Side-Lights Maryland History With Sketc of Early Maryland Families

PREFACE

TE E genealogicalsketches of Maryland families, whichwere originally published serially in the Baltimore Sun,

didnot aimto bemore than was implied by the title of“Side- Lights. Because of the impracticability of pub

liebing the English lineages of such as were connectedin the same volume withmany not identified, the authorhas limited the recordin each case to the Maryland beguning of the family, reserving the families whose foreignorigin is proven for publication in a future volume.

The sketcheswithout the references given in Part I of

nizing, however, the scientific value of exact genealogicalresearch, the writer has, in Part II of this volume, set aprecedent by which she hopes to raise the standard of all

genealogicalpublications to the same degree of ex actness,by including every reference to liber andfolio in the public records, in support of each link in the chain of descent.

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Baltimore,Maryland, 1913.

IN THE ATTIC

See how she stands, with tiptoeing grace,Peering for glimpse of her smallroguish face !Goldcurls a- tangle, blue eyes a- flame,Fair , very fair , is the gay little dame.

Grandmamma 's slippers, high - heeled, bronze brown,

Peep in andout neath the stifi silken gown;Plump little shoulders, dimpledandbare,Gleam’midthe oldlace, softly andfair .

Leghorn poke- bonnet , wondrous chapeaulMade to bewilder the oldfashionedbeau,Out fromthe depths of its soft satin sheen,

Smiles the smallmaiden, proudas a queen.

Back fromthemirror primly she stands,Grandmamma’

s gloves on hermischievous hands;See how she waves the fan of rare lace,

Hiding, now showing her bright saucy face!

Ah , there she curtsies stately andslow,

To the loomandthe wheel, bows proudly andlow;Now she steps forth in the graveminuet ,Twirls on her toes in a wildpirouettel

The oldlooking-

glass in itsdimgildedframe,Reflects on the pranks of the gay little dameWho is playing

“grown lady

” in Grandmamma’s gownWhile nurse is away, andMamma is in town.

It hangs o’er a chest filledwith dainty antiques,

Such as combs for the hair androuge for the cheeks,Oldlaces andsilkswith short pufiy waists,Mantillas, face- patches, andruby lippastes.

By a belle they were worn, fair, Winsome andtall,When plumedfor conquest , at party andball,Now curious they look, these Grandmamma’s clothes,On the smallmaidcareering on gracefultiptoes.

But the oldlooking- glass no tale wille’er tell

On the fun- lovingmaiden, this century’s belle,For it never has tolda secret it learned,When it hung

’twix t the tapers its proudlady burned.

Not a wordof the smiles fromFortune’s fair pet ,Not a hint of the tears fromeyes oftenwet ;80 dance littlemaiden, in Grandmamma’s gown,For nurse is away, andMamma is in town!

Enema Dons“ Rionaanson.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPaul a PAGI

Sir George C alvert, First LordBaltimoreRebecca Plater .

Mrs. Thomas Beall.

Silver of Benedict LeonardC alvert

Mt . Airy, Home of Benedict LeonardC alvert

C ontee Silver, HallMark 1737 - 39

Coat of Arms of ColonelGeorge Gale

GeneralMordecai GistHanson C oat of Arms .

Alexander C ontee Hanson

Augustin HermanMadamAugustin HermanFrancis Scott Key .

Facsimile of the First PrintedCopyix

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Kingston, Home of the King FamilyKeene Coat of ArmsHonorable EdwardLloydof Wye, wife anddaugh ter

Graveyardat Wye.

Neale Coat of ArmsJacobite Ring ShowingMiniature of King Charles IMourning Ring of Dr . Henry StevensonMiniature Ring of Williamina SmithAMonstrance, A SacredRelic .

Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson

Governor WilliamPacaSotterley, Home of the Plater FamilyGovernor George Plater

Plowden C oat of Arms .

Hampton, Home of the Ridgely FamilyThomas C oat of Arms .

Dr . Ph ilip ThomasJane C ontee Hanson ThomasOakdale, AncestralEstate of Governor EdwinWarfield

Williamson C oat of Arms. .

OldSt . Paul’s C hurch , Kent C ounty

C olonialHeirlooms of Key andSteele FamiliesThomas Stone, Signer of the DeclarationAutographs of Seventeenth C entury, C olonial

Mrs. Thomas EarleBurgess andMoore,Mansion at New London Town

Richardson C oat of ArmsShelf C lock and Silver Drinking Cups of C olonel WilliamStevens Family Heirlooms 440

SIDE-LIGHTS ONMARYLANDHISTORYVOLUME II- PART I

ADDISON

Colonel John Addison emigrated to Maryland in the

year 1667, and it is not surprising to findone who had

been reared in the family which had contributedmanyeminent divines to the Church of England choosing hiswifefromamong the daughters of the first clergyman of the

charming widow, Rebecca Dent. But , while evidentlyh olding sacred the associations of his early life, we findC olonel John Addison high in the offices of state ratherthan of church, and leading the Colonialmilitia in theIndian outbreaks whichmade troublows the early daysofThemany offices of dignity and trust conferred upon

ColonelJohn Addison included that of Presiding, or ChiefJustice of Charles County andmember of theirMajestiesCouncil. He was, however, the leading spirit in the old

St. John’s Parish, and contributedmaterially toward

the Broad Creek Church, of which his grandson was thebeloved rector in later years.

Colonel John Addison was a believer in liberal education andwas a generous subscriber to, and one of the

trustees of King William’s School. During a visit toEngland ColonelAddison died, in the year 1705, leaving

2 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'ronrLike his father , Thomas Addison became one of themostimportantmen of his day as amember of the Counciland colonel of the Colonialmilitia . He was one of the

visitors of the free schools appointed by the RoyalGovernor, and as the proprietor of the Addisonmanor dispensed a hospitality whichmade Ox on Hill one of thenotable great houses of that day. The lady of themanorwas the high- born Elizabeth Tasker , daughter of Honorable Thomas Tasker,member of the Council, Justice of

the High Provincial Court andTreasurer of Maryland .

By hismarriage with Elizabeth Tasker Colonel ThomasAddison hadtwo daughters, Rebecca andEleanore, bothof whommust have been unusually charming, for wefindthat Rebecca, the elder daughter , was twice a bride,while her sister , the fair Eleanore, was four times ledtothe altar .

Rebecca Tasker Addisonmarried, first , James Bowlesandleft descendants. Upon the death ofMr. Bowles thehandsome young widow waswooed andwon by HonorableColonelGeorge Plater, andbecame themistress of Sotterley, famous stillmore for the elegance of its interiorfinish than for itswide- reaching domain.

Through her marriage with Colonel George PlaterRebecca Addison became the ancestress ofmany distinguishedmen and notable women of Maryland and

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Virginia . Her eight granddaughters, the daughters of

Rebecca Plater andHonorable Colonel John Tayloe, 2d,of Mount Airey, Virginia,married themost distinguishedmen of their day. Elizabeth Tayloemarried HonorableColonel Edward Lloyd, 4th , of Wye House. RebeccaPlater Tayloe became the wife of Francis Lightfoot Lee,brother of Honorable RichardHenry Lee Ann Corbin

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4 sins-moms ON MARYLANDms'ronrRebecca Dulaney, became first the bride of Thomas Addison, Jr. andsecond of Captain Thomas Hanson.

Thomas Addison andhis wife, Rebecca Dulaney, livedin great state at Ox on Hill anddrove a coach and fourwith liveried outriders, as did the Platers, of Sotterley,and others of that day. The children of thismarriagewere Rev . Walter Dulaney Addison, whomarried Elizapbeth Dulaney Hesselius JohnAddison, whomarried SarahLeitch Mary Addison, the wife of Samuel RidoutThomas Addison,

whose bride was Henrietta Maria Pass ,

andHenry Addison, whomarriedMartha Claggett.In amemoir of Rev . Walter Dulaney Addison, pub

lishedby his grandaughter, Elizabeth Hesselius Murray,upon the one hundredth anniversary of his ordination,the author says : The oldest parish record spoken of

is Piscataway, or Broad Creek, parish, called St. John’s,

Prince George’s County, contiguous to the Potomac and

Piscataway Creek, dated January 30, 1693. It containsthe name of John Addison, Privy Councilor. His grandson Henry was rector of St. John’

s for thirty years. He

was educated at Ox ford, and in the comer of a quaintold portrait of himin the possession of the family is a

scroll containing the picture of his college. His parishwould have no other rector during his life. A later descendant , Walter Dulaney Addison, became rector in theyear 1801. The oldBible andprayer book

‘used by Rev .

Henry Addison in this church are still preserved in thefamily. In themis written : ‘Presented tome by thehonored Lady,my Mother . Hismother was EleanoreSmith

,daughter of ColonelWalter Smith.

Like somany notable oldmansions which stood asmonuments to the stately life of the Colonial period,

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Ox on Hill was burned to the ground a few years ago.

In the Baltimore Sun of February 7, 1895, we findthefollowing Another one of Maryland’s historicmansions has been destroyed . The spacious dwelling on Ox onHill, overlooking the Potomac , oppositeAlex andria, caughtfire last night andwas left a wreck by the flames at daybreak thismorning. Thismansion has long been one

of the landmarks of the neighborhood of Washington,and with Mount Vernon, Belvoir and Carlisle Housemade up the notedmansions of the neighborhood inColonialdays.

Although Ninian Beall is said to have come fromFifeshire

,my own researches incline to the Stirlingshire idea ,

in which was situated the Parish of St. Ninian.

In Stirlingshire we find the Rock of Dumbarton, thename given by Ninian Beall to one of his Marylandestates, while one of the earliest to his patents was for atract called Ringan. The saintly personage fromwhomour Scotch Indian fighter took his name was Ninian, orThe battle of Dunbar , in which Ninian Beallis reputedto have fought against Cromwell, was the firstmeetingof the opposing armies in Stirling. Cromwell sought theadvantage of the coast, with its shipping, while Leslie,with his army, of which Ninian Beall was probably a

leading spirit, was on the Hillof Doon above him. Downthis bill of doom, rather, Leslie led his army to capturethe wily Cromwell, whomhe believed to have been delivered into his hands, but the rout at Dunbar is amatter ofhistory and the escape ofmany of the adherents of the

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faith to the peaceful province of religious freedomis wellknown. In a land deed ex ecuted by Ninian Beallin 1667he introduces a vein of wit and jollity not ex pected in a

sober Scotch Presbyterian self- ex iled fromhis country.

In this recorded deed he refers to himself as “ofme thesaid Ringing Bell, probably his nickname. He signedthe deed Ninian Bell. He arrived in the Province soonafter the year 1650

,some students of his life saying by

way of Barbadoes andothers direct fromScotland. He

perpetuated the association andevents of his life in thenames given his lands, Soldier’s Fortune, Fife Enlarged,Ringan, Rock of Dumbarton andothers, while Bachelor

’s

Choice was not appropriate after hismarriage to RuthMoore, of Calvert County, aged about six teen.

The fact that he soon became a leader in themilitaryaffairs of the Province indicates that he had ex periencein thesematters. In the year 1676 he was commissionedlieutenant of Lord Baltimore’s yacht or vessel of warr

called the Loyall Charles of Maryland,

”of which the

famous John C oode was commander. He took an activepart in the revolution of 1689, ledby Goode, who, it issaid, called Major Ninian Beall his “Argyll,

”after the

great Scotch Covenantor. While this revolution resulteddisastrously for some of the leaders, he was appointedby the first RoyalGovernor to the high post of honor ofChief Military Officer for Calvert County. In the year1689 the Assembly hadreappointed Ninian Beallasmajorof the Calvert Countymilitia, andin 1690 he was one ofthe twenty- five commissioners for regulating afi

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airs in

Maryland until the nextmeeting of the Assembly.

In 1692 Ninian Beall was appointed High Sheriff of

Calvert County. The year following he is designated


8 sins-momON MARYLANDms'rORYCertain it is that he served the church as loyally as he

didthe State, but fromhis own religious standpoint.Asmember of the Assembly in 1699 he signed the peti

tion to King WilliamIII for the establishment of theChurch of England in Maryland, although he was a Presbyterian elder, andfive years later gave half an acre of

land in Prince George’s County to

.Nathaniel Taylor,

the eminent Scotch divine, for ye erecting andbuildingof a house for ye service of Almighty God, that parcelof land being a part of a tract called ye Meadows, lyingon ye western branch of the Patux ent River in PrinceGeorge

’s County.

It is therefore evident that Colonel Beall never te

nouncedhis Presbyterian faith, but simply wished to aid

in the establishment of a Protes tant as opposed to a Catholic supremacy.

Ninian Beall, in his deed of gift for the site of an earlyPiesbyterian Church 111 Maryland,made a number of hiskinsman trustees. These were Ninian Beall, Jr ThomasBeall, Sr., andThomas Beall, Jr . , James Beall, CharlesBeall, Alexander Beall, Archibald Edmonston, WilliamOfiutt andothers.

Colonel Ninian Beall is supposed to be the person

referred to by ThomasWilson, the Quaker preacher , who,writing of his trip through Maryland in 1691, says :

“As

we were traveling wemet twomen, one of whombeingan ancient comelyman kindly invitedus to his house,where we stayed two nights andhadameeting, thoughhe was an elder among the Presbyterians. He also lenta boat to go over the Potomac River .

Dr . Briggs, in the“American Presbyterian says,

“the

Presbyterians on the Patux ent were kept together by

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their godly elder C ol. Ninian Beall, fromthe time of

Mathew Hilluntil the arrival of NathanielTaylor, who,it is said, came over with a congregation of Scots fromFifeshire in 1690.

Colonel Ninian Beall lived to be ninety- two years of

age. That he was aman of rare breadth of vision hischarity to allmen bears witness.

He was buried on his home plantation andwhen inrecent years his remains were dug up, owing to the growt hof Georgetown where his home was situated, it was foundthat he was six feet seven inches tall, andhis Scotch red

hair hadretained all of its fiery hue.

That Ninian Beall was aman of wealth is shown bythe large estates devised in his will to his children and

grandchildren,many thousands of acres of Maryland’smost fertile soil being left to his heirs. His son, ColonelGeorge Beall, inherited a part of the tract granted toColonelNinian Beall, by the name of Rock of Dumbarton,which hadbeen bestowed by Charles Lord Baltimore as

of ourmanor of Calverton in free and common soccageby fealty only for allmanner of services, etc.

Georgetown was built on a large part of this tract.

Its second proprietor, Colonel George Beall,marriedElizabeth Brooke, the daughter of ColonelThomasBrookeandhis second wife, Barbara Dent, andthe great- granddaughter of Robert Brooke, of De la Brooke, and his

wife, Mary Baker.

Ninian Beall, Jr ., son of Colonel Ninian, was deadat the time of his father’s death in 1717. He hadmarriedElizabeth Magruder, by whomhe left a son, Samuel,anda daughter , Mary, largely provided for in their grand

10 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYfather’s willwho directed that they be carefully broughtup and have that education suitable to their estate.

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Two of ColonelNinianBeall’sdaughtersmarriedMagruders, anothermarried a Belt anda third an Edmonston.

Most of the alliances of his children andgrandchildrenwere with the Scotch who had settled in that part ofPrince George

’s County called New Scotland. Among

somany notable lines of descent it is difi cult to discriminate in the favor of any, hence the choicemust be givento that branch which has a national interest by reasonof themarriage of Eliza Beall, great- grandaughter of

ColonelNinian Beall, to ColonelGeorge CorbinWashington, a son of WilliamAugustineWashington andhis wife,Jane (Washington)Washington, who was also his cousin,

being the daughter of JohnAugustineWashington, brotherof GeneralGeorge Washington, while her husband was ason of Augustine Washington, the older half- brother of

the first President of the United States. Although bornin Virginia (Westmoreland County), ColonelWashington,

whomarried Eliza Beall, adopted Maryland as his homeandrepres ented the Montgomery County district in threesuccessive terms of Congress. He died in Georgetown inthe year 1854.

The children of this couple of distinguished lineage

were LewisWilliamWashington, who was born at Georgetown, D. C. Hemarried Miss Mary Ann Bartoll, of

Baltimore, and had by her George Corbin Washington,who died young ; James BarrollWashington, whomarriedMrs. Jane Bretney Lanier Cabell, andwhose daughtersareMrs. Henry Irvine Keyser andMrs. E. Glenn Perine,of Baltimore, and whose son is W. Lanier Washington,


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Joseph Sprigg Beltmarried Sarah Burgess, ofWestphalia,descendant of the distinguished Colonel, who in open as

sembly was pronounced “one of the great gods of the

earth l John Belt, the elder brother of Colonel Joseph

Belt,married a Miss Laurence, while his younger brother,Benjamin, who inherited Belt’s Prosperity for his portion,found his bride in another county than that of his birthplace.

The second Colonel Joseph , who was old enough tofigure in the ColonialIndian wars, aswellas in the Revolutionary struggle, took to wife Miss Smith, descendantofmany early worthies whose patriotic acts are the prideof their present day descendants. In an olddeed JohnDorsey, of Baltimore County, gives to my son, JohnDorsey, who is about to

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marry Mary Belt,my booksmarkedC. D. This was in the early part of the eighteenth cen

tury, andshows an alliance of the Belts with another ofoldAnne ArundelandBaltimore County stock.

But while the Belts, who were so proud of their Scotchorigin, didlargely intermarry with those of the same ilk,the question of nationality didnot weigh where love wasconcerned, and hence it is not surprising to findAnneBelt the wife of BasilBrashears, a descendant of the earlyHuguenot refugee of 1658.

Other alliances of the Belts with prominent familieswere with the Harwoods, Spriggs, Barrisses, Watkinses,

Warings, Murdocks, Dyers andBowies.

The children of Joseph Sprigg Belt andSarah Burgesswere both enlisted in their country’s service. They wereColonel Charles Richard Belt, United States Army, andCaptain WilliamJoseph Belt, United States Navy.

WilliamJoseph Beltmarried Ellen Ursula Bowie, a

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daughter of John Bowie andCatherine Hall, of PleasantProspect , andhad ten children. WilliamJ Belt was an

ardent Mason andtook the degree of RoyalAr ch on theIsland of Malta in 1822 .

13mmRichard Bennett was sent to America as his father’s

amember of the House of Burgesses there in the year1629. In 1642 we findhimamember of the Council ofVirginia and Governor under Parliament from1652 to1655. Prior to this (1649- 50) he had left Virginia withthe Puritans and settled at Greenberry Point. He was

not long , however , in taking ship for England andprovedhimself a diplomat by keeping on good terms with the

erning class, Cromwell saw to it that two of the cleverestof oldEngland

’s sons should be his allies in his attempt

to subdue the colonies. Therefore, in 1651 Parliamentappointed Richard Bennett andWilliamClaiborne Comtheir due obedience to the Commonwealth of England.

This was finally accomplished on March 29, 1652, whenGovernor Stone was deposed andsix commissioners wereappointed by Bennett andClaiborne to govern Marylandin the name of Parliament. Later in the same year Richard Bennett and Edward Lloyd concluded a treaty of

peace with the fierce Susquehanna Indians, by which they

Richard Bennett returned to the first home of his adop

14 sins-mum‘s ON MARYLANDms'rORYtion and wasmade Governor at once, which office hefilled for several years. In 1655 he was sent fromVirginia to England as Colonial agent, andlater wasmademajor- general of the Virginiamilitia .

Governor Bennett, according to the best authorities,married Ann Utis, daughter of Colonel John Utie, of theVirginia Council, and had three children—Richard Bennett, the second, Elizabeth andAnn. Of these, ElizabethBennettmarried Colonel Charles Scarborough, son of

andhad a daughter , Ann Scarborough, who became thebride ofMajor George Parker , the eldest son of CaptainGeorge Parker, Gent., High Sherifi

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of Accomac County,Virginia. Ann Bennett, daughter of Governor RichardBennett andAnn Utie,married Theoderick Bland, Speakerof the Virginia House of Burgesses andmember of the

Council, 1659- 1666. He owned the great estatesof Berkeley andWestover, andwas buried at the latter in the year1671

Rict Bennett, second son of Governor Bennett, wasclosely identified with the ofi cial andsocial life of Maryland, where, as one of the court circle, he naturallymetand as naturally loved the charming Henrietta Maria

Neale, daughter of thatmost picturesque Colonialgentleman, Captain James Neale, the confidential friend and

agent of the King andDuke of York.

Henrietta Maria Neale is one of themost interestingfigures in the history of ColonialMaryland. Named forthe beautiful young Queen for whomMaryland was

named—the recipient of jewels fromthe royal hand,which have descended to the present day—she was herself a queen among women.

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Richard Bennett, who, with hisMaryland bride, settledat Bennett’s Point, Queen Anne

’s County,met with a

tragic death , being drowned when in the prime of life,leaving a beautifulyoung widowwith two children,

RichardBennett the third, who became the richestman in America,and Susan Bennett, the wife, first of John Damall, andsecondly, of ColonelHenry Lowe, the Sherifi of St. Mary’s

The lovely widow was not destined to a life of solitude,asmanymoons were not allowed to elapse before theHonorable Colonel Philemon Lloyd , of Wye House, laidhis fortune at her feet and soon had the proud pleasureof installing her asmistress of his fair estates on the

banks of theWye. Here her name is perpetuated as themother of as noble a race ofmen andas lovely a group ofwomen as ever served their country or graced a home.

Her tomb in the cemetery at Wye House bears the folHenrietta Maria Lloyd, shee that now takes her rest

within’t , hadRachel

’s face and Leah’s truth, Abigail

’s

wisdom, Lidia’s faith, with Martha’

s care andMary’swho died the 2lst day ofMay, Anno Domini 1697, aged50yearsand months 23days, towhosememory Richarddedicated this tomb.

This was erected by her son, Richard Bennett, third,son of her first husband. This accounts for the fact thatthe armorialshield on her tomb has the Bennett andNealeRichard Bennett, third, sailed across the blue waters

of the Chesapeake andup the Patux ent to Rousby Hallto claimthe fair hand of Elizabeth Rousby, daughter ofColonelJohn Rousby, first, andhiswife, Barbara Morgan,

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daughter of the distinguished Colonial official, JudgeHenry Morgan. Later her niece became the wife of Honorable Edward Lloyd, third, ofWyeHouse,Talbot County.

The descendants of Governor Richard Bennett are

numerous in both Maryland and Virginia, through thechildren of Susanna Bennett DamallLowe. InMarylandare the Lowes, Digges, Halls, Claggets and others. In

Virginia the Parkers, Lees, Blands andothers.

BLADEN

Honorable WilliamBladen came to Maryland in 1690,

of eminent ability is very certain fromthe fact that heat once became active in public afiairs. Two years afterhis arrival, when but twenty- one years old, the Houseof Burgesses awarded him1600 pounds of tobacco forhis services as clerk. Later in the same year young Bladenwas allowed in the levy 4000 pounds of tobacco for transscribing copies of the laws, andin 1693he, with CaptainJohnDavis andWilliamAisquith , was appointed deputyto apprehend, seize and take into custody Colonel PeterSayer and Thomas Smith, of Talbot County, for con

For a while Honorable WilliamBladen seemed to haverivaled themodern clubwoman in hismany offices. In

1695 we find himclerk of the House of Burgesses; onDecember 12, 1696, hemade oath that he was then clerkof the House of Burgesses, clerk of St. Marie

’s County

andclerk of generalindictments in PrinceGeorge’sCounty,while just one year later he gave bond for £500 as C ol

lector of the Port anddistrict of Annapolis, with Charles

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In 1698 he was Surveyor andDeputy Collector of theport ; the nex t year or two NavalOfi cer andSurveyor of

In 1701 Nathaniel Blackistone, Royal Governor of

Maryland, appointed Honorable WilliamBladen Secretary of the Province. OnMay 8, 1702, he was commissionedAttomey-Generalandin 1704 he was Clerk of the

In addition to his civil omoce WilliamBladen was a

vestryman of oldSt. Anne’s Church, Annapolis. In the

year 1708 Queen Anne appointed Honorable WilliamBladen one of the first Aldermen for the City of Annapolis.

But this high and important Colonial official upon hisarrival in Maryland hadlived first in St. Mary’s County

patented to Thomas Comwaleys in the year 1639. It wasin St. Mary

’s that hemet , wooed andwon young Anne

Van Swearingen, daughter of the notable Gerret VanSwearingen, of St. Mary’s County , a native of Hollandandsaid to have been of noble lineage.

The removal of the capital fromthe City of St. Mary’sto the Port of Annapolis accounts for the change of resi

figured in ofi cial life, and this it was, no doubt, thatresulted in HonorableWilliamBladen’

s removal fromSt.Mary’s County. His name is associated with the immrtant work of compiling the first laws of Maryland into one

The children of the Honorable WilliamBladen andhis

Anne Bladen in 1711 became the wife of Honorable

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two years andacting Governor from1752 to 1753. Theirdescendants include some of themost notablemen in thehistory of Maryland.

The second child andeldest son of Honorable WilliamBladen andAnne

,his wife, was Thomas Bladen, Governor

of Maryland from1742 to 1747. Governor ThomasBladen was sent to England to be educated, like the otheryoung swells of his day. Before his return hemarriedBarbara Janssen, daughter of Sir Theodore Janssen, of

Wimbledon, Surrey, and Low Layton, Essex , the ladybeing sister- in- law to Charles, fifth Lord Baltimore. Dur

ing his administration as Governor , Thomas Bladen con

cluded a treaty with the Six Nations Indians by whichthe Province of Maryland secured the peaceable possession of a large portion of her territory lying along thePotomac andSusquehanna Rivers. It being also stipu

lated in the treaty that the Nanticoke Indians should bepermittedto leave the Eastern Shore andsettle where theSix Nations should appoint, which they subsequently did.

Governor Bladen returned to England in the year 1747and afterward represented several constituencies in Parb

liament . His daughter Harrietmarried WilliamCapell,fourth Earl of Essex , March 3, 1767.

BLACKISTON

Nehemiah Blackiston, the first of his name to figure inthe stirring religious and political life of the Province, issupposed to have come over with his uncle, as in the yearfollowing, 1669, he is recorded as havingmarried ElizabethGerard, the daughter of Dr . Thomas Gerard, Lord of

St. Clement’sManor andmember of his Lordship’s Council. As he didnot enter his claimfor land rightsdue for


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transporting himself andothers until 1674, it is probablethat he wished to be as little in evidence as possibleuntilthings hadsubsided in England, as a son of the Regi

cide Judge Blakiston.

