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CHAMRERLAINB FAMiU

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A2<B OF THE FOLJ.OWIXG COXXECTED FAMILIES:

NEALK-J-LOyD, TILGHMAK-ROBIKS, HOI-LYDAY-H AMA40ND-

DYEK, HUGHES-STOCKTON, HAYWARD, NICOI-S-

GOJLDSBOKOUGH, And Oxhers.

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CHAMBERLAINE

This family, leprcsonted in Che?]ure, Buckingliamsliirc, Glonce.-lorsliiro,

Great Britain, aiul in America on ilie Eai^lern .Shore of Maryland, claims

descent from the Count de Tankerville, of Tancarville C;istlo in Normandy,

-who came to England '.vith William the Conqueror in lOCG. It is not on

record that any member of this family was personally engaged in the Battle

of Hastings, or ever took an active part in the service of the King of England,

but -when Saint Bernard preached the Second Crusade, in 1100, the name in

descent from Count Tankerville, and the old castle, now in ruins, was legion,

and it should be enough for anyone, carried along under the gene.?is, with

the spirit of enterprise, steadiness and thrift symbolized in tlie crest, to knoAv

that tlie Battle liull Abbey List has soldiers more tlian one of this name and

family.

John, son of the Count de Tankerville, was Lord Cliamlerlain to Henry

1st of England in 1125, and Eichard, son of John, h-'ld the same O-fTlce under

King Stephen, and at one time that of Mayor of lôinlon. "The English

took to themselves surnames, but not generally aniong the common people,

till after Edward 1st. So John, Count de Tankerville of Normandy, behig

made Chamberlain to the King about 400 years ago, his descendants of Sher-

born Castle in Oxfordshire (now in 1755 belonging to the Karl of Maccles-

field, lately extinct), of Prestbury, of Mangersbury, and Oddington in Glou-

cestershire, Cheshire, etc., from whom the author of this book is descended,

bear the same coat of arms by the name of Chamberlaine.

—

Fvora ''Magna

Brlilanka Xofilia." By John Chaml/crlain.

IdcHARD, son of John de Tankerville, fjom his j)osition in the j'oyal

liousehold, assumed the patronymic of Chamberlaine, retaining the Tanker-

ville arms. A descendant of llichard Chamberlaine took the Earl of Leicester

prisoner, for which act he had permission from the ?Iing to quarter the armfi

of Lcicesten- Avith those of Tankerville, and from that time they are to be

interpreted together. The crest, an ass' head, indicates in the art of heraldry

Imnest, dogged perseverance, and true worthiness, characteristic of tlie fou.nder

and first of Hie nam.v and the n.'.oHo, "Sfnbborn in the L'igh^;' a very suit-

able one for a family whoê flrmnc:? an.iour.ts to obstinacy.

For eight hundred years the Chainberlaines have cla!t))od by right but

f'Hjr homesteads, two in J'^ngland, "Little I'.arrov/''" and r -iaUghali " in

CJi! shire ("u coursiy nolrd for the stnmgtli of its men and the beauty of its

6 CIIAMBKKI.AINE FAMILY.

Avomcn'-).. nnd two in Amoiica, '' Plain Dcaliiig," on Trod Avon river, oppo-

site tlie town of Oxford i)i 'J'albot county, Maryland, and ** Bonfield," on

Chop(ank and Tred Avon rivers, about a mile from Oxford. "Little

Barrow" "was in the jiossession of the family until IG-IG, when it was sold to

a De Spenser (who afterwards fell at the Battle of Crecy). Many years pre-

vious to the sale of this property the family had removed to " Saughall," on

the Dee, in the parish of Shotwiek, four miles from Chester, and this homo-

stead was held in continuous ownership from father to son for nearly five

hundred yeai-s. In 1805 if; was sold by John Chamberlaine Keeve to a Mr.

Hancock, of London.

At Si. Luke's Church, Chelsea, Middlesex county, there is a tomb over

Edward Chamberlaine, "buried on a rising ground after the ancient manner."'

This Englishman, Christian, and Doctor of Laws, was of Oddington, the

Gioucestershiro Chamberluines. 'i lie mural, tablet is placed on the out-

side of the v/all, nearly perpendicularly above the spot where the body is

laid, and the Latin inscription written by his friend, Dr. Harris, may thus

be translated: "Here lies the body of Edward Chamberlayne L.L.D. a

member of the Church of England, sprung iVom the ancient Xorman funiily

of Tancarville, born at Oddington in ] GIG. He was a student of Grammar

at Gloucester, of Jurisprudence at Oxford, of x\ncicnt Languages at London,

,^nd travelled througli many countries of Europe. He married in :iG56 Miss

Susannah Clifford, of an ancient and verv aristocratic family, and had nine

cliildren. Tn 1G79 he was appointed tutor to Henry, duke of Grafton, a son

of Chas. 2'^, and afterwards to Prince George of Denmark, husband of Qncen

Anne. He wrote several books, but is best known by his "Anglia Xotitia,"

to which :Macauley frequently refers, and which passed throu.gh many editions.

Dr. Ciianib- rlaine made many translations from the Italian, Spanish and

Portugnesi; Languages, and ;it his request, 'on the rising ground' where he

was buried six of liis works covered with wax were deposited." His son,

John Chamberlaine, continued his father's work under the title of "Magna

Brittanica Xotitia," publishing several new editions. AVith all its defects

this was the only statistical authority of liis day. jlr. John Chamberlaine

was a graduate of Ox lord, wrote several original works, and translated "The

Eeliiîous Philosoi»her" from the Dutch nf Xunwentyl. He departed this

liii; in 17-23.

Anne, only daughter uf Dr. Edward Oniniberlaine, born in 1GG7, lies

buried in an adjoining vault. She married Mr. John Spragg, and died on

October :20tli, JG'Jl. Her uncle, Capt. Clidbrd, a highly educated and accom-

l)li^hed man, died aliont the samo time, aged :31 years.

In L5G0 a descenda)iL of Eichard Chamberlaine married his cousin, an

ljeire..s of tin- Tancarvilic h!!i.ily, and their son Jlichard married in ICOO, a

Wel.di ladv by tlie name of \Vilson, a cousin.of Thomas Wilson, Lord jiisiiop

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l.-r and Man. Ei^'hard Chamberlaine, .Jr., was among tlie puientec-

the Eij'st A'iiciuia Cliarter m iGOO, and -Âiiii other mercliunt adveniuiers Oi

fllAMr.EIII.AINi: F.\.M1]-Y

tljo nobiliiy, gentry, and artisans, took ''slock" in the commercial enterprise

'. for opening North Anicric:i. Hence ship building began vei-y early in the

colonies. ]?iclj_ard C'lianibcrLiiiie never visited America, Imt his portrait,

'brought to '' Plaindealing" by his grandson, Samuel Chambcrlaine, in K2t^

for years hung at '* r-onndd/' in the back room known as ''Miis llarriet'f-,

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a)ul in ISTOwas "for greater preservation'' rc^noved by Dr. Josepli Chani'

bmlaiiie to his home in l\:i?ton, ^Marxhnid.

Thomas, son of liichard and V/ilson Clianiberhdne, was so nanvd in

lionor of ins distinguished relative, the LovO I'ishop of Sodor and Alan, and

was born in 1G5S, at Whitford, near "Moslyn, in Flintshire. His cdi.ciition

! was somewhat neglected in consequence of the death of his lather when

Thomas was yet an infaiit, but as )jc grew to niauhood he became interested

iu commerce and shij) building, and continued the trade which his father

' commenced with the American cclonies, owning several vessels plying betwer^n

Liver]ioo] and Oxford in Maryland. In 1700 TIk^. ElizaMh was built for

Mr. Chamberlaino and his sons by (.lilbert: Livesley, on Skillington's Land, a

point above Oxford, on what is now called Trippe's Creek, and cost SOO lbs.

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of tobacco, was manneil by 2-i guns and 9G men. In the "Tiecords of Tort

: Oxford" written by the son and grandsons of Thomas Charnberlaine (and

presented to the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore in 1570), these

sliips are frequently mentioned.

.: Thomas Charnberlaine was twic:- nuirricd. r»y his first wife, Miss Ann

Penketh, he had live children, viz. : John, Thonias, Mary, Esther, Samuel,

'I'lic clnldren by his second marriage with Miss Heyling were Kichard,

William, Joseph.

Mr. Chamberlaino resided at "SauglialV the homo of his fathers from

1334, and efforts were made to induce him to devise, this property to Jiis

grandson and namesake, Thomas Charnberlaine of '-Plaindealing," the first

American homestead, luit in accordance wiih tlio law of prijnogeniturc it

was left to Jiis oldest grandson, son of John Chamliorlaino who died in

A'irfînia in 1701. This grandson, also called John, died without male heirs,

a)id°his daughter Melliora being tlie next heir, the property fell by right

U: her.

'JMioma.g Cbamb?rlaiiK' died in 17o7, at tlie advanced age of ninel.y-nlno

>ears. His portrait was brought to America hy his .son iâipuel in 1723, and

is still in the pos.session of the "Bonfield" Chamberlaino family. In this

picture the sternness of ox)n-e3sion in the forehead and dark eye ]joculiar to

the Chamberhiinos, is distinctly traceable, and there is another physical }»ecu-

liarity ma.rking the family from '-'Saughall on the Dee," which has been

observed for S'^vcrcd generations. Had th-^ UUlc Ji'i!/er^ iogrllter dkmie id an

aiifjh vcni distiiidice, and the same fingers of no other person outsido thiî

genesis will make this peculiar confeTmation. Trivial as those family pecu-

liarities are tlr-v )nn^:t ba.vc their ))hilo;oidiy.

b CHA.MBKRLAINE FAMILY.

JoHX, eldest soil oi' TJionias and Ann Peiilvetli Chambcrlainc, w:\s born at

"Saug-haH" in ICOO. At the ago ol' twenty lie ongaijed Avitli his father in thelob:ieoo trade witli Maryland, made frequent visits to Oxford, and finally

settled there as a niorcliant. A ftcr a few years' residence in Maryland circum-stances obliged him to return to England, but meeting Avith severe losses bythe tlrin Cliainberlaine & Earlo. lie eamc back to America, and died in Vir-ginia in 1:21, aged 31 years. There is a mural tablet erected to his memoryiii the church at St. Michael'.s, in Talbot county, Maryland, Mhere it is sup-posed the family worshipped, as " Plaindealing" was in the vic-inity of that

town and church. John Cliamborlaine came to Oxford in TIic EUzahcth us

in command (his father owning the vessel), and made several voyages before

settling in business as agent or factor of Foster, Cuuliffe & Co., of Liverpool,

and afterwards as member of a commercial firm Avitli Mr. Earle. He married^fiss :N[?vgaret Clay, of Yorkshire, "who sn-vived liim, ar:d by whom he hadtliree children, John, Elizabeth, Ann,

JoHX, son of John and Margaret Clay Chamberlaine, was born at

^'Saughali '' in ITl 1, and married a Miss— .Alethwold, a relative of the Earl of

Eillngham, and had one daughter, JIellio:-a. This gentleman was living at

Chester, a widower and without children, in 179 1, but from letters bearingthat date we learn (hat he had lecome stone blind.

i\lELLionA, only daughter of John and Miss — Methwold Chamberlaine,

married Mr. George Ivceve, a London banker, and died in 17S9 at "lianston,"

their country seat in Dorsetshire, leaving one son. John Chamberlaine Eecve

born in August, 1'.83, a ward in Chancery and at school in Chester in 1795,

Avhcn Thomas Chamberlaine Earle, of Maryland, visited his English cousins.

By a ludicrous mistake this gentleman when in England received more atten-

tion at tlie London hotels than is usually shown to a private citizen. Having 1

registered his nanê, "Thomas Chamberlaine Earle, of Baltimore," he Avas \

thought to be a titled gentleman, and Avas treated and feted accordingly. 1

EuzAEETii, daughter of John and Margaret Clay Chamberlaine, married 1

a Îr. Tâines, and died without children.{

Axi\E, daughter of John and .Margaret Clay Chamberlaine, married a 1

^Tr. "Wrench, of Chester. Their only daughter, Margaret, married ]\lr. Allenj

llolford, of Daver.ham, and had four daugliters. I

Tno>!AS, son of Thomas and Ann Penkcth Cliamberlaine, died unmar-|

ried in 1708, aged twenty-one year.-'.

Mary, daughter of I'homas and Ann PciiketJi Chamberhiine, married a

Ca|)tain Lev,'i.^, and it is thought came to Oxford in the early y^.-ars of the

: last century, and linally settled in Xorth Carolina with, their two son.?, John

\ and George, one of whom went to Jamaica.

/Samu!'!., younger-t son of Thomas ;uul Ai'U Penkcth Chambcrlai.'ie, Avas

/'born at "Suughall,"' on May 17, 1C97, and wlien seventeen years of age

- Came to IMaryland with his brother dohn, in their vessel, 77;c' Elr/.abd'li, and

••dtled first at Oxford, makiu;; ht.-- liom iu 17''"', at '• riaindiuling,'' where

, lie died on April ;30th 177-3.

CHAM1-.EKLAIXF. FAMILY.

EsiiiEH, daui'liier of TlioniAs aiul Ann PonkeUi Clmnibcrlaine, died

iinuKirrioi!.

l.'iciiAr.iJ, son ol" Tliojnas ChanilKrluinc iuul his second Avifo, ]\Iits

Jlryling, came rrcijucntly to Marylai.ui. Tie mavried an English lady by l];e

name ol' Taylor, and died Avitliont cliildivn. Tlis Avidow inarried a ]\I)-.

C)'J5rion, of London, and resided tliere in ITUa a widow of I'onr score years.

AVii.lia:\[, the second son of Thomas and Ann IVnL-edi Ciiamherlaine,

was nnfortunalely drowned.

JosKi']], thii'd son of Thomas and Ann Penketli Chamberhiine, married in

1140 iliss Ann rrcscolt, a sister of Geor^re Prescott, a Avealthy banker, anddied in Ajnil, 1775, leaving a widow an.d live ciiildren, George, John, iiicliard,

Mary, Eiizahoth.

Geoiku-, ,ôn of Juse]ih and Ann Prescotfc Chamberlauie, was boi'n in

1742, and entered the army in 1770. He married Miss Hays, a sister of

Sir Sanniel IJays an Irish baronet, avIio died leaving- one son George (now1795 in Holy Orders, and Poctor of Long Parish near Andover in Hamp-shire), who married Miss Susannah Long, a daughter of Bceston Long, the

great- Jam;iica planter, and merchant in London.

Mr. George Chamberlaine contracted a second marriage Avith Miss Eliza-

beth Pond, a sister of his brotiier-in-law, and lived at Duvor.shire Place,

Cavendish Square, London, and lâd a country seat called •=Bnrwood" near

Cobliam in Surry. Their daughters, Mariana and Elizabeth, were livipig in

London in 170."), and said to be beautiful and accomplished wonien.

JoHX, son of Joseph aiul Ann Prescott Chamberlaine, Avas born in 1744,

ILning acquired a small fortune by merchandise, he in 1794 "Avas out of

business, giving his undivided attention to the care of his property Avhioh

consisted of houses and lands," holding, hoAvcver, the position of Chief

Director and Tieasurer of a Canal Company. Tjiis gentleman never visited

Maryland but kept up some intercourse by letter Avitli his Oxfoid

cousin.

lirrjiAKD, son of Jo.=eph and Ann Prescott Chamberlaine, Avas liorn at

Chesto!- ill 17!'i. We learn from his letters that he came to ]\raryjand and

settled ^vr a time in Oxford, and entered into business Avith liis relatives

there, and tlial his financial enndition Avas somewhat improved Ijy their

nianagement, as ho owned the McIiofK, and invested larirely in commercial

houses, lie returned to England in 1701; and in 1795 Wiis living witji his

niulher and unmarried brother at Ches<er. His health, delicate from infancy,

uiifitted liini fur business, and later in life l)rought on a mental trouble ending

in derangciueiit. His si.'jlti Martha died umnuiried in 17C9, and Elizabeth,

the youngest of the family, martieu in 1770 tJio late Penjamin Pond, and

died leaviiig one daughter avjkj died in 1782. On January 2.'i, 1791, ^dr.

I'oiid. inariicd a. Mis.^; I\nig!iioi" \Varvvickshiiv and inheriiin-i a vast fortiuK-

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from Ills miiternal gr:indlatlier, took the nr.nie of Hopkins. lie died in 179-J

leaving large legacies to the Chamberiaines, the brothers of his first Avife, anda large fortune to liis only daiiiihter.'^'^

CI IA:\DiKRLAl.\E ARMS.

FIUST AND i-OCllTII,

GULKS, AN KSCL rCHEON AKGENT,

IN AX OUl.E OP KIGIIT MULLETS, 0I{

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SECOND AND TUTUD GVI.ES, A CllEVItON BETWEEN

Xnr.EE ESCALLUl'S OU; CHEST, AN ASa' HEAD OCl OE A DT'OAL

CORONET. MOTTOES, " JTOKS POTIOR MA CI"), .\;

" ALSO,

" I'ROPESSE QEAM CONSITCE ;" "YIK-

TETE MiniL INVIUM;" "STEE-

BOEX IX THE r.IGHT."

C0rvEESP01\DEXCE.

CiiEsTEH, March 25, ITGS.

Deau Sir—I take the opporliinUy ofmy brother's depai tare to your pir>ce,to thank youfor the many civilities and favors showed liim during his late .stay witli you. My mother,sister and Aunt B. join mc in compliments to you, also thanking yen for your kindness

to Richard. Gratitude will always dictate to i!S how mueli we arc under obligations to

you. Richard again troubles you with a visit, aiid I have written to my uncle to entreat

his assistance to put him in some station or occupation, by w];ich he may procure him-self an honest liviihood. As he will be entitled to some £200 or 300, after jiiy mother's

death, perhaps a sufficient sum might be raised on liis security l)ere, or with you, if

needed. As clothing is the greatest article of expense, I sliall take care to send him every

year a good assortment of linen, etc., until lie is able to provide them for himself.

Entreating for him o continuance of kindness from my uncle and yourself, I rcnsain

dear cousin, Yr. affectionate kinsman,

joiix criA.Miu:RLAixi:, .in.

To S, OiiAMnEULAiNE, Ju., Oxford, Md.

London, Marcli 8, lITi.

Dear Siu—1 deferred writing until Capt. Love sailed for Maryland, and will send

by him an account of our voyage home. AYe had a summer's pa.-sage until we got into

soundings, a fine steady gale, and pleasant weather for three or four -weeks, but we liad

blustering weather in the cliannel and îolcnt gales of wind in soundings, and as tlic

thick atmospliere prevented our seeing land we went, we knew not wliither. On

*'J"l)e nl)()\(; fiiots NVf;rc< taken from a iiianuseript wiiHen by 'i'houia.s C'hainboriiiirio EarJu, ofQueer: Antic's Cijinity, MaryhuiiL v.iieri on a visit lo Enfilan'l in 171'-">, and wery given t<i hita byJoluHJhamberlainti, .Ir., of ("heater. Tn a v,-ork entitled •* Magna Jtrittaui.-is" to be found i;i Ihe<'oij^Tc.-^si'>rial Eilinuy at Wa-'nin'.-'tnn, there is a bi-storyof t!ic County of Choi^hlre v.-jrh a fiiil

i."iiir i.| this faiuily.

CIIAMBEKLAlXi: FAMILY. 11

December Slli the ivina coming more ahead, wc tucked about and stood don-n the

cliannel. The gale increased, Jind we were obliged to take in topsails and work withmai»p;iil and Ibrsail. We were much alarmed about P. M. at seeing a light off the lee

quarter, but this proved to be the Eddistone Light lIou?e, and though the ship lay uponlier side three streaks of the deck in water, vrc were obliged to carry on a pressing sail all

niglit to got out of the channel, though we expected to sec yards and sails blov/n away,and with much diiTiculty got the mainsail hauled. ;icveral heavy seas laid us on all fours

and I never closed my eyes all night, for I liardly expected to see daylight, and all weresurprised that the McUovi held out so well.

I have spent mr.st of xny time here, at the house of Mr. Bond, my brother-in-law,

where I have met witli all manner oi kindness from the family. 1 have seen my auntin tlio country, she lias been very kind to me. To-morrow I am going to ride to Chester,

WZ miles, on a liorsc my brother bought here. He has been in town for some weeks in

order to get a bill passed in Parliament for making a navigable canal from Chester to

Xamptwich and ^Middlewich, which he has at last aceomplislied. My brother Georgesailed for Grenada last month, after spending a week at London. I ha'-c got the Bills of

Exchange accepted. Mr. Xorton made some olyectiou to Mrs. XicorsBiil.ashe'reccived

no account by letter. If you can send any Bill of Excliange at CCjfZ. or near it, so as to

lose but little, you may do so, ]\rr. Anderson will receive them. T am well acquainted

there, and he will do me any favor that lies in his power. Direct to mo at my brother

John's in Chester. I am not certain where I shall settle yet. I shall endeavor to get into

business m England if possible. Ily relations here are able to put me in business, andwant only inclination. If you can succeed in forcing Thomas Dav/son to settle with me,

and can get Tobacco in payment at market price, I should think that would do. Butyou will know best. I*resent my Duty to my uncle, and respects to all my kind friends

in Maryland, and b(dieve me to be Yr. ajTectionate kinsman,

BICHARD CHAÎBEPxLAIXE.To Sa;\ili:i, CiiAMHEKLAiNK, .Jk., Oxford, Maryland.

Island Ckeek ik Tam;ot Co , ]Md , July 8th, 1773.

Deau Sih—Yours by Capt, Love has reached my hands. I had heard some monthsbefore of the McUom getting home, and ]\Ir, B. told mc he had seen you in London. I amglad to hear ot the kindness of j'our fricnds.and wish you all success in your expectations-

from them. TJie old gentleman, my fatl:cr, goes on as usual at "Plaindealing," and has

been rather better this Spring and iSummer. He keeps up his old practice of riding about

his plantation every fair day with his man Kitt behind him.

?*Iy brother, James Lloyd Chamberlaine and family on the Death of Mrs. Golds-

borough (his mother-in-iaw) removed, and arc settled at "Peach Jilossom." My affair

at Ratcliffe Manor, was concluded on January loth, Jliss H. M. Ilollyday on that daj^

becoming Mrs. C, and we have been settled at this place since March la.sl, tasting ]iot a

little of matrimonial Felicit}'. Messrs. Earl and Xicols, and their familie.-; are all well,

and your friends in general keep well. ^Messrs. Hayward and Ilollyday expressed great

satisfaction in hearing from you. As to your matters left >\ ith me, 1 have received from

everybody except Dawson, McGowan & Edmondson, and have enclosed the money to

Mr. James Andcr.-on of Tower Hill, London, directing him to place it to your Credit,

Dawson's debt is well secured, but u Chap in Dorset Count}', lias made a charge against

you for carting your goods from Pot!er'.^. I sh.all be obligpd to ]>?.y it, a^ there •« iv>

receipt among your papers to prove that the service was paid for. IÎake my Pe.spcclful-

Compliments to your ]Mother and J5rotlier, and believe me to be

Yr. affectionate Kinsman,

'i'o BioilAUD Cl!AMDEUL.\x,vE, CheJ-.v, Eughnd. S. ClIAMBKIvLAi:; E, Jj;.

1^ CIIAMBERLAIXE FAMILY.

Island Ckklk, Sept. 5, 1772.

Deak Pie—?.Iy last ^\a.s by ycur okl bajk li:c .Vfl.'ora, statir.g (];at T li:id sent moneyto Mr. Acdei-son with directions to apply it to your account. I have since received£20-10-7 frcanTom Dawson in payment of his debt to yon, which 1 transmit tliroueh:Mr. Ander-ôD. Your friend P. McGowpn l-.ns run off, but hieldly I had secured yourdebt. Yr. Kelation it Friends jire well, and driving on at the old rate. Willi respects toyour Mother .t Brothers 1 nni as ever yr affectionate kinsman

To RicriAKD Cu.\Mr,Enj.AiNE. S. CIIAMBERLAINE, Ju.

By the JRHnuond, Capt. Love.

CiiESTEu, Nov. 2d, 177i?.

Dear Sin-Your acceptable favor of last Jul.v.came to liand in Oct.. enclosed in aletter frcni :*Ir. Anderson, bringing mc the agreeable news that the bills arc secured, alsoyr. remittance lor £37 10. I cannot think who makes a claim against me for carting goods.If th3 man swears to every particular it nuut be paid. I am glad to hear of tiie wellbeing of my fiiends, & wish you and Mrs. C. all imaginable lelicity in the married state.From what I have seen of you both, I may safely beUcvc you a truly happy couple. Ialas

!am too much unsettled at present to engage in a matrimonial scheme, otherwise I

would gladly embrace a good oScr, for I think marriage is the happiest state in this life.

Too many consult their own convenience without regarding their future happincs.-, A:

arc miserable forever. I have wished to write to many of my ^laryland friends, particu-_larly Messrs. ITayward <fc Hollyday, but I have been in such a poor state of health all

Eummer. Was conlined to my room some months in a very bad way, but thank God, amnow mending. Though remote from them, I can never forget their kindness, and n;anycivilities. 1 cannot sufficiently thank yon for settling my afrair.s. I had little liope ofsecuring Dawson's debt, but as Sam'l Dickinson is bound for the payment, it is sale

enough. Y'ou may remit all you can collect, & I will place the money in my Brother'shands until I need it. He has now £2C0, for which he allows me 5 pet. I am' at prc-cntin his Compting House and have no prospect just now of doing any better. My brotherGeorge is ordered from Grenada to St. Vincent's to expel the Carribces, which is dan-gerous undertaking. I was treated mejst kindly 'uy Mr. Bond when in London, cV- by all

the family. Rode daily in his chariot, and vi.-ited with him some great Aimilies, andv»enl to church with him. On Sundays, he is very .strict and reticent, reads prayers at

night to all Jiis servants, who are expected to be present, at other times he is as familiar

& pleasant as other people. I had as much attention during his absence from home as if

he was present. Two men servants eonslantly wailed at table, u: the usual dessert withwine & fruits after dinner, were all in princely style. Mr. Bond's father lives about amile ofT, in a noble house as strong as a castle, costing nearly £20,000. The richness ofthe furniture is p.ast description. I was frequently entertained here, and passed theWinter Evenings most agreeably with liimself A: his sister, who is really good natnred,and fond of .mc on my sister's account whom lliey all loved. I have no doubt, that, whenmy brother-in-law comes into possession ol his Grandfather's E.-.tate, he will be a goodIrend to me. Tell my uncle that Chfister improves daily in buildings, etc. They arc

cutting a canal from this place to Jliddlewich (under the North gate) 24 miles, which will

be completrd in ."> .v>ars, to cost £12,000, and my brotlier John is the chief director andtreasurer. 1 v.ent recently to Manchester to see the Duke's Canal, and v.-enf. in. t!ic

pa.s2age boat, going <k, returning a dLstanee of 2 5 mlle.s. There were ry.) in conipaii/ andwe were greatly entertained. Two hours in tiic night the boat was drawn by a single

horse with a boy on iiim, goini; about 5 miles au hour. The boat is -10 feet long, it G feet

wide, has a deck covering with windows on each side. Tin.- mo;-t astoni:;!iirig woiks onthis Canal, are at Altrinciiam where tlie Canal is ;^..'3 feet above tiie level of the mea.iows,

niAMBF.RT AIXK F.'iMlLY. lo

and cnteutls nearly a milr, it nudcr ibis is a River. I was -xl B:ir[on Biidgc which is a

wonderful sight, and at AVorslcy Coal mine went nearly 3 miles under ground by water,

liul it was very frightful. The Canal now bcin.i: cut from Leeds to Liverpool, will cost

£200,000, to extend 108 miles when finished. My mother is in a poor state of heallli,

often afflicted with Gout and Rheumatism. I planted some Indian corn in a garden here,

and it came on very well, but was rather too late in the ground. I never saw LloydTilghman Avhcn I was in London, I went one day to look for him, but could not find

l>im. With my Dutiful Respects V^ my uncle, and a tender of all that is due to a!i

around you I remain Yr. affectionate kinsman,

To S, CirA.MM;rj.AiN-E, O.vford, Maryland. RICIFD CIIAMRI-'HL.VINV:.

CiiLsTEK, Jau'y 30th, 1773.

De.\k iSjR—I duly rce'd yoiu- lavour of 17th ulio. by Cajjt. Love, ct you have mybest thanks for procuring and settling the Bills for me. I hope you will have no difUculty

in procuring me liiC remainder of Davy son's debt, a; I may have occasion for the moneyin procuring a place in the Customs, which will be suitable to my inclinations as well a.s

my health, which is now, and has been for some time, very precarious, owing to a pamin my side which I fear is hard to remove. Mr. Bond's grandfather Hopkins died lately

at Bath, leaving him an Estate of £8000 pr. annum. Li a recent letter from him he styles

liiuiself Bond Hopkins, & althougli he cxpres.=es a tender and affectionate concern for

my w_clfarc and happiness in the future, 1 cannot dettrminc how far his fiiendship' mayextend towards me, now that it is in his power to assist me. I am glad to hear of the

welfare of all relatives S3 friends with you, and did my health permit would write often

to tlicm, & in tliis way prove my gratitude for tlieir numberless civilities & kindnesses.

My brother George is at St. Vincent's, where tlie Indians are not yet subdued, but I fear

the Troops will suffer more from the unhealthy climate, than from any skirmish with tlie

Indians. If my brother is living my uncle (.^^r. Prescott) has procured liim the majorili'

of tlie Regiment, which will be ordered home this year or next. Tell Cousin Ilenny

Nico'H, also Cousin Henny Chambcrlaine (your wife) that I long to have some tried

Homminj', for I ca;i get none here. I expect to have a crop for roasting ears, as we have

had no frost yet to speak of, and t!ic weather :s remarkably mild f )r the season. I Iiavc

begun planting which I suppose you will not do for sometime. I may truly call this a

weeping climate, the sun .so seldom makes his appearance in "Winter, and not often in

Summer. However these frequent rains cause a perpetual verdure, which adds agreeably

to the prospect. Tiiis city has so much improved of late years, tfc is still increasing, that

without any partialily I think it i< the most agreeable place for a person of fortune to live

in. It is at, present full of gentry, and by subscribing 10 shillings yearly, one can go to

the Coffee IIuum,' every night, and pass a plea-sant evening in the best company. But the

walls, nearly 2 miius in circuit add most to the beauty of Chester, and being on a rising

ground, command a most delightful and extensive prospect all round for about 80 miles,

:-:o that you n'.ay have a view to t!ie extent of 00 miles by <iniy turning round. Tiic

canal that they arc now cutting close by the walls, abont oO feet below the foot walk, will

make it exceedingly pleasant. You can see the Canal for 2 miles on a straight coui-sc,

and tbo walls in the dirtie>t wcatlier are always clean. In rainy v,-eather one may walk

as dry as in a lion.-e from one pari rf the city to a?iothcr by moans of Tiazzas, which are

very ccnveiiient. Wlifu yon coii.-i'hr thai this city contains 30,000 souls, and its vicinity

to Livcrpoi.'l, 30U will be ,Mirpri:-ed to learn that a single person can live and dress v,-el!

on XbO a year whi.-h can hardiy be dnnf with dMublc that suui in London. 'With repccts

l'': all friends T remaii) Yr. a.ffcctionato kinaman,

To S. CdAMiiKUL.u.VK, Oxf.-rd, Md rilCHAUD CHAMBERLAlNE.

1-i CirAMBKKl.AlXE FAMILY.

CiitrsTKn, May SrJ, 1773.

Dkak Siii—I cmbiacc lliis opportunity ntTordcd by a Vcs?o] from Liverpo?], to Ibaijkyou for the rcmillaiiccs last received, & t.) desire tliat ycu fraii.=niil the remainder as sconas pos.sil;lc, as 1 shall have occasion to use it in some branch of Business. INIy brotherhas £8-20 of my money, for which lie allows mc 5/r', and my mother, who is in a verypoor state of health, allows mc £-20 for my board. This is barely suflicient to keep me at

present, but 1 hope my relatives v,-ho are able, will give me sonie assistance. ?>Iy healthhas been wretched enough fav m.onths past, tlie pain iu my side being troublesome, butsomewhat relieved by blistering. I long very much to see my IÎaryland friends andrelatives. I meet with none of that friendship & liospitality in England, that I received

from them, it I feel the loss of tlieir good company, though stirrounded witli the gayestamusements. Our Races begin to-day on the finest course in England, being on a level,

and X mile round, with a most delightful prospect from t)ie Walls for half a mile, and a

view of 50,000 persons. The new play house is just finished whicli is very elegant, <k

the players are come down from London for tlic Summer season. My brother Georgehas returned from St. Yince'.it':?, & is now in London with Gexieral Dalrympie, wjiodesired his comjiany, & will soon be at home. He expects the majority of the Regimentv,-hich my Uncle has reserved for him. We have had a very fine Winter, but the Springis very cold, JvT as 1 write large hail stones- arc falling, and the ground is covered v.ith

snow. :My hand is so cold tiiat 1 can scarcely hold my pen to subscribe my.self, yourafTeclionate kinsman, RICHARD CHAMBERLAIXE.

To S. CnAMX5KiiL.\iN-E, .Jr., Ox Pud, Md.

Taliiot Covntv, Oct. 1st, i77,l

Deau Sin— Dawson has paicf me within £20, of the whole debt to j'ou, & promises

that I shall have the remainder in a short time. As you desire to have your money in

order to purchase any sinecure that may offer, I have transmitted a Bill of £120@GG;;/;c«

( which is the present Exchange), to Mr. Anderson in a letter that goes with thi.s, with

directions to advise you of the jeccipt of the money. The remainder I will send byreturn of Mr. Anderson's ship, that is daily expected here. In the middle of March la?t,

the old gentleman j'our Uncle, had a return of a disease ( which you may remember often

troubled him) which increa.sed .-o much upon liim as to confine him to the house, and in

a mouth to his bed, where he expired on the 20th of April last About the same time mybrother J;mies Lloyd, lost his little boy liobins. A most alarming malady passed Ihrongli

this part of- the connlry in the Spring, which swept off many people, your friend Jona-than Xicols being one of the victinn. ilany whosa throats were afi'ccted died in a fewliours, but v.iien the head or breast was the scat of the disorder it did not so soon produce

death. The people near the fresh waters of the Choptank, v/ere most suVjject to these

complaints. Your cousin Jimmy has lately had another son whom lie calls Robins, andNancy Earle, your consin in Queen Anne County, a daughter, v.honi she calls Sukey.

ThCiC I believe are the only young relations that you have here. You must be contented

with liearing that we are all well, as I cannot now write of each particularly. ^Nlrs.

Chanibcrlaine de.<îres her remembrances to you, tt joins n:e m compliments to yourMother u: ]3rotliMs. The young n, an Smith, of whom \\,u wnte, enclosed your letter

to mc from Baltimore. 1 regret that I couM i;ot cncouiagc his hopes of obtainim,'

employment tlirough my recominendation, as it was not in my power to do anything for

him. J mvited hiiu to pay us a visit, Init 1. have heard nothing more of him Since 1

last wrote T liave recovered tiie lire.-! i i')iiek;( yon l.st when liere, and now return it to

you. Yr.9. alTectii)natcly,

To I^KiiATiD >.JiA.Mi;i:iii,Ai.M;. S. CnAMUERL.AU\ i:.

CHAMBEKLAINE FAMIIA'. 15

Cin:>TEii, 1-Vl;,y. 2d, 17T4.

Deai; SiR~Iam very much obliged lo you for tlio good news rospoctiiisT Dawson's;d..'bt, also for the curly remittance, A.- \Yisb I liad tlic renuuudor safe in my Brother'sliands, as lie gives me good interest for ^vhat he luis of mine. Some time ago a vacanoyhappened in the Customs at this place, but my application came loo late. Another off GO;)?- an at Parkgatc met with the same fate, a'; a more powerful application was madefor a distressed family to Lord Xorlh through interest of Sir Roger Moslyn who ownsgreat part oi i'aikgate. Col. Burgoine had the disposal of the place, it Avrote word that

£150 would procure it. 1 expected a deputation down yesterday, but the Col. wasobliged to decline the offer, I am therefore as unsettled as ever. I would venture to cometo America, but that I cannot well leave my -Mother, who is my best friend in England.1 am heartily tired of idlciicss, & yel my bad stale of health is a great drawback to ajiy

business, i?c has been all my life. The pain in my side continues, it at Christmas I wasvery bad with it. & in cold weather it is troublesome, though I am not always confined to

the house or my bed. I hoped to have Icttere from you last year in son\e of your home-ward bound ships. I now wiite lo Inform you not to trouble '.Ir. Anderson with myBills, as my brother will in future negociate any that you send me. Were! in LondonI c'd correspond more frequently w ith my friends in Md. I tlid write to .Mr. Ilollyday,

but 1 was then obliged to shorten my loiter because of the great pain in my side. 1 hopeto go to Liverpool iu the Spring, and stay the Summer for the beuelit of my health. A;

will have opportunities from thence. My mother is in poor health & George is at Chester,

expects to join his Regiment very soon. Brother John is well. }>Ir. Bond Hopkins writes

every 2 mouths from Cobham in Surry, 20 miles from London. 3Iy niece comes on fust,

and he is married again. I must conclude with respects from all to my Uncle, iV remaindear cousin Yrs. most affectionately-.

To S. CiiAMBJÛLAiNE, .Ju., O.xfoid, Md. RICHARD CHAMIÊIH.AINE.

OxFOXD. Md., :.Liy 2nd, 1774

Deak Siii—I am siu-priscd to llnd by your lelttcr that mine have not been received, as

I wrote lu Oct., of the partial settiement of Dawson's debt, and of the poor old gentle-

man j'our uncle's illness and death which hai:)peucd on 29th of April a twelvemonth ago,

also of the death of Jonathan Xicols of Barker's Landing. "We have since lost mybrother-in-law William Nicols, after a short illness, and 1 am afraid has left his family in

u rather destitute condition. "We must do all we can for our sister, ^ the children, whoarc all pretty hearty. 1 am afraid that you will suffer somewhat by this event, for the

money left bj* ^McGowan for you, v.as placed in Mr. Nicols' hands, and I much question

whether he has left any Acc't. of it, but I will exnmine into it, and let you know. James

tt family are well, also Dickey it Xancy Earle. My Henny (for there are so many that

I must use that distinction) is at Ralcliffe Manor, where our little girl was born on March

31st. "We shall call her Anna ^^laria, after her graiuUnother, iÎrs. Hollyday, & to-morrow

purpose to curry the little stranger home. Mr. Hollyday will write to you shortly Jo is

always glad to hear from you. With respectful cijinpliments to your Mother & Jirothers.

I am yr. affectionate cousin,

To RiCHAitD CiiAMj;E!iLAi.Nj-, Chcêr, England. S. CHAMBERLAINE.

T r

Ciii;sTi:n, Se];t. Uh, 1774.

