The Pilgrim Times
The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Colorado
Fall 2010
The Mayflower Compact
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We,
whose names are underwritten, the
Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign
Lord King James, by the Grace of God,
of Great Britain, France, and Ireland,
King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having
undertaken for the Glory of God, and
Advancement of the Christian Faith, and
the Honour of our King and Country, a
Voyage to plant the first Colony in the
northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these
Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the
Presence of God and one another,
covenant and combine ourselves
together into a civil Body Politick, for
our better Ordering and Preservation,
and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid:
And by Virtue hereof do enact,
constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to
time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise
all due Submission and Obedience.
IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the eleventh of November, in the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the
fifty-fourth, Anno Domini; 1620.
You are cordially invited to attend the Compact Dinner
Held at the Denver Country Club, 1700 East 1st Avenue, Denver, CO 80218
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Social time 5:30 p.m. ~ Cash bar available ~ Dinner 6:00 p.m. ~ $28 per person
Program: “Captivity: Terrorism at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century” ~ ?Mystery Guest Speaker ?
RSVP by October 30, 2010, to Mrs. Beverly Spooner, 7739 E. Hillgate Way, Parker, CO 80134-6311
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Meal Selection:
Guests:
a. Traditional Turkey Dinner
b. Ham Dinner
Member:
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Entrée (a or b)
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The Pilgrim Times
Fall 2010
Welcome Aboard!
New Members
New Juniors
Supplementals
Stuart Grazier Bigler
13th from Howland
Carissa Ellen Chandler
14th from Peter Brown
Sandra Leigh Carter-Duff
13th from Billington
Claire Elizabeth Chandler
14th from Peter Brown
David Marchuck Barbour
12th from Alden
13th from Mullins
13th from Warren
Beverly Witte Greener
12th from Cooke
Ema Catherine Wilson
13th from Brown
Carly Zoe Smith
13th from Edward Fuller
Transfers In
Laura-Lee Turnquist
11th from Doty
Harold Sill Bell III
(from NJ)
11th from Howland
Remo Michael Scott Williams
13th from Henry Samson
Lloyd Mark Young
11th from White
Reinstatements
Mrs. Sherman T. Brown IV
Maiden name: Sandra Lea Tansey
12th from Bradford
Jann Elizabeth Lipps
11th from Standish
Barbara Bateman Turnquist
(from RI)
10th from White
Noelle Jené Vance
13th from Peter Brown
Steven Edward Hunt
14th from Brewster
Joyce M. Rorman
13th from Brewster
Dennis Harold Smith
10th from Samson
Mary Jane Takacs
12th from Warren
Kathryn M. Word
14th from John Tilley
Cathy D. Zabel
13th from Cooke
Shirley Anne Blank White
13th from Edward Fuller
Transfers Out
Dual Memberships
Janet Lee Bekman Herman
(to AZ)
Sally S. Kingman
(dual with MI)
13th from Hopkins
In Memoriam
William K. Gibson (1928-2010)
William (Bill) Gibson, a member of the Mayflower Society since 1973, passed away on March 16, 2010. Born in Gibson,
Colorado, on June 22, 1928, he served in the Navy then graduated in 1952 from the University of Colorado with a BA in
Business and married Jane Akerlow that same year. Bill was preceded in death by his beloved wife Jane, after 57 years
together in marriage. He will be missed by his children Barb and husband Dan Ulsund, Bill Gibson Jr., DDS and wife
Anne, Julie and husband Tom Swank, 8 grand-children, and 2 great-grandchildren.
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Meet George Garmany. . .Deputy Governor
General & Surgeon General
From Beverly Garmany
Dr. George P. Garmany, Jr., 12th generation from Richard Warren, is a Life
Member of the Colorado Society. His original Mayflower membership was
with the Florida Society in 1972. After years of living in Colorado, he
transferred his membership here in 1994. Since then he has served our
Society as Captain, Surgeon, Treasurer, Governor, Assistant General, and
Deputy Governor General. He currently serves as the Scholarship Chairman,
and he has been Surgeon General of the General Society since 2002.
