Governor’s Meet Your Vaccines Robot Message New Board in the Mayflower New World PAGE 2 PAGE 4 PAGE 14 PAGE 7 THE MARYLAND Mayflower Log VOL. XLII SPRING 2021 Plymouth’s Meaning of “Liberty” The Pilgrims’ definition was very narrow CALENDAR he Guest Speaker for our Spring been published April 18, 2021 Dinner will be Dr. John Turner, a in the Wall 12:00 p.m., Sunday T Professor of Religious Studies at Street Journal, Spring Dinner George Mason University in Fairfax, Los Angeles DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Annapolis, MD Virginia. Times, Christian Century, National April 19, 2021 Dr. Turner earned a B.A. in History and Review Online, Monday German from Middlebury College, a Ph.D. The Huffington Robotic Mayflower Launch in American History from the University Post, and the www.mas400.com of Notre Dame, and a Masters of Divinity Washington Post. Plymouth Harbour, UK from Louisville Presbyterian Theological He blogs regularly Seminary. Before moving to George at “The Anxious June 25-27, 2021 Dr. John Turner, a Professor Mason in 2012, he taught in the history Bench”. of Religious Studies, teaches Friday-Saturday departments at Colorado State University and writes about the history of Maritime Salute, 400th Anniv. and the University of South Alabama. religion in the U.S. Plymouth, MA Dr. Turner’s new book about the September 8-12, 2021 Dr. Turner has authored several books, Pilgrims and complex ideas of American Wednesday to Sunday essays, and articles on evangelicalism, liberty was published in April of 2020, just in 2021 GSMD BOA Mormonism, and the Pilgrims. In 2009, time for the 400th anniversary celebration. Plymouth, MA he won Christianity Today’s prize for We look forward to his historical and best history/biography. His writings have inspiring presentation. See page 16 for details. November 21, 2021 12:00 p.m., Sunday Compact Day Dinner DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Annapolis, MD They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty By John G. Turner Yale University Press, 2020 (464 pages) THE SOCIETY OF Dr. Turner organizes the history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony around the concept of liberty. A limited supply of Dr. Turner’s new book will be available for sale at the Spring Dinner. Plan to arrive MAYFLOWER early and have your book personally autographed! DESCENDANTS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND SPRING 2021 MAYFLOWER LOG 1 THE SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS OFFICERS GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE Dear Maryland Mayflower Society Members: Maryland Society: Governor: NANCY A. YOUNG “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as [email protected] I used to think. It’s splendid to find Deputy Governor: ROBERT B. BURGIO out there are so many of them in the [email protected] world.” Recording PATRICIA ELDER Lucy Maud Montgomery Secretary: [email protected] Anne of Green Gables Corresponding CHRISTINE TOALEPAI Secretary: [email protected] As the new Governor of the Maryland Mayflower Society, it is Treasurer: MARILYN K. VANWAGNER [email protected] a pleasure to connect with you in this way, my fellow kindred spirits. The past twelve months have been sad, tragic, and often Assistant Treasurer: LOUESA B. CANNING overwhelming, but the resilience we share with our forefathers and asst-treasurer@ foremothers have hopefully carried us through this extraordinary time. MarylandMayflower.org I believe there is hope on the horizon and a reason for optimism. Historian: DWIGHT N. MASON [email protected] We have a great team of historians and researchers who can help Co-Historian: CHRISTOPHER B. LOCKE folks navigate the process of proving their Mayflower ancestry. [email protected] Please be on the lookout for other kindred spirits and encourage them to apply for membership in our Society. Assistant Historian: DAVID O. HOLMES asst-historian@ MarylandMayflower.org In the same vein, I would also like to encourage you to continue with your membership. While we currently have 477 members, we seem Assistant Historian: DALLAS SCOUTON to lose some folks each year. Your continued commitment helps our asst-historian2@ local Society to not only provide scholarships to high school students, MarylandMayflower.org but also helps the General Society with funding to continue with Elder: BENJAMIN G. PROCTOR, JR. projects of historical preservation in order that our story won’t be lost [email protected] to future generations. Captain: DAVID W. NEWCOMB [email protected] I hope to meet many of you during the revised 400-year anniversary events planned in Plymouth this year. I look forward to serving as the Surgeon: CATHERINE K. WILSON [email protected] Society’s next Assistant General and as the Board’s events navigator. Counselor: JAMES P. DURLING Together, we can develop new programs and business processes to [email protected] continue our Society’s faithful journey. Members-at-Large: MARY ANN BIENKO [email protected] Be of good cheer, DIAN MAY CORNELIUSSEN Nancy Young [email protected] Governor, Maryland Mayflower Society PAMELA A. HILL [email protected] Immediate Past Governor: TIMOTHY D. MALLORY [email protected] Contact Information General Society: Our membership directory, The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Deputy Gov. General: TIMOTHY D. MALLORY State of Maryland 2020-2023 (updated as of January 2021), was recently [email protected] emailed to Maryland Society members. The directory provides detailed Asst. General: NANCY A. YOUNG member contact information and contains our Society’s Bylaws. If you did [email protected] not receive the membership directory, or if your contact information in the directory is incorrect, please let us know by emailing our Corresponding Secretary, Christine Toalepai, at [email protected]. 