Di-îAK SiJi—You will have been informed before thi.-: of Mr. Anderson':;, failure, pr

to v.'hich he had retained in his hands your letters of advice in regard lo my affairs. I

hope that j'ou v/iU l>e no loser by l>im. The accoujit stands in liis favour, and he writes

to me that he had given you credit from Die fir.-t for the sums yon had remitted him, aiuJ

that I li;id no <-oncer;i with him in any jc- p'.:ct, to wiiioh I acquiesce. 1 only wr(Uc i<>

II I

10 CliAMBERLAIXE FAMILY.

inquire how tilings sIolkI, <]c if i migiit draw upon liiiu on your Account for any sum.As he is under a cloud, tliut is now impossible. 1 am told hi.-^ Creditors have in gcnernl

agreetl to a eoiupronuse, and I shall be glad to learn that you do not .'JUlTcr by him. Yourletters v.'ith the melancholy news of the death of my Uncle l\: friends in tlie Isicols family,

have come to hand. 1 sincerely console with Cousin Ilenny Isicols in her sad bereave-

ment, and if I have any account agoinst her late husband, I. beg that you will make nofurlhor mcaition of it.as I cannot wish to distress any indiviilr.al, much less an absent

Relation and friend, wliose civility and kindness 1 can never forget. 1 lind the climate t

in this part of the World very- disagreeable and trying to my constitution, & often wish*

myself in .Maryland. There is hardly any Summer here, (.t the Harvests that used to be ?.

in July & August, are now in Sept. iV Oct. ^Ye rarely see the Sun, & there is a per- |

pctual rain, hardly one clear day in the week. I am sorry to sec the Americans so cruelly >

oppre.?sed, and in particular the town of Boston by that Act, for shutting up the Port, as |it ihvulves the innocent with the guilty. 1 wish them success in their endeavours to get if

that Act repealed, and all differences settled between the two countries. Present my kind ''

respects to all relatives and friends, and believe me dear cousin r

Ever yr. atTectionate Kinsman,To S. CiiAMiJi-KLAiXE, Oxford, Md. PlCIl'D CilAMliERLAlNE.

'

TAi.r.OT Coir.NTV, Md., Dec. 27, 177J. ?

Deau Siu—I received your letter by the Packd, that to be sent by way of Phila. •«

has not yet reached me. I am equally concerned and surprised to hear of James Ander- \

-£on's failure. So Air from my being in his debt, both, father it son have been in minefrom the first of our business intercourse, and now owe me £70. As it was confidently

.qaid that old Mr. "William Anderson died worth £30,000, Jimmy was supposed to I'c iij .

affluent circunistances, & no one suspected until lately that his affairs were in a bad way.

I sincerely wish that the Bill had gone to yourself, and as I only followed your directions,

I cannot view my conduct in a light any way exceptionable. Please send me any letter

that you have received from James Anderson, and I Avill do all I can to recover any thing .

for you. Keep also an authenticated copy of any letter you send. Mrs. Chambcrlaino i

joins me in best wishes to j-our mother & brothers & your.?elf.|

Yr. atTectionate kinsman, %

S. CHAM13KRLAI><i:, l

To Mu. lUcjiAKiJ CiiAMiiEiiLAiN!:, Wcst Chcslcr, England.

Chester, May 22J, 1775. I

De.ui Sin—My losses are entirely due to my own iriiprudcncc, though it was %

natural for me to confide In your agent in London. I cannot however blame you in the|

least, arid shall be greatly obliged for your kind assistance in arranging my affairs, and \

shall concur with you in anything that you may do fur the best, not doubting but that ?

you will act wisely. I am sorry to sec the disputes v.'ith America carried to so great :'.

length, & hope matters wiil soon be accommodated to the mutual advantage of Greut ?

Britain & her Colonies. Yr. allectionatc kinsman,^

To S. CiiANrnniii.Ai.NE, 0.vford, Md. lUCII. ClIAMmCHr.AIXE.

[P-j}rtr of Atlornc'/ lo -'r-'. Cla'.-.n.'Ciii'.nc, .//•.]

.Makyj.ak!), Taluot Coi.NTV:

Ko.'j'r. aV, mail hij thcae prcSciUs^ TJiat I, Plchurd Chambcrlaine, now of T.-ilbor Count}',|

in the Province of JNIaryland, gentleman, have hereby constituted, and aullujrised Samuel |

Cbamberlaine, Jr., of said County and Province, aforesaid gentleman, to be my lav/fu! f'

AtlorDcy for me and in my name ^.nd to my u:-;e, to ask,..suo Ibr, receive all eV: every such *

CHA>ir>P:HLAlXE FAMILY. 1<

Debts nnd pnins of ^Nloiiey whicli aio Jiow due unto nic from any Person or porson?, or anyway liowsocvcr, to do cx'pcufe and perrorm as fully, lar.Eiely, and amply, in eycrj' respect

to all intents a? I niy-elf might or could do wprc T personally ]''iesent. And I do liorebj'

ratify and confirm, allow, whatôcvor my said Attorney shall lawl'ully do in or about the

Execution of the Têmisos, by Virtue of these Present?. Witness whereof I have here-

unto put my Hand and Seal this nr-t Day of October in the year of our Lord one

thousand seven hundred and seventy-one. " lUCIIARD CIIAMBEHLAIXI::.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of James Nieols.

In his "Will drawn up in the same month, Mr. Chamberlaine devises hi.s property in

England and America to his brothers John and George, witli £50 sterling to his mother,

and appoints hi> kinsman, Samuel Chamberlaine, to bo his Executor in IMarylaud.

CiiKSTKR, June 2Sth, 1T7S.

Dkau CorsiN—It is now a long time since we have had the pleasure of hearing from

yoii owing to the ujihappy disturbances that have; baiipeued between our countries. I

earnestly trust in God that this will find you in good health, and all our relatives free

from the calamities usually attending on War. !Mr Griftith, a gentleman from Charleston,

B. U., having resided liere some years, is obliged by ill health to return to those parts, &promising to lake your town on his way, has offered to cany despatches for us. I there-

fore enclose the letter which we wrote 3 j-ears since, containing sufncient powers &documents to demand & enforce the iiaymcnt of the money duo from Mr. Anderson to

my brother Kichard. I trust that an accommodation will take )>lace between our Coun-

tries, and put a stop to the most unhappy War that ever happened between people so

nearly allied to one another as wo are. If all other difficulties can be satisfactorily

arranged, we hope something short of independence will be acceptable to the Americans,

for v:e rather than any other :iation are best formed to be friends with you. Referriui;

you to Mr. Grifiith for family news, I remain v.'ith great regard.

Dear cousin, your most affectionate kinsman,

JOHN UIIAMBEKLAINE, Ju.

To Samiel Cii.vMBEnLAi.NK, EsQ., Oxford, M.iryland.

CuESTEK, lOUi August, 1701.

Dkau Sik—Frvm the relatioashi]) in which v.-e stand, and more particularly from

the intimacy I had wilii your nephew, my cousin, Thos. Chamberlaine, Jr., who left

these parts a few j'cars past, after favoring me with his company for a few weeks in

Chester, I take this opportunity of inquiring after your health, that of your family in

general, and particularly cjf that of my cousin Thomas, if it has pleased God to continue

him in this v,-orld. Of this I am doul.Uful, becaiise of a letter lie wrote to my brother

George about two years ago, wherein he express* ? liimself as being in a very precarious

state of health and under the advice of hU physician to go to Bermuda or some lavorablc

climate for its restoration. It will be pleasing to be favored witii any particulars relating

to him, as my brotlior llicliard S: I entertain a high esteem for him.

Eespectin'g our family, couMn Thomas, no doubt, gave j'ou particulars up to that lime,

biU it is no trouble to recapitulate- them and I will mention tliat our father, Joseph Cham-

berlaine, married Into the Prcscolt family , one of the first bankers nov,- in London and worth

nm,mO, (llie brother hers dicl in 1709 and left mo £1,000 and his business in the Lead

Commission lino,) and died in 1751 leaving his children, George, now about fifty-two. iny-

s.df fifty anrl my younger brother Jlichard Ibrty-eigbt, with two sisters, very destitute in

the world iivhc 1. Mv Uncle Prc"-c olr, in addition to his gift to me, left 15 )0 to my broUu:r

IS CIIAMJ^KKLAINK lAMlLY.

Richard and jC'^.OOO to my si.stcr Kiizabotli, (my ?islor Mtirtlia was then decid,^ who behv.;

at Bristul Well? for her lieallli, met witli a geiitleinan of hirgt? fortune, (fi Mr. Bond, whuwas heir to t!ie famous Vulture Hopkins Estate of about £7,000 per annum,) whom she

afterwards married. My sister died in 177'3, leaving a daughter, who died at tlie early

age often j-eais. About six ycar> after, my brother George, then a Captain in the A.rmy,

married the ojily sister of Mr. Bond, with a fortune of £30,00(3, by whom he lias twodaughters, the eldest fifteen years old, the s-econd about thirteen. By his llrst wife MissIIny?

he had a son George, who..was brought up a clergyman and has been nearly as fortunate

as his fiither, having married a daughter of Boeston Long (the great Jamaica Planter &Merchant in London,) with £20,000. At this date my nephew lias no family. Mr. BondHopkins marrlccl again and died a few months ago and left about £200,000. £100.000 to

his daughter by his 2nd wife, now 19 years of age, & £12,000 to my brother Georgeand his wife. As for myself I still remain a bachelor & likely to continue one. I

am t)ut of business, having acquired £12 to £l.j,000, which being vested in landstt houses,

take up much time in looking after and improving. Brother Richard is in tolerable

health, cV lives near me, not being calculated lor a man of businev'?, & not di.9po?ed to gomuch into company. He desires hia affectionate remembrances to you & other

cousins and hopes that you will be able to recover for him his old deb'.s, particularly

that of £120, due from Anderson, & the interest (or the bill protested for nou-payment. 1

think Anderson returned to America in the late War, & you may possibly know some-

thing of him, & learn of any prosiiect of recovering the money. If ir, could be recovered

as an old American debt di-;e to a i^ritish subject, payments of whicli were stopped by yourState, it might be worth attending to.

My Cousin John Chamberlaine, the blind gentleman, now lives close by me & has

come to end his days here. He is now SO years of age & very infirm in his limbs, being

crippled with the Gout, liaving lived top freely perhaps in his younger days, but is

hearty, and in good spirits. An income of £.500 a year, enables him to keep a carriage

eeldom made use of. He is the eldest branch of our family, being the grandson of Thos.

Chamberlaine of" Saughall," by hislirst wife Ann Penketh.and son of.John C. who died

in Va. in 1721. Your father S.'C. was next to him, if I recollect right. I\Iy father was by a

2nd wife. Miss Heyling. ;My cousin above mentioned, had an only daughter Melliora,

who married a !Mr. George Reeve, who Icept a Great Manchester Warehouse in London,and died worth £40,000. Their son, John Chamberlaine Reeve, is now at school here.

a fine boy of 11 yrs. of age & will inherit the whole property if he lives till he arrives at

age. Should he die, before, it is unknown wher ' this property' will go to a- Reeves' heir-:

are not to be fi.iund.

You will e.NCUse my dweUing long on Family notes, it may serve for a long time to

con\e, if this comes safe to hand. 1 will send this by a Mr. Jordan, a gentleman in the

Chirurgical line, who married a lady of this place, «fc is going to America to settle, as

thousands have done lately, and ni.any more are likely to follow, if the system of this

devoted nation continues as it has done r)r 20 years past. I mean the latal propensity we Jiave

to be involved in bloody and expenîve Wars, to answer no good end oi purpose whatsoever.

W'e had but just recovered from the hist impolitic War with our Colonies, which ought to

have been a warning to us, but we mu.-t involve our.selves with 3 rapacious powers of

infamous character, who after dividing and robbing Poland, & almostannihilating that

oppressed Kingdom, after first guarantci.-ing its new Constitulirm, mu.st get us to join in an

infamo'is coalition to stop Mio pn.'grf'ss of Liberty &, republicanism in i-'ranee, a Govcrn-

nient in which we liad no right to intern-re, guiif3' thougli it was of enormities whicii

cannot bo approver! of ik- which every good man must lament. A.lreafly many iMiropoan

powers, ul.-:o yours in Amtric:)., loo!c upon us v.ith a jealous eye '-n account of our con-

quests in the \V'e=t Inuies, d' when liic Frcncii gfin Holland the^' may be nearsy a match

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for us ui)f>n Sea, A' i-)eiliaiis if a?piitod by llie Dunes, Swedes S: otlior powers llial tlioy

liave au interest iu or can conimaml, tliev will turn the scale against u?, even on Ux;

Ocean, of which it is too much our pride to call ourselves the Sovereign.

Were I some years younger wilii a wish to go through more bustle iji the world, I

irliould certainly i)ay 3'ou a visit, & look out for a few thousand acres in some of your

provinces. "When you write be so good as to inform nie which province you wouldrecommend for settling in the Husbandry line, as the most eligible or cheapest. Excusethis long cpislle and believe nic to be your affectionate Kinsman,

JOHN CliAMBEULAKXE. .In.

To S.\MU):i. C'jiAMBrj'vLAixr:, Oxford, Md.

Saml'kt, Cji.vmi)i:j;laixi: of "rj-AiXDKALiNo/' youngest .son of S;min(.')

iiuJ Ann l\i]kctli CiKUiiberiaine, was born at ''Saiighall on the Dee," on MayIG, 1697. Of the boyhood and early education of this gentleman there i.s no

record, but .his life in after years give.? evidence of good training and disci'

pline in his yoiitl:. His father and eldest brother, John, had for years been

engaged in trade witli the Colonies in America, arid owned several ships

plying lietween Liverpool and Oxford in Maryland. One of ilu-se vessels, the

Elizalctli, was built for Mr. Thomas Chamberlainc, by Gilbert Livesley, for

800 lbs. of Tobacco, and in September 171f, the two brother.- took passage in

her for Oxford, where Samuel finally concluded to settle, and continue the

trade Avith Jrhigland and other parts of the Old AVorld,

In 1719, by the advancement of funds to that end, he bt:came a member of

:the firm of Iiatchda,le, Xorris & Co., and in 1720, an agent or factor for ]\lr.

Foster Cuncliflfe, a Liverpool mercliant. In 17~3, he bought out Mr. luitch-

dale & Co., and himself, father and sister-in-law, .Margaret Clay Chamber-

lainc, 1he widow of his brother John, composed the firm of Chamberlaine &Co. Oil April 3rd, 17--?1, Mr. Chamberlaine married Miss Mary Ungle, only

\ child of liobert and Frances Ungle, and granddaughter of John and Mar-

: garet Tope. Mr. and ]\Irs. Pojie were among the earliest settlers at Oxford, and

owned large tracts of land on botli sides of the Tred Avon l\iver. On one of

these tracts called " Rome," "Bonfieid," on lloone's Creek, Avas built in 1772

by Sanauel Chamberlaine, .h'. Îr. Ungle, the father of Mrs. CJiamberlaine,

was born in England in lii70, January 23rd, and was for maiiy years a lead-

1 ing businessman in Talbot county, Deputy Xaval Oflicerof Port Oxford, and

tlirougli all Qut-en Anne's reign, a magistrate, and one of '* tlie Quorum."'"

;lie died at ' Plaindealing"' in 1727, and surviving his daughter, Mr. Cham-

berlainc was at great trouble and expense to discover under proofs before tlic

Lord Mayor of London, his heirs at law in Lngland. TJicy proved to be

^[rs. Abigail llill, wife of Thomas Hill, of London, and Mrs. Mary Alferino,

wife of Phineas Alferino, (now Alfricnd,) of Churle.s county, Va. I'rom

these heirs .Mr. Chamberlaine purchased " Plaindoaling," a plantation on the

'J'red Avon liiver, opposili- tlie town of Oxford, but did nut reside tliere until

1735, after his second marrii:gc. Mis. lu'aiiccs Ungle died in ViU, leaving a

large propejiy, cliielly in real estate, and juany legacies to friends and dtjien-

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dunls. In lier ^vill now in tlie posscisiou of Dr. Chanibcrlainc of Easton, ^ve

rcial :''1 appoint my sou-in-law, Samuel Cliamberlaine, to bo my lieir at la^'.

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to inherit tho residue and remainder of my personal estate." To each of i

^[r. Chamberlaine's cliildrni (by his second Avife,) she left large sums of I

money and her executors Averc ".Samuel Cliamberlaine and his son Tliomas."|

Jler funeral ceremonies Avere jicrfoinied by IJev. John Lewis, a Eoman|

Catholic priest, olhciating at Wye, to whom slie left a legacy of ten pounds/' s

A fev/ months after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Cliamberlaine accomj a- B

nied by Mrs. Tngli-, jniid his last visit to his father at '' Saughall,''^ the home |

of his childliood, in Cheshire, England, returning to Oxford the following|

year in the Squire, one of tlieir ov»n vessels. Afier a year spent in her|

fatliei's house, Mr. and ^Îrs. CJuimi)erluiue moved to tlieir own liome in i?

Oxford, Av here Mrs. Cliamberlaine died, on September 13tli, 1?J3G. A portrait\

of this lady painted in England, fur iiiany years hung over the mantel-piecei

in tlic ILill chamber at "Bonfield," in Avhich sjie is represented as a veryI

beautiful woman, -with black eyes and hair and a brilliant complexion. This|

with three^Chamberlaiue portraits brought from England, and two of tlie|

Kobins-IIoIlyday family, v, ere removed for "greater care and preservation ''to

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the residence of Or. Chamberlaine in Easton, in ISTO. I

Three years after the death of his ^vife,' Mr. Cliamberlaine married on|

January 22nd, 1720, r^liss Henrietta ,Alaria Lloyd, daughter of James and Ann|

Grundy Lloyd, and granddaugliter of Col. rhilemon IJnytl, of " Wye House,"' !

and his v.'ife, Henrietta Maria Xeale Ll':^yd.j

Mr. Chamberlaine by ste;tdy porseverance in commerce and agricultural|

pursuits, soon became one of the richest- men in the county and owner of

thousands of acres of land on Tred Avon and Ciioptank rivers, also on Miles

river, opjiosite the Goldsborougii estate. He stood first in the county as an

honorable, honest and Avortliy man, of an unimpeachable character, proved

by tlie high jiosition he held for thirty-four years in tiic Lord Proprietor's

Council of State. Ho succeeded his father-in-law, Mr. Ungle, as Deputy

Naval Onicer of Lokomoke and Oxfurd and -was Collector of Port Oxford

until 17-lS, when he resigned the jiosition and was succeeded in the office by

his eldest son, Thomas Chamberlaine. We learn from certiiin records that

I>lr. Cliamberlaine contriuuled ( no duitbt largely,) towards the erection of "a

frame" chajiel in Oxford. Tiiere can be no doubt but that his children were

traiuTMl in the doctrines and ))ractiecs of the Church of England, as liev.

ThoU! IS Bacon was IJector of the Parish, and in charge of this chapel as Avell

as of the parish church, culh'd White Marsh, .situated about six miles from

Oxford on the road to J-âston. \n ITl.j \)r. I'acon came to Oxford as curate

to Pev, Daniel ]\[ayna<lie)-, vhum he succeeded as Pector of St. Peter's

I'arisli. Xo one could gainsay the learning aiul ]>i<--ty of tliis young man, and

well might he have b,;-en honored with the Cliaphuncy to Lord Paltimore,

bein"- in the advance guard of the religious, mor.d and learned men of the

Colonies.

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'I' MM.

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Iiev. Dr. Bacon iiiarrie.l a dan^liter of Col. "J^liomas Boznian and lived at

Oxford, from thenco reirioved near to tlie present Choptank bridge, four miles

from Easton, and before Ins final chanf!;e of residence to Frederick rounty, at

head of Wye, near lliudman's landing. It was licv. Îr. Bacon's scientific

knowledge of nnisic and his wonder working powers on the violincello for

Gregorian Chuntj and Church melodic?, UiM gave so much ]n-oi> and stay to

Cliurch principles and Chnrcli sentiment over many years of sound and elo-

quent toacliing in all the humility of a Christian. lie was sent to his special

work in the Colony by the ]\t. llev. Father in God, Thomas, Lord Bishop of

Sodor and ^Nlan. All IMaryland owes a debt of gratitude to this learned

canonist of hi? day; the author of a valuable boJy of Laws of ^Maryland, and

of Ecrmons on 60ci;d and educational reform.

Of the chapel at Oxford there is no longer a vestige, and the site even is

unknown. A lot outside the lown limits was given m 1852 by a pious

]nembcr of the Chamberlaine family, and large sums of money collected by

the Tilghman family and otliers towards the erectioti of a church thereon.

Owing to the failure of funds to complete the church accordiiig to the large

l)lau given beyond the stone av.iIIs, the Iv.^ctor, llev. Mr. AValker, and the

\'estry, with the approval of ttio Bishop of the Diocese, have decided to

abandon the stone structure, to sell the ground for burial lots and to erect a

frame chapel in the town.

Could the site of the former chapel be discovered, the present one would

doubtless occupy it, and it would delight the hearts of Mr. Chamberlaine's

descendants to apply a poi-tion of his great weaUli in aid of so noble a work

and above all, to make this church a memorial of their distinguished ances-

tor. Unfortunately for them and for the Church, }ilr. Chamberlaine's vast

fortune has been subjected to so many divisions and sub-divisions, as not to

admit of this loving testimony from his children's children. Mr. and Mrs.

Chamberlaine resided at Oxford for several years, removing to '•' Plaindealing''

in 1735, where Mrs. Chamberlaine died oa March 2:)th, 1748, in the 3Sth

year of her age, leaving four sons and three daughters. ^V_porlraitof-Mrs,

Henrietta Miivhi Lloyd Chamberlaine, given to her daughter, Mrs. Eichard

Earle, of Queen Anne's county, Md., is now in the possession of her great

granddaughter, Mrs. Dr. Josejth Chamboi-laino of Easton, and a memorial

ring in black enamel, with her name and dale of death, is clain)ed by her

namesake in the Chamburlaine family of Oxford, Md.

\Yc are told in the following incident, that her daughter, Mrs. William

Xicols, was presented with '-a set of silver," and "anothâ- valuable gift.'"

One morning on entering the breakfast room at *' riaindealing," tlie two

sisters, Ann and llenrietti, were surprised to see seated on one of tlie dressers

(th.at nearest the laundry) a goo'.l,cluvrful faced negro hoy. In one hand in-

lield a coffee urn, in the other a teajfOt, and lea caddy, cream jug and waiters

tied about his waist and in hi:^ hip, weighed down the little fellow, wIjO

rejoiced in the name of "Mahomet." lU; being fresh from the Gold Coast,

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liad no doubt, kiionii glittering nict;il>:, and lie mmi iu tlio dignifiod way o'

the better sort of hi.> people, have h)oked down from his perch on the dre.tsor ^

Avith the ;iir of one who had s?en mueli liner thin.irs in his day. "Is the|

silver mine? " asked Ann of her father, no longer able to restrain her inijui-|

patience. " No," replied the Honorable member of the Proprietary's Conneil,f,

"it is Ilenrietia's," but ten to one he really said " Kenny's," not Etta, nor |

Nettie, nor any such, new fanglei invention for an honest Christian name. ^

In right of tliis same Henrietta, Avho inarried Mr. William Nicols, a son t

of Ivcv. Henry Nicols of Sr, ]\[:chaol's, her great grandchildren, .Mrs. Hen- .;'

rictla Maria May, (relict of Hon. Henry }ilay, of Baltimore,) nee He Courcy,'i-

Ur. AVilliam H. He Courcy of Queen Anne's connty and the children of their|

brother Notley He Conrcy, (who mairied ^liss Nannie Paca, and died in 1859.) ^

hold this service, and other memorials marked with the crest and name of |

Samnel Chamberlaine. Mrs. Earle, ( Ann Chamberlaine,) also received valu-|

able presents from her wealthy fatlier, and by the interir.arriage of her son i

Samuel C. Earle, with his cousin, Henrietta ^Maria Nicols, several silver|

waiters and other articles of value, passed into the hands of Mr. Turbutt p

Harris, their daughter Maria Earle having married a gentleman of tluitname. f

]\rr. Harris died without cliildren, leaving his property (including tlie silver)

to iiis sister .Miss 8allie Harris, who died in April, 1880, and by whose last

will and testament her lieir, Mr. S. Teaeklc Wallis, of L'>altiniore, becomes the

possessor of the Chamberlaine heirlooms.

Mahomet was about eight or ten years of age when jjureliased out of the

Guinea Ship at Oxford, and carried over to " Plaindealing," where he lived

nntil 1773, when he was taken to '* Bonlield." He marriel Asia, a ]\[oor,

and the daughter of an African (^)ueen. In ISll, Mahomet and Asia weie

taken to " Jlichmond Hill," the residence of Mr. Henry Chamberlaine, in

Cecil connty, and were there until 1S30, when Mahomet returned to his old

home at "Bontleld," dyiiig soon after in sheer joy at seeing the Old ]iome-

stead. He was nearly a century old and had always been a most respectable

and respected servant in the family, as was also .Vsia h.is wife. Their daughter

^Margaret Ivoy, was the devoted slave of the "Clora's Point" Chamberlaines.

She had very regular feature? and straight hair and was called "Mammy''to the day of her death in 1S50. She lived to a great age and was tenderly

cared for by the family whom slie so loved.

" Difd vn April IJOtli, 17i3, Samuel Cliamberlaine of Chesl)ire, England,

late of ' Piaindealing,' in Talbot county, Maryland,'' In tlie family buri;il

ground at " Plaindealing." two large marble slabs denote the graves of Hen-

rietta Maria (I^loyd) Chandjerlaine and her son Thomas, who died in 1708.

The n:imes and Cuantberiaine arm> were (iistinctJy visible in 1880 on these

mcjiiorials of iionored ancestoi's. There is " neitlier storied urn nor aniinatedj

bust" in memorv uf the distinwuii-hed head of the familv, and tlie omission ]

gave rise to a ghost story, v, hich wdn ••'too strange to be true,'' though it I

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causeil considerable s,'ns:ition tliroiigliout the conuly. '" riaiiide.iling'' wasdevised to Thomas Clianiberlaiue, Jr., and at hi? deatii in 1T89, to his half

hiothor Tobjrt Lloyd Xicols. Êr. Xicoh died -withont lieirs, and Jiis

o.vccutors sold t;ie property to Mr. lôocdêrmai), -wJiose brother married a Miss

.Maria M;i.rtin, niee:- of .Mr. Xicols. In 1S55 it Avas again sold and purchased by

Captain Tlardeaslle, who has modernized the Mansion House, lacing left in the

luinds of tenants for mariy years,

'"Deca3''s cffachig fingers

Have swept the Ihics where bcautv lingers,"

and wliile the npper rooms were nnsafe to walk over, the:e was only the

i \»ainscoating, and the elaborately carved beaufets (set in the wall,) to record^ th .' tasto and refinement of the first proprietor.

The portraits of Hon, Samuel Chamberlaine, of Cheshire, in IvJ-i, and of

'• Plaindealing," in 17?--2, with those of his two v,-ives, Mary ITngle and Hen-

rietta !Maria Hloy*-^; ^"^^ carefully preserved in the home of Dr. Ghamberhiine,

in E.iston. There are.t\v;o of Mr. Chaniberluine_. one supposed to be painted

in England at the time of his first marriage and visit to his fathei", and the

other at a later period in America. These were removed from '' Bonneld " in

1874.

There was special mention made of the death of Mr. Ch.amberlaine by'" The Maryland Gazette," at xVnnapolis, also in the leading newspapers of

; Xew Yorlc and Pliiladelpihia. He avos well known in connection Viith the

movements during the French and Indian War of 1730, correspondiiig witli

prominent men all over the country, and it is '"'a bitter biting fact,"' that the

l)a}>ers, including the correspondence, with political comments and specula-

tion so carefully filed in the accurate Avay of every well trained merchant,

were left in the g.irret or scattered from the upper rooms of the " Plain-

dealing" 2\LnHion. !Mr. Chamberlaii:ie was consulted upon every matter

of r>-enoral interest in the colony, and the letters addressed to him, endorsed in

his merchant's way, were thus a repository of Maryland History. He was one of

the wealtliy leading men who aided tliat able Carionist, Ilev. Thomas Bacon,

in publishing his celebrated Laws of .Maryland, and in his deatli both Church

and State lost a most valuable and infiueiitial member.

3.rrs. Chamberlains died on },Iarch 20th, 17-iS, and was buried at 'ÎMain-

dealing.'' Her Cliristiau name, '' Henrietta Maria," was derived from that

of the Qucon of the unfortunate Charles I, of England, and has been for

more tlian two centuries a favorite one in every family descended from Captain

and Madame Anna X'eale, who were in the service of the King and Queen,

and th.e maternal grandparents of Mrs. CLamberlaine's father, James Lloyd.

The cliil'iren of bamuei and Henrietta Maria Lioyd Chamberlaine, were;

Thomas, James Lloyd, Samuel, Henrietta Mari:i, Richard Lloyd, wlio died at

an early age, and Ann Chamb: vla'ne.

•2i CIIAMl'.Kin.AlNE FAMILY.

'J'llE I-LOYD-GEXESlS-JGoO.

EnwAiiD Li.OYD, tlio first of the ivxr.a in Muryluiul, came from Virginiawith Leonard Strong anil others, nhout 1G50, and sctthxl at Groenbury Poinf,

near Annapolis—"He ^vas a Puritan, and compelled to qnit A'irginia becauseof liis non-conformity.—They were not invited into îlaryland, only received

arid protected."'

Edward L!oyd was a gentleman of conspicuous ability, and was commis-sioned in July, 1650, by Governor Stone, Commander of Aniie Arundelcounty, ihc^n recen'.ly erected and named after tiio beautiful wife of Cecilius,

Lord Baltimore.

Mr. Lloyd A.as for inany years the Privy Counsellor of Maryland, and mar-ried a Miss Crouch, Avhose Cltristian Jiame, ''Alice," like that of "HenriettaMaria," has descended in every generation of the Lloyd family, and in al!

cognate branches. On the dciith of his uife, who left one son, Philemon, Mr.

Lloyd returned to England i_in IGCS), and married a :\trs. Grace Buckerlield,

and resided in London until his death. In his will, dated May ]]th. 1695,

he styles himself " Edward Lloyd, of the Parish of Saint Mary, "WJiite Chap-pel, in the County of ]\liddlesex, merchant, and late a planter in Maryland."

He devised ''AVye House" to his grandson, Edward, eldest son of Philemonand his wife Henrietta Maria Xeale Lloyd, and tlii.? h.omestead on V^'ya Piivor,

in Talbot county, Maryland, has descended from father to son for inore than

two centurie?. The present proprietor, the sixth of the name, is enabled by

his great wealth to retain in his ancestral homj somewhat of its former style

and luxuriousness.

Lloyd Lisula, or Wye Island belonged to ,Mr. Lloyd, and was an eligible

point for business, wlien lie ceased to be Commander of the Puritan settle-

ment on iSevern, called Providence, and wIk-u ho first came to the waters of

the Wye, he w.as no doubt conveniently lo:>at,'d on this island.

/PliiLEMOX Lloyi), only son of Edward and Alice Crouch Lhjyd (born

lG-t7, died ^VjYch 19, IGSo,) was a mcmbjr uf the Maryland Legislature in

lG71-lGr4, and married M.'-s, Henrietta .Maria Nealo Bennett, widow,,of iiichard I'ennett, who wus dro\\med" iTf 'e;uTy InanlToo^ two chil-

'dren, viz: Kichard liennelt, (the rich merchant of Bennett's Point, whomarried Miss Elizabeth Piousby, and died without children,) and Elizabelli

Bennett, who mai-ricd a ^\\: Darm 1!, oi- Lowe. Hlchard Jiennett's father was

associated with Eilwavd Lloyd and William Claiborne, under the commis-

sion from Cromwell for reducing Maryland and Virginia to their obedience.

Mrs. Philnian Lloyd wa- the dangiifcr of Captain James Xeale and his

"uSfe Anna Xcalc and Jier christian nanu w.is imnieiliately derived from that

of t,lic Queen of England, the wife of the urjfortuiiate Charles L, and has been

f.>r i\\i> litnid:-' d yoars a favorite one in the famil\. it is usual to follow tra-

THE LL(n'D-GEXFSlS. or,

dirion and fancy Madam Xoale of sonic liigh and noblo family in England,

liccanse sLe was in tlie sorvice of licr niajost}' Queen Henrietta Maria, and said

i to lie ''one of lier maids of honor."' She was indeed an estimable and sensible

woman, and niucli about the court of Charles T., Avhero her hnsband, an

early JNIaryland Itusiness man of repute, took her afiur their marriage, and it

, is Jôt io her discredit that she was an American by birtin and a daughter of"'

l.)enjamin Gynne, (or Gill,) a planter of Charles county, Md., where Captain

Xeale became acquainted with and married her. On his return to England,

Captain Xealc was sent by the King and Duke of York on a secret mission to

^/ Spain. The relations of a political nature shown by this agency, were such

as to bring him into personal friendship Avith the King, and Îrs. Xeale,

through her husband's influence, inlu the service of tlie (Vaoers, and also

warranted their asking and having the presence of her Majesty (by proxy)

at the baptism of their eldest daughter, whom they were permitted to nauje

"llenriethi Maria'' in honor of her royal s])onsor.

After Die martyrdom of the King in IGtS, Captaiii Xeale brought his

family to Maryland, and purchased a large tract of land in Charles count}-,

with the Spanish Coins known as "Cob dollars,"' thus originating the name

of Cob Xeck where he settled. /In licv. Thomas Bacon's '• Laws of Mary-

i land," is the Act of 16GC, for naturalizing the children (four) of James and

Anna Xeale, as they were "all born in Spain.'"/ Among the many heirlooms

in the Lloyd-Tilghman-tToldsborough family of ''Otwell"' (all in descent

from Captain and Madame Xeale), may be seen a largo ring containing a

miniature likeness of Charles I. and a pendant from a necklace, "oval in

Iform, set in brillian.ts and pearl, and encircling a figure of tlie lUessed ^ irgin

y standing under a crown on a crescent supported by the head of a cherub, and

is supposed to be a representation of the Assumption,"

James and A:Ni]iONy, sons of Ca]'tain and Anna Xeale. settled ou the

Western shore of Maryland, and among their descendants the most distin-

guished is the late Archbishop Xeale, burn in 171^. Dorothy, their youngest

daughtei-, minried a ^Mr. Taney, and from tliem may be traced the family of

lion, lioger li. Taney. Henrietta .Ataria, the eldestdaughter of Captain

and Anna Xeale, surviwd her second husband, Colgnel Philemon Lloyd, and

died at " AVye House,"' on May -Uh, TOOT. Of her tcj/children by Colonel Lloyd,

but 8iv survived jier, viz: Elwai-d., wiio married Miss Sarah Covington;

Philemon, who married :Mrs. Freeman ; Henrietta Maria, who imirried Mr.

Blake; :Margaret, who married îlatthew Tilghmah Ward : James, who mar-

ried "the beautiful Ann Grundy,'" and Anini Maria Lloyd, who married

Hichard Tilghn.ian.

!n tlie family burial idace at " '^\v.: Hoii-e,"" is ;) loiub^loiie, commemora-

tive of the viiiue.s of Henrietta .Maiia Xeale Bennett Lloyd, "modelled after

New Testament Women," all ln''.k;:n and crushed by sudden blows.

This apparent :nrrii-g • wn^ rv,;. .,-• •i in '».•' li-,:! of .:\'-it'-i>iMU- by (wu '; ,y^.

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2G CUAMBKia.AINK FAMILY.

(albjit hov desceiulanis.) in their soarch for ii rabbit pcokiiu-r slK-ltor under

the marble slab. Tlic secret came out a lew ^'ears back.

Any one who ])leases cm draw a moral from the life of this cxemjilary

woman, whose Protestant Church of England husband, riiilcmon Lloyd, and

Puritan father-in-law, both give hc-r the highest meed of praise. She was

born in Spain, tljOu,L;h of h'jman Catholic ^îaryhiiid parentage, and brought

from that country old fa-;hion:d nr.'ials a:d manners adding force to Christian

faith.

Colon^'l Philemon Ployd died on June :-2nd, 1GS5, and his will referring

to his desire to have his children (rained up in the Protestant Church, has a

special codicil, disclaiming the idea tliat in so doing, he had any design to

reflect on the life and character of ojve so pure and single hearted as his wife.

The truth is, that she threw over the Pionia;i Catholic priests, the protection

of her long social standing in Maryland, on both, shoves, and no Archbishop

of Xew York, even with ihe aid of a CardinaPs hat, could have been inore of a

stay and prop to American Catholicism than this estimable woman. The AVes-

tern Church of Piomc has traditions for the doctrine of '-' prayers for the dead,"

and whatever Protestants might think of the dogma, there would at least be a

poetry and justice in that devotional act of respect and veneration for this,

-our pious ancestress.

In consideration of the zeal of this ''defender of the faith," the Pope

might justly order an annual Pie(|uiem Mass in favor of Henrietta Maria

Xeale Lloyd, though widow of a Puritan, Piehard Ikninett, and r^dict of

Philemon Lloyd, another Prolestaut,. whose earnestness of life in all h.is

private and public relations is the best of records. This '-loving rri>'nd ' of

"William Leeds (who came to Chesaiiâk- Bay waters, prior to the :\[aryhmd

Charter of 1G32), was the executor of his wiH.

Pjiri-EMOX, son of Philemon and Ilenri-tta Maria. Lloyd, born l'jt2, died

l?3-i, married a ^hs. Freeman, of Annai)olis, and had one daughter, Henri-

etta Maria, who married Samuel Chew, and had chilJren, \iy.: Sanmel Chew,

of jrerring Bay; Henrietta Maria Chew, wlio married Mr. Edward Dorsey

;

Philem<m Lloyd, ( who-re twin brothor Bennett, married Anna Maria Tilgli-

man, and died without children); 3Lirgaret Chew (who married John BeaL

Bordloy, and liad children, viz: Thomas, Henrietta Maria and John Bordley,)

and :Mary Chev,-, who first n)arried Willia'ni Paca. Signer of the Declaration

of Indepen.dencL', and had one son John Pac.i, and seccnully, Daniel Dulaney.

Hhs-ril-tta Li.ovi), daughter of Coloir.d PJiilemoa and Henrietta Maria

X.ale Llovd, married Henry VAakc and had children, viz: John Sawyer

Pdakr, of 'AVvc." \ ten rietta .Maria, who married a -M r. Strinafellow. Dorothy,

who mari'Ied' Di'. Cdnirle'; Cacroll, and hat a son, Ciiarles Caa'roll, barrksLei',

and J'lidi'Minu. Blake,' of Chestertov/n.

