor: Robert J. Heinsohn, Ph.D. Secretary: Layton H. Fireng Assistant Secretary: Valerie Lorraine Gilbert Cullen Treasurer: Deborah A. Yingst Historian: Mary (Mimi) E. Connelly Registrar: Robert J. Heinsohn, Ph.D. Membership Officer: Joan C. Miller Elder: Deborah G. Miller Captain: Richard Dana Smith, Sr. Counselor: Thomas R. Kellogg, Esq. Deputy Gov. General: Robert J. Heinsohn, Ph.D. Assistant General: Joan C. Miller Assistants To 2009 Aldys C. Davis Deborah T. Markowitz Lois E. Rilling To 2010 Colette B. Bailes James R. Buckner Patricia A. Hill To 2011 Alice E. Boucher Hunter B. Davis Peter E. Zelov Immediate Past Governor Winchell S. Carroll Pennsylvania Mayflower (newsletter) John M. Hunt, Jr. Frederick T. J. Clement, Jr. Spring

10 Immingham, England in July Pilgrim 400 Celebrations Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. Have you ever wondered how the present-day English feel about, or what they even know about, our Pilgrim ancestors who fled both church and home for religious tolerance in Holland and their eventual 1620 Mayflower voyage to the New World? The following letter from a Member of Parliament addressed to our Society should help answer those questions! Dear Pennsylvania Mayflower Society, My name is Shona McIsaac, and I am a member of British Parliament representing Cleethorpes, Immingham, and Barton from the county of Lincolnshire, England. I am writing to you from my Westminster office concerning an event of great importance for my constituents in Immingham.One of Immingham s proudest moments occurred in 1608 as members of a separatist congregation, refusing to comply with religious discrimination in their native England, boarded a Dutch ship moored in a quiet haven near the hamlet of Immingham and sailed for a new life in the Netherlands. Twelve years later, many of the same group embarked upon a remarkable journey across the Atlantic to found what would become the United States of America. Immingham, which is still a bustling seaport today, will celebrate this summer the 400-year anniversary of the Pilgrims departure.the Pilgrims, for Immingham and the surrounding communities, are a source of pride. The town is home to Allerton Elementary School and the soccer team is aptly named The Pilgrims. Streets like Bradford Road, Mayflower Avenue, Pilgrim s Way and Leyden Close commemorate the sacrifices our countrymen made in undertaking such a difficult journey to a harsh new world. We take pride in the fact that our ancestors spirit of adventure and refusal to live under injustices was the true beginning for what became such a vast and great nation. Immingham today is a busy port and home to about 12,000 residents. As we plan to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims journey this summer, we are hoping to forge connections with the descendants and appreciators of the Mayflower settlers. Our town has been honoured since 1924 with a monument to the Pilgrims incorporating granite from Plymouth, MA. We would love to continue fostering a relationship between the town and America for this momentous occasion. The people of Immingham would be delighted with any correspondence from descendants of the Pilgrims or any assistance that your organization could provide.thank you for your consideration and we look forward to speaking with you. Sincerely, Shona P.S. In the coming weeks, I will be dedicating a section 10 The Pennsylvania Mayflower

