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     Dr. Melvin C. Baldwin was born circa February 1851 in New York.^2,3 He married Lucy Ann Capron, daughter of Isaac Thayer Capron and Matilda Nichols, in 1876.¹ Dr. Melvin C. Baldwin married Helen Smith Capron, daughter of Isaac Thayer Capron and Margaret Jane Allen, circa 1879.³
     Dr. Melvin C. Baldwin appeared on the census of 1930 at Albany, Albany, New York, as the father of the head of the household, Wesley Manning Baldwin.²

     Wesley Manning Baldwin was born circa 1881 in New York.² He was the son of Dr. Melvin C. Baldwin and Helen Smith Capron.¹ Wesley Manning Baldwin married Helen Bullard circa 1925.³
     Wesley Manning Baldwin appeared on the census of 1930 at Albany, Albany, New York.³ He was a teacher in 1930.³

     Helen Bullard was born circa 1898 in New York.² She married Wesley Manning Baldwin, son of Dr. Melvin C. Baldwin and Helen Smith Capron, circa 1925.²
     Helen Bullard appeared on the census of 1930 at Albany, Albany, New York, as the wife of the head of the household, Wesley Manning Baldwin.²

     Cynthia Baldwin is the daughter of Wesley Manning Baldwin and Helen Bullard.²

     Charles Platt Baldwin was born in 1894.¹ He was the son of Dr. Melvin C. Baldwin and Helen Smith Capron.¹ Charles Platt Baldwin died before 1900.²

     Hattie Starkey was born on 23 April 1860.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Starkey , Jr. and Esther Ann Lombard.¹ Hattie Starkey married Frank J. Taylor on 26 August 1882.¹ Hattie Starkey died on 9 March 1945 at age 84.¹

     Thomasine Cokeworthy was born circa 1450 in Yarnscombe, Devon, England. She married Nicholas Stukeley before 1472. Thomasine Cokeworthy died on 29 November 1477 in Afton, Hampshire, England.

     Grace Dowrish was born circa 1552 in Dowrish House, Sandford, Devon, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Dowrish and Ann Farringdon. Grace Dowrish married Robert Gye, son of John Gye and Mary Prowse, circa 1570 in Prowse, Sandford, Devon, England.

     Thomas Dowrish was born circa 1522 in Dowrish House, Sandford, Devon, England. He married Ann Farringdon, daughter of Charles Farringdon and Margaret Stukeley, circa 1547 in Dowrish, Devon, England. Thomas Dowrish died on 1 September 1589 in Dowrish House, Sandford, Devon, England.

     Ann Farringdon was born circa 1527 in Farrington, Devon, England. She was the daughter of Charles Farringdon and Margaret Stukeley. Ann Farringdon married Thomas Dowrish circa 1547 in Dowrish, Devon, England.

     Charles Farringdon was born circa 1500 in Farrington, Devon, England. He married Margaret Stukeley, daughter of Thomas Stukeley and Anne Wood, circa 1515 in Afton, Hampshire, England.

     Mary Gye was born circa 1578 in Prowse, Sandford, Devon, England. She was the daughter of Robert Gye and Grace Dowrish. Mary Gye married John Maverick, son of Peter Maverick and Dorothy Tucke, on 28 October 1600 in Islington, Devon, England. Mary Gye died after 1666 in Rhode Island.
     Mary Gye Mary was of Royal ancestory Immigrant of 'Mary and John.'