Fromthis time until his death , Colonel NehemiahBlakiston was one of themost conspicuous andimportantmen in the Palatinate Government. In the year 1676 hewas commissioned one of the attorneys of the ProvincialCourt; a few years later the responsible omce of Collectorof His Majesty’s Customs for Wiccocomico andPotomacRivers (1685) was bestowed upon him. It was not longafter this that the religious frenzy which was revolu

tionizing England rose to fever heat inMaryland and

an association formed for the defense of the Protestantreligion and for asserting the rights of King Williamand Queen Mary to the Province of Maryland. Thiswas the beginning of the Protestant revolution in Maryland, in which John Coode was ringleader , with suchmenas Colonel Nehemiah Blakiston, Colonel Ninian Beall,ColonelHenry Jowles andMajor John Campbell as ableseconds. We all are familiar with their attack upon thecapital of St. Mary’s, which resulted in the surrender ofthe Council and the lord Baltimore’

s Government, thearticles being drawnupandsigned atMattapany August 11689, by which the revolutionists were given possessionof the Province andassumed complete control.They at once issued the now historic Declaration of

the Protestant Associators and proceeded to organizetheir own government. Colonel Nehemiah Blakiston, ofLongworth Point, was chosen president andlater receiveda vote of thanks fromtheMaryland Assembly, September4, 1689, for his valuable services to the success of the

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revolution. It is interesting to note in passing that John

Dr . Thomas Gerard, who, as the friend of Josias Fendallin the revolution of 1659, lost his Maryland estates. Itis quite evident fromthis strong combination of familyconnections thatmuch of the opposition to the LordBaltimore government arose in the households of these repreIn the year 1691 we findColonelNehemiah Blakiston

receiving a commission as Chief Justice of the High Provincial Court, in which year he was also Speaker of the

Council of Maryland, andupon the arrival of Sir LionelCOpely, RoyalGovernor of the Province andChief Justiceof the Provincial Court, Colonel Blakiston continuedas one of the Justices andmember of the Council.He died in the year 1693, leaving his widow,

althoughtwenty- four years a wife, still young andattractive, forbetween the years 1693and1713 this charming daughterof the Lord of St. Clement Manor became twice a brideandfor the third time a widow.

Governor Nathaniel Blakiston, the nephew of ColonelNehemiah, who was himself Deputy Governor of theProvince on one occasion

,succeeded Governor Francis

Nicholson in the year 1698- 99. In the same year he isrecorded as admitted free of the Merchant Adventurer’sCompany of London.

” He served as Governor only twoyears, resigning this important office on account of ill

health, andreturned to England, where he remained. His

sister Rachelmarried Major Edward Nott, Deputy Govcruor of Berwick, who is referred to asGovernor NathanielBlakiston

’s brotherin- law in a letter written by James

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Blair, dated January 6, 1714. The names of Nott

(spelled, however , with the K) andBlakiston appearedtogether in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, where the

leading families intermarried so frequently, as was theirhabit in the counties of oldEngland.

Longworth’

s Point was the home of ColonelNehemiahBlakiston in Maryland and descended in direct line formany generations. The lands possessed by himin rightof his wife, Elizabeth Gerard, included St. Clement’sIsland, the Plymouth Rock of Maryland, which was patented to Dr . Thomas Gerard as a part of St. Clement’sManor in the year 1639.

BRENT

On November 22, 1638, there arrivedin MarylandMr .

Foulk Brent andMr . Giles Brent, accompanied by theirsisters, Margaret andMary Brent, anda large number ofservants. The first entry of a patent for town lands on

the Rent Rolls of St. Mary’s County is one for SistersFreehold to Margaret andMary Brent, dated DecemOn the 7th of January, 1639, the Proprietary wrote

Mr . Robert Clarke, Deputy SurveyorI would have you lay out for Giles Brent, gentleman,

Treasurer of the Council of this Province, one thousandacres of land lying nearest together about Kent Fort, andone thousand acresmore where he shall desire it, and tocertify,Mr . Secretary, what you do therein.

”

Giles Brent was, after the receipt of this patent, knownas Lord of Fort Kent Manor, and in the year 1642 wasprox y for seventy- three inhabitants of Kent Island in

22 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYthe Assembly. An early record refers to MistressMargaret Brent journeying to the Isle of Kent, accompaniedThe niece of this notable lady of the same namemar

ried George Plowden, of Resurrection Manor, son of Sir

Edmund Plowden, Earl of Albion, probably as a result

Lieutenant- General andDeputy Governor, Giles Brent.Fromthismarriage descend the Plowdens andone branchof the Jenkins ofMaryland.

That Giles Brent was aman of action was proven whenRichard Ingle arrived fromEngland in the ship Reformation in the interest of Parliament. This Giles Brent capturedforthwith, andIngle escaping, an oath of allegianceto the King was required fromthe crew. In 1644 the

Deputy Governor summoned Ingle to yield his body tothe sherifi of St. Mary’s, to answer for treason againsthis Majesty, but as Ingle hadalready left the Provincehe didnot answer the summons.Because of the uncomfortable condition of affairs in

Maryland incident to the Ingle rebellion, Captain GilesBrent left Maryland andsettled in Virginia not very longafter Leonard Calvert’s return to the Province. Thatthere was a close bond of interest between the Brents andthe Governor the will of the Governormakes evident.Measuring it by the standard of brevity, it can easily bevoted the wittiest will in ex istence.

“Take all, pay all,”

was this famous last testament which has given rise tomore unforeseen complications than Leonard Calvert everimagined when addressing those words to MistressMarIn her capacity of sole ex ecutor of his Ex cellency,Mar


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garet Brent was recognized by the Assembly of 1648,whereupon she demanded a seat in the GeneralAssemblyanda vote in that body, against which Governor Greenvigorously protested.

The Lord Baltimore didnot take kindly to woman suf

frage andobjected to Mistress Brent’s being 80 active inthe affairs of the Palatinate. The Assembly of 1649,however, defended her with what has been termed a gal

lantry worthy of the courtiers of Queen Elizabeth, and,replying to his Lordship

’s protests, declared : As for

Mistress Brent’s undertaking andmeddling with yourestate, we do verily believe, andin conscience report, thatit was better for the colony’s safety at that time in herhands than in anyman’

s else in the whole Province afteryour brother’s death, for the soldiers would never havetreated any other with that civility and respect, and

though they were ever ready at several times to run intomutiny, yet she stillpacified them, tillat last things werebrought to that strait that shemust be admitted and

declar : d your Lordship’s attorney by order of court.The fact that Margaret Brent, as ex ecutor of LeonardCalvert, sold the Governor

’s great house and lot in the

city of St. Mary’s to Governor Thomas Stone soon afterhis removal to Maryland in 1650, gives rise to two inter

Either Margaret Brent didnot know that Leonard C alvert had left a son and heir in England for whomhisuncle, the Lord Baltimore (as his guardian in

recovered the property, or Mistress Brent was not wellversed in the English law of primogeniture.

After following her career through the provincialcour ts,in which she so frequently appears in the interest of

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Leonard Calvert’s property, we cannot believe that shewas ignorant of the law. The fact that on no occasiondoes she refer to his children leads to the speculation,

was she really hissister- in- law, as isnow generally believed,ormerely a cousin and ignorant of Leonard Calvert’smarriage and the ex istence of his son and daughter?That she so vigorously protected the property of whichshe was leftmerely the custodian implies, however, a

personalinterest in the heirs.

The whole situation has been sufficiently puzzling tokeepmany alertminds gues sing, while the romancer haswoven a love story out of an unusual combination of

events and incidents, in which, however, there appearsnow to have been neither hero nor heroine of sentimentalmien. That Margaret Brent was a woman ofmarkedability andgreat force of character ismany times demonstratedin the Colonial records. Being of a race ruled byqueens aswellas kings, Margaret Brent evidently felt thatshe had asmuch right to a hand in the government asdidthemen who owned the land . Hence, when refusedtwo votes in the Assembly—one for herself and one as

attorney for his Lordship—she protes ted against all theacts of that body. This was verymuch like a woman,andprovesMistressMargaret Brent not so different fromthe rest of her sex . This notable woman also left Maryland andwent to Virginia.

Captain George Brent, the six th son of Richard Brentand Elizabeth Reed, and younger brother of CaptainGiles andMistress Margaret Brent,married Marianna,

daughter of Sir John Dunnington, in the Isle of Ely, bywhomshe had George, John, Henry, William, Edward,Robert andseveral daughters. George came to Virginia

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andsettled at Woodstock, in StafiordCounty. Hemarried the daughter of CaptainWilliamGreen, of Bermuda,he won the daughter of Henry Sewall and Jane Lowe,

The following letter of congratulation was sent to Captain George Brent fromthe Lord Baltimore, step—fatherof the bride, upon the occasion of hermarriage. The

letter is dated at London, 8ber, andaddressed toC aptain George Brent in Virginia, andreads :

Sir—I acknowledgemy receipt of your obliging letteranddo verily hartily wish yomuch joys andhappinesswithmy wife’s daughter, whom(I understand) yo havelatelymarried : I assure yo I should esteems it an advantage . tome and a great credit to Maryland would yraffairs in Virga dispense with yr settling in that province.

But this happiness I cannot hope for, though I will notdespair of obtainingmy desire in this particular, since welive in an age in which stranger things have happened.

Imust, indeed, own there is in this wish ofmine a greatmix ture of interest as well as of respect andvalue thatI have for you, which tho

’ I know to be no very good compliment ,may yet prove a good argument ofmy desireof serving you when the advantage will bemuch ofmyown. But I will not any longer insist on this subjectleaste I appears to bemuch selfe interested, andso not

fitt to be believed at this same time that I assure yo I am,with respect andkindness

, yrmost faithful andhumbleservant.

C . BALTmonn.

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The children of Captain George Brent were, by thefirst wife, George Nicholas, Robert Marianne andElizabeth. By the widow Chandler he hadHenry, Mary and

Martha Brent. Henry Brent removed to Calvert County,

Maryland, where hemarried for his second wife, AnnCalvert Brooke, the widow of Baker Brooke, the Lordof De La Brooke Manor . This lady survived HenryBrent andbecame the bride of Richard Marsham. RobertBrent, probably the son of CaptainGeorgeBrent, ofWoodstock, died in the year 1750, leaving a sonRobert, inMaryland. The Brents were great Indian fighters, althoughnot always their enemy, for it appears froman incidentrelated by Dr. Wm. Hand Browne before the MarylandHistorical Society some time since, that MistressMargaret Brent andLeonard Calvert hadthe young daughterof the Emperor of the Piscataway Indians educated and

given the name ofMary Brent.This young Indian princess wasmarriedto an Englishman by the name of Fitzherbert, who expected to acquire

in that way all the large pomessions of her father. He

afterwards deserted her, when he found the Emperor’slands would descend to his sister, according to the Indiancustomwhen acquired through thematernalline.

Colonel Giles Brent was actively engaged in Bacon’s

rebellion in Virginia, andmuch of interes t is on recordregarding his services at that time. There are severalbranches of the Brents in Virginia, but in Maryland all

who bear the name are descended fromCaptain GeorgeBrent

, ofWoodstock. Allthe various branches have contributed their representatives to the service of the colonies,states andnation, andmany have been distinguished inthe learned professions. In Maryland their descendants


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Louisiana ; Louisiana Brent and Charles Vivian Brent,whomarried the daughter of HonorableWilliamMerrick.

BRISC OE

The name of Henry Brisco appears among thosewho came to Maryland in the A rk andtheDove, or ratherin the first adventure of 1633.

B orn the copy of a letter in the possession of one branchof the Briscoe family, it is likely that the first name of

this early settler was John andnot Henry” as enteredon the record, asmistakes in proper names didoccur , asis proven by corroborative evidence in various classesof records in Maryland.

The letter which was sent in duplicate to the author,fromits internal evidence is entitled to consideration,although it has been doubted by those who have not

weighed thematter as carefully as she has.

To hermind, however, there is every reason to believethat Dr . John Briscoe was the first of the name in thiscountry, andthat he came in the Ark at the special invitation of Cmcilius, Lord Baltimore. The originalmustbe on this side of the water, since the lettermentionedwas copied about themiddle of the nineteenth century.

The letter is dated Oldiham, September 1, 1633, and

addressed to Dr . John Briscoe Briksheugh , New Biggin,Cumberland County, England, andreads :Dr. John Briscoe, GreetingDear Sir—As the Privy Council have decided that I

shall not be disturbed or dispossessed of the charter

granted by hisMajesty, the‘Ark

’andpinnace‘Dove’will

sail fromGravesend about lst of October, andif you are

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of the samemind aswhen I conversed with you, I wouldbe glad to have you join the colony. With high esteem,yourmost ob’

t servant,CECILIUS BALTIMORE .

When first discovered, the finder not being familiar withoriginalmanuscript of the seventeenth century, believedthe letter to be the original. The Maryland HistoricalSociety, which asked the privilege of ex amining it , hadthe unpleasant duty of pronouncing it a copy of the

original, andit is hoped that the actual letter willyet befound in some of the family papers.

Res earch in the original records of Maryland failed tofind the arrival of any

“John Brisco,”but the following

proves that there was a John Brisco in the Province inthe year 1648. Research has also proven that nomention of “Henry Briscoe” is ever found in the Marylandrecords, after the reference to his name on the list ofthose who came with the first settlers. Taking these twofacts together , it is evident that the name of theman whocame was really “John Brisco,

”since John, and not

Henry, was in the Province.

(Annapolis Land Records, Liber 2, folio

Nov. 27,1648

Walter Smith complaineth agast Robt. Clarke, Gent.for that ye said Clarke being bound into copartnershipwith ye Complaint, as will appear by the Covent and

Condition to yt efiect drawn and signed. The sdMr.

Clarke hath not performed his obligacion nor covt thereinwhereby the C omplt is damnified thereby in his stockand otherwise as he shallmake appear to ye value of

2000 lbs. Tob. dz Cask.

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Warrt to the Sheriff ret . Decembr Court nex t. sibpena to John Brisco testifie indittAC aA.

”

The records of the Virginia branch of the Briscoes bearout the family traditions that the founder of the familyin America was Dr . John Briscoe of Briksheugh , Cumberland County

,England, who was one of the twenty gen

tlemen of very good fashionmentionedelsewhere as havingcome over with Leonard Calvert. He naturally settledin St. Mary’s in company with the other adventurers.

He is said to havemarried into one of themost distinguishedfamilies of the colony. By his wife he hadthreesons—George, Dr . John and a third

, said to have beenfather of Philip, of St. Mary’s County. This ColonelPhilip Briscoe was a Justice of Charles County from1694until 1701. He died in 1724

,leaving four sons and four

daughters, fromwhomdescendmany of the representative families of the State.

His children intermarried with the Howards, Comptons,Aschoms,Woods andothers of note.

Captain John Briscoe, like his father , was an officer inthe Colonialmilitia. He was one of the gentlemen Justices of Charles County andmember of the Quorum.

The grandsons of this officialmarried two Hanson cousinsandleft numerous descendants.

Two sons of the original Dr . John Briscoe went toVirginia, and it ismore than probable that he aecompanied them, as so far nothing regarding himcan be

found in St. Mary’s County. These sons, George and

Dr . John Briscoe, settled in Frederick County, afterward

called Berkeley County,Virginia . George Briscoemar

ried FannieMcMillan, andhis brother John became the

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husband of her sister , Elizabeth . For his second wife,however , he came to Maryland and won the hand ofAnne Lamar .

These Virginia Briscoes had such a keen appreciationof the superior charmandworth of the Maryland girlsthat we findthe third Dr . John Briscoe coming to Frederick County for his bride

,young Eleanore Magruder .

Their sonmarried a Miss Hite, great- granddaughter ofYost Hite, the first settler of the Valley of Virginia , the

lady in questionbeing a near relative of President Madison.

The descendants of this couplemarried with the Rutherfords, Goodloes andothers of Virginia .

Dr . John Hanson Briscoe, the son of Philip andChloeHanson, was one of themost distinguished of the Mary

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land family. He was electedmajor in the Upper Battalion of St.Mary’s County by theMaryland Convention,January 6, 1776. He was also commissioned surgeon inthe C ontinental Army, serving under Major-GeneralSmallwood. He was in charge of the government hospitals in Philadelphia at the close of the war . When hisservices were no longer needed he returned to Chaptico,the place of his birth, in St.Mary’s County. His childrenintermarried with the Buchanans, C laggetts, Sothrens,ofMaryland, andHooe, of Virginia.

Among themany interesting alliances of the Briscoesnone ismore so than that which brings a connection withthe descendant of Pocahontas. This comes through theEdward Tayloe Briscoe line by hismarriage to MissSallie Ferguson Vaughn, whose lineage goes directly backto Pocahontas, the beautiful Indian princess, andto herfather, the great Powhatan.

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BROOKE

So impressed was C zecilius Calvert by the coming of

Robert Brooke that hemade it the subject of a specialmessage to Governor Stone and to the Privy Council,with instructions to themto enrollandregister his grantto Robert Brooke in the common registry of the saidProvince for the better confirmation andmanifestationthereof.”

This grant confirmed unto our trusty andwell- belovedRobert Brooke, Esq., one whole county within our Province to be newly set forth, erected, nominated and

appointed for that purpose, round about andnex t adjoining to the place he Shall so settle andplant in, etc. , and

such a quantity andnumber ofmiles as other counties inour said Province. Andwe hereby grant unto him, thesaid Robert Brooke, all such honors, dignities, privileges,fees, perquisites , profits andimmunities as are belongingto the said place and office of commander of the saidcounty, etc. Andwe do hereby further empower the saidRobert Brooke to appoint and call a court or courts toaward in our name allmanner of process, hold pleas andfinally to hear anddetermine all civil causes andactionswhatsoever happenings, whichmay be heard and determined by any oi the justices of the peace in England intheir courts of sessions, not ex tending to life andmember .

”

At the same writing Lord Baltimore also authorizedRobert Brooke to be commander - in—chief under himofall the forces which Shall be armed, levied or raised inthe said county and to lead and conduct themagainstthe Indians and other foreign enemies.

”A commission

was also forwarded to Maryland by the Proprietary,


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naming Robert Brooke as member of Privy Council tomeet and assemble himself in council upon all occasrons.

’

Therefore, when on the last day of June, 1650, RobertBrooke sailed into the Patux ent River in his own ship,with a retinue of twenty- eight servants, he was accordedno doubt, the welcome which the heralding of Lord Baltimore naturally insured to him. Charmed by the picturesque shores of the Patux ent, he sailedmanymilesfarther up than any adventurer hadsailed—andchose forhis abiding place the 2000 acres known as the De La

Brooke Manor, of which his eldest son, Baker, was alsocreated Lord, while his father became commander of thenew county named Charles, in honor of the King.

Although Robert Brooke lived but five years after hisarrivalin Maryland, he left a lasting impression upon thehistory of hisday.

The fact that he came to Maryland as a friend of KingCharles andwas an adherent andPrivy Councilor of theLord Baltimore and changed his allegiance to the Cromwellian party when they deposed Governor Stone, in 1652,has causedmuch surmise among his descendants. RobertBrooke was, however , not the onlyman who changedhis politics at this time, and it is quite impossible tojudge at this distance whether he thought he could bes tserve Lord Baltimore’s interest as acting Governor underParliament or whether he really was diplomatic and

'

accepted the goods the gods provided. Certain it is,

however , that Lord Baltimore resented the change of

front by annulling his commission as commander of

Charles County in 1654.

That there was nomore depth of feeling, however,


between the Calverts andthe Brookes than themere passing of a political campaign is evident fromthe fact thatwhen Ann Calvert, the daughter of Governor LeonardCalvert, came to Maryland to inherit, in connection withher brother , the estate of her father , Baker Brooke, theLord of De La Brooke Manor

,was the suitablematchmade for her Ladyship. Baker Brooke was twenty years

of age when he arrived in Maryland,andthis high- bred

young Lord ofDe La Brookewas commissionedasmemberof the council in the year 1658 and continueduntil thetime of his death .

Hismarriage to Ann Calvert took place between theyears 1664 and 1671. In the latter year Baker Brookereceived his commission as Surveyor-General of the

Province, dated August , 1671, in which Lord Baltimoredesignates himour trusty andwell- beloved nephew.

In the year 1664, when Charles Calvert wrote to hisfather c ilias that his cousinWilliam’s Sister hadarrivedand that he was looking out for a goodmatch for her,he little thought that the coming of this Ann and her

brother, WilliamCalvert, would destroy the romance

woven about their father Leonard Calvert’s nuncupativewill

,in which he said to MistressMargaret Brent :

“Takeall; pay all!”

The incident gave a pretty suggestion for a Coloniallove story, in which a young bachelor governor and the

first woman’s rights advocate, Mistress Brent, were the

central figures. But , alas! the cold, unromantic factshave dispersed the dreams of fancy, andthe belief of allstudents of the Calvert papers is that Mistress Brent wasLeonard Calvert’s sister- in- law, and, as nearest of kin tohis children, was the ex ecutrix of his estate, andthat the

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reason of her fighting so vigorously to protect it was inthe interest of her sister’s children.

Whether this be proved true in time, certain it is thatBaker Brooke andAnn Calvert, the daughter of GovernorLeonard Calvert,married and left three sons and one

daughter, fromwhomdescendedmany of the Brookesof Maryland.

Major Thomas Brooke, the second son of RobertBrooke andMary Baker , became prominently identifiedwith the ofi cial andmilitary life of Calvert County. In

the year 1667 he served in an expedition against theIndians; he was also amember of the House of Burgesses,andone of the Commissioners of Maryland to confer withSir WilliamBerkely, Governor of Virginia, and othersregarding the overproduction of tobacco in the year 1667 .

Like his brother, Baker Brooke, Major Thomasmarrieda lady of high social position,

she being Eleanor Hatton,

niece of the distinguished Secretary of the Province.

Their son,Colonel Thomas Brooke, of Brookesfield,

Prince George’s County

,was not only amember of the

Council, but also a Justice of Calvert County severalyearsbefore he attainedto this high post of honor .

Like his father, he was an Indian fighter and one ofthe commissioners to treat with the Piscataways in theyear 1697. As Commissary- General, Judge of the HighCourt of Admiralty andPresident andacting Governor ofthe Province be practically filled every ofi ce in the giftof the King, Queen and of the Royal Governor . Thisdistinguished ofi cial was twicemarried. By his firstwife he left two daughters anda son, all of whomintermarriedwith prominent Colonialfamilies . By his secondwife

,Barbara Dent

,ColonelBrooke hadeleven children,


six of whomwere girls, and allmarriedmen of highRoger Brooke, another son of Robert Brooke, of De LaBrooke, was a Colonial official of importance, being one

of the gentlemen Justices of Calvert County andmemberof the Quorum. Later he was appointed High Sherifi

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ofthe county. Through hismarriage to Dorothy Nealehe has leftnumerous descendants in Montgomery Countyand elsewhere. His second wife was Mary Wolseley, of

While it is impossible in so limiteda space tomore thantouch upon the individualmembers of a family so large

andofficially important as the various generations of thedescendants of Robert Brooke, of England, andDe LaBrooke on the Patux ent, itmay prove of interest to knowthatmany representative families of the State can tracesome connection with this eminent name.

BURGESS

There is nomore striking figure among the Colonialofficials of Maryland than Honorable WilliamBurgess,one of that notable South River colony which came intoMaryland fromVirginia in the year 1649, at the sametime the Puritans settled on the Severn. That he was aQuaker the ofi cial records of 1658 bear evidence, as inthat year he declined to take the necessary oath to becomea Justice. It is apparent, however, that he soon silencedthe voice of conscience on this point, for so rapidly didthehonors of ofi ce crowd upon himthat a few years laterthe court dockets disclose the interesting fact thatWilliamBurgess is spoken of by a contemporary as one of the

great gods of the earth .

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Fromrepresenting the people in the House of Bur

gesses he soon appears in the capacity as HighSheriff of Anne Arundel County, and as Justice andmember of the Quorum. Later this leading spirit wascommissioned amember of the Council, and when, in1684, the Lord Baltimore sailedfor England he appointedHon. WilliamBurgess to be a Deputy Governor and

Lieutenant- Generalof the Province during his Lordship’s

absence.

Fromthemeek Quaker who declined to take the oathof justice in the year 1658, attired , no doubt, in the broadbrimmed hat andquiet garb of the early Friend, his evolution is strikingly interesting. The wig and gown ofjudge are donned to replace themodest habit of the

Quaker , andwe canwellbelieve that this worldly-mindedness grew upon himuntil lace ruffles and knee bucklesof fashion’

smold adorned the costume of the DeputyGovernor . Certain it is that, as colonelof allthemilitaryforces, he waged the carnal sword in pursuit of the redmen. Upon the insurrection of the Indians in Anne

Arundel County in the year 1675, the Assembly orderedColonel Samuel andMajor WilliamBurgess to immediately raise the forces under their command to follow and

pursue the enemy in the province.

WilliamBurgess wasmarried three times—first to

Elizabeth Robins, later to the widow Ewen andfinally toUrsula, who was left tomourn himin the year 1686. His

son Edward anddaughter Susannah came into Marylandwith their parents. Themarriage of Susannah with thestepson of Charles, Lord Baltimore, threw the interestsof WilliamBurgess with the Proprietary’s and drew the

ties of their friendship even closer than before. The

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marriage of Edward Burgess, son of the high Colonialofi cial to Sarah Chew allied these two repres entativefamilies of the South River district .

In the year 1680Hon. WilliamBurgess foundedLondonTown, which rivaled for a while the city of Annapolis asa‘commercial center being a port of entry and the resi

dence of the leadingmerchants of the country. Itwas the large landholders andmerchants in this communiity who sent their sons to England,many times in theirown ships, andthese young students at Temple Bar andthe Inner Court returned to Maryland with all the ideasandmany of the ex travagances of the young Englishmenwith whomtheywere associated in their college days.