Anna 3L\Rr.s, daughter of Colon..! Pi)ih.'nio;i and llcnrietta .^âria Xr;u>j

Llo^d, married Pichard Tilghman of ''The Ikrmitage" in Queen Anne"s

county, and h-ad ciuldron, viz: Mary, wdio married James E.irle, (Vtiid ^vho.-e

THE ]j.(>yi)-(;i:xi:sis. 2/

son, Hichanl Tilgbniaii Eavlo, }narrio<l Ann Chamborlaine of ••IMainiloalino:,")

Ilouriefta ^M'ari;!, ^vho luanioil ]V[r. (ioorL'C lôbins, of " I'racli lilossom/' near

l-'aslon ; Jiiolianl, v,]\o married Susannah Frisby; "William, wlio marrieil

.Margaret, dangliier of James ami Ann (Jrniulv i.lu.tl ; I'.lwanl, uiio married

Ani\ 'Jûbutl, ami Elizabeth Cliew of Dover, Delaware; James, who married

Anna Frariei.s; ^^faUhew, (ulio married Anna Maria Lloyd, and whosodaughter, Anna .Maria, ]na:ncd Colonel 'J'enoh Tilghman, AVasbingtou's aid-

de-camp, and died at I'limhimmon in ISio.) and Auna Maria Tilghman,

who mirried twice, fir.-r. Wjijiiani Jbmslev and secoiullv Colonel Kubt-rt

Lloyd.

rjifLF.MO.x llE-Msr.EV, to:i cf Anna 3[aria i Tilghman,) ai.d William Ilems-

ley, mariied ihreo times. Ly his second wife, Miss Sarah Williamson, lu;

had children, viz: Philemon, who married Elizabeth Lloyd, and had two

children, sh: Maria Lloyd, who married Mr, WilHam Jh Tilghman, of

'IIopj,'" and ^\'i]lianl Jlemsley, Avho luarried in 1S33, !Miss ^fargarvt

MclMechen, of l5aUimore, and whoso daughter, l^llen Arn-iistead Hemsley,

married in I-'ebrnary, 1S!G0, John Johnson, son of John Johnson, la?t Chan-

i CLdlor of M;iryland. and had clsildren, viz. : John, ^Margaret McMechen, Ermstllejiisley, Richard Pleasants and Mary Tyler Johnson. 5];iry, who married

Joseph Eorman; Sarah, (who married Dr. John Irvine 'J'roup, a nephew of

Harry Xicols, of Darley, and had children, viz: Henry, Henrietta Maria and

Mary Troup, ") and Aidi Honslev, who married Gen. I'homas Emory, of (jneen

vAnne's county.

i '•^-OvJ.VMK.s Lloyd, so:i of Colonel Philemon and Henrietta ^MarioXcale Lloyd,

(born on .March T. ICSO, died on September :i'!, 17'io.) married on January

12, 1700, the beautiful Amiî-i^ndv,. (born April 25, IGSO, died 1731,) and

lived at '-Hope." Their childr.-n were lioberfc, born in 1712, Avho married

Annie Marie Hemsley; .Alargarei:, born in 1715, who niaiiied AVilliam Tilgh-

man, of "Groces;" Deborah, born iriO, Avho married Jeremiah Xicols, sôn

of Itev. Henry Xicols of St. Michaors, and had two sons, viz : Ptobcrt Lloyd

Xicols, who married Mrs. Susannah Clia:nber]aine, nee llobins, and Jere-

miah Xicols, who married Anui! Maria, daughter of liiehurd and Ann Crouch' Llovd, and granddaughter of Edward and Sarah Covington Lloyd. James,

born in ] 717, lived at Parson's Landing and married Elizabeth Frisby and

had four childi'en, viz: Thomas, who married and liad three sons.

viz: James, Edward and Henry Lhtyd, who married Miss and whose

Avidow married a .Mr. Hanson Smith. Sarah, who married Mr. John Dick-

inson, and had two children, viz: dohii P. and Laurana Dickinson, who

njan-icd Se!)tember 1823, Mr. Tlionias Martin. Mr. Dickinson died in :s—and his widow married a ]\fr. Stephen KcgnL-r. Their daugliter Sarah, nnir-

ried Îr. Dov,iis cf (.'aroline county. J Kb, rah, daughter of James and

Elizabeth Frisby Lloyd, married April Hi), ISU (as his third wife) ?»Ir.

Edward .Martin of Easton an<l had children, viz: James Lloyd, avIio marri-d

ill jS— - Mi.s> rdlen I'rancis 'I'liomas. daugbterof \fv. Tri-traui 'J'h'di-

\^\i

2.S ClIAMl'.KUI.AlXi; FAMILY

!ii.? third wi'V, ]Man';i l''ratici>, d.-mghtor of i'lnlip and J

f

eiivud'a ]\1 aria Golds- |

Itorouiil) 1-Vanci?, and liad a daughNn* ironi-iiÛa Maria, Avho married in ISOT i

liiehard (Jokl-borouglu son of Janics X. Goldsboron^li and his Avifo ]Mar3- !3

Knimotfc Kennedy, and died in. 1S7 , IravinEf one son Francis Golds- ;'

boi'ougli, JlarrielMartin, -wlio married in 3 81.!, Dr. William llemsley, (lii;^ I

second wife.) and liad children, Edward, Maria, A\'illiam, Anna and lien- |

rielti Maria Lloyd I^Tartin, Avlio married Mr, John Martin, son of Mr. KnnalsMartin, and died in 1809.

|i:oiii-UT Gituxj>v, son of James and J'^H/.ahetli I'ri.^by Lloyd, m:uaied MihS %

lary .Kuth, lived at Trappe, and had ten ciiildren, vi;^: liobert X., James P., |Thomas E., Sarah Jane, riiilemon, Frisby, Montgomery, Francis, and Chris- |tophur Coluiidnis ]iloyd. '|

i:xu!F.TT.v Maim A Lloyd, born ITIO, eldest dauc^hter of James a.n.d %

Ann Gj-undy Lloyd, married January 2'h\&, 17:^^9, Samnei Ohamberlaine, Avho ^was born at '•' Saughall," in Clieshire, Enghind, on :\ray 1 Gth, lOOT, came to

|Oxford in 1714, and died at '' Daindealing," on April ] 1 th, 1773. / .

^

Edward I^lovd, born 1G70, was the eldest son of J'liilemon and Henri-'

elta ]\r:iria Xeale Jk-nnott Lloyd, and a member of the Legishiture of Mary-land, in 1GSJ9 and 1702, and" CJovernor of Maryland from 17

—

'

• Hemarried on February 1st, 1703, Miss S:irah Covington, of Somerset county,

^Maryland.

Miss Covington was born of Quaker parentage, in 1G81, and the history

of her courtship at the age of sixteen years, forms an interesting tradition in

the family. ''In the year 1700, a Yearly ineeting of the Quakers was held

in Talbot Court House, (now Easton.) and on the eve of the First dav, a

):antifal young girl was seen approaching the town 0)1 horseback, seated on

a jiillion bi'liind her father, an^l cm her way to some hospitable homestead

near the grounds of L'itt's Bridge. Xcar a creek beyond this bridge was a

mooting house built by rhe Quakers, wliere crowds of earnest listeners often

assembled to learn words of wisdom from George Fox, 'wlio, with Joh.n I>un-

geat and others, op-'iied the way for the refinement of logical thought, so as

to briiig not a few continent Eoman Catholics of ihie Englisli and Scotch

scljool, in sympathy with Barclay and Penn. Tiiis Yearly meeting was thv

centre of attraction foi- all classes and sects, and even Englisli Catholics arpl

Rimtinists were drawn thither " to hear some new th.iug." It is not to be

supposed that Dulward and Philemon ]Joyd, the gramlsons of the Puritan

immigrant, could )niss so stirring and (''tell it not iuGath,") so fashionable

a scene as Yearly ineeting.

Peering up from under the ju'im bonnet of that day, or possiblv

only half hidden by tlie folds of iier kerchief, mingling' coriu-tlishly

with the locks cnrlii^g, against all her <"[!'or(:s to keep Iier hair '"' fiat as a

flounder," v.'ere the brightest eyes set in the sweetest face, and traditionally

still, the handsomi'.st; on tije JO istfrn shore, froin tlie Penn line to Ihar v^.i

uiooled lo.'alitv, \Vatl;in<' Vo'w'.. I'liil-'mon Lloyd, just then by lii- fa'lier's

Tin: 1.1 (lYD GENi:sis, 29

<l<.-atli, nifi.stci- of liiinseir, niailo nit liis ininJ that, so marked a woman should

be liis wife. Tlie )nt'?(!n!:: over, he qnielly took liorso ami made liis \vay to

tiie fair miiden's lioni} ill Somerset eoniily. On roacliinir Miss Covington's

door, to lii.s distress and dismay iie saw llie well known '• tuin out '' of iiis

hrolher Jvlward, witli a'jontrem'nts for special gala days, 'i'lie two brothers

liHis rivals and far from hum.', bad (o adjust the difficnlry as best they could,

and here was a Icnot in need of stron<'- beli* and )nn<L b^ untied at onoe.

IMiilemon (the yonnger,j proposed, ''tlia.i whoever saw her fir-^t, should be the ylirsL to ofl'er his heart and hand. The niom.-nt I took my seat in the meet-

ing house and looked round, this young girl's face was singled out of all

there." '-By your own ]iroposition, Phil, the first olTer is mine, for I

stayed the nighi l)efore the meeting beg;in, at 'Peach Plossom/ wiih

yU: Robins, and at the foot of the hill tu)-ning iwio the gate at the

waier-mill, I saw' a young girl un a piiliciii behind lier father, aiul heard

thep.i ask the Avay to the meeting-hous:. !My purpose was th^-n fixed to mak'e

her my Avife, if her mind and character were like her face.''

Of course there was nothing luore to be said or don?, and Piiilemon yield-

ing the point, Afi^-s Sarali Covington became Îrs, Edward Lloyd and)uislress

of ''Wye House."

Governor Lloyd died on ]\Lirch ;?Oth, 1 710. A plain gold ring bearing

tills name and dale is in the possession of the Tilghman-Goldsborough lamily

of '•Oi.well."

On May 3rd, 1?:?1, ^n-s. Sarah Lloyd n-arried Mr. Ja'.nos Ilollyday of

Queen Anne's county. A portrait of this lady, and a mourning ring vntli

her name and date of death inscribed, are in the possession of her Iloliyday-

Cliamberlaine grandchildren.' In 1754 Mrs. Ilollyday left ^farylaud to visit her daughter, Mrs.

Anderson, in London, where she died on A})ril -ith, 17.35.

The following tribute to her memory is engraved on !:er :nonument in the

churcliyard at West ILim, County Essex.

]u:neatu this .>tonk i.ietii thk i;odv of

Îns. SAKAII LLOYD, ,

LATi: OF THF I'KOVIXCB OF MAKYI.A.M), KI!0>r WIIl^NeiO

gllE CA>n:, TO L0N110.V IN" TIfK YEAU 1751, AND DIED ON AFlilL

Jtii, 1755, Aonn 71. f-uz u\n uicKX tub avifk ok edwahh i.loyd, of afork-

SATO rr.OVlNCE, and AFTFR UTS DFATrf OF JAMKS lIOM.VnAY, WHOM

em; also sfuvivkd. tuo' a sTi;.vxi;r:ii ii);i:f shk

WAS inCMI.V K^TKF.MED AND I'.FÎT.C TKD

IN Ul.V, NATIVJ: COUNTY.

The children of Edward and Sarah Covington Lloyd, were Edward, who

uiarried Ann Pouiby; JL-b-cca Covington, who married William Andersoii,

a-id Pichard L!<nd, who marri.d Ann Cruucli.

y

;:]0 CIlAMliKin.Al.XK FAMILY.

Edavako, clilost soil of Edward ami Sanili Coviiiiîon Llovd, born Mav 5

8tli, Itl], died January 27tli, ITTO, was a niemher ol" the Maryland Legisla-tare in the session of i::}'.!. JL. luurriLd ^farch 'JC^h, ir30, Ann .lûsby, nl'

I'atuxeiit, and liad four childn-n, vix: Kli/.alr-il), b..>ni dannary lOtli, 17-;--2,

wlio married CoKTal Cadwahider ; lIonriL'tt i Maria, bt-rn January x\Sth, :i;4(;

;

Edward, who married M if? b:iiz:ilv.,'lh 'I'ayh-e; and l{ic!)ard Ikainett Elnyd,

born Au.;ni,?t laih, IToO, whu went to Enirhmd in ITM, and bjcamo a captainin the King's Life Guards, and married ^liss Joanna Leigl) (of the Isle of

AVight), a hidy celebrated for hiM- great beauty. A large old fashioned locket

containing theininiature portraits of Captain and ^[r.?. Lloyd, set in jiearls is '

carefully treasured by their great nephew, Mr._r.. O. b^wnde's, of " Jnenheini."

Thercjs aj)ortra,it of Captain Lloyd, atJÂVye nouse7*_and from a letter foundamong papers in tlie llollyday homestead, welearn that Charles A\'ilsou IVale

Avas the artist. In this letter, written to his brother, Captaciri Llovd says, '• Mr.

Peale finished my jiictnre this morning. Xovember '-2-J, ITVi. ]\!v wife, .Mrs. '

Tayloe and others, say it is like ine. 1<"

it is, I do not know mysjl f, though I thin k

ita good picture.'' We learn from other letters, that Ca]>tain and Mrs. Llovdspent the first years of their married life in îlaryland. Mi's. Llovd r.duiiud

to England in i;—, and Captain Lloyd died in IVsV, and was buried at

"Wye House." Mrs. Lloyd married again, , and lived on her estate in .

the Lsle of Wight. Edward Lloyd, eldest son of Captain and 31rs. liiehard

Bennett Lloyd, married , and settled in A'irginia, near Alexamlria, •

and left many descendants. i

Edavaed Lloyd, son of Edward and Ann Eonsby Lloyd, born on Decem-ber loth, 1744, died July Sth 1:70, married Xovember lOtli, 1707, Elizabeth I

Tayloe (of '-Mount Aiiy,"' in A'irginia^, who was born 17.jO, died 18.25, and r

had seven children, viz: Ann, born in 17GU, died 1840, who married IJichavd r.

Tasker Lowndes, of '"'liostic ITonsS'' Piince îeorge's conntv, and had chil-'

dron—Elizabeth Lloyd Lowndes, avjio man ietl in 18— , Eev. AVilHani Pink- f

ney, now Bisliop of Marylan.d.and Benjamin Ogle Lowndes, of "Blenheim •."'

|Eebecca Lloyd, who married in 1T0;5, (died 18 jS:) Jlon. Joseph Hopper Xiohol- f'

son, born in 1770, died in 1817; Elizabetli Lloyd, born 17T4, died 1S41>, (mar- I

ried in 180rj, Iloiry Hall Harwood of Annapolis); Eleanor, born 1770, mar- ^

ried Charles Lowndes, brother of Pichard Tasker Lowndes, and had children, |

viz: Charles Lowndes (who )narried, -May -Jtli, 18;'J, }il i.^s .Sally Scott LluA'd, Avho |

died in j\Iarch, 1880,) and Elizabeth Ann Lowndes, Avho married Horace Leeds |Edmondson, of Easton; Mary lâyloe Idoyd, born 1781, (died LS-'iO.) who mar- |

ried, Jannary lOtli, 1802, Erancis Scott K'^y, tlie author of (he " .Star Spangled f

Jkmner," and whose danghter, l-^lizdjeth Pluebe Key, m;irried, Xovendj'r Ût.b, 1825, Charles Howard, of Ikdliinore. Edward Lloyd, only son of

|I'.duanl and Elizaijelh l.'ayloo Lloyd, boiii in July, lV2'.i, died in June, J.s:3-L

|was (juvernor of the State of ilaiwland, in 1800-1811, and married, Xovem-

|lK;r :50th, 1707, Sally Scott Murray, who di"d ^fay Oti), ]8"i4. Mariji Lloy<l, p;

daughter of Ivlward and I'llizabetli Taylo;- Lloyd, horn at '• ^\'ye lieuise,"' on I

TiiK i,i.oyd-:;i:nksis. ol;

' Marcli IHl), irS3, .lied AFay ISth, 1S59. inarried Mr. TviclKira Williams West,

f (\Iosccii>led from J-onl DelinvareO and lived at '•Tlie"AV6o"d Yard/' in Prince

(leorge's county, \vhore (heir iom- childioii Avero born. The dwdUng Louse

III "Tlic V» cod Yard'' Avas ]>;iilt by Colonel Henry Darnall, of Engl i^di brick,

and in the ;^ha.p.^ of the letter L, ^vith forty roojns and seventy-two Mdudows,

'J'he lawn is sluuled by large forest trees, ai\d on Cii'jh side, of the gravel walkleading to tiiC liouse, are box trees, so tall and broad as to conceal ;i carriage

and pair. In ISOS, thi.- ancestral liome uas destroyed by Cre, the revengeful

act (ii is supposed.) of a domestic in the family. Heirlooms of very descrip-

tion, plate, furniture, etc., w<jyc lost, all, !?avc some family portraitsand a few

pieces of rare old cliina. Tiie family ba]-ely escaped with (heir lives, saving

iiul fev; articles oi clothing in tlieir (light.

Mrs. Maria AVest died shortly aft^'r the loss of her home. Her daughter,

tiixabeth Ilannali Wirsi, married in 183"^', Rev. J. Loring Woart, of BosLo:;,

and had one son, lilchard West Woart. .Mr. and I\Irs. Woart were lost at sea,

in 1S3>, while coming iVom Charleston to liaUimore in the ill-fated steamer

I'ala^ki. Mary IJoyd.West, youngest daughter of Mrs. Maria West, married

i;i IS— , ]h\ John lUirr Hereford, (.if Alexandria, Virginia, who died in 1868,

and left one son, Kichard AVesfc Hereford, who, with his )nother resides at

"The Wood Yard." ^Îrs. Hereford's eldest brother, IJicli.ard Henry West,

)narried a 31iss Hayes, and died, leaving a daughter, ^farie Lloyd West, since

dead, and Edward Lloyd West, her youngest brother, married in l!S-iO, Lncv(bisiiing of .^lassachnsetts, and had children, viz: J-Idward Lloyd, born January

2nd, iSl-'v, died February •2-.'iid, JSG"-J, at Culpepcr Court HoUiC, A'irginia; Lucy

Cushing, who died in IS— ; Charles CushingAVest, and Fr-ajik K. AVest. AL D.,

in ISSO a resident of Baltimore city.

Kebecca. CovrxGTON Lloyd, only daughter of jv'.war 1 and Sarah Cov-

ington Lloyd, married a ]icli London merchant by the name of Andcr.:On,

and went to Lngland, whc-re their five children v.ere born. These, on the

death of their paionts and grandmother, returned to ^Maryland, where ('having

lost the vast wealth accunuilated by their father.) they were entirely depend-

ant for support on their mothei-'s relatives. Their nncles, Edward and

Bichard Llovd were "very kind" to tlr-m, but they Averc indebted to their

Holiyday relatives for thi comforts of a Immo at "Batelilf.' Manor." Sally,

tlie A'oungest sister, died unmarrievi, and Mary o)' Alaz.'y, married a Mr. Hind-

man, and diel in e.irly lif^. "Aunt Harriet, the eldest of the Anderson

sisters, made her hoin? for manyyetrs Avith her cousin Mrs. Samuel Chamber-

laino, (nej Hullvday,) at '' Ibnlicld,'' where, long after she left, the place, lier

bed-room there was called "Miss Harriet's room." Xear the clo.?e of lier

life, (ovie of many jirivations,; through the loving gratitude cf a former

dependent in her father'.^ family, she cam-.- into possession of a large sum of

monev, Avhich enabled her to buy a farm near her Gale relatives in Cecil

countA', about two mib'S from J'erryville. This farm, called " Brookhmd," she

devise I to her mjiden c3U.-;in^ (»f tii-i <ial" family, who in IMio erected a neat

oZ OIAMIJKKLAIXE FAMILY.

little cli;iiK'l oil the lot on vliicli slio was burird. Tliis chapel called St. ;

]\rark".s, had for its lir.^t IJecior, i;<.-v. niohard A\'liitiiiigliain, only brother of ;

the Bishop of Maryland.f

AVilliani Aiidorron, Aimt Harriet's eldest brother, niarj-ied a ?»lii.s , ?;

a French lady, and her youngest brother, dames Anderson, married Miss

Meli^ra Ogle, daughter of Samuel and Ann Tasker Ogle, and removed

to ^\'ashi!3gto;l county, Md. Their daughter, Kebecca Anderson, mar-

ried Hon. Ti:omas Buchanan, Associate Judge of ^Maryland, and ^verc

the parents of ]\[rs. Steele of Cairdjridge, Md., and of Mrs. Mcriiersou •

of Frederick county; also of the late Mrs. ,Melioia Dall, uh.o died .'

in April 1879, aged eighty yenrs, leaving many children, grandchiklren

/ aim friends ro mourn lier loss. There is a porlrail; of Ifcbecca Anderson

/\ Buchanan iu this faniih', and ]\Irs. iMcPherson at '•Catoctin/' has several

'l licirloomo in silver engraved, ^villl the Anderson Arms. A few years ago n^.o

i( of these family relics was the mearis of iiitroduction to their Ilollyday rela-

Itives of Queen Anne's county. A member of the " Eoadbourne "' family, a guest ;

i at "Auburn,'' was surprised on entering' the dinina-room to see on a hand- i

1 some flagon tlie familiar shield ar.d armorial beaririîss of the Anderson

IArms—"just like that at home." '*'IIo\v did you come by that?'' v.as her

\

eager question to her hostess, whose reply that *' It belonged to my great aunt >.

and namesake iMiss Harriet Anderson," called for agr:ater and longer e>;})lan- ^^

ation, whicli ended in positive evidence that iMrs. iMcPhers^ n's right and fe

title to the escutcheon, was greater than that of the Holiydays. Kach could i\

chiim Mrs. Sarah Covington Lloyd, as a great great grandn:other, bur one |

, ordy could call M"rs. liebecca Lloyd Anderson grandmother.|

The wife of lit. Ficv. liobert H. Clarkson, Bishop of Nebraska, as iMis3|

Mcliora Mcrherson, must not be left out of this genesis, she being a grand-|

daughter of Bebecca Anderson Buchanan.|

IhcuARD Li.OYD, son of Edward and Sarah Covijigton Lloyd, born|

March 10, 1717, married Ann Crouch, and had two children, viz: Anna|

Maria, Av-ho married Jeremiah Xicols, son of Jeremiah and Deborah Lloyd|

Nicols, and Major James Lloyd, who married Kliz d;eth Tilghman, (datighter 1

of Mr. James Tilghman of Chestertown, and granddaughter of Bichard and|

Anna Maria Lloyd Tilghn'.an,) and lived at '• Fai-ley."' What of fortune

Major Llovcl had, was wasted in hospitable living, and being compelled to

part v.ith his homestead, the closing years of h.is life were spent with his

relatives in Talbot county, where he died at the residence of Mr. Hollyday

JQ 18—. He was jiromoted to the rank' of General in the AVar of 1>^\2, and

pin the list of .Maryland Senators fi'om the Kastern Shore, acted as volun-

• tcer aid to General Green at the Battle of (iermanfov.n. General I>loyd

was a, fre'ju.ent guest at '•JjOJilield," th" home of the Cliamiieriaine br(jthers,

and they owed a great deal to tliesc years of friendly intercourse with tliLs

rather fiery and hotheaded relati\e, whose lemjier was not rendered more

amianle by the lo.".? of his fortune, and vaiji attcmpis to better his condition

TIJE LLOYD GKNKSJS. OO

by a inarria,2;(; with his wealiby cousii!, tlie uidow of Goii. 'IViieh TilL;hiuan

of Pliii.ihiiumon. ile never forgave lior reieetion of h\s jîiit, aiul thouuh lie

was not wanting in valor, and could walk- up and lire at his opponent Gov-

ernur IJobert Wrigiii, witliont ilinching, it was eniii'ely beyond his pbiloso-

]»liy to face tlie woman avIio liad -wounded liis personal vanity, and on one

cccasion was rude enough to turn his back on this lady, and refuse to assist

her fidin lur carriage.'' Jn his extravagant love of music, lie found a con-

genial spirit at •' Boniield," forming. perhai)s, a stronger bund than the

relationsliiji between him and his cousins there. (leneral Lloyd excelled as

a llutist, (though liis ]-)erformance was somewhat marred by the injury he

)-eceived in his shoulder in the duel with Gov. Wright,} as didhiscousin, the

elder, at '• Ijonlielil," on the violin, and in sucli society, "Time flew on his

swiftest Avings" to them, and to all wlio listeneil to such exquisite strains

drawn from the Ruta and crcmona.

The only children of General Lloyd, and his wife, Eli. abeth Tilghmau,

were twins, ]\laria and Klizabetb. Maria married William llelmsley, and

Elizabeth married I'hilemon IJemsley, both sons of WiHiam and Anna Maria

Tilghmau llelmsley, of ''Cloverliekls." William and Maria Hemsley resided at

" Hopton," Avhere ]^lrs. llenisley died soon after her marriage. Philemon and

Elizabeth Lloyd Ilemsley, lived at '-Wye ^Llls," where were born her two

children, viz: ;Mar:a Lloyd, who tnarried Mr. William IL Tilghmau, of

Hope, and died in L?52, and William Hemsley, .M. 1)., Avho married in ]83'.i,

Margaret ]McMcchen, of Baltimore, and had a daughter, Eilen Armistcad,

who maj-riod in ISCO, bêbruary — , Mr. John Johnson, and has five children,

viz: John Johnson, born in July, 18G'^ ; ]\[argaret McMcchen, born 1805;

Ernest Hemsley, boi-n I8GS ; Kichard Pleasants, born 1871, and Mary Tyler

Johnson, born September 13th 1S78.

'>-i CilAMl.KKI.AlNE FAMILY.

i.LOYl) AI!M8.

OU I.KS—Til It Eli I.rOXS KAMl'ANT—V.ITHIX A BOUDKKK DAMETIE AUGKXT. CliKST— l.IOX

COICKANT OX Kl'.Ol.l,, AKOVB llin.XLT.

] N S CMl I 1* T I O X S O >s T M B S T () N E S A T f

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f

HKRK I.I'S HENRIETTAIXTKRRED THE MAIUA I.l.OYP,

iiODY OF COL. rUILK- SHKK TfiAT NOW TAKESMOX LT.OYl), THE SOX OF E. H ER UE.ST WU n IN't IIAn

I.1.0YD S: ALICE lUS AVll-E, AVHO UACUEI.'S FACE AXD LEAU'S '

DIED THE 22XD OF JUXE, 1G8D, IX THL— AlUCJAIL'S WISPdM, LIDIA'.S

THE SftXH YEAU OF HIS AGE, LEAV- FAH II- -VVITH M ARTH A's CAKE AXD MAKY 's

IXG 3 SOXS »t 7 DAUGHTERS, 'VN HO Dl ED THE 21sT DAY OF MAY,ALL 15Y HIS BELOVED AXXu DoMlXI 1C07, AGED GO YEARS

AVIFK HFXr.IETTA AXD — MoXTH, 23 DAYS, TOMARIA. -WHOSE MEMORY RICHARD

.\o more than this the Father say?,bkdicates this

But leaves his life to speak his praise.io.vh.

HEHE LIETU

iiERE LIKTH INTERRED THE

THE JloDY OF COL. BODY OF FHILEMOX LLOYD

EDWARD LLOYD, KLD- S0>' Of COL. PHILEMON LLOYD

EST SOX OF COL. PHILEMON A^'l-> HEXRIETIE HIS WIFE,WHO DE-

LLOYD, AXn HENRIETTA MARIA. PARTED THIS LIFE IOTH MARCH, 1TS2,

HIS WIFE, noRX FEB. 1C70, DIED 1 •'^' 'J"K GOtH YEAR OF HIS AQE.

MAR. 20th 1718. HE HAD HY HIS WIFE UK "'AS ONE OF THE COUX-

.'iAi'.AlI, O.'ÔXS ANDOXEI>ACOATEK. HE ^'U- AND SECRETARY

SERVED UTS COUNTRY IN" SEVERAL O^^' THIS I'liO-

HOXORAliLE STATIONS, ROTH VJX' E.

CIVIL it 5H1LITERY, AXDWAS OF THE COUXCIL HERE LIE

MANY YEAR.S. INTERRED THEREMAINS OF MRS. ANN

LLOYD, WIFE OF THE HON 'RLE

HKHE LIE IXTKRhF.D COL. EiAVARD LLOYD, WHO DE-

THK RE.MAINS OF THE HON. COL. I'AltTED THIS LIFE THEEr.'WA''I.> LLOVH; WHO DEPARTF.T) Tin,' LIFE FIR.-/r DAY OF MAT,

THK 27TU OF JANUARY, 1770. 17r,',j AOKD 4H

AGED M YEARS. YEARS.

.1 . 1

cii AMiu;i;! .A I N }:-i;pi^] ns. o'o

16?0S92('iiAM])!:i;[.A!xi-:-:i;oBixs.

'I Ho.MAs, I'lO.pj;! .soil of S.-iiuiu'l uiul llcm-icita M;ii'i;i Lloyd Gh.-uulierlnirie,

v.a; "i.inj! ;i( Oxford on Mny '.'oiIj, l?."'!!. iJis cdueiitloa Avns supcrvi.-^cd by

(he ]'.ari!cJ 'J'iu.ma^ Jiiiooi), rLCci'.';- of St. IVL-r's i^'riili. Uiulor such train-

iiii!'. iji ;,ia:;liij;! (o the iK-nio-uircijiliiK- and iniluoncOj a cbaractcr \va-, rMniud

lliai \vr,)i lov li!!)! Ui,. jovo and i-.Mrcn! cS li.e wdiolc foiriinimity. Jli- fatluM'

int. ntl'd liim for \]\-:- liar, bnt liis inclinations led Ijis ailontioii to cuniiiiO'CC,

liii;s .')iialiiyin;; liini <jM (h.- re.-ipn:ili'.';i of Jiis fatiKr, to fill tliC poci'.iuu so

]i:V\v: I^'dd by jiirn, a^ Dojuiiy Xuva' Oflicc-r, and L'olicCl.ur of tijc .I'orl of

(.'•.foi''!, A!r. Cd:;!r.ibcrlainc inav]-jed on Ocdober 3.n, 17G1, Mi^s Snânnah

Jiol>:!)^. o\ ' i\-;;e!i ldo:^;oni," ]\\^ ibird cousin. They Yv.lI ^viin ]ii;r[aib'?r at

" l"'i.;i)jdv;.ling,'' and al Ibis ]iniii./.=(;-aii, i])i.s intdli^x-nt, accojiii)li.-bcd and

ciirisiian i:ontlonKiii. lircatbed liis la.î on }*Iay 13l1i, IVol, b.-aviji^: one :;0n,

Ti)0!iia;, ^>]lo was b/orn on Doconibxr '-lOth, ITG-.'. .Vnionf^ tlu: favniiy relics

tbeie is a bii'ire linger ring in tbc form of conncolcd scrolbs Y,-Jtli llie .name,

agcviind uat(> of dvC/iise of '* Tlionias C'liainberhiinc," in >vlii(c onarxh-l, also a

poriraii, riow in tiie IccepinL' of l^r. C])anibor];i!Jie of Easlon. in I'ôO, bis

^randf.iliior, of " S.-ir.cdiall/'" .sent liini a copy of •• AVood's Instilnio of Civil

LaM'." Tiiis book falliiig into []:(: liands of bis noplicv.-, Won. liicljard T.

luiilc. was sold by liins in ISOj, to yir. J, I/.'cds Bo7)n;in, and by bim devised

to ]ii^ ncpljcv.-, Joliu j'.oznian ]\on'.

It is iaid tb d yiv'i. fSu-nnn.ab Cliaiuberlaine i'or seven years after tbe deatb

of licr Inisband, renip.itiO'l in bei-cdiand.iC'r at ''JMHinderding," from s windov.' of

v.bioli ovcr]o'tI;i!i;.'; tbe bnrial ground, sbo conld see Iiis lonib, and tiiai, after

tills grievous and s jlita.ry inonining, sbo loft it to )iKirry ber cousin, 3) r. ]Iobert

Lloyd Xicols, a "inan many years bor junior, and by v,-boiu sbe bad futu* cbil-

dreii, irenrietla Maria, (who jj'.ari'icd lion. J^.'lj.rL lleniy (loidslii-irdugb.

tbe American Cji0:tei field,) aiid -.v'nose descendants arc rjow living al *• .Myrtle

fi'iove,'' ]iear Jvaston ; Snsa;), v.dn.' married lion. ]')Ond. Afarliu, cd' Cand^ridge,

Md., and Avbiise yor.:ige.-,t d:r.!;:!iiv'r, Mi-s. '(dieoilorc ji. Looclcerinan is siili

living; and one sort, L. ],loyd Nicob':, v.dio m.'aried on iJ-'Cembor ord, L^ÎK,

Snsu!. Gulley.

3rr.% SusHiiMa!) Xicols did in ISb"). ]b:r j):}rli;'.i(, v/itli ber son '.rbonias

C'ifamborbdne aramling at bei' side, also a beauvilid /niniature j'-iiiiiing of

bin;, tbt wa-Jc of r,a lin;di-l) ar'i.l, are careftiliy treasured by ber grand-

'bii'Iren, ;be Guldd'oruugb's cf ''Ahrtlc (Ii'ove.''

T]|o\''.., (!]\\': .-.ei of 'rinmi:' and SnsaTir.ali r>"b:ns-('band)e!b(ine, v.as

borji al'

b'Ja.indâiit-,;'," (Mi Decenii'cr Vufb, J V''"7. At (be close of tiie v/ar

in 1 vr;', bfM'.Cid i'> isngboid a,nd. : I lyei] tbeusnil ;<M-rii as a law si udc ni at-

''i M'r- 'i'. !;;.;. J- rdui, !b ;'•. r^rii;d ;: fiiM;' ,b'!i v,i;!\ J. ! _- ]'<

CHAMBER I>A1NK lAMlLV.

man, a loariieil jtni-(: ami \\vitor, also liistorian of Marylaiul, ami Avilli AVil-

liam Van ^înrray, tlie Uiploniatist, under the adniinistraiioii of "Wasliir.gton

ami Adams, On returning to Maryland, not caring with his large fortune,

inhoiited in the " I'laindealing Estate'' from his gramlfather, Samuel Chain-

berlaine, to come to the bar, he entered into trade, and with his stepfailier,

Colonel Robert Lloyd Xicols, and Mr. David Kerr, made tin- firm of MicoU-,

I'verr oc. Chambcrlaine, at Easton, then called Talbot Court House. Inherit-

ing from his falher a di.-licate constitution he was was s(»on forced to give upbusinef-'s, and by the advice of his physician, T)r. Knnals ^lar tin, went to Englandwhere he renewed liis friendship with his Cheshire relative, Mr. John Cham-berhune. His health not improving there, the climate of the "West Indies

was rceommendeu, but tliis also failed to ell'ect a cure, and in a lew monthshe died of consumption, in the 24:th year of his age. He was a baptized

member of the Church of England, biitit isthonghtth.it under Dr. Martin's

influence, his religious feelirigs inclined to Metliodism some years before his

deatii. He left "Piaindealing"' and his large fortune, to liis half brotlier,

Lloyd Xicols, and his executors. Dr. Martin and General Benson took control

at the homestead jdace. His uncle, Samuel Chambcrlaine of "Bonfjeld,"' was

among the reserved dignified men of his day with ample fortune and not dis-

])Osed to ask favors of any one, but esp2cially of these executors, whose reli-

gious views differed so materially from liis own. Ilencj it was that the valu-

able papers, legal documents, tic, were lost, as they v/ere valueless in the eyes

of the executors and the heir, Mr. Nicohs. Had the eldest son of Îr. Cham-

berlaine taken possession of these pa})jrs ;i2 his right in ISll, after the death

of his father, their collating would have proved a labor of love. But Avhilethe

family pictures were given uj\, the "mauvais honle" sentimentclung so long

as Mr. Xicols survived. Mr. Xicols made an unfortunate marriag'^

His vast fortune was soon scjuaudei'ed, and '• Plaindealing " sold, and pur-

chased by Mr. John Loockei-nian in LS—

.

H'ames Llovj), second son of ISamuel and Henrietta ]\laria Lloyd Cham-

berlairic," was born at Oxford, October 10, 1732. He records his marriage in

the following words: "My father having omitted lo record my marriage

with those of my elder and youngei- brothers, be it known to all the Morld,

that on ^kfay ICtli, 1757, James Lloyd Ciiamberlainc was )narried to !Miss

Henrietla Maria liobins oi' ' I'rach PJo-^wm,' and hope to sp"nd their days in

as much honor .and credit as any of tin; i'amily."

iir. Chambcrlaine triok a stirring part in the ]iolitical movements of the

Kevedntion, and was ver}' active in the ('inventions at Annajn.ilis in 177-^ and

;^7(;. It is thought I hat his more than avi.-rage wi.'alili in his riwn right and

that of his wife induced him to mak'e occasional ventures in the jturchase and

sales o!i shij)menls to the West Indies, for "he was given to }noney making."

He i)iherited from his fatlier a plantation on AVye Kiver, and resided there

until the death of Îrs. Kobins in 1771, when they removetl (o '• reacli Blos-

f,om," where Mrs. Ciiamberlainc diod in 1791. .Mr. Chandjerluine's deatii is

CHAMBKHLAlXE-KOr.INS. 3/

injl recorded, ]n\t it is believed tluit iie dird and was buried at '• Peacli

Blcssom."' Their portraits taken bv Cojiiey in 1773, are tenderly oared for

by their great granddaughter, Mrs. Henrietta Maria Spencer, now residing in

Savannali, GeorgiiL Tlu- ferrotype copies of these portraits made in 1870, are

good spceimcns of tlic art, and in them a strong resemblance to tlmse in other

bianchcs of the family can be distinctly trac^'d.

lioiiixs, only ;>on of Jami'S Lloyd and llonrietia Mai'ia Cham1)er]aine, was

born at " Peach lilos^ôm," and twice married, first, to Miss Mary Cruickshanks

of rhiladi-lphia, who died leaving three children, and later in life to ^Miss

Catharine Dlake, of Queen Anne's county, Md. lie was a well educated man,

and an accomplished musician, performing most beautifully on llie violin.

His vast fortune, by reckless extravagance, soon dwindled away, and he also

allowed hiniself to get into tlie hands of money lenders, and thence his ruin.

His love of music led him into ihe extravagance of importing a Ciemona

violin which cost a tliousand dollars.

This instrument was bought from his executors by his cousin, James Lloyd

Chamberlaine of " I'onfield,'' and carefully treasured by his family for many

years. It was sent to Baltimore for repair, and it is supposed that the work-

f men discovering its value b}' the exquisite tone, or the nanie and residence of

the maker, exchanged it for one of an inferior quality, as the one returned

vras totally unlike that sent away in tone and appearance, liobins Cham-

berlaine died in the year 1807, and was buried at ''Peach Blossom." His

great niece, i\liss Sallie Stokes, has his miniature portrait encased in a

massive gold frame.

Henuietta Maria, only daughtt-r of Pobins and Mary Cruickshanks

Chamberlaine, married Dr. Chambers, and had one son, whom she called '^

Thomas Hayward, after lier relative and kind frieiid of "' Locust Grove." V.

This voung man inherited among other family characieristics, a great deal '^"

of pride, Avhich often led him into trouble, especially after he enlisted in the

army, luit he held his own, and found a v/arm friend in the writer of this

sketch. On the death of Dr. Chambers, his Avidow married ^h: Samuel Tur-

butt, of an old ]\[aryland family (that of Foster Turbntt), and of highly

j-espected gentry folks, but for later generations down and de]iressed. 'J'hey

had two sons who.%e chihlren live in Eastun.^

-^

James Lloyd, son of Bobins and -Alary C. Chamberlaine, went to Ciii- '

cinnati in Is— , wln're h.; married Miss Caroline Moore, and was successful

as a mercb.ant in the lirm of Morsell & Chamberlaine. Their daughter,

Henrietta Maria Louisa Chamberlaine, married a Dr. Young, and removed to

1- r'

exas.

38 CilAMj^-KKLAlN'E FAMJLV

T 1 1 1-: j.' o ]

'. I \ s ( i 1-: X j'ls Is— 1 :> 74

.

3r

i:

Gkopj.;!-: llfîuv^:, of Jniul'iirv, in Croat Britain, boruiu loTi. died 1041, i^

iiuirned . ^vho died in JOIS. Tiieir idiildrcu Avcro Tiionias, born in i

'x ICO], died lOGT. married Man- J 1 allied. Avho died in JO-IS, and Mary Kyve. t"~

-"^.i-llieir son, Gcorfre Kobins, born ICIG, married in IGOO, Marcaretta Golds- ^:

borouc(li, (the only daughter of Abraham 1Io\ves of comity Berk?, in J-aiglan'tl; r-

and died in 3GT7, lip«ûried at '" IVacli Blossom," on Trediiaven Creek, near|

Clioptank Iviver./^riieir son, Thomas Piobins, l.iorii in IGTv, died on December I

20th, i:2], married :Mi33 Susannrdi Vancrban, op^Vebrnary 3rd,. IGOG, (by Kev.|

Josc})h Leech,) and died ]\Iay lith, ITlS./^^heir son, George liobins, bon\ |

Octobei- îst, 1G9T, died DecemVier Gth, J V-i'-i, married on A])ri1 2"-?nd, 1731. j.