     Robert Gye was born circa 1533 in Prowse, Sandford, Devon, England. He was the son of John Gye and Mary Prowse.¹ Robert Gye married Grace Dowrish, daughter of Thomas Dowrish and Ann Farringdon, circa 1570 in Prowse, Sandford, Devon, England. Robert Gye died before 1608 in Prowse, Sandford, Devon, England.
     Robert Gye Chancery proceedings show about 1554 Robert Gye of Dodderidge in Sandford sued re a lease of the rectory of West Allington to him and to John his father, since deceased. West Allington lies just north of Kingsbridge in south Devon. In Chancery in 1515 John Gye of Kingsbridge sued John Bodley re lands in St Sidwell's Exeter. Thus it seems the Gye family of Dodderidge originated in Kingsbridge. Records show Gye family in Kingsbride as early as 1374. John Gye probably buried in St Edmund's, Kingsbridge. Robert in 1475 was warden of that church. His wife may have been a daughter of James Mortimer of Poughill, since in 1622 a Robert Gye was styled a cousin of Jane Mortimer of Poughill. [NEHGR 115:248-53 The Ancestry of Mary Gye, by John G Hunt] New Engl Hist & Genealogical Register; NEHGS; on-line images at www.newenglandancestors.org Text: 115:248-53 The Ancestry of Mary Gye, by John G Hunt.

     Antipas Maverick was born circa 1619 in South Huish, Devon, England. He was the son of John Maverick and Mary Gye. Antipas Maverick married Katherine *Unknown* circa 1644 in Kittery, York, Maine.¹ Antipas Maverick died on 2 July 1678 in Maine.
     Antipas Maverick immigrated circa 1629; From: ENGLAND.