George earned his MD at the University of Virginia and came to Colorado for his Neurology Residency. He has practiced
Neurology in Boulder, Colorado, for over thirty years. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and a
Clinical Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado. He is a former President of the United Medical Staff of
Boulder and also of the Colorado Society of Clinical Neurologists. He has a special interest in Multiple Sclerosis and
serves on the Board of the Colorado Chapter of the National MS Society. He also serves on national committees of the
MS Society, including the Editorial Board of Momentum, the Society’s national magazine for persons affected with MS.
In 2009 the Colorado Physicians’ Insurance Company awarded George the prestigious Harold E. Williamson Award for
long-term volunteer medical services in Colorado.
In the community, George belongs to the Boulder Rotary Club. He has worked with community services through the
Rotary Club and is a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary. He received the club’s “Unsung Hero Award” in 2002.
George met his wife, Beverly, on a Boy Scout activity! Both of them had sons in the Troop where he was Scoutmaster.
They share a deep love of the outdoors. George had earned his Eagle Scout as a youth and has spent years working with
the Troop that his sons joined. He received the Silver Beaver Award in 1999. He now serves on the Board of Trustees of
the Longs Peak Council of the Boy Scouts. Their three sons have moved on to higher education, but George feels that his
activities with Scouts keep him young!
Congratulations to George Garmany, recipient of “The Governor General’s Commendation and Appreciation
Award,” at the September 11, 2010 meeting of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Congratulations to our 2010 Scholarship
Winners!
Katie Patterson (Loveland High School) - $1,000
Kevin Sonnen (Ralston Valley High School) - $1,000
Honorable Mentions:
Lisa Walker (Monarch High School) - $100
Anna Skrivanek (Thunder Ridge High School) - $100
Kayla Fochtman (Ralston Valley High School) - $100
Wanted: Elder and Webmaster
Unfortunately, due to other commitments, Steve
Hunt has resigned as Elder and webmaster. If you
are interested in filling one or both of these
positions, please contact
John Cook (cookjohnf1@qwestoffice.net)
Webmaster: Previous experience with web page
editor required in order to update the current
website as needed. Not a time consuming job –
five or six updates per year.
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Plymouth Children
by Kevin Sonnen
Shortly after the arrival of the Mayflower to America
in 1620, the colony of Plymouth was established. The
passengers of the Mayflower came for many different
reasons. Most often we hear that the Pilgrims came
for religious freedom and many did come for that
reason, but others came for better opportunities or
were seeking to gain financially. Though the Pilgrims
struggled to establish Plymouth and faced many
hardships, eventually Plymouth became very
prosperous. However, shortly after the colony became
prosperous, many children of the early settlers left
Plymouth in search of a new home. They, “… left
their dwellings and scattered up and down in the
woods and by the watersides” (Bradford 128). There
were many reasons these children moved. Despite the
fact that the Pilgrims originally came to America in
search of better opportunities and religious freedom,
these same desires are what drove many of the
children to new settlements.
One of the primary reasons that people often resettle is
that of overpopulation. Indeed, at Plymouth, one of the
reasons that people were leaving was, “… the flowing
of many people into the country…” (Bradford 281).
Though crowding was a problem at Plymouth, this
was not the main reason that people left. Instead, what
the citizens were truly in search of was freedom. This
was one of the primary reasons people went to
Plymouth in the first place, but it was still a problem
in the new settlement. One example of the lack of true
freedom in Plymouth was that anybody who left the
colony in order to join the Indians was given, “…
promises of dire punishment” (Mann 335). The very
fact that they would be punished if they deserted the
colony may have been a reminder of the strict rules of
the colony and could have become a driving force in
colonists’ decisions to leave.
In addition to the lack of physical freedom that may
have driven some settlers to leave, they also faced a
familiar lack of religious freedom. A number of
colonists “… left because they found the Puritan
discipline too rigorous” (Stratton 47). This appears to
be the case for one unwed pregnant woman and her
partner: “On 17 January 1671 Mary Churchill
confessed that she was gotten with child by Thomas
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Doty…” (Stratton 194). She was actually tried by a
court because of this deed and, “At the time of her
court hearing, Thomas had fled the colony, but
records show that they later married sometime after
their first child was born” (Stratton 194). The fact
that she married later shows that she was not
opposed to this style of life. Instead, she ran away
because of the strict rules imposed upon her. This
simple motivation shows that some people are
unhappy when personal decisions are forced upon
them, no matter what that is, whether religious or
not.