11 of my website to our Pilgrim 400 Celebration at Mayflower Quarterly editor Alice C. Teal, following our forwarding Ms. McIsaac s letter to her, writes and gives us permission to publish: How well I recall visiting Immingham on a Pilgrim Tour in 1997 We were welcomed by officials of neighboring communities, enjoyed the hospitality which included fruit and almond scones, cream, jam and cookies with tea as we were entertained by a talented musical group. We were pleased to observe the American Flag displayed from the flag pole at the municipal hall; and they were proud to call our attention to the flag which had been brought by a tour group a few years earlier. Reference was made to our visit to Immingham on pages in The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 63 No. 3, August My photo of the Monument to the Pilgrim Fathers at Immingham was featured in the cover illustration of Vol. 67 No. 2, June At least 22 memorial edifices or plaques memorializing the Pilgrims have been erected by our English friends or welcomed from American donors over the years. These range from the 1895 Arch and Pilgrim Steps marking the supposed site of the Pilgrims 1620 departure from Plymouth, Devonshire, to the 2007 dedication by the Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred of a plaque in Henry s Henlow, Bedfordshire, parish church where Elizabeth Tilley, John Howland s future wife, was also baptized. The latter unveiling was covered by the local media including the BBC. These, and seven memorials in Holland, and some 80 US sites are described, with many illustrated, on our Discover History Commemorations page. We will have to add the Immingham streets, etc. Susanne and I have toured my Pilgrim Bradford and Howland sites in England and have always been royally treated. We never found my ancestors to be considered as either deserters or merely an unfortunate footnote to English history. In response to Ms. McIsaac, we told her that, with her permission (which she has subsequently granted) we would publish her letter in both this newsletter and on our website and that our JR PA Mayflower would carry Gov. Bradford s account of the events surrounding the Dutch ship s departure and voyage to Holland. See the final pages of this newsletter. In her latest correspondence, Member of Parliament McIsaac writes that Pilgrim 400 will take place in Immingham during the week of July and that they hope to include many American inspired activities such as corn-husking and Thanksgiving-related dinners. They also plan to publish a commemorative booklet for all Immingham school children to let them know of their town s place in American and world history. In addition they wish to install special Pilgrim 400 street names for those streets which commemorate the fleeing Scrooby congregation. Finally, they have backing for a short film about the historic departure. Perhaps some of our readers will walk down Bradford Road, Mayflower Alley or Leyden Close and even watch the Allerton Pilgrims play while helping Immingham celebrate this quadricentennial. We will post on our Website the dates of the celebration and any other associated information. You may contact Ms. McIsaac at McIsaacs@parliament.uk or at her above-named Website. PM Spring

12 Caroline Kardell Remembered In Pennsylvania We in the Pennsylvania Society feel the loss of Caroline Lewis Kardell, who ended her pilgrimage on December 13, 2007, as that of a special friend and generous adviser. Hundreds of our applicants were thrilled to see her signature of approval on their papers; and six of our State Historians Peter Hill, Stuart Yost, Judith Meier, Janet Springer (acting), John Hunt, and Richard Smith found her knowledge of Mayflower lines unrivalled, her genealogical judgment unerring, and her personal advice enriching. They all As His torian Gen eral Caro line Kardell re - ceived our first "Award for Dis tinguished Mayflower Scholarship" in opened their covering letters to her, on her say-so, Dear Caroline. In 1999, when our Society presented its first Award for Distinguished Mayflower Scholarship, it chose Caroline Kardell. It cited, of course, her compilation of the Sandwich Vital Records (1996), her assistance with the Townsend Vital Records (1992), and her multifarious notes Wear ing au then tic dress, Caro line Kardell joined the 1994 "Pil grims Prog ress" march from Coles Hill to Burial Hill, Plym outh. and articles on matters genealogical. But it also valued the zest and verve, and the class, with which she represented the General Society, the Mayflower, and the Pilgrims. Her Pilgrim fortitude showed when she braved a severe winter tempest, and uncertain delays, in traveling to be with us. What a good time I had! she wrote. I was so pleased to accept the wonderful award from PA. All of the Pennsylvania Society members were just great. I enjoyed the Saturday event [at the Corinthian Yacht Club] completely. It was too bad that I didn t get to eat all of my delicious dinner, but I knew I had to speak to many long-time acquaintances and that means never being able to clean your plate. I love my Mayflower tiles, she added (we had given her two of our custom-made centennial tiles as a take-home gift). They are very handsome and I will remember you every time I look at them and use them for my tea. (Con tin ued on next page) 12 The Pennsylvania Mayflower

