Evening star., 1933-11-12

miles to the lower part OF Maryland
and return, in order to see some old
Z churches and one in particular that
has stood the ravages of time, but 1t
was a pleasant day and the company was
delightful. and the felix's we met in st. Marys
County, helpful and still living up to their
reputation for warm hospitality
Touring Europe ASIA Africa and the New
World and exploring the North and South
Pole may be just the thing to do, but one
should first see his own country, and right
here at Washington is the ideal place TO pegln,
for there is positively no place In the united
States where so much beautiful scenery, ana
SO many historic homes and places may be
seen as within half days rloe ol tie wa
tional Capitol.
Some time ago DR.. Henry A Johnson OF
this city, descendant of the Washingtons,
loaned the writer q little pamphlet, in which
his father, Rev. William F. c. Johnson,
.ecorded the births, deaths and marriages in
which he oficiated while he was the rector OF
ST. Andrews Church, in St Andrews Parish,
S. Marys County, Md, nearly century ago.
naturally the writer wanted to see the old
church, and so selecting sunshiny day
few weeks ago, he drove to cd st. Marys CITY,
formerly the Indian town of Yaocomico, where
a tract of land was bartered for by Gov.
Leonard Calvert and taken possession of by him
on March 81, 1884. In exchange for the land
acquired, the Governor gave the Indians
number of axes hatchets, rakes and several
yards OF cloth.
THIS, as you know, was the beginning of the
settlement of Maryland. for which Cecil
Calvert the second Lord Baltimore, had
obtained charter, and sent to America his
brothers, Leonard and George, as his agents.
to fulfill the requirements of the grant. For
this purpose the Ark and the Dove were
acquired, the former a vessel said to have
bcan of about 300 tons and the latter Of about
SO tons, and in these two vessels, under the
charter granted Lord Baltimore, came the first
pioneers Of Maryland. In religion they were
principally Roman Catholics who came here to
worship God as they saw fit. In all, it's said
there were nearly 200 adventurers, gentlemen"
as they were called, and their servants, who
made the voyage. An accurate list OF all
those who came over with Gov. Calvert at
this time seems not to have been preserved,
but the following names have been recorded,
and are especially interesting to old Maryland
families and their descendants: Leonard Cal
vert, the Governor, and George Calvert, his
brother; two persons who joined them as
counsellors-Jerome Hawley and Thomas Corn
wallys; Richard Gerard, son of Sir Thomas
Gerard knight and baronet; Edward Wintour
and Frederick Wintour, sons OF Lady Anne
wintour; Henry wiseman. of Sir Thomas
Wiseman, knight; John Saunders, Edward
Cranfield, Henry Greene, Nicholas Fairfax,
John Baxter Thomas Dorren Capt John Hill.
John Medcalfe and William Saire. Those who
are believed to have come over at the same
time include: Thomas Wills, Robert Simpson
Mary Jennings, John Hilliard Robert Shorley
Rogers. John Hill Christopher Carnock, John
Bryant, William Ashmore, Richard Lusthead,
Nicholas Hardy, Robert Edwards, Thomas
Charinton, william Edwyn, Thomas Grigsta,
Richard Duke, Henry Bishop Thomas Heath.
John Tomson, James Thornton Lewis Frennond,
Richard Neyil, John Hollis, Richard Gold, John
Eckin, Thomas Hodges, Thomas Green Anam
6onam, Thomas Cooper. John Hallowos, John
Holder, Roger Waiter, Roger Morgan, Josias
Walter; and two Jesuit priests. Andrew White
and John Altman and. according to j. Thomas
Scharf. Richard Thompson at the same time
brought into the colony Matthias Tonsa, a
"mu1atto."
In recent years, report made by Ed watkins,
October 30, $685. and found in the public rec
ords Office, London shows that said Watkins
administered ON that date the oath Of allegiance
10 1913 persons, all ON board the Ark and Dove,
and that an inquiry made by him, as to whether
any other persons intended going on the same
voyage to America, brought negative reply,
which would indicate that there were con-
siderably fewer than 2O0 persons who came
over with Gov Leonard Calvert. This paper
also gives Richard Orchard master Of the
nir, S,nrpa Tovn and r0f Cant Winter