Another primary motivation for people leaving
Plymouth was a necessity of good land. There was
simply, “… a need for more and better land…”
(Stratton 62). People are always expanding across
land and, with so much new land available, one
colony would not retain all the citizens for very
long. New settlements were, “… necessitated by
the internal and external demands for land”
(Stratton 58). Relocation is not always a desire but
rather a requirement. It’s likely that some colonists
left Plymouth because they felt obligated to
expand, not because they were truly unhappy with
their circumstances. One of the largest reasons that
new land was truly needed was in order to obtain
better farming land. In Plymouth, many settlers
were known to, “… desert Plymouth in favor of
greater acres elsewhere” (Stratton 169). Economic
freedom and prosperity is always a main motivation
for peoples’ actions and the citizens of Plymouth
were no different.
The children of the early Plymouth settlers
ironically moved away from Plymouth to new
settlements for many of the same reasons that the
original settlers had moved there in the first place.
Amongst the reasons for moving, the children
sought religious freedom, better opportunities, and
financial prosperity. The underlying theme of these
reasons, however, is that everyone needs a little bit
of independence.
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Featuring 2010 Scholarship
Winners Katie Patterson
and Kevin Sonnen,
with Guest Speaker
Sandy Sweeney
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Colorado Mayflower
Society
Spring Luncheon
May 2010
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In Memoriam
David Graham Phillips (1913-2009)
Life Member David Graham Phillips (11th from Alden) joined the Colorado Mayflower
Society in 1973. A native of Denver, David Phillips passed away on June 4, 2009. His
family shared this loving tribute with us:
Dave was born in Denver on July 19, 1913 to parents James
William and Mary Web Phillips who named him after a favorite
author. He was brought home to 2673 South Pearl Street where he
was raised with his older siblings Bill and Priscilla. He attended
Vassar Elementary School and Grant Junior High in south Denver,
and completed the 8th grade.
While growing up, he had a pet pig named Woodsey and a
family horse named Buster who did not like the rain. Bill and Dave
had been out riding Buster when the rain began to fall, and Buster took off for home.
Mom was happy to see the horse with Bill on top, but worried about where Dave
could be…he was clinging to the horse’s underside. Another time Buster took off for
home with the empty wagon and everyone running behind.
Dave worked on a farm in the Columbine Valley before enlisting in the
Colorado National Guard at the age of 18. He served October 9, 1931 through May 6,
1933. During this time he worked in a camp in Arizona and sent money home to
Mom. In 1933, at the age of 20 years, he came home to south Denver where he
worked and took care of his mother until her death in 1936. He brought her ice
cream everyday and they shared a beer at night.
It was World War II, and Dave was called into active duty with the Army on
March 28, 1941 and was discharged at Fort Logan on November 2, 1945. At that
time he joined the Air Force Reserves.
During the Korean Conflict he was activated from April-December 1951. Then
Dave enlisted in the Air Force in 1955, where he served in North Africa for a year as a
Morse Code operator. He also served in Italy and France. It took him 20 days to
travel to New York City from Italy where his tour of duty ended in 1957.
At this time, Dave returned to his home in south Denver, went to work for
Railway Express, and married Ann in 1960. Dave served in the Air Force Reserves as
a staff sergeant until his honorable discharge on January 23, 1963. He was in the
military for a total of 20 years.
On May 29, 1971, he married Grace Irene Nightingale and that is when he
became our beloved Dad, Grandpa, Great Grandpa, and Great-Great Grandpa. For
the past 38 years we have been blessed by his steadfast love and concern for us, as
well as Grandpa’s smile and twinkle in his eyes.
He is survived by many who loved him. His precious niece “Sug”, Priscilla, and
66 members of his adopted family.
David Phillips, aka Grandpa Dave and Uncle “D”… You will be greatly missed!