13 Caroline Kardell Remembered (Continued from previous page) People remember her fondly. Jacqueline Hunt, who was her chauffeur and cicerone on the Saturday of her visit, and enjoyed one or two cigarettes with her, found her the most delightful company imaginable. She always connected with people, Jacky noted, making them feel as if they had (and they did have) her full attention. When Karen Carhart met her, she was serving, after retiring as Historian General, as a volunteer hostess in Howland House; she was ebullient and seemed to remember everybody in the Pennsylvania Society. Stacy Wood appreciated her support, two years ago, in founding the Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred. ( Dear Henery, as she called the Mayflower lad, pronouncing his name as it was in old records, was her ancestor. She held member #1 in PHSK.) Peggy Baker, on receiving our Distinguished Scholar Award for 2008, told us that, when she herself first arrived in Plymouth, Caroline was a wonderful example of warmth and enthusiasm in dealing with the media, and I took great example from her. Early one Friday evening, in August 1994, when the Pilgrims Progress a march from Coles Hill to Burial Hill, done to the beat of a drum seemed to lack its complement of marchers, Caroline Kardell suddenly emerged from the Headquarters of the General Society, dressed in Pilgrim purple. She marched. The drama went on. Caroline Kardell formed enduring ties, in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. People recall the singularity of her being, and many regard it a precious treasure to have known her. PM Coming Events Summer Picnic, Sat ur day, Au gust 2, 2008, 12 noon, at Con es toga House in Lan cas ter Tri en nial Con gress (Gen eral So ci ety), September 7-9, 2008, Plym outh, MA Thanksgiving Ser vice and Din ner, Sunday, November 23, 2008 Annual Meet ing and Lun cheon Saturday, January 24, 2009 Spring

14 Randolph Dickinson Zelov When, for our two most recent Thanksgiving Dinners, we enjoyed the ambience of Gulph Mills Golf Club, we did it thanks to the sponsorship of our 38 th Governor, Randolph D. Zelov. We saw Randy there in November, as he happily posed for a photo, Six Governors, but it was to be, alas, our last time in his company: he passd away on February 13, 2008, in Delray Beach, Florida. He was 82, an octogenarian like John Alden. How we appreciated his special smile, his easy laughter, his sense of fun, his fine manners, his powerful intellect! Originally from this area, Randy Zelov graduated from Lower Merion High School, alma mater of greats, in 1942, and attended the University of Pennsylvania prior to receiving an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, class of Postgraduate studies at the Submarine School in New London, Connecticut, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he took a degree in naval architecture and naval engineering, capped his preparation for a career in the Navy. His major focus there was sonar for submarines, underwater nuclear missile testing, and Polaris submarine design. When he returned to the Main Line in 1966, a retired commander, he worked at Viz, the family manufacturing company in Germantown, which produced meteorological instrumentation and plastic injection molding. He was president of the company from 1986 to His experience in business was such as to earn him the chairmanship of the Finance Committee of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. While Randy was Governor of our Society, in , he was keenly aware of what other hereditary societies, like Sons of the Revolution (he served in their Color Guard), did in analogous situations. His kindnesses to individual Board members were legion. The present newsletter editor, for instance, owes his appointment to Randy, as he does the invitation to write the Brief History of our Society. The hard-covered, gold-lettered Centennial Register containing that History was Randy s vision, one of many that set the stage for a magnificent Centennial Year in Randy s interest in education, in highlighting publicly the Pilgrim experience, occupied him much as Governor and never waned. It was only just that he should be present and greet Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Mayflower, who won the laurels at last year s Annual Meeting. It was a moving moment when Randy, invited to rise, rose at his table in the Merion Cricket Ball Room, slowly, humbly, and to great applause. Former SMDPA Governor Lymar Brock Jr. addressed a final , Dear all and particularly Josie and Peter, It s a rough go Randolph Dickinson Zelov when there is a person with whom one has worked and admired in such a situation. The Zelovs starting with Vic have been a great source of pride and pleasure. The standards of performance and enthusiastic personalities are a family trait which offers a clear and ongoing memory to me. I offer my appreciative thoughts at such a time. During the funeral service at the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, on February 18, 2008, Rear Admiral Kenneth E. Wilson, USN (Retired), a friend, touched on Randy as a dedicated family man who did what was right for him and Josie. He referred to camping trips in state parks, to travel in Scotland, Africa, and Turkey, to playing bridge at Heathrow Airport on a layover. There were times indeed when a dry martini was not unwelcome. We ll miss Randy, the Rear Admiral said; one was fortunate and blessed to come along at the same time he was here. Our Society sends its deepest sympathies to Randy s wife, Josie, our longstanding friend, to their children Charenton Zelov Drake, Randolph D. Jr., and Peter E., now a member of our Board, and to his nine grandchildren. PM 14 The Pennsylvania Mayflower