Miss Henrietta Maria Tilghma.n, of "The Hermitage," ii]_QvK'en Anne's J'

county, Maryland, and had five children, all born at " Peach I'lossom," viz: r

Anna :Maria, born 1732, died 1801, married Henry Hollyday of "Katcliffe I

Manor;" Margaret, born 1734-, died 17— , m;irried 17G0, William Hayward.|

of "Locusl Grove;"' Henrietta ilaria, born 1735, married 1757, Jaines Lloyd |

"Chamberlaine of " Phiindealing ;" vSusaunali, born 1738, died 1>05, married

|

first, Colonel Tiômas Cijauiberlaine, and Fecond, Colonel Kobert Lloyd{

Nicols. t

]{ O F> I X S A ]{ M S .

HE EEAP.KTn

AKdEXT, A FESSE SABT.K, OVEU THAT A

LKOPAIlD's IfEAD OF THE SECUNP, 3'.Y THE NAME OP' KOJUNS OF

ALNAVICK, IN THE COLNTV OK NORTK-

UMBEllLANU.

II .\ b n !] I) A lOl S .

HE UEAr.ETH

KUMTNE, FIVE i;A)U{ri ETS GtEES, UVEil ALL

THREE E^CCTCHEONS OK, OF HALHEl) HA),)< IN WESTMOHEAND.

CUEST—A HAM) DEVTEll (.Jt.ASlMNw AN

EKCUTCHEON OR.

A L L 1 X G T O NT A RMS.HE he\ki;th

Ar.L'ii):, A EiO:,- kaMiANT

OK, EANC.UII) AND FNOCIIj OUl-ES, IIV IHE NAME

OK Ai.EINOTON, OF

NOI'.TH ywSLilK

THE KOniNS GKXESIS. 39

THE KOIUNS (iKXKSIS— lOrO.

Gkohue Uoeixs came to AiiKTica, in IGTO, and Sfttk-d in Talbot county,

Maryland, upoia tract of one thousand acres, called ''Job's Content/' This

lioincstoad Avas subsequently called " Peacli ]:<lossoni,"' by his grandson,

George Jlobin?, wiio, throngli his lifedong friend, Peter Collinson, the world

renowned naturalist and botanist, imported among other fruits and llowers, a

number of peach trees. These were }>rocured from Persia and the East, by

Mr. C'ollinson, and introduced by Îr. Jiubiii:; into /J'albot couniy, but the

peach tree was culti\'ated in Kent county as early as 1050.

After lier husband's death, >rrs. Robins continued the intercourse avid

iViendshi)) wiili Mr. C'ollirison. who, in time extended it to her only son,

Thomas Pobins, wlio was sent to a school in Loudon, wh.erc he could be

ui;der the infiuc-'nce of his father's frieiid and counselloi'. Of a lengthy cor-

respondence in regard to the culture of fruit and liowers, but few letters have

been preserved.

The live children of -Air. and Îrs. George liobins were born af Peach

Blossom." Thomas, their only son, was, at an early age, sent to a school in

London, and graduated as a physician, at Edinburgh. On his return home; he died in ITOl, of a bilious fever, at the age of twenty-two years, and v.-as

( buried at " Peach Blossom." His poi'traifc is in the possession of his great

;• niece, Miss Susan Pobins Gale, also several letters written by him to his

|: cousin, James llollyday, of •' Pieadbourne." His large fortune was divided

among his four sistei'S.

Susannah, daugliter of (ieorgeand Henjiotia Maria Pobiiis, Avas born on

June lotli, IToS, niari'ied, Oelober, 17G1, 'i'liomas Chamberlaine, of "Plain-

dealing," wb.o died in ITGl, leaving one son, T'liomas, who died in early man-

hood. By her second husband, Colonel Jiobert Lloyd Xicols, she had four

children, viz: IJoyd Nicols, Henrietta ^Liria, who married Hon, Piobert

Henry Goldsborough of ".Myrtle Grove,*' El i/.a, and Susannah Xicols, v.ho

married Hon. ]>ond ]\[artin,of Cambridge.

Anna Mai;ia, daughter oi' Mr. and Mrs. George Pobins, born March

13th, 1T:3--', die! August itith, 1604, inarried December 9tli, i:49, ]Mr. Henry

Hollydav, son of James (and Sarah Covington Lloyd) Hollyday, of

'•' Iveadbourne,"' and grandson of Colonel Tlioma-. Hollyday, (of con-

sanrMiinily will; Sir i>eonard Hollyday, I-ord Mayor of London, lOOo,) Avho

• married Marv Tru)i)an, of Lngland, and Settled in Prince (ieorge'.s county,

died i)i tVO.'], and left two sons, James, of Quecn Anne's county, wlio lived at

"Keadbourne,*' ami Colonel Leoiiard Hollyday, of " Brooktlebl," in Prince

George's count v- Tlu' cliildren of Mr. and Mrs. li'iiry llollyday, were

lb nrietta. Maria, l>orn December oih, 1V.">U, man'ied January iJih, r,"72,

40 (.•I1AMBKJ{LA1X]: FA>fII.i'.

SainiK'l C)),iinlxTlaijio, ol' " Doiifielil; '*

lârali, born .laiuiary '.'ittli, 1753,inarrinl llarrv .Nicols, of '• J)ai-ley,"' ami died in l-S'^'J; Anna Maria, married i

('cto!)Lr, 3:81, George CJalo, of Cecil county, died in 1?>1T; James, born|

^'ovember 1st, 1758, married :Miss Susannah Tilghman, died January Sib, I

ISO;;K'.becca, born December 5th, 1 :»',:>, married in ITO:,), Xiclôlas ilam- |

mond, I IVoin the I-^land of Jersey, in i:?x\) and died in July, 1801 ; Jlenry, f

born JSeptendjer 11th. 17T1,' married Ociober 11th, 1798, Ann Carmicliaeh I

daugliter of Kichard r.enncit Carmichael, of "]k-nnett's Choice," and died I

in .Marcli, 1850. and .Mav-aret jlollyday, lorn May Vhh, 177-1, married Mr. «

r.yttlt'ton Ciale, of Cecil county, and dicil in :iray, 1848.|

IIexiuetta ,A1ai:ia, daughter of :\[r. and ,Îr.?. Ceorge IJobins, born I

.March J Orb, 17:>(;, married on April IGtb, 1757, James Lloyd Chamberlaine, f

of '' Plaindealing,"' and bad one son, IJobins Cbamberlaino, and two daughters,|

viz: Henrietta Maria, who married Mr. William llayward, Jr., of Somerset|

county, and Margaret, who marrirl I'olonel John liughcs^ of Harford|

county. - •

''••'.- • / >!-# •/ " 'I

3IAKGAKET, born 1731, daughter of Mr. and :\[rs. Ceorge Eobins, mar-ried Mr William llayward, Sr., and had two sons : George, A\ho married Miss^largaret Smyth, and Tliomas llayward, who married Miss Mary Smyth.

]\Ir. G'eorge liobinsdied on-&%iember (Jih, ITiS, and was buried at " PeachBlossom." His widow, Henrietta Maria Tilghman Robins, married on Sep-tember 2d, 17-17, Mr. ^Villia.m Goldsboi-ough, fwhose lirst wife was a sister of

Mr. Robins), a member of the Lord Proprietors Council and one of the

Judges of the Provincial Court. ^Mr. GolJsborough died in 1700. His por-

trait (also that of his widow.) is in the [lOSS-'Ssion of Mrs. Goldsborough's

descendants, the Haywards of ''Locust Grove.'' ^Îr. Goldsborough's tomb-stone at "Peacli Blossom," erected by his faithful wife Henrietta Maria,

bears the following inscription : "Ua was justly esteemed as a faithful coun-

sellor, an upright Judg", an honest man and a good Christian." Mrs. Golds-

borough survived her Imsband eleven years, and died on November 7th, 1771,

and was buried at " Peach Blossom," on the Saturday following, -ivith a 1

nnmerous procession, Pev. dolm Bo^^ ie oliieiating. To each of her daughters,j

(all Robins, ) Susannah Chamberlaine Xicols, Anna >L'ir!a Hollydav, .^lar- ]

garet liobins llayward, Henrietta Maria C^handjerlaine, Mrs. Goldsborough j

gave a coffee-pot engraved v/itli ilie fiplicr H, M. G. and a i«ortrait of hci'self

with licr little grandson, L'obins Chamljcrlaine at her side. In the picture

owned by her great graiidchildren, tiie Goldsborough's of " Myrtle Grove," j

the 'M'eacli I'dossom .Mansion " is visilde, and in that at 'MJonfield," a gray |

S'piirrei is perched on the old lady's arm. Jn 1750, Mrs. <;oldsborough and

her four daughters worked the pul})it liangings and altar kneeling cushions

at Hi. i'eter's (move familiarly knowii as White Mar.~h i Cliurch, where the

family atlendod the .si;rvice.^ for more than a century, and which v.'as in the

immediatG neighborhood of '"'Peach Blossom."' This tapestry Mas a line can-

vas.s, worked in Irish stitcii with sliaded red worsted, ami i.hougii a laiôr of

1i

TJIE KUBIXS GKXKSiS. -I'l

love, w;is (lo;"il)tle>s tlic work of man}' year.v. In \$?AK a nceJlo wa.s fonml in

ilic cnsluon, and Avlu-n ii\ 1854, (lie pulpir pivo place to one of a more

nioJei'ii jlyle of arcliitecttire, tlie (aposlry was cut up into small siripj, and

distributed anuai^- all in descent from M)-. and ]\rrs. George liobins.

cui;ia:spoxi)EXc'i-

Ti'Acn Blossom, Jane Slli, 1750.

]\Jy .Deak Cuti.u— Yuv.v two It tier.- of July and October, ITo-l, are now botore me.

If you have written nny,siiico7tli oi June la>t i^whioh came byCapt. Montgomery"! T Imve

not received it. You sa}- in your letter (if Oct. lOili, that when you hist wrote you were

"at Iving.-toii in Snrry Avith yovu' eou?in Go]d«barnugli." As a hotter Irom you i< once'

lay most plea.-iiig amv.seinerit.s, I am very eureful of it, and nuich pleated to get one from

yuu. Pray prc.=ent mj' eompliments to your cou.sins Goldsborough, and thank tiiem lor

tlieir kind usage of you. I am glad that it reminds you of my tenderness. The chief

recompense I require for it is, tliat you will have a due regard to good advice, and put in

practice wliatever is commendabie. I too -well know that tlicre are careless e.xumpk.? in

! the world, which tliought indeed make.? me anxious tor my ehildien, bat 1 liopo you -will

be constant in asking God's grace to assist yuu in well doing, and if you strive to be reso-

lute, it may be easy to acquire good habits. Your sisters are v.-cll and are now ( b}^ invi-

lationj at their uncle ^^lalthew Tilghman's. Xancy is at home and well, as also Mr.

liolhday and the little girls. Your sisters send love and will write by tlie ne.xt oppor-

tunity. .1 was very ill about five weeks ago, but tJiank Grd am well again. Ibiping you

will keep well, I an-., Dour 'Jomm}', Your airectionate Mother,

HEX. MAR GOLD.-BOROVGH.

Mr. Gold.sborougli desires his eompiixeats to ^h: .J(;hn IIufDury and his lady, and to

your :Master, and to ]jis cousin IJobert and his wife. I ha/e now a pretty Hying squirrel

which I would send to you by Capt. Montgomcrv.but Mv. G. fears the P>ench will get it.

Hit doe.s not get from me 1 will send it by a convoy.

Mu. Thomas lioin.Ns, Kdinburgh.

June 5th, 17G8.

'i'o Mn. Petkii Coi.i.iNSoN, London.

Kind Sin—Yeslunlay morning I ri.ceivLil your very dbli-ing leltL-r, witli s.-eds,

(a p irt, of which I will \r.\{ in the ground, au'l keep the rest for ne.xl .spring,) and Z:tn;in

cuius which you so kindly favor me with, and wljich 1 havi-- long dcsin^d to see. 1 will

follow your directions in plantiiig them.

As you are pleased to desire .some knowledge of my family, I will as briefly as possi-

l;!e, gratify vour curiosity. My grandfahcr, by my father's side, was named Tiighman,

and was one of the fust settler.s in Maryland. -My father eorre?ponded with a relative of

that name, whom yon niay know sometiiing of, and wiio (I hope) yet lives in the county

of Kent. JMy mother's grandfather, whose name was Lloyd, was likewise one of the

!ir;t settlers in this country. 'Mr>. Jiebecca Anderson, who was a Lloyd, and Avith whom^ I presume you are acquainted, is mymoOioi's brother's child, and can give yie. a more

direct account of tlie family.

O; my si.v children, (and y<.'ii, good hir, very well knew one of them,) four daughters

onlv ::re" living, aiid .'oe Î'l Kubin- ;ir,(l li^-.;; v-i \- near nie, the farthest about .-:i.x miles

oif." Myeldon! Ann:i M'

llullj-day, the son of Mr. James ITolly-

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4- CIIAMBERI.AIXE FAMILY.

day, who wcnl lionie for bcallli sibovit Uiirlj' years ago; and I think I have hearJ sayAvas acquainted with you. .Perhaps you mi.u;lit know his son, James, that went home

f-

about lU or 11 years ago. He is Mr.s. Anderson's halt" brotlicr and own brother of my (.

.son-in-!a w. My next, ISIargaret, is married to Mr. William Ilayward, a hiwj'cr. The next, ;-

Hcnri(,'tta ^faria, married James Lloyd Chambcrlaine, whose brother Thomas, married my if-

young(^st daughter, Susannah, and died about four years ago, leaving one son. Tiiauks Ibe to God, wo all live fur above want, and can sp.are to our poor neighbors. We possess [^

and indeed are burtheiied with, what people falsely call riches—1 mean the Negroes, i'!

They are mostly an indolent sort of jêople, and seem very thoughtless of the expense ?that falls on us by supporting them. I thiidi we have full enough of them, though not ^so many as others have, especially in Virginia and the West Indies. Could we make good |Christians of them, it would be happy for ns. Pew are pliable. fe

Finding in :\Iiller that the is poisonous, I think best to forbear sowing the i.

seed just now, as J. have several grandchildren, at times running in the garden, wlio T

might liandle the plant, and suffer by it. ]ieing so much in your debt sir, I had an inch- ';

nation to send half a dozen tulip roots of my own raising, but I am several miles from'-

the ship. If I thought they might be cruising about I should be discouraged by thinkiug ^yours so far superior, that mine would not be acceptable. I shall be always glad to hear ôf your welfare, but writing may be troublesome in your advanced age, and I cannot d

expect you to continue your correspondent^ as you have doubtless many to write to.

I am with the greatest respect, your much obliged friend and servant.

HEX. MAR. GOLDSBOROUGH.

Edinbukoh, Jan. SOtli, 1759.To Mn. William GoLDSBOiioucur.

IIon'd Sik—I have received your letter of Sept. last, by Capt. Snow, soon after, one

fr(jm my mother, and one, from each of my sisters, the last from sister Suke3\ In your

letter of May you express a desire that 1 should study Civil Law in England. I shall

now tell you in what manner that study is conducted here. Jualiniau's Institutes of

Civil Law, take up one winter, and the Pandects two, so that we must spend three years

here. Last winter, which was my first in Edinburgh, was employed in Logic, Math-

ematics, and other studies preparatory to Natural Philosophy. In the beginning of the

summer, I applied myself to Botanj', accompanied (I hope not impi-opcrly,) with music

and fencing, (ic. This winter was begun with Natural and Moral Pliilosophy, and

Chemistry. To this last I was advised, as a principal part of Natural Philosophy, and I

found it of great use in that study, as in many others. The present Professor, Dr. Cullon,

lias cleared it from its former obscurity, and we now see it in a beautilul systematic view.

To these add a class of higher Molhematic?. The next winter then opens wdth law.

You will Sir excuse me for complaining that you have never given mo the least intima-

tion concerning my stay in Britain. Indeed I always understood it would be until the

completion of my studies. It is but lately that I knew wiiat the chief study is, and you

now see that tiio time must be regulated by the study, which will take up about 5

yeais, 2 here (as 1 don't imagine it will be necessary to pass advocate here 2 years will lie

sufficient,) and .". in London. I did hope to sec home sooner, but if you judge it best that

1 stay, 1 shall endeavor to make it time well spent. You say that you are satisfied with

my annual expense. Don't let me incur tlic imputation of extravagance when I tell yon

that .£100 per annum 1 lind rather too little. No one I believe is farther from debauchery

of any Kind. Drinking tu excess istliC pii;icii)al failing uf this country. I am i\ui capa-

ble (;f this vice i'rom my di.-use of it, and it is perfectly disagreeable to me. My want of

more then, prriceeds from my not being suflicicntly .skilled in t!ic art of making most of

wtuit JiiMiiey I h'.vc, and indeed i do not de.=irc I ) 1)0 an a'lept in this art, as I have met

j Avilli tlio.-x: will) ill practicing it, demean things. .My iirlncipal reason for menti'uiing

TR]-: KORINS GENESIS. 43

tliis is, that I >vish to make a jourucj' to the Ilighlaiuls, Avhicli Nvilh buying a horn will

cost X30. I ask therefore that my credit be extended to £150, per annum, believing that

my estate is able to bear it, it not, I beg that you will inform me what the gross value ol

it is, and I will tiy to keep within bounds. I do not desire to appear as if T had a large

fortune, but as if 1 had something above the average. You will ex('u.se my writing with

such freedom to you. I only represent things in tiie light they appear to me. You maysee them differently and more clearly. 1 sliall buhave with the submission incumbent on

me. In my last letter to my mother 1 desired her to get with as little trouble as pc-sible, a

barrel of apples and ncorns. They arc designed for two gentleman, Lord Coalston and

Major Dalrymple, with whom I had the pleasure of spending a part of last summer. 1

must beg leave to enforce this desire, as I was most hospitably entertained by them. I

would also (if I might presume) desire that a red bird be sent over to supply the loss !Mrs.

Drummond has sustained of one. Nothing is a trifle that expresses gratitude. I would

gladly accept anything that my mother and sisters will send that I might show it to all

my acqaintances here. Please present my duty to ray mother, tt love to my sisters and

relatives. Thank Mr. Hollyday for his letter, which I will answer by the Fleet. I will

send this by my cousin Goldsborougli, and write again by 3Ir. Glentworth, the medical

student of whom I wrote. I am Sir,

Your dutiful Son,T. ROBIXS.

EDiNBrJiGU, July -Ith, 1757.

Dear Sir—The many iiwors I have received from you, oblige ms to comply with

your request to write, as soon as possible. By the idea I have formed of this place in mythree days sojourn,! would willingly be excused from staying another. With the excep-

tion of one, all the streets are very narrow and excessively dirty. The common women

generally go about in their barefeet which affords a most disagreeable sight. Those in

the higher class are much the same as in London. Having so recently arrived I have not

seen much of the place, & you cannot expect me to be very exact. I was well received

by Dr. Drummond, who procured me lodgings in a street close by the College, where I

have board and lodging for £33 a year. IMy landlady wears a black ;,niwn and a black

skin, both Jor the same purpose, namely, to hide dirt. I liupe in time to learn content-

ment. Doubtless :Mr. Collinson imagined that sending me to EJinburgh would be of

great use to me both for obtaining knowledge in the sciences, and patience. Pray give

my love to Mr. & Mrs. Anderson and my cousins.Yr sincere friend,

T. PvOP.lXS.

To Mr. JA^^•:^5 IIollydav, London.

pDINJUTKOir, Aug. l^Hb, 1757.

De.ui Sir—I am greatly concerned that I have not heard from you since I left

London, and fear that you are not well. Please relieve my anxiety by the next post.

1 had a ticket sent me last Aveek for a concert under the direction of Signor Pasquali.

The Company Avas very brilliant, but I ob.served that the ladies were not so exact in their

dress as those in London, for several had hats, and none diamonds, but the men were

dressed at all points I may say, for there was velvet, silk, embroidery, and lace. I go two

or three times a week to a coffee-house, where I meet Dr. Carmichael, who is chief har-

angaer, though there arc others who debate. Last Saturday he was holding forth to a

humorous aiuliencc upon the bah'.ncc of Europe. We lislenea with gieit attention, till

tiic arrival of the waiter, who threw the papers upon the benclies, when he, v.ho had got

the Whitehall, road out with an audible voice, while " co.isidcrc duces & vulgi tante

corona."

'

With love to my cousins 1 am etc.,,^_ j^^^p_j_^,^_

To Mr. James IIoj.i.yoay, on T<,w-cr IJUK London.

u CHA Mi'.F.JU .A I NK K.\ MILY.

KpiMUT.c.n, Marcl), SOtli, 17.^0.

Dkxh ,iin—y.oUnu'^ cuuld give iiic moro picusuiv tliaii to lunir of yoiir saio arrival at

home, aiul of your restoration ti? heallli. 1 :nn pretty sure tbo last clppcndctl on tlu> Grst.

My f;Uii,-r writes that you have again entLroJ into Uie in-actice of the law, the activity it

reij\iirL? will no doubt contribute to the return of your spirits also. Scotland agrees verywell witli ine and I. pass my time very agreeably in the society of some of the best fami-li'-'s, wlio tr.\-!t mc mo^t civilly. I still Ihiidi that t::imbridi^'e is the best place for studyingBelles Let! res, though the Civil Law, (which 1 enter upon nc.\t winter) is better taughthere than anywhere else. I propose great advaniagcs U-on\ this study, as it is the founda-tion of all law, and greatly fuciiitate.'=i the reading English law. I am glad to have suchgood account of your nieces. I shall be greatly pleased to see them. You have nowgotten again into the circle of your acquaintance, most of whom I know by name only.

YVni might make me acquainted with tlieir eonnc.vions between Ihemselves or me, bytelling me of any family occurrence. This would cause mo to long for a more intimateacquaintance, whicb I liope 1 shall .soon obtain. Pray give my love to my sister and Mr.PTollyday. Being somewhat hurried I <hai) defer writing to Ip.em until an opportunityoilers from Gla5cow. 1 have had no letters from Ihein, or any of my sisters, except Sukey,ihi.- rear. Y'ours most atTectioKate,

THOMAS "RORIX.-?.To Mr.. J.vNfK-s lIoi.LVDAV, nufcn Anne'- cjunty, Marylaml.

CllAMBKlJL.MNE-lIA^'WAI!!).

IIkn'uiktta Mai'J.v. duuglilcr of Jjirne.? Llovti, and llenriottu ^laria |

Ilobin.s Cluui)bcrlaiii.\. iiiarri.'d in 17—.. Mi". ^^'iIlialll .Tlavward (a iiepbev/ of

William llaywanl, of ••Locust Grove.") of SoDiorset county, and lived at the i

llayu'ard honiestead, near Miles Jiivcr Ferry, (now owned by Mr. Josepli 1

l*riee,) wbere Mr.-. Ilaywiird died in ISOS. A j)Oiirait of this lady i.s in

the iK)Sie.-.-:iou of lU'. Cliainbcrlaine of Ea.ston. Mr. Hay ward married a

second time, a ^li.s.^ Mai-yaret Lloyd, and died in lôt. Henrietta Maria, |

Sarah, Janie.s, chiIdi-:-n of \Villiaiii and Henrietta Maria Hayward. died I

nnmarried ; William, tiieir eldest son, born in 17S7, married on December

J'Jtb, iSO'.t. Mij.s Hliz;ibeth Ha.-^kin.s l)i.llitt, of E;i?ton, and had seven children,

viz: William, Thomas Scott JJullitt, Margaret Jfobin,^, Hall Hurri.¥on, MaryBiilliil, A\hu married Mr. .lo.-.']ih L'. Price, and had two son,«, who died I

in early Diauhuoil ; and licnrietla Maiia, who mai'ricd in 1^38 l>r. Samuel|

W.ickcs S}>enecr, and removed to J'lorida, and had two children, \h: i

Ann Klizabeth, liorn in lS3l.i, v.ho married in J 871 Mr. A\'ill!am H.j

C'obiiru, of Savannah, and ha-: three chiKlrcr,, xiz: Henrietta ^Nfaria, born j

.May IStb, ISTo ; Sallie Hayward, born .June2<nh, l8To, and IJobert Miirdock |

Coburn, boiii April onl. JsTT; and Lambert Wicke.^ Spencer, born in ISIL j

l':i,i/.A!;Ki!i r.! i.i.iTT, daii-hler of Wiilia.'ii a'ld Lli/.abetii Unllitt Hay- !

w;u(l, married on ,iann;iry Mtli, is.M. bor cousin, Dr. .fu.êph K. M. Ciiamber- ;

laine, of *' Chlora's roint," and died in Ib'Ii, leaving; two children, Jo.se])h :

Knnal.s .M.iit'.', and Eliiiabeth ]>. (Jij.amberlainc, v.'ho mai ried on. Oclobei- 2n(\,

Ls?(.i, Uolicrt v.. Hayw.ird, of C'ambri'.l;:e, .Maryland, and liad one .s<^n, .[o.^cph

HAYWAIM) FAMILY. 45

Cliiuiiberlaine IFajiVuiHl. (Mr. lluywiird is of (he Dorehc'ster Jliiywanl

f:ii)iily. which is distinct, and in no \\-[\y connecled with the Somerset und

Talbot connty families.) ^Mr. William Ilaywiird died on October HMh, l-'ôii.

'•'riii? eêndcman, "wlioso com]>ara(ivoly early death defeated the ]D-(iinise of

Ills youth, and the lirst years of his manhood, is rememliared for liis abilities

as an orator, uliich Avere not surjKissed l)y any speaker of liis day in his

native county, and hardly by any in tlu- State.'' Ilis widuw survived him

many years, and died in Easton, on October —, 1851.

IIAYWAKI) FAÎILV.

AViLLiAM llAYWAKji, the tirst of tiie name in 'L'albot county, came from

Somerset, in 17—, and settled at '-Locust Grove," (on Tred Avon river.) in

IJayiey's Xeck. lie married 0!i Xuvember, 29lh, 17<'>0, Tdiss iFargarel Eobins,

daugiiter of George and Henrietta ?kfaria (Tilghman) Kobins, of '• I'eacli

Blossom," and died in 1791, leaving t^vo sons, (ieorge Kobins, uho married

Miss Margaret Smythe, of Kent county, and died without children in 1810;

and Thomas Hayward, who married ^Nliss ]Mary Smythe, tlic sister of hi.s

brother's wife, and died in 183s. AVilliam, eldest son of Thomas and ^Faryj

Smythe I] ay ward, marrid in 18,^5, ;^[iss Elizabeth Edmoiulson, and died in 1

1840, leaving one daughter, Elizabeth, who married in 185S, AVilliam Shep-

herd Ih'van, a prominentmember of the Jâltimore bar, and had four children,

viz: William Shejiherd, Elizabnh Ilayward, George Pettigrew and Caryl

Harper I^ryan.!

Thomas SMyxirE, son of Thomas and Mary Hayward, married 1st, ]\liss

JLMirietta Maria Xicols, of Kent county, who died in 183], without children,

and second Miss Jo^'phine H. Bowie, and died in LSGC, leaving five children,j

viz: Henrietta Maria liobins, who dicil in 18G7; Eli7.:ibetii Hashin-^ .Villiam,

Tlio.nas Smythe, and Dallas Bowie Haywar.l.

Sauak Smvtuh Haxds, danght'i- of Thomas and .Mary Smythe Hay-|

ward, married in 1838, Mr. liichard Trippe, and died in ISO-, leaving four '

children, vix: M-ary, Helen (who married Hugh Hambleton, and had cliildren,

viz: Mary Cornelia, Margaret JFelen, Hugh Sherwood, ]Iayward, Bertha andj

AVilliam Wirt Hambleton\ Thomas Hayward Trippe ('who married :Îiss Mat-'

tie, dau'diter of B-v. Henry M. Mason, 1).])., and bad four children, viz:

Henry Mason, Adeline Hull, Sarah Ilayward and Thoiuas Ilayward 'Jb-ippe,)

and Bichard .Bdin Trijip.e, wh.o mai-ried Miss Annie Townsend, and had three

chiMren, viz: Isabella Bowie, Ilayward Hand^, and P.a,rclay Haskins Trippe.

l-^LrzAKKTi! Iloiiix.s, daughter of Thoma and Mary Smythe Hayward, mar-

ried Mr. blarelav Hawkins, (his first \\ lie,) and died in isj.-), wilboi.l children.

?^larvAn;i, daii'jbtei of 'Tiios. and Mary S. Hayward, died unmarried in 18'.'i.

Mr. Thonias Smythe Haywrird died in ]S(;3, and his widow sold their

iiuniestead, "Locust Grove,"' to a Mr. Johnston (of county ,Lvbaml.i

who* in 1805, marrie I Anna, daughter of Matthew Tiighman (bddsborough,

of •' Ellcnborough."'

I \' '1 ',' IM

if / I4i) - / CHAMBKRLAINE FAMILY..|

CUA^rBEin.AlXE-nUGlIlX J

V^ lA IVlAiiGAKET HODINS, daughtc)' of James Lloyd aiul Tlenriclta Maria [

lioh'ws Chamberlaine, was born at "Peacli Blossom,"' on , ami »

inarvied on , Col. John Ilnghes of Harford, an intimate friend of t

^lajnr A.ndre, uho walk-jd to tlic scaflbid on Col. ]lnglies' arm. "We learn I.

from a reliable source that the comb, brnsh, and towels used bj^ Andre l,

in })ri.?oa, were fnrnished by Col. Hughes, and are now in the tower of London, *

marked ''John Hughes.'' The last thing Major Andre did before starting f

for his place of execution, was to place in the hands of this devoted friend, |

the ininiaiure of his betrothed and his last leiter to her, with the request t

that he would forward them to her in England, which reipiest Col. Hughes\

innnsdiatelv complied M-ith. !

Col. and ]»Irs. Hughes had three sons, iSamuel, John- and James, and three |

daughters, Henrietta Maria, Ann, and Eliza Hughes, all born at ''Peach

Blo.rsom." 'J'hese ladies were celebrated for their great beauty and personal

attractions.

iSamuel and John Hughes died unmarried ; James Hughes married Miss

Maria Lee, Avho had two daughters, viz: Mârgaret Chamberlaine Hughes,

Avlio died unniaiTied; and -, wlio luarricd a 'Mr. Stuart, of "West Vir-

ginia, and had two childi'cn, viz: James Hughes Stuart, w^lio emigrated to

Koitucky, and Margaret Chamberlaine Stuart, who married i\rr. , of

West Virginia.

Hexkietta Mari^, daughter of Col. John Hughes and .Afargaret Cham-

berlaine, married Mr. William Stokes of Harford county, and resifled in

Havre de Grace when that town was attacked by the British in ISl'i. They

had seven children, viz : Eliza Hughes, (who married in 18-11 Mr. William J.

Eoss, of Frederick City, and died in IS— , leaving one daughter, Eliza Jioss;)

Robert H. Stokes, (for tliirty years cashier of a bank in Frederick City, who

married Miss Harriet Tyler, and died iu 1871, and had children, viz:

Bradlev, who married ; liobert H., James, John Hughes, ]Ienry,

AVilliiim, who married Miss Sophie Fitzhugh, and Henrietta Maria, whomarried Mr. Henry Williams, of Frederick City;) William TL Stokes, M.D,,

(wliii ))nu-rird ]\Iiss Mary Tyler and had five children, viz: William H.,

Bradley Johnson, George, Elizabeth, and Xannie Stokes;) Rev. George C.

Stokes, (liecior of the Church of the Redeemer in I'altimore county, who

married Miss Emma Brown of Kent county and had live cliildren, viz: John,j

Williain, George, Ennna Louisa, and lamest Stokes;) Capt. James Stokes,|

(an oflicer in the United States Army, residing in Chicago, who married Ali.ss i

—and has ch)ldren, viz: William, who m;irri(.-d in 1S77 i)is cousin, |

Henrietta Maria Stokes, daughter of William and S<-i])hia Fitzhugh-Stokes, I

and YiAss Sallic Stokes;) Louisa Stokes, who dif-d in 18GI, and Miss Sallie I

Stokes, of Jiaitiiiiore. i

ClIA M P.]- h" LAIN' E-N ICOl.S. 4

7

KiJZA IluGHK^:, (liiugliLcr of Col. John llnglies ami JFargiiivt Chiunbor-!;iino, niarrioa 'Mw 'Richard Stochton, of New Jcvsev, son of lêv. Philip

Stockton and his ^vife Catharine Cnmniing, and Iuh tliroe duuglUcrs living,

viz: .Mrs. Lucius fSfocklon, (whose son, Kichard C. Stockton, married MissHarriefi Grant and liad three children viz : Lucius Witham, Elias lôndinot

;:nd James Chesiuut Stockton, and MJiose daughter, Honrietta ]\[arin. mar-ried General Lei]»er, and has two children, Charles and Catherine Leipcr,)

Mrs. William Lord, of Cooperstown, N. Y., and Miss ]-:ileu Stockton.

Axx IIuGiiKS, daughter of Col. John Hughes rmd r^largaret Chamber-iaine, inarricd Mr. Andrew Aldridge, of lialtimore, and had children, viz:

: John Aldridge, M.D.; ]\rargaret, who mari-itd '^\]\ Ellwood Davis, of Thila-

; delphia; Eliza, who mai'ried Mr. liiidjy, of ISew '^'ork ; Ann, who married• Mr. William Gittincrs. of Baltimore, and had children, viz: John S. GittinirsI,

_«- - - r>

i (who married in October, 18TS, his eousin, iliss llosa May, the great great ,,/_._

granddaughter of William and Henrietta Maria Chaniberlair.e Xicols, of

Talbot county, and has one son, John R Gittings.) and Aliss Nellie Gittings.'"'.

Mr. Gittings died in ISG^^, and his Avidow married in lSO-^;'Mr. Henry Win-ter, of Baltimore. , - r

-•

v'.V^-"^--' - CHAMBERLAINE-NICOLS. - 'j-

i:

Hexrietta ^[aria, daughter of Samuel and Ilcririetta ]\ra)'ia, Lloyd

IChamberlaine, murried on -NLay 22nd, 1700, AVilliam Xicols, son of Kev.

ITenrv Xicols and his second -wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Rowle, of St. Micbaerf--,

\ and lived at '' GiiUowa}'," near Easton, where !.\h-. Xicols died in! '(74, and

Ills widow a few years later. Mrs Xicols was born at "Plaindealing,"' in 1739.

Hexrietta ;M'aria, oldest daughter of William and Henrietta ^^faria

Xicols, l)orn in ^lay, 176- marrii-d her llrsl cousin, Samuel ]:!ai'le, (son of

[liichard and Ann Chamberlaine Earle, of •••

?»Iel field,") a ca])tain in the

Uevolutiouary Army, and had throe children, viz: William Xicols, who died

unmarried; IMaria ]-]arle, who married 'J\irb'.;tt Htirris, and diOd without

children ; and An)i Earle, who married Henry Emory.

Captain Earle died in 1700, and his widow married a Mr. lilakc and had

a dauo-hter, Elizabeth, who inarried Captain Simon Wickes, and had

I

children, viz: Mary Henrietta, Simon, William Xicols Earle, Charles, Free-

nian, Ann Ecbecca, Thomas Stocditon, and Elizabeth Wickes.

William X'îcols Earle Wickes married in 1S.j7 Miss Anna E. Wethered,

uf Baltimore, and had two children, viz: Ann Bebecca and Lewellyn Weth-

ered Wickes,

Clnirles Wickes married ^Miss Whaland, and had a daughter, lU-nrioita.

ili.i "Liter, Ann Ptcbecca Wickes, married, iirst, Chambers Wickes: secondly,

Mon. Joseph A. Wickes, of Che.-^tcr(.own, and had one daugliter, Jo:;epl;ino

Wickes.

48 CllAîBKKl.AIXK FAMILY

.

Ax\ Xjcol.s, daugliUn- ol' William and JJonrietta Mtiria Xicols. born in

I?0-^\ married 'M.v. Jidward Cic Conrcy, and liad children, om.^ of -whom, Wil-liai!i Henry, married .Mi.<> i-:ii;:;i Ij'.-irr, ami haa (liree children, viz: Xo'Jcy,(Who lirsl married .Aliss .Alary Ilamtramarch,, ar.d had one daughter, Lillias,

and whoso second wife was Mi.s.? Xannio Taca, by wliom lie had ono daughter,Xannie (h dnwcy.) Willi;Mii Iknry de Conrcy. M. D., of '•Cbe,?ton," oii Wye]u\\r; and Henrietta ?.laria do Courcy, wlio married in 1S45 Hon. Henry^lay, of r);i!t!more, and Inid several children. Their eldest danghter, Itosli

May, married in October, 18;r, John .S. Giuino-.s, Jr., (a great grandson ofCol. Jv)]in Hnghes and his v.ife -Margaret Ivoljins-Chamberlaine), and hadone .^'on, John S. (iiiting.s.

Samuel, son of AVilliam aiid Henrielta Maria Chandjerlaiue Xicols, nwr-ricd, fn-st, Miss Blake, who died v,-iihoii( cliildren, and secondly, MissEliza Smytiie, of Kent county, and bad nine cliild.ren. Their dangbter, Hen-rietta Maria, married ^Mi'. Thomas S. Hayward of ''Locust Grove," and diedwithout chiidrea. Their second daughter .Margaret Smythe Xicols, marriedin 1827, Dr. EVregrine AVrolh (who died in IST'J), and liad two ciiildren,

viz: William Jacl^son Wroth, M. I)., who married in 1&G4 Miss Louisa]'>owie, (wjio died in ISnr, leaving one daughter, Margaret L. Wroth,) and]Vfrtrgaret Priseilla TVroth, who married in ISoS, her cousin Thomas Cham-berlaino Xicols of ]-:aston, and had throe children, viz: Henrietta Afaria,

Edward Theo'.'ore, and îfargaret Eugenia Xicols.

Hakry, son of 'Ailljam and Henrietta Maria Cbamberlaine Xicols, bornat "Galloway" on December 5th, ITCH:, married on October Grli, I?.sn,,A[iss Eliz-

abeth Kobins, an heiress, and daughter of Stan ley and Mary (Green) liobins,

a daughter of Jomis Green (ihe projnaetor aiid editor of the J/art/Iand GazetU'),

of Ai^.napolis. On the de.ith of Mr. Xichols in ISIO, liis widow, by the

advice of her IViend iuhI relative, Mr. George IJobins-Hayward, assnnied her

husband's debts, tliereby greatly imjwverishing her children, who at her

death in 1841, were obliged to make their own support.

Samukl, son of Harry and Elizabeth ]I(d.)ins-Nicol?, born at ''Galloway'" on

August •^;2nd, IT ;•(>, marrljd .Aliss Ann de Conrcy, and died in 1831, leavijig

one daughter, Sarah l-'it.zimmons Xicols, v. ho marri.-d in ]b:jO Mr. Tho)nas do

Conrcy, and Intd four childreii, of udiom but one is living-. Samuel (ierald de

Courcy, v.ho married in IS—, .Miss Lizzie iJarclav, of Philadelphia, and hadthi'ee children., viz: Antoinetle Wickes, Ibnily and John Parcbiv do Courcv,

all living in J/iiila lel})hia. Mr. Thomas de Courcy died in 1814, and his

widow marricil in 18— Mr. D.ivid Jones, of Eastern Xeck Jsland, Kentcounty.