It is easy enough to picture these young squires as theyfondled their bounds and lolled about the wharves at

London Towne waiting for the incoming vessels fromthescenes of their recent experiences. Allthe latest Londonfashions, the newest books andthe best French wines bythe pipe, were imported to South River for these youngmacaronis. Following the habit of the English gentry,they went into political life early and threw their bestefforts into the government, which was notable for its

toleration andits broad-minded policy.

Among the importantmen who livedat this ambitiousPort of Entry,was

‘oldMr . JamesDick” of Peggy Stewart

fame. Mr . Dick was the largest andmost importantmerchant of hisday. He is of specialinterest to us as the

grandfather of little Peggy Stewart, andin a record leftby himself we learn that he was heretofore of Edinburgh,Scotland, Burgess andGild Brother, and that he was a

son of Thomas Dick, formerly of Said city, Merchant’sBailey andDean of Gild, andthat he didcome into the



His accomplishmentswon for himthe notice andfriendship of Sir Robert Cecil, Queen Elizabeth

’s principalSec

rotary of State, who had no small part in securing toKing James the succession to the throne. Through hisrecommendation George Calvert was appointed Clerk of

the Privy Councilof King James.

On September 29, 1617, the honor of knighthood wasconferred on Calvert andtwo years later he was elevatedby the King to the omoe of principal Secretary of State.

So pleased was James I with his knightly Secretary thathe heaped rewards of amaterialnature upon him, grantnhimthe increased customs on silk for a long period of

years andan annualincome of £1000.

In the year 1609 Sir George Calvert had become a

member of the Virginia Company, which interest no doubtfirst turned his attention to the possibilities of the NewWorld, toward which the nobility of England was lookingin hope of gain. King James 1 in 1623granted to Calvertthe rights, privileges, etc.

,of a province embracing the

whole southeastern peninsula of Newfoundland. In the

year 1623Sir George Calvert, who had up to this timebeen amember of the Church of England, became a con

vert to Catholicismand immediately offered to his sov

ereign his resignation as Secretary of State. The King ,however , bitter against Catholics in general, would not

at first allow Calvert to resign and, according to the

originalmanuscripts, it appears that Sir George obtainedhis release fromthe King with some difficulty, hisMajestyhaving a particular affection for himby reason of his greatabilities andintegrity.

He was retained as amember of the Privy Council,andin the year 1625 was createdan Irish peer, with the


title of Lord Baron of Baltimore. Sir George Calvert wasthe son of Leonard Calvert andAlicia Crossland, anditis the brilliant quarterings of the Crossland arms whichgive the dash of redandwhite to our Maryland flag.

The confirmation of the Calvert arms, fromthe originalin theMaryland HistoricalSociety, is as follows:

To all and singular , as well as nobles and gentles as

others, to whomthese presents shall come: Sir Richard St.George, Knight, Norroy King of Arms of the north partsof the Realms of England, fromthe River of Trent Northward, sends greetings. Forasmuch as aunciently fromthe beginning the virtuous and worthy arts of ex cellentpersons have been commended to the world with sundrymonuments and remembrances of their good deserts,amongst which the chiefest andmost usualhave bene thebearing of Signes andtokens in Shields andArmes whichevident demonstrations andTestimonyes of prowess andvalour dyversly distributed accordinge to the equalitie

anddes erts of the personsmeritting the same, which orderas it wasprudently devised to stirr upandinflame the hartsofmen to the imitation of virtue, even soe bath the samebene andyet is contynuedto the intent that such as havedone commendable service to their Prince and country,either in warre or in peace,maye therefore receive duehonor in their owne Lyves andalso derive andcontynue

the same successively to their posterity forever.

Among which number for that, fl'

yndthe right Honourable Sir George Calvert, Knight, one of hisMajestiss’ principall Secretaries of State, andhis ances tors to have re

cided in the north parts of this Kingdome, andnot onlyto have lived their in the Ranke andreputation of gent],


andbone bearers of such badges and ensignes of honoramong us, but further have scene an ex act collectionmadebyMr . Richard Verstegan, an antiquarie in Antwarpe,sent over this last of March, 1622, by which it appeareththat the said Sir George is descended of a noble andaun

cient familie of that surname in the Earldome of Flanders,where they have lived long in great honor andhave had

great possessins, their principal]andauntient seat beingat Warvickoe, in the said Province, and that in theirlater tymes two brothers of that sirname

,vizt . Jaques

Calvert, Lord of Sonore, two leagues fromGaunt, remained in the Netherland broyle on the side of the Kingof Spayne, and hath a sonne who at this present is inhonorable place and oflice in the Parliament Comte at

Macklyn. AndLenius Calvert, the other brother , took

partswith the Statesof Holland, andwasby thememployedas their agent with Henry the fourth, late King of France,which Leninus Calvert left a son in France, whomtheforesaid King entertained as a gentleman of his bedchamber. Andfurther it is testified by the saidMr . Verstegan

that the proper Armes belonging to the familie of the

Calverts is, or , threemartletts sable with this crest, vist. ,the upper parts or halves of two Launces the banderollofthe first sables andthe second or . Now for asmuch as Ihave been required by the said Sir George Calvert, Knight,tomake a true declaration to what I have seen concerningthe worthynes of his auncestors, that itmay remain toposterity fromwhence they originally descended, as alsothat at this instant there is three of that surname andlyniage lyving in three severail countryes, being allmenof great emenencey andhonourable yemployment in statewhere they live, which otherwayes by a general neglect



C aacilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore andfirst Pro

prietary of Maryland, married Lady Anne Arundel,daughter of Thomas, Lord Arundel. The devotion of her

husband is ex pressed in amost touching way on her tombat Tesbury as follows

Ann Arundel,themost beautiful and best wife of

CecilCalvert, Baron ofBaltimore, Proprietor of Maryland,andLord of Glastonbury, andmost beloved daughter ofThomas Arundel, First Baron ofWardour, andCount ofthemost sacred Roman Empire.

Wh atever is shining in the gems, beautiful in the

flowers of Phoenicia, charming in the graces. (How sup

ereminently great in Heaven.)Here lieth Ann Arundel, Lady Baltemore. Farewell

youmost lovely of earthly beauties. This tomb waserected to hermemory by her husband, as amonumentof his love. She departdthis life on the 23dof July, inthe 34th year of her age, andof our Lord 1640.

“Requiescat in pace.

”

Governor Leonard Calvert, brother of the Proprietary,must have died after a brief illness, as he left only a verbalwill,made in the presence of Mistres s Margaret Brent,Mistres s Mary Brent and Thomas Greene, whomhenamed as his successor to govern the Province. In the

testamentary record Thomas Greene deposes that he,the said Leonard Calvert

,lying upon his deathbedsome

Six hours before hisdeath , being in perfectmemory, directing his speech to Mistres s Margaret Brent, said in the

presence of him, the said ThomasGreene, andsome others,Imake you sole ex ecutrix ; take allandpay all.

”After

which words he, the saidLeonard Calvert, desired every

S IDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY 45

one to depart the roomandwas some space in privateconference with MistressMargaret Brent afores aid.

In 1661 the Lord Proprietary granted 2000 acres to hisnephew,

WilliamCalvert, and the nex t year he was licensed to trade with the Indians. Fromthis time on hewas appointed to the highest oflices in the gift of the LordBaltimore. Hemarried the daughter of a ColonialGovernor andhada family, four of his children andhiswidow,

Elizabeth, surviving him. By themarriage of WilliamCalvert’s sister Anne to three of the representativemen ofthev ince, she became the ancestress of not a fewMaryland families, who are proud of their Calvert blood.

WilliamCalvert’s daughter Elizabethmarried JamesNeale, of Wolloston Manor, Charles County, Maryland,by whomhe hadbut one child, Mary, whomarried fourUntila few years agomany descendants of JamesNeale

believed themselves des cendants of his wife, ElizabethCalvert, while in reality they des cended fromhis secondwife, who was also named Elizabeth, the daughter of ahigh Colonialofficialof Virginia, andgrandaughter of oneof the originalproprietors of Hartford, Connecticut.The Egerton line is the only one which is really de

scended fromGovernor Leonard Calvert through his

granddaughter Elizabeth, wife of James Neale. The

name of Charles Calvert Egerton hadbeen handeddownformany generations. Anothermarriage between the

Calverts and Egertons was that of Frederick, six th and

last Lord Baltimore, to Lady Diana Egerton, daughterof the Duke of Bridgewater, whosemother , at the deathof the Duke,married Sir Richard Lyttleton.

Charles, third Lord Baltimore,married three times, his


secondmarriage being to Jane Lowe, widow of SecretaryHenry Sewall.Benedict Leonard Calvert, son of Charles, third LordBaltimore,married January 2, 1698 Lady Charlotte Lee,granddaughter of King Charles II, and daughter of the

Earl of Litchfield.

Charles, fifth Lord Baltimore, was restored to his Pro

prietary rights by King George, upon his being informedthat hewas loyalto the Established Church. HemarriedMary, daughter of Sir Thomas Jannsen, of England. His

three children were Frederick, six th Lord Baltimore,Louisa (Mrs. Browning), andCarolina, who became thewife of Governor Eden, of Maryland.

Like allthe Calverts, the fifth Lord Baltimore was fondof traveling and seing the world, and whilemaking a

journsy through Europe he visited Frederick the Greatof Prussia. Frederick is said to have beenmuch pleasedwith him, anddeclared himto be “

a very sensibleman,

who possessed a great dealof knowledge andthinks, likeus, that science can be no disparagement to nobility nordegrade an illustrious rank. The great Emperor evendedicated to hima poemon the subject of liberty of thoughtFrederick Calvert never visited Maryland, and little

interest attaches to his personality or to his posterity.

There aremany descendants of the third Lord Baltimore andalso of Governor Leonard Calvert in Maryland,New York andPennsylvania.

That the willof Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore,was not recorded in Maryland is well known to thoseinterested in the lives of the Proprietaries, andits bringingto light at this time, when allthat bears upon the life and


history of the Calverts is eagerly sought by the Marylandpeople, is particularly opportune. Following is a copyof the originalat Annapolis, recently recorded :

Will of Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore.

In the name of God. Amen! The nine andtwentiethday of July, in the thirteenth year of the Reigns of our

Sovereigns Lady Anne, by the Grace of God of GreatBritain, France andIreland, Queen, defender of the faith,etc. Andin the year of our Lord 1714, 1, Charles, LordBaltimore, of the Kingdomof Ireland, being in perfect

good health and sound disposingmind andmemory(praised be Godfor same) yet considering the uncertaintyof this life and beingmindful untomy worldly afl

'

airs

andtomake some provision for the Lady Margarett Bal

timore,my aflectionate wife, who is daughter of Thos.

Charleton, of Hex ham, in the City of Northumberland,Gent, to upport her in the quality ofmy wife, doemakethismy last will andtestamt inmanner following : First,I commendmy Soul to yemercy of God,my Body to yeEarth, to be decently but privately buried, asmy cx x ,

hereafter named, shall thing fitt . Item: Whereas, byBillof Sale bearing date, ye nineday of December last past,by ye date where of ye consideration thereinmentionedI have given andgranted to Thos. Vernon,Willm. CharltonandNathaniel] Pigott allmy plate and jewells and all

my p’sonall estate whatsoever upon trust thatmy sd.

Trusties Should p’mittme to have ye use of ye sd. prem

ises formy life, andaftermy decease in trust formy sd.

now wife, the Lady Baltimore, Now I hereby ratify thesd. Bill of Sale andinsrctmy sd. Trustees aftermy Decease tomy P. now wife, the said Plate, Jswells andprem


iseswh . it it ismy willshe should have to her ex s. ;dz adms.

to her own use, andI directmy sd. Trustees to Deliverthe same to her, it beingmy intention she should havethe absolute Property of the Same. Item: My will isthat allmy debts be justly andduly paid: Item: I give,devise andbequeath tomy sd. now wife, the Lady Baltimore, her ex s. edms, andassignees, allmy readymoney

,

andalso allarrears of Rent, Tobo, Rentsdz allother Rents,debts andduties of any kind that shallanywise be due tome atmy death either in England or Maryland, andall

other ofmy p’sonnallEstatewhatsoever or wheresoever to

her ye sd. Lady Baltimore, her ex s. dz Adms.,to her and

their own use anduses, andof thismy will Imake the sd.

Lady Margarett Baltimore,my now wife,my sole ex r .

hereby Revoking allformer andother Wills bymemade.

InWitness whereof I have hereunto setmy hand andsealtheday year first above written. C . Baltimore. Signed,sealed

,published declared by the sd. Charles Lord

Baltimore as his last will Testament in the presence ofus who in his p’ence andin the p’ence of each other havesubscribed our namesWitnesses hereunto. Nath. Pigott,Charles Busby, Chas. Umfreville, Wyn. Davies.

Here speaks the gallant courtly gentleman. To sup

port her in the quality ofmy wife.

” Jewels,plate and

these premises” he bequeaths to her , knowing that he hadsecured to her acres of his rich Maryland provinceon September, 10, 1713, under patent of “the Lord Baltimot e’s gift.”The Lady Margaret, daughter of Thomas Charleton,

was the fourth wife of the third Lord Baltimore, wholived the best part of his life in Maryland andhelped so

largely to its peace andprosperity.


The will and the Sir Peter Lely portrait, Showing hisLordship in such courtlymien, turn ourminds fromhisoflicial life, which was above reproach, to the contemplation of himas a husband andfather . We get very charming glimpses of himin the latter relations through his letters to and fromhis father , Ce cilius Calvert, while an

ex tant letter fromMrs. HelenWollesley Spratt, widow of

Bishop Spratt, gives the romantic beginning to an aflair

of the heart, which resulted in hismarriage to Jans LoweSewallthe widow of the Secretary ofMaryland, who cameout in the year 1661 in company with the then young Govcruor , Charles Calvert.InMrs. Spratt’s letter , addressed to her greatnisce,

Alicia Arnold Ross, of Annapolis,“in the West Indies,

”

she says :“My cousin, Jane Lowe,married a Sewall and came

over with three or four children.

”She further adds that

Cousin Jenny was a great beauty,”and“

the Lord Baltimore came over on the same ship.

”

Henry Sewall, secretary of the Province, was grantedby the Proprietary in England the Mattapony estate of2000 acres, andwith his wife, the great beauty, JennieLowe, came over in the Ship with Charles, third LordBaltimore. He died in the year 1665, and in the yearfollowing his widow became the bride of Charles Calvert.At Mattapony Governor Calvert built a great brickmansion, which, according to Oldmix on, was built for

convenience rather thanmagnificence. Yet we can safelybelieve, in view of other evidence, that the Governor

’s

great house”was not less stately andbeautiful than the

other noblemansions that were occupied by the Lords of


themanor in Maryland at that day. The first wife, ofCharles Calvert wasMissDamall, andso far as the writerknows, the date of her death is unknown, but it is certainthat hewas a widower or bachelor in 1661, for in that year ,when he announces to his father the arrival in the Province of his cousin, the daughter of Governor Leonard C alvert, he says : “

She has now the care ofmy '

household.

That he kept a retinue is very certain, fromhis statementto his father in a letter dated 1664, in which hs says,referring to his family : I have thirty to provide victualsfor, which does putme to some cars andtrouble besidesthe ex pense, which is the least.He kept up allthe style andelegance of anEnglish Lordwhich one has only to look at his portraits to believe.

In one of these is shown the gorgeous wig, the knightlyarmor of the time of Charles II, while in another is theerminemantle of his rank.

A charming little side light on the third Lord Baltimore is in a deposition ofMr . Dent on October 12 1682,

describing his, Dent’s refusal “

to take the Oath , He

says “WhereuponMy Lord hufl'

édandflurtedhis periwigandseemed verymuch dissatisfied.

”

Scornful and haughty in expression, his letters reveala

‘

gentleness almost womanly.

“Little C is,”as he calls his oldest son (Cazcilius), is

frequentlymentioned in his letters to the Proprietary. In

one dated April, 1672, Charles Calvert informs his fatherthat “

everything came safe andwell tomy hands. Byyour Lordship’s direction I soon came to the knowledgeof all the fine contrivances of the cabinet ; also little C ispresents your Lordship his thanks for the cap, feather ,sword, andbelt, all of which he found as your Lordship


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Again in 1673 he thanks his father for mymother’spicture, which will be a great ornament formy parlor ,andthough the painter hath not done it for her advantage,as you Lordship writes, yet those things aremuch es

teemed here, for all which tokens of your Lordship’s tome,my wife andchildren, we humbly returns your Lordship thankee.

It appears fromthe letters of Lord Baltimore that hischildren were left with caretakers in England in the year1679, even little Benedict Leonard, for in that year hewrites the following to a friend to whomhe hadconfidedthem: The allowance you signify is somewhat high , andmay be wondered at , but in that I cannot as yet helpmyself, andprovidedmy child do well, I shall think theless of it . Youdidwellto charge C is to write to youoftenandI pray put himinmind of his promise in that partieular. I thank you for the good news ofmy children’

s

health at Chelsea and son Benedict at Hammersmith,and that he is (as you write) as lusty andbrave a childas any in Middles ex .

“I wishmy wife had acquainted you before She leftEngland what necessaryes she hadprovided formy children at Chelsea andHammersmith , that theremight nothave been such a noise of complaint as you write therehath been in that particular ; but I hope the care withmy order to Brother Nick Lowe will be sufficient for thefuture, and that all partys will have nomore cause toapprehend a want for anything necessary formy children;andbesidesmy order , which I sent you some time sinceformy brother Lowe to supply, I also sent bills of ex

52 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

chequer toMr . Barnaby Dunck, and desired his eye

overmy children to see if all things were complyedwithby Nick Lowe. Herewith I send you an act. of whatBills of Ex c . andothermoneys I ordered untomy BrotherLowe’s hands there to lye for supplying all occasions inrelation tomy children, so that I suppose I didall that

By these letters I amsufi cientlymade sensible howkind andcareful you have been ofmy children andcon

cernes, and do assure you it is a great satisfaction tome andmy wife to understand by all letters fromyouandour other friends that our children are well andsuchcare taken of themas

,doth sufi ciently satisfie us, and

that they will not want anything requisit for themtohave.

I understand there has been greats trouble about aGowns formy wife’s daughter Jenny, andthat you wereblamed by some ofmy wife’s Relatives ; but I shalltakecare to clear you in that or anything else theymay takeunkindly for you. My wife andI think as youdo aboutthe weaning of our son Benedict Leo, andthat until hehas some teeth it willnot be safe.

This “lusty” infant became the fourth Lord Baltimore,

as Little C is diedyoung. There is no evidence of children by either themarriage toMissDamallor the widowMary Banks (the third wife) or Margaret Charleton,

who

The Honorable Lady Margaret Baroness of Baltimore,according to the records of Baltimore County, died in theyear 1731, and in her will, bearing date July 15 of thatyear , didthereby give to her grand-daughter, CharlotteCalvert, the now wife of ThomasBrerswood, the younger,


all that tract of land called the Lord Baltimore gift, containing .10,000 acres, etc .

On August 31, 1731, Thomas BrerswoodandCharlotte,his wife, leased this land to Thomas Brerswood, the elder,for five shillings. In the year 1764 Frederick, six th LordBaltimore, had to defend a suit instituted by FrancisBrerswood, brother and heir - at- law of Thomas Brerswood, the younger, for holding these acres as his.

The complaint was to the Right Honorable Robert Henley, Baron of Grange, in the County of Southson, LordHigh Chancellor of Great Britain. In answering the complaint Frederick Calvert claimed that in themarriage settlement between Benedict Leonard Calvert and LadyCharlotte Les, datedDecember 13, 1698, Charles, thirdLord Baltimore, entered into an indenture tripartite of settlement to provide for a jointure for her should She survivehimandfor the settling andassuring the lands andhereditaments thereinmentioned, in which ‘

it is hereby declaredandagreed that it shall andmay be lawful to and

for the said Charles, Lord Baltimore, at any time or timesor fromtime to time, etc ., for the benefit of the said Benedict Leonard Calvert, by writ or writings under their t espective hands andthe sea]of the province, to grant, dispose to any person, etc ., any lands, etc . ,

lying in Provinceof Maryland, being parcel of anymanors reserved to theproprietary of the said province, to any person or per

sons for any terms of years, not ex ceeding 21 years, orfor one, two or three life or lives or umber of years, determinable upon the death of one, two or three lives, inpossession andnot in reversion.

” Notwithstanding whichclause, Charles, third Lord Baltimore, granted to LadyMargaret, his wife, acres,

“the Lord Baltimore


gift, to her andto her heirs forever , which we have seenby the suit came into the possession of the Brerswoods,who, leaving no issue, it reverted to those who had no

Calvert blood.

CARROLL

The first of the name to leave his impress upon theofficiallife of the Province was Charles Carroll, who cameto Maryland in the year 1688 andwas Attorney- Generalof the Province, Receiver -General of the Rents of LordBaltimore andRegister of the LandOflice. The Proprietary granted himlarge tracts of land in recognition of his

valuable services.

The earliest warrant for land granted to Charles C arrollof the distinguished family in Maryland was in 1688,according to the following fromAnnapolis Land War

rants, volume 23, p. 17, in which onMay 3, 1689, reference ismade to the year previous as follows: “By virtueof a warrant granted unto Charles Carroll, Esq .

,for five

hundred acres of land dated April the 19th last past, byvirtue whereof I have laid our for the said CarrollallthatTract or parcel] of Land Called Carroll’s Forest, lyingin Charles County, beginning at a bounded white oaks

the northenmost bounds ofMr . John Woodcock’s landcalled St. Winox berg, etc. containing andnow laid oiitfor 500 acresmore or less, to be held of theMannour ofZachya .

” pme WillHutchison Dep. Sur.

”

Other tracts were named by Charles Carrollinmemoryof his ancestral estates in Ireland, andare still recordedon Lord Baltimore’s ancient Rent Rolls, Baltimore Countypp. 158, 165, 256. These were : 1000 acres, Ely O

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Another distinguished Carroll family descended fromDr. Charles Carroll, who arrived in Maryland a quarterof a century after the first of the Carrollton line, receivingfromCharles Carroll, Esq., his first tract of land in theyear 1718. Just what relationship ex isted between thesemen it is not the intention to give in this volume, but thefact that both used on their seals the fullarms of the ElyO

’C arroll family, leaves no doubt of their kinship, and

the further fact that the first of the Carrollton linemadeover a large tract of his own land to Dr. Charles Carroll,as his first land in Maryland, would incline to the beliefthat Dr. Charles Carroll was attracted to Maryland bythe presence here of his relative, the Attorney-G eneral

of his Lordship.

Annapolis Land Warrants, Liber B B, p. 98, datedNovember 10, 1718. Warrant then granted unto DanielCarroll Gent andCharles Carroll Surgeon, both of AnneArundel County, for 2400 acres of land being due untothemby assignment of double that quantity on theseaboardside being the remainder of a warrant for 8000 acres

granted unto ColonelWilliamWhittington on the sea

board side aforesaid, being date the 12th day ofMayone thousand seven hundred andfifteen assigned by thesaid Whittington unto Charles Carroll, Esq. who assigns

the same to the said Daniel andCharles, etc.

” I dohereby assign andmake over unto DanielandDr. CharlesCarrollallmy right, title andinterest in andto two thousandfour hundred ares of land Wart. due by assignmentof double that quantity on the seaboard side fromWilliamof a warrant for eight thousand acres granted unto saidWhittington on the seaboard side the 12th ofMay, 1715,


as witnessmy hand andsealthis tenth day of November,1718. Signed Charles Carroll.Dr . Charles Carrollmarried Dorothy Blake, a granddaughter of MadamHenrietta Maria Lloyd. The daugh

ter of Captain James Neale of whomsuch interestingtraditions have descended to the present generation.

The jewels and ring bestowed by Queen HenriettaMaria of England are still family treasures.

Dr . Charles Carroll andDorothy Blake Carroll wereparents of the distinguished Charles Carroll, barrister,author of the Declaration of Rights, andone of themostbrilliantmen of hisday. This is theMacubbin branch.

As there were severalother originalCarrollsettlerswhowere of the same origin in Ireland, but not closely relatedall the Carrolls of Maryland do not descend fromthe firstCharles Carroll, Esq.

Each of the three ormore branches were of high socialstanding, ability andculture.

Another Carrollfamily, also of the distinguished lineageof the Ely O

’Carrolls, was early seated in St. Mary

’s

County, their oldhomestead at Susquehanna Point beingone of themost beautifulandnotable estates in SouthernMaryland. This adjoinedMattapony, the home of Govcruor Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore, after thismarriage to the widow of his ProvincialSecretary, ColonelHenry Sewel]. Susquehanna Point, beautifully situatedat themouth of the Patux ent River , was the home of theKing

’s Collector-General, Christopher Rousby. He was

the brother of John Rousby, both of whose tombs are stillpreserved there. The dates on their slabsare, respectively,October, 1684, andFebruary, 1685.

Captain Henry Carroll, the first of this name to own


Susquehanna Point, acquired it throughmarriage withthe legatee of ColonelJohn Rousby. At the time of theirmarriage it is recorded that Captain Carroll’s bridebrought hima fortune of £3000.

Many interesting traditions have descended in the C arroll family about this bride of Captain Henry Carrol],young Araminta Thompson, who was so youthful at thetime of the courtship that the gallant Captain bestowedimported toys for her amusement, rather than the usualgifts of books andflowers.

Fromthismarriage descended Governor Thomas KingCarroll, of Kingston Hall, Somerset County, andCaptainMichaelBrown Carroll, of the UnitedStates Navy, whodistinguished himself under Decatur at Tripoli, andothersof note.

The Susquehanna Carrolls, who intermarried withother representative families of Southern Maryland and

the Eastern Shore, were, like their distant kinsmen of the

Western Shore, noted for their culture andability.

The Carrolls, of Carrollton, DonghoreganManor, Homewood andother notable estates intermarried with theDarnalls, Brookes, Lees, Digges, Chews, Howards andotherWes tern Shore families. The Barrister Carroll branch ,of the Caves, were allied to the Tilghmans, Blakes, Lloyds,andothers of the Eastern Shore.