15 JUNIOR PA MAYFLOWER Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania VOL. 8 NO. 1 SPRING 2008 EXTRA DISSENTERS FLEE! Immingham, Lincolnshire, 1608 A large number of Separatist dissenters managed to escape the King s armed troops of horse and foot aboard a Dutch ship sailing form the River Humber. Authorities were able to apprehend the women and children before they could reach the ship. The local Justice must decide what shall be done with them. William Bradford, writing in his history Of Plimoth Plantation, describes this heart-rending story and the terrifying voyage of the Dutch ship to Holland 400 years ago. In the fall of 1607, having decided that they no longer could endure the persecution by the Church of England for their refusal to conform, the members of the Scrooby Separatist congregation had tried unsuccessfully to flee from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Holland where they knew they would find religious toleration. William Bradford and William Brewster were among them. It was against the law to leave England without a license and Roman Catholics and dissenters such as the Separatists were not given one. Due to treachery of the captain of the ship engaged to ferry them there, they were apprehended by the authorities, stripped of their possessions, and imprisoned for a month in Boston. Trying again in the spring of 1608, they gathered near Immingham some 65 miles to the north of Boston for a second attempt. The men arrived by land Plaque in the Guild Hall, Boston, Lincolnshire, commemorating the trial there of the Separatists while imprisoned during first attempt to flee to Holland in Photo by the late Richard H. Maxwell and the women and children came by a bark. The ship became stuck in the mud at low tide and Locations in Lincolnshire of Immingham (upper arrow) and Boston (lower arrow). by the time it was freed, about half of the men had already been taken aboard a Dutch ship hired for the escape. A small boat was sent to get the remaining men, women and children but before it could complete the trip the Dutch captain saw a great company of horse and foot, with bills and guns and other weapons coming to prevent the departure and he ordered the ship to sea. And so, many of them were once again prisoners of the authorities and once again the authorities had to decide what to do with them. Apparently it was decided that the easiest thing to do was to let them depart for Holland. There is evidence that they were reunited by August in Amsterdam. They would stay there until the following year when they received permission to relocate to Leiden. The Journey of the Separatists Men to Holland Having set sail from the River Humber, all aboard, including the crew, were to face a voyage that even those who would make the 66 day winter of continued Any comments about this newsletter? The editor would like to hear them. Please address them to Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., Editor, JR PA Mayflower at 1530 S. Juniper St., Philadelphia, PA or by to sbcwjr@comcast.net.