]\rAi:v Gi:!:i;.v, daughter of Harry ;uid Elizabet!) Hobin.s Xicols, was born

at "Galloway,^' in J rSl), au'l died at E.isto:i iii ISIO.

HEXiilKiTA .\LviLlA, daughter of Henry and Elizabnh riohins-X!C(ds,

wa^; borri at ' {Jidlowiiy " in 1802, a'ld resides {\>1-} with h.rniecc Mrs. JohnL. Ho])]sin?, noai- St. Micha"!'-'.

THE NICOLS (iEXKSLS. 49

Thomas C^hamberlaixe "Nicols, sou of Harry and Elizabelh liubins-

; Xicols, born in 1T9J, married in IS'Zo ]\Iis.s Marflia J. Stout, (a irrcat lueoo of

I

John Quiiicy Adams), and died at Kaston in 1ST3. ^hs. Thomas C Nicols

died in ISTS in Elkton at the residence of her son Henry M. Xicols, Avho

married in 1847, Miss Anne S. Rieliardson, and had seven children, two oj.'

vliom are ]ivini:V^':î"tha Adelaide and llcnry May Xicols.

William Haywaud Xicols, son of Thomas G. and Martha J. Siout;' Xicols, married in 1857 ^liss Carolirê E. Ikdcher, and liad six children, two

f (;f wliom survive, viz: Caroline Patterson and .Martha Elizabeth ^S'iools.

Thomas Cjiam]!EIJLAixe Xicols, son of Thomas C. and ^Martha Siout

;Xicols, married in 1858, ^Margaret Priscilla Wroth, and had nine cliildren,

of wlioni three are living, viz: Henrietta Maria, Edward Theodore and I'u-

genie Nicols.

Mauy llENKiETfA, daughter of Thomas C. and Marllia Stout Xicols, mar-

ried in 1808, ]\Ir. J. Cliarles O'Brien, and died in 1809.

Elizabeth Axxe Xicols, daughter of Thomas Chamberlaine and

Martha Stout Xicols, nuirried on June 4th, 1SC7, Mr. John L. Hopkins, of

•' Bayside," Talbot county, and liad cliildren, viz : Henrietta Maria Xicols,

(born July 1st, 18G8, died December 29th, 1875,) Mary Hayward and Ariana

Bateman Hopkins (twins), who died in infanc}'.

THE XICOLS GEXESIS.

Kev. Hexry Nicols was born in Glanmorganshire, Wales, on April 1st,

1G78, and graduated at Jesus" College, Oxford, in 1702. The following 3-ear

he was sent to the United States by '•'tlic Society for the Propagation of the

^ Gospel in Foreign parts," and setik-d in Pennsylvania, ministering atCiiO^ter

and at Concord in that State. Jn his travels through Xew England, he met

a ]\Iis3 Gatchell, Avhom he married, and in 1708, became theincumbent of St.

Michael's parisli, Talbot county, Maryland, and settled near that town at a

]ilace called " Maide;i's Point," where were born to them five sons and one^.

daughter. Jonathan, tlieir eldest son, married Miss Ann Knowjcs, and\\<^-&'-'i'^

,

the p:irent3 of Harry Nicols of '' Darley," who married IMiss Sarah Hollyday, (j^,'

of '•Pi.tcdiiro Manor,'" (and whose romantic history forms'yet a pleasant tradi-

tion in the family), and Sarah Nicols, (who marrie.l Dr. .John Troupe and

had one daughter, .Mary, (who married, tir.-t, Mr. Polk, second, iJr. Davidge, of

Harford county,) and a son, Dr. Jiving Troiipe, Avho mai'ried ]Miss Sarah

llemslev, and whose chiKlren, viz: Henrietta Maria, ^Mary and Henry Troupe,

are now living in Baltimore. flTin-Se ladies have among otlicr family relics,

the portrait of their great-tincle Harry Nicols.

|

Jeremiah, seeonTi son of Pev. JL.Miry Nicols, married ^lIs;-: Debo;-a]i

l.loyd, daughter of .Fanu-s and Ann Grundy Lloyd, of " Ho])e." Tiieir

OO CllAMBEllLAINE FAMILY.j

eldest son, liobert, L]o3-il Xicols, inan-ied Mrs. Susainiali Kobins-Cb.imibcr-[

laiiie, and had one son, Lloyd 'Nicol?, (who married Susan Gullev), and I

two daughters, Henrietta Maria, (who married Kobert Henry Goldsborongh, f

of " Myrtle Grove"), and Susannah Xicols, (who married lion. Bond Martin, 1

of Cambridge, and whose daughter, ilaria, m.arried Mr. Theodore R. Loocker- •;

nian, of Easton, whoso daughter, Mary, niiirried Mr. Loud, Avhose daughter,j

]da Loud, married in 1870 ]\Iatthew' T. Goldsborongh, of Bayley's Neck.) r

Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah and Deborah Lloyd, married Anna jMaria, !

daughter of Eicliard and Ann Crouch Lloyd, and had oiie sou Jeremiah, who '.

married ]\Iis3 Hackett, and had three children, viz : Anna Maria, whoj

married ]}r. James Bordley, of Queen Anne's county; Pdchard Lloyd, who ^

married Miss "Wriglit, of Queen Anne's county, and had children;,

and Jeremiah, who jnarried }iliss Fannie Burgess and had five children, viz :\

Jeremiah Dorsoy Xicols, Bessie, i\Ltry, Xar^nie and Lloyd. Li this family[

the ])oriraits of Jeremiah and Deborah Lloyd Xicols arc carefully treasured. |

H]:xRY, son of Rev. Henry and Elizabeth Xicols, was sent to England to [

be educated, and became a ithvsioian of eminence. He died abroad uniriar- i

ried, and left his large fortune to his nephew and riamcsake, the son of his [

brother Jonathan, who was called " Stirling Harry," because of his wealth, I

and to distinguish him from his Eastern Shore cousins who bore the same name, f

CirAKLES, son of Rev. Henry and Elizabeth Xicols, born on April 11th, t

171 C, (died April 28th, 1786, and was buried at his homestead in Tuckahoe :

Xcck, Caroline county,) married i\Hs3 Mary Smith, and had eight children, f

Margaret, their second child, born in 1758 or 1759, died in August, i;87, i

married Thomas Meeds, and left five children, the j'oungest of whom, Mar- f

garet, born in 1786, became in 18— the wife of Hex. Daniel Stephens (Kector I

for some years of St. John's Church, Ilavre-de-Grace, Md.), and were the i

})arents of Col. William H. Stephens, of San Gabriel, Califorjiia, Harry, (ofy

Tuckahoe ;, son of Charles and Mary Smith Xicols, was born 17G5 and died|

in 183L His first wife was Miss Mtirgaret Keene, who died leaving an infant,|

who also di'jd. After ten years (in 1S05) he married Mrs. Elizabeth Sellers, 1

daughter of Henry Downs, of Hillsborough, and had five children, ofwhom were

Catharine, Avho married Francis Chilton, and James, Avho married first Miss Ta-

tionce Tunis, bywhom he had two daughters, Elizabeth Joseiihine, now residing

in Wilmington, Del., and Mary Gold.-borough Xicols, v.ho died in infancy.

The cliildren of his secoiid wife ]\Iiss are Ada, and Margaret,

who married Dr. Tliomas Hackett, of Hillsborough, and has several children.

Joiix, SOI of Harry and Elizabetli SL-llers Xicols, married first Caroline

J\Iecker, of X'ew Jersey, and afterwards Sai-ah Ivoss, of Pittsburgh, and died at

St. Paul, leaving several cliildren.

James, son of Pev. Henry and Elizabeth Xicols, married Miss Charlotte

Graham, of Baltimore, and had a daughter, Charlotte Xicols, who married

Patterson, a brother of the late .Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte, and had f<)ur

(children, two bons (who died in infancy) and two daughtors, Charlotte, v,]\<j

THE NICOT.S GENESIS. 51

married Ml-. Charles 8. Gilnior; and Caroline, Avho married Pveverdv Jolui-

?on, Jr., and died witliont children.

Cjiaeles, son of James and Cliarlotte G. Xicols, married Mi?sNoel, and had three sons, of wliom James only snrvives. lie married Miss

Richardson, and resides at Laurel, IÎaryland, and is a Presbyterian preacher.

The portrait of Mrs. Charlotte Crahnui Xicols is in tlie possession of her

friends i)i the Eoss family, of Frederick Cit}-, Maryland.Sarah, only daugliter of Kev. Henry and Elizabeth Gatchell Xicols,

married Mr. Pobert Goldsborough, of "Asliby." Tl?eir only son, Eobert,

married in 17G8 Jiiss Mary E. Trippe, of Cambridge, Maryland, and their

son, Pobert Henry, (United States Senator from 1S13 to 1819,) married in

1800 Henrietta Maria Xicols (daughter of Colonel Robert Lloyd and his wife,

Susannah Eobins Chambcrlaine Xicols), and had nine children : William, whomarried his cousin. Miss Mary Goldsborough, of Cambridge ; Charles Henry,

Susan Elizabeth, who married Mr. Coolidge, of Boston; ]\Lary Caroline, Henri-

etta Maria, John McDowell, Eliza, George Ixobins, who married in ISGv' Miss

Eleanor Rogers, daughter of Lloyd Rogers, of "Druid Hill," near Baltimore,

and Rev. Ivobert AVillimn Goklsborough, who married Miss Rebecca Holly-

day Hammond, (daughter of Xicholas Hammond, from the Island of Jersey,

in 1771,) and was for many years Rector of the church at Hillsborougli, ]\Id.

Their only dauglitcr, Sarah Eliza Goldsborough, married on December ISth,

1877, Dr. Thomas AV. ^tlartin, son of Hon. Bond ^Martin and his second wife,

Miss Elizabeth AVilliams, of Cambridge, Maryland.

Mrs. Elizabet]] Gatchell Xicols died in 17— , and some years afl'jr her

death, in 17— , Rev. Henry Xicols married Mrs. Eliza Rowle, of St. Michael's,

by whom he had one son, "William, who was born 17—, died in 17T4, and

married on ^lay 22nd, 17C0, Henrietta Maria, daughter of Samuel and Hen-

rietta Maria Lloyd Chambcrlaine, of " Plaindealing," by whom he had four

children: Henrietta ^laria, Avho married first, Captain S. Earle, and after-

Ayards Mr. Blal.e; Ann, who married Mr. Edvrard DeCourcy; Samuel Cham-

bcrlaine, who married ^liss Eliza Smythc, and Harry Xicols, of "Galloway,"

who married Miss Elizabeth Robiiis.

The following inscription on a tomb in Christ Church, at St. Michael's,

will be read with interest by all in descent, and in any degree connected

with Rcy. Mr. Xicols:H. S.

jaci;nt kxcuviaen. NICOLS, A. M.,

COLLE JESU OX OLIM SOCIE JlUJtTB

ECCLKSfA rASTOlU.-J I'EIl ANXCS 41. >'ATr.

ArUILTS 1. IHTS. DF.NATI FKT5. 12, 1748. A'lXIT A'.^NOS 70. SAL-

VAM FAC AM.MAM. (.HlllSTI PROTUIS MiCIUTlS ! " BAI.

rAILlM CO.NXCLCAXE." U.i;C Il'Dli

JVS8IT INSCUIi-

I'KNnA.

Here lie the remains o? H. Xicols, Master of Art^. Fellow of Jesus' Col-

lege, the unwortlw P.iDtor of this Church for forty-one years. ''Trample

uptm ihc salt t])at has lost its savor."

52 CHAMBIiELAIXE FAMIIA'. I

By his order tliese words were inscribed, and liis tomb placed in front of[

tlie AUar in the floor of the cliurch, tliat persons might walk on it. In the i

new churcli on the same site (bnilt in 1S79), in order toheat ihobnilding by|

furnaces a cellar has been dug, the tomb is therefore under tiie floor and|

entirely couccaled from view. I

C ] IAM BER LA IX]:-EAELE.

\

[

AX2T, daughter of Samuel and Henrietta Maria Lloyd Chamberlaine wasI

born at Oxford on October 23rd, 173i, and married in 17— Mr. Kichard\

Tilghmau Earle, of Queen Anne's county, and had inne cliildven. >

Samuel, son of Hichard Tilghman and Ann Chamberlaine Earle, (born in *

17oG, died in J.790), was a captain in the Kevolutionary army. He mar-\

ried in 17— his cousin Henrietta Maria Chambeidaine Xicols, and had threef

children, viz: AVilliam Xicols, Ann, aud ]\raria Earle. His widow con- \

tracted a second marriage with a ^h: Blake.|

" IviciiARD TiLGHMAX, son of Eichard Tilghman and Ann Chainberlaine\

Earle, was born on June 23rd, 1767, graduated at Washington College in s

1787, and in ISO!) was appointed Chief Judge of the Second Judicial Dis- f

trict of }J.aryland, and one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals. "He (

was an eminent lawyer, an able Judge, and a gentleman in all the rela- ;

tions of life." Judge Earle married on December 3rd, 1801, Mary Tilghman,

daughter of Hun. James Tilghman, and had ten children, ;ind died at

"Xeedwood," on X'ovember 8th, 1813, in ihe 77th year of his agf

.

Etjzahetii Axx, daugliter of Eichard and Mary Tilghman Earle, mar-

ried Philip Henry Feddeman, and had five children, viz: riiiiip Henry,

Mary Tilghmau, Margaret E., Elizabeth A., and Eichard Earle Feddeman,

Avho married in 18— Miss Ellen Douglass Clayton (noe Baker), and had one

son, Philip Henry, who married Mary E. Earle, and had two children, viz:

Ellen Douglass and Samuel E. Feddeman. Mrs. Eichard Earle Feddeman,

died in 18o2, and Îr. Feddema)) marri'd in IS— Miss iJeborah "Wright,

and. had seven children. :

Mary ]\[auia, daughter of iiichard and Mary Tilghmau Earle, )narriedj

Mr. Philip T. Davidson, and had live children, viz: Eichard Earle, who j

married Anna Maria, daughter of Captain Samuel Ogle Tilghman, George '

Davidson, who married Marcella Blunt ; Mary Tilghman, Susan Earle, and ]

Kate Davidson.|

HjoMUETTa Maria, daughter of Eichard and M;iry Tilghman Earle,|

married Dr. David Stewart of Fort Penn, Del., aud had a daugliter Henrietta 1

]\]aria, (wlio married Thomas Ihl worth, and had a d-urghier Henrietta Maria j

Dlhvorth,) aud one son David Stev.'art. l

CHAMBERLAINE-EAKI.E. 53

James Tii.GTnrAN-, eldest son of lîcliavd and Mary Ti]ghni;in E:irlo, Avas

cducutcd at llavvard University, Cambridge, Ma.^s., and graduated in the

('lass of lS3-i. After devoting three years to tlie study of the law, under the

direction of liis fatlier, he turned his energies and attention to agricultural

]»ursuits. In IS til, he with Charles B. Calvert and others, re-estabii:died the

Miiryland Agricultural Society, was its active Vice President, au.d in 1859

was elected President. He Avas a member of the Maryland Senate for sev-

eral years, and by his last public services to his State, has connected his nameinseparably with the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. ]\Ir. Earle's first Avife

was Miss Ann Johns, daughter of lion. Kenscy Johns, of Delaware. His

Second wife was Miss Ann Catharine Tilghman, by whom he had two

daughters, Mary E., and Ann Johns Earle, who married on June ISth, 1874,

AVilliam H. F>abcock, of Washington, D. C, and had three cliildren, viz:

iiosa Earle, Catharine, and Ann Babcock.

Mrs. Ann Catharine Earle died in October, 187G, and Mr. Earle married

in January, 1870, his cousin, Miss Mary E. Wright (daughter of Clinton

and Anne Maria Clayton Wright), and had one son, James T. Jvirle, born

-March, 1880.

SusaxFeisby, daughter of Pichard and Mary Tilghman P'arle, died un-

married in 1861.

Samuel Tilghmax, son of Pichnrd and Mary Tilgliman Earle, married

in IS— ]Miss Mary W. Brundidge, of lâltimore, and had seven children, viz :

dames Tilghman, (a gallant Confederate soldier, who, after suffering manyhardships, lost his life in the Southern cause) ; William B., Pichard T., ^lary

E, ^^who married Philip H. P'eddeman), Samuel T. Earle, M. D. (who mar-

ried Isabel Ringgohri, Posetta W., and Sarah Catharine Earle.

Pichard Tilghmax, son of Pichard and ^Fary Tilghman Earle, mar-

ried tirst Miss Catharine Spencer, and had one son, Pichard Tilghman Earle,

and secondly, ^Nliss Elizabeth Spencer, a sister of his wife.

George Earle, son of Pichard and ]\rary Tilghman Earle, married a

Miss Mary Chamberlain, of Newark, Delaware, aîd had seven children, viz:

Pichard T., Elizabetl), George, :\fary T., Charles T., Sufran P., and S. Cath-

arine Earle.

Jonx Charles, M. D,, son of Pichard and ^lary Tilghman ICarle, mar-

'ried in October, 1848, Miss Clara 1\. Goldsborough, of "Orwell,'- near Ox-

ford, and had six children, viz: Elizabeth G,, (v.ho married in 1870, Pichaid

Uollyday of "Peadbonrne," and had six children, viz: John Charles, Anne

"^laria, Clara E., ?.[argaretta Carroll, Clarence, and Bessie llollyday.)

Mary Tilghman, Clara G., Mattlicw Tilghman CJoldsborough, Juuk-s Tilgii-

niarj, and Henry llollyday Earle.

Sarah C'ATiiERiXE, daughter of l?.ichard and Mary Tilglnuan Earle,

r.-.arried on June 19th, 1866, Dr. Joseph E. !M. Chamberlainc of Easton, ]\ld.

ÎiRGAitET Earle, daughter of Pichard and Ann Charnberlaine Earle,

>v;"vs born in 17— - married X-'hilip lYddcinan, and had tv.'o children, viz:

54 CHAMBEKLAIXE FAMILY. 1

i

Philip HeniT Fcddoman, (wlio married Elizabeth Ann Earlc) ; and ^Fary E.{

Feddenian, who married Robert, son of Gov. Koberi Wriglit, and had a sonj

Clinton Wright, who married his cousin Anno ^faria Ilackett Clayton, and i

whose daughter .^lary F. AVright, married in 3 879 her cousin llou. James1

T. Earle, of " Xeedword," and luid a son, James T. Eaj-lc, born in March ISSO.,

Mary Eakle, daughter of ]\ichard T. and Ann Chamberlaine Earle,I,

was born in 17G1, and married Dr. John Hindman, and had one son, Henry l

Ilindman, who died a bachelor.j

Anx Eakle, daughter of Kichard and Ann Chambcrlaine Earle, born ini

1763, died unmarried.!

SuSA2sXAH, daugliler of Richard and Ann Chambcrlaine Earle, died un-j

married.

Deborah, daughter of Richard and Ann Chambcrlaine Earle, married inj

1790, }ilr. Charles Wright, and died without children. i

Henrietta Maria, daughter of Richard T. and Ann Chamberlaine \

Earle was born in 1761, and married Solomon Clayton, by whom she bad

four childrea, viz: Richard Earle (who married Juliana Roberts}, Solomon,

(who was drowned in Corsica Creek) ; Juliana ; and Walter Jackson Clayton,

(Avho married Sarah Ilackett and had six children, viz: Thomas Earlo Clay-

ton, (who married Ellen Douglass Baker and had one son, Walter Thomas

Clayton, who resided in Mobile, Alabama, and married Carrie ThrcAver);

Anne Maria Ilackett Clayton, (who married Clinton Wright, and had two

children, Mary Feddeman, and Clinton Wright, who married Frances

Kerby); Henrietta jlaria Clayton, (Avho married her brother-in-law, Clinton|

Wright, and had a daugliter llenrietta. Clayton Wright, who married Wil*|

liam Samuel Carroll); Ann Caroline Clayton, (who married in ISIS Ben-j

jamin Blackiston Vrroth, of Chestertown, and died in 1875); Sarah

Elizabeth Clayton, (who became the third wife of her brother-in-law,

Clinton Y\'rig]it, and had two sons, William H. De Courcy Wright and

Thomas Clayton Wright); and Juliana Clayton, who married Mr. Eastwick.

TnoiiAS Chamberlaine Earle, son of Richard and Ann Chamberlaine

Earle, was borji on April 20th, 1771, married Miss Henrietta .Maria Hem-

sley and died Vvithont children. Mr. Earle was the first of the family since

1723, to visit the Chamberlaine relatives in Cheshire, being sent to England

in 1705 on commercial business by the firm of iNlcols, Chamberlaine & Earlc.

During his visit, he obtained from John Chamberlaine, of 'SSanghall,-' the

linea^ê of the family as recorded on the first pages of this book.

SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIXE. OF '" BOXFIELD." 55

/ / SAMUEL CI1AMBEKLAI^Ê, OF " 130XF1ELI)."

/ /1 / Samuel, lliinl son of Samuel and Hcuriotta Maria ]Joyd Chaniberlainc,

/ Avas horn at " Plaiiidcaling " on August 23rd, 174-3. There is no record of bis

1/ boyliood or college life, but we conchulo tliat he had the same advantages of

I

education as those afforded his brothers under the eye and influence of IJev.

I Thomas I'acon, D. D., and Avas instructed in the faith and practices of the

I

Church of England, of which his parents were strict members. In 170S he

1 succeeded his brother Thomas in the Custom House at Oxford, which ])0si-

Ition he held until tlie lievolulion. Years after his death, his seal of oflice

Iwas discovered among some rubbish by his grandson, J. Jjozman Kerr, and

? carefully preserved by the family. It was made of s'.lver and weighed sev-

j eral ounces, and its loss in 1801 in the town of Easton, gave them much con-

jcern, all efforts by advertising having failed to recover it. Before the l?evo-

Ilution, Mr. Cliamberlaine's public position, personally, and as his father's

deputy, enforced official oatlis to the Crown, and sternness of principle was so

strong an element in his character, that the binding force of an oath once

taken, he would have encountered any degree of popular oditim rather than

break it. " Ills words were bonds, his oaths were oracles." He \vas there-

!fore incapable of holding office in Maryland, and during the violence of party

feeling in 1775-76, he was classed and fared with non-jurors, and was one,

though not in any degree a Tory. He would have refused the year he died,

i tlie most lucrative office in Maryland, because in 17G8, and every year after

I until 1775, he had taken the oath to support the Crowji and tliC Hanoverian

succession, which he honestly thought disqualified him for the rest of his life

from public office.

In his h.vo for tlie Mother Church, the Vestry Acts in 2\Iaryland must

have given him some trouble, as one of that b )dy, but after the peace in

1783, his conscience may have been relieved in most particulars.

It so happened tliat on the occasion of Washington's death in 17i'''.i, at a

funeral pageant in Etiston, wlien all classes of citizens joined in respect for

this ^'-reat and good man and patriot, that a place of honor in the procession

was assigned ^h. Cluimberlainc, as one of tlio most respected members of the

community. His known indignant grief over the schism of AVesley, made

all curious to know how his principles and action would square with the use

of the ?Jethodist r>Ieeting House in Easton for the ceremonies. Those who

understood his character were not surju-ised to see him reach the door, and

declino to enter tlie })uilding:

On account of his gi-eat devotion to ilie Church of i-higUind, ,Mr. Cham-

l)erlaine was supposed to be bigoted, and yet he was not a weak man. Ih^

selected Princeton for his son's Alma .Alater, thereby causing great surprise

because of tiic 5:tri'jt Calviniitic doctrines tliere inculcated, and yet refused a

f

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i

liberal ofier from uu Euglislx cousin to CLlucate this son, because this well-

j

to-do relative eulogised Tom Paine and his writings. This relative was in- •

formed by the father, that "no one in sympathy with the infidel, and indul- ,

ging in such a strain, could be })ermitted at any risk of violating the laws of ,

hosi)itality to cross his threshold, and to jdace his son under such, influencej

was not to be liionglit of for a moment."' Some fancied his indignant letter i

"biiter and biting"' as it was, the act of an eccentric enthusiast, but it was|

honest truth, fearlessly and under the circumstances disinterestedly written. !

This letter ought to have been preserved asamonument of a clear title to the

respect undi coniidence of every awII balanced mind, every where and in allj

time.

It has been a matter of regret that Mr. Chambcrlaine did not think of u 5

profession or some business pursuit for his four sons beyond farming andj

planting. The patrimony from their father was so large that no inducemonts|

were held out to them ; and, though hopes Avere very strong that the mind of'

his eldest son would be turned to the ministry, they were never realized. As\

an agriculturist, ]\lr. Cliamberlaine stood first in the community, and his

mode of farming is highly commended in " Parkinson's Tour," a work by an

English author of some repnt?, who, on frequent visits to " BonGeld," had

ample opportunity of judging. The }Jaryland lands had been exhausted by

over-cropping in the matter of tobacco, "the king" before cotton was intro-

duced ; and, as the cradle scythe was not known in Maryland, the sickle of

St. ilark (vi. 21) must have been used, liil the philosophic idea of not impov-

erishing the land by too close shaving of its iierbage came to 'Mr. Cham.ber-

laine in advance of his time. Mr. Parkinson was at " Bonfield '' during wheat

harvest, and saw about 100 slaves clipping and throwing into baskets the

heads of wheat, leaving the straw to fail to keep tlie ground shaded and cool,

and to renew the land. This method of cutting the heads of wheat gave rise

to cavil and great censoriousiiess in the neighborhood.

When Maryland took a bold and decided stand against the absurd claims

of Virginia and other States to the vast AVest country-region within Q.ueen

Elizabeth's charter, and demanded as of right that a sliver of the world

wrested from Great Britain by the union of hearts and hands in a common '

cause should become common jiroperty for all the States then existing and

hereafter to be carved out of it, a practical mind must naturally have turned I

to these Western and Xortlnvestern lands. Mi-. Chamberlaine purchase!'

20,000 acres of land in Ohiu long before 1800, and when Mr. Jefferson must ;

needs consign this "wild, remote region"' to the negro race as their domain j

and house of refuge, statesmanlike prevision was at a discount. Thanks be i

to i\laryland, the pride bubble of Virginia was jirieked and burst, and the

body of the people b^'came sponsor for th.^ transf.n- of iiiie to these territorial

possessions under a fixed system.

The purchase of so large a tract b'.forc the admirable system of surveys

by v;eU-deiln',d liucs v.as adojjted, is very cnjditable to one tally ali\e as

SAMUEL niAMHEKLAlNK, OF '* BONnEI.D. 5<

^Jr. Chamljcrlaiiic wor^ to tlie devolopmeiit of the miitcrlal interosl? of tlic

\v]iole country, and had liis sons boeu entruited -with such power of auorney

as that given to Colonel riiilemon Lloyd by his father, (July 11, IGCS^. these

Western land.?, possibly the site of sonic hu'ge city, were recoverablr.

iSh: Ohamberlaine was as )nethodical a? his father in all his business rela-

tions, as the '' lv,'Cords of Port Oxford" can (esiify. TJiese, all written by

his own hand in the neatest and clearest type possible outside of a printing

press, give evidence of great jiarticuhtrity and in'cciseness, not met wiiii in

these days of '^ hurry-scurry." These records were presented by his grand-

children of " Ikmlield ' to the .Alavyland Historical Society in Iniltiniore

in 1879.

On January 15, 1;T3, Mr. Clianibei'laine married I\Iiss Henrietta 'Maviu

HoUyday, the great-great granddaughter of Colonel Philemon Lloyd and his

wife Henrietta Maria (Xeale), and his fourth cousin through the Lloyds.

Miss Holhxlay was a daughter of Henry Holiyday and liis wife Anna Maria

(Pobins), of " Patclitfe l^lanor," near Easton. Tlio first year of their married

life was spent at " Evergreen," in the vicinity of '• Jionfield," and near enough

I for Mr. Chamberlaine to superintend the building of tlie second homestead

i of the family in America and tlie fourth since 10G6, when the first of the

name settled in England— '•Z;7//c' Barrow:'' '-Saughall on the Dee," in

Cheshire; and " Plaindealing," on Tred Avon ;" BonJield,"' on Boone's

creek, in Talbot county, îlaryland.

The dwelling house at " Bonfield" is a frame building, nearly square, with

lofty ceilings, broad staircase, and a hall from wliicii you enter the parlors,

which are Avainscoted. h\ a recess is a large, curiously carved beaufet, like

tho.se at " Plaindealing," in which " the best china" and gla.ss and all the

heirlooms (in silver) Avere ke]»t.

The artificial hill on three sid'^s of the house (the work of the numerous

slaves) was rather out of place in so level a country, as the tall poplars at

the foot of the sloping sward, stately as they were, made the greatest stranger

feel sure of a welcome from the hospitable host and hi.s genial wife. The

lovely creek at the foot of tlie hill, looking towards the south, was so shut in

as to appear like a lake, an island al the mouth concealing the outlet in the

view from the hon-e. " Beauty no longer lingers" on this once lovely spot.

The neglect of tenants, careful only of their own interest.?, and utterly devoid

of all love for the beautiful, has done more than " Time's fingers " to efface

every trace of its former picturesque scenery. The Lonibardy poplars in this

instance were not allowed '• to die with th? aristocracy of the land," but,

being cleemed "injurious to the soil," Avero felled by ruthless Inuuls. Tlie

larire pine grove, where for nearly a ccnttiry, three generations *' stood among

tin; falling leaves, young children at their jday," and which Avas a strong

shelter from the rude north Avind's l)last, that too must fall a victim to a

Yankee's love of gain. The laku I'eniain.?, and, though '-'a thing of beauty,"

no longer rcllccts i)i ils limpid walvrs the vines and brandies thai ov^hung

8

58 CHAMBKHLAIXE FAMILY.

ils bank?, arid ii i^ only in the litiUs of memory lluit these lovod sconesremain, the romembnince of wliich will not i)? cilaeod pave in "llie HomeM'liere changes cannot come." •

There are several pencil sketches of -'Bonfield "'in the family, traced by

the skilful lingers of Mr. Chamberlaine's grandson?. The only finished one,

however, vvas made by n 3Ir. Seager in liîo.

To tliis '-syrcet home'' ^fr. Chamberlaine brought his wife (llie eldrst

daugliter of Henry Hollyday, of -Eateliire :\[anor,'') in ITTS, a year after

their marriage. It is said that :\Irs. Chamberlaine superinten.ded the build-ing of the hill before described, and, having so inany servants at her beckand call, used well her authority in keepi;ig both house and grounds in order.

In her '''excellent discipline '•'

(?) it is thought that she ruled childrej), as wellas servants, more by fear than love. It is a tradition in the family ilmt this

lady ulwa}o ate a slice of cold bread afier u hearty meal of co)'u cakes I andj

it is doubtless a correct one, as some of her grandchildroi inherit the pecu-liarity. Mrs. Cliamberlaine Avould never respond to that petition in the

j

Litany in which wo ask " to be delivered from sudden death." We infer fromthis that she rather prayed foi- it, and that her prayer found favor with God, j

for the dread summons came in the dark, still night, and without anvj

apparent warning her spirit returned to Ilim who gave it. j

Mr. Chamberlaine died on May 30, 1811, surviving two daugliters and I

leaving three (who married early in life), and four sons, who, with theirj

mother, occupied the homestead until dissensions arose concerning their'

fatlier's will. Tiieir motlier, by this will, was Jiiade solo devisee and legatee, \

and held entire control over the large and unencumbered property. This|

was done, no doubt, to secure her and to set his boys to thinking of theirj

future without reference to any division of his eslate. Here was the timewhen the training at Princeton College might have come into i)]ay. The old- i

fashioned idea (and the right one) assigned the homestead to the eldest son,|

who Avould not (conscientiously) study divinit\-, and conld do nothing in tjjc i

line of active business life outside of farming. The results therefrom were !

unfortunate. Each of the six childixu wished his and her "portion of goods,"

and in a short time the establishment was broken u]t. An arrangement wasmade between ]\rrs. Chamberlaine and her sons, which resulted in the sale of

ce"(.ain huids to raise an annuity suitable lo her dowager condition, in lieu of

lier possession and control of tiie estate. Tliis matter was settled by the sale

of Peck's Point, and the mother, leaving "' Hon field'' to the management of

her bachelor sons (.James Lloyd and Kicluird Lloyd), went to end her days at

" Pichmund Jlill,"' the home of her second son, Henry Chamberlaine, in

Cecil county. Îrs. Chamberlaine jiaid occasional visits lo her native ]»lace,

" Kcitclilfe vianor,"' to "]3onfield," and t<5 her married, children in and near

Easton. Her last visit to Talbot was in 1821, when she sjicnt two weeks with

her daughter, Mis. John Leed.^ Kerr, and read '-the fauiily Pible that lay on

the stand," J!\ wJiicli her grandson records tiie date of tliis visit. Eight ycar,^

THE HOLLYDAY GENESIS. 59

aficr, on January 9, 183'?, she di«?cl at '•Jxirlnnoml Hill,"* aiul ^vas interred in

the Gale family bnrial-,irrouml at ''' Pjrool<laiul,'' near her relative, Miss Har-

riet Anderson.

Mr, and Mrs. Chaniberlaine had five dangliters, all older llian their four

brother?, born at '•Bonlield'" and educated under their mother's eye (she liaving

b?cn instructed in the best style of her day by well-ijualilled teachers) by l\ev.

Dr. McGrath, an Irish priest of the Church of England, in after years a pro-

fessor in a IMaryland College, either Washington at Cliestertown, or St. John's

(AVilliani III Free School) at Annapolis. Marian, the youngest of the sisters,

known as Aunt May, was unusually clever with her habits of close study,

and her sister Henrietta Maria, also very clever, was highly gifted in the art

of painting. These ladies died unmarried in 1801 and 1808. liiehard Lloyd,

the onlv unmarried brother, met with an unfortunate accident in his infancy

(a fall from his nurse's arms) which iiijared his s})inc and greatly disfigra-ed

liim. For this cause it Avas assumed that he Avould never marry, and yet

with his keen intelligence and business activity, gentle disposition, and pleasant

manners, he was well fitted for a domestic man. He died in 1830 and was

buried at "Bonfield" by the side of his father and sisters. It was hard to

droAv the li)ie of affectionate regard between him and his brother, valuing as

I did, the latter witli '-'the gold of Ophir" mentioned in Job. The two

brothers took the Homestead and the Xether Foston farm (that lying

between the vraters of the Trcd Avon and Island Creek, a branch of the

Choptank river) with survivorship, and had Eichard survived his brother,

the family of tlie latter would have been somewhat at his mercy. Fortunately,

his excellence and conscientious honesty made it utterly impossible for hijn

to break faith, his word once given, and with him, as with his father and

grandfatlier, "he swore unto his neighbor and disappointed him not"— not

'•even to his own hindrance."'

THE HOJJA'DAY GEXESIS—1G05.

The lloliydays of Talbot and Prince George's counties are descended from

Walte)- llollydav, styled the Minstrel rÎaster of the Eevels to Edward IV,

and his descendant, Sir Leonard Hollyday, who was Lord Mayor of London

in 1G0.1

Coi.o.XJ-.L TiKJMAS IIoLi-YDAY, of coiisanguiui tv wiih Sir Leonard Holly-

day, came to Maryhmd with his wife, :Mary Truman Hollyday, and settled in

I'rince George's county, and died i)i 1703, leaving two sons, viz: James llolly-

dav who removed to tl\e Eastern Shore and married Îrs. Sarah Covington

Lloyd, and Colonel Leoiiard Hollyday of "'Brookfield," in I'rince George's

county, (born Mav 1, IGOs;, who juarri-d first, Sarah Smith, who died without

chil.dren, and secnnd, ilrs. Eleanor "Waring, ('daught'-r of Cleniei\t Hill,

on CIIAMin-ULAIXi: FAMILY.j

Aviioso wifo, l-,leaiK>i- Dariuill, wa^ tlu' dangiilor of llenrv DarnaH, u kinsmanof Lord Balfnnorc,) by avIioju he had chiklixMi, viz: Thomas (who married

Ann "Wariiiiry. ])r. Leojiard ITollYdav ( wlio married :^[iss I'radly and MissConice, and had a son, Leonard, wlio married Miss llolland and Miss Wecnis ),

Elizabeih (wlio married Mr. rêmmes), !Mary ( \vlio married Major FrankAVaring), and Clement Ilollyday (Mdio married Miss Priggs, and had a son,

Url)an lloliyday, \\]\o married Alj^s Amelia Skiinier, and died in 1SG2 leaving

one daughter, Amelia M. Ilollyday).

Dr. Ilollyday and his son Leonard ajul wife dying vithiii a ft^v days of

each other, it is supposed that they Avere poisoned, ills tliree litlle grand-

daughters were thus left unprotr-cted, owners of a vast estate, and a thou-and

negroes. \

Finally, a man by the name of Cox, who had married a distant relative,;

took charge of them and of tlicir property which lie soon disposed of, andj

sent the family plate to England to be reniodcled for his own use.'

ELiz.vnETH, the eldest of tlie children, daughter of Leonard and '

Holland Ilollyday, married December 20th, ISOI, Dr. Kichard Chew, son of :

Major Eichard and Margaret ]\lackall Chew of Herring ]3ay, and emigrated\

to Kentucky while that State was still a vast forest, abounding in savage i

Indians and ferocious animals. They encountered danger, trials, "moving '.

accidents by jlood and field,"' but with ilie heroism and determination which i

marked the early pioneers, they surmounted all difliculties, and in course of5

time Dr. Chew became a famous physician. He died at the nge of 57, and

his widow, a short time after, returned to her native State. Her deathj

occurred on October 2d, 1851, and she Avas i-oA"erent]y laid to rest in thej

family burial ground at ' Brooklield," in Prince George's county. She Avas 1

ihe mother of nine children. Her second daughter, Margaret MackallChew, }

born February 1st, 1800, married Marcii 20th, 183], Dr. Piobert AV. Glass,j

and had children, viz: Josepli, born in 18:32; Richard Chew, born in 1837,

died in the South, December, 1SG3 ; I\largari'r, and Elizabeth C. CJlass, Avho

married on Xovember 27th, iSoG, Hon. Daniel Carroll Digges, and h..! one

son, Daniel Carroll Digges, Avho died in J87G, Judge Digger died in 18,

and .Mrs. Digges married on OeloVier 13, 1870, lb-. Llev,( llyn Crowtlier, of

England.

Gkacf. H<,'LLYJ>Ay, daughte-r of Dr. Lronard au'l Holland, married

Acriuilhi lieall of Georgetown, and resided at " Jirookfield,"' having bought out

the interest of the other two sisters, and had a large family. Mrs. Beall liv d

to be 90 vears of age, and used to tell her gr;;ndchildrcn that slie had three

thinirs ti) be |!rnuu of, "first, that she was marrie.l on the Fourth of July;

seeo:i<l, the liislio]) of Maryland ])erformed the ceremnny, and tliird, that in-r

hii^l)and r.^ceivel iier trom the hand of th • Governor of the State.'"'

,MAiuJAi:r.r liof.i.voAV, liie third sister, mari'ied Thomas Truman Sun r-

ve!l liad : 'V.imI (iiiidren, .Mid died at '• Greenwood''

'I i/ 1 I ir.'f i.. ",

1 I' I

HOLLYDAY-Ll.OYD. 61

IIOLLYD.VY ARMS.

A l>r.Mr LION r.AMi'.VNT

UOLDI.NU AN AXCHOK, AXD THREE in;i.Mi:TS.

