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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 LUNCHEON RESERVATION DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Myles Standish Colony cordially invites you to attend our meeting and luncheon on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at the *Glen Eagle Golf and Country Club. We will start at 11:30 AM with a social half-hour. Guests of members and prospective members are most welcome to attend our meetings
Reservations for the luncheon are required; must be cancelled by Monday, November 11, 2013 to avoid a charge.
*1403 Glen Eagle Blvd - Naples, Florida
RESERVATION FORM—WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 LUNCHEON
PLEASE PRINT THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO WILL BE ATTENDING: _____________________________________ ____________________________________________ Please check a box in front of the name if this is you or your guest’s first visit to our colony.
Please write your check for $25 per person, all inclusive, to Myles Standish Colony. Detach and mail so that it reaches our treasurer, Nancy Talleur by Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Thank you! Lunch-eons should be pre-paid.
RETURN TO: Nancy Talleur/712 Lambton Ln/Naples, FL 34104
It seems as though
the older I get, the
faster time flies. It is
time for another
winter season in
sunny Florida and
our Myles Standish
Colony will be
meeting again soon.
Several changes
have taken place
since we last met. The Country Club of
Naples decided to charge a $250 per
luncheon room rent, and increased their
luncheon prices, so it would cost us nearly
$30 per person to continue to meet there.
Nancy Talleur and I spent several days
visiting area restaurants and hotels to look for
a suitable location, where we can meet at the
same place consistently. The one location that
seemed to meet our needs was the Glen Eagle
Country Club on Davis Boulevard. It is a
beautiful club and I think it will work
perfectly for us for a long time in the future.
We continue to grow our colony. Ron
Benson has included articles in the newsletter
about our new members, as well as more
information about our new location. We hope
many of you will be able to attend our
November meeting and I look forward to
seeing you again
Nancy Fodi, Governor
Governor’s Letter - Greetings from Nancy Fodi, Governor Please mark your
calendars:
Next Meeting: Wednesday, 13th November 2013 11:30AM Glen Eagle Golf and Country Club. Program: Dr. David “Ted” Childress will speak on “The Pilgrims and the Indians.”
Save the date!
Winter Meeting: Wednesday, 15th
January 2014
In this issue:
Governor’s Letter
Plymouth Colony-1627 Where did they go?
1 1
Plymouth Colony-1627 continued
Focus on new members
Junior Members
2
2 2
MSC Officers
Minutes of the Last Meeting Our Newest Members
January Program
3 3
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New Meeting Location
November Program Reservation form
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Naples, Florida Nancy Fodi, Colony Governor
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Florida
Myles Standish Colony News
Fall 2013 Volume 4, Issue 1
Plymouth Colony—1627: Where did the rest of the folks go?
Last year we shared a series of articles on
the make-up of the population of the Ply-
mouth Colony in 1627. The people who were
living in Plymouth at the time were recorded
contemporaneously in the Division of Cattle
list which can be found in the Records of the
Colony of New Plymouth. Using recent com-
pilation of information on the folks who lived
in the colony of New Plymouth (The Great
Migration Project), I was able to glean some
information about these people and then place
it in a census-type format. This allowed me
to see the distribution of men, women, chil-
dren, etc. While conducting this research, a
few questions came to my mind. One ques-
tion had to do with what happened to the
folks who were recorded at New Plymouth in
1623 at the Division of Land who simply
were not present in 1627 at the Division of
Cattle. We know from various contempora-
neous sources that after the second winter that
there were very few deaths at the colony. We
also know about at least one early splinter
group which left Plymouth in about 1624 go-
ing on to found what became Salem, Massa-
chusetts.
The topic for the current article in this se-
ries is how many folks likely left Plymouth
between 1620 and 1627, who were they, and
where did they go? While working on re-
search to answer these and related questions,
this lead me to consider all of the settlements
in New England during the first twenty years
(Continued on page 2)
Ronald E. Benson, Jr.
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New Meeting Location
Beginning with our Novem-
ber meeting, the Myles
Standish Colony will be
holding its meetings at the
Glen Eagle Country Club
located at the junction of
Davis Boulevard and
County Barn Road in East
Naples. Enter off of Davis
Blvd. Upon approaching
the gate, be prepared to stop
and enter the gate code for
our meeting. Press the #
sign followed by 1620 and wait for the gate to
open.
