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.