16 Page 2 The Junior Pennsylvania Mayflower Spring 2008 Dutch ship similar to the type that picked up the Scrooby congregation off Immingham. Engraving after A. van de Venne, ca Courtesy Leiden American Pilgrim Museum, Jeremy D. Bangs, Ph.D., Director. continued from page voyage in the Mayflower would never forget. Unfortunately, the identities of those aboard are unknown so we may never know if our own ancestors were among them, although Bradford, in his history Of Plimoth Plantation, writes as though he was an eye witness as he may well have been. What follows is part of Bradford s account in his own spelling and grammar. Our Pennsylvania Society has a facsimile copy of his history, but due to his style of script, only a small portion in Bradford s handwriting is shown below. shore againe; but all in vaine, ther was no remedy, they must thus sadly part. And afterward endured a fearfull storme at sea, being 14. days or more before yey arived at their porte, in 7. wherof they neither saw son, moone, nor stars, & were driven near ye coast of Norway; the mariners them selves often despairing of life; and once with shriks & cries gave over all, as if ye ship had been foundred in ye sea, & they sinking without recoverie; for ye ship rose againe, & gave ye mariners courage againe to manage her. And if modestie would suffer me, I might declare with what fervente prayres they cried unto ye Lord in this great distres, (espetialy some of them,) even without any great distraction, when ye water rane into their mouthes & ears; & the mariners cried out, We sinke, we sinke; they cried (if not with mirakelous, yet with a great hight or degree of devine faith), Yet Lord thou canst save, yet Lord thou canst save; with shuch other expressions as I will forbeare. Upon which ye ship did not only recover, but shortly after ye violence of ye storme begane to abate, and ye Lord filed their afflicted minds with shuch comforts as The Seas Were So High by marine artist Mike Haywood, used by permission. Although this painting shows the Mayflower on its 1620 voyage, it shows the furry of a storm at sea. A few lines in Bradford s own handwriting from his history. But ye poore men which were gott abord, were in great distress for their wives and children, which they saw thus to be taken, and were left destitute of their helps; and them selves also, not having a cloath to shifte them with, more then they had on their baks, & some scarce a peney aboute them, all they had being abord ye barke. It drew tears from their eyes, and any thing they had they would have given to have been a every one canot understand, and in ye end brought them to their desired Haven, wher ye people came flockeing admiring their deliverance, the storme having ben so longe & sore, in which much hurt had been don, as ye masters friends related unto him in ther congrattulations. Although there are words spelled differently than they are today, could you understand what they meant? Many of us saw the TV show Desperate Crossing. How do you think this voyage 400 years ago compares?

17 Page 3 The Junior Pennsylvania Mayflower Spring 2008 SOME WORDS HAVE TWO OR MORE MEANINGS Can you match images that are homonyms (the same word)? A I J ANSWERS: Did you find the word that is shown 6 times? It is bill and the pictures are B (the long bill of a hat), H (a dollar bill), I (three types of ducks bills) and J (the 16-17th century long hooked-bladed weapon called a bill that the authorities had besides guns and other unnamed weapons). A and F are bark, A being the type of ship (also spelled barque ) that the Scrooby women and children were on, while F is the bark of a tree. C is our Society s ship Mayflower logo and G is the mayflower for which the ship was named. D is sink and shows that happening to a ship and of course E is a kitchen sink. The 1924 Immingham memorial to the Scrooby congregation s successful escape in B E F G AMAZED THAT THEY GOT THERE! Can you get the Scrooby congregation from Immingham, England, to Amsterdam, Holland in less than two weeks? UNUSED LETTERS FROM SPELLING THEN & NOW: The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum. C The port of Amsterdam where they lived for 1 year before relocating to Leiden. D H SPELLING THEN & NOW 16 X 20 WORDSEARCH E H U M B E R E H T R E A C H E R Y T E Y H H E A R I V E D R L W E A P O N S U E T I D E E A G A I N E V A H D E A K Q M A X W E L L D H Y A W R O N D U P R A G O A I D D E S F N A M M A I E I M I L N L B S P R N R I O C I L E N M P O H P I C O H N L M E M I R G L I P E L C S O E Y R U O S A T H A N D W R I T I N G O K L D C T C Y N K E T F I H S A M N P R C A N H S R F E T G R S I L S T O R M E O I A M O O L S Y A O P H I G H T G E G L T L U B O O S R N T T P I M M H U Y A F E L E U B W I E T S I T A R A P E S Y W P O S S Y E D O N E F O U N D R E D O O S H U B A R K E M A H G N I M M I U V L E M M S K A B I L L S G U I L D R O N SPELLING THEN & NOW 16 X 20 WORDSEARCH The following words are found in this issue. All are spelled the way they appear in the articles. Some will be from Bradford s history as he spelled them in the 1630s and they are followed by their modern spelling in brackets. Realize that English dictionaries didn t become popular until the the mid- 1700s although the first known one was published in 1604 by Robert Cawdrey. Most literate people in the 17th century spelled words according to how they were pronounced. The unused letters answer the question What museum dedicated to the Separatists is in Leiden? THE WORDS: ABORD [aboard], AGAINE [again], APPREHENDED, ARIVED [arrived], BAKS [backs], BARKE [bark or barque], BILLS, BOSTON, BRADFORD, CLOATH [cloth], COMPANY, DISSENTERS, DON [done], ENGLAND, ESPETIALY [especially], EYE, FLOCKEING [flocking], FOUNDRED [foundered], GOTT [got], GUILD, HANDWRITING, HAVEN, HIGHT [height], HOLLAND, HUMBER, IM- MINGHAM, IMPRISONED, LEIDEN, LINCOLNSHIRE, LOW, MAXWELL, MAYFLOWER, MIRAKELOUS [miraculous], MUD, MUSEUM, NOR, NORWAY, PIL- GRIM, PLANTATION, PLAQUE, PLIMOTH, POORE [poor], RANE [ran], SCROOBY, SEPARATIST, SHIFTE [shift], SHIRKS [shrieks], SHUCH [such], SON [sun], STORME [storm], THER [there], TIDE, TREACHERY, VOYAGE, WEAPONS, YEY [they], YE [the]. Note: ye is pronounced the because the letter y is the Anglo-Saxon (they conquered Britain in the 5-6th centuries) character thorn and is pronounced the same as th. It can be used, but now rarely, as yey as in they, and yat as in that. But, please, not yy for thy!

