The Maryland colony they founded was unique for its religious tolerance and its lack of democracy.
Following is a “synthetic passenger list,” meaning it is pieced together from several sources. This amalgam is from the Society of the Ark and the Dove, Harry Wright Newman's book, The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate (1985: Baltimore) and Robert E. T. Pogue’s Yesterday in Old St. Mary’s Co. (1985: Bushwood, MD).
Known passengers:
A: Thomas Allen, Rev. John Altham/Alcome (Jesuit), Anne Andrews (Gentlewoman), William Andrews (Gent.), William Ashmore/Ashmead and John Ashmore.
B: James Baldridge (Gent.), Thomas Baldridge (Gent.), James Barefoote (Gent., died enroute), John Baxter, Ralph Bean/Bayne (Gent.), Thomas Beckwith, Esq., Anem/Anan Bendin/ Bennan/Benham, Henry Bishop, John Bolles/Bowles (Gent.), John Bowlter, Ark purser), Richard Bradley, John Briant/Bryant (killed by falling tree at Mattapany), Henry Briscoe, Dr. John Briscoe, Esq., William Browne and Matthew Burrows/Burraws.
C: George Calvert. Esq. (Leonard's brother), Gov. Leonard Calvert (Maryland Province's first governor), John Carle, Thomas Carnall, Christopher Carnell/Carnock/Carnot, Thomas Charington/Carrington, Richard Cole (Gent.), John Cook, Thomas Cooper, Capt. Thomas Cornwallys/Cornwaleys, Esq. (commissioner), Anne Cox (Gentlewoman; Thomas Greene's wife), Edward Cranfield, Esq., and John Curke/Kirk (Dove crew).
D, E, F: Henry Darrel, Thomas Dorrell/Darnall, Esq., Peter Draper (Gov. Calvert’s attorney), Richard Duke (Gent.), John Edlowe, Dr. Richard Edwards (Ark surgeon), Robert Edwards, William Edwin, John Elbin/Elkin, Nicholas Fairfax, Esq. (died enroute), Cuthbert Fenwick, Esq., William Fitter/Fidler (Gent.) Capt. Henry Fleete, Francisco (Portuguese mulatto) and Lewis Fremond/Freeman.
G, H: John Garnest/Games/Gaines, Richard Gerard, Esq., Thomas Gervase/Gervais, Esq. (Jesuit), Edward Gilbert, Richard Gilbert, Stephen Gore, Henry Greene (Gent.), Thomas Greene, Esq., Thomas Griston/Grigson, John Halfhead, Maj. John Hallowes/Hollows/Hollis (Gent.), Thomas Harrington, Nicholas Harvey (Gent.), Jerome Hawley, Esq. (commissioner), Thomas Heath, John Hill/Hilles, Capt. John Hill (Gent.), Richard Hills, John Hillyard/Hillierd, James Hockley, Benjamin Hodges, Thomas Hodges, John Holderen/Holdene/Holden.
J, K, L: Henry James, Josiah Jennings (servant), Mary Jennings, Richard Kenton (Dove boatswain), John Knowles, Samuel Lawson (Dove mate), Lt. William Lewis (Gent.), Richard Loe/Lowe/Lee (Ark's master) and Richard Ludstead/Lulick/Lusthead.
M, N, O: John Marlburgh/Marlborough, Christopher Martin, John Metcalf/Medcalf, Esq., Charles Middleton, Fra. Molcto/Malchet, Roger Morgan, Thomas Munns/Minnus, John Neville/Nevill, Richard Neville/Nevill, Richard Nevitt, John Norton Jr., John Norton Sr. and Richard Orchard (Dove's master).
P-R: Nicholas Perrie (Dove crew), Michael Perril, Michael Pike, Robert Pike, Joan Porter, John Price Jr., John Price Sr., Lodwick/Lodovick Price, Thomas Price, Francis Rabnot/Rabnett, John Robinson and Francis Rogers (Gent.).
S: William Saire/Sayre Esq., Stephen Sammon/Samman/Salmon, John Sanders/Saunders, Esq. (died enroute), Robert Sherley/Shoreley/Shirley, Robert Simpson, Thomas Slathan/Slatham/Stratham, Thomas Smith (beheaded for piracy), A. Smith, Madam Ann Smith, Robert Smith, William Smith, Robert Smithson, Anne Smithson-Norman, Matthias Sousa/Tousa (mulatto) and Samuel Sousa.
T-Z: John Tomson/ThomsonThompson, Richard Thompson (attorney), William Thompson (Gent.), James Thornton, Cyprian Thorowghgood (Gent.), Capt. Robert Vaughn, Roger Walter, Dameris Ward, John Ward, _(?)_ Warrelow (Dove mate), Evans Watkins/Wilkins, John Wells, Rev. Andrew White (Jesuit), William Whitehead, Edward Wintour (Gent.), Frederick Wintour, Esq., Capt. Robert Wintour, Esq., Henry Wiseman, Esq., Robert Wiseman and Matthias Zause.
The Society of The Ark and The Dove, founded in 1910, perpetuates the memory of these founding families of Maryland.
A companion article lists 95 qualifying ancestors of current members of The Order of the First Families of Maryland, giving arrival dates and naming the county where each settled.
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