ATTENTION—IMPORTANT Please note our new meeting location, beginning with our No-
vember meeting. We will now be meeting at Glenn Eagle Country
Club off Davis Blvd. Refer to page-4 for details, including a map.
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NOVEMBER PROGRAM
The speaker at the November
Meeting will be Dr. David “Ted”
Childress who will be speaking
about “The Pilgrims and the Indi-
ans—Life Together and the Pequot
War.”
The menu will be Thanksgiving
Fare—Turkey dinner with all of the
trimmings.
Happy Thanksgiving
Plymouth Colony—1627: Where did they go?
following the 1607 charter for New England (it was issued at the
same time as the charter for Virginia). Once you begin to look
at these settlements, the subject of what ships were going back
and forth between England and New England becomes impor-
tant. This research has been used to form the presentation which
I will be giving at the Myles Standish Colony’s meeting in Janu-
ary 2014.
Wakefield took the Division of Land list from 1623 and
based on information available to him at the time came up with
a list of the men, women, and children believed to have been
living at New Plymouth in 1623. We know that by 1623, be-
tween fifty and sixty of the early planters had died. We also
believe that very few died between 1623 and 1627, plus from
(Continued from page 1)
our articles last year we know that there was a significant num-
ber of births between 1623 and 1627. From simple arithmetic,
we would expect the number of people living at Plymouth to be
significantly greater in 1627 than it was in 1623. Therefore, it is
sort of a surprise that the number living in Plymouth in 1627 is
actually a good bit smaller than it was in 1623. The following
table identifies this numerical dilemma.
Number of inhabitants in 1623 173
Number of births 1623-1627 +30
Number of inhabitants in 1627 -156
Difference (died or left Plymouth) 47
We will explore this possible dilemma in more detail in the
next installment in this series.
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Robert S. Wakefield, "The Plymouth 1623 Land Division,"
Mayflower Quarterly 40: 7-13, 55-62.
Meeting Minutes - Myles Standish Colony - 13 March 2013 Country Club of Naples, Naples, FL
Governor Nancy Fodi called the meeting to order at 12 noon
and Harry LaBelle, Elder, gave the invocation. Alice Gaertner
led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Barbara Messere led the Pilgrim’s Pledge and Captain Lucia
Fallo read the Mayflower Compact.
Before recessing for lunch, Governor Fodi noted that Wil-
liam Nash’s 96th birthday will be celebrated today with a cake.
Governor Fodi announced that we will be meeting at the Moor-
ings Park in the future because the Country Club of Naples will
be implementing a $200 usage charge which would negatively
affect our turnout. Our meeting dates for the 2013-3014 year
are November 13, 2013, January 8, 2014 and March 12, 2014.
The meeting recessed for lunch.
Governor Fodi reconvened the meeting and asked for ap-
proval of the minutes, which were accepted as written. She
noted that Don Cahill will order name tags. Governor Fodi
announced a new pilgrim William White Society is being or-
ganized. She also noted that the chapter needs a publicity chair-
person.
Richard Hazen introduced Clyde Blanchard, (Samson Col-
ony), Ellen Full (Samson Colony), Anne and Robert McGuire,
former Standish Colony Governor Fran Lopus (accompanied
by her son Al Lopus and family members Charlotte and John
Parker) and newly approved member Charles Sebrell
(accompanied by wife Anne-Lisbeth and sister-in-law Jytte
Schmidt, visiting from Denmark). Today’s speaker Michael
Tougias (accompanied by Allison O’Leary) and Nancy Ratner
attended her first meeting as a member was also introduced.
Bernon Young and his wife Betty, Betsey Patterson, Mike Ga-
rey were also in attendance.
Sandra Lemkin, Secretary and Lucia Fallo, Captain led the
Roll Call of Ancestors. John Alden and William Brewster tied,
having the most descendants present.
Treasurer Nancy Talleur, gave the treasurer’s report, with a
balance on hand is $8815.95.
Governor Fodi introduced Pat Ricci and Beverly Duncan,
new juniors co-chairpersons. We currently have 138 junior
members.
Don Cahill introduced our speaker Michael Tougias (author
of King Phillip’s War) who gave a very well-received and inter-
esting presentation.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:00pm.