2 MAYFLOWER LOG SPRING 2021 WELCOME ABOARD WILL THIS BE New Members YOUR LICENSE We extend a warm welcome to the PLATE? newest members of our Maryland Society: 90 Mayflower Passenger Descendant Descent 90 JOHN ALDEN • Karen Sue Sturtevant Gunzelman of Newark 12th ISAAC ALLERTON • Alan Taft Crane of Silver Spring 11th JOHN BILLINGTON • Tucker Vincent Braddock of Annapolis 13th The Mayflower license plate • Barry Kevin O’Brien of Baltimore 13th is not only visibly appealing, it WILLIAM BREWSTER • Cynthia Eileen Johnson Myers of Bowie 12th serves to identify a Mayflower • Donald Lawson Pommer of Baltimore 11th descendant. I purchased a • Jeffrey James Wood of Dunkirk 12th license plate several years ago JAMES CHILTON • Richard Lee Buckingham of Catonsville 14th and am amazed by the number • Sarah Jenkins Smith of Baltimore 12th of people who stop and ask about it. Some are even FRANCIS COOKE • Jason Matthew Bratcher of Baldwin 14th • Jane Kathryn Matheny Thrush of McHenry 12th interested in joining our Society, which opens up an opportunity FRANCIS EATON • Kathleen Ann Gartland McGee of Aberdeen 12th to explain the process. EDWARD FULLER • Ernest Stephen Southmayd Derby of Annapolis 11th • Margaret Ellen Heath Hartranft of Derwood 11th This is a great way to STEPHEN HOPKINS • Adrean White Godard Clawson of Eldersburg 13th memorialize an event, such as • Deberah Dolbeare Godard Dean of Fairfax, Virginia 13th an anniversary or birth year. John Scott Masterman of Glenwood 13th • Interested? Please call me at: • Janine Gail Radcliffe Lowry of Catonsville 13th 410-353-3733 or E-mail: JOHN HOWLAND • Marilyn Garner Brown of Ellicott City 12th [email protected]. • Christine Anne Chapman Shaughnessy of Annapolis 13th WILLIAM MULLINS • Jennifer Dianne Weaver Schittino of Eldersburg 14th Let me know which tag number GEORGE SOULE • John Herr Kehne, Jr of Potomac 11th you are interested in and we’ll • Madelyn Elise Cooper Mazzeo of La Plata 13th get the ball rolling. You won’t • Michael Joseph Mazzeo, Jr. of La Plata 12th regret it! ELIZABETH TILLEY • Andrea Kay Garner Mallett off Gatesville, Texas 12th CJ (Dian) Corneliussen JOHN TILLEY • Sue Ann Willson Brooks of Baltimore 13th • Pamela June Miscall Cusick of Annapolis 13th ORDER YOUR TAGS TODAY! • Andrea Kay Garner Mallett of Gatesville, Texas 12th RICHARD WARREN • Nancy Alice Elizabeth Nichols Baggs of Essex 11th • Linda Nichols Durling of Silver Spring 13th • Jacob Charles Elder of Boston, Massachusetts 13th Continued on page 10 SPRING 2021 MAYFLOWER LOG 3 THE MARYLAND Mayflower Log Meet Your New Board At our Compact Day Dinner, our former Governor, Tim Official Publication of The Society of Mayflower Descendants Mallory, introduced the new officers elected to serve on the in the State of Maryland Board for the next term, 2020 to 2023. The Maryland Mayflower Log is published biannually. Governor Contact information is as follows: Nancy A. Young Ancestor: William Mullins Editors: ELIZABETH & THOMAS NORRIS [email protected] A native of Nebraska, Nancy has lived in Baltimore County for the past 47 years. She is a former high MD Society: 205 E. Joppa Road, #1105 school teacher who retired in 2006 after serving as Towson, MD 21286-3222 Assistant Coordinator for the Hubert H. Humphrey Phone: (443) 831-1108 Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins. Over Email: [email protected] the years, Nancy has worked and volunteers for Websites: several non-profit organizations. She and her Maryland: www.MarylandMayflower.org husband, Neil, love to travel, having visited more than 25 countries. Donald McGuinn, Webmaster Aside from her husband and two adult children, Nancy’s biggest joy these GSMD: www.TheMayflowerSociety.org days are her two granddaughters, ages 10 and 13. Her hobbies include reading, bridge, and genealogy research. Nancy has served on the Submissions and articles welcome. Board the past three years as our Corresponding Secretary. MARYLAND SOCIETY COMMITTEES Deputy Governor Budget & Robert Burgio, Chairperson, Robert B. Burgio Finance: Marilyn VanWagner, Christopher Ancestor: Francis Cooke, John Howland, Locke, David Newcomb, Nancy Young, William Mullins, Richard Warren ex-officio; A native of Ellicott City, Rob attended the Bylaws: James Durling, Chairperson, University of Maryland, College Park, where he Dwight Mason, Benjamin Proctor, Jr., earned a B.S.