     John Maverick was the son of Peter Maverick and Dorothy Tucke.¹ John Maverick was born on 27 October 1578 in Awliscombe, Devon, England. He was baptized on 28 December 1578 at Awliscombe, Devon, England.¹ He married Mary Gye, daughter of Robert Gye and Grace Dowrish, on 28 October 1600 in Islington, Devon, England. John Maverick died on 3 February 1635/36 in Old Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
     John Maverick Note: The Great Migration Begins Sketches JOHN MAVERICK ORIGIN: Beaworthy, Devonshire MIGRATION: 1630 in the Mary and John FIRST RESIDENCE: Dorchester OCCUPATION: Minister. FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 (as 'Mr. John Maveracke') and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:80, 366]. EDUCATION: Matriculated at Oxford from Exeter College, 24 October 1595, aged eighteen, a clergyman's son; B.A. 8 July 1599; M.A. 7 July 1603; ordained at Exeter, Devonshire, as deacon and priest, 29 July 1597; curate at South Huish, Devonshire, from 1606 to 1614 and rector at Beaworthy, Devonshire, from 1615 to 1629 [Foster 3:992; Morison 389; NEHGR 69:154]. OFFICES: In 1633 as one of two ruling ministers and two deacons, Maverick established the rules of government for the town of Dorchester [DTR 2-6]. ESTATE: On 3 April 1633 he was the owner of two cows and responsible for forty feet of double-railed fence at Dorchester [DTR 1]. BIRTH: Baptized Awliscombe, Devonshire, 28 December 1578, son of Peter and Dorothy (Tucke) Maverick [NEHGR 69:153]. DEATH: Dorchester 3 February 1635[/6] ('Mr. John Maverick, teacher of the church of Dorchester, died, being near sixty years of age. He was a [blank] man of a very humble spirit, and faithful in furthering the work of the Lord here, both in the churches and civil state' [WJ 1:216]). MARRIAGE: Ilsington, Devonshire, 28 October 1600 Mary Gye [NEHGR 69:153]. She died after 9 October 1666 [NEHGR 69:153]. (Her royal ancestry was proposed by John G. Hunt in 1961 [NEHGR 115:248-53].) CHILDREN: i SAMUEL, b. about 1602 (deposed 7 December 1665 'aged sixty-three years or thereabouts' [SLR 4:328]); m. between 1628 and 1630 Amias (Cole) Thompson, widow of DAVID THOMPSON [NHGR 9:112]. (In a letter dated 30 May 1669 he stated that 'It is forty-five years since I came to New England' [NEHGR 96:236] and at another time he commented on 'my observations which for severall years I have spent in America, even from the year 1624' [NEHGR 39:46; see also Three Episodes 328-35 (which gets the marital history of Maverick and Thompson wrong)].) ii ELIAS, b. about 1604 (d. 8 September 1684 aged eighty years [NEHGR 96:239]); m. by 1635 Anna Harris, daughter of THOMAS HARRIS (first child b. Charlestown 3 February 1635/6 [ChVR 1:5]). iii MARY, bp. South Huish, Devonshire, 30 November 1606; bur. there 6 March 1606/7. iv AARON, bp. South Huish 6 March 1607/8; living 20 July 1622 when he was mentioned in the will of his great-uncle Radford Mavericke, but no further record [NEHGR 69:146]. v MARY, bp. South Huish 6 January 1609/10; m. about 1635 Rev. JAMES PARKER. vi MOSES, bp. South Huish 3 November 1611; m. (1) by 6 May 1635 Remember Allerton, daughter of ISAAC ALLERTON; m. (2) Boston 22 October 1656 Eunice (_____) Roberts, widow of Thomas Roberts [BVR 57]. vii ABIGAIL, bp. South Huish 20 March 1613/4; m. by 1643 as his first wife John Manning (eldest child b. Boston 25 May 1643 [BVR 15]; about 1647 John Manning directed JOHN DEVEREUX to deliver a boat to 'my brother Moses,' intending Moses Maverick [EQC 1:216]). viii ANTIPAS, b. say 1619; m. by about 1648 _____ _____ (daughter Katherine m. in 1668 or soon after [NEHGR 96:234; GDMNH 535; YLR 3:112]). ix JOHN, b. say 1621; probably he who m. All Hallows London Wall, London, 15 April 1649 Jane Andrewes [NEHGR 78:448-49, 96:234]. ASSOCIATIONS: ROGER CLAP tells of being committed to the care of John Maverick as a child in England [Clap 18-19]. COMMENTS: On 19 March 1631/2 'Mr. Maverick, one of the ministers of Dorchester, in drying a little powder (which took fire by the heat of the fire pan), fired a small barrel of two or three pounds, yet did no other harm but singed his clothes. It was in the new meeting-house which was thatched, and the thatch only blacked a little' [WJ 1:72]. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The English ancestry of the Mavericks, including a summary of the first two generations of the family in New England, was ably communicated by Elizabeth French in 1915 [NEHGR 69:146-159]. In 1924 Charles Edward Banks published the Maverick parish register entries from South Huish, Devonshire, which had not been known to French [NEHGR 78:448-49]. In 1942 and 1943 William Prescott Greenlaw published a detailed genealogy of the first six generations of the Mavericks in New England, including notes on the Mavericks of South Carolina and Texas [NEHGR 96:232-41, 358-66, 97:56-64]. Greenlaw erred slightly in converting two of the South Huish baptisms discovered by Banks into baptisms at Huish, a distinct parish in Devonshire, some distance from South Huish. John was matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, England Oct. 24, 1695. Degree of Bachelor of Arts July 8, 1599, Master of Arts July 7, 1603, Ordained at Exeter College, England July 29, 1597. Admitted freeman May 18, 1630. Came to America on the ship 'Mary & John' with family. John has been discribed as being a clergyman's son. He was curate to his uncle, Radford Maverick, vicar of ilsington, the parish in which the record of his own marriage is found. He was, however, curate of South Huish, Devonshire, for several years. On Aug. 30, 1615, he was inducted at Silverton, Devonshire, by William Cotton, Bishop of Exeter, to the rectory of Beaworthy, Devonshire, on the presentation of Arthur Arscott, Esq. patron of the living. On March 20, 1530, John and his family set sail on the 'Mary & John', one of the ships of Winthrop's fleet, with the colonists who arrived in New England on May 30, 1630 and founded the town of Dorchester, MASS. He took the oath of freeman on May 18, 1631, and was minister at Dorchester until his death.

