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THE MARYLAND Mayflower Log

VOL. XXX SPRING 2015 Foundations of American Literary Tradition William Bradford’s ‘Of Plimoth Plantation,’ 1630-1651

r. Walter L. Powell will be the Guest CALENDAR OF EVENTS DSpeaker for our Spring Dinner. He will speak about William Bradford’s jour- April 26, 2015 nal, ‘Of Plimoth Plantation,’ which is an eye - 12:00 p.m., Sunday witness account of the Pilgrims’ early years, Spring Dinner 1630-1651. Doubletree Hotel Annapolis, MD A native of Connecticut, Dr. Powell is the first Executive Director of the General Society of September 10-13, 2015 Mayflower Descendants. He is a well-known Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun. public Historian who specializes in American General Board of Assistants’ Colonial and Civil War studies. He earned Dr. Walter L. Powell serves as Executive Director of the Meeting General Society, which includes managing the Edward a Master’s degree in American History and Winslow House built in 1754. Mystic, Connecticut a Ph.D. in American Literature from Kent State University. His dissertation focused on the David Wills House renovation, where

November 22, 2015 Edward Taylor, America’s foremost Colonial President Abraham Lincoln delivered his 12:00 p.m., Sunday poet, who was also a pastor and physician in Compact Day Dinner famous Gettysburg address. a 17th-century frontier community. Inn at Brookville Farms Dr. Powell also served as interim Director of Brookeville, MD Dr. Powell has lectured widely on a variety the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of topics in American history, literature, and of the Civil War at Shepherd University in music. He is an expert on 17th and 18th cen - Shepherdstown, WV; Executive Director of tury New England, French and Indian War, the Conococheague Institute for the Study of Civil War, and World War Cultural Heritage in Mercersburg, PA; and an II. Prior to his position at Adjunct Professor in the graduate program in THE SOCIETY OF GSMD, Dr. Powell was Applied History at Shippensburg University. Director of Planning and Historic Preservation in As author and editor of a number of books Gettysburg, where he and articles, Dr. Powell currently serves on supervised the resto- the Board of Plymouth 400 and as Chairman MAYFLOWER ration of the Gettysburg of the Plymouth Historical Alliance. Dr. Powell DESCENDANTS Railroad Station (circa and his wife, Susan, live in North Plymouth. IN THE STATE OF 1858). He was also We look forward to this informative presentation. MARYLAND A historic winter. project Historian for See page 8 for details.

SPRING 2015 MAYFLOWER LOG 1 The SocieTy of Mayflower DeScenDanTS officerS GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE Maryland Society: Dear Mayflower Cousins: Governor: JAMES B. BATTLES governor@ This is my first message since I was MarylandMayflower.org elected as your new Governor last November at the Compact Day Dinner. Deputy Governor: TIMOTHY D. MALLORY I want to express my gratitude to our [email protected] now immediate past Governor, Ben Proctor, for his many years of service as JAMES E. FOWLER Recording our Governor. Ben continues to serve Secretary: [email protected] the Society as both the immediate past Governor and now as Elder. Corresponding NANCY A. YOUNG Secretary: csecretary@ MarylandMayflower.org Your new Board of Assistants have hit the ground running and are working hard to find ways to improve our Society. Our Treasurer: MARILYN K. VANWAGNER Corresponding Secretary, Nancy Young, mailed directories a few treasurer@ weeks ago and you will notice a new look, designed and developed MarylandMayflower.org by our Deputy Governor, Tim Mallory. We began using on-demand

publishing so updates to the directory will be much easier. Our Historian: DWIGHT N. MASON historian@ Treasurer, Marilyn VanWagner, is also making changes to our MarylandMayflower.org financial system to accept online payments. Our webmaster, Carol Matsumura, is busy revising the website to allow online payments. Assistant Historian: OPEN Many exciting programs and projects are being planned for this year. Elder: BENJAMIN G. PROCTOR, JR. We are implementing a new recruitment strategy for our Society, [email protected] referred to as “Bring Them All On Board”, which is described in greater detail elsewhere in the Log. We are working on our first-ever FREDERIC S. BRIGGS Captain: Society field trip to historic St. Mary’s City, which is being done as a [email protected] joint effort with our sister District of Columbia society. We are also Surgeon: DANIEL J. SULLIVAN, DO working on new educational workshops, such as self-publishing your [email protected] family stories. In addition, arrangements have been made for you to order your very own custom-tailored Pilgrim costume so that you are Counselor: HRANT JAMGOCHIAN ready for the historic 2020 celebration! [email protected] We have an exciting program planned for the Spring Dinner at the ROBERT B. BURGIO Members-at-Large: DoubleTree in Annapolis. Our honored guest will be Dr. Walter