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Scholarship Essay
by Katie Patterson
After landing in Plymouth Harbor on
December 26, 1620, 99 “first comers” began the
arduous undertaking ahead of them; settling in a new
wilderness, an ocean away from any civilization. These
settlers, called Puritans, were faced in the daunting task
of surviving in this New World after leaving England
to escape persecution for their beliefs. This new
Plymouth Colony grew modestly over the next few
decades, with some new settlers coming from England
in the first few years on ships such as Anne, Little
James, and Charity. Compared to the other colonies
popping up, including the Massachusetts Bay Colony,
the Plymouth settlement was quite small. By 1630 the
population was between 300 to 400 people and in 1643
a list of males ages sixteen to sixty indicate 600 healthy
males, putting the total population around 2,000
people.
Around 1627 the colony began to distribute
land at 20 acres per share. The court issued grants to
the land, allowing for some expansion. But due to the
tremendous growth of other colonies, especially the
Massachusetts Bay Colony, the leaders of Plymouth
knew they needed to keep up somehow. According to
Stratton, “the leaders must have known that without
people in sufficient numbers to settle the land, they
would not be able to hold it for long” (58). They kept a
tight control of the land but began to permit the gradual
movement of people from the town of Plymouth to new
places. Many of the “first comers” children packed up
and headed out to new land. As “there was an
overwhelming sentiment...that the early residents of
Plymouth should be given preferential treatment in the
granting of land”(173) and “that their children should
receive some special treatment” too; many packed up
and were given new plots of land to build their life.
During the 1630’s many new settlements had sprung up
around the original settlement of Plymouth. Although
many were insignificant by 1643 a total of seven
settlements were large enough to be considered towns.
Although the town of Plymouth was still the largest
with around 147 able men, the other towns were not far
behind. These towns had sprung up for different
reasons and the first one mentioned is Marshfield, first
called Green Harbor. Although the order in which the
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towns started is somewhat hazy, the towns of Scituate,
Taunton, Duxbury, Yarmouth, and Sandwich sprung
up between 1636 and 1638. Barnstable is the last town
to be named during this period.
The granting of land by the Plymouth courts
allowed the people of Plymouth to prosper
economically, with a lucrative cattle trade with the
Massachusetts Bay Colony that lasted until the Great
Migration ended in 1640. Many became farmers,
working the land and experiencing much longer and
better health than their England counterparts. All these
towns were still connected to the Plymouth Colony
and within its boundaries. Therefore, they were
allowed to participate in the governing body of the
colony. Due to the problem of distance, deputies were
elected that represented the towns in a General Court,
instead of having meetings where all the free men
would assemble to vote.
It is worthy to note that some children of the
original settlers left the town of Plymouth for other
reasons. One being the first English Civil War that
began in the 1640’s between the Royalist forces and
Puritan Parliamentarians, which prompted some New
Englander’s to head back to England, including the
former Plymouth Governor Edward Winslow. Another
movement that is important to note is the new
settlement that sprang up in Nauset on Cape Cod.
Becoming a town in 1646, it was eventually named
Eastham. This town was founded by a seven-man
delegation sent by leaders in Plymouth to find a new
seat of government. Although the leaders eventually
dismissed the plan, the delegation from Plymouth
settled in Nauset, eventually creating the new town.
Although these movements are minor, they are worth
taking into account.
Plymouth Colony, although small compared
to other colonies along the New England coast, holds
a place of importance. The Mayflower Compact,
creating a civil government where free men elected
their governor, was one of the first of its kind. The
settlers set an example with their General Court,
which was created later and that became a true and
powerful legislative body. Plymouth was eventually
absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691,
but it is still remembered as a vital piece of American
history.
Bibliography
Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. 1986. Plymouth Colony; Its History
and People 1620-1691. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing.
“Timeline of Plymouth Colony 1620-1692”. Plimoth Plantation.
2008. Http://www.plimoth.org/education/teacher/timeline.php.
Colorado Society of Mayflower Descendants
Officers:
Governor. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deputy Governor. . . . . . .
Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asst. Secretary. . . . . . . . .
Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Historian. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asst. Historian. . . . . . . . . .
Elder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Surgeon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Counsellor. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Board of Assistants:
John F. Cook
Barbara C. Brown
Delilah B. Blount
Kathryn B. Thomas
Beverly Spooner
Emily S. Palmer
Nancy Jensen
Steve Hunt
Nicholas B. Thomas
Larry D. Moline
Richard Jost
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General Society Officers:
Deputy Governor General. . . . . . . George Garmany
Surgeon General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Garmany
Assistant Governor General. . . . . John F. Cook