MOTTO: "NfI.LT, VIRTUTE SKCVNDUS."

IIOLLYDAY-TJAIYD.

James Hollyday, second son ol" Colonel Thonir.s llollyday and his ^vifo

]\rary Truman, ^va3 born on June IStb, 1G05, and died on October Srb, 17i7.

He married on May 3rd, 1741, ]\[rs. Sarali Lloyd, (who as ]\l'ss Covington, a

celebrated beauty, of Soni.^rset count}-, Md., v.on the heart of Edward Lloyd

of " "Wye House."' and became his uife on February 1st, 1703,) and lived at

the Lloyd h.omestead until 1733, when they removed to '•'lieadbonrnc,"' Mr.

Hollyday's plantation in Chesier river, occupying a small building in the yard

called '•tljo Box"' (vv'hich is now used as a granary), ur.til the Mansion House

was completed. Mrs. Holiyduy hersvlf planned the '•Keadbourne" house

and consulted and corresponded with Lord Baltimore in regard to the style

and architecture of the building. Tlie red brick of wliich il is constructed

was im})orted from England.

It has Ijcen suggested by Talbot county folks that this lady did not oc-

cupy in her juitive county of Somerset, so high a position as the gentlemen

she afterward? juarried, and that Governor Lloyd married "beneath him in

social life,'" that he '"found his wife not merely like Penelope busy Avitli her

distaff, but without slippers." The disparaging innuendo is lost in the fact

that when social talk ttirns upon tlie beautiful women of earlier and later

Xorth America, in quarters socially and intellectually high, this îlaryiand

colony tradition of the prettiest Avoman of her day, Miss Sarah Covington,

is not forgotten. The portrait of this lady is lovingly treasured by her great

great grandchildren, tiie Oxford Chaniberlaincs. Though greatly injured

and defaced, it yet bears traces of great intellectual beauty.

Mr. Hollyday was for many years treasurer of Eastern Sh.orc and Lord

ykililmore's agent aiid collector of quit rent.v, having Mr, Sanniel Chambcr-

laine as his deputy at Oxford.

]\Ir.s. Hollyday was the sole executiix of the vast estates left by her two

liusbands, though her .''ons by Mr. Hollyday were of a:4(: when their father

died. Their youngest son, Henry Hollyday, married in IT-i'-J Mis.s Anna

M;iri;v lioblns, and leaving the homestead, settled at "liatcliffe Manor," a

jifsrt of the llobins estate belonging to ]n.s Avife, and formerly called Canterbury.

James Hollyday, the eld(.'st son of James and .Sarah Hollyday, took his

father's place at ''Ikadbonrne"' and faithful care of Chi' inotlier lie .so tenderly

loved tintil l?.jl, \\hen slic bade fai.ev,ell to childr-.n ;uid fi'iends in Jluryland

62 CHAMHEKLAINE FAMILY\

(o visit lier only dauo-liter, Mr?. Rebecca C\ Amlersoii, then ii'siiVm^^ in .<

London. Tiie grief and distress felt and expressed at licr departure and •

separation fioni lier family Avas most marked, and greatly intensified ,]

when, in one short vcar, tidings of her death reached ^Taryland. The '

letter froin lier son, giving aceonnt of her illness and death, Avas all ;

blnrrod and blotted "with his tears as he \vrote the statement fromj

London. Iler portrait, a memorial ring and a Uw letters of her large coi-re- •[

spondence comprise the relics of this revered ancestress now held by thej

family. A monument to her memory was erected at "West ILim, Countyj

Essex.I

Mr. James Hollyday was born at "Wye House" on Xovember ;20th, J

17'-32, and thou^jh in the )neagre records A\e find no facts relating to his early]

education, frequent mention is )nade of him in after years as a hr.vyer an.d

statesman of eminent a})ility. He commenced to study law early in life, and

had advantages, Avheresoever received, that qualiiled him to enter the Middle

Temple in London (the great law school of England,) in 1754, sailing for

Liverpool in September of that year in the ship Prince Edward, accompanied

by his mother, whose illness and death have been recorded. Mr. Hollyday'

remained three years in London, and returning to ^Nfaryland, (-pialified for the

Provincial Court in 1758, and soon ranked among the first lawyers in the '

colony. He had been a member of the Lower House of the Assembly prior to\

his residence in England, and having a great repugnance to holding any)

public ofBce, accepted the honor only after earnest solicitations of his friends. !

ifr. Hollyday never married, and from his letters to his nieces, Sally and i

Mazey Anderson, we judge that his heart was never touched by "la belle pas-|

sion." There is a tradition " that he was rarely known to smile, and but on<c \

indulged in immoderate laughter, wliich greatly alarmed his friends." 'J'his i

great depression of spirits can in a measure be accounted for in the irreparable \

loss of hi.: mother, to whom he M-as devotedly attached. His great affectionj

for his only brotlicr, Henry Hollyday, of "Katcliffe IManor," breathes in everyj

line Ave read from his pen, and his brother's children and those of his halfj

sister, !Mrs. William Anderson of London, were constant recipients of the

bounty that his great wealth enabled him to offer tliem. Ho led a haii}n'

bachelor life at "Eeadbourne," where he kept open house and shelter for any

relative Avho was not so blest as himself in this woi-ld's goods. He died on

November 5th, 178G, and was buried at '•iLcadbourne," v.-l)ich he devised to 1

his brother's eldest son, James Hollyday, (who married M iss Susan Tilghman),j

and this homestead is still in the family, held by thf grand-children of that !

gentle.'nan.|

A portrait of Mr. James Hollyday for years hung in "the little parlor" i

at ''Ijonrield," the home of his niece, Henrietta Maria ('Tfollyday) Ohambei'-\

laiue. i\Ir. Thomas Kobins Hollyday, of "Lee Haven,'' bus it in charge, on 1

whose death it Avill be returned <o Hr. ChamberlaiiiC in Easlon, a promise 1(»^

that effect having been made. I

IIOLLYDAY-ROBINS. 63

IIOLLYDAY-EO BI^' S.

IIexry Hollyday, second sou of James and Irarali Covington IToUyday,

was born at "Wye House"' on Marcli 9lb, 1725, and died on Xoveniber llih,

1789, was a graduate of Princeton College in 1745, and in 1749 married .Miss

IAnna Maria Kobins of ''Peach Blossom/' who was born on r\[arch 13th, 17o3,

(and died August ICth, 1S04. Mr. Ilollyday and his brother James, the

eminent lawyer, were members of tlie Maryland Legislature for several

terms, and both took a lively and active part in tlie jjolitical atfairs of the

Icountry,

I

The corrospondence between the brothers and their half-brothers, the

Lloyds of "AVye House," furnish many interesting incidents in their

private life. One of them, from jlr, Henry Hollyday to his brother, contains

a graphic description of a thunder storm at " Patcliffe ^Manor," during whichthe house was struck, "seemed to be filled with gas and illuminated bv tlie

brilliant -lightning which played over the face of a sleeping negro boy, but

did not wake hi)n. All were stunned for a moment, btit none seriously hurt."

"Wj^ learn from these letters that, owing to the failure of crops, and more

: especially during the war, the family were often in "a very distressed

and impoverish.ed condition and suffered for the comforts of life.'"'

Their home, •'•'Katcliffe ."Manor,"' was a large tract of land called " Canter-

bury," (belonging to Mr. George Pobins, the father of Mrs. Hollyday), about

two mile? from Laston, on the Tred Avon Paver. The dwelling house is of

red brick, large and well planned and beautifully situated on the river, and

here were born the ten children of Mr. and ]\Irs. Henry Hollyday, viz: Anna^faria (December 0th, 1756), Henrietta Maria (December 5th, 1750), Sarah

(January 29th, 1753), James (November 1st, 175S), Thomas Pobins (October,

17G0, died tmmnrried in 18--?3), lit-becca (December 5th, 176?), Elizabeth (in

1768, died nniiiarried in 1810), Henry (born September IHh, 1771), and

Margaret (born on May 12th, 1774).

Mr. Hollvday died in 1780, and his wife in 1804, and were buried at

" Piatcliffo."' A portrait of ^lr>. Hollyday hung in "the little parlor" at

"Bonfield" until 1874, when it vras renioveil uith tlie Cliamberlaine jiictuj-es

to Eastou.

Hexkiett.v Îaim.v, eldest dauglitcr of Henry and Anna Maria Hollyday,

was born in 1750, (died in 1832 i, and married on January loth, 1772, Samuel

Chamberlaine. o\' '•' Bonfield," and had nine children, viz: Anna ^Faria (who

married Mr. John Goldsborough), Sally Hollyday (who married Hon. Jolm

Leeds Kerr), Marion, Henrietta Maria, Harriet l^cbecca (who marri<'d Mr.

Levin Gale), James Lloyd (who married Miss Anna Maria ILimmond),

L'ichard TJovd (who died unmarried), Henry (who married Miss Henrietta

VA'iz-dhe^h (JaL), and Samuel C!iamberl;nnc !'v,no niarri''d >[; = > Arir.ia Worth-

ington Davis, of Cambridge, Md.;

04 chamj?eklaixe family.

AxxA ?kI.u;iA JIoLLYDAY, daughkT of IToiirv uiul Anna Muvla Ilollyday,

married A[r. George Gale, of Cecil county, ami had children, viz: Leah,

Anna Maria, Sally irollyday (to ^vhom ]\l'is3 ITarriel Anderson devised

'•'Brookland/'" where they lived for many year.^, and died unmarried).

Levin (M-ho married his cousin, ]\n,?s Harriet Kebecca Chamberlaine), George

(who married Miss Anna ]Maria Done, a daughti^r of Hon. John Done, of

frômerset conniy, and lived a( '-Xewstead" ;ind had two children, George

Gordon, who married and died witiiout children, and Anna Êaria Gale, whoentered a sisterhood at Clewer, England, in 1SC8, and is Mother Superior at

St. Paul's Orphanage, Baltimore), and George Anna (who married Î'r.

Cornelius -McLean, of Baltimore, and died without childreii in 1S5G), to

whose memory there is a window erected (by her husband) in St. Luke's

C) lurch, Baltimore.

Sakah IIoll^day, third daughter of Henry and Anna Maria Ilollyday,

born in 1753, married in 1813, Mr. Harry Xicols of "Darley," and died in

1S"29. This worthy couple had foriued a matrimonial engagement early in

life, but their daughter's suitor, though her equal in birth and education,

v.as not acceptable to Miss Hollyda3''s parents, because of his poverty and

poor pros]iects of supporting her. The engagement was therefore broken,

and the sad-hearted lover was rejoiced to accept an invitation to visit himfrom his uncle, Harry Xicols, then a wealthy physician in London. Dr.

Xicols died about ten years after, and left his vast fortune to this nephewand namesake, called from this circumstance, and to distinguish him from 'j

his cousins of the same name, '•'Stii-ling Harry." "With the fortune to back I

him, and notliing doubting', Mr. Xicols returned to ]\raryland, and aâin i

ofiered his faithful heart, to r^fiss Ilollyday, having first prepared a beautiful \

hoine for her reception at " Darley,'' near Baltimore.j

To his great surprise he was r^-jected, she '•' would not accept the rich )nan\

whom, in his poverty, she had discarded." -^

lictui-ning to Baltimore. I\Ir. Xicols made the acquaintance of Miss Eebecca j

Smith, and finding favor in her eyes and his money no objection, made her|

mistress of '• Darley," where she reigned for eighteen years. On tht- death of\

his wife (in ISIO) Mr. Xicols (in 1813) still true to his first love, madej

another visit to •'rmtcliiTe Manor," and a third offer of his heart and hand to \

Miss Hollvdav, who this time rewarded his constancy, and on her sixtieth ^

birthday bei-'ame Ivlrs. Ilai'ry ]Sicols, lier husband being two years her senior. S

James HoLi-YDAY, son of Henry and Anmi Maria Robins Hollyday, was 1

born at ' liatcHlfL' * in l',.l^'. The Keadbourne ])roperty had been devised to \

this ne])hew by his unch.-, Mr. James Hollyday, the eminent lav.yer, and toj

this iineestial \v-<n\Q. he bi'ought (in \',W) his young bride, 3liss Susanna i

Steuart Tilghmari, daughter of Hon. Jam -s Tilgliman (grandson of liichardj

!Uk1 Anna ]Ma)'ia Lloyd Tilghman of the Hermitage) and his wife, Mi.ss i

Susanna Slcuart, of Annapoli.?. C>ne of the lieirloonrs in this family i^ a ]

miniatuiv likeriess of Mr.s. Su.-ra'.ina Steuart Tilghnian, claimed by the Lead- \

bourne iamilv. 5

HOLLYDAY-KCiBIXS. 65

Of the seven ch.iklren of Mr niul Mr.?. James llolly^luy, two sons, Jivnics

aud Frisby, clicil in early life, and their only Jaugliter, Anna Maria ChewIlollyday, married Mr. Ariluir Jones of Swan Point, in Kent county, and died

leaving six children, of whom two only are living, iliss Anna Kloise and

Miss Maria Susanna Jones, residing in lialiimore.

Hexry IIollyday, born in 1798, died in 18G5, second son of James and

Susanna Tilglinum IIollyday, by the death of his elder brother came into

possession of " Eeadbourne," and married on April ISth, 185G, his cousin,

Anna Maria Hollyday of "Ratclifie," and i:ad children, viz: Susan Frisby

(who died in 1873), Anna Maria, Henry (who married îliss Sally Ilughleit

and had four children, viz: Henry, Thomas II., Fannie and Susan Ilollyday).

Pilchard, (who married his cousin, Elizabeth G. Earle, daughter of Dr. John C.

and his wife Clara Goldsbourgh Earlc of Easioii, and had six children, viz:

John Charles, Anna JIaria, Clara Elizabeth, ?^largaret Carroll, Clarence and

Bessie Hollydu}-, all born at *' Eeadbourne,"' where Mr. Ilichard Ilollyday

has held charge since his father's death in 1SG5); S. Gerirude (who married

Mr. Chev/, of Havre-de-Grace, and liad one soji, Frank Chevr) and Clarence

Hollyday. ]\[rs. Anna Maria Ilollyday died in 1855, and .Mr. Hollyday jnar-

ried in 1858, iliss Margaretta Goldsborough, of '-'Otwell," and died in Sep-

tember, 1865. Mrs. Margaretta Hollyday died at Eastou, in December, 1878.

Hon. Geokge SxEUAitT Hollyday, sou of James and Susanna Steuart

Ilollyday, Avas twice a member of the ]\Iaryland Legislature, a member of the

Constitutional Convention in ISGi, and for years the Chief Judge of the

Orphan's Court of Kent county. He was an intelligent and enthusiastic

agriculturist, and organized and was the President of the Agricultural Club

of Kent county; a gentleman of the oldea school, polite, well-bred, and

hospitable. He married Caroline M. Carvill, of Kent county, and had chil-

dren, viz: George Tilghman (who married Miss Alexina I>. Chamberlain, of

Baltimore, and had cliildren, viz: Caroline P., LuelUx C, George T. and

John. S. Ilollyuiy); Caroline il. (who married Dr. C. C. Harper, of Queen

I Anne's county) and John W. Hollyday.

IAViLLiAM HoLLVDAY, SOU of Jumcs and Susanna S. Tilghman Hollyday,

fmarried August 31, 1830, his cousin, Anna Cheston Tilghman, of AVashington

Icounty, Avho died in 1834, leaving two children, James Frisby, who died in

I 1849, and Kancy Ringgold Hollyday, who died in 1819. Mr. Hollyday )nar-

1 ried on September 12, 1837, Louisa Lamar Tilghman, the half sister of his

^first wife, and had children, viz: William Henry (who joined the Con-

federate army, and was slain in battle, June, 1S64), Mary Tilghman (who

married James H. Steuart, and had a daugliter, Margaret Steuart), Lamar

(who married on April ^^3, 1803, J. C'eorgie Tlielin and liad four children,

viz: Louisa Lamar, Anna Eloise, Margaret, and Ceorgie Tiiclin Ilollyday),

(ieorge Tilghman (who married, Octob.r 9, l!^7B, Miss Louisa Worthington,

and had one son, Tliomas Worthington Hollyday, born S'jpten^ber ^3, iS7'J),

Kjoyd Sprigg, Alfred, and Susan Davis Hollyday (who marri-id on Jtnuiary

f

*-»"J C1[\MHKKL.\IXK TAMILV.

27, 187G, 'Walter Sharp, of Xorfulk, aii'l h;ul cliilihvn, viz: LH:>uis;i Lamarand (U'orâ' Til,L;iini;in .Sliarp).

RjCiiAiiD T]i.c,]jiiAX lIoLiAUA V. :<ou (.f Jain-3 ami .Su.ânua S. llollyday,|

born dioil l.^T4, inarrio.l Miri? Siisau la-gaii, of Wasliington count}-,

and had children, viz: V^cixk; v.h.o <lic'd in 1S7]; Amelia, or ]\[innio,

who died ii\ 1ST7; Anna Tiiirliman, and [)\: (Uiy (or Oei.irer) llollyday, whomarried in ISTo .Aliss Jennie LanniuL-. and had a dan.irhler, ]\finnie.

ifARGAHET lIoJ.LYDAV, dau^ht-r of Henry and Anna 'Maria Robins Ilcdly-

day, was born in 177-i, (died in ISis), married in .Mr. Lyttletou

Gale, of Cecil county and lived at in Cecil counry until 18—, when they

bought a house in llavre-de-Ciraoo. Of their oiglu children two only are

living, ]\liss Klizabeih llollyday and Mi.>s .Susan liobins Gale, residing in

Baltimore.

TIf.xry IIollyday, sou *..; llciiry and Anna Maria liobins Ilv^llyday, was

born on September 11, 1771, and died March '2(K 1S50: married, October

11, 1708, Miss Ann Carmiehael, (born June 30, 1770, died February 24, ISfil),

daughter of Ixichard Bennett C:irmich:K-]. of *• Hennett's Choice" in Queen

Anne's county, and had nine children, vi:^: Ann (born March 25, 1800, died

March, 1855, married, 1820. Henry llullyday, of " lieadbourne ''"); Elizabeth

Margaret (born 18— , married, ISo.^, Hon. Kiclnird Bennett Carmiehael, of

Queen Anne's county, and had children, vi/,: liiehard Bennett, William, whomarried ]\Iiss Pink Powell, and had ten children); Xancy Murray (who mar-

ried Mr. Charles H. Tilgliman. and had four children): Elizabeth H. (who

married lier cousin, 3>lr. Julian Sji-ncer, and had two children, S;;rah Downs

and Fannie); Catherine Virginia (wiio married .Mr. Tilghman Paca, and had

two children); Catherine Ann (born in ]802, died unmarried in l57S); Sarah

Elizabeth (born in 1805, die<i in 184'.'); Henrielta Maria, and Harriet Piobecca

llollyday.

Pit'iiA 'ID (lAKiiKHAKL, eldeit f-uii t.'r Heury and AuiiC. llollydiiy, was

born at •' iJatcliJle Manor " in }s, and married, November 24, 1858, Miss

Marrielia. T, Powell, of Virginia, and has tv/o cliiMren, Pichard Carmiehael

and Marrietta Powell Hcliy.luy.

Mi: IloUvday has been the able a!id ctlicient Secretary of State under the

administrauon of live guvernor.-, viz: Pliilij) Franci.s Thomas, Oden Bowie,

AVilliam Piuknoy Whyi-/, James Black (irojme, and John Loc Carroll.

]\i accordance with the law vi^ primogeniture (now in a great measure

abrogated in America), Mr. Huliyday fell Jiuir to the homestead, and took

possession there on the de.iili of h.is father, in 1850.

William Mlkkay Hollyuav, third son of Henry ajul Ann Carmiehael

Hollydav, married in January, l8.-.;>, Mig,s Pebeeoa Louisa Powell, of Vir-

ginia', and lived at "(ijeiiwund,'' a i .M't of the Patclille estate, and had chil-

dren, vi/.: Xannie (who married Mr. Wiiiiam Chirk, of Boston, and had two

children;, iôsalie. Pow-IK \ irginia, 'rhomas Mobin.^, and Înrray Carmich:iel

Hollyday.

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CIIAMBKRLAINK-GOI.DSBOHOUGII. 67

Tno.MAS Kor.!N<, son of Henry and Ann C. Hollytlay, leads a bachelor

life at his beautiful home on Tred Avon river, called *' I.ec Haven," in honor

of Miss Mary Lee, the accomplished daughter of the Confederate geneial,

Eobert E. Lee. The delicate health of Mr. Hollyday for maiiy years past has

j;: deprived the society of Easton of one of its greatest ornaments; his fine

j;

mind, brilliant wit and quick repartee, in audition to his pleasant and genial

manners, ihaking him a general favorite.

Eebecua HoLLiDAY, dauglitcr of Henry and Anna ^Maria llobins Holly-

day, was born at •' Ratcliffe Manor "' on December 5, 17C;2, and died there on

July—, 1801; married in December, 1792, Mr. Nicholas Hammond, of

the Island of Jersey, and liad three children, viz: Xicliolas Hammond,

who married Mi.^s Anna 0. Croidsbo]'ough ; Anna ]\Iaria Hammond,

who married James Lloyd Chamberlaine: and Picbecca Hollyday Ham-

mond, Avho marrieJ He v. Robert AV. Cioldsborough, of "Myrtle Grove."

]Mr. Hammond was a lineal descendant on his father's side from Mary

Dyer, the ('Quaker preacher and inartyr.

C HA.MBERLA 1 XE-GOLDSBOROCGH.

AxxA Maria, eldest daughter of Samuel and Henrietta Maria Hollyday

Chamberlaine, was born at "lônfield " on March 31, 177-1, and married on

January 2-1, 1797, Mr. John Goldsborough, of Pâston, (the son of tlic Dejûty

Commissary of Dorchester county under the Provincial Government), and

had seven children, viz: John, Elizabeth Greenbury, born in 1803, died

unmarried in 1800; Henrietta Maria, born in 1805, died unmarried in 1S2G;

Samuel C, bo)'n in 1807, died in 1828 ; Robert Lloyd, born in 1810 ;James

Kemp (so named in honor of tlie Rt. Rev. James Kemp, Jiishop of .Alary-

land), born in 1813, died unmarried; and Marian Caroline Goldsborough,

born in 18—

.

John, eldest son of Jolm and Anna Maria Chamberjaine Goldsborough,

was born on September 22, 1801 ; married, on A])ril 3, 1827, ^^liss :Mary TAv/ai

Bishop Emory, and had six children.

JOKX, eldest son of John and Eliza l-hnory Goldsborough, born February

10, 1828;' married on 18— Miss Priscilla Alden, a lineal descen-

dant of .lohn Alden, of '•• the Mayflower,"' and had seven children, viz: John

Alden, born Mav 5, 1854; Mary Eliza, (born February 3, 1850, who married,

on January 11, 1877, John Daniel Smoot, of Wa?hington, D.C., and had iwo

chiklren viz: Joliu Goldsborougli, born October 30, 1877, and Lloyd Duvall

Goldsborough Smoot, 1)orn August 31, 1870); Priscilhi Le Baron, horn

October 4, 1857; Thomas Lobdell, Henrietta Maria; Joseph Chamberlame,

born April 7, 1805; and Eudora Sampson Aldtn (Goldsborough, borji

August 2, 1807.

G3 CHAMBEHLAINE FAMILY. t

I

OiiARLES Kmory (lOLDSiiOKoroiT, secoiid SOU of Joliti and Kliza Emory|

GoUIsborough. bona in 1830; mariiecl, in ]8—, Mis,-? . J

Hexrietta ,Maria, only dangliter of John and Elixa Emory Colds- '

borough, born in 1833 ; died in April, 18-17.

IIenky C]IAMBERLAixe, third son of John and Eliza Emory Golds- ?

borongi), born in 1835; married Samuel Chamberlaine Golds- ^

borough, fourth sou of John and Eliza Emory Goldsborough, v.as born in ^

1839, and died in IS-U.

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j

Mariax Caroline Goldsjjokough, youngest child of John and Annaj

M. Chamberlaine Goldsborough, was born in 1815, and married, in 1837,|

Dr. Alward McKcel "White, and had eight children, viz: Anna Maria, who

died in 1839 ; Henrietta rÎaria, (who married, in 1SG7, Îr. Henry Chamber- <

laine, of " Richmond Hill," near Terryville, Cecil county, ^^faryland, and had \

foui chiltlren, >iz: Caroline G., Alward White, Robert Lloyd, and Fannief

Chamberlaine) ; 8ally White, who married ])r. Carter, of Virginia, who died\

in 186- ; John G. White, who married —— ; Caroline, Anna Maria,j

Fann.y, and Charles White. i

Robert Lloyd, son of John and Anna ]\laria Chamberlaine Golds-|

borough, was born in 1810, look Holy Orders in 18—, and had charge of St. »

John's Church at Havre-de- Grace, St. Ann's at Elkton, and is now (1880) \

rector of St. Barnabas' Church in Burlington, Xew Jersey. He married, iji|

183G, ^liss Fannie ^Miller, a great-niece of Rt. Rev. William White, Bishop of^

Pennsylvania, and had children, viz : Alexander Miller, who married Miss|

Carrie ——, of Middletowu, Delaware, and has children ; Alfred, rector ofI

Christ's Church, AVarwick, Xew York, who married ; Jolm, Wil- |

liam Miller, who married Fannie , and had children; Henry Chain- I

berlaine Goldsborough, antl Charles B. Goldsborough, who married, in 1878, i

Kora Winter, uiece of Mr. Howes Goldsborough, of "Galloway," near k

Easton, Maryland. I

Hon. Henry Hoi-lvday GoLDSBOROirGir, ôn of John and Anna Maria I

Chamberlaine Goldsborough, was born June 22, 1817, and has been a promi-|

uent politician. In 1857, he was elected by the Dcinocrats to the House of|

Delegates of Maryland, and, in 1859, by the same party to the Senate of|

Marvland, and, in 1801, was made president of that honorable body ; in 18G2,|

he was commandant of the military ]'0st near Easton, Maryland, with the I

rank of brigadier-general, and Ijad command of the militia of the Eastern\

Shore of Maryland called into the service of the United States; in 1803, he|

was comptroller of the treasury of Maryland ;in 1804, president of the con-

|

vention v.-lnch iVanied a Constitulion for the State, and, in the same year, was I

made Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Court, vice Judge Carmichael, and •

Berved three years; in 187-1, lu- was appointed Enited States Appraiser of I

Mcrclumdiso at and for the port of l»altimore, which position he now |

holds (ISSO).

He married, on January 25, 1853, Anna Maria Keimard, of Easton, and

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P

liad chiklron, viz: Ilonry Tlollyday, born Xovomber 8, 1S53, died July 20,

1854; Samuel Kennard, born October 31, 1855, difid in July, 185G ; LouisPiper, Anna Maria, Elizabeth Kennard, :\[ary Hammond,' Cha.^cs Car-roll, and John Whiitinghani Goldsborougli, born July 15, 1SG8, died July31, 1868. Mrs. Goldsborougli died on July 31, 1868, and on June 1, 1871,Mr. Goldsborougli married Miss Kale ITaly Caldwell, of Lynn, :Maspachu-setts, and had children, viz: Kate, Henry Caldwell, who died August 30,

1874; Anita, Marguerite, and Grace Barclav Goldsborough, born January1, 1880.

Anna Maiua, eldest daughter of Judge Goldsborougli, married, in June,1878, Mr. Frank Taplev, of Massachusetts, and had a daughter. MargueriteTapley.

CHAMBEKLAIXE-GALE.

Harriet Rebecca, youngest daughter of Samuel and Henrietta iMaria

Hollvday Chamborlaine, was born at "]3onficld" in January, 1785, andmarried in 3 813 her cousin, Mr. Levin Gale, son of Hon. George Gale (whowas a member of the first Congress held under the Constitution of the

United States), and Miss Anna Maria Hollyday, of '-'Eatclifle Manor." Mr.Levin Gale died in 183G, leaving four children, viz: Henrietta Maria, born

in 1814; Samuel Cluimberlaine, Levin, and George Lyttleton Gale v.dio

died in 1854.

SamuI']l CiiA-MBERLAINE Gale, son of Levin and ILirriet C. Gale,

married in 185G .Mrs. Elizabeth Morton Jenkins, and died in 18G-, leaving

four children, viz: John Morton, George Lyttleton, Henry, and Bessie Gale.

Leyix Gale, son of Levin and Harriet Clianiberlaino Gale, was a dis-

tinguished member of the Baltimore ]>ar, married in 1857 Miss Sally

Horsey, of Howard county, and died of consumption in 1874. They had seven

children, viz: Levin, v/ho died in 1877; Dorsey, Avho died in 1879; ^Val•ren,

Charles, Samuel Chamberlaine, William Collins, and Harriet Rebecca Gale.

Mrs. Harriet Gale died at *' Brookland " in 184G, and was buried beside

her husband in the churchyard of tiie little chapel M-hich was built mainly

by lier unwearied efforts in collecting funds for its erection. Tlie points in

the lovely character of this lady were striking to all, in and out of tlie family.

In personal appearance she was tali, a sprightly brunette, with dark eyes, and

very unlilce her sistei-, Mrs. Kerr, wlio was exceedingly fair.

70 CHAMBF.RLAINK FAMILY

CHAM BKK LA IX IC-K KKK.

Sakaii Holta-day, fourt]i diiuglilor oi" Sainnc-l and Henrietta Maria

Ilollyday Chaniborlaiiic, Avas born on March l-Ust, 1781, and married on

April 8th, 1801, >rr. John Leeds Kerr, son of David Kerr ('.vlio came from

Scotland and settled in Talbot connty), and IJiK-'iel Bozman, a sister of John I

Leeds Bozman, the historian of Maryland. David Kerr held many promi-j

nent positions in Maryland, and v/as a member of the Legislatnre in 1793,|

j\Ir. Jonx Li:i;ds Kerr avhs born at Greenbury's Point, near Annapolis, i

in 1780, was a gradnate of St. John's College at Annapolis, the class oratorj

tliere, and in 1798 delivered the valedictory. He represented Talbot county \

in the lloxv.a of Delegates and S^-nate of Maryland, was three times in thei

House of Kepresentatives, and a member of the Senate from 18-il to 1813.j

The children of Hon. John Leeds J-ierr and Sarah Hollyday Chamber-{

lainewere: John Bozman, born in 1809; Henrietta Maria, Samuel Cham- |

berlaine, Eachel Ann, Sophia Leeds, David, and Arther Kerr, who died in|

lg_. These cldldren were l)orn in Ka?ton in the house on Aurora street|

now owned and occupied by Mr. Powell. Mrs. Kerr generally accompanied|

her Inisband to Washington, where she slunie a brilliant star in the social }

firmament, and with her tlioroughly fiirnishcd mind, familiar Avith all the I

to^/ics of the dav, fully su-tained herself when her guests were men, some of|

them of marked" distinction and repute. Years after she h:id "passed away"'|

her name was mentioned at sucli times and circumstances as to warrant a|

perfect and abiding faith in her ranking ainong those who '-'shall be mine on|

that day when I make up my j-'Wcls, saith the Lord of Hosts."j

Mrs. Sally Kerr died on A)'ril ilOih, 18-20, and Mr. Kerr married on|

October SOch. 1828, Miss Kliz:i'>eth Greenbury Goldsborough, daughter of|

Governor Charles Goldsborough and his first wife, Elizabeth Goldsborough, ofj

"IJvrlle Grove," and had three clriKlren, vh: Kliza Goldsborough, Charles I

Goldsborough Iverr (who married in 18'J7 Miss Ella Johnson, a daughter of|

Hon. Eeverdy Johnson, of Baltimore, and liad four children, viz: Maryj

Bowie, Ella Johnson, Charh;s G'.]dsbor..ngh, and K<;verdy Johnson Kerr), I

rnd Edward Leeds Kerr, who married first (in 180:2) Mus Eannie Alexander i

(wlio died in 1805, leaving a daugliter, Eliza Goldsborough Kerr), secondly,|

Miss Kannie Hall, of Harford county.

Hon. John Leeds Kerr died in February, 18M, ainl Mrs. Kerr in 1870, at I

the advanced age of 80- year?.

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KKlUi-LElGlI.

Sophia Li::ei)s Kerr, eldest daughter of John Leeds and Sarali Plollyday

Chamberhiine Kerr, was born in Easton in 1802, and married in 182.v George

Singleton Leigh, of St. ilary's county, and died in March, 184-3. They lived

at "Woodbury," near Lconardtown, and had children, viz: (three of whomdied in infancy, viz: John Leed;% Harriet Chamberlaine, and Laura Leigh);

Sally, (born March 17th, 182-1, died December 30th, 1812); Sophia Leeds,

(born June 7th. 1825, married October, 1817, 3Ir. C. C. Spalding, and died

January, 18C2, leaving ciglit children, two of whom died under age, Eliza

Leigh, at Petersburgh, Canada, 18'3G, and George, in 18G9, at the Maryland

Agricultural College) ; Mary Spalding, Henrietta Kerr (who married in 1875

y\r. Eichard Hall, of Prince George's county, and has two children, Eichard

and Mary Hall; Arthur Kerr, Charlotte Leigh, Charles Clement, and Sophia

Leeds Spalding) ; Charlotte (avIio married in June, 1SG7, her brother-in.-law,

Mr. C. C. Spalding, his second Avife, and has a daughter, Annie Kerr Spald-

ing), and -Miss Henrietta Maria Leigh. George Howell Leigh, son of George S.

and Sophia Leeds Kerr Leigh, died unmarried in 18G6 at Galveston, Texas;

Arthur Kerr Leigh, their youngest son, found it "sweet to die for his

country" at tlie same place, being on General Magruder's staif and Lispcctor

General of the defence at Galveston at that time. "He was,'" in the words

of a friend, "beloved by all who knew him, and no ofdcer of his rank made

)nore reputation during the war. He conunauded the left wing of his

regiment at Corinth and lost his leg in that desperate fight. At the first

appearance of the fever (yellow fever), of which he died, he was urged by

General M.agrudcr to leave Galveston, saying 'it would be no disparagement

to o)ie so disabled and noted for his courage,' but he refused to leave his post,

and died a martyr to his higli sense of honor."

Mr. George Sixgleton Leigh died in 1814. He was descended from

an old English familv of rank, the Leighs, of Stoneleigh Abbey.

72 CHAMP.KKLAINE FAMILY.

KKRli-TILCnniAX.

TIexrietta Maiua, a;ai<;hfer of Hon. Jolm Locus Kerr and S:\rali 11.

Cliamberlwine Kerr, was born iu 18—, married in 1835 General TenchTilghman, of "riimhiiumon,"' near Oxford. General Tilghman "vvas grand-

son of Colonel Tilghman, AAâsliinglon's aidde-camp, a great great grand- I

son of Janit.'S and Ann Cirundy Lloyd, and fifth cousin of his Avife, beiugalso|

related through the Tilghnians. The counly road formed the line of division $

between the two plantotions, "I'limhimmon" and "Bonfleld," making thej

two families alnioit one, and searcely a day passed that tlierc was ]iot some|

intercliange of kind words and friendly greetings, and on "company days" 1

each would Iwrrow of the other whatever was needed to add to the cheer or \

comfort of tlie guests. On one occasion onl} was there the least appearance |

of broken faith on either side in this respect, and the following lines will 1

show how that ended, binding the ties of friendship even strorjger than I

before : ' i

" We wished to make a party, one dny in fifty-one, 1

And sent a note to Gen. T., ' Come see it all well done,' i

And begged t)iat he would lend us to add unto our fun i

Wliate'er he liad of china, glass, before the set of sun

;

A fowl or two, for ' olio,' we wanted very much,

For we had few that season and he bad many such.

The boy came back with nothiug, save of glass, a di-^h or two,

An ugly bird and 'comp'lents, Mis?, is all I's got for you.'

All said ' we'll never ask ag;ain nor go there any more,'

Were sorr3% too, for Gen. T. came never near our door <

For days and days. At last the ' wratli lie nursed to keep it warm '

Just spent itself, and soon wc f)und ' the spat' had done no harm

;

For Shakespeare made them friend-^ once more, and happy as could be,

By the lines on 'Fiien Iship' that we st-nt 'Croni truly yoiU'S T. T.'"

lUCPLY TO T. T. l.-'i;OM MISS C.

"When noble >hakespeare 's called in aid

To heal a quarrel lately made,

Traces of anger in my heart

Spite of myself, from inc depart.

But still, before they all take lliirht,

Tbey urge me onward to show tight

;

And since the usual methods fail

To hit on head the proper j:ail,

Since coldness and v,ithdr>!v;al too

Of presence and of fjiendsliip Iruu

Have all the l-etter pleased y<ni,

AVhy I some other way uiust cJioose

Arid sumnaou the poetic Muse.

KEKK-TILGIIMAN. 73

You never did a party make,

But I for you did trouble lake

—

My finger's been in every pie

From kitchen luw to garret bigh,

I've lent you every earthly thing,

That's on the list of housekeeping,

From bed and boistor do^vu to snuflV-rs,

I've also been the best of puft'ers.

And did not think when I set out,

To give unto ray friends a rout.

That you to aid us would decline

To furnish aught to make me shine.

] lliought you would your utmost task

To grant all Aivors I might as'i.

But, no ! the smallest vras refused,

And what you sent was to be used

'J With so much caution, that we ne'er

Did touch one, but v:e felt a fear

—

The glasses, dishes, we were told

" Were heirlooms that were very old."

Tliis had 1 only known before^~'~^ They never should have left your door

;

But in my ignorance of things,

Oh ! what regret it sometimes brings !

I'd just as soon have called the hair broom

As well as jeiiy glass an heirloom !

And the turkey, that we hoped to find

The fattest one of all its kind,

Was in condition truly lean,

And poorer than Ave'd ever seen.

And as we viewed it ofltimes o'er,

The truth Hashed on us more and more,

That 'twas a bird of olden time.

(Don't think I put this in for rhyme),

Alas ! we cried, v;hat shall we do ?

The turkey is an heirloom too

!

General Tilglmiui) was born in March, 3S10; graduated at West Point,

and v.lrlle nvi ofiicer in the United States army tervcd with credit in the Black

Hawk war. Mr.?. Henrietta :\[aria Tilglinian died of con.su)nption of the

lungs at Savannah, Georgia, in December, 1S49, leaving ton clnldren and

many friends to mourn her loss. "Xone knew her but to love her." The

interment took pluc^ at riimliimmon, and on the monument there erected to

her memory by lier loving husband one reads Proverbs xxxi, 28.