[email protected] Powell, who was elected the first Executive Director of the General CAROLYN W. FOWLER Society in Plymouth. We also have a great program planned that [email protected] you won’t want to miss at the Compact Day Dinner in November. I DAVID G. KINZER hope to see you all at the Spring Dinner. [email protected] Yours in preserving our Mayflower Heritage, SUSAN P. MORRISON [email protected] James Bruce Battles

Immediate Past Governor, Maryland Mayflower Society Governor: BENJAMIN G. PROCTOR, JR. Contact Information General Society: Deputy Gov. General: BENJAMIN G. PROCTOR, JR. If you have moved, changed your name, or we have an incorrect address [email protected] or e-mail on file, please let us know. Our Directory entitled, The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Maryland 2014-2017, has been JAMES BRUCE BATTLES Asst. General: published and distributed to the members. The Directory provides detailed governor@ address and contact information and also contains our Society’s Bylaws. MarylandMayflower.org Please send any new contact information to the Corresponding Secretary, Nancy Young at [email protected].

2 MAYFLOWER LOG SPRING 2015 SPRING 2015 WELCOME ABOARD: New Members

We are happy to extend a warm welcome to the newest members of our Maryland Society: WILL THIS

• MS. SUSAN ELIZABETH (CURRIER) ALLENBACK, of Baltimore, 12th in descent from BE YOUR Myles Standish. LICENSE • MS. COURTNEY FELA FUSSELL, of Frederick, 76 PLATE? 14th in descent from John Tilley.

• MS. LUCY PATRICIA (BILLINGS) MCKINLEY, of Hagerstown, 10th in descent from Richard Warren .

• MS. DEBRA JANE MONTUORI, of Frederick, 13th 76 in descent from John Tilley. • MS. SALLY ANN (BLANCHARD) MOORE, of Crofton, 11th in descent from John Alden . Mayflower license plates are a great way to promote , of Powhatan, • MR. STEVEN PAUL O’BRIEN our Society. The following . Virginia, 13th in descent from William Brewster shows how you can obtain • MS. GAIL FRANCES (YATES) RICKER, of Upper Marlboro, 12th in descent from Stephen your special organizational Hopkins. tag:

• MS. SHEILAGH MARY (SMIGEN) ROTHKOPF, of Silver Spring, 12th in descent from BE A MEMBER William Brewster. Be a member of this Society in good standing. Supplemental Lines • MR. GLENN STEVEN HARTONG, Congratulations to our member who recently of Ellicott City, 13th in descent from OWN A VEHICLE . had a supplemental line approved Francis Cooke Be an owner or co-owner on the title of the vehicle. Junior Members COMPLETE • MR. OLIVER JAMES BATTLES and MR. We welcome our newest BECKETT BRUCE BATTLES APPLICATION , of Rockville, junior members and junior 13th in descent from James Chilton. life members. Request an application from Junior Life Members Warren Howard at 301-384- 1279 or e-mail him at www. • MS. SOFIA MARIE CRISCITIELLO and MS. SAVANNAH GRACE CRISCITIELLO, [email protected]. MS. SYDNEY LEIGH CRISCITIELLO, of College Station, Texas, 13th in descent from William Bradford. SUBMIT TO MVA

• MR. CADEN JAMES PROCTOR and MR. GAVIN DANIEL PROCTOR, of Powhatan, Mail or take your completed Virginia, 13th in descent from William Bradford . application in person to any MVA office, Monday through MR. BENJAMIN GOODING PROCTOR IV and MS. REGAN SUMMER PROCTOR, of • Friday only, along with a . Parkton, 13th in descent from William Bradford $25.00 check.