Sandra Lemkin, Recording Secretary
Myles Standish Colony Officers
We’re on the Web! http://flmayflower.com/
colonies/standish/standish.pdf
GOVERNOR: Nancy Fodi [email protected]
VICE GOVERNOR: Donald Cahill [email protected]
SECRETARY: Sandra Lemkin [email protected]
TREASURER: Nancy Talleur [email protected]
HISTORIAN: W. Richard Hazen [email protected]
ELDER: Harry LaBelle [email protected]
CAPTAIN: Lucia Fallo
NEWSLETTER: Ronald Benson [email protected]
JUNIOR CHAIR: Beverly Duncan [email protected]
EDUCATION CHAIR: Fran Lopus [email protected]
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OUR NEWEST MEMBERS
We wish to welcome our newest members—Beverley Jeanne
(Clark) Ferguson [Stephen Hopkins], Charles Russell Sebrell
[William White], Michael Garey [John Alden], Charles Strome
[Richard Warrem], Jack Sellinger [George Soule], and Pat
Malley [Stephen Hopkins].
BEVERLEY FERGUSON Beverley was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She
has been married to her husband, Jim, for 56 years. They have
two adult children and five grandchildren. A job transfer
took us them to the Midwest, and they have split their time be-
tween Kansas and Naples since 1995. She sold real estate in
Kansas for years and now sells real estate in Naples.
Beverley says she always had an interest in history and over
the years began to think about genealogy. Her maiden name is
Clarke and since she knew there was a Richard Clarke on the
Mayflower, she often wondered if there might be a connec-
tion! As she studied more about Richard Clarke, it turned out
that he died shortly after arriving in America and did not leave
descendants. One of the volunteers from the Genealogical Soci-
ety of Collier County who works in the Genealogy Room at the
Naples Library encouraged her to do more research on her
mother's side of the family in looking for a Mayflower passen-
ger. Beverley’s mother’s maiden name was Newcomb and that
is where she found her Mayflower ancestor, Stephen Hopkins.
Thomas Newcomb married Elizabeth Cooke in Kittery, Maine
in October 1693. Elizabeth Cooke was a daughter of Josiah
Cooke and Deborah Hopkins. Deborah Hopkins was a grand-
daughter of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower.
P.S. The volunteer at the library who helped Beverley is our
own Nancy Talleur. Beverley says about Nancy – “She was
wonderful and so, so helpful.”
MICHAEL E. GAREY Michael was born in a small town in the center of the lower
peninsula of Michigan. He graduated from high school, and
after two years of college, enlisted in the United States Air
Force in 1966. After serving for four years, the last in Korea,
Michael left the service and was hired by Comerica Bank
(formally Detroit Bank and Trust). After achieving Vice Presi-
dent of Trust Systems Operation, Mike left the bank. He then
switched careers after obtaining a Culinary Degree and even
studied in Paris for a short time. Mike and his wife, Victoria,
have two children and three grandchildren. They have had a
residence in Florida since 1981, although only recently became
full-time residents.
Michael’s interest in genealogy began when he was trying to
determine the lineage of a Revolutionary War pistol that had
been passed down through the family to him. He joined the
SAR using Patriot Timothy Howe. Mike was accepted into the
Mayflower Society in Michigan in 2008 using pilgrim John
Alden, and transferred into the Florida Society in June. It ap-
pears that Mike, like many of us, has “gotten the fever,” so to
speak, and has joined a total of ten heritage societies with an
additional two pending.
Michael was saddened that his parents didn’t know their past,
and realizing that his family didn’t know their history, Michael
wrote a family history book including all their ancestors of im-
portance since 1600. He is currently working on a two volume
book of the over 600 family castles in his past.
JANUARY PROGRAM
The speaker at the January Meeting will be our own member
Ron Benson. He will be talking about the ships which came
to New England between 1620 and 1627 and the interactions
between the Plymouth Colony and these other New England
settlers and adventurers.
FOCUS ON NEW MEMBERS
For more information about the Annual Meeting go to:
http://flmayflower.com/docs/FSMD-AnnualMeetingRegistrationForm-2013.pdf
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT On May 11, 2013 Ryan Wells and Sarah Watson were married.
They now reside in Fort Myers..
SPECIAL NOTE TO SPONSORS OF JUNIOR MEMBERS
We would like to reach out to the young members of our col-
ony to make sure they become adult members in the future. In
an effort to do so, we would like to make contact through e-
mail to gain some feedback as to their interests. Please e-mail
their name & e-mail address to either Bev Duncan [Jr. Chair-
man] @ [email protected] or Pat Ricci [Jr. Co-
Chairman] @ [email protected]. Thank you for your help.
This is very important for the continuity of our colony!