Of Ihijir ten ciuldren, six only arc living, viz : Osv.ald Tilghman, a lawyer

in Easton; Rosalie, (who married, in I8G5, Mr. Shreve, of Montgomery

county, who died in 1870, leaving two .ôns, Oswald and Artliur Shreve);

Henrivita Kerr, (who marrieil,, in 1S73, Mr. P-urrouglu", of Georgetown, and

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74 CHAMP.ERLAI.NE FAMILY.

liail I wo cliildrcn. viz: "Eva Angela und Kieb.'ivd 'J'ilghiiian I'nrrongli.s)

;

"Klla Sophia Til.qlimaii : îlarcraivt ; au'l Sarah Chainbevhiinc Tilghnuni. f

Their eldest son, Tencli Francis, married hvice. hy his first wife, Anna I

Cox, dangliter of Dr. 0. C. Cox, oT Enston, he had three cliildren, viz : Frank »

Mercer, Henrietta C, and "William Tilirhman. P.y his second wife, Hiss|

Elizabeth Camp, of 'Norfolk, Vircrini.-i. lie had two children, Fanny and Tench -

Til,£;hman, Tench F. Tilghman died in ISGT. General Tilghman married,j

in 1851, his cousin, iliss Anna -M;ivia Tilghman, of '• Hope," and died in •

Baltimore, in December, 1ST-4. Plimhimmon was sold in 18C8 to a 'Mr. Cald- !

well, of Lynn, .Ariissachnsetts.|

IiACiJEL Axx, (so named in honor of her two grandmothers, Kachel Leeds 1

Bozman and Ann (irnndy Lloyd), the youngest daughter of Hon.- Leeds Kerrj

and Sarah lloUyday CliambeiLune Kerr, was born in 1S14, (arid is better 1

known as ''Cousin Acy,'' a name given her by her baby brother, who could 1

not say Eachel), and married, in 1S4"2, !Mr. John IL Done, of Somerset county, {

of a generation on his father's and mothers side, established for many genera-|

tions in that county. In 1S55, ^Sfr, Done was ajipointed engineer and )nanager I

on tiie Illinois Central Jvailroad, and removed to Chicago. Previous to that|

time, he was for two terms a member of the Maryland Legislature. In 185C,|

while superintending the departure of a AYestern train of cars, he met with|

an accident, by which he lost his life in a few hours. ]\[rs. Done left Chicago|

and settled in Princeton, ISTew Jersey. John, her eldest son, died in 1864. i

Josiah Bayley, her second son, graduated at ]\[cdical College, and took |

liis degree of M.D. in 1807. His health failing in America, lie thought to;

try the climate of Japan, -where it improved, and he had a fair prosp:ct of I

professional success. He married in Japan a Miss Carrie Baker, of Xew|

York, and died in 18'">0, witliont cliildi-en -Airs. Done, with her tliird sori, 1

AVilliam J!., a)id. only daughter, Charlotte, are residents of New York City. |

Of til ' four sons of IIoji. John Leeds and Sarah IL Chatnberlaine Kerr, \

Artliur iii -d ill early manhood, and David, tlie sole survivor, is an agricultu-j

rist in Virginia, on a farm in Liclimond county belonging to one of the 'vBon-

field " family. Samuel Chamberlaine Kerr, their second son, waseducated forthe

ministry at llie (i.'neral Tlieological Seminary in Mew York, and was ordained

deacon in J 8— , and priested in 18— , had charge of parishes in Prince

Georire's and Montgomery counties, and was assistant to Pev. Dr. Leeds at

St. Peter s Church in Pi)ilade]phia. In each and all his pa.'toral relations

he won the interest and love of his people by his earnestness and zeal in

" winning .souls to Clirist." He K-ad a blameless life, and his death of consumji-

tion in 18G1 found him patiently waiting for the stern messenger. He died

at tlu; residenci; of his sist-.-r, Mrs, Done, in Princeton, and his remains Avcre

liroudit to Talbot, and placed ir. the family burial ground at Belleville.

JoTiN" BozM.vx KhJti;, eldest sou of Hon. John Leeds and Sarah Holly-

day Chamberhilne Kerr, from whose manuscripts this family "genesis"' is

tran.scribed, was l)oru in Marcli, 1 '^00, and gradiuited at llarviird Lniver-sity

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in 1S30. Among liis cluss-matcs ttnd many ^v;)rm friend?, were OliverWendell Jlolnios, "the Poet of the Xortli:"' Hon. Chas. T, Sumner and JohnOsborn Sargent, in 1830 Mr. Jêrr was required to compare the respectivemerits of Alexander, Crosar, Cromwell, and Bonaparte, and one of the di.s-

putants was Mr. Sumner. A brother of Mr. Sargent, through liis influence,was appointed Surveyor-General of Iowa. Years after, wlien Mr. Kerr, had

Iquite forgotten this kind act on liis part, it so happened that he, with otliers,

iwâs invited to inspect the first bridge over the Mis?isdi)pi river at Davenport,

Iwliere Mr. Sargent resided. Having in remembrance" the friendly act,

IMr. Sargent took advantage of this oj)purtunity to prove his gratitude by

Iinsisting that Mr. Kerr and his nephew, Jolin^H. Done, should make his

Ihouse their liome during their stay in the city, and hud their lujrgage moved

f^ accordingly.

On leaving college in ISS-l, Mr. Kerr took a trip "for pleasure and for

information," to the AVest Indies and Cuba; qualified for the bar a few years

hxler, and settled in Easton to practice his profession in Talbot and 'the

adjoining counties. In 1850, being elected to Congress, he went to "Wash-ington and took his seat as a member of the House of Ptcprescntatives. .Thefollowiti^r year the interests of the government in Central America were

intrusted to him, and for nearly three years he "found mere existence in a

tropical climate a positive pleasure," and now, in 1875, "excellent as is this

of AVashington, I begin to yearn for a change."

The civil dissensions in Xicaragua soou ripened into flagrant war between

the different factions, and on one occasion, Mr. Kerr was called upon to act

in such a manner as to allay all asperities, and yet give no just cause of

offence. For several months, August, September, October and Xovember,

1851, Leon, his oflieial residence Ava? in the IkdkIs of revolutionary. lenders,

and two well ai'];cinted armies were investing it. After its capitulation under

suggestions from Mr. Kerr, the evidences of the armistice and capitulation by

the General-in-t'hief, -Jose Trinidad Ifuiioz, were destroyed, and attempts

followed to reach the lines of him, Jiis affairs, and men. ;Mr. Kerr steadily

set his face against the so-called revolution, but humanity required him with

his full knowledge of the guarantees of liberty and life to all concerned to

interpose. At considerable risk, and with the United States flag in iiis

hands, he placed himself in t])e piisons, and after intimation? of military

executio}is from the ("'eneral-in-Ciiief of the government forces of Xicaragua,

and tlie auxiliary general of Honduras, all were released.

In 1S53, on leaving the country, the Legislative Chambers eudorsr-d the

sentiments of an official paper from the Executive giving him thank's and

expressions of gi'atitude for the course In; jmrsued. In the ranks of Gen.cral

Munoz, there were many Anjcricatis, liable of course (but for liis action), to

the penalties of treason, and these were saved. The ofhcial correspondence

in regard to this matter^ is in tl\e Stiite Departnicnt at Washington, and

wliile many of liis communications in regard to tlie " Webster-Crumpton'*

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project, are publisliod in Executive ])ocnmetit?, tlie ijicideiits in co^mcclion | 1

^vith tho rescue of these persons liavo not reached the public eye. |j

Mr. Kerr, in 18G4, received tlie following letter from the Prussian

Ambassador to the United States. He had been asked by Baron Gerolt to

give ])is opinion in regard to Prussian marriage laws Avith the United States,

which opinion was so satisfactory that a request -was made of Mr. Kerr to |

have it published in the law Journals of Berlin.|

t Pias.<iA.N- Lf-gatiox, 'Waslungtoii, Miivcli 1, 15(34. \

' My DeakSik—It affords me pleasure to hiforii; yovi tbat Ilis 2*lnjcsty's Minister of|

Ecclesiastical Arlairs and of Public Instruction, to whom I sent your interesting memo-j

randum on the marriage laws in tlie United States, has requested mc to present to you in I

his name, a China Vase, with piciVH-csfrom the Royal china manufactory at Berlin, us a j

token of his acknowledgment for the said memoranda. This Vase having been sent and|

addressed to meat ZSJcwYcrk, I liave directed that the box containing tlic same, after I

having passed the Custom House, should be forwarded according to your verbal iustruc-]

f. lions to A. Schumacher &• Co., N. 9 S. Charles St.< Baltimore, at your disposal.|

f Having been requested at the same time, by the aforesaid Minister, to furnish to him 1

authentic copies of the laws of all the States of the American Union, relating to mar-j

riages, you would oblige me very much by advising me in what way I might accomplish[

Ithat-object as soon as practicable. 1 am my dear sir, with high consideration

I Your obedient servant,

I'Mk.Kerk, Washington, D.C. FPED'K GEROLT.

I '•'From the Leeds Family Bible" of 1599, the following record is taken: |

""Wednesday. October 24, 184.9, Jolm Bozman Kerr and Lucy Plarailton|

Stevejis, were married at Christ Church, Easton, Maryland, Eev. Henry|

jNLison, D. D., Kector thereof, officiating. Our first cliild, a little daughter,

,. her mother's namesake, Lucy Hamilton Kerr, was born at the City of Wash- )

I ington, on Sunda}-, February 9, 1851, daring the session of Q'hirty-First I

Congress, in which as ojie of the body, 1 represented tlie counties of Talbot,!

Somerset and Worcester, on the Kastern Shore of Maryland, the then Sixth

I Congressional district.

"At House of the United State.s Legation, Leon de Nicaragua, on Palm

Sunday, March 20, 1S5;3, John Bozma]) Kerr, my second child and my name-

sake was born. He died at Jlaltimore of Jicarlet fever, on January 28, 1857.

<God only knov.-s wliat manner of man he v.ould have been. We but knowthou wcrt a rare child.'

'•Lekds Olaybornk Kkiir was born at ' }k-ech Hill,' near Baltimore, on

Saturday, July 21, 1855. T))e addition of Clayborne to his family patronymic

of Leeds is suggestive of his hold on early Maryland history. Captain Wm.Leeds and Captain Claylnujie hure on the Chesapeake iji 1G29, before the

charter of Lord lâlLimore. A life of Clayborne will be written showing

how strong a person among coie)n])oraries he was (Coloiicl Clayborne, Com-

raissioner with Bichard Bennett ami Kdward l.loyd under Oliver Cromwell),

and much )nicunderstood tlirougii the interested writers of his day. By

Bomewhut of a coincidence, Master Leeds Clayborne is in descent (through

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his father's motlier, Mrs. ^ârah Ilollyday Kerr, of Talbot comity, Maryland)

from tJiis County Comniissiouor of Clayborne under Cronnvoll,. EdwardLloyd, whose son, Colonel Pliilenian Lloyd, married the uidow of .Kichard

Bennett (son of lu Ik^nnett, the other named in Cronnveirs Commission), and

whose grandson was James Lloyd, of 'Wye,' in Talbot county, the father of

Mrs. Henrietta ^laria Cluimberlaine, wife of Hon. Samuel Cliamberlaine, of

Oxford, ^Maryland.

'•' AiiTnuR DiCK>::ss Keur, whose middle name Dickens is derived from

his maternal relatives in London (Mrs. Lucy Dickens Stevens being his great

grandmother), was born at Hollins street, Baltimore, on January ]0, 1858.

''Mark Brickell Kerr was born at St. Michaels, Maryland, on June

28th, 1860. The Brickell is suggestive of his maternal grandmother's family

of Hertford county, jSTorth Carolina. In AVheeler's, or any social history of

that State, he will see worthy mention made of Colon.cl Mathias Brickell, his

mother's maternal great grandfather,

"Hlxrietta Maria Kekr was born at St. Michaels, ^Maryland, on January

1st, 1863. This little lady, mimed of the daughter of Henry IV., of France,

and wife of Charles I, of England, under regular sequence in a family

genesis, is bright and promising by general consent in and out of the family.

" Halbert Steyexs Kerr, born at St, Michaels, January 3d, 1SG5, bearing

his mother's maiden name." EuTii Leeds Kerr was born at "Washington, D, C, on January 9th, 1870.

She has her name from Mrs. Paitli Leeds, Avife of Edward Leeds, and mother

of John Leeds, who came to this Trovince of ^laryland in 1GS8.

"Kexxeth Chamberlaixe Kerr Avas born at Washington on March

13tb, 18G3. He bears the name of his paternal grandmother's fimiily.

"Sarah Covixgtox Kerr Ava^ born at Washington on April 3d, 1876,

having a romantic legend connected as ith her name, also derived from the

family of her paternal grandmother."

MA.RRIED.—At the residence of her parenls, October Ulb, 1S74, Lucy IIamii.tox

Kekr and Geohge A. Armes, captfiiu 10th Cavalry, U. S. A. Their eldest daughter,

Cecelia Harrold Armes, was born on August 1st, 1S75. Their second dnughtor, Ethel

Marie Armes, was bora on JJeceniber l.^t, 1S76. Their first son, George Kerr Armcs, Avas

born on October 7tb, lb78, at Fort Stockton, Texas.

Oii his return from South America :Mr. Kerr settled at St. Michaels,

Maryland, until 18G9, when, being appointed a solicitor in the Court of

Claims at Washington, D. C, he removed his family to that city, where, on

January 21st, 1878, after a few hours' iilne.r? of ''Angina pectoris," he entered

into the rest of Paradise.

"' JL')W are the mighty falleii 1 We are distres.^-d for thee our brother—

verv pleasant ha.?t thou been to us."'

'.Mr. Kerr's ancestral relations and close connection with leading men of

colonial times would ensure him every respect from the world at large, had

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not his own laorits and IKorary iUtainnicnfs iintl nncoinmon tfilenfs as a \

genealogist bioiurlH liim into notice and corresi^"^!) donee ^vith men from everyJ

State in tlie Union. His public duties carried liini almost throughout the|

lengtli and breadth of the land, and daily intercourse with intelligent men, I

his fellow citizens and foreigners, placed iiim in a ])03ition to be the peer of|

any and all whom he encountered. l

On Saturday, January 2oth, in the family burial ground at Belleville, i

the old Bozman homestead in Talbot county, his remains are reverently laid 1

beside those of his loved parents and son.

" He is gone, but he has not been among us in vain. We have noD lost

him altogether, for he has left behind him a standard of integrity which all

would do well to emulate."

WABniKGTOX, D. C, Feb. Ctli, 187S.

jViAUAM:—I liave lue honor to tuuisuiil yoa llic folio wing resoluUons, passed at a ^

meeting held in this office January 30th, 1378 ; also a report of its proceedings. Allow ]

me to express for myself my own regret at the loss of an associate so universally accom-

plished and beloved as your late husband.

I am very respectfully j'ours,

WIM. H. GUXNISOX,~Mus. J. B. Kerr. Secretary.

Office of tee Ax;ditor of the TrkasfryFor xnE Post Offick Defartment,

WAsnT>-GTON, January oi'tli, 1878.

At a meeting held in this office on above date, Hon. J. M. McGrew having been

called to preside as chairman, made the following remarks in stating the object of the

meeting:" We have met today to give public expression to our appreciation of tlie character

and public services of our late Solicitor, Hon. Jolm Bozman Kerr, whose sudden death

has deprived his family of a kind hu.sband and father, and the Department of an lionest

and conscientious oiTicer. Hi.s long career of usefulness as a member of our National

Congress, as U. S. Minister to Central America, and as Assistant Solicitor of tlie Court of

Claims is known to us all. At the ripe age of threescore years and ten lie has been called

frum earth, from its cares and its responsibilities. Let it be ours to imitate his example

by a faitliful discharge of our duties to the Government, so that it may be said of each

of us as we now say of him—'he was a true man in all the relationR of life.'

" On motion, a committee was appolnlod as fallows :

"H. S. WIDDICOMBE," R. F. CFxOWELL," E. J. EVANS," BOON CIIAMBEUg,"D. L. BUl^NET'J',

wlio reported tlic fullowing rc.-olulions, which Wore unanimously adont^.-d i

" Wi'F.uKAH, The employees uf the Ofri.:e of the Auditor of the Treasury for the

I'oit Oflice Department desire to give expression to their sincere regret fur the lo.?s

whi'rh they have si;htained in the .sudden death, on Sunday morning. January 27th, 1878,

of II .n. J. B. Kerr; thcrelure, be it

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''Bcsolrcd, That wc who were so long ami pleasantly associated with him, herebyexpress our appreciation of liisliigh character as a public officer, his merits as au accom-plished scholar, and his virtues as a man. Judge Kerr was known as a deep student, a

well-read law3'er and an agreeable and instructive companion.

"liaolrcd, That to his family, who have been called to mourn the loss of an nffectionatc

husband and father, we tender our hearlfelt sympathy in their bereavement.

"Ih'solvcd, That a copy of these resolutions bo transmitted to tlie fumily of the

deceased, and also that a report of the proceedings be furnished for publication.

(Signed) " W. II. GU:s;XISOX, iSccrelar>/y

Extract from the miiuitcs of the Executive Coininitiee of the American

Colonization Society at a stated meeting liekl in Washington, D. C,February 1st 1S7S:

" WnKREAS, The Hxecutive Committee are called to mourn the sudden death, on tlie

27th ultimo, of Hon. John B. Keir, a lilelong friend oi the great cause iu which they are

engaged, and for the past lifteen years a member of thi.? body ; tlierefore

''liesolved, Tliat this coniraitlee will cherish an abidiu;^ remembrance of his honorable,

intelligent and faithful service, and of that sterling integrity, exalted virtue and gentle-

manly bearing which dislinguishel the character of their departed associate.

^ "Hesolved, That we express our warm symoatliy with the family of the deceased in

their great bereavement."A tr'ie copy. Attcit:

—

" WILLIAM COPPINGER," February 1st, 18Tb'. " Cor. i:cc. A. C. -S."

*WM%

H JEFIIIQPiflm.

JOHN BOZBÂN KE5KR.

At. a meeting held J:ii-inarv 3()tb, 1878, at the ofVice of tlie

"Auditor of the Treasury for the Post OQice Dep:irtnieut,'* the

following preamble and resolutions were adopted: .

AVhereas, The employees of the "Office of tlie Auditor of the

Treasury for the Post Office Department" desire to give expres-

siou to their sincere regret for tlie loss they have sustained in

the sudden deatli on Sunday morning, January 27ih, 1878, of

Hon. John BoziiAX Kerr, therefore be it

Rcsoli-ed, That we who were so long and pleasantly associated

with him, hereby express our appreciation of his high character

as a public officer, his merits as nw accomplished scliolar and his

virtues us a )nan. Judge Kerr was known as a deep student, a

well-read lawyer, and an agreeable and instructive companion.

Jxcsolved, That to his family who have been called to mourn

the loss of an adectionate husband and father, we tender our

heartfeU sympathy in their bereavement.

Rcsolccd, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to

the family of the deceased, and also that a report of the proceed-

ings be furnished for publication.

Attest: J- y^- -^[cGliE'^V, Cluiinnan.

\V. IL Gu.NXisox, Secrete rij

BOZÎAX FAMILY BTKTAL J'LACE, KiXi.

l'J{I>1-.KVEIJ IX I-AST ^\^l.h A.NJ) TKSTAMKXT UK

JOHN LEEDS KERR, 1844.

In Oxford Xock, Tjlbot county, ^larykntl, at " JioUcvilk'," on lands for

nniny yeur.^ held by the Boznians and Kerr?, tlicve is a marble nionunient

dedicated to Hon. dolm Leeds Kerr, and an obelisk, which marks the spot

where his grandson, John Boznian Kerr, Jr., Nvas bnried in 1857.

Inscription on west side of die, or lov.-er block

:

Tliis I\Icmori:il ol'

A Beloved Child, witli B\no

Tokens of !Manlines.s of Soul,

llaî been Set at the Foot of lii:^

Grandmother's Grave.

And it Avill Suggest, after 88 Year?,

Hope?, Too Soon Blighted,

With "Womanly Yirlucs, Well Tested,

In the Character of

Sauau IIollydav Keku,

l")aughter of Samuel Cbamherlaiae,

And AVife of John Leeds Kerr,

Born at Boon's Creek Plantation

March 31st, 1781,

Died at Easton, Maryland,

April 1st, 1S20.

Chamberlainc, of Oxford, Maryland, from 1714, and of Saughall .Alagna,

.Shortwiek parish, Chesliire, England, from 1334, 7th of Edward IIL, and

from Little Ikn-row, Cheshire, lOOC.

On south sidr- of die:

lleif are Piaced tiie Remains of

Jon.N B.uzmax IvEitit, J]i.,

2d Child of John Bnx.man and

Lruy Hamilton (Stevens) Kerr;

lk;V\), witliont J.o-s of Citizcn.-hip,

.\t House of I'liitcd Slates Legation,

Leon do Xiearagua, Central Ampriea,

On I'alm Sunday, ,Mareh L'Otli, lSo3,

And )3ied at Baltimore, Maryland,

January 28th, 1857.

" Qui.-, dciideiio sit pu<ior, aut modu-, tun eliari cai-ili.--."

On liuse of obelisk, this side:

Slovene of Eiurlda, Jtow L. S. from 1617,

A!)d l)«,rorc of London, England.

E:i;.lsi.;'J mliiiln.

s-»C>^^ CHAMliKKl.AlNK FAMILY.

t ('olo)U'l 'riionuis Hoxmaii, soi of ,!ol\ii Ik.tzniau aiul irraiuUou of William [

r Ijoznian (the liisf named amoiur the oarh- I'rotcstiint sotllcrs on the Clieâ- J

i' peake in lG:27~"-?rt, liefoiv tlieoliavliM' of l,on] llaKiniore), marked tliis place|

for his family.j

lâchcl Leeds Uozman Kerr, wile of ])avid Ken-, and dohu l-eeds ikr/.-\

juan, children of Jolin Bozmau (sou of Colonel Tiiomas Bozman, who, with '

hi>; Mife. T.ueretia Leeds Boz)nan, ehlest. child of John Leeds'), lie here.|

ÂMi'EL CHAMi!Ki!LAiX£, third t:on of ^âuiiiel and Henrietta .Maria Cham-|

!)erhiine, was boi'n at "]3onlle]d"'' in 1700, anil mariied in 181+ ^liss Arianaj

Vrorthington Daî?, ^boru in IV'.',"),) of Cambridge, Maryland, and had six\

children, born at "Clora's Point," their home on Island Creek and Chojttank j

j'iver. This farm was part of the tract of :),000 acres granted to Ldwardj

Llyod, tiie immigrant, called '-Hyr Dyer 'i'hrycr"' (the Welch ibr Lloyd's|

Long Line), and corning to Hon. Samnel Ch;'.mberlaine, of '' Plaindealing," I

througli his wife, Ilenriettti 31aria Lloyd, a granddanghter of the immigrant,

was given to ^^fr^. Jolm Leeds Ken- by her father, Samuel Chamberlainc, ofj

'yijoulleld," and exchanged by Mr. Kerr for other lands near Laston. This

farm was sold oat of the family in 1875. Mr. Chamberlainc died of a bilious

fever, on June 28th, 182S, and was buried at " Jionfield.'' His widow, surviving

him seven years, died also of bilious fever, on .September Gth, 1835, leaving

six children. Marion Ann, their eldest daughter, born in 1815, married on

January 28ih, 181-5, Mr. William Trip]L', of '• Wavt-rley," in Island Creek

Xeckj and had three childi'cn, viz: John Heron Trippe, inborn in December,

J 815, married ^fiss — , and lias one son); ]i.enrietta ^faria Trippe and|

Samuel C. Trippe, M.I)., of Loyal Oak, Aid. Mrs. Clarion Trij.pe, died ofj

consumption in ^Lircli 1801. I

IIkniiiktta Maria, second daughter of Samuel and Ai'iana Chamberlainc, i

k bo]i\ in 1817, married on Jnise .12th, 1838, }ilr. George Archer Thomas, ofj

Cecil county-, and settled at '" lioclcland," in ILirfoid cou;ity, aitd had onej

dauglitor, Xaniiie Tjjomas. ^^^. Thomas died of consumption of the lungs|

in 1810, and was buried at '• Buulield." ^^frs. Thomas and her daughter reside i

in ]>alviniore.|

W] LLTAM Ml'.sk, sou cd" Sauiuel and Ariaua Chaudjcrlaiiie, was born in I

J 822, and died unmarried, in 1801, at Columbia, Texas. 1

"William Sa\ii;kl Cjiamuiuilaixk, eldest son of Samuel an<l Ariana I

Worthingion C]iam1)erlain(', was born in l8l!', married in 1817, iliss Kli/.a- |

betli Dickinson, and settled at i he homestead, '' Clora's Point,'' where their|

eiirht children we-re born, four of v/lmin survived their parents, viz: Samuel,j

who died in 18',0, aged 21 \ears: W'iili-.im, .)oS'.']>ii Knnals Muse and iieriha|

Chambcjdaine. ilr. CJjandxrrlaine died in 1800, and his widow surviving him I

but one year, died in 18';7. Their remains were interred at I he ceuK'tery\

lii.ur 'frapjie, but removed to lii«' elturehyanl. at Luston, in 1^70.I

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Margakkt AxxA MAi{iA,thircl dungliurof Siinuifl and ArJaiui W'ortliinj;-

ton Davis Clianiberluine, boni at '-Clora's roini" in ]S24:,manicd on Jiumury

'37tli, lSo5, licr cousin, James Lloyd Chaniborlaine, of '*' lk->nficld/' and lia.l

seven -îDildren, viz: James IMoyd, born Xovomber, lb'55, died in l>altimore

on February 14th, ]S71; :M:argareL Hobins. Henry, Samuel, Anna :\laria,

i\[arion and Sarah Lenipriere, born Seiitomber ISOS, died August IS'lO.

JosETK Ennals MrsE CirAMiiCKLAiXF., .M. D., youngest son of Samuel

and Ariana Wortliington Chaniberlaine, %va$ born at " Clora's Point"' in

1S3G, studied medicine, took liis degree at the University of Maryland in

1850, and settled at Easton, Avhere, on January 14, J 80], he married his

cousin, Miss Elizabeth IJullitt liayward, and had children, viz: Thomas

Kobins, born in Kovember 1S51, died December 1851, Marion or May, born

in 1855, died in 1S57; Joseph Ennals Muse, born in 1858 and Elizab2th

Bullitt Chamberlaine, born Juno 1S53, who married in October 1875, a Îr.

J

Ilaywartl, from Cambriilge, and had one son, Joseph Chamberlaine liayward.

f| Mns. Elizabkxr Bullitt Haywakd C]iAMi;EULAiXE,died in 1801, and

on June 19th, 18G6, Dr. Chamberlaine married his cousin, Miss Sarah Catherine

Earle, of Oentrcvilie, Maryland. Though not in the Chamberlaine genesis, it

willnot be out of place to mention in connection with the ** Clora's Point"

family, their relatives :Mr. Levin IL Campbell and liis sisters. Miss Anne and

Miss Levina D. Campbell, the adopted children of Mrs. Ariana Ciianiberlaine,

who were loved and claimed by the " Bontleld "-' family as of their *'own

people," and of Avhom nothing conld be said that was not " lovely and of good

report." "Xone knew them but to love tliem, none named them but to praise/'

Mr. Campbell married in 1855, :\liss Mary Jones, of AVashingtoji county, and

his exemplary life was brought to a sudden close in ISGH. He left throe sons,

viz: Levin, Milton, Clarence, and one daughter, Mary. Miss Anna Campbell

married in 3 8—, Dr. James AVialield Henry, of Cambridge, and had children,

Levin C, James "Winfield, John, Charles, i)aniel and Xannie Henry.

Hexky CrrAMin-.iiLAiXE, second son of Samuel and Henrietta Maria

HoUyday Chamberlaine, born in 1788 at " Bon field," married in 1810,

his co-asin, Miss Henrietta Elizabeth Cale, of Cecil county, and lived at

'Mrichmojid Hill,"' near Berry ville, wherj were born their seven children,

viz: Henry, (who married in 1838, IMiss Mary Ann Chambers,'

of Kent

county, Maryland, and had three children, viz: Esther Xicholson, Henry

Kiclimond, M.D., and Henrietta Elizabeth Chamberlaine, who became tiic

first wife of Dr. James liordley of Centreville, and died in 1>-GS; Mrs. Mary

Ann Chamberlaine died in 1 805, and Mr. Chamberlaine married in 1SG7, Miss

Henrietta M. Wliite, and had four children, viz: Caroline, A Iward, Kober

I

Lloyd and Fannie), Anna Maria, Henrietta Maria, who died in 1S3G, Samuel

Lloyd, Ceorge Cale (who married in .1850, Miss .Margaret Cunlher of IMiihi-

delphia. and had four sons, viz: Harry, a siudent of divinity at Annandalo,

X. V.;' George Cale, Alfred Miller, und Lloyd Chamberlaine); Ccorge Anna,

Elizabeth, who married on July IGth, 1874, Bev. William Mur,)hy, .,f Ikia-

81 ciiAMr.i-in.Aixi: famtia'.

wnrc, and Sally .Uohecca Chainbin-laiiK-, avIio uuniiod in 1S51>, ]\ov. IJichiird

AVliitlinghain, only brother of tlie J'>i.sh<:»p of ]\Iavylan(l, :uul luid live ohiKlivn,

viz: William Henry, Ilolcn AViiiifrecl, ]iichar.l, (Itortc Herbert and AnnaLoui.<:i AVhittinghani.

Mr5. Henrietta K. (iale Ciuiinbcrhiine died in lt>.")l,aud her hu.'iband sur-

viving her thirteen years, died on Uccember 30tb, 1803, Avhile on a visit to

])ii' nephew, James Lloyd ChambGrlaine, in "J'albov county. "An Israelite

indeed in whom Ava? no guile/'

James Lloyd Ciiamiserlaixf., eldest sou of Samuel and Henrietta Maria

Hollyday Chamberlaiue, was born at "Bonfield,'" on 'j'uesday, August 30th,

1785, and after preparation at the schools in Eastoii, wh.cn Uev. Mr. McGuire

ceased to bo his tutor at home, graduated witli ''blushing honors,"' at I'rince-

ton College, in 1805. His father being beyond all else most interested in the

progress of the Church of England faith, clear in his convictions of duty to

that Church, and venturing boldly to oppose what he called schism in the

reform of Mr. "Wesley, it seems strange and even inconsistent that he should

select Princeton for his sou's Alma JNIater, l>ui so sound a churchman

regardmg the Cliuvch's admonition as law to him, and his own vows at tlic

baptism of liis children, as even more binding than his oaths to his earthly

Sovoi'eign (the King of England), had at an early age brought them to the

bishop '" to be confirmed by him, as soo!) as they could say the Creed, the

Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments.'' Clad in this armor, his son had

notliing to fear from the counter influence at a Presbyterian College, and

returned home unscathed and no doubt strengthened in his belief that ''the

Church is the pillar and ground of the truth." That he should minister

at tlie rJtar was his father's earnest desire, but the ministry would have been

entirely out of th'j vocation of a man whose passionate love of music and

exquisite skill on the violin, together with his unequalled social wit, totally

unfitted him for the sacredr calling. This strongly developed musical taste

faced the vulgar prejudice against instrumental additions to church services,

and had its influence in deviating him from the ministry. Had the angel|

Gabriel been pictured with a violiu in lieu of the conventional trumpet, he I

would have continued under ban. "We tlius see how this conscientious|

and scholarly man missed a bisliojn'ic, and let a college companion of his at|

Princeton, (.Mr. Cliristopher Hughe.?, cf Maryland,) also playing on the vio-j

!in as a gentlenumly accomplishment, go ahead, and become a diplomatist, to I

liobnob year after year v.'ith the King of Swediui, and interchange (when i

)iiim courtiers were not overbearing,) a "Iiepublican Kit for a lioyal Oscar." j

Had his fathers views been cai'ried out by this, his eldest son, the House of I

I>ishops would hav(.' been more .secure in !ji.-: li.'inil? il)au in tho-'^' ..f nianyj

oi her ecclesiastics, liishoi) Polk, for one.I

On leavin.g college Mr. Chamberlaine did his future great iiijnstice by |

Si iLlinf down oji his farm, Avith no effort to juish forwai-d in soino business '

pursuit beyond farmiug and planting, A spice of tliO ejiterpri.-e that brought j

CHAMBERLAIXK FAMIIA'. S-")

his granafather and great uncle to America in 1714, wouhl liave saved the

Ohio hinds in wliich his father had so hirgely invested some years back. Hisbrother-ill-law, Mr. L-vin dale, made some eflbrt to recover these hinilf> bntfailed to do so, and it is not now known where they arc located and why all

active interest in them was abandoiicd.

Soon after his fathers death (in 1811,) Mr. Cl!a)nbcrlaineand Ids brotiier,

Lloyd, by an arrangement with their motlier, came into joint possession ofthe homesreaa, though the elder was the head of the bachelor establishment.

'''Peck's Point'' and other lands were sold to r.iise an annuity of 81,200 for their

mother, v;ho gave up iier liome to end licr days with her younger cliiUlren in

Cecil county.

It was the habit of UvAv fatlier in Che commercial fashion of the lirst of

the name to keep his business diary, and his sous readily fell into it, closing

the day with a regular statement of the work done, in the name of each handon the farm to whom it had been assigned in the morning. This diary gave

accurately the wind and the weather, and in the course of successive jêars puton the guise of practical science. A family in Philadelphia began a simJar

diary in the year ITOO, and it was surprising on looking over the detail from

year to year to note ilie current fallacies of the day. Could Mr. Chamber-laine have been induced to make every month, a summary of the interesting

matter brougiit under his knowledge, and even to epitomize the philosophical

speculation of Mr. Robert Walsh, of Philadelphia, the ablest statist of the

day, with his own glosses and comments, a record of this kind would have

become in snch hands as his, a repository of our social and political history.

As it is, these diaries might be available for the Signal Corps, so far as the

Chesapeake waters are in question, and might do even in the weather items

an immense deal of good.

As one of the best educated men of his day, and a general favorite because

of his social wit and special familiarity with the institutions and form of

govcrnir.ent, few went ahead of Mr. Chainberlaine, and could circumstances

have allowed one of his modesty to seek preferment in public life, Jieither

Maryland nor the whole country would have been wronged, "lionfield"

was a very attractive ]>lace botli befoi'e and after liis marriage, especially so

at table, when the two brothers and Ceneral Lloyd formed the party. The

conversations sustained !>y such men was fully erjual to a lecture -ith'-r

fi'0!!i Teakle W'aliis or Ciiarles Sumner.

General James idoyd, a grandson of Edward anil Sarah (,'umii i^n

Llovd, M'as a frequent guest of the Chamborlainc brothers at '• IJonfielil,"

and a welcome om- witii his knowledge of the men and jnanners of hix gene-

ration. General Lloyd and the elder of the brothers were apt to diverge in

their estimate of historical events and historical men, and when thu- diious-

sion grew warm it v.'as a pity there v.'as no such thing thu5 early as su-no-

grapby. The younger biotf.er in l.-is quiet r-digious wa}^, was the b..-5t o!

moderators at all these, fost prandial discussions, and ho generally had a fact

8G*

CHAMBKrvLAlNK FAMILY.

io tlirovv ill romiii^r from the oxtensivc rending and iiieinory of these very|

disputants. Aviiich in the lioiit of debate each liad forc:otten.\

.Mr. Chaniberlainc at the age of thirty-three, tired of j)i,s bachelor life (to|

use liis own recorded words) ''was to the groat surprise of all my friends,|

who believed jne to be a confirmed bachelor, married to mj consin., ]Îiss !

Anna ]\[aria Hammond/' on May T8th, ISl^. This lady, born on April 3rd,'

1707, was of tlie Jlollyday genesis, the. daughter of I^fr. Xicholas Ilam- i

mond and his second wife, Miss Kebecca Hollyday, of "Eatclifle Manor.*' 1

llcr father was the vrell known at(orney and counsellor-at-law, living in Eas-j

ton, but a native of the Island of Jei'sey, of a fanuly settled for many genera- j

tions there.j

In reminiscences of family the pen can never l)e too discursive, and were|

it otherwise tlie. amiable character of this estimable relative wonhd arrest and|

detain. With ail the decided and even belligereni naLure of her father, no|

liuman being could have been through all her life more gentle, '' tender- 1

hearted and forgiving." With perfect appreciation of all her excellent I

points of character, it would have been as well had the marriage of near !

relatives been rarer than it has been in the family, making it a social duty to

settle in the same locality. With the exception of a son of Robins Chamber- i

laine (James Lloyd by name,) who settled in Cincinnati, no member of the\

family has left the Eastern Shore since the coming of the merchant adven-\

turers, John and Samuel Chaniberlaine, in 171 4. Those of the name in Bal-

timore and Delaware are not known to be of this genesis. Certainly not of

tlie " .SaAighall " family of Cheshire, though the coat of arms and records of

these families might prove their identity with those of Cloucostershire, Buck-inghamshire, and their clo?'^ relationship to the Cheshire family.

HAMMOXD (iENESlS.

The )uime of this family is Xorman, of great antiquity, and was knowji

in the Island of Jersey at a very remote period. Originally Ilamon, it was(hanged to Hammond by th.e first of the name who settled in America, to

djs(ingiii>h it fi-om 1 famous, a very cuuimoii name in parts of the island.

Among the followers of Duke William the Conqueror were the Fit/-Hanions

(lit/, for jils, an aiijilication peculiar to the Xormans), and the arms of the

Kitz-llamoiis in hlngland and il.e llaunnonds in Jersey are the same, viz:|

"A lion rampant, gardant, on an a/.un.' sliield."' I

XicuoLAS lfAMM02,-i), born in .Icisey, came to America in 1730, and in i

1732 married Mary Dyer, the great granddaughter of ^Mary Dyer, tlic martyr.]

Their daughter, Mary Hammond, ni;i.rriud Mr. Jlidgoly, and their only son, ':

Nicholas nummond^b'orn in I'iiiladelphia in 17— , went to Jersey in 17—

,

HAMMOND GKXKslS.*

ST

;nul inuvriod Miss Margaret Leiiiprioiv, hv ulnnn lie had two sons, Januv?

J.oinpriere (wlio married Miss Lo Breton) and Xieholas llaninioud, burn in

Jersey, on ^Fay 20th, 1T--)S. In 17T'-3 tliis yonUi of fourteen years of ago ^vas

sent io his grandmother (whose second hn.-band was Abraliam AVyneoop, of

Appoquinimv,) in Philadeli>liia, Avliere lie was educated for tlie hnv. :\fr.

Hammond never again saw his native island nor his "]oV(.'d and honoredparents,'" Lut lii.? correspondence from the day that he touched llie land of

his adoption has boon carefully preserved, also the portraits of his parents,

wliicli Avere sent to him by his brotlu-r from Jersey. His cb.ildren inherited

his love and reverence for evtj-ything connected with their lather's liome andfamil}-. For years before and after his death there Avas a constant inter-

change of letters, and frequently tokens of atfection in the Avay of books,

fancy articles and engravings of the island came from Jersey, which were

responded to by the American relatives, Thougli under English rule,

French is the language of the island, but from their lettt-rs the family seemas familiar with our mother-tongue, and write well in both languages.

The Queen's visit to her faithful subjects in lS4y was a matter of great

rejoicing, and the engravings represent many scenes relating to her arrival

and reception on the island.

Mr. Hammond qualified at the Philadelphia bar in 17— , arid married in

17S0 his cousin. Miss Sarah Ceoi-ge, and began tlie practice of the law in Cam-bridge, Maryland, where his wife and child died in <17S7. In 1789 Jie

removed to Talbot county, and married in December, 1793, Miss Ilebecca

Jlollyday, of '-ruitclilfe Manor." Their ilrsfc home was in Faston, at the

liouso £0 long occupied by Kev. l)r. Henry M. Mason, and there, their three

childreti were born, viz: Xicholas Hammond, Anna ^^laria, and Ilebecca

Hollyday } lammond.