The Susquehanna Carrolls intermarriedwith the VanSwearingen, Briscoe, King , Brooke, Brown, andBiscoefamilies, andthrough ties of blood are related to the C alverts, of Mount Airy, the Steuarts, of Annapolis, andtheCradocks,of Baltimore County.

There are also the Carrolls, of Marlborough, the firstof whom, Daniel, was prominent in the Colonial days.



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Marquis of Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Welling

ton ; her sister , Louise, who hadfirst been the wife of Sir

Fulton Bathurst Hersey,married secondly Francis Osbourne Godolphin D’

Arcy, Marquis Carmarthen,eldest

son andheir to the Duke of Leeds, andupon his succession to the same, Louise Caton became the Duchess of

Leeds. The third foreignmarriage was that of ElizabethCaton to Baron Stafiord, of Costessy Hall.Emily Catonmarried John LovatMactavish, a Scotch

gentleman res iding in Baltimore as English consul. To

this granddaughter Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, gaveFolly Hall, known also as Folly Quarter . CatherineCarroll, one of the daughters of Charles Carrol], of C arrollton,married Honorable Robert Goodloe Harper, oneof themost eminent lawyers of his day andmember ofthe United States Senate fromMaryland.

Among the children of Charles Carroll, of Homewood,only son of the Signer , were Elizabeth Henrietta, whomarriedDr . Aaron Tucker ;Mary Sophia, whomarried Honorable Richard H. Bayard ; Harriet Juliana, whomarriedColonelJohn Lee of Needwood, andLouisa, whomarriedIsaac Rand Jackson.

Among the lineal des cendants of Charles Carroll, of

Carrollton, whomarried in titled foreign familiesmay bementioned Louisa Carroll, whomarried George CavendishTaylor, of England, nephew of Lord Waterpark, an Irishpeer ;Mary Louisa Carroll, who in 1886 became the brideof Comte Jean de Kergorlay, of France Anita Maria, the

wife of Baron Louis de la Grange, also of France, bothdaughters of Honorable John Lee Carroll, sx -Governor ofMaryland.

Agnes Carroll, the daughter of Albert Henry Carroll


andMary Cornelia Read, is the Countess Heussenstamm,Of Austria, themarriage having taken place during theresidence of Colonel andMrs. James Fenner Lee at the

C ourt of Vienna, while ColonelLee was American Chargeds Afl

'

aires.

John Chaplins settled in Talbot County, Maryland,where hemarried andleft descendants. His brother Williamremoved to Calvert County, Maryland, where in 1689his name appears among those who Signed the petition toHis Majesty

,King William, in behalf of the Protestants

of that country. His wife was a Miss Travers, by whomhe had a large family, which spread through PrinceGeorge

’s andFrederick Counties, andthrough theWestern

andSouthern States.

Colonel Joseph Chaplins, who was born in PrinceGeorge

’s County in the year 1707 was in 1748 appointed

one of the first Justices of Peace for Frederick Countyafter it was erected out of Prince George

’

s, the Chapline

estates evidently lying in the newer county. ColonelJoseph Chaplins owned ex tensive acres, patented under thirteen separate tracts. Whether there was any significancein the fact that he was electedmember of the Assembly asmany times as he hadtracts of land, it is certain that hesat thirteen times in that august body of lawmakers, beingone of the first four ever elected to the GeneralAssemblyfromFrederick County.

In the year 1763 this public- spirited citizen was ap

pointed one of the trustees of the free schools in his community. Two years later we findhimappointed a committee of one fromSharpsburg to act with the general


committee on the detestable Stamp Act . In the year1768 was recorded a deed of gift fromJoseph Chaplins,of Frederick County, Maryland, to the vestrymen and

churchwardens of the Southern Church at Sharpsburg, asfollows: “Witnesseth that said Joseph C hapline, for and

in consideration of the religious regard which he hath andbeareth to the said church, as also for the better supportandmaintenance of same, grants to said vestrymen, etc .

a lot on which to build a church within seven years, theirheirs andassigns paying on the 9th of July, yearly, onepeppercorn.

’

He owned over 2000 acres about Sharpsburg, whichtown he laid out andnamed for Governor Horatio Sharp.

Some years ago the originalmuster roll of LieutenantColonel Joseph Chaplins for the h ench andIndianWars

was found behind the weatherboarding of his oldhouseat Sharpsburg, after it hadbeen partly burned down. Themuster roll dated 1757. The names of Captain Moses

Chaplins andmany otherswere on the nearly faded paper .

ThisCaptainMosesChaplinswas a brother of LieutenantColonelJoseph Chaplins, and, like his commander, servedin the French andIndianWars. Hemarried Janet Caton,of Anne Arundle County, while Colonel Joseph won forhis bride oneMissWilliams, of the distinguished Williamsfamily of Prince George County. Joseph Chaplins, theson of Lieutenant- Colonel Joseph Chaplins, commandedthe Eighth Maryland Militia.

In the year 1774 he was elected to represent FrederickCounty in the Continental Congress, held on the 5th of

September of that year . He was appointed amember ofthe Committee of Correspondence November, 1774. A

fewyearslater he appearsas one of the justices ofWashing


66 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HIS TORY

ex pelled fromthe faith .

He ably defended his position, both in the court andin the Philadelphia Gazette,

” which greatly increasedhis influence both with the Quakers andthe government.His son, Benjamin Chew , studied law under Andrew Hamilton in Philadelphia, andin the year 1741 went to Londonandstudied in the Middle Temple Inns Court. He laterpracticed law in Dover , where he quickly rose to omoceof honor and power . After serving as Speaker of theLower House he became amember of the boundary comThe field of Dover evidently being too small for so

brilliant aman,he removed to Philadelphia in the year

1754, andthe nex t year we findhimfilling the office of

Attorney-Generalof the Province, which hecontinued tohold for fourteen years. He was one of the commissionersfor the defense of Philadelphia against the anticipatedwar with Spain in the year 1761. In the year 1774, afterserving as Register- General of Wills for a termof years,he succeeded WilliamAllen as Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania.

It was his charming daughter, Peggy Oswald Chew,who

during the tournament given at the occupancy of Philadelphia by the British, hadMajor Andre as her knight.Dr. Weir Mitchel has given us charming glimpses of

society at that time andhas depicted the cleverness and

charmof the one destined to be the bride of one of themost heroic anddashing leaders of the American army,our own GeneralJohn Eager Howard.

Her sister, Harriet Chew,married Charles Carroll, ofHomewood so we findthese lovely women of Maryland


blood passing by themany eligibles in the City of BrotherlyLove to become the wives of Maryland’smost distinguished sons, over whose homes they presided with thegrace anddignity of those to themanner born.

In nearly every generation we findthe descendants of

our first Colonial ofi cia], Samuel Chew, of Harrington,

filling offices of trust andfighting for their country.

Themen andwomen have invariably intermarried withthe best blood of this andother States. We findin theirearly history one taking for his bride a daughter of aLloyd, of Wye, while one of his sisters became the wifeof Governor WilliamPaca and presided as themistressOf Wye Hall; another the wife of John Beale Bordley.

Other intermarriages of the Chewswerewith theBurgesses,Worthingtons, Dorseys, Hopkins, Richardsons, C laggetts,Harrisons, Thomases andmany other representative

CLAGGE'I'I‘

The progenitor of Maryland’s first Bishop, Rt . Rev .

Thomas John Claggett, was Thomas Claget , an Englishgentleman of distinguished ances try, who himself hadrendered service to King Charles II : his father suflering

for loyalty to Charles I, imprisonment in the Tower at

the hands of the Parliamentarians.

Although posseessedof large landed estates in England,we findhimturning his face toward the Colonies in 1670accompanied by his wife Sarah . He at once receivedpatents for various tracts of land, including GoodlingtonManor, Greenland, Croome, Weston andothers. He set

tledat Leonardtown,where he ismentioned as Captain

Thomas Clagett Gentleman. In his will, proved in the


year 1706 Captain ThomasClagett bridged the oceanwitha stroke of his pen by declaring himself the son of ColonelEdward Clagett, devising to son Edward the land I inherited in England frommy father, Colonel EdwardClagett.

Equally positive proofs of their origin are frequent inthe records of Maryland families—gleaned, however, afterlong research . Hence it is particularly gratifying whenan original settler leaves his own legal evidence behindhim. It is supposed that Edward Claggett went to England andtook possession of his inheritance there.

Thomas, the eldest son, received Weston, one of the

notable estates near Upper Marlboro, which included a

deer park and other attractions peculiar to an Englishmanor. This estate was entailed upon Thomas Clagettand his heirs forever .

Here this distinguished progenitor of the elder branchof the Maryland C laggettsmade the name famous forelegant hospitality. Here the other Colonial oflicials en

joyed with the host the outdoor sports dear to the Englishcountry gentleman. AS Justice of the Peace, CountyCommissioner and Judge of the County C ourt ThomasClagett, of Weston

, was an importantman in his community. He left a large family, fromwhommany Marylanders are descended.

The first of the Clagetts of CroomewasRichard Clagett,Sr., who inherited this large estate fromhis father, Captain Thomas Clagett, the immigrant.Richard Clagettmarried Deborah Dorsey Ridgely,

daughter of the Honorable John Dorsey, and had six

children. Of these the third became the Rev . Samuel




service. Bishop Claggettmarried his cousin,Mary Gantt,

andhada family of eight children. He lived at Croome,one of the original tracts patented to Captain ThomasClaggett andtransmitted to his descendants.

Here the venerable Bishop was buried in the family lotin August, 1816. Amarble Slabmarked his tomb

,bear

ing an inscription written by Francis Scott Key, whichis in part,

“He ruled the church with firmness andfaithfulness andadorned it with his chracter .

In the year 1898 the remains of Bishop Claggett wereremoved fromCroome and reinterred in the EpiscopalCathedralat Washington.

The children of Bishop Claggett were Dr. Thomas JohnClaggett, whomarried Sophia Martin,

of MontgomeryCounty ; Samuel Claggett, died 1802 unmarried ; MaryClaggett, whomarried John Eversfield, left no descendants; Charles Nicholas Claggett, died unmarried 1832

Elizabeth Laura Claggettmarried Josiah Young, no issue;Priscilla Elizabeth Claggettmarried Colonel John Hamilton Chew, of Calvert County.

John Clagett, the great- grandson of Captain ThomasClaggett, who was born at Croome in the year 1733, afterhismarriage removed to Anne ArundelCounty, where hepurchased large tracts of land. Hemarried MissWhite,of Frederick County, andhadseveralchildren The eldestof thesemarried Eleanor Digges, of the distinguishedfamily of that name

,whose children intermarried with

the Brookes, Hills, Snowdens, Bowies andothers equallyprominent.In addition to enjoying the distinction conferred byhaving one of itsmembers the first resident Bishop of

Maryland andthe first ever consecrated in America, the



Claggett family has contributed its services in ofi cialand

military life. There have been numerous justices, judgesandmilitary officers in the various generations, andthereis scarcely a notable family in the State to which the Claggetts are not allied by blood . Richard Claggett, Jr .

, ofCroome,married Lucy Keene,mentioned in the will ofher father

,who willed to his daughter Greenland, the

estate which Captain Thomas Claggett devised to his sonJohn,

indicating an earliermarriage of a Keene to a Clag

These Keenes were descendants of Richard Keene, ofRichard’s Manor, Calvert County, whose English originh as been proven, but which is another story .

Among other prominent families to which the C laggettsa re allied were the Eversfields, Belts, Berrys, Chews,Williams, Magruders, Ducketts, Thompsons, C hesleys,Harpers, Ridgelys,Woodwards, Scotts, Harwoods, Schleys,Hilliarys, Cramptons andothers.

CONTEE

The Honorable Colonel John Contee, amember of theC ouncilof State of 1707 andcolonelof the ColonialMilitia,was the first of hisname in the Province.

In his will, dated 1708, he devised his lands in Maryland to his brother , Peter Contee, the father of Alex anderC ontee, who was but fifteen years Oldat the time of his

uncle’s death. The lad, who was evidently a younger son

andthe favorite of his uncle, the distinguishedmember ofthe Council, joined Honorable John Contee inMaryland afew years before that gentleman’

s death . Although twicemarried, the Honorable John Contee left no children to

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inherit his large estate, which be divided among his relaptives andthe children of his first wife.

Naturally enough the young Alex ander Contee, whohad come out to the Province to be a son to his uncle,continued tomake his home withMme.Mary Contee, hisaunt, the cousin of Governor Seymour, after the death ofhis uncle, andin addition to the lands bequeathed to hisfather , Peter Contee, soon acquired land patents of his

own in Prince George’s County, where his descendants

have largely been seated ever since. Although a successful businessman in the town of Nottingham, he was notaverse to oflicia]life, andwas the chosen representative ofhis community in the House of Burgesses in the year1720.

Alexander Conteemarried Jane Brooke, great- granddaughter of Robert Brooke, the Lord of De la BrookeManor . Alexander Contee and his wife, Jane Brooke,had Six sons and four daughters, fromwhomdescendmany distinguished citizens of Maryland. Colonel JohnContee, the eldest son, was a prominent patriot. He was

sent as a delegate to the convention whichmet at Annapolis in June, 1775, andhis name is enrolled as one of the

signers of the Declaration of the Freemen of Marylandof July 26, 1775, which antedated the nationalDeclarationof Independence by a year.

Contee wasColonelThomas Contee, who, like his brother,Colonel John Contee, was amember of the Assembly, aswellasaman of specialinfluence andresponsibility in themilitary afiairs of hisday. In the beginning of the Revolutionary War Thomas Contee was commissioned by theCouncilof Safety asmajor ofmilitia, andwas sent to con





7000 acres in Somerset County alone were patented tomembers of the Davis family.

On both sides of the Chesapeakemembers of this namewere large landholders and lived in easy way peculiarto the Colonialgentry. The Davismenwere fromearliesttimes conspicuous in themilitary afiairs of the Province.

In the year 1667 we findCaptain Hopkins Davis commanding a company of foot in Choptank andMiles River ,Talbot County

,and Captain John Davis, of the same

county,martialing hismen against attack. Among themen of this name who were paid by the Assembly of

Maryland for public services to the Province prior to 1685were George Davis, Griflith Davis, John Davis, ThomasDavis

,WilliamDavis, SamuelDavis andJonas Davis.

In the year 1694, John Davis was appointed Commissioner and Justice of the Peace for trial and cause forTalbot County, of which hewas also amilitary oflicsr.

While it has been claimed that the Western ShoreDavisesdidnot arrive in Maryland untilmuch later thanthose on the Eastern Shore, the Colonialrecords disprovethis, as above shown. As early as 1694 John Davis wasa Justice of Prince George

’s County. The names of

Samuel andJohn Davis appear in a list of loyal subjectsin Somerset County in 1689, in which year a petition fora Protestant government was addressed to the king.

Wh ile the Davismen filled with fidelitymany civilOfficesof importance andserved their government on the Colonialfield, including the French andIndianwars, it is especiallynotable for the large number of commissioned officers inthe revolutionary service. Among these were ColonelRichard Davis, 1778, Captain John Davis, Snow HillBattalion, 1777 ; Captain Philip Davis, Thirteenth Bat


talion, Kent County, 1778; Captain Richard Davis, of

Washington County ; Captain John Davis, of WicomicoBattalion; First Lieutenant Nix on Davis, First Lieutenant Jesse Davis, of Worcester County, 1776; FirstLieutenant Amos Davis, of Washington County, 1778;First lieutenant Lodowich Davis andSecond LieutenantGriflith Davis, Middle Battalion, Montgomery County;First Lieutenant James Davis, of Dorchester County ;Philemon Davis, a sergeant in themounted company thatmarched fromQueen Anne’s County February 3, 1776 ;Lieutenant- Colonel Richard Davis, of Frederick Countytroops, 1776 ; Ensign Resin Davis, of Frederick, 1776;Second Lieutenant Richard Davis, Baltrimore County1776 Ensign Alex ander Davis, commissioned secondlieutenant August 1777 ; Ensign WilliamDavis, Baltimore Battalion, 1777 ; Richard Davis, of WashingtonCounty, appointed to purchase provisions for the UnitedStates Army, 1778 Robert Paine Davis, Ensign of C ap

tain ThomasWatkins’ company on West River , in AnneAnmdel County, 1779. There were other officers and

no less than fifty privates by the name ofDaviswho servedin theMaryland troops during theWar of Independence.

While fromthe foregoing we can have no doubt as tothe patriotic blood of the Davismen, yetmore than oncethe name is enrolled among those who held the scales of

justice, andwhile somany of the family were giving theirlives to their country’s service Samuel Davis, of Kent,andRichard Davis, of Washington County, were fillingthe honorable andimportant office of justice of the countycourts in the year 1778.

In the Journal of the Council of Safety reference ismade to Captain Davis as sea commander . While one


of the early rectors of WilliamandMary Parish wasThomas Davis, we findRev . SamuelDavis preaching tothe early Presbyterian flock in Somerset County, wherehis name is still revered as one who helped to plant thevine in the virgin soilof the NewWorld.

The various branches of the Davis family in Marylandintermarried with the other representative Colonial families, and particularly is this the case in the branch inAnne Anmdel County.

Among the other distinguished sons of Maryland ofthis name, that of Henry Winter Davis will always shineforth as a bright, particular star . This eminent scholar ,statesman andorator has always beenmarked as one of

the greatest of Marylanders. His father was Rev .HenryLyon Davis, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and

pres ident of St. John’sCollege, at Annapolis. Hismother

was Jane Brown Winter. Henry Winter DavismarriedMiss Nancy Morris, daughter ofMr . John B . Morris, of

Baltimore, bywhomhe hadtwo daughters, EphriamDav is,who settled at Greenwood in the year 1755, had a son,

Thomas, who during Washington’s administration,

raiseda company andmarched to Pennsylvania in 1794 to assistin suppressing the whisky insurrection. During his ab

sence he was elected amember of the Legislature, andwas also an elector of the Senate under the oldConstitution. He was amember of the Governor’s Councilandamost importantman in his day, being among otherthings, Associate Judge of the County Court. His son ,

Allen Bowie Davis, like his father, was aman conspicuousin the official life of his generation. He was pres identof the State Board of Public Works,member of the con

stitutional convention andone of the first trustees and



man in the early history of the Province. He was chiefJudge of Kent County anda fighter as well. Hewas at

the Battle of the Severn in the interest of Lord Baltimorein 1655. He andDr . Luke Barber were sent by GovernorStone as a kind of flag of truce to Governor Fullerand the Puritans. The year following when the Dutchambassadors fromSouth River came to consult theMaryland authorities they were entertained at the home of

ColonelCoursey. August Hermann was the chief of theambassadors of theDutch . We findColonelHenry Coursey covering himself with honor andeliciting commendation of the Governor andAssembly in his transactionswith the Five Nations at a congress in Albany,NewYork,in the year 1677.

Of Colonel Henry Coursey of Cheston- ou-Wye, thetradition regarding the land called My Lord

’s Gift, which

is one of the fine ancestral estates of the De Courcysnow in possession of a female line of descent, says that,in consideration of the valuable services rendered to the

government by Henry Coursey, particularly those in

regard to a treaty he hadrecentlymade with the IroquoisIndians, the Governor ofieredto give himasmuch landas he could cover with his han upon amap spread outbefore them. Selecting a point on Queenstown Creek, heplaced his thumb on themap anddrawing a line aroundhis outspread hand, surrounded what proved to be 1600acres of land, andbeing patented in his Lordship

’s name

was known ever afterward as My Lord’s Gift.In the year 1656 Governor Josias Fendallhadbestowed

upon Colonel Henry Coursey 1000 acres, probably in

recognition of his services at Providence the year before.

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one of the council at the interview between Lord BaltimoreandWilliamPenn at the house of ColonelThomas Tailler .

But itmust be known that his two brothers were also

filling high omoce in the Province, even though not figuringso conspicuously as the head of the family .

In 1657 John Coursey, gentleman, was sherifl of ye

county of the Isle of Kent, whileWilliamCoursey, Gent.,was sherifi of the county of Calverton.

That the De Courcymen hada high sense of honor wecan judge fromthe action of Edward, son of WilliamC oursey, 3d, of Cheston- on-Wye. This Edward Courseyentered the revolutionary army when but seventeen

years of age, was captured at the battle of Long Islandand remained a prisoner two years. When he returnedhe found his estate greatly damaged through the one who

hadtaken charge, the youngman himself being an orphan.

He declined to accept any pay for his services in the war ,holding that he hadserved his country purely frompatriLater in life his son suggested to the Captain that at

some future time he would himself claima pension forhis father ’s services, whereupon the brave old veterancalmly took his commission out of his desk and

,tearing

it into pieces, threw it in the Open fire, declaring that noheir of his should benefit by the services his duty hadcalledhimto performin behalf of his country.

In his will Captain Edward Coursey thus addresses hissons regarding their name, which fromthe time of the

As fromthe respectable andpublicmanner in whichmy ancestors emigrated fromIreland to this country itcannot be believed that any necessity of concealmsnt in


duced themto alter the original spelling of the familyname, I amledto believe the change took place fromtheof Great Britain andFiance, andprobably with thematthis time, and that they intended thereby to efiace themark of their French descent, etc . Therefore I requestandadvise bothmy sons to resume the ancientmanner ofspelling their family name, viz.,

De Courcy, and to‘

use

ever since. As they have always claimed their descentfromthe Earlof Ulster andLord Kingsale, their indifierence to the lapsing of their claimto the title in no wiseestablished in theirminds the claims of the one who

received the title andestates upon the death of the old

EarlGerald. The estates of theDe Courcys have coveredmany thousands of acres.

descent fromsome of themost notable houses of GreatBritain can no longer be questioned, because positivelyproven by the records of England andinternal evidenceinMaryland, none ismore interesting than that of theDigges family. This ancient name is not only notable forthe royal blood which flows in its veins fromseverallines of kings, including that of the great Conqueror himself, but is preeminently interesting because of the attainments of its sons during the several generations whichimmediately preceded the seating of one of this family inthe colony of Virginia, fromwhich his eldest son removedto Maryland and became an important fi

gure in our

Colonialgovernment.



Baltimore in England. Hewas in command at St.Mary’sduring the Protestant revolution headed by John Coodeand others, and by the force of superior numbers wascompelled to surrender .

While the owner of estates in several counties, ColonelWilliamDigges’ name is associated with WarburtonManor , in Prince George

’s County, which is Situated

directly oppositeMount Vernon. Very charming picturesof the life on the Potomac are given us by WashingtonIrving, andthat the families at Mount Vernon andWar

burton’

s Manor were close friends there remainmanyevidences . It seems that a code of signals ex istedbetweenGeneralWashington andhis contemporaries at Warburton. On a little knoll in front of Mount Vernon we are

told that Washington wigwagged to those at War

burton, and that in response the barge fromthemanorwould Shoot out fromitsmoorings,manned by itsliveriedblacks, in response to the signalof thewould- be guest.The various generations of Digges who trace theirdescent fromColonel William, the first of WarburtonManor, have intermarried withmany of the other representative families of Maryland

,including the Carrolls,

Darnalls, Sewalls, Lees, Neales and others. Among thenotables Marylanders who descended fromColonelWil

liamDigges was Charles Carroll, of Carrollton Rev . JohnCarroll, first Archbishop of Baltimore ; DanielCarroll, thestatesman of Rock Creek ; General A . Leo Knott and

others.

DARCY- DORS EY

There were two distinct branches of Darcys in ColonialMaryland, not in any way connected so far as the records



show, but between which traditions of relationship ex istin both branches.

Of these two branches that on the Eastern Shore hasbeen seated in Dorchester County, since 1660, the originalestate descending fromfather to son to the present, oreighth generation.

The evidence of the descent of this family fromtheancient andnoble family of Darcy in England ex ists on

the heraldic sealof John Darcy, Gent., used on an ofi cial

document dated 1749, the bull passant, on a cap ofmaintenance, denotes the particular branch of EnglishDarcys fromwhich the Darcy- Dorseys of Dorchestersprung.

As for six generations but one son hasmarried in each

generation limiting the descent in themale line to thechildren of the late James L. Dorsey, Esq.

, the familyhistory is not of interest to themany Dorseys who descend fromthe Hockley branch in Anne ArundelCounty,andhence is not given.

The children of James L. Dorsey,Esq., the last to die

in possession of the Dorsey estate in Dorchester County,are John R . Dorsey, Esq., Frank Grafton Dorsey, Esq.,

and Charles Howard Dorsey, Esq . of Baltimore;Mrs.

John M . Willis, Miss Mary V. Dorsey, Miss Sallie Web

ster Dorsey of Dorchester County ; andMrs. Albert LevinRichardson (Hes ter Dorsey Richardson) of Baltimore.

DORSEYS OF HOCKLEY

Of all the distinguished ofiicials whose presence withtheir families and retainers lent luster to the ancientcapital, none aremore indelibly impres sed upon the historyof the Province than the early Dorsey brothers, sons of


Edward Darcy who received his first warrant for land fromthe Lord Proprietary in the year 1650.

In that year Edward Darcy, the originalprojenitor of theHockley branch of the Dorseys of Maryland, receivedanother grant for land adjoining his original warrant,the latter patented in connection with Captain John

These lands were in the year 1667 assigned to GeorgeYate, Edward Darcy having in 1661 been granted a

valuable estate in that part of St . Mary’s County whichin 1663 became a part of the newly erected County of

Calvert. This was Theobush Manning patented to Edward Darcy andThomasManmng, as shown in the LandWarrants, but incorrectly entered in Lord Baltimore’sRent Rolls for Calvert County, as belonging to EdwardDarby.

Hockley- in- the- Hole, originally taken up by EdwardDarcy, was in 1664 patented to his sons Edward, Joshuaand John, the original patent hearing date August 20,1664, being still in the possession of the present owner ofHockley, Miss Anne Elizabeth Dorsey, lineal descendantof all three of the original patentees. In the year 1681Edward Dorsey, Gent. of Ann Arundel] County, Son

andheir of Edward Dorsey late of said County deceasedassigned his right to his brother John. The parchmentdocument granting Hockley to the three Dorsey brothersbears the autograph of Charles, third Lord Baltimore,andwas givenunder theGreat Sealof the Province.