In Memoriam We sadly report the loss of these members ORDER YOUR TAGS TODAY AND YOU MAY OWN LICENSE • MS. LOIS CHARLENE (HARDING) CUMBERLAND, of Lusby, MD, 10th in descent from PLATE #76! William Brewster, passed away on July 8, 2013. • MS. EULA HARPER (PHAIR) HIGDON, of White Stone, Virginia, 11th in descent from Isaac Allerton. • MS. JOAN FRANCES (HARTMAN) SANTTELLI, of Malvern PA, 10th in descent from Edward Doty, passed away on May 30, 2014 in Warminster, PA.

SPRING 2015 SPRING 2015 MAYFLOWER LOG 3 THE MARYLAND Meet Your New Board Mayflower Log At our last Compact Day Dinner, the following officers Official Publication of MARYLAND The Society of Mayflower Descendants were elected to serve on the Board for the next term. in the State of Maryland MAYFLOWER Governor Dr. James B. Battles ELIZABETH & THOMAS NORRIS Ancestor: James Chilton Editors A native of Ohio, Jim attended Miami E-mail: [email protected] University in Oxford, graduating with a The Maryland Mayflower Log is published biannually by major in History and Political Science. The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of After graduation, he served four years Maryland. The contact information is as follows: in the Vietnam War and continued in the Naval Reserve, retiring as Captain in Address: 213 Deer Meadow Lane 2004. Jim earned a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, and Rockville, MD 20850-5884 later pursued a career in Medical Education. He is currently Telephone: (240) 328-6647 adjunct Professor at the Uniformed Services University of Health Science in Bethesda. In 2000, Jim was offered an opportunity to Website: www.MarylandMayflower.org Carol Matsumura, Webmaster continue his study of patient safety and error and moved to the Washington, D.C. area, where he worked for the newly-formed [email protected] Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ). Jim has Submissions and articles welcome. volunteered his services for our Society as a member-at-large and as Deputy Governor. He is the author of the Play, Chilton’s Challenge, which was produced by our Society as a DVD and MARYLAND SOCIETY COMMITTEES available to schools in Maryland. Jim and his wife, Carolyn, have two sons and four grandchildren. Budget & Marilyn VanWagner, Chairperson, Finance: G. Steven Hartong, Benjamin Deputy Governor Proctor III, James Battles, ex-officio; Timothy D. Mallory Bylaws: Hrant Jamgochian, Chairperson, Ancestor: John Alden, James Chilton Benjamin Proctor, Jr., James Battles, Francis Cooke, William Mullins ex-officio; Myles Standish, Richard Warren Tim has been a member of our Society Directory: Nancy Young, Chairperson, Timothy Mallory, James Battles, ex-officio; since 1997. He holds a B.S. from Maryland University and a Master’s from George Education: David Kinzer, Chairperson, Washington University in Engineering. Tim Dr. Daniel Sullivan, James Battles, has worked for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory for the past ex-officio; 28 years. He is an avid genealogist, member of the Sons of the Membership: Dwight Mason, Chairperson, Carolyn American Revolution, and has self-published a Mallory family Fowler; history book. During the past 18 years, Tim has volunteered Publicity: his services in various capacities: first Webmaster, Newsletter Carolyn Fowler, Chairperson, Editor, Recording Secretary, Member-at-Large, Treasurer (two James Fowler, James Battles, ex-officio; terms), and Corresponding Secretary. Tim is Maryland’s 2020 Scholarship: Virginia Patterson, Chairperson, Committee chairperson, and is serving on the General Society’s Benjamin Proctor, Jr., James Battles, planning committee for the upcoming 400-year celebration. ex-officio; 20/20: Timothy D. Mallory, Chairperson, Recording Secretary David Kinzer, Nancy Young, James E. Fowler James Battles, ex-officio; Ancestor: William White Juniors: Susan Morrison, Chairperson, Jim joined the Maryland Mayflower Society in Carolyn Fowler, Marilyn VanWagner; August 2003 and is currently serving his third Technology: David Kinzer, Chairperson, (non-sequential) term as Recording Secretary. Carol Matsumura, Webmaster. He began his retirement on January 1, 2000 following a nearly 40-year career in public relations and publishing with three national organizations. