Jeanne, Tnak you for your interesting post and observations about the stop in VA. Jan ______________ At 01:37 AM 7/22/97 -0500, you wrote: >Ref list of Ark & Dove passengers: > > No list of the Ark & Dove passengers survives. The list was >compiled through land records and records of claims for land for >transporting passengers. Most surnames have a variety of spellings - > this had more to do with the clerks then the person of name. The >"Gentlemen Adventurers" were recorded, as they were investors in the >settlement. > > Richard Nevitt on this list is often stated as being a Richard >Nevill. John Nevill was transported by Leonard Calvert, Esq., >younger bro. of Cecilius (Cecil), Lord Baltimore, and leader/Governor >of the settlement/St Mary's. > > The only confirmed crew were - John Boulter, purser and steward of >the Ark [the passenger ship] >On the Dove [supply ship] - John Curke, helper / John Games / Richard >Kenton, boatswain / Samuel Lawson / Nicholas Perrie, helper / ____ >Warreloe, mate / Richard Orchard, master. > > The Ark and Dove stopped Feb 27th, 1633/4 at Jamestown, Va. >"They also had some passendgers to land in VA, so presumably enroute >the Ark had taken on a few travelers at Barbadoes or St Kitts whose >destination was Va." It also seems logical to presume some >Virginians may have boarded the Ark, although there is few to none >records of this. It seems reasonable that Calvert would want a few >good men familar with the Indians and geography of the region, and >perhaps an interpreter... It is possible/probable that while they >were at VA Thomas Cornwalys engaged Cuthbert Fenwick to be his >secretary and steward. Capt Wm Claybourne of VA had set up a trade >settlement on Kent Isle, now MD. The Ark & Dove left Point Comfort, >VA Mar 3rd, and sailed up the Chesapeake until they reached the >Potomac. The adventurers delayed their actually landing, checking >the safety ref. Indians, and choosing the area for settlement, after >making an agreement with the Indians. 25 March 1634 [new years day] >the first day of spring and Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed >Virgin, the Ark and Dove landed on St Clement's Island, where >thanksgiving prayers were offered by the two priests - Father Altham >and Father White, Roman Catholics. > > > Anyone who has dabbled in the Va records of the same period, will >recognize many of the above names, including - Calvert, Gerard, >Medcalf, Draper, Gilbert, Allen, Middleton, Beane, Hilliard, Martin, >Hallowes, Sherley, Rabnett (Rabinett/Robinett), Fenwick, Duke, >Orchard, Perry... and of course, the names too common to discern - >Smith, Price, etc. Not only are they found in the Tidewater area >surrounding the Jamestown settlement, but across the Potomac from St >Marys/Charles Co., Md., in Northumberland/Westmoreland Va. > >