Major Edward Dorsey, latter known as Colonel, Judgein the High Court of Chancery, andKeeper of the GreatSea], was active inmilitary affairs, andwas also a Gentleman Justice of Anne Arundel County. His house on



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the death of SarahWyatt, hiswife,Major Edward Dorseykeeper of the Great Seal wooed andwon young Margare.

Larkin, who became themother of four sons and on

daughter .

In the year 1692 Major Edward Dorsey was one of thecommittee appointed to read andinspect the laws of theProvince, anda few yearslater we findhima commissionerin Chancery.

He was one of the first to contribute to the fund forestablishing free schools in Maryland, was a trustee of

King WilliamandMary School, andwas given authorityto conduct the arrangements for the building of St. Anne’sChurch, of which he was a vestryman. On account ofthe inability to secure workmen he resigned the lattercommission.

Although referred to as Major in the Archives, thetitle of Colonel’ is given Edward Dorsey in the settlement of his estate, indicating that he attained the highermilitary honor before his death.

The inventory of ColonelEdward Dorsey’s es tate bearsevidence of hismanner of life, for the bequests of silvertankards and cordial cups, silver- hilted swords, chafingdish andother evidences of the convenience andelegancies,indicate that he kept up the dignity incident to a Pro

vincial Justice andKeeper of the Great Seal and fieldofficer of the Colonial troops in his county. His seal

gold ring, which was left to his son, Edward , was probably the one used later by Edward andJoshua in sealing a

joint deed. The impression of these seals has causedno little conjecture, because of the device andmottowhichmust have belonged to amaternalline. The smallshield has in the center a hand holding an upright un

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sheathedsword, with themotto An Por Peth surrounding it . As both Greek scholars and those versed inoldGaelic have found this too hard a problemto solve,I give it as interesting study to themany who springfromthe early Dorseys.

Sarah Dorsey, the only sister of the three brothers of

Hockley,married Matthew Howard, one of the originalfive Howards who came to Maryland in 1650, the sameyear in which Edward Darcy patented his first land.

The sons anddaughters of all the early Dorseysmarriedthe representatives of Colonial worthies of prominenceand influence until it is almost impossible to name an

early notable fromwhomthe later generations do not

descend, or a person of eminence in Maryland andmanyout of the State who do not with pride claimtheir Dorseyforbears.

The Dorseymen have largely inclined to the law, and

several of the descendants of the distinguished Judge of

of the High Court of Chancery, Major Edward Dorsey,have occupied seats on the Maryland bench . In the

year 1758 we find Governor Horatio Sharp writing toWilliamDorsey for his legal opinion on certain vex edquestions relative to the rights of indentured servants toenlist in the King

’s service. Mr Dorsey’s opinion was

given.

On the formation of the county courts in Maryland in1777, when the State government was organized, the f01lowing Dorseys were appointed Justices of the localcourts: John Dorsey, Thomas Dorsey andNicholasDorsey, Jr . , sons of Henry, for Anne Arundel County, andBasil Dorsey was at the same timemade Justice forFrederick County. Those of a later date who attained


to legal distinction in Maryland were Honorable Walter

Dorsey, the Chief Judge Of the Court Of Oyer andTer

miner Of Baltimore andJudge Of the Court Of Appeals in1817 Honorable Clement Dorsey,member Of Congressfor three successive terms, who died in 1846. ChiefJusticeThomasBealeDorsey, of the Court Of Appeals andAttorney- GeneralOf Maryland in 1824.

Two daughters of Governor Charles Ridgely andPriscillaDorsey became the wives of Governor George Howard, ofWaverly, andJamesHoward, son Of Governor JohnCaleb Dorsey became the ancestor Of theMacubbinCarrolls. JudgeWalter Dorsey, son of ColonelJohn Dor

sey and his wife, Mary Hammond, was a distinguishedmember Of the bar andmember Of Congress; EdwardDorsey, another eminent lawyer ,married HenriettaMaria

Chew ,daughter Of Benjamin Chew andHenrietta Maria

Lloyd , andwas a brotherin- law to Governor Paca. Ed

ward Dorsey was amember Of the Councilat the time Ofhis death, in 1760, and an influential representative Of

Frederick County. He was one Of themost eminentjurists Of his day and always associated in legal affairswith DanielDulaney andRobert Goldsborough as one

Of the greatest lawyers. In the year 1766 his onlydaughter, Henrietta Maria Chew Dorsey, died, aged tenyears, andthe Maryland Gazette announced that herfortune of would go to her father

’s relatives.

Among those who served asmembers Of the Committeeof Correspondence andSafety of the Revolutionary War

in September, 1774, were Thomas Dorsey, John Dorsey,Philip Dorsey, Caleb Dorsey, Ely Dorsey, Sr .

,for Anne

ArundelCounty, andElijah Dorsey, for Baltimore Town.




ridge Battalion in 1778. Ensign Laren (Larkin) Dorsey,of Washington County Battalion.

In addition to the above, some Of which have neverbefore been published, having been gleaned fromoriginalcommissions, there aremany others who served later inthe United States navy, among thembeing Dr . NathanDorsey, surgeon

’smate in Continental Hospital Department, United States navy ; John W. Dorsey, assistant

surgeon; Captain Lawrence Dorsey, Greenberry Dorsey,assistant surgeon; Hill Dorsey,midshipman in 1812 and

DUVALL

On August 8, 1659, Mareen Duvall received a patentfor a tract of land on the south side Of the South River,in Anne Arundel County, which, in the original survey,was granted under the name Of LaVal, inmemory, nodoubt, Of the home in sunny France. By the acquisitionOf other large tracts of land this enterprising youngHuguenot soon became one of the largest gentlemanplanters on South River andan importantmerchant.That Mareen Duvallwas a youngman at the time Of

his arrival in Maryland is evident fromthe fact that hedidnot appear in official life until 1678, in which year he,with other Of themost importantmen of Anne Arundel,was by Act Of Assembly appointed one Of the Commissioners to survey andlay 06 towns andports Ofentry inthe county. His services to the Province during the waragainst the Nanticoke Indians in the year 1683 were

recognized by the payment to himOf a large amount oftobacco.In the year 1750an assessment in tobacco wasmade to


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raise funds to pale in the yard andbuild a house with afireplace to accommodate theminister andparishioners inbadweather . This is now Holy Trinity Church, nearCollington, Prince George

’s County, which has Of late

years been restored and adorned withmany beautifulmemorial windows to the Duvalls, Mullikens, Bowies andother Old families of Anne Arundel andPrince George

’s

In the political life of the colony Mareen Duvallwas aJacobite, as the adherents to King James II were called,andin 1692 a letter fromColonelNicholas Greenbury toGovernor Lionel Copley called the latter’s attention to aJacobite cabal held at Mareen Duvall’s house, which wasdesignated as a rendezvous of that party . Among otherColonialleaders identified with andpresent at this cabalwere ColonelHenry Damall, Colonel Samuel Chew, Col

ouelEdward Dorsey andothers equally prominent. Withthis French Protestant his faith, like that Of the others,didnot interfere with his loyalty to the rightful heir tothe English throne—perhaps thememory of the fact thatthe English Crown had befriended the persecuted and

homeless Huguenots when every hand was against themplayed its part inmaking hima loyalsubject to the king.

Before this death he hadacquired severalthousand acresin Anne Arundel andPrince George

’s Counties, where he

lived the easy life of a country gentleman. For somereason not given in the records, his house wasmentionedas having been especially guarded during an Indian out

The bequests in his willOf lands andpersonalproperty,

96 sms- Lrerrrs ON MARYLANDms'rORYson John he left his silver snufi box among other heirlooms Of individual interest. The impression Of his coatof arms on his sealhas descendedto the pres ent generation.

A Colonialsilver- hilted sword, which descended throughthe Marsh Mareen Duvall line, still bears evidence Of thefighting blood Of the early Duvalls.

Many Of the descendants Of Mareen Duvall rendereddistinguishedservices to the Province in civilandmilitarylife. His sons anddaughters intermarried with themostinfluential English families in the colony, and fromthebequests in the various wills it is evident that the life at

La Val and Middle Plantation was as luxurious and

courtly as on any Of themanors Of the English gentry.

Mary, the widow Of Mareen Duvall, married Rev .

Jacob Henderson Of Holy Trinity Church . For her thirdhusband this charming Mary was won by ColonelHenryRidgely.

Mareen Duvall, eldest son of the immigrant,marriedFrances Stockett, Of Anne Arundel County, andleft numerous distinguished descendants.

Susannah Duvall, daughter Of the immigrant Huguenot,married Robert Tyler, andhad, among other descendants,President John Tyler.

Lewis Duvallmarried Martha Ridgely, daughter OfRobert Ridgely, the early Colonial dignitary. Theirdaughter Elizabethmarried her cousin, WilliamRidgely.

Many allianceswith notable families out Of the State haveex tended the various branches through the South and

West , while themarriage Of a great- grandson to a daugh

ter of the famousMr . Rittenhouse has unitedtwo Of theOldest families in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Mr.

Justice GabrielDuvall, agrandson Of the FrenchHuguenot ,


98 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYBradley T. Johnson, the lateMajor-GeneralIsaac HardingDuvall, United States Army ;Major- General WilliamPenn Duvall, United States Army ;Mr . H . ReimanDuvall, Of New York, formerly president Of the F. C .

dz P. Railroad Company ; Dr . John M. Duvall, of PrinceGeorge

’s County ; Dr . John W. Hood, of Baltimore ;

Mrs. Benjamin Price, of New York ;Mr . Charles E. Fen

dall, Of the Baltimore bar ; Judge Grafton Duvall, of

Anne ArundelCounty ; Dr. Wirt A . Duvall, of Baltimore;Mr . Elbridge G . Duvall, Of New York ; the late Dr. WilliamWaters Duvall Of Prince George

’s County ; the late

FENWICK

There aremany contradictions in the English recordsOf the Fenwick family in certainminor details, but theactualmention of Cuthberts at the proper date in thefamily record in England has positively fix ed the identityOf the Lord Of Fenwick Manor in Maryland, andhas alsothrown light upon an intermarriage of the Fenwickswith the Lisle (Lyell) family, which gives a possiblebasis for .a tradition in that family, which is Ofmore thanThis tradition hangs around a smallembroidered handkerchief which has descended in the Lyell family of New

Charles I on the scafioldandstill stained with the bloodof themartyred King.

Mr . Whitehead, who has in his contributions to the history Of New Jersey brought this tradition to light, statesthat Colonel Robert G. Johnson, Of Salem, who knewnothing Of the connection Of the Fenwickswith the Lyells,

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claims that he hadin his possession at one time an orderfromCromwell to Major John Fenwick to superintendthe ex ecution Of the King, which service, if performed,would have given himan opportunity to secure the handkerchief and render its transmission to the Lyells lessimprobable.

David Lyell, one Of the first proprietors Of Perth Amboy,had a wife, Catharine; daughters, Jane, Catharine and

Mary ; sons, Fenwick,William, Robert andDavid. Tradition in that family had preserved the belief in Fenwickancestry, but recent investigations have given the writerthe English record of themarriage of Catharine Fenwickto Lancelott Lisle (Lyell). The New Jersey family also

has the tradition Of a Lorraine connection, which the

records of nearly 300 years ago verify through the Fenwicks.

Thus we see that tradition is not history, but it issome cases its handmaiden.

Leaving, however , the realms of tradition and

ing upon the firmer ground Of historic records,that Cuthbert Fenwick, the first of his name inland, arrived by way Of Virginia in the year 1634,early age Of twenty. Being a younger son Of afamily he was tempted by the Opportunities in the NeWorld, andprobablymoved not a little by the spirit ofadventure which influencedmore than one of the youngcavaliers Of the court of Charles I .As amember Of the First Assembly Of Freemen held

in Maryland in the year 1637-38, he becomes at once an

interesting historic personage, as the proceedings Of thatAssembly are without doubt themost interesting on

100 ems-mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYThat Cuthbert Fenwick was the trusted friend OfThomas Cornwallis is proved by the fact that he not onlyresided at Cornwallis’manor house, known as The Cross,during the Captain

’s frequent trips to England, but he

filled his seat as amember Of his Lordship’s council atthe same time, although but twenty- six years Old, and

had two years before claimed a voice in the Assemblyas not assenting to the election Of St. Mary’s Burgesses.

Formany years Cuthbert Fenwick figured conspicuouslyin the legislative halls of ProvincialMaryland. He was

the Lord of Fenwick Manor andin his will, dated 1654,he provided that his son Cuthbert have the plantationon St. Cuthbert’s, andhe to be lord Of themanor, whichwas situated nex t to De la Brooke Manor granted toRobert Brooke in the year 1650. Asmight be ex pected,the descendants of these two lordly councilors, honoredscions Of titled English houses, intermarriedandleft sonsanddaughters who are numbered among our representap

tive citizens.

Cuthbert Fenwick was himself twicemarried. Of his

first wife no record has been left, but Of his second, JaneEltonhead, we learn that she was the daughter of RichardEltonhead, Of England, widow Of RobertMoryson, of

Virginia, and sister of WilliamEltonhead, who arrivedin Maryland in the ship Golden Fortune as Lord Baltimore’s representative to recapture the records then in thecare Of Richard Preston, the commander Of the Patux ent,andone of the commissioners to govern Maryland underOliver Cromwell. WilliamEltonheadlost his life for hispart in the engagement between the Puritans andthe LordBaltimore’s party.

The will of Jane Fenwick, probated1660, has been pro


102 ems -moms ON MARYLANDms'rORYuncle of the Bishop Of Cincinnati, Rev . Enoch Fenwick,president of Georgetown College ; Rev . George Fenwick,professor of rhetoric in the Novitiate of the Society of

Jesus at Frederick, later at St. Inigoes.

Colonel Ignatius Fenwick was a distinguishedmemberOf the Maryland ConstitutionalConvention. James Fenwick, the son of Colonel Ignatius Fenwick and SarahTaney,married Henrietta Lancaster ; their daughterMaria

Fenwick, becoming the wife Of WilliamLeigh Brent,descendant Of Governor Giles Brent, Of Kent Fort Manor .

Both Of the sons of this union have been distinguishedcitizens Of Maryland ; the elder, Robert James Brent, wasAttomey- General Of Maryland

, andGeneral Joseph Lancaster Brent. Other families to which the Fenwicks of

Maryland are allied are the Knotts, the Spaldings,Mattinglys, Jenkins, Coles, Sewalls andothers. Of themanydescendants the best known are the late General JosephLancaster Brent,Mrs. WilliamKeyser,Mr . HenryM.

Fenwick,Mr . Guy Bernard Fenwick,Mr . Duncan Kenner

Brent, Miss Nannie M . Brent,Mr . WilliamKeyser , Jr .,Mr . R . Brent Keyser, Miss Ida S. Brent,Mr . Robert F.

Brent,Mrs. George Alphonzo Jones,Mrs. Dunbar Hunt,MissAnita Dunbar Hunt,Mrs. H. B . Denman andothers.

GALE

Among themen Of socialimportance in Somerset Countyin the latter part Of the seventeenth century was ColonelGeorge Gale, of afine OldEnglish family. His first wifewas Mildred Warner Washington, widow of LawrenceWashington and grandmother of General Washington.

She died in England while visiting George Gale’s relatives,

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George Gale married, second, Elizabeth Denwood,daughter Of Levin Denwood. Hiswill

,dated June 6, 1712,

recorded in Annapolis Wills, W. B. 5, fol. 438, leavesto loving wife Betty one- third Of all personal estate, sheandhis brother Matthias, Of Great Britain, to be ex ecu

tors. He directs that his children be brought up Protestants; children to have residue Of estate when youngest iseighteen years Old. The sons Of ColonelGeorge Gale hecame high civil andmilitary Officials, and their descendants are numbered among Maryland’s best citizens.

GERARD

In the year 1639 St. Clement’s Manor was granted toMr. Thomas Gerard, Gent by the Proprietary, and

Thomas Gerard wasmade lord Of themanor. That heex ercised all the rights and privileges of English lordsthere is proof in the records Of the courts Baron andLeetheld fromthe year 1659 to 1672, andwhich alone Of allthemanorial court proceedings are stillex tant.This historicmanor contained a little less than

acres , andwas the scene Ofmany notable events in Colonialhistory.

Dr . Thomas Gerard was early amember Of Lord Baltimore’s Council, andrepresented St. Mary’s hundred in

the ProvincialAssembly in the year 1641. Later we findhimassociated with the opposing faction and the friendOf Josias Fendall. Indeed, the Assembly which plannedto overthrow the Lord Proprietary in the year 1659,metat Bromly, themanor house Of Dr . Gerard. The nex t

day’smeeting was also held on St. Clement’sManor, butat Bushwood, the home of Robert Slye, sonin- law OfThomas Gerard. It was there that the first declaration

104 e n- Lrorrrs ON MARYLANDms'rORYOf independence was issued in America, in Governor Fendall’s famous proclamation Of Maryland as a republic.After the political troubles which enveloped himas a

result Of this revolution against Lord Baltimore, Dr.

Gerard removedto Virginia, across the Potomac. Hisfirst

wife, Susannah Snow, died andwas buried in Maryland.

After living in theOldDominion awhile, as the neighborOf the Washingtons, Fitzhughs, Lees and Peyt ons thisvoluntary ex ile fromMarylandmarried the widow RoseTucker andcontinued to live in Virginia until his death.

Hismanor Of St. Clement’s he left in possession Of hisson, Justinian, upon his departure fromMaryland. The

oldmanor house Bromly, named for the family estate inEngland, was no doubt built Of bricksmade on themanor,as reference is found in the archives to his brickmaker asearly as the year 1641. While this has long since disappeared, probably burned to the ground, as have beensomany Of the notablemansions, Bushwood still standsas amonument to the stately architecturalbeauty of theearly Colonialperiod. The daughters Of Thomas Gerardmarriedmen as prominent in the Colonial Official life Ofthe Province as was Dr. Gerard himself. These wereRobert Slye, John C oode, Nehemiah Blackiston and

WilliamFitzhugh, Of Virginia. One of the great- granddaughters Of Dr. Thomas Gerardmarried Edmond Plowden, descendant Of Sir Edmond Plowden, to whomKingCharles I granted, in the year 1634, the Isle Of Plowdenor Long Isle. Through several successive generationsOf Edmond Plowdens, the Old Bushwoodmansion has

descended. The Lord Of St. Clement’s Manor willedthis to his daughter Mary, the wife Of Robert Slye, inthe year 1673.


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GIST

Christopher Gist, the immigrant ancestor OfMaryland’sdistinguished GeneralMordecaiGist, settled on the southside Of the Patapsco River in the year 1682. Hemarrieda Cromwell, said to have been a daughter Of a kinsman Ofthe Lord Protector Of England.

Their son, Richard Gist, was the surveyor of theWestern Shore Of Maryland, andin August , 1729 , was, byact of Assembly, appointed one Of the commissioners tolay out Baltimore Town. Thuswe findthis distinguishedname associated with the beginning of our fair city, aswellas brilliantly connected with the history Of our Stateandnation.

In the year 1736 Richard Gist became a presidingJustice, andlater amember Of the Assembly. Hemarrieda Miss Murray, andleft a large family. Their daughtermarried JamesCalhoun, the first Mayor Of Baltimore.

Christopher Gist, the second born in Maryland, settledin Virginia andlived on the Yadkin River. In the year1750 he was employed by the Ohio Company tomakeex peditions into the Ohio Valley. He started in October,1750, returningMay, 1751, being the first whiteman toex plore that part Of West Virginia between Monongahelaand Great Kanawha Rivers. He was a distinguishedsurveyor and had the honor Of acting as Washington

’s

guide to Fort Duquesne in the year 1753, andfought withhimat Braddock.

Three Of the early Gistmenmarried daughters OfJoshua Howard and Johanna 0’Carroll while a sistermarried into the Ridgely family. NathanielGist, ensignin the famous Virginia regiment commanded by his


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gallant uncle, ColonelNathanielGist, was killed in company with his nephew, Richard Gist, at King

’sMountain.

These two were probably the first of the family to losetheir lives for their country, although not the first Of theirline to Ofl

'

er it .

There is probably no family in Maryland contributingmore Oflicers to the service Of the country in every hourOf her need andpro- eminently in the Revolutionary War .

We findmany brothers and cousins, fathers and sonsfighting side by side in theWar Of Independence, but nonewhosememory is so universally honored, as is that OfBrigadier- GeneralMordecaiGist , who in December, 1774,andledthe gallant 400young Marylanders in their fatefulcharge against Cornwallis

’men at the Cortelyouhouse onLong Island. In thememoirs of the Long Island Historical Society we learn details Of the glorious courageOf our Maryland boys—enough to thrillthemost sluggish

pulsch -in the battle of Long Island.

The little band, hardly numbering 400men, preparedfor an assault upon five times their number.

Lord Stirling had determined that the only hope of

the American army was to check the onset Of the vic

torious foe, andto quote the fine simile Of Dr. John Williamson Palmer, of Harvard, he called forth the remnantOf the Maryland regiment young lads tenderly nur

tured, who now for the first time knew the rapture Of

battle—andhurled themagainst the iron wallthat Comwallis had drawn about the Cortelyou house as Davidhurled his smooth , round stone against the armor OfGoliaHistory recounts how the artillery plowed their fast

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thinning ranks with the awful bolts of war, while fromthe adjacent hills the Hessian yagers hurled death to theflower of our Maryland youth . Yet , undaunted theirdashing leader,MordecaiGist, commanded themto closeup close upl

” This they didin staggering but unflinching files, grown fearfully thin, drew together and turnedtheir stern young faces to their country

’s foe. Again and

again these self- devoted heroes closed their ranks over thebodies Of their dead comrades andkept their faces to thefoe. Andso an hour was gainedmore precious to libertythan any other in its history.

”

N O hundred and fiftys ix Of Maryland’s noble sonswere that day sacrificed on the altar of patriotism—and

Washington’s army saved froma crushing defeat! NO

wonder that the strains Of Maryland, My Maryland”

appealto the feelings of others than our own citizens.

Washington witnessed the heroismOf the young Marylanders under Gist, andit is amatter Of record that in hisagony of heart he ex claimed, “Great God, whatmustmybrave boys sufier today!”

General Mordecai Gist wasmarried three times . His

children bore the suggestive names of Independent’ and“States,

” both being sons afllictedwith thesememorials Oftheir father’s patriotism.

General Gist lived during the latter part Of his life inSouth Carolina, in which State he died. In the year 1895the Maryland Society Of the Sons Of the AmericanRevolution erected a shaft inmemory Of the Marylandyouths at the battle Of Long Island.

Colonel Thomas Gist, who was in command Of theSoldiers’ Delight Battalion, was also a distinguished Rev



process proper against the said justices is a venire faciasunless your Ex cellency willbe pleased to call thembeforeyourself andthe B ouble, his Majesty’s Privy Council.”

That these early Americans loved their rights andmeantto have themfromthe start is evident by the protest deelaring

“that it is a very dangerous opinion giving libertyto the depriving and forejudging his Majesty’s subjectsof their freehold and livelihood upon bare suggestion,without any pres entment of their Peers,” etc .

Robert Goldsborough the firstmarried Elizabeth Greenberry, daughter Of ColonelNicholas Greenberry, the President of the CouncilandActing Governor Of the Provinceafter the death Of Sir Lionel Copley RobertGoldsborough settled in Talbot County on the estatecalled Ashby. Later we find himone of his Lordship’sjustices of Talbot County after the Calverts were re

stored to their palatinate rights by King George I Thereis a letter on record fromCharles Calvert to Robert Goldsborough and his associate Justices Of the county courtin the year 1726, in which Lord Baltimore expresses hispleasure in their conduct in a certain case andat alltimes.

His associate Justices were Mr . Clayton, Mr . DanielSherwood,Mr . Thomas Richardson,Mr . Nicholas Goldsborough andMr . George Robins.

Charles Goldsborough , the son Of Robert, Of Ashby,crossed the blue waters Of the Choptank andmarried a

Dorchester County wife of a distinguished family. Evi

dently pleased with the little port of entry which Cambridge hadbecome, we soon findhimfilling the Ofi ce Ofclerk Of the Court Of Dorchester County, where he was a

prominentmember Of the bar . Charles Goldsboroughwas twicemarriedandleft descendants fromboth wives.


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His son Robert he sent to England to be educated.

That this youth didnot confine his attention to his booksex clusively we are justified in believing, since at the age

of twenty- two years hemarried in London Sarah Yerher descendants.

This Robert Goldsborough, known as the Honorable,became a brilliant lawyer and statesman. He was not

only amember of numerous State conventions during theturbulent period preceding theRevolution, but wasamember Of the Council of Safety, delegate to the ContinentalCongress andlater to the ConstitutionalConvention.

The Honorable Robert Goldsboroughmade his homeat the estate known as the Point, which afterward passedinto the Hayward family andwas called Hayward Point.WilliamGoldsborough, the eldest son of Hon. RobertGoldsborough and Sarah Yerbury, inherited the Point,which he sold, and removed to Frederick County and

became amember of the bar of that county. Hemarried Sarah Worthington, a descendant Of Captain JohnWorthington and Sarah Howard, daughter of MathewHoward and Sarah Darcy. Dr. Richard GoldsboroughOf Cambridge, a brother ofWilliamGoldsborough Of Frederick county,marriedAchsah Worthington, sister Of hisbrother’s wife. He remained in Cambridge, where hisThrough themarriage of his son Honorable John BriceGoldsborough to his cousin Leah Goldsborough Of Tal

bot County, two branches Of this distinguished familywere united.

Pay-director Martin Worthington Goldsborough, U. S.

Navy, son Of thatmarriage has rendered notable service


to his country. Hemarried Miss Nettie M. Jones, of aprominent Somerset County family. Their four sons haveupheld the best traditions of this family distinguishedfor high ideals andworthy lives.

Of these Dr . Brice W. Goldsborough has won wide reputation in his chosen profession of surgery andmedicine.

Governor PhillipsLeeGoldsborough, the second son, isfilling with dignity the highest oflice in the gift Of Maryland,twice previously conferred uponmen Of his own name andblood . Dr . Martin W. Goldsborough is practicising inPrince ’

s Anne, Maryland, andM. R . Goldsborough ispaymaster in the Unites States navy.

Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough married MissEllen Showell of Worcester County, and they have twosons, PhillipsLee Goldsborough , Jr ., andBrice W. Goldsborough, Jr .

1697 andcame to Maryland in the year 1698, where hewas inducted as the first rector of St. James’ parish , AnneArundel County, by Governor Francis Nicholson in thatyear . That he served the parish faithfufly andsuccessfully is proven by the fact that he remained its sole rectoruntil his death twenty- four years later . Under hisministration the parish developedmarked activity and soon

the erection of a new church in the center of the parishbore evidene of its spiritual growth. Many additionsweremade to this edifice, as the increased populationtax ed its accommodations, and we learn that privateindividuals were permitted to adda gallery or ex tend anendfor the occupancy of their own families or friends.


114 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYremoved andreplaced by vessels of pure silver andpaidfor by voluntary contributions, the pious rector himselfbeing one Of themost liberal donors.

Mr . Hall hadnot been long inMaryland when hemarried Mary Duvall, the daughter Of Mareen Duvall, or

Du Val, the French Hugenot settler, who became amanof prominence in the Oflicial life of the Province . Thiscouple left eight children—five sons andthree daughtersfromwhomdescendmany Of the representative familiesof both theWestern andEastern Shores.

Major Henry Hall, the eldest son Of Rev. Henry and

Mary Duvall, his wife,married Martha, whose surnameis unknown. By her he hadtwo children. Threemonthsafter her death (quite a protracted termOf widowerhoodin those days) hemarried Elizabeth Lansdale, by whomhe hadeight children.

Isaac Hall, the second son Of Major Hall, became theancestor of the Halls of West River, where their spaciousmansion still bears evidence Of the stately andluxuriousmanner Of life enjoyed by its occupants.

We find three Of the early Halls intermarrying withthe Harwoods, which has resulted in the genealogicalcomplications not unusual in the Oldfamilies Of Maryland, inwhich it was a general belief, apparently, that one couldnot improve one’s own family. Hence themanymarWilliamHall, the youngest son of Rev . Henry, lived

in Baltimore County andwas a wealthymerchant, owning large vessels which plied a successful trade betweenMaryland andLondon. He died without children naming his grand- nephews as his heirs to 1,000 acres Of landin Frederick County. Major Henry Hall, the son of

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Major Henry Hall andMartha —married Elizabeth

The eldest son Of this couple, known asMajor HarryHall, was the thirdgeneration to win thismilitary titlefor service to his country

,for while his father andgrand

father hadwon distinction in the ColonialWars,MajorHarry won his epaulets fighting the British in the RevolutionaryWar .

This gallant soldier , in 1774, ledto the altar MargeryHoward, also of distinguishedfighting stock. Their son

,

Dr . Joseph Hall,married Harriet Sellman, the only childof thismarriage being Sophia, who became themotherOf R . Stockett Matthews, one OfMaryland’smost brilliantlawyers andorators.

HAMMONDThe first of the name to remain inMarylandwasMajorGeneral John Hammond, who became one Of themostdistinguished Of all early Colonial Officials, filling the important post Of Judge of the vice- admirality, in additionto his highmilitary office ofMajor- GeneralOf theWesternShore,member of the House Of Burgesses, Justice Of theProvincialCour t andmember of theirMajesties’ Council,1698—1707 .

The tomb OfMajor -General John Hammond is in St.Anne

’s Church yard at Annapolis, where he was buried

November 29 , 1707.

Charles the second son OfMajor -General Hammond,was also amajor in the Colonial army anda prominentman. Hemarried Hannah Howard and left six sons

to perpetuate his name.

116 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYColonelWilliamHammond, was, by Act of Assembly,

August 8, 1729, appointed one of the commissioners tolay Ofl Baltimore Town. He filled the Ofi ce Of HighSheriff of Baltimore County andwas colonelOf the Colonialmilitia. Hemarried Elizabeth Cockey, the aunt Ofthe Susanna Cockey, whomarried ColonelThomas Gist.Another distinguished son Of the early Ofiicial was

General John Hamond, whose wife, Ann, daughter of oneOf themost distinguished of the Colonial Councilors, leftmany sons anddaughters and, like the descendants Of hisbrother, intermarried with the finest blood Of the State.

The Hammonds were large landholders and their patents andgrants aggregatedmany thousands of acres.

Among the ancestralmansions in this family, an interesting survivalis the one at SuccessFarm, in CecilCounty,owned by John Hammond.

Fromthis John Hammond it descended to the Dorseysandlineally through thematernal line to the Cromwells,thence to the Nickles. In the family burying ground a

shaft preserves the names of those who are buried there.

Here among other wellknown English names we findone

of Oliver C romwell, 1775—1792.

In Talbot County the des cendants Of the HonorableOrmond Hammond, Sub- treasurer Of the United States,still live at Solitude, the Oldhomestead of that branch Ofthe family.

Nathan Hammond , the son of Major Charles Hammond, married Mary Welch, daughter Of Major JohnWelch, fromwhomdescendmany prominent Marylanders.

Nathan, the son Of the above-mentioned,married Priscilla Worthington, of Frederick County, while his cousinPhilip took to wife

, first , Comfort Duvall and, secondly,



118 smn- Lrorrrs ON MARYLANDms'rORYbrother Samuel, whomarried Elizabeth Story, was oneof themost importantmen Of his community, andas suchrepresented Charles County in the lower house for severalyears. He died in the year 1740, leaving a numerous family. In his will hementions, besides his children, his

grandchild, Eleanore Douglas. Had he lived longer hecould have also includedcertain Of theBriscoes, Stones andother wellknown St. Mary’s County families in his listOf grandchildren. A granddaughter Of this distinguishedmanmarried Dr . Jenifer andbecame themother of the

famous “Daniel Of St. Thomas Jenifer . A great- granddaughter was themother Of Thomas Stone, the signer of

the Declaration Of Independence. JudgeWalter Hanson,a son Of Samuel Hanson and Elizabeth Story, was theChief Jutice Of Charles County, amember of the Quorumanda gentleman Justice. He also filled the dignified andimportant Oflice Of High Sherin' Of Charles County earlier

in his Oflicial career. His second wifewasElizabeth Hoskins, by whomhe hadseveral children.

Samuel Hanson, called Of Greenhill, married AnnHawkins andhadamong others, Sarah Hawkins Hanson,whomarried Dr . Beans; Anna , whomarried NicholasLingan, Captain Thomas Hawkins Hanson, Of Ox on Hill,whomarried the fair widow, Mary Grafton (Dulany) Addison; Chloe, whomarried GeneralGordon Lee andMajorSamuelHanson.

John Hanson, the grandson Of Colonel John Hanson,the immigrant, was one of themost notable Of our ColonialandRevoltionary patriots. Born in Charles County inthe first quarter Of the eighteenth century he was chosenwhen a youngman as amember of the Assemby, wherehe at oncemade his ability felt.


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In the year 1773 he removed to Frederick County, thebar Of which became famous for its brilliant galaxy Oflegal lights. He was a signer Of the Non- ImportationAct , andwas elected chairman Of the committee to stopimportations fromGreat Britain andtheWest Indiesuntilthe relief Of Boston.

As chairman Of the Committee Of Observation he ren

dered important service to R oderick County. Later hebecame President Of the ContinentalCongress, in whichcapacity he welcomed GeneralWashington upon his re

turn to Philadelphia after the surrender Of Cornwallis.

He was The President Of the United States in C on

gress Assembled.

Indeed, the services Of thisMarylander, whosememoryhas been perpetuated in the national capitol, would fill avolume by themselves andare too wellknown to be dwelton heremore fully.

Hemarried Jane Contee, the daughter Of Alex anderContee andJane Brooke descendant of the Lord Of de laBrookemanor .

Their daughter Jane Hanson became the wife Of Dr.

Philip Thomas, Of Frederick County, Maryland, great

grandfather Of Douglas H. Thomas, Esq .

The other children Of the Honorable JohnHanson, President of Congress, were Alexander Contee Hanson, whomarried Rebeca Howard. Dr. Samuel Hanson, whoserved as surgeon Of Washington

’s Life Guards : Peter

Contee Hanson, who gave his life for his country at FortWashington; Catherine Contee Hanson, who marriedPhilip Alexander, Of Virginia ; andElizabeth Hanson.

Honorable Alex ander Contee Hanson was assistantprivate secretary to GeneralWashington in hisyoungman

hood. Later he became one Of the first Judges Of the General Court Of Maryland under the Constitution of 1776,

and later declined Washigton’s appointment Of himas

United States District Judge. In response to a request oftheMaryland Legislature he compiled the State lawsunderthe title Of

“Hanson’s Laws.

”

By his wife, Rebecca Howard, he had the following

children; Judge Charles Wallace Hanson, whomarriedRebecca Ridgely, daughter Of Governor Charles Ridgely,of Hampton ; Honorable Alexander Contee Hanson the

second, whomarried Priscilla Dorsey Of Belmont. His

only daughter became the wife Of Thomas Peabody Grosvenor,member of Congress fromNew York.

ColonelHans Hanson, Of Kimbleton, son of Andrew OfKent Island,married andleft numerous descendants.

Roger Hanson, who died at the head Of the KentuckyBrigade at Stone River, andHanson Weightman, C onfederate States Army, Of the Army Of the Red River,both valorous and brilliantmen,” and their kinsman,Charles Hanson, Of Mex ican War fame, who was killed atChapultepec, were allMaryland boys. The last named issaid to have been the only Oflicer who was not a graduateof West Point who hada tablet placed in the chapelthereto hismemory.

Robert Hanson Harrison, son Of Dorothy Hanson and

Richard Harrison,wasmilitary secretary to GeneralWash

ington during the entire RevolutionaryWar . Mrs. Anna

Hanson Dorsey, a linealdescendant of ColonelJohnHanson, the young Swedish ward Of Queen Christina, and

later distinguished Colonial Official, was one Of themostbrilliant women of Washington, D. C. She was the pioneer Of Catholic light literature in America. Shewas thrice



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Harwood Hall, Haphazard, and the Lyon, on the Gun

powder River, Baltimore County.

The children of the Colonial immigrant, Richard Harwood, were Thomas, whomarried Sarah Belt, andRichard, whomarried Anne Watkins, andhadnine sons and

two daughters. Colonel Richard Harwood Of the SouthRiver Battalion Of the Colonialmilitia,married Mary

Hall, daughter OfMajor Henry Hall, andgranddaughterOf Rev . Henry Hall, rector of St. James’ parish. ThomasHarwood, the brother of Colonel Richard Harwood, wasthe first fl easurer of theWestern Shore ofMaryland underthe Council Of Safety. Benjamin Harwood succeededto the Omcc upon the death of his brother.

The Old Harwood house in Annapolis, which is still

occupied by descendants Of the immigrant, is one Of themost notable houses in the Ancient City. The entranceis amodel Colonial doorway andhas been reproduced inall its fine detail by some Of the best architects of thiscountry. It stands on Maryland Avenue, immediatelyOpposite the Lloyd house, known to the present generationas the

“Chase Home,” because bequeathed by its latestowners to charitable purposes.

As the name Of its original proprietor has not beenassociated with this charming and imposingmansion,which at one time also belonged to the Harwoods, it isinteresting to recall the fact that the Hon. Edward Lloyd.

fourth Of Wye, who was one Of themost importantmenOf hisday- high in the councils—built the present ChaseHome” for his winter residence, that hemight bring hisfamily to the seat Of government for the season. In

the year 1771 Edward Lloyd purchased two lots onMaryland Avenue, On which he erectedhis house. By a rather


interesting coincidence we findthat Of these lots, NO 107was brought fromSamuel Chase, NO. 90 fromMatthiasHammond. Mr . Lloyd built his imposing residence inthe center Of the two lots, with plenty Of garden space atthe back. The superb interior finishings were in keepingwith the wealth andtaste Of the owner . The locks and

knobs were Of silver, andtradition has it that the Colonialdamewho first pres ided over it carrieda silver key to herpantry. Here the Marquis de Lafayette was the guestof Honorable Edward Lloyd, who entertained his distin

guishedvisitor in right royalstyle.

Formore than half a century the Lloyds occupiedtheir famousmansion, built by one of Maryland’smostdistinguished patriots. Governor Edward Lloyd

, the fifthofWye,who inherited it, sold it to hisbrother- in- law,

HenryHall Harwood, whose wife had inherited an interest init fromher father, the abovementioned Hon. EdwardLloyd. Mr . Harwood left themansion to his two daughters,Mrs. Josephine Nicholson Tilton andMrs. MaryGheselin, who in the year 1849 sold it to the MissesChase, when their own home on King Street was burned.

We see then that at one time the Harwoods owned and

occupied these notable houses on both sides Of the streetAs there were Harwoods in the Province Of Marylandmuch earlier than Richard Of Hooker’s Purchwe, all Of

the name in the State do not descend fromthis earlymember of AllHallows Church.

The Harwoods and the Halls of West River intermatried five times, so it would be difficult to finda represen

tative Of either Of these Oldfamilies that does not descendfromthe other .

Major Thomas Harwood, son of Richard Harwood,

124 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYfirst, andMary, his wife, lived in Prince George

’s County

after hismarriage to Sarah Belt. Their ‘son, Captain

Thomas Harwood, was born in Queen Anne’s Parish inthe above- named county. By themarriage Of the latterto Rachel Sprigg two prominent Oldfamilies were united,fromwhomdescendmany representative Marylanders.

Osborne Sprigg Harwood , their son,married his cousin,

Elizabeth Anne Harwood, daughter of Colonel RichardHarwood andMargaret Hall, and had six children, of

whomMary Priscillamarried Francis Henry Stockett, OfAnnapolis; WilliamSprigg Harwood, whomarried Elizabeth SellmanWelsh, andMargaret Hall, whomarriedhercousin,

WilliamJohn Hall.Rachel Ann Harwood, the third child Of OsborneSprigg Harwood and Elizabeth Anne, his wife,marriedJames Iglehart, a leading inhabitant Of the capital city,whose fine Oldmansion on Prince George

’s Street sugges ts

the luxurious life of its original owners. In the dayswhen James Iglehart and his bride lived in the aforementionedmansion the Old English garden ex tended itsbeauty for nearly a block upPrince George

’s Street, along

which the young macaronis of Richard Carvel’s daystrolled to visit the coquettish beauties in the statelymansions on this aristocratic street.Of the six children born to this couple, Ann SellmanIglehartmarried James I . Weddell, Harwood Iglehartmarried Miss Kent, James Iglehartmarried SallieWad

dell. He was killed at the battle OfGettysburg. WilliamThomas Iglehartmarried C athering Spottswood Berkeley,linealdescendant Of Governor Berkeley, of Virginia.

The children Of Richard Harwood, son of Richard Harwood andAnneWatkins

,were Anne Elizabeth, whomar




ginning of the troubles with Cromwell’s commissioners,Thomas Hatton was, like other adherents of the King ,

removed fromOffice, that Of Secretary being a postof especial power and dignity. He was, however, reinstated after a fewmonths, only to be again deposed inthe fatalyear Of 1654, when he refused to Sit in the Puritan Assembly held at Preston on the Patux ent, becauseOf his oath to his Lordship. At the battle Of the Severn,

when Cavalier andRoundhead fought as only those can

who have a principle at stake, Honorable Thomas Hatton,

Attomey- General Of the Province, secretary and councilor to his Lordship, lost his life in the name Of religion.

He hadmarried in England Margaret, who emigrated toMaryland with himand their two children, Robert andThomas Hatton, in the year 1648. Another MargaretHatton, widow Of Richard Hatton, deceased, brother ofHon. ThomasHatton, came toMaryland with her brotherin- law, andhis family, accompanied also by her children,

William, Mary, Richard, Eleanore andElizabeth. In the

year 1652 Lieutenant Richard Banks andMargaret, hiswife, widow andrelict OfMr . Richard Hatton

,brother of

Mr . Thomas Hatton, convey to the latter their right inRichard Hatton’

s estate in consideration Of the entertain

ment, etc ., of the said Margaret Hatton andher childrenby the said Thomas Hatton.

It will appear fromthis that Richard Hatton didnot

come to the Province, having died on the other Side.

Thomas Hatton, whose will was probated in 1675,married a daughter Of Randolph Hanson, one Of the sons of

Colonel Hanson, Of the Swedish army. In his will hebequeaths to his sister- in- law

,Barbarie Hanson, person

alty which belonged to the testator’s first wife.


WilliamHatton, the son Of Richard and MargaretHatton, Of England, was burgess for St. Mary’s Countyfrom1671 to 1675.

WilliamHatton, son of the above, settled in CharlesCounty, where he enjoyed the high Ofi ce Of Justice Ofthe Provincal Court, Hemarried Elizabeth Wilkinson,daughter of WilliamWilkinson, the first Protestant Episcopal clergyman who arrived in Maryland after the set

tlement of the Province.

Of the other children Of Margaret Hatton andRichard,Eleanoremarried Major Thomas Brooke, Of the De la

Brookes. Elizabeth became the bride of Dr. Luke Gardiner .

Like other families Of note and rank which came intothe Province Of Maryland andhelped tomold its history,the Hattons for generationsmarried and intermarriedwith the best blood of the land, andno name wasmoredistinguished for patriotism, fidelity and stanch loyaltythan that borne by theHattons Of England andMaryland

HENRY

The Rev . John Henry was graduated at Edinburgh,S cotland, on February 24, 1703, andwas ordained by thePresbytery of Dublin, Ireland, andShortly after emigratedto Philadelphia. In the year 1710 he was called to fill

the vacancy at Rehoboth Churchmade by the death Of

Rev . FrancisMakemie. It was not long before this youngminister Of the austere Presbyterian faith became enamored of the beautiful young widow of Colonel FrancisJenkins, who, in addition to her Own patrimony, was thesole heiress of her deceased huband. A charming glimpseis given Of her by Dr . Bowen in his account Of the first


preaching Of the eminent young founder Of the Presbyterian Church in Maryland : We were pleasantly seatedwith one of our favorite families. MadamMary Jenkins,the daughter Of Robert King, gent, who lives over on theManokin, is just nineteen years Oldandin the prime Ofher beauty. Her husband, Francis Jenkins, is one of theJustices and amember of the Governor’s Council, andtherefore honored with the title of colonel. This youthfulMadamMary is elegantly dressed andvery fascinating

jacket, also Of green silk, a scarlet silk petticoat andsilkshoes with very high heels. Lace floats about her likefleecy clouds over themoon.

It was to this vision of Colonial loveliness, a few yearslater when in the tender grief of young widowhood, thatthe Rev . John Henry fell an easy victimupon his arrivalat Rehoboth. He died in the year 1717, leaving two

sons, whomhe terms in his willhis “dear babes,”leaving

themunder the care of his brother - in- law, ColonelRobertKing, andhis dear friend PhihraimWilson.

These dear babes” lived to become ColonelRobertJenkins Henry and Colonel John Henry. Both becamemen Of distinction and influence. Of these, the elder,Colonel Robert Jenkins Henry, was navalOfi cer for POcomoke district and formany years amember Of LordBaltimore’s Council. Hemarried Gertrude Rousby, OfRousby Hall, St. Mary’s County, one of whose Sisters

was themistress of Wye House, as the wife Of HonorableEdward Lloyd, third, andthe other the bride of ColonelBarnes.

Colonel Robert Jenkins Henry was an extensive landowner, his possessions includingmany valuable tracts in



John Rider . It was at Weston, Dorchester County thatGovernor John Henry was born, and the brickmansionthere was the scene Of attack during the Visit Of theBritish

gunboats on the Nanticoke River in the year 1780.

In a letter fromJoseph Dashiell to Governor ThomasSimlee, dated Salisbury, September 30, 1780, is thisreference : The enemy’s boats after landing at Viennaand destroying a brigantine and several vessels wentdown the river to Colonel John Henry’s where they gavea specimen Of their savage disposition. They broke all

the glass in the house, his clock, broke all his floors and

pulled up his wainscoat, broke his still and started all

his cider andbrandy, anddidhima gret dealmore damage,andcarriedoff two Of his negromen, andnear night theyleft and then proceeded down to Dames’ Quarter, inSomerset County. Such is the Ofi cial account Of theevent which has also been handed down in the family,withmany interesting details, such as the fi lling in the

orchard of the favorite riding horse Of Governor Henry ;the consternation of Job, one Of the slaves, who tookrefuge up a Lombardy poplar treewhen the British Oflicersleft, having punched inthe heads Of the barrels filledwithfine Oldliquor after drinfi ng allthey could hold. Job andfellow- slaves, it is said, attempted to save the waste by

getting down on their knees anddrinking the rare winesrunning ankle deep over the cellar at Weston.

Governor Henry, was educated at the famous WestNottinghamAcademy, in Cecil County, and at Princeton. Later he went to England to pursue his legalstudiesin the Inner Temple. He was amember Of the RobinHood Club, in which the differences with the Colonies


which our ardent patriot vigorously defended their rightsand liberties. He returned fromEngland in the year1775 andwas promptly elected to the Legislature, andtwoyears later was sent as a representative to the ContinentalCongress. For six years he served his country andStatein the Congress, together with the other brilliantmen Ofhis day. He was the first United States Senator electedin Maryland, in which capacity he served for eight years,resigning to accept the Oflice of Governor Of Maryland,1797. On account Of ill health he was compelled to re

sign after serving but one year .

In 1783he headed the Senate committee to prepare theHouse for the reception Of GeneralWashington andwas

the one chosen to prepare the address of welcome uponWashington

’s arrival In Annapolis on the occasion of his

resigning his commission as commander Of the AmericanarmyGovernor Henrymarried Margaret Campbell and lefttwo sons—John Campbell Henry and Francis JenkinsHenry. The latter died unmarried. FromJohn Campbell Henry, Of Hambrooks, Dorchester County, descendmanymen of the name who have filled with ability variousoffices Of public trust . Among themost distinguished Of

the name in Maryland is Judge W. Laird Henry of Cambridge who wasmember Of the 53rdCongress.

Augustine Herman, one Of themost interesting and

accomplishedmen Of his day, was the son Of AugustineErnphraimHerman, a wealthymerchant Of Prague, 9.manhigh in the Council Of that beautiful city. Hismother,Beatrice von Redal, was Of a patrician family Of Bohemia.


It was no doubt due to to the high social position and

culture Of his parents that Augustine Herman, the firstLord Of Bohemia Manor in Cecil County, Maryland,possessed the rare accomplishment Of being able to speakSix languages, in addition to being an artist, surveyor,

It is said that his father was outlawed for Signing a

Protestantmemorial to the Emperor '

Of Germany, 1618.

it is supposed that the elder Augustinewas fi lled in battle.

The doughty Lord of Bohemia Manor was at the bat

tle Of Lutzen under Wallenstein, where fell the goodKingGustavus Adolphus, November 3, 1632.

the Dutch Wes t India Company andmademany voyagesin its interest .

In the year 1633Augustine, 2d, sailed for America inthe employ of the Dutch West India Company andwas

with Arent Corsen in the transaction in which the Dutchpurchased lands on the Schuylfi ll fromthe Indians.

Ten years later he was a representative businessof New Amsterdam. His home in New York was nearthe site of the old Astor Library. Here on his farmhe planted andraised indigo successfully. As one Of theowners Of a frigate he engaged in privateering. Besidesbeing a wealthy and prosperousmerchant AugustineHerman was a banker and lawyer and aman of greatinfluence in the Ofliciallife Of New Amsterdam, the chosenAmbassador of Governor Stuyvesant to Maryland, Virh

ginia, Rhode Island andNew England.

He was one Of the Board of NineMen organized inNew AmsterdamSeptember 25, 1647, which Oflice he held



134 smn-morrrs ON MARYLANDms'

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Peter, Governor of New Amsterdam, andwidow of SamuelBayard. Augustine Herman and his wife weremarriedDecember 10, 1650, at Manhattan. Their children wereEphraimGeorge, Caspser, AnnaMargaritta, Judith andFrancine . In the Assembly proceedings of Maryland forthe year 1666 we find these were all naturalized Englishsubjects. Augustine Herman wasmademember of his

Lordship’s council, colonel ofmilitia andcommissioner totreat with the Indians, during his life in Maryland.

Hismap, published by Faithorne in 1670, in London,is inscribed by Herman as

“Virginia andMaryland as itis now planted and inhabited this present year of 1670,

surveyed and ex actly drawne by the only labors and

endeavors of Augustine Herman, Behemiensis. This issaid to have been the onlymap ever published by Faithorne

,who was famous for crayon portraits and fine

copper- plate engraving . Thismap is in the BritishMuseum, in four folio sheets, with a portrait of Herman,supposed to have been drawn by himself. It is evidentthat this talented scholar andman of affairs wished tohave hismemory linked with the attainments whichcaused himboth effort and sacrifice, for besides inscribing hismap with the above statement andfurther embellishing it with his portrait andthe coat of arms of hisfamily, he leaves instructions in his will that amarbleslab like a table shallbe placedover his grave andmarkedAugustine Herman, Bohemian, the first founder and

settler of Bohemia Manor, Anno 1661An interesting family legend, for which there ismuchfoundation, is that several years after Augstine Hermanleft Manhattan he went back to look after the propertyinterests which he retainedthere andwas held as a pris

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oner on some pretex t of Stuyvesant, who hadsentencedhimto death. A short time before the day fix ed for hisex ecution he feigned sickness and asked to be allowedexercise on his pet horse Gustavus. This animal, finelycaparisoned, was brought to the fort, andhe allayed the

guards’

suspicions by riding regularly eachmorning. Pi

nally seeing his opportunity, one day he bolted through a

great window over the parapet andleaped fifteen feet tosolid earth , swamthe North River, ran his horse throughNew Jersey andhalted on the banks Of theDelaware, opposite New Castle, thus escaping death and the Dutch.

This romantic and daring feat was painted for Hermanby an eminent artist Of theday,which canvaswas destroyedwhen the oldmansion house andother valuable paintingswere burned in 18 There is, however, ex tant a copyof a portrait of Augustine andhis horse, the famous Gustavus, fromwhose nostrils the blood is flowing. It issaid that Herman never used the animal after its nobleflight with himfromNew York. It was buried on themanor and honored, it is said, with a tombstone, andupon the death of Augustine Herman he was buried between his wife andhis faithfulhorse.