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Corresponding Secretary Elder Nancy A. Young Benjamin G. Proctor, Jr. Ancestor: William Mullins Ancestor: John Alden, Isaac Allerton, William Bradford, William Brewster, A native of Nebraska, Nancy has lived in James Chilton, William Mullins, Baltimore County for the past 44 years. Thomas Rogers, Henry Samson, She is a former high school teacher who George Soule, Myles Standish, retired in 2006 after serving as Assistant Richard Warren Coordinator for the Hubert H. Humphrey Born in Portland, Maine and raised in Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins. Newton, Massachusetts and Baltimore, Over the years, Nancy has worked and volunteers for several Ben obtained a Business Management degree from the non-profit organizations. She and her husband, Neil, love to University of Baltimore. He worked as Senior Vice President travel, having visited more than 25 countries. Aside from her of Wallace H. Campbell (a property management firm) before husband and two adult children, Nancy’s biggest joy these retiring in 2004. Ben has been actively involved in our days are her two granddaughters, ages 4 and 7. Her hobbies Society for several years as our immediate Past Governor include reading, bridge, genealogy research and yoga. (2008 to 2014), previous Governor (1999-02), Deputy Governor General, and member of the General Society. He Treasurer has also been a member of the Boumi Temple Shriners where Marilyn K. VanWagner he plays drums in both concert and dixieland bands. Ancestor: Francis Cooke, Richard Warren Captain Marilyn has lived in Maryland her entire life. She is a graduate of the University Frederic Schuler Briggs Ancestor: John Alden, Richard Warren of Maryland, College of Business Management. Marilyn currently resides Fritz was born in the home of his in Calvert County where she manages the grandfather, Hans Schuler Sr. He Chesapeake Beach Water Park. She is attended Frostburg State College, then active in Chesapeake Church and has four grown children. In graduated from the Maryland Institute her spare time, she enjoys biking and gardening. College of Art with a BFA degree. After serving two years as an Illustrator for the U..S. Military Academy at West Point, he began teaching Historian watercolor at the Schuler School. In 1968, Fritz was elected Dwight N. Mason to the coveted American Watercolor Society, and is an active Ancestor: John Howland member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society where he has Dwight is a graduate of Brown University twice been President. In 1973, he had the distinction of and the University of California at being elected to the Salmagundi Club in New York. Fritz has Berkeley. After serving as Deputy Chief taught at the Schuler School of Fine Art, historic Hampton Mansion and other venues throughout Baltimore. of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, he retired to become a non-attorney partner of the Washington law firm, Storch Counselor and Brenner, where he worked until 2002. In 1994, President Hrant Jamgochian, Esquire Clinton appointed Dwight as the Chairman of the U.S. section Ancestor: William Bradford of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U.S. and Canada. Hrant serves as the Executive Director He also served as Senior Associate, specializing in Canadian for Dialysis Patient Citizens, the Nation’s affairs, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. largest patient-led organization working Dwight continues to work part-time at the State Department. to improve the quality of life of dialysis patients through education and advocacy. Previously, Hrant was the Director of Members-at-Large Health Policy for United Way Worldwide, where he served as the lead expert on federal and state health policy, assisting in formulating and advancing the Newly-elected members-at-large are: health policy agenda. • Robert B. Burgio • David G. Kinzer • Carolyn W. Fowler • Susan P. Morrison