     Biographical Notes for John Maverick: The name Maverick is unusual. Supposedly, it is akin to Morris, Morrice or Maurice. The original Welsh would be Mawr-rwyce, meaning "a valiant hero"[4]. The American branch of the family is believed to originate from the original emigrant family to New England in 1630. Thus, all American Mavericks are probably related. In many ways, the Maverick family has left indelible stamps on American history and culture.
For example, Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) took an active part in establishing the Republic of Texas[5]. Legend has it that he refused to brand his cattle, leading to the knowledge that if one saw an unbranded cow in that area it was known "a Maverick". This word then entered the American Lexicon as a word meaning "renegade" and was embraced by Texans -- and later Americans -- everywhere. Meanwhile, his namesake relative, Samuel Maverick (born 1602), not only was one of the three founders of the Anglo-American colony in the Boston area -- establishing settlement there before 1626 -- but is responsible for writing the report which eventually brought the Winthrop Fleet and The Great Migrants to the area to found New England (essentially, the first "the streets are paved with gold" pamphlet of colonial America in order to attract migrants). To this day, an area of East Boston, Suffolk co., MA is known as "Maverick Square". Yet another Samuel Maverick was one of the five Bostonians who was killed during The Boston Massacre of 5 March 1770, thus becoming one of the martyrs whose deaths would spur the American Revolution in the Boston area just over five years later.
He was Matriculated at Oxford from Exeter College on 24 October 1595.¹ He was ordained on 29 July 1597 at Exeter, Devon, England; a deacon and priest.¹ He was educated on 8 July 1599; B.A.¹ He was educated on 7 July 1603; M.A.¹ He was a curate between 1606 and 1614 at South Huish, Devon, England.¹ He was a rector between 1615 and 1629 at Beaworthy, Devon, England.¹ He was a Minister.¹ He immigrated in 1630 to Maine; in the Mary and John.¹ He was New Tag Freeman on 18 May 1631.¹ He was As one of two ruling ministers and two deacons, established the rules of government for the town of Dorchester. in 1633 at Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.¹ He was he was the owner of two cows and responsible for forty feet of double-railed fence at Dorchester on 3 April 1633 at Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.¹

     Margaret Stukeley was born circa 1495 in Afton, Hampshire, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Stukeley and Anne Wood. Margaret Stukeley married Charles Farringdon circa 1515 in Afton, Hampshire, England.
     Margaret Stukeley was also known as Margery Stucley.¹

     Nicholas Stukeley was born circa 1448 in Yarnscombe, Devon, England. He married Thomasine Cokeworthy before 1472. Nicholas Stukeley died on 27 May 1488 in Afton, Hampshire, England.

     Thomas Stukeley was born between 24 January 1474 and 1475 in Afton, Hampshire, England. He was the son of Nicholas Stukeley and Thomasine Cokeworthy. Thomas Stukeley married Anne Wood, daughter of Thomas Wode, circa 1495 in Afton, Hampshire, England. Thomas Stukeley died between 30 January 1541 and 1542 in Afton, Hampshire, England.

     Anne Wood was born circa 1477 in Childrey, Berkshire, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Wode. Anne Wood married Thomas Stukeley, son of Nicholas Stukeley and Thomasine Cokeworthy, circa 1495 in Afton, Hampshire, England.

     John Gye was born circa 1490 in England.¹ He was the son of John Gye and Elizabeth Spencer.¹ John Gye married Mary Prowse, daughter of Thomas Prowse and Jane Baytun, in 1509.¹ John Gye died circa 1538.¹ He was buried on circa 1538 in St. Edmund's, Kingsbridge, Devon, England.¹

     Mary Prowse was the daughter of Thomas Prowse and Jane Baytun.¹ Mary Prowse married John Gye, son of John Gye and Elizabeth Spencer, in 1509.¹

     John Gye married Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Edmund Spencer and Joan *Unknown*.¹

     Elizabeth Spencer was the daughter of Edmund Spencer and Joan *Unknown*.¹ Elizabeth Spencer married John Gye.¹

     Thomas Prowse was the son of Nicholas Prowse.¹ Thomas Prowse married Jane Baytun.¹

     Jane Baytun married Thomas Prowse, son of Nicholas Prowse.¹

     Nicholas Prowse was the son of Roger Prowse and Joan Radford.¹

     Roger Prowse was the son of John Prowse and Maud Cruwys.¹ Roger Prowse married Joan Radford.¹

     Joan Radford married Roger Prowse, son of John Prowse and Maud Cruwys.¹