EphraimGeorge Herman, the Oldest son Of Augustine,

heir andsecond Lord of Bohemia, ManormarriedElizsheth von Rodenburgh , daughter of the Governor Of theIsland of Curacao. He returned to New York andheldOmoce under the government there as Clerk of the CourtandReceiver of theCustoms andQuitments. It waswhilefilling this office that hemet Sluyter andDanskers, thetwo Labadist emissaries who had come to ‘

espy ou a

good place to seat in. The journal kept by these twomen during their trip in the year 1679 is in the possession


of the Long Island Historical Society, andis a valuableand interesting contribution to the history of that peculiar sect which sought a habitation on Bohemia Manorafter converting EphraimHerman to their religion.

It seems that he had justmarried his wife, who isdescribed by thesemen as having the quietest dispositionOf anyone theymet in America, while her husband, before theirmissionary work, was wild andvery “

godless.

”

They spoke favorably of EphraimHerman’s sisterMar

garetta, whomthey describe as a little volatile, but of

sweet andgood disposition. She complained that shewaslike a. wild and des olate vine trained up in a wild and

desolate country—that she hadalways felt an inclinationto knowmore of Godquietly andto serve Him.

” Thisserious- hearted young Colonial ladymarried MatthiasVanderheyden, of Albany, and had several sons and

daughters. One of the latter , Francina,married EdwardShippen, of Philadelphia. Upon the death of EdwardShippen,FrancinaHermanShippenmarriedColonelCharlesHynson, of Chestertown, Md. Her sister ArianamarriedJames Frisby and became the ancestress of another distinguished line of Eastern Shore families, both throughher children, by James Frisby, as also through her thirdmarriage to Edmund Jennings, of Annapolis.One of the daughters ofMrs. Ariana Vanderheyden

h isby Jenningsmarried John Randolph, son of Sir

John Randolph, Knight ; another married CaptainJames Wormley, a des cendant of Ralph Wormley, Of

Rosegill, president Of Council and Secretary of State of

Virginia, who died 1704. Their descendant Ralph was a

rear- admiral in the English navy and the father of our

own brilliant anddistinguishedMrs. Elizabeth Wormley



138 smn- usrrrs ON MARYLANDms'rORYsion of considerable size

,as the courtmet there in the

year 1655, andperhaps earlier .

On April 25, 1655, we findthat a court was held forKent at the house Of Lieutenant Thomas Hinson, HighSherifi

'

for ye Countie. This important personage rep

resented his county in the House of Burgesses fromtheyear 1654 until 1660.

All of Thomas Hinson’s sons were worthy succesors

of their father in places of trust anddistinction. Thomassettled in Talbot County on the estate which he calledHynson

’s Town—the spelling Of the name with the letter

y, instead of i, was purely a Marylandmethod, as the EngHynson becameHigh Sheriff OfTalbot County, andwas oneof themost infiuentalmen Of his day. He died in the

year 1679. ColonelJohn Hynson, the second son of Lieutenant ThomasHinson, remained in Kent County, where,in the year 1678, he wasHigh Sherifi

'

of Kent, as his fatherhad been before him

, and in which Office Of power and

dignity his brother , Thomas Hynson, washonored in Talbot County. The third brother, ColonelCharles Hynson,was a leader in themilitary afiairs of his community.

Colonel John Hynson, who died in 1705, left a wife Ann,andchildren—ColonelJohn, ColonelNathanielanddaughters Sarah , Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, and Anna. ColonelJohn Hynson, son of Thomas Hinson, High Sherifi of

Kent,married, first Rachel ; second, AnnColonelHynson was a Burgess for Kent fromthe year

1681 to 1688. He was a vestryman of St. Paul’s parishandwas not only High Sheriff , but Justice of the Peaceas well, andwas Military Commander of the County of

Kent.


Colonel Charles Hynson, who died in 1711,marriedMargaret Harris and left two sons andfive daughters.

The Hynson family is not only one of the largest andmost distinguished of the Eastern Shore, but without exception the intermarriages have been with representativsa of equally distinguished families. Among these wefind Colonel Thomas Hynson claiming for his brideWealthy Ann Tylden, a daughter of Marmaduke Tylden,of Great Oak Manor, andhis wife, Rebecca Wilmer .

There were at least twomarriages Of the Hynsonswiththe distinguished Hanson family of Kent County, and

one with the Thomas family, both George Hanson and

The earliest ColonelNathanielHynson, who was amember of the Assembly for 1716- 1729,married twice; hisfirst wife was Hannah , andthe second was Mary Kelly.

Another Nathaniel, probably son Of Thomas Hynson, OfTalbot County,married Mary Richardson, Of the dis

ondly Charles Tylden, descendant of Marmaduke Tyldn,lord of Great Oak Manor ; CharlesHynson, the grandsonof the first Colonel Charles,married Phoebe Carvell,whose patronymic has become famous as one typical of

the son of Colonel John andhis wife, Mary Storp,married Isabella Pearce, daughter of another distinguishedKent family. Themarriagesof the daughtersof theHynMary Hynson firstmarriedMajor Joseph Wickes. Ann

Hynson, the daughter of ColonelJohnHynson, became thebride of the Rev . Stephen Bordley, andnot long after

140 emu-moms ON MARYLAND HISTORY

we find the young widow of Stephen Bordley adminisministrator . The descendants of this charming Colonialdame are almost , if not quite, as numerous as those OfMme. Henrietta Maria Lloyd.

Sarah Hynson,sister of Ann Bordley Williamson,mar

ried Captain James Smith, a gentleman of distinguishedstation, andtheir daughter Hannah was wooed andwon

by the dashing Colonel Joseph Nicholson, ancestor of

Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, of Baltimore.

Simon Wilmer, another representative of the Colonial

gentry of Kent County,married Dorcas Hynson. Martha Hynson became the wife of Dr . Jacob Ringgold,another intermarriage between these families being thatOf Nathaniel Hynson, the fourth, to Sophia Ringgold .

Other alliances Of the Hynsons were with the Kings,Keenes, Morgans, Moores, Rolphs, Stevens, Wilsons,Rogers, Maslins, Westcotts andothers.

HOLLAND

The earliest of the Hollandmen who figured in theofficial life of Maryland was Francis Holland, who as

early as 1660 is recordedas a Justice of the County Courtin Anne ArundelCounty. He acquireda large estate andleft two children, one of whom, his daughter Margaret,

became the wife of Colonel WilliamHolland, of Anne

Arundel County. The latter ’s name first appears in the

Maryland records in the year 1669, when the treasurer ofthe Province was ordered to pay himtobacco for publicservice.

He was appointed tomany offices of public trust and


142 sins-mom's ON MARYLANDme'nonYland in Worcester after the new county’s erection, andafter 1742 they weremore largely identified with Worces

ter . Here both WilliamandNehemiah Holland becameJudges of the County Court from1769 to 1773, inclusive,amost unusual honor to fall to any family to have twomembers seated on the same judicial bench together.

The year following Nehemiah Holland the second was

commissioned Judge of the Orphans’ Court for Worcester,while his senior kinsman, who hadserved under the Colonialgovernment from1769 to 1773,wasagain commissionedJudge of the Court for the county, andalso empoweredto receive subscriptions there for the Revolutionary War,

in 1779. Among others of this line who weremen of

distinction was Major WilliamHolland, Of the battalionof Worcester Militia.

One of the earliest Hollands in Maryland was OthoHolland of Anne ArundellCounty, who hasmany descendants in Maryland andelsewhere, includingmen who havebeen distinguished inboth civilandmilitarylife of theState.

One of the Eastern Shore Hollands removed to Delaware and founded the family Of that name in SussexCounty. Later a descendant returned to the home of hisancestors andbegan the practice of law in Salisbury, Md.,

and has for some years occupied a seat on the judicialbench, as did somany of the brilliant line of Hollandsbefore him. Among the families with whomtheHollandsof the Western andEastern Shore intermarriedmay bementioned the Williamses, Colebournes, Revells, Miles,Bostons, Spences, Franklins, Lockermans, Walkers, Handys,JOhnsons,Powells,Lankfords,Bensons,Dix ons,Robertsons, Fords, Wards, Flemings, Pumells, Summers and

others.

ems -mamON MARYLAND HE N RY 143

HOOPEB

C himrgeon to Leonard Calvert, first Governor Of Maryland, was the distinction enjoyed by the earliest HenryHooper in Maryland, who on February 4, 1646,makesthe following agreement in Court : that he HenryHooperC himrgeon ‘would serve theGovernor for a twelvemonthfromthis day, in the quality Of a Chirurgeon, and thatthe Governor was to findhimwith diet andlodging, andto allow himtwo- thirds Of all the amounts which theC hirurgeon shall earn by his practice in the Colony during the said time.

None of the Hoopers Of Maryland descend fromDr .

Henry Hooper, who died in the year 1649, leaving no

children as heirs. Two years later another Henry arrivedin the Province accompaniedby his wife Sarah, andchildren Robert, Richard andElizabeth Hooper .

Attracted by the clifis Of Calvert, Henry Hooper set

tledin the county named for the Proprietary, andat oncebegan a career of usefulness and importance in his new

home. In 1658,we findhimappointed one of the gentlemen Justices Of Calvert County, andon June 3d of the

same year he was commissioned captain Of themilitiaof that county. Before the lapse of ten years this important officialof Calvert County crossed the blue waters of

the Chesapeake andtook up large tracts of land in whatwas then Somerset County— later erectedinto Dorchester .

In the very first commission issued by Caecilius Calvert,second Lord Baltimore, for the creation of Justices, or

C ommissioners Of the new county, 1669, appears the nameOf Henry Hooper . The first Of the family in DorchesterC ountymade his home on Hooper’s Island, situated at

144 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYthe lower endof the county, in the Hunger River section.

It is not surprising to finda son of Henry Hooper, Sr.,in

the year 1669,marrying a Somerset belle in the personOf Elizabeth Denwood, daughter Of Levin Denwood, oneOf the Justices of Northampton County, Virginia, whowith his family removed to Maryland several years previously. This Henry Hooper , 2d, of Dorchester County,was amember of the House of Burgesses, in which year hewas the Chief or Presiding Justice of the court. He had

sat upon the bench as an Associate Justice of the countyformany years, andwas one of themost influentialmenof his day. Through hismarriage with Elizabeth Denwood, the Hoopers of Dorchester became allied to theWoolfords, Covingtons andothers of Somerset andDorchester Counties. Themany land grants and patentsof the Hoopers of Calvert andDorchester Counties giveevidence of their ex tensive landed possessions. HenryHooper, Provincial Justice of the County Court, died inthe year 1720, andleft a large family,most of his childrenbeing themselves heads of families. That hemarried a

second time is evident fromthe fact that hementions hiswife asMary in his will. His children were named Henry,Thomas, John, James, and Roger Hooper, ElizabethTravers, Mary Ennalls, Sarah Hayward, Mary Hicks,Susanna Hodson

,Anne Broome, Priscilla and Rebecca

Hooper .

Henry Hooper, 3d, Of Dorchester County, the son OfJustice Henry Hooper andElizabeth Denwood, was thefirst of his name to own the beautiful estate known as

Warwick Fort Manor , situated on Secretary C reek and

embracing an area Of nearly 2000 acres. This was purchased fromMajor Nicholas Sewall, whosemother, Jane




Samuel andPhilip, arementioned as brothers in a war

rant for 900acres patented to SamuelHoward.

Of these brothers, Matthew Howardmarried SarahDorsey, sister of Colonel Edward Joshua and the Hon

oreble John Dorsey, Of Hockley, Anne Arundel County.

John Howard firstmarried the widow Of Charles Stevens, and upon her death won the charming KatharineGreenbury, a daughter Of Honorable Nicholas Greenbury ,

Deputy Governor Of Maryland. Katherine was also a

widow when she became the wife of John Howard, havingfirst been ledto the altar by ColonelHenry Ridgely, thedistinguished Colonial Justice andMember of Assembly.

The daughter of John HowardandKatherine Greenburymarried Orlando Griflith , andhas a large number of descendants in Maryland andin the South andWest.Henry Howard, who lived in Maryland prior to 1686,died in that year and bequeathed to Matthew Howardhis seal, inscribed with his coat of arms. We wouldnaturally infer that Mathew Howard and hence his descendants were of the same blood as the testator of 1680.

Although tradition has given another origin for JoehnaHoward, grandfather Of General John Eager Howard theevidence in favor of his descent fromthe originalMathewHowardis too strong to be ignored.

In Charles County however there is a distinct branch of

the Howard family, whose progenitor in this country wasapparenty in no way connected with the family to whichthe Anne Arundel] County and itsmany branches belonged, although theymay have been fromthe same originalstock across the water.Of the John Eager Howard line, his grandfather JoshuaHowardmarried Johanna O

’Carroll. The children Of

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Teal,Francis who according to his father

’s willwas then

(1738) abroad, and fromthe tone of Joshua Howard’sprovisions it is evident that he was not certain that Francis would return “

to settle andenjoy said estate;”andin

the event that he didnot return the land devised was tobecome the property of Cornelius Howard, whomarriedRuth Eager and became the father Of Maryland’s distinguishedRevolutionaryhero,GeneralJohnEagerHoward.

‘

The other children of Cornelius Howard and RuthEager were George Howard, who died without issue; JohnEager Howard, Cornelius, Frances, James, Ruth Howard,whomarried Charles Elder ; Violetta Howard, whomarColonel John Eeager Howardmarried the beautiful

Margaret Chew, the daughter of Chief Justice BenjaminChew, Of Cliveden,

”at Germantown. Major Andre, who

was desperately in love with thisAmerican beauty, inditedthe following lines to her on the eve Of the famous Mischianza

,in 1781

If at the close of war andstrifeMy destiny oncemore

Shouldin the various paths of life

Conductme to this shore ;ShouldBritish banner guard the land,And faction be restrained,

AndC liveden’smansion peaceful stand,

NOmore with bloodbe stained,Say, wilt thou then receive again

Andwelcome to thy sight

The youth who bids with stifledpain

This sad- farewell tonight?

148 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYColonel John Eager Howard

’s patriotic and heroic

deeds are at last perpetuated in the citymade beautifulby his princely gifts as they have ever been in the heartsof his descendants andof his countrymen because of his

unsurpassedpatriotism. Aside fromhis brilliantmilitaryservice during the RevolutionaryWar, fromits beginning,in 1776 when he volunteered for army service andwas

commissioned captain—retiring as general at the close of

the struggle covered with well-won honor - he filled thehighest offices in the gift of his state. He was three timesGovernor of Maryland. General Washington, who hadwatched GeneralHoward’smilitary career , appointed himto a place in his Cabinet—that of Secretary of War, in

that day the highest recognition of his service that couldbe offered him. This GeneralHoward declined and re

tired to Belvedere, located in what is now themost fashionable res idence section of Baltimore. In the year 1796he was elected to the United States Senate, which Oflice

he accepted andfilled until the year 1803.

General John Eager Howard gave to Baltimore the foursquares which constitute Mount Vernon Place. That hewas aman Of as large wealth as of patriotismis shownnot only by his lavish gifts to his native city, but also

fromthe fact that he is said never to have accepted a dollarfor his long andactive service during the RevolutionaryWar . The funeral of this distinguished Marylander wasattended by President Adams andall the highes t oflicialsof the State andnation

,who came to pay tribute to the

lofty character andnoble deeds Of their compatriot.George Howard, the third son Of the GeneralW e

Governor of Maryland in the year 1831 andwas otherwiseidentified with the important events of his generation.



150 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLAND Ris'rORY

Francis Key, represented St . Mary’s County in the

Assembly in the year 1753. His brother Richard Ward

Key was Clerk of the County, while Honorable EdwardKey the second son was Attorney-Generalof the Provinceandamember of the committee which drew up instruc

tions for the famous Stamp Act Congress.

As the entire Key family is too ex tensive to give in so

limited a space the choice of selectionmust be given tothe direct lineage Of the author of our nationalanthemFrancis Keymarried on December 12, 1752, Ann Arnold

Ross, the daughter of John Ross andAlicia Arnold, bothof distinguished ancestry in the OldworldLieutenant John Ross Key, the son Of this union was

second lieutenant in General Otho Holland Williams’rifle battalion of Maryland troops, forming part of Lafayette

’s Company at the surrender of Cornwallis at York

town.

Lieutenant John Ross Keymarried Anne Phoebe PennDagworthy Charlton, the daughter of Arthur Charltonand Eleanor Harrison Of Fredrick County, Maryland.

To this Revolutionary Patriot andhis wife was born on

August 1, 1779, Francis Scott Key.

Francis Scott Key, that gifted son Of Maryland who,in setting to words the soul- stirring emotions experiencedas a witnes s to the bombarding of the ramparts of his

loved city, touched the universal chord of patriotismwitha thrill that has never been equaled in theworld

’s history.

Educated at St. John’s College under the guardianship of

his AuntMrs. Upton Scott,nee Key, the Old Scott

Mansion at Annapolis, has gained an interest inseparablefromthe associations of his interesting boyhood. Hereon the landing at the topOf the beautifulstairway, famous



for its wealth of hand carving the embryo poet stood everynight, and, at his aunt’s bidding repeated the following

Look down, Great God, this night defend

Andus in safety keep;Thy providential armex tendAndguardus while we sleep.

Whate’er in thought or wordor deedThis day amiss I’ve done,

Let that blest bloodnow intercede,Which streamedfromThy dear Son.

For His sake spare,my GodforgiveMy sins I do implore ;Grant Imay in Thy Presence liveWhen this life is nomore.

”

Many a guest in the great hall of the Scott home remembered in later years the small white robed figure at

the head of the stairs reverently repeating those sacredwords during a lull in themerriment below. Whetheror not this was a prescience of the sacred use to whichthat upper hallwas destined to be put , I know not, but

certain it is that sweet facedSisters of Mercy have worshipped in the chapelthere formany years.

It was during his life in the ancient city that FrancisScott Key wooed andwonMary Tayloe Lloyd, the youngest daughter Of the Honorable ColonelEdward Lloyd 4th ,of Wye House, Talbott County who as a President Ofthe Maryland Council occupied the Lloyd Mansion in

Annapolis (now known as the Chase Home) in the winterseason, where as one Of themost immrtantmembers of

the government, it was necessary for himwith other 05‘Reprinted fromthe author

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cials to be present at the State capital. Judge JmephHopper Nicholsonmarried Rebecca Lloyd thus becomingthe brotherin- law of Francis Scott Key, which accountsfor the part taken by Judge Nicholson in the publicationof the

“Star Spangled Banner.

” The story of Key’s

eflorts in the interest Of his friend Dr . Bean, is too wellknown to be repeated andalso the details regarding hisdetention on a British vesseluntilafter the bombardmentof FortMcHenry, andwhich was witnessed by Key fromthe deck. The words of the great national song werewriten on the back Of an envelope proving that they werewritten under the inspiration of the hour . It was in itsoriginal state that the poet on his release on themoming after the victory, showed the verses to his brotherin

law Judge Nicholson.

After hismarriage which took place on January 19,1802, Francis Scott Key resided for severalyears in Fredericktown, Maryland, later removing to Georgetown, andeventually settling in Washington. Francis Scott KeyandMary Tayloe Lloyd, his wife, were blessed with a

1. Elizabeth Phoebe Key. Born, October 16, 1803

died September 1897 ;married November 9, 1825, Honorable Charles Howard, son of Colonel John Eager Howardof Belvidere, andhis wife Peggy Chew, daughter of

Chief Justice Chew of Pennsylvania.

2 . Maria Lloyd Key, born February 13, 1805 died1896 ;married June 3, 1823, Henry Maynadier Steele, sonof James Steele andMary Nevett, hiswife.

3. Francis Scott Key, born October 7, 1806 died April4, 1866married April4, 1826, Elizabeth Lloyd Harwood,daughter of Elizbeth Tayloe Lloyd andHenry H. Har

wood of Annapolis, his cousin.


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Mrs. Charles Howard, at the comer of Mt. Vernon PlaceandWashington Place, now the site of the Mt. VernonPlace M . E. Church.

While the world knows h ancis Scott Key as the authorof The Star Spangled Banner , those who knew theman loved himfor his qualities of Christian characterandnoble philanthropy.

KING

The name of King is one of themost distinguished inthe annals of old Somerset, in which county KingstonHall formany generations was the home of the descendants of Major Robert King, of the provincialmilitia and

a high Colonial dignitary. Appearing as captain of a

company in Somerset County in 1689, he was promoteduntil, at the time of his death in 1697, he hadwon thetitle ofmajor and had held the post of naval officer of

the Pocomoke district for a number of years prior .

In the year 1690Captain Robert King represented thepeople in the House of Burgesses, andthe following yearwe findhimdonning the wig andgown of Justice of the

Provincial Court of Maryland. Major Robert King’s

wife was ofmore than average importance, as the term“MadamMary King,

”used to designate her in the administration account of her husband, clearly indicates.

The estate which passed to their son, Colonel RobertKing, was known as Kinglandin the earliest records, butin later generations became Kingston Hall. Here the

typical life of the English gentry was reproduced andthehallbecame famous for its lavish hospitality.

The two charming daughters of Major Robert Kingwere the belles of Somerset

,and Kingland became the

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rendezvous of the dashing ofi cers of the Colonial army,who however, had serious rivals in the stanch Presbyterian divines called to Rehoboth, Major King havinghimself largely contributed to the building of the firsthouse of worship there So it happened that EleanorKing was won by Captain Ballard, while the youngerMary, was led to the altar, first by the intrepid C olonelFrancis Jenkins, and after his early death by Rev . JohnHenry, and for the third and last time by Rev . JohnHampton.

By hermarriage with Rev . John Henry, Mary Kinghad two sons—C olonel Robert Jenkins Henry and Co]

ouelJohn Henry. The formermarried one of the Rousbybeauties, of Rousby Hall, St. Mary’s County, while thelatter took to wife Dorothy Rider, of the Eastern Shore,the family name of whomhas long been identified withthe early history of Somerset County.

Governor John Henry was the son of this union.

Colonel Robert King, the only son ofMajor RobertKing, who inherited Kingland, lived in Accomac County,Virginia. In hiswillhe entailsKinglandby the strict lawof primogeniture on themale descendants of hisson, Nehemiah King, failing which on themale issue of Robert King.

That ColonelKing was an ex tensive landholder and aman of large wealth is proven by the assessment of hispersonal andreal estate andthe administration accounts.

Thomas King, the eldest son andheir of Robert King,3d, not only inherited the large landed possessions of hisfather by the English law of entail, but also 1,566 acresadditional land in Somerset County fromhis grandfather .

CaptainThomasKing was evidently reared inVirginia andmarried Miss Reade in the OldDominion. Their only

156 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDmsronrchild was a daughter, Elizabeth Barnes King, who inhetitedKingston Hallwith its thousands of highly cultivatedacres. As Somerset County was the stronghold of Presbyterianism, andthe Kings hadbeen among the stanchest ofthe faith ever since persecution haddriven fromthemothercountry the little band which hadfoundedthe church at

Rehoboth, or Roomfor All,” one can easily imagine theconsternation of Captain Thomas King upon learning

that ColonelHenry James Carroll, of Susquehanna Point,a devoted Catholic, hadwon the heart of his only child!Amarriage with her cousin, a young Armstead, of Virginia, hadpreviously been planned for her . But the fairbride- to- be knew her ownmind, andthe banns were published. The announcement, it is said, raised a furoreamong the Presbyterians, andproclamations were postedthroughout the county denouncing themarriage of a Kingwith a Roman Catholic . That public opinion had no

deterrent effect, however, we learn fromthe family Bibleof ColonelHenry James Carroll, in which is recorded : I ,

Henry James Camel], aged twenty - five years, son of Captain Henry Carroll, of St. Mary’s County, wasmarriedto Elizabeth Barnes King, agedtwenty- two years, daughter of Captain Thomas King, of Somerset County, bythe Rev . SamuelMcMaster , on the 26th of July, 1792.

Thus we see that love triumphed. Governor ThomasKing Carroll, the distinguished son of this couple, inherited Kingston Hall. This estate, with its fine oldmanor house, terraced gardens and ex tensive area, has

long been one Of the notable places of the lower EasternShore. During the life of ColonelHenry James Carrollthere were, according to family recollections, 150 slavesoccupying quarters on the estate.



158 ems-mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYappears in the records as having conducted the servicesat the church in Dorchester parish” in the Colonialperiod 1739—40 left that county to become the rector Of S t .

James’ parish, in Anne Arlmdel. He died in the latter ,county in the year 1764, leaving his books, papers, etc .

to Rev . SamuelKeene andMr . WilliamKeene.

Themen of the Lake family rendered conspicuousservicein the Revolutionary War, as well as in both church andcivillife in the Colonial period.

Captain Henry Lake, son Of Henry Lake, Sr., was commissioned captain Of a company of Dorchester Countymilitia in 1776. Some years later he was appointed judgeor justice of Dorchester County, andin the year 1797 theimportant Office of High Sherifi of the county was be»

stowed on him. CaptainHenry Lakemarried Rh oda Jewett in the year 1762 andhad, among the other children ,

a handsome daughter named Lovey—a name suggestiveOf the winsomenesswhich, added to her high spirit,madeher a great belle. An interesting family tradition, inwhich Lovey was the heroine, tells of her defiantly resisting the attempt of a British soldier to take OH her silvershoe buckles. It appears that themarauding party set

fire to the Lake house to take revenge on the pretty Lovey,who, however, not only ex tinghished the fire, butmadeher escape through a back window,

never stopping untilshe reached her father’s company of soldiers, who put theBritish ruflians to flight, glad to escape in their boatswithout their fair prisoner. Themother of this daughterof the Revolution also suffered in the cause, receiving

a bayonet wound in the armwhile resisting the capture Ofher husband. The interesting Lovey, or,more properly,Lavinia Lake, became the wife Of John StewartMcNam


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are, an officer in the Revolutionary War, andleft numerous descendants.

Two of Captain Henry Lake’s childrenmarried into the

Barnes family, twomarried Slocums, while others formedalliances with the Keenes andMuirs.