In 1808 Mr. Hammond bought a few acres near the town and built of red

brick the L .-.liaped house iiow standing, and called his place "'St. Anbin,"' in

lionor of his native toAvn. Mr. liammojul, though iu'»t demonstrative in his

affection, v.as devoted to his children and an indulgent parent, and their loVe

and reverence for hi]n was unlimited, lie became very deaf towards tJio

close of liis life, but bcitig near-sighted his eyes Avere unusually strong fur

one of threescore years and ten, and he never wore glasses. His systematic

and moderate living of but t>vo tneals a day added many years to his life, and

his deaih on Xovember 11th, 1S30, though not unev}".cted, Avas not the

result of a long standing disease. ^\i: Hammond survived his Avife thirty

years, ami A'/as interred by her side at ''Katclilfe ]\Iaiior.'' The holy lives

and Cliristian character of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Avcre rellecled in thai of

eacli of tlieir children, "avIiosc children rise up and call tliein blessed.*'

>s'j( JIOLAS Hammoxd, only son of Xiclmlas and Jiebecca Hollyday liam-

mond, Avas born in 170r», graduated and Avon liis degree at a medical college,

and higan the practice of ntedioiiic in Faston. He married in May, 18;.':],

Miss Anna Caroline Uoldsborough, da.ughter of i)r. llowcs (Joldsljorougii

SS ' niAMr.ERLAlXE FAMILY.J

:itr1 his Avifc, Mary McMullon, ol" Dc-];nvniv, and luid four chiUlien, vi/,:j

Xicliolns, Charles IIowcs, Maij Gohlsborough, ami .Tames Lcmpriero Ham- \

mond, who died in 183v\|

As a son, a lu-other, a fj-iciid and ])hysician, tlic chavacler of this goiiilc- i

man was une.NCcptionablo, for like Enoch of old, '*hc -walked with God,"" !

and wlien in 1831, at the early age of oi), " God took him/' the concourse of^

neighbors and friends of all classes, forming a funeral train a mile long, gave|

evidence beyond word? of the respecl, esteem and afleetion in which he was \

held by the whole community.|

yiv<. Anna C. Hammond siirvivrd her Irasband )nany yt.ars, and kept u]) i

the honii\stead until 1848, when the family removed to Easton. "St Aubin''^

was sold in 1871, and found a ready purchaser in a member of the Ilughlett,\

family, and is m;)V,- occnpied b\ Û: llcnry ITollyday, of " Jieadbourne," who|

ujarricd in 18U0 a daughter of Colonel Iluglilcil. Mis. IJannnoiid's fuiliiig l

health obliged her to seek medical advice in I'altimore, where she and her|

daughter hocatod in 1858, tmd where, at the residence of her son, Charles H.|

Hammond, on August Gth^ 1801, this loved and honored parent "entered into \

the rest of Paradise." Her remains were carried to Easton and placed in the t

ceiiietHry hy the side of her husband amid a concourse of mourning friends. I

Nicholas, eldest son of Dr. Hammond and liis wife, Anna Caroline|

Gvoldsborough, was born at "St. Aubin"' in 1824, graduated at the college in|

Xewark, Delaware, in 1811, (|ualilied for the bar in 1815, and practiced law I

in Annapolis, In 1851 he v/as elected cashier of tlie Farmers' Bank of\

}.Iaryland in that city, and m;uiiod in the same year Miss Mary Bowie Green,|

of Annapolis. From loo close confinement to his duties, ilr. Hammond's\

health gave way, his lungs became diseased, and on Septembei- .24th, 1868, I

his "blameless life" on earth Ma.s closed. On Saint ^Michael's and All|

Angels' Day, tliis loved brothei- and relative, "of whom the world was not|

worthy," wa.s laid beside his parents in the cemetery at Easton. Of his two|

little boys, the eldest, Xieliolas, survived his father but a few moriths,\

The younger, William Saunders Hammond Mas burn on August 2d, 1808,j

a few weeks before his father died, and with his mother resides in Baltimore. i

" My beloved brolhro!, Uio ' ic.-t ' which hfis been prepared I'ur as by a merciful and|

loving Saviour is even now awaiting vis. One of our number, who lor years has g( mi.-|

in and out amongst u.'^, witncsj-ing to all, a blameless life, and convcv&ation, and preacliing i

by his bright and holy example in the porf.jrmance of every Christian and social duly a j

more eloquent sermon than words of mine could ever addio.^s yo\i, has, since wc )as:t|

assembled here, entered into his rest. Tlic earthly germs of that life oi faith and love 3

ajid Christian obedience, w1k-.so light shone fo luiglitiy in our midst, have expanded into|

ilie full glories of innnorta! ble-scdness, and the caco and trials and warfait of this ?

probationary state are ulready forgotten by liim, who, liaving 'fought a good fight. 1

(ini-hed hi.s course and kept the faith,' is now in i)eacefiil repose in the Paradi.se of ( lod."|

J-hii'itcl fi'om It icrioon f-rea''h<id iit, lrt.A)\iii-\ Cht'irli, .! ,.'-•'. /'- //,,: ,-.,^.- /,',..|

riiikiiiii Jluiiun'juil, on i^'plrmhcf .r.Lh^ IsiiR. ^

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CiiAULKS .TIowES ilAMXiOND, secoiid SOU of .Dr. Xiclioliis ;n)d Anna V.ITaniniond, was boi-ii in 1S25, and received his oducaiion at tlio ]Tii;h .Scliool

near Alexandria, Viro-inia. He married in 1S,50, Miss :\rary Wcstcott ofCiiestcrtown, and entered into business as a nierciiant in Kaston niUil ISjC,

when lie accepted a position as cka-k in tlse "Western Bank in I'.altiniore.

Ilis first wile dyin;; in 1851, he married on October, G, 1857, Miss JuliaJohns, daughter of Kenscy Johns, Chancellor of Dehuvare, and liis wife

Maria McCa!imonl, and had tivc children, viz : Kenscy Johns Hammond, bornin J une, 1858, Caroline Goldsborough, :\Iaria Johns, Charles Howes and JamesLompriere Hammond.

AxxA Maui.v Hammoxd, eldest daughter of Xicholas and KebeccaHollyday Hamniund, was born on April 3, 1797, and married on May18, 1818, her cousin, Mr. James Lloyd Chamberlaine, of '•'Bontield." Theceremony Avas performed at "St. Aubin," by Kev. Thomas Bay!-ic, and in liis

own words, "were the handsomest couple I cv:r joined in lioly matrimonv."Eebecca Hollyday Hammond, youngest child of Xichohis andliebecca

H. Hammond, was born at ''St. Aubin," in 1801, and died at '-Myrtle Grove,"

on August 18, 1855. This lady was her father's companion until his death

in 1830. In May, 1833, she married her third cousin, liev. Jiobert Willjam

Goldsborough, of " 2^1yrtle Grove," who was born on St. Luke's Day,

October 18, 1800, and was educated for the Ministry at the General Theo-

logical Seminary in Xew York. Mr. Goldsborough's first charge was in

Centreville, Maryland, and for some years he was rector of a parish in

Anne Arundel county. In 1842 he was sent by the Bishop of Marvland as

a missionary to Hillsborough, ]\Iaryland. Here he soon won the hearts of

the people by his gentle manners and interest in their spiritu.il welfare, but

Hillsborough was the hot-bed of j\rethodism, and though childivn were

baptized -'because ]\Ir. Goldsborough thinks it right,*' the oflices of tl;e

Church Avere nothin_g to people unwilling to be taught, and his laboi'S, '-in

season and out of season," to present a class for confirmation were unfrniifnl.

But this faithful servant of God Avas never " Aveary in AA-ell-doiug," and Avith

the assistance of fri'jiuls and relatives and by his own many self-deitials he

raised sufTicient funds to build a neat little church, on a lot purchased

and giA'cn by him to the diocese. The building Avas nearly completed Avhen

a fearl'ul storm of wind lifted uji ami bore aAvay the roof. No one but this

holy and good num, who Avas an eye-witness to the destruction of all his

hopes, A\'Ould have said in the Avords of patient Job, "the Lord gave, the

Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord."' T!ie Avork was

not abandoned, hoAvever, and by the blessing of God upon their efforts, a

more substantial building took the place of the first, and in 1855, the

liight iiev. fl'/nry J. Whiteiious-., acting for tlie B>isho}iof Maiylaiid, laid the

corner-stone. On tiiis occasion, -Mr. Goldsborough presented the (Irst fruits

of his labors, a class for confirmation consisting of three, "a father, and

daaightei-, and S'.)n."

'.."> CUAMr.EP.LAINK FAMILY.

'i'liis eanicit workor iti his .Maîer's vineyard did nut Jive to see the

churcli consecrated to His uorsliip and service, llis lioalth, feeble for manyyears, Avoukl doublless have failed sooner, hni for the care and waichfulnessof Iii.s devoted uill-. She preceded liiin to the o-rave by two year^, dyingin 1855, after an ilhiess of many weeks dnratiun. Slie liad been removed to

".Myrtle Grove," in t!ie early slaiê of lier illne.-:.^ and M'as tenderly andloviiigly nnrsi'd by her sisters-in-law. .Îr. Coldsborongh died in ib57 at tin-

Wliito Sulphur Springs, in Virgniia, where he, accompanied by his eldest

sister, jiad gone for the benefit of his health. The change came so soon that

his daughter was ]iot aware of his illness until the sad tidings of his death

reached her. The cemetery at Easton is the resting place of these '•"saints of

the Lord," and a monument has been erected to their memory by their

daughter. The little cluirch, left as it were, a special charge to tlio family,

was completed, furnished, and ready for consecration on October 2S, 1S5S,

when it was dedicated to the worshi]) of God, by the Bishoi) of Maryland.Eev. Mr. Beaveu was called to the rectorship and still holds charge there,

walking faithfully and earnestly in the footsteps of his predecessor.

Sauaii Eliza Goldsborough, only daughter of Hev. Kobert AV. andRebecca Hammond Goldsborough, was boni on St. Andrew's Day, 1835, andmarried on December 18, 1877, Dr. Thomas "W. Martin, of Cambridge, the son

of Judge Bond Martin and his second wife, Miss Elizabeth AVilliams. JudgeMartin's first wife Avas Miss Susan Xicols, a sister of 3Irs. Robert If.

Goldsborough, of "Myrtle Grove,'' and daughter of Mrs. Susanna RobinsChambcrlainc Kicols, of 'M'laindealing '' and '•' Mount Pleasant; " there is,

therefore, a family connection, bttt no blood relationshi]) between Dr. Martin

and his wife. Their homo is beautifully situated on Tripp's Creek, near

"Belleville," the old Bozman estate, opposite " Otwell," the Goldsboroughhomestead, uud within sight of ''Plimhimmon,'' the Tilghman property, andof Oxford, distant about eight miles down the Tred Avon river.

Before leaving Hillsborough, Mrs. ]\Iartiu (then Miss Goldsborough;

generously gave a deed to the vestry of the parish, conveying her propertv

there to the church. It is hoped that at some future day a rectory will be

built on the church lot, and the house now occupied by the rector will be

used for the purposes connected Avith the work of the church at Hillsborough.

Though not in the Hollyduy-Chamberlaine genesi?, the Goldsboroughs of

" Myrtle Grove," having the same ancestors in 'Mv. and Mrs. Geoi'ge liobins,

of ''Peach Blossom," are deserving of worthy mention in this connection.

Mr. Robert II. Goldsborough, '-'the American Chesteriield," married in 1800,

Henrietta Maria Nicols, and had ten children, of Avliom five are living, viz:

William, Mary Caroline, John AlcDowell, 'l']lii:a and George Robins, whomariied in 1SC2, Miss Eleanor Rogers, of Baltimore, and has a beautiful

home at "Ashby,"a part of the first Goldsborough homestead. "MyrtleGi'ove" is one of the few ancestral homes retained in the family, and:d! hough " Time's lingeni " have dealt roughly with the Eombardy poplars,

DYER GENESIS. 91

and "change and decay is seen on all aronnd," the place is siill beautiful,

and Avill hold its own a? long as any of the family survive to retain it. Everyrelic of the past is carefully treasured by them, and all seem nuAvilling to

part with anything that belonged to the olden time. Among the manyportraits,, the most consi')icuous are those of ]\Irs. Henrietta Maria Kobins

and grandson, Mrs. Susanmi Chamberlaine XicoLs and son, and a family

group consisting of jlr. and Mrs. Kobcrt Goldsborough and their two chil-

dren, Eobert Jleiiry and Elizabeth, who married, in 1793, Governor Charles

Goklsborongh, of Hunting Creek.

IMr. AVilliain Goldsborough married, in IS—, his cousin, ^liss ^fary

Tilghnian Goldsborough and had children: .Kobert Henry, u gallant Con-

federate soldier, who was slain in battle in ISGi; Susan, who married Hon.

Daniel Henry, of Cambridge and had several children; "William and

Charles Goldsboroufrh.

DYEK GENES 18—1 G57.

James and Mary Dyer came from England to lihode Island in 1G57.

iShs. Dyer, believing that she had a "call froni God to preach the Gospel,"'

gave great offence to the peo].)le of Boston for persisting, in spite of threats,

to perform the duties of her vocation. She was frequently admonished, and

once imprisoned and sentenced to death for witchcraft, but by the iiiterposi-

tion of her son her life was spared, and she expelled from the city. On her

return, a year after, she was again imprisoned and sentenced to death, and

her friends had no power to save her. She was hung, with two others, on an

elm tree on Boston Common, Juno 1, ICGO, " for testifying against the bloody

law of the Puritans."" There was no martyr in the days of the Inquisition

more faithful t-o her God and her principles than this heroic and Christian

woman. The tree on Avliich she suffered martyrdom V'.-as (when prejudices

Avere removed by time) tenderly cared for by tlie Bostonians. The authoi'i-

ties had it enclosed Avith an iron railing, and the falling branches supported

by props. In a severe Avind sto'm passing over the Eastern States on Eeti-

ruary 2, 1870, the old tree Avas u]u-ooted and fell to the ground, and as it f.-ll

thousands rushed to })reserve a relic of it. Of ]\lary Dyers many descendants,

but^fcAV are vailing to aeknoAvlrdge as an ancestress one Avho suflVred at the

hangman's hands, ajid yet their name is legion and arc included among the

first families of Maryland and Delaware. Th.e "Wyncoops, George^. B.rad-

fords, and the family of dudge Milligan, of Wilmington, Deiawav; of Ib-n.

Lewis ÎcLane, of Baltimore, all belong to the Dyer genesis.

AViLLiAM DvKi;, son of daim.s and Mary Dyer, came to DfUnvare after

October 1051'. His son .lames man-ied Miss , and liad i'onr daughters.

Kebecca l-h'cr (their eldest daughter, married ?d)-. Ivlnnmd Ki.atiiey, and had

92 CHAMIU-KLAINE FAMILY.|

one son, Dyer Kearney, \vhosc jucture, \vilh a slate in hi-s lianO, is carefully;

preserved in the Hammond family.) Harriet Dyer, second daughter of

William and Dyer, married ^slv. Edmund Cuntwcll, who.ê daughter,j

Lydia Cant well, married Mr. Jones, whose daughter, Sarah Jones, marriedj

Mr. Milligan, Avho.ê son, John Milligan. married ^liss Martha Lcyy, and had !

children, yiz: ]vure, (who married Mr. Blight) ; Mary and Martha :\[illigan,|

now residents of Philadeliihia; Eobert; and George B. Milligan, who mar-|

ried, February o, 1S52, vSophia Cough Carroll, and resides in Baltimore. '.

]\rary Dyer, tliird daughter of William and Dyer, married twice:j

first, :\lr. AVyncnop, and had two sons, Abraham and Benjamin Wyncoop.

Her second lui.-ltand, in i:3'2. was Mr. Nicholas Hammond, from the Island

of Jersey, by whom she had two children, Mary Hammond (who married

:\Ir. Ridgely, of Delaware, and were the ancestors of Chancellor Kidgidy),

and Nichofas Hammond who went to Jersey after the death of his father,

and married Miss Lempriere, and had two sons, James Lempriere, who m;ir- !

ried Miss Le Breton, and Xicholas Hammond, who came tn America, married :

first his cousin, ^^liss Sarah George, and secondly Miss Rebecca Hollyday, ofj

" Ratcliffe Manor." Sarah Dyer, fourth daughter of William and —«

Hyer, m:irried Mr. Sydney George, from Scotland, and had four chiMi-en, vi/.:j

Iv-'becca George, Sarah George (who married her third cousin, ^.icholasj

Hammond, and died in 1781), Joshua George, and Sydney George (who mar- I

ried first Miss Worrall, and "had a daughter, Eloise A. George, wlio married|

James Logan Fislier); Mr. George's second wife was a 31iss Lutit, and their -

daughter, P'ô:-be George, married :\rr. .Moses Bradford, of Wilmington, Dela-|

ware, and died in 1838, leaving three sons, viz: Sydney George (who marriedj

Miss Whitely, and liad a son, Eugene Whitely Bradford), Edward Georgej

Jiradford (a member of the Wilmington bar, who married :Miss Heyward,j

and had two children, Hcyward Bradford and Cornelia Bradford), and Juliusj

Bradford.j

Mary Dyer's letters to the General Court in Boston will be found inj

Williani SewelFs "'History of the People Called Quakers," page 2G6. " By|

the style of her letters and her undaunted courage, it appears that she had|

indeed some extraordinary qualities. 1 find, also, that she was of a comelyj

and grave countenance, of a good family and estate, and mother of severalj

childrer-, but her husband, it; seems, was of another persuasion."j

I I :-« If

CIIAMBERLAIXE-nAMMOXD. 9 3

CUA>JBERLAL\E-nAMMOND.

James Lloyd, son or Samuel and Henrietta Muvia Ilollytlav Chaniberlaine,

married ou May J8th, 1S18, Miss Anna .Maria Hammond, daugliler of

Nicholas and Jicbecca Hollyday Hammoiid, and had k^n cliildrLii, viz:

Xichohis Hammond, born 1819, died 1830, Samuel, Eebecca llollyday, lien- .i

rietta Maria, (died in 1829,) Harriet. IJebecca, died in infancy, Sally Holly- ]

day, James Lloyd, Henrietta Maria, Mary Hammond and Nicholas Hammondj

Chamberlaine.|

Nicholas, their eldest son, was born at *' Bontieid " in 1S19, and died atj

an early age, and yet, after the forcing system of education, too coniDion in I

those days, Avith a mind matured Ijeyond his years. I

In the same roonr (over the kitchen) in Avhich his father passed away|

more than twenty rears after, and who-e inirting words to his loved n'.Mih.ew \' " . JO 1 .

were: "Close the curtain and let me go to my rest,'' did the little boyj

request father, mother, and all, to leave him in his last moments, "Alone |

with mv God." His cjrandfather Mr. Hammond, had him as it were, under j

his own eye living Avith him at "St. Aubin," and walking from thence to his k

recitations at the Easton Academy. The old gentleman grieved sorely over \

the death of this boy, Avho in his intelligence and brightness was tiie delight I

of his heart. ]

Heximltta Makta, their second daughter, was born in 1821, and, though j

bearing her grandmother's name Avas called "Maria." This idol of her I

i:)arents Avas taken from them at the age of five years. The greatest love arid |

reverence for the names and playthings of these children, lasted through the t

li\'es of their parents. Every thing belonging to them Avas carefully pre- }

served, and tenderly and tearfully sliown to their brothers and sisters. Tlie|

room (the hall chamber) from Avhich they were taken to their rest, " undi r|

the cedars," was carefully locked and closed for month.s after they died. ^

Sally Hollyday, third daughter of James Lloyd and Anna Maria;;

Chamberlaine, Avas born at "Bonfield," and called after Mrs. Xicols, of;j

"Darley," her great aunt. With light eyes and dark hair, she (al.-:o lur t

eldest brother, Samuel.) bore a strong likeness to the Hammonds, Avhile hor|

sister, Eebecca, had her father's dark eyes and hair, and was not unlike tlie|

portrait of ]\lis3 L'ngle, Avhich hung in former days in the hall chandKT at|

"Jionfiekl," though this lady was i)i no degree related to the family, being|

the first wife of Samuel Chand)erlaine, of " I'laindealing." Sally Hollyday|

Chamberlaine died in I'hiladelphia on August 2Lsl, ISGG, of an illn-'--? nuw ^

known as cerebro spinal meningiiis. TEer funeral Avas held at S«. l-a.-.-

Church, CJermantown. and the int^-rment was made in the churciiyard ilurv.|

Niciiol.\s ILvmmon-)), younge.si son of James L. and Anna Hainmoi,.!

Chamberlaine, was born (m'-May 29, 1836, and was a youth of gnat pronu.-.

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9i CHAMBERLAIXE FAMILY. }

renewing the name of the eldest brother. ^Nfter an academical course at

Oxford and a thorough training at Alexandria, \a., by t]);tt Avell-knowu ;

preceptor, Benjamin llallowell, he entered, in 1855, the engineering ;

school at Troy, ;New York, ^vllere he remained a year. Like others i

of the family, he was passionately fond of music, but was wise enough not to s

devote much time to the art, and did not excel on any instrument. Had j

he lived to liave a home of his own he Avould doubtless have been, like |

his father, a skilful performer on tbc violin. Jlis great and chief talent \

as a draughtsman is shown by the specimens so carefully preserved by his

sisters. lie had an eye for the beautiful in nature as in art, and his sketch-

book abounds with scenes from nearly every State in the Union through

which he travelled. On leaving Troy in 1S5G, he went to Iowa and settled

at "Keosauqua, in Van Buren county, where, whilst engaged in removing

obstructions on the Des iloincs river (havi:ig joined an engineering party

formed for that purpose), he was taken with typhoid fever, of which he died,

after an illness of two weeks.

Keosauqua is a manufacturing town where water and steam are utilized

in various ways, and Saturday, November 2Sth, 1857, the day of his too early

death at that place, would not be justly overlooked or forgotten in a memo-

randa relating to a family like this, with a homestead on Kiver Dee from

1334, and whose immigrant head in Maryland, by thrift and business energ}',

was among tlie most influential inhabitants of the Province.

A memorial stone in the cemetery at Keosauqua may strike the eye of a

Marylander, who will read tlicre, with the brief record of the line of business

life he had adopted, how this youth fell like a soldior with his armor on and

was buried Avhere lie fell, " singing with holy confidence that death had lost

its painful sting," for he was '-no' afraid to die.'' Though a stranger in a

strange land and far from his "own," he had kind friends who tended him

with gentle and loving hands, and hearts full of sympathy for him and his

sorrowing fomily. Some lots in or near the toAvn, i)urchased by liim, were

given to the Bishop of Iowa, with the hope tliat in time a chapel may be

erected as a memorial of this young Christian soldier. This is not yet prac-

ticable, and as with this generation all interest vrill probably die, others will

build on this foundation, though "he will be remembered by what he hath

done."

"Asleep in Jesus I fur iV(irn tlicc

Thy kindred and llich- graves mny be;

Yet still there is a ble;sed sleep,

From wliich )ioi:g ever wakes to weep."

Samuel Cjiamherlaixi:, second son of James Lloyd and Anna Maria

Hammond Chamberlaine, was born at " Bonllold," on November S(h, 1S20, and

with his brother lived wiili theii- grandfather, at "St. Aubin," and went to

school in Easton. For .several y<.ars he was a pupil of IJev. Dr. Joseph Spen-

cer, at St. Michael'.s, atid finally graduated at St. John's College, Annapolis.

CFi A M BKK 1,AlN K-II A A[ MOND. 95

His medical education ;uul diploma lie received from ihc University cl" Teun-

sylvania, at rhiladelphia, in -svliich c'.ty (after practicing medicine for two

years in Baltimore.) he settled in lS-17, liaving for his friends and counsellors,

Mr. Gilpin and Dr. Jolm W.Moore, the fricndsof his father and grandfather,

Dr. ]\[oore being a native of K-iston, \rary!and. He married on April

23rd, 1S17, Miss Hannah Ann Ihilloclc of" Pliiladelpliia, a lady whose

kind and gentle manners and lovely disposition won the liearrs and affection

of all who came under her iniluence. Tier death on A})ril T^th, ]S5S, was

deeply and sincei'Lly mourned by lier numerous friends and relatives. Îrs.

Chamherlainc's maternal relatives in Charleston, South Carolina, were of the

llrst families there, and the liayntons, Hazleluirsis and Whartons, of Phila-

delphia, were neaily related to her father's family. Of her four childreri but

two survived their mother, viz: Mary Ann Cliamberlaine and A)ine Ham-mond Chaniberlaine, unmarried, and living in Pliiladcljihia witli their

father, who, though he has not dropped the M.D., lu'.s, in a measure,

abandoned his profession and turned his attention to the culture of silk at

the Permanent Exhibition in that city. There was an old mulberry tree

at "Bonfleld," in the river field, that tells of the King's purpose to make

Maryland a silk manufacturing country, and only a few years back, rrot a

few of the gentlemen in the neighborhood, were persuaded by (lejieral

Tilghman to plant these trees to feed silk worms, believing that a fortune

could and would be made by them at some future day.

Rebecca Hollyday Chamberlaixe, eldest daughter of James Lloyd

and Anna Maria Hammond Chaniberlaine, was born at '•' Bontield," and

received from the best schools in AVilmington and Baltimore an education

that qualified her for instructing, on her return horn?, her 3'ounger brothers

and sisters i]i music and French and the usual English branches. At the

age of five years she could read well, and wrote a letter to her cousin, at Har-

vard, who forgot to redeem his pledge of a '•' new wax doll." Her health,

delicate from, her earliest years, debarred her from many pleasures in society,

where her ran- mental endowments and conversational powers made her a

general favorite.

James Lloyd, third son of James and Anna Maria Chaniberlaine,

bears his father's name, and wâs born on July oth, 3S30. An earnest

and scholarly man, he had the same careful training in the public schools

and at home th;it his brotliers had, and after spending two years at St.

James' College, near Hagerstown, Maryland, gi'aduated in 1850, at the Uni-

versity of Pennsylvania,

Ik^fore his boys k-ft ho)ne, their father, an exccllt-nt classical scholar,

had grounded them well in Latin and Ci^'ck, and they being perfectly familiar

with the rudiments of these languages, were fully prepared to enter higher

classes at college.

Wlien the Civil Wur broke out in 1801, Mr, Chamberluiue was among the

comparatively small number breasting the popular sentiment of lii.s native

\H\ CHAM15ERLA1NE FAMILY.

c-iimv (tlR'U ii^ favor of secession and a SouUu'ru League Covenant) against

allegiance to tlie constitutional government. llesi.>ting all entreaties to visit

his Jersey relatives, sec Lomlon and Paris, or travel througli tlic States, he

Si'ttled do'.vu (o farming, and in 1855 married liis cousin, ^liirgaret A. M.

Chaniherlaine, of '' C'lora's roint," and made liis home in that neigbhbor-

lioud until 1870, when obliged by delicate health to give up his farm, he

removed to Havre-dc-Grace, and being well qiudified as a teaclicr opened a

school there. Success did not attend him however, and aft?r a few mojiths

cpent in Fdkton, hn finall}'' removed his family to Baltimore. Of their seven

(•liildren, James Llo3'd, the eldest, died in Jâltimoro in 1870, and the

youngest, Sarah Lempriere, in her infancy at "AVavcrly,'' their home on the

Jvistern Shore. Their other children arc }\largaret Eobins, TIarry, Samuel,

Anna ]\Iaria and jNlarion Chamberlainc.

llKxr.TKTTA Maria, the fourth daughter of James Lloyd and Anna

Maria Hammond Chamberlaine, lias a riame traceable to family incident in

connection with Maryland social liistory through Captain James Xeale and

liis wife— their daughter being baptized by tliat name with special pernrission,j

as intimated herein, from the daugliter of llvnry IV. of France, and thei

wife of Cliarles 1. of Eiigland. . 1

Mary Ha^dioxd, the youngest daugliter of James IJojd and AnnaMaria ILimmond Chamberlaine, has her name from the dear cousin in Jer-

j

sey, who married a Mr. Brohier, and resembles her father more than anyj

other of his daughterc, Henrietta Maria being entirely Hammond in herj

appearance, and bearing no resemblance to the sister after whom she wasj

Jiamed.i

As genealogy grows irksome witliout some bearing on local history, it is{

as well to mention that in the attack made by the British on St. Michael's inj

1813, all who could carry arms, unlrained though they were, Avere obliged to i

be at their post and ready for anything tluit might happen. ]\Ir. Ciiamber-j

laine and .his brothers were not forgotten in the call to arms, and they, with

Mr. John Leeds Kerr and others, engaged with the enemy in a slight skir-|

mish near that town, which, ending in the defeat of the English, gave occasion|

to the compliment from their general, that he "found regulars when he|

<x})ectcd to meet only militia." One night "rockets" were said to be flyingj

in the air, and .so alarmed were the inhabitants, especially those near the tide-|

water (as the British barges were signaling e;icli other upon the Tred Avon i

for a night attack on the town), that all who had friends in Easton, tookj

refuge there tinder the protecting gun -^ of the village. Tlie family at "St.j

Aubin" sought protection with Mr. Kerr, and that visit v/as "indelliblyi

impressed on the mind of the (ddesc child (then a boy of four years old);j

ihe .sugar-candy general made by his cousin, "'Anna Hanimoiid,' being asj

w.'ll remeiubered in 1875 as when it came fresh from her hands." The full|

da-ss soldier, in uniform, could not have been Xapoleon, for the old gentle-;

•'^' '.!i, Mr. llajjimond, wouM not have endured any such I'^renchified political i

-lidjo!. i

ij ('!l.\Min:iJ!,AlNE-l!AMMONn. V)7

ii;! "At his residence, ' BonHeld,' on I'ooii';? creek and Treil Avon river, nenr <)xforv!, in

;.,Talbot countj'.Îaryland, on Mond:iy, Jruuiary t'tli, !.-^41, Jamp.s Lt.oyo CiTAMr.i:ui.\iNr,

i in the 59ili yeai of hi.s age."

IThe above notice in ilie county ])a))er.? caused deep aud sino-Te i-egret i<.>

Ithe many friends ^vhonl Îr, Chaniberhiine Imd '•' gnipi'led to his iieari uitli

':{ hook.5 of steel,' and tbe l'ollo\vi)i;; obituary, Avj-itten by one Avho loved and

'iik))e^v him v;el1, is not over-draMii, and accompanied (he record of liis death :

;' " Tliougli aloof from all public station, in wliicli jje was well Qualified Uirough early

^ training and diligent re.-feareli in pnbscquent life lo distinguish himself, this .ôntlcnian

I had earned (without seeking it) a repulalioa throughout the community that the most

;•) ambitious might do well to emulate.

•,; "lie united in an eminent, degree llie qualilie? of a strong mind with wit and .î^'in!

^ eloquence, and presented an example of a character that the younger lacn <,if our d ly arc

•^ bound to transmit unlmpaii-od, as a distinctive one.

i' "The Eastern Shore gentleman, Mr. Chamberlaine, was a graduate of rnnet.t''n

^ College, and among compeers and imniediato associates may be iV)und n<>t a few of tlie

I eminent men whose names have become ' familiar as household words ' on both shores (>:

IMaryland. Devote;ily attached to the Chnre.h (Protestant Episcopal), in comnuiniou with

Iwhich he lived, and firm in his pi_iliti':'al opinions (those of the Washington iichool), with

li sternness of iutcgritj' characterizing his every action, no one froui among us could, h iv>-

f.departed more generall}" respected and beloved.

I" His remains were deposited within the family I)urial-£round, cast i^f tlie h<>:nc-to.id,

'} on Thursday, the 18th, amid a concourse of his neighbors and friends.

4 "Amicum perdere est damnorum maximum."

JÂNO.M-F, January '2Tth, ISlt.

To Mrs. A. M. CnAMnEiiLAiNE:

In obedience to the instructi'Mi c mtained in them, 1 tran-mit to ycu tli'.; foll'-wii;::

resolutions, which were passed by the ]?oard of Trustees of the ?'Iiryland Agiicuitural

Society for the Eastern Shore, at a meeting held on tlie 25th instant.

"Jiexolrcd, That by the death of the late James Lloyd Chambcrlain:\ K-q .t'ai-^ 15 k>.v\

has lost a highly esteemed and greatly beloved member.

"/feso^m?,.That we sincerely condole and sympathize witli his berei vol widow an 1

children._ ,,

"lieôlrcd, Tiiat the Secretary transmit to his fimily a copy of tlio.-;e re<ilutionr-."

With groat respect and legard.

Your friend and obedient servant,

M. TlbGlLMAN GOLDSBOKOUCUJ, ^ccretury.

Of all the descendants of James and Ann (i randy l.loyd in .Icscent from

Edward Lloyd, tlie Puritan, not one had more qiialitie.? of head and li.art

than James Lloyd Chainbevlaine. Jle was much given to general reading

and those -who merely enjoyed his com})any and were made clnertul nnd.r

his quiet luimor, little suspected how well adapted he was to make liin.--di a

favored guest at "Abbotislbrd" willi Sir Walter Scott, or at ">unny>.d./

with AVaslungton Irviug. No cue was b.lter prepared f^n- th- n.te.rhang.-

of social reHnod life ^viih parallels between current evej.ls o( the day anu

hour, and the more point'^d hits from Cervantes or Le Sage and the kadmn

V-- ;-! '

98 CHAMBEKLAINE FAMILY.

English ]im))()rists. All v.ho apprceiuicd hi.s range of inklligonce so well

understood by those of his day, personiiUy expressed their regrets that he

could not he induced to give recollections of his own times, reviving incidents

and facts in connection M'ith social history of Talbot county.

"There are three deaths indellibly impressed on my memory, my uncle's on January

15, 1S4-1; my father's on B^bruary 21, ISii: aiul r.iy boy's on January 28, lSo7. Not a

da}' has passed for years that the memories of them do not well up, and while I have no

belief in modern spiritualism, there is a moral beauty in the poetical idea made by the

followers of Swedenborg an article of religious fuitli.

"When, on one occasion, I ascended the Volcano of Water, in Gautamala, and

reached a point Jtbove the clouds on one side of the mountain, the exhilaration became a ;

joy. In m3' mind's eye my father was there; my uncle, wiiom I valued as the ' qold of i

Ophir' FDoken of in Job, and I would not for the world have V)een without my loved j

fj lend and cla?.srna'e, Charles II Tilshman." i

I

"^\heu Heaven so kindly sets us tree,j

And earth's enchantments end,j

It takes the most effectual means i

And robs us of a friend."!

After Mr. Chamberlaine's death, in ISil, everything being left in liis

wife's hands, the farm was kept up under her supervision and that of her

son's, aided by the wise counsel of one who, being often a})pealcd to and

frequently deciding contested points, was called by tlic junior members of

the family "Our Delphic Oracle." under the skilful hands of Mr. Ker-

cheval, the Euglish gardener, tlie grounds were laid out and the lawn inter-

spersed with ornamental and shade trees, whicli took off, in some degree, tlie

stiffness of the Lombardy poplars, aristocratic and time-lionored though

they be.

T])e orcha.rds, under }tlr. Kercheval's care, yielded abundant fruit, straw-

berries, raspberries, watermelons and canteloup..'S sprung up abnost at his

bidding. 'J'lie creek and river were not backward in their gifts of oysters,

crabs, terrapins, sheepsljead and other fish; even porpoises paid frequent

visits to these waters. A shark was reported to have '• touched the shore at

Clora's Point,"' and a river liorse was caught at ''Belleville'." This last,

after fighting for dear life, Avas conquered and slain and brought home in

Mr. "s liail being only a few inclies long, thougli "looki)ig every incii a

iiorsc," with fnis like a fish.

During these years the homestead was in its prime, atid '-the life there,"

iri (he v.ords of one of its guests, (who in reading of English country life,

,''many a time called up the picture of that, at ' J>onfield, '"'*') "was one of

liigh breeding and culture, v.ithout the pretention and effort at display so

common .now with pco],'Ie of means."' Everything combined to make this

second Americaij liomcstead (the fourth in the family for eight centuries),

"a joy forever." It is desolate and forsaken now, but the memory of those

)Kis;t Joys, will be ever ^rcvn in our hearis—'"mournful, yet id'-asant to the

soul."

C1IAM13ERLA1XJ-: FAMILY. '.ID

A 3'(.!;ir ;i!'tor tin.' ik';itli (>r Mr?. Cluiniljcihune, in js:).-j, t];vi-c was a gt'inral

broakiug-up and RCattcring of tlic family. "Jl'iclielor's Point Fiokl'" iw/A ihr••' ^\'oocVs k'ic-ld ' were sold to Mr. Emerson and Mr. "Willis, and liie fnnil}

retained the middle portiun, containing the lields towai-ds O.xlurd and imi

Tred Avon river, incduding the thieket (.f ]iines and the Mnnsiosi llonsi-.

This tiiird and last portion -was S(dd in 1S70, l)nt r.ut out of t),--

family, l)r. Chaniberlaine, of Easton, being the purchaser.

The burial ground, at the back of the garden, -was first o[iened in IM i to

receive the remains of our gr.mdfailier, .Samuel Chamberlaine. Our grand-

niotacr rests uot beside her IiusIuukI, but Avith her great grandehibhi-;i in

the little cliapel yard at " BroolclanJ,"' and near her slc-ej^s Auut JI.i:ri> !.

Andei'son. Two sons, Kicluird Lloyd (1S30) and Samuel (18:3<;), :n,d luo

dauglilerS; May and ir(>nriei!a ]\Iaria, lie uear their fallier at •' HonlleUl,*' ako

his eldest sou, James Lloyd (1S44), and liis Avife, Anna r^laria llanunoiid.

and their eldest son and daughter, Nicholas and Ilenrietl-a Maria C'ii-'ri;-

berlaine. Mrs. Samuel Chamberlaine, of "C'lora's roint," is the:

her husband and her sou-in-law, 'Mr. George A. Thomas. All

" Re^t in thu promise of Ilis gracious word,

To rise in tlie likeness of their n:lorious Head."

"And these were merciful men whose righteousness iiuth uot been fnrôltcn. WeJ;

their seed shall remain a good inheritance, and their children arc within t!io C\>v(i"i.'i:it.

Their seed standeth fust and their children for their sakcs ; their seed shall U'le.iiin :»ti<!

their glory shall not be l)l()tted out; their bodies are buried in peace, but thtir un:'.:':

livcth for evermore; the people will lei of their wisdom and the con.^rcga'ion w'lU sh.>-A

forth their praise."— £'ct'fec<.

THE END.

I N D E X

Akleii, Juhi!

Aldridge, Amlrew, .

Alfriend, Phinoas, .

Anderson, William,

BacoD, Hov. Tiioma?, . 20,?

Bennett, Kichard,

jHibby, Jolm, ....Bowie, Hex. .lohn, .

"Bunfield," ....Bozinan, J. Leeds, .

Bradford, Moses,

Bryan, AVilliam S., .

Bacliaîan, Hon. Thomas,

Clianiberlaine Genesis, .

Chaniberlaine, Edward, .

Cliamberlainc, JanK-s Lloyd, .

Cliamberlaine, Tiiomas, .

Cliamberlaino, Eobins, .

Cliamberluine, Samuel, . . i

Clarkson, Rt. Rev. Robert IL,

Cliftord, Captain,

CoUinson, Peter,

Coburn, William H.,

Co) respond ence,

Dal), John R., ....Davis, ]!}llwood,

DeCoiu-cy, "Wilhani 11., .

Dyer, !^Lary, ....Dune, John Ilayney,

Ivtile, Thomas Chamb-vvIaiiiC,

Karlc,IIon. Richard Tilghman,

Earie, lion. James T.,

Earle, Richard TEarle, (leorgc C, .

Ivnle, Dr. John C, .

I'arlc, SanmeKI".,

Forman, Joseph,

Gul'lsborough, Hon. Henry H.,

Goldsljoro'Jirh, liev. Robert W.,

Goldsborongh, Rev. Robert Lloyd

Gr)ldsborouc:h, John,

Gall ,Lu\iM

Vage.j

INDEX.

Tage,

LooLkcrnuui, Thcodoie U.,

U? X^^ ja.

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