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... His marriage to Mistress Ann Cox, a spinster,* who was among the few gentlewomen on the initial voyage of the Ark and the Dove, was undoubtedly the first Christian marriage to have been celebrated on Maryland soil. She died within a few years, but was living as late as April, 1638. He married secondly Mistriss Winifred Seybourne [Seaborne] who arrived in Maryland some time during 1638.
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[*Mistress in the 17th century was the title given to an unmarried women of gentle birth who had acquired an estate and independent status. The statement that she was the widowed sister of Thomas Gerard is wholly unfounded.]
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