The wife of Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks was a

great- granddaughter of Captain Henry Lake, the HighSheriff andJustice Of Dorchester County. Another great

granddaughter of this distinguished Revolutionary Officer

became the wife of the lateMr . Benjamin F. Cator,one

Of the founders of the firmof Armstrong, Cator andCompany. Other direct descendants intermarried with theHooper , Henry, Eccleston, Craig, Mister , Phillips, Dail,Noble andMedford families.

George Lake, the son of Captain Henry Lake andhiswife, Rhoda Jewett Lake, became a captain of the Dorchester Countymilitia in the War of 1812—14, in the

Forty- eighth Regiment, Maryland Detached Service, C olonelJones’ command. During an engagement with GeneralRoss’men at Honga River in the year 1814, CaptainGeorge Lake hadhis horse shot fromunder him. Thisgallant officermarried Catherine Boyne Slacum

,the grand

daughter Of Dr . Boyne, of Dublin.

The names of Washington, Augustus andBushrod indicateanintermarriagewith thefamily of thefirst President.Besides the various officers of the Revolutionary army

andthe War of 1812—14,many of the Lakemen foughtin the Confederate army during the CivilWar , andthe

listmakes a remarkable showing for one family, allspringing fromthe oldMaryland fighting stock.

Robert Pinlmey Lake, M.D., Surgeon in the Army of

Northern Virginia .

160 ems-moms ON MARYLANDms'rORY

ment, He served throughout the war andrendered distinguished service in furnishing General Joseph E. JOhnston

’s army with food supplies at Atlanta and Rome,

1864.

Captain GabrielPerry Lake,Mississsippi Cavalry.

Richard Pinkney Lake, second lieutenant Captain R.

W. Wayne’s Company,Mississippi Cavalry and second

lieutenant in command of the dismounted”men of a

brigade, at the close of the CivilWar.

Captain James Bushrod Lake, aide-de- camp on the

stafl'

of GeneralBushrod Johnson.

Augustus Washington Lake, private in FifteenthMississippiRegiment, wounded at the battle Of Shiloh.

Edwin B . Lake, son of Captain Levin Lake, lost his lifein Tex as on an ex pedition to capture a Federalgunboat.Levin Lake, Jr ., aide-de- camp on the stafi of GeneralEarly’s Army of Northern Virginia.

Walter S. Lake, ordnance sergeant Seventh Tennesseeregiment, with GeneralJackson’

s escort.Craig Lake,member of Maryland regiment, killed inAlbert Crawford Lake, Charles Henry Lake, GeorgeLake and George W. Lake, Jr., privates in Stanford’sBattery. Alsomany descendants of CaptainHenryLakeOf other names were conspicuous in the variouswars.

Captain John Lee, the eldest son and heir- at- law of

Colonel Richard Lee, of Virginia inherited among otherestates,

‘three islands in Chesapeake bay. His brother,

William, the fourth son of Colonel Richard Lee, inhet



death he left his land in Dorchester County to his four

sons.In the year 1745 Francis Lee was the proprietor of

Rehoboth, Dorchester County, Maryland, andwas a

member of the Assembly of Maryland in that year. He

removed to Cecil County in the year 1746, Ofieling to

lease his latemansion house, on the northwest fork of theNanticoke River .

This oldhouse is still standing and is in a good state

of preservation. Its architectural design is early C olo

nial andthe brick Of which it is built is Of Englishmold,made in the colony, as were all the bricks used .

Francis Leemarried Elizabeth Hollyday, Of distinguished family. Their sons and daughter inherited theDorchester County estates on the death of their father in1749. Thomas SimLee, the only son Of Thomas Lee and

Catherine Sim, of Prince George’s County, Maryland,

was a lineal descendant of ColonelRichard Lee, secretaryof the Colony of Virginia, through the Dorchester Countyline, each of his paternal ancestors having intermarriedwith themost influential blood in the Province. Al

though bomin Prince George’s County, Thomas SimLeeis identified with Frederick County, which was his place ofresidence. In the year 1777, when but thirty- three yearsof age, we findhimamember of the ProvincialCouncil.Two years later hewaselectedGovernor, a rare distinctionfor one so young, as he was the secondman to be chosenfor that high omoe after the adoption of the StateConstitution. Hewaselected to a second termin 1792, andin 1798was offered the ofi ce for the third time, which honor he


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In the year 1783- 84 Thomas SimLee was amember ofthe ContinentalCongress, anda few years later refused aseat in the ConstitutionalConvention (1787) to which hehadbeen elected.

He, however, took a representative part in the Stateconvention which ratified the Constitution. During themost trying period of the Revolutionary War GovernorLee evinced the ability andbravery of a true leader . Hemarried, prior to thewar, Mary Digges, of Prince George

’s

County, by whomhe hadeight children—six sons andtwodaughters. One of his sonsmarried Eleanor Cromwell,anothermarried Mary Hollyday, a third won for his brideHarriet Carroll, while of his two daughters onemarrieda Ringgold andthe youngest became the wife of Outerbridge Horsey, United States Senator fromDelaware.

LLOYD

Edward Lloyd,lst , of Wye, andhis brother, Cornelius,

settled in Virginia as early as 1635, in which year eachreceived fromCaptain John West grants of land on theElizabeth River . That they were at this time youngmenis proven by a depositionmade by Cornelius Lloyd inthe year 1646, at which time he declared himself to bethirty - eight years or thereabout.Edward Lloyd was a Justice in Lower Norfolk in the

year 1645 andamember of the House of Burgesses fromthe year 1644 until he came to Maryland andjoined thePuritan colony about 1649. He was a commissioner of

Parliament under Oliver Cromwell andamember of the

Council in 1660; also a Justice of the Peace for TalbotCounty from1666 to 1668, in which year he returned toEngland, leaving his princely estate of Wye in the pos

164 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'ronrsession of his son Ph

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lemon andhis wife, the famous Henrietta Maria Neale Bennett Lloyd.

ColonelEdward Lloyd, lst , of Wye, wasmarriedmorethan once, his last wife being thewidow ofWilliamParker ,of London, whose son,WilliamParker,was of “The C lifis,”Calvert County, Maryland.

In the year 1660 c ilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, commissioned Colonel Edward Lloyd, CaptainJames Neale, and others to be Deputy Governors of

Maryland in the event of the death of Governor PhillipCalvert.In hiswill, probatedMarch 11, 1695, he says he is then

of the parish of St. Mary’sWhite Chappell, in the C ountyof Middlesex , England.

As he outlived his son,Philemon, hebequeathedhis plantation onWye to his grandson, Edward Lloyd, 2d, son of

Philemon, “late in testator’s own possession andnow in

possession ofmy daughter- ih - law,HenriettaMaria Lloyd.

”

Of the wives of the founder of the Maryland Lloydslittle is known as to their personal characteristics, but ofHenrietta Maria Lloyd, whose name andmemory havebeen handed downmost lovingly fromgeneration to generation of her descendants, it has been fittingly said that“the name of this beautiful andgracious lady stands forwhatsoever is gentle in birth andbreeding, for whatsoeveris ex cellent in character and conduct, for whatsoever isof good report among the honorablemen andwomen of

oldMaryland.

”

She was the little foreign- bomlady to whomtraditionhath it that QueenHenriettaMaria stood godmother whenher small namesake was christened. If it be true, as

some scientists claim, that themother endows the sons



tels andcredits of MadamHenrietta Maria Lloyd, Of Talbot County, in ye Province ofMaryland, lately deceased .

”

Besides a large assortment of goods for household useandsupplying the large estate for both indoor andoutdooruses, there were the following items of special interestinventoriedIn the Hall at Wye House , among other things were :

2 smalltables, 12 turkey leather chairs, 10guns, 1 lookingglass, 1 pair of fire irons.

In the New Room: 18 chairs,1 table

,1 drawing table

andcarpet, 1 Olive table, stand andlooking glass, 1 chestof drawers of Olive wood, 1 chest Of drawers of walnut ,2 dozen damask napkins, 2 damask table cloths, 1 dozendiaper napkins, 21 Oldnapkins, 2 diaper table cloths, 1holland table cloth, 5 pairs holland sheets, a stock of pillow slips, 3table baskets, 1 hour-

glass, etc.

In the High Chamber : 1 bedwith curtain andhangingsandblankets andsheets

,all furnished fit to lyve in,

”7

cane chairs anda couch,7“cushings

”anda pallet for a

couch, brass tongs, fire shovel andwarming pan, brasscandlesticks.

In the Black Chamber : 2 feather bedswith curtain and

vallence, rug andblanket, bolster andpillows, etc .

In the Blue Chamber : a feather bedandits furniture ,6 turkey work chairs

,5 leather chairs, 1 chest, 1 glass.

In Henrietta Maria’s Lodging Room: 11 pairs Of woolen

shoes,1 bedandits furniture andvallences anda large

quilt, 7 thousand pins, 10 ounces of silk, a dozen threadlace, a parcelof thread andlace, 1 gross and9 dozen buttons, 25 yards Oi stufi andcraps, 4Mantua gowns, Scotchcloth, 8 ells of Hollands, 6 yards Of striped silk, 18 pairsOf gloves anda looking glass, 20 ells of dowlass, sheets,


bolster , andpillow cases, towels, plate valuedat

4 trunks, 1 chest of drawers, 2 looking glasses, 4 oldchairsanda little table, fire irons, etc .

There were 28 negroes at Wye House and10at anotherplantation.

“MadamLloyd’s cloaths” are inventoried as :1 satin gown andpetticoat, 1 silk gown andpetticoat, 1 oldsilk gown andcoat, 1mourning gown andquilted petticoat,1 silkmantel, 2 silk petticoats and scarf, a good warmgown,

2 smock coats and2 waistcoats, a parcel of laces, apair of bodices, a gauze coat,1 flowered satin party coat,4 party coats, 4 pairs of shoes and1 pair of galoches, silkandworsted stockings, 2 head dres ses, a box of handkerchiefs

, 3pictures ,a parcelOf neck lace, 1 diamond ring, 1mourning ring, 4 stone rings, 3rings anda pair of earrings,

2 pictures, a littlebox Of cash, a flowered“satting

”morninggowns, a long scarfe lynedwith velvet, a parcel Of silverlace andfootings, 2 pairs stays, 1 black scarfe, 1 parcelofbeads and silver cross and snufl - box , 1 gowns and

party coats, 1 silk petticoat with silver fringe, l silkmourning gowns, 1 riding gowns, 1 sable tippet andstrings, 2short aprons, girdle andmask, etc . In her willMadamLloyd hasmade bequests Of an unusually large estate bothrealandpersonal, andamong other items of interes t especiallymentioned ‘the great wrought silver dish” which sheleft to her three daughters jointly.

The Colonel Edward Lloyd who wasmaster at WyeHouse at the period Of Churchill’s charming story, was aman of large wealth , as the assessment of his personaltywillshow. In the year 1783we findhe owned 261 slaves,799 head of sheep, 147 of horse kind, 571 head of cattle,

pounds of tobacco, 500ounces of plate, 30barrelsof pork, 1 schooner of six tons burden and acres of

168 emu-mom's ON MARYLAND HISTORY

land in Talbot County. He also owned large tracts inAnne ArundelCounty.

A very pretty little romance is told of these two brothers,Edward Lloyd

,2d

, andPhilemon Lloyd, 2d, whichmakesthemrival lovers of the beautiful Sarah Coving ton, theWinsome Quakermaiden, who,mounted on a pillion behindher father , rode into Tredhaven to attend that notableyearlymeeting to which cameWilliamPenn, the Lord andLadyBaltimore andtheir retinue fromthe home ofWilliamRichardson, of West River.

As the story runs two dashing young cavaliers fromWyeHouse, approaching the yearlymeeting fromthe oppositedirection to that by which the Quakermaid was coming,rush gayly to their fate, for both felldeeply in lovewith thebeauty fromSomerset.Keeping each his own council, tradition says at the close

of themeeting where aquaintance hadbut deepened theardor of each young swain, they rode hard andfast bydifferent routes into the neighboring county, andmet attheir lady love’s gate, andguessing each the other

’s secret

amdthathewhohadloved herfirst should seektowin her .

Phil, it seems, hadseen andloved her as she entered theQuakermeeting, but lucky Edward havingmet her at thefoot of the hillhadpointed out the way to her father andhadlovedher in beholding her . This confessed, the downcast Philemon retraced his course back into the familiarby- paths of Talbot, andEdward, the heir of Wye, wooedandwon the blushing Quakermaiden in her old- fashioned

garden in Somerset. This charmingmistress OfWye builtthemansionknown asReadboume, inQueenAnne’sCounty, one of the finest specimens of Colonialarchitecture onthe Eastern Shore of Maryland today.



170 emu-mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYMaryland, serving from1816 to 1826, when he resigned.

His successors at Wye have continued to live the life of

wealthy country gentlemen, finding full leisure for intellectual pursuits andpolitical honors, which have as everfallen to the sons ofWye.

The brilliant attainments of the succeeding heirs ofWyeHouse have claimedthe attention of the historians to theex clusion of the very distinguished younger branch, of

which Colonel James Lloyd and “the beautiful Ann

Grundy” were the progenitors. ThisColonelJamesLloydwas the brother of Governor Edward Lloyd, 2d, both being sons of Colonel Philemon Lloyd and the charmingHenriettaMaria Neale, who was the son Of Edward Lloyd,lst , ofWye.

ColonelJames Lloyd sat in theMaryland Assembly from1712 to 1722, andwas in that year commissioned asamember of his Lordship’s Council.His son, James Lloyd, became one of the Justices Of

Talbot County in the year 1751 andcontinued to fill this

Like the elder branch, ColonelJames Lloyd andhis descendantsmarriedinto familiesof equalsocialimportance.

Many of his lands lay on the Choptank River , andherehis descendants continued to live, each distinguishinghimself as opportunity Oflered. His son, Captain JamesLloyd, was commissioned in theRevolutionary ArmyMay16, 1776, having previously served as a Justice of theTalbot County Court in the year 1769—1770, being re

commissioned at the close of the revolution.

Captain James Lloydmarried Sarah Martin, daughterOf Thomas Martin andElizabeth Goldsborough his wife

(St . Peter’s Parish , Register p . 156, Talbot County).

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Elizabeth Goldsborough andThomasMartinweremarriedJanuary 14, 1734. In hiswillThomasMartin bequeatheda legacy to his daughter Sarah, wife of James Lloyd.

This was Captain James Lloyd Of the RevolutionaryArmy, whose will following proves himto have been theprogenitor of the Choptank branch of the Wye HouseLloyds, his son Robert Grundy Lloyd having inherited thelands on the Choptank.

Talbot CO. Wills, Lib. J. P., NO. 7, Fol. 259.

James Lloyd of Talbot CO. WilliamThomas,Will, December 31, 1811, James Cain,Prov. January 4, 1815.

"DEVISED : TOmy son, Robert Grundy Lloyd,mydwelling plantation beginning at the workhouse wharfandrunning fromsaid wharf with themain road until itintersects the land of Henry Martin, then with saidMartin’

s land untilit intersects the land ofWilliamHayward,then with said Hayward

’s land to the road which leads to

the deep branch, then with the said road to a stone at thehead of a smallbranch, then with the said branch to St.Michael’sCreek, then by andwith the said creek to Choptank River, then with the said river to the beginning. Ialso givemy son, Robert Grundy Lloyd, the followingnegroes, to-wit : Robert, Jacob, Sophia, Judy andFlorah .

I also give tomy said sonallthe stock which belongs tomethat shallbe on the farmwhere henow residesatmy death .

I also give tomy said sonmy clock, cupboardandtwo

large looking glamwhich stand inmy hall. It is also

172 e n- Lien'rs ONMARYLANDms'rORYmy willanddesire that no part of those legacies shall beapplied to the payment ofmy debts.

“I give anddevise tomy two grandchildren, James PhilipDickinson andLouranah Dickinson, children ofmydaughter Sarah , andtheir heirs forever, lands (lines described inPeregrine Lloyd

’s will) at Parson

’s Landing .

“Tomy granddaughter, Louranah Dickinson, a negro

girl called Charlotte.

I give tomy three grandsons, Henry Martin Lloyd,James Lloyd andThomas Edward Lloyd, sons ofmy son,

Thomas Lloyd,deceased, all that farmwhere James Cain

now resides.

“I further will anddirect that the aforesaid lands berentedout bymy son Robert, untilthe sumof £300withthe interest thereon fromthe time when the said sumwasborrowed, shall be raised, which sumofmoney was borrowed fromHenry Martin.

‘I givemy daughter, Deborah Lloyd, all that parcelofland which I purchased Of John Kennard andThomasStevens, which was late the property of Captain AbnerParrott; also tomy daughter Deborah, one dozen silvertablespoons, one silver ladle, one andone- half dozen silverteaspoons, one plated castor, table linen andall the chinawhich belongs tome, her choice Of the two beds, bedsteadsandfurniture, two looking glasses to be furnished bymysonRobert, inlieuof theglasseswhichstood inmy front hall.

“Also tomy daughter Deborah, the following negroes,

Alice, Maria, Nelly, David andHarriott.‘I give anddevise tomy daughter, Sarah Dickinson,

allmy landswhich lie between the lands devised tomy sonRobert andmy three grandsons, Henry Martin Lloyd,James Lloyd andThomas EdwardLloyd.



174 ems-menu's ON MARYLANDms'rORYLOWE

There were two distinct Lowe families identified withTalbot County, one of Colonialdate, of which this sketchwill treat, the other of the Delaware Lowe family,members of which settled in the county in the nineteenthcentury, andto which the present Lowe family Of TalbotCounty belongs, not being related to the early Lowes ofTalbot.

The first of the Colonial family was Colonel VincentLowe, of England, who arrived in Maryland about 1672,when he received his first 1000 acres of land, patented tohimunder the name of Stratton. The estate with whichthe Lowes of Talbot County have been identified for overtwo centuries isGraftonManor,which contained 1000acresalso, andwhich is recorded as having been given by

“MyLord to Vincent Lowe,

’no datementioned.

Through hismarriage to the daughter of Seth Foster,Choptank Island, now Tilghman’

s Island, passedinto thepossession of the Lowes, as Elizabeth Lowe received thistract of 1000 acres fromher father as her inheritance.

Colonel Vincent Lowe was one of the commissioners tolay out the town of Ox ford, andtradition says that Elizabeth Lowe gave the land for the site of that importanttown. This lady hadthe distinction of being buried withmilitary honors. Whether it was because of her husband’srank, both in the Province and in England, or for herown act of public service is not quite certain.

Jane Lowe, sister of Colonel Vincent,married first,Henry Sewell, Of Mattapony, Secretary of Maryland, andat his death became the bride of Charles Calvert, Governor of the Province andafterward thirdLord Baltimore.


The records bear testimony to the wealth andimportanceof the several Lowes, of Talbot, Calvert andSt. Mary’sof this line.

ColonelVincentLowe,wasHigh Sheriff of Talbot Countyin the year 1675, andwas commissioned Surveyor- Generalof the Province on April3, 1679.

Upon the departure of Lord Baltimore for Englandabout the year 1684, to look after his interests, whichrequired his personalattention therefhe appointed his son,Benedict Leonard Calvert, Governor Of the Province, butas he was yet aminor Charles commissioned nine of themost importantmen in the Province Deputy Governorsunder him. These were ColonelGeorge Talbot, ColonelThomas Taillor, Colonel Vincent Lowe, Colonel HenryDamall, ColonelWilliamBurgess, Major Nicholas Sewall,Mr .WilliamStevens andMr . John Darnall.Thesemen were chosen evidently for their ability anddiscretion in administering the afl

'

airs of state , and as

subsequent events proved it was no bedof rosesuponwhichthey were left to repose in his Lordship’s absence.

While his deputies were loyally endeavoring to protecthis rights in Maryland, Charles Calvert was having bothpoliticalandpersonaltroubles of his own.

Persecutions against the Catholics were rife under KingJames II, and fromthe following interesting order itappears that Lady Baltimore, nee Jane Lowe, and her

daughter, Jane Sewall, were objects of the King’s dis

pleasure. An order of release, which has never beforebeen published, was found in the original in the PublicRecord Office at London, and copied byMr . Henry F.

Thompson, who presented it to the Maryland Historical


This unfamiliar record reads : We, the Peers of th e

Realm, with some Of the Lords of the Privy Councilnowassembled in the CouncilChamber, do hereby order and

direct you to discharge the Lady Baltimore and her

daughter, but to secure the Priest whomyou have also

seized till further order . Dated at the CouncilChamberin Whitehall the 12th of December , 1688. To Sir HenryJohnston, Knight, Tho. Ebor, Newport, Allesbury, An

gles ey, P. Winchester, Dorset, etc.

”

As no reference has ever been found to this incident inthe Calvert papers, imagination is left to supply the causeandscene of the seizing of Lady Baltimore andher daughter , who lived to return to Maryland, where shemarriedandhas left numerous descendants to findinterest in thisunwritten page in the history of their Colonial anemtrees!

In the year 1689 Charles Calvert was summoned to bepresent at James II’s Irish Parliament. An acceptedauthority does not include his name in the list of thosepresent on thatmemorable occasion. Lord Baltimorewas, however , outlawed for high treason, although no

record has so far been found of his trial, andwe are stillin ignorance of the bill Of indictment against him. His

wife, the Lady Jane Lowe, died in England on the 24th

day of January, 1701, andwas buried at St. Gile’s inthe Fields, London.

Themanors and other lands patented to Col. Vincent Lowe in Talbot andQueen Anne’s Counties aggro

gated acres, his large posses sions in other countiesmaking himone of the largest landholders Of his time inMaryland.

ColonelNicholas Lowe andhis brother, Colonel Henry



age. Themother Of this lady was the famousMme .

Henrietta Maria Lloyd, by her first husband, RichardBennett.The Lowe family of Prince George

’s County, Mary

land, of which Governor Enoch Louis Lowe was a de

scendant, traces its origin in Maryland to Major JohnLowe, a Justice of St. Mary’s County andmember of theHouse of Burgesses—1697—1701. His son was CaptainMichael Lowe, Of the Prince George

’s Countymilitia ,

1776.

MAGRUDER

Alex anderMacGregor appeared in Maryland as Alexander Magruder in the year 1652, when he received a patent for 500 acres of land in Calvert County. That the

great MacGregors came to Maryland isgenerally believed.

After the name hadbeen restored in Scotland by the act

of Parliament the Magruders of America retained thename as adopted in the new country until the yar 1820,when one branch of the family in Prince George’s County,in the person ofMr. John Smith Magruder, hadthe namesOf hisminor children changed by act of Legislature to theoriginal spelling. It reads as follows : “Be it enactedby the GeneralAssembly Of Maryland that the name of

NathanielMortimer Magruder be changed to NathanielMortimerM’

Gregor and the name of Margaret EllenMagruder be changed, etc. also Roderick, Henry and

AlaricMcGregor .

The first Alex ander Magruder in Maryland owned several thousand acres of land,most of which was patentedunder names suggestive of his Highland home, for we findhimdevising Dumblane, C raignaigh and other estates inhiswillproved in the year 1677.


All family branches have the tradition that Alex anderMargudermarried Margaret Braithwaite, daughter of

WilliamBraithwaite, for his first wife. In the Colonialrecords Lord Baltimore calls WilliamBraithwaite his

cousin andappoints himcommander or Governor of theIsle of Kent. It is certain that he hadtwo other wives.

The five sonsmentioned in his willwere James, Samuel,John, Alexander, Nathaniel andElizabeth. Contrary tofamily tradition there is no evidence of a son Robert,which name does not appear on record until the fourth

generation. It is no surprise to find that, whereas thesons andmany later descendants of Alex ander Magruderheld Oflices and fought in the Colonial wars, the banishedMacGregor took no part in the affairsof the land towhich he was ex iled . We can better imagine this prouddes cendant of the Highland chief seeking forgetfulness inthemidst of his growing family andas the lord Of widereaching estates in the heart of New Scotland, where, asnear neighbor to Ninian Beall, the untamed young rebelfromthe Scottish heather, they held close andcongenialintercourse. The sons andgranddaughters of these proudHighlandersmarried and intermarried, and later theirdescendants andthe Edmonstones, also among the baniehed Scots, became one family in the new world.

In Captain George Beall’s troop of horse in the Colo

nialmilitia, 1748, Prince George’s County, we findAlexander Magruder the third, Samuel Magruder, NinianMagruder andNathaniel Magruder , and a little earlier

in the same period Captain SamuelMagruder, LieutenantJamesMagruder andCorporals Jeremiah andJamesMagruder fOught in the French and Indian Wars. As thesenames were taken fromoriginalmuster rolls, inaccessible

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to the general reader, andnot on record in Maryland history of those times, we take pleasure in bringing themto the attention of the descendants of these sons and

grandsons of Alex ander Magruder, of Dumblane.

In the day when the Oflice of Justice of the Peace wasone of themost important and dignified emcee in the

gift of the Lord Proprietary or of the Council, JohnMagruder and Alex ander Magruder , Jr , were commissioned Justices for Prince George

’s County—the former

for five separate terms. A few years later still, in the

Colonial period, NathanielMagruder, gentleman, is Justice by his Lordship’s commission for Prince George

’s

county, which high Oflice was held by a NathanielMagruder duringmost of the twenty years following. But

these were not the onlymen of this proud Oldname whowere justices in Lord Baltimore’s palatinate government.Others who were selected by his Lordship for this officewere John Magruder, John ReadMagruder and Alex

ander Howard Magruder. During and after the Revolution WilliamMagruder was Justice of the Peace forFrederick County. Samuel Magruder filled the sameOfi ce in Montgomery county, as didhis kinsman SamuelWadeMagruder. In the year 1776 Alex ander HowardMagruder was commissioned Captain of Militia, andafterthe Revolutionary War was againmade a Justice forPrince George

’s County.

Hezekiah Magruder, gentleman, received a commissionas first lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army in 1777,andEnoch Magruder served as sergeant.Nathan andZadock Magruder were sent asmembers

of the GeneralCommittee to Annapolis, andon November 18, 1774, Nathan, Samuel Wade and ZadockMa



fromhis interes t in the tobacco trade with Hertfordshiremen, indicates his origin as Of that county, hadinterestsin the Province Of Maryland. Associated with himinbusiness transactions in London were Francis