18 Page 4 The Junior Pennsylvania Mayflower Spring 2008 A PAGE TO COLOR From The Pilgrim Story - A Picture Book For Coloring by Charles H. Overly Courtesy of Plimoth Plantation

19 Driving Directions: 256 Broughton Lane, Villanova Starting Point: US Route 30 (Lancaster Pike), Villanova, in view of Villanova University. 1. On US-30 (Lancaster Ave), near Villanova University s brick fieldhouse and football stadium, start out going NORTHEAST on S. ITHAN AVE toward COUNTY LINE RD. Go 0.2 miles. 2. Turn LEFT onto COUNTY LINE RD. Go 0.1 miles. 3. Turn RIGHT onto BROUGHTON LN. Go 0.2 miles. Total distance: 0.64 miles. The Davises house is on the left. The number 256 is on the mailbox post. Alternative Approach US Route 30, western corner of Villanova University. 1. Start out going NORTHEAST on SPROUL RD / PA-320. Continue to follow PA-320. Go 0.6 miles. 2. Turn RIGHT onto COUNTY LINE RD. Go 0.1 miles. 3. Turn LEFT onto BROUGHTON LN. Go 0.2 miles. 4. Total distance: 1.02 miles. Where: Reserva tion Form SMDPA Spring Tea 2008 Home of Aldys IMrs. Murdoch) Da vis 256 Broughton Lane Villanova, PA Tele phone When: Sat ur day, May 17, 2008, 2 to 5 PM I / We re serve place(s) at the Spring Tea at the Davises in Villanova. Name (s) Tele phone num ber (s) Please bring a dish of your choos ing enough to serve six. Beverages will be provided. Send no money. RSVP be fore May 13 to Mrs. J. Murdoch Da vis 256 Broughton Lane Villanova, PA

20 Don't Miss the Spring Tea Please see other side of this cover for written directions to the Davises in Villanova, site of our Spring Tea May 17. So ci ety of May flower De scen dants 4104 West White hall Road Penn syl va nia Fur nace, PA Ad dress Ser vice Re quested First Class Mail R S V P for Spring Tea En closed