SPRING 2015 SPRING 2015 MAYFLOWER LOG 5 Let’s Dress Like Pilgrims Treasurer’s Corner

Costumes for the 400th Celebration! by Marilyn VanWagner, Treasurer As the 400th anniversary of the Since being installed as the Society’s new Treasurer at the landing of the Pilgrims nears, we Compact Day Dinner, the past several months have been a should consider dressing the part! learning experience. Below is a status report: Our Society is fortunate to have • Membership Dues: As of March 15, we have collected dues our own historic costumer, Susan from 201 members, including junior members. Two members Scott Battles Brown. Susan, who and seven junior members have become life members. made the costumes shown in the A special thanks to Ben Proctor, who paid for junior life Chilton’s Challenge DVD, has graciously agreed to make memberships for his seven grandchildren! costumes for our members. Susan will be attending the Spring Dinner and will assist in costume selection. • Revenue: To date, we received $8,600 annual membership and $6,500 in lifetime membership dues. Other revenue Collaboration: There will be a collaborative effort to include Chilton’s Challenge DVDs, gifts, and other fees. consider the ancestor’s occupation, age, time period and • Expenditures: other details. For example, James Chilton’s costume Expenses include the annual assessment was a little fancier because he was a well-dressed paid to GSMD of $6,759 and other smaller operating fees. tailor who wanted to advertise his wears. Mary Chilton • Assets & Liabilities: The balance in our checking account would have worn fancier clothing also, as she was a is $6,759.86 and in our investment account, $64,468.31. grandmother and one of the wealthiest people in Boston in 1670. Susan will make costumes from scratch to fit your measurements. Directory Corrections Time: Consultations will begin before Dinner on Sunday, Members should have received the pink April 26, from 10-12, and after Dinner, around 4 p.m. Member Directory, 2014-2017, in the mail. Cost: The cost for a basic, custom-made costume is Please note the following corrections to approximately $100.00 for labor and $100.00 for material page 97, Standing Rules, Section 3. Fees and Annual Dues: (depending on fabric selection), for a total of $200.00. 1. First paragraph - the paragraph should read as follows: Please note that material costs vary depending on “The fees below are in addition to a $75.00 non-refundable selection of trim, buttons, and other details. filing (processing) fee charged by the General Society. These fees are collected by the Historian upon application. Transfer fees in and out of the Society are also collected by All on Board! the Historian. Annual dues and other fees are collected by the Treasurer after election to the Society.” Increase membership by 2020 Fees - The General Society 2. The fees should be changed as follows: estimates that more than 35 FEES WAS NOW million people worldwide can Non-Refundable Filing (Processing) Fee.... $ 100 $ 25* count at least one Mayflower Initiation Fee...... 185 90 passenger as an ancestor. Supplemental Application Fee...... 100 25* Considering one-quarter *an additional $75 must be paid to the General Society. of the U.S. population is roughly 70 million, this figure is twice the estimated number of Mayflower descendants worldwide. However, only about 25,000 members are able to document their ancestry to meet research requirements. Maryland Mayflower Scholarship Gini Patterson, Scholarship Chairman How can we get more Mayflower descendants to join our Society? The best place to start is with our own families, We have a winner! The announcement will be made at the including siblings, children, grandchildren, nieces, and Spring Dinner, so be sure to attend. The winning essay will be printed in the Fall issue. nephews and cousins. Because of their relationship to YOU, these individuals are a KNOWN Mayflower Descendant whose lineage is relatively easy to document. HISTORIAN’S OFFICE: NEEDS ASSISTANCE Please complete the “Preliminary Review Worksheet” (separate insert) and e-mail the completed form to our Due to the many new inquiries and applications, our Historian at [email protected]. Historian, Dwight Mason, needs your help. If you enjoy Upon review, we will invite your relatives genealogy and would like to assist the Historian and to join our Society. prospective members with their paperwork in joining our Society, this is the ideal job for you! Contact Dwight, [email protected].

6 MAYFLOWER LOG SPRING 2015 SPRING 2015 COMPACT DAY DINNER: Exploring Early Maryland 18th Annual On Sunday, November 23, 2014, members and guests met at the L’Hirondelle Phantom Club in Ruxton, Maryland for our annual Compact Day Dinner. Governor Ben PHANTOM Proctor introduced our Guest Speaker, Dr. Henry Miller, the Heritage Scholar at the Maryland State Museum of Historic St. Mary’s City. Dr. Miller compared various PILGRIM aspects of the early Maryland residents to that of the Massachusetts settlers. BALL Dr. Miller gave an enlightening and historical presentation, which included a slide show and archaeological research. Dr. Miller noted that both colonies came for freedom and opportunity. However, their beginnings were difficult. He spoke The Society of of the influences that affected the daily lives of Maryland settlers such as food, Mayflower Descendants architecture, ceramics, life expectancy, commerce, and crops. in the State of Maryland cordially invites you Compact Day Dinner 2014 NOT to attend

THE PHANTOM PILGRIM BALL

Your contribution is tax- deductible and the proceeds will be allocated for educational projects and to obtain speakers. The categories are:

PILGRIM 1,000.00 SAINT 500.00 STRANGER 100.00 MERCHANT 75.00 OurGuest Speaker, Dr. Miller, has Susan Morrison, past Maryland Governor and Assistant MISSED-THE-BOAT 25.00 beena historical archaeologist at St. General, transferred the Assistant General neck medallion to Mary’sCity for nearly 30 years. our new Governor, Jim Battles. Mail your contribution to: Marilyn K. VanWagner Treasurer 8060 Windward Key Drive Chesapeake Beach MD 20732-5107

There is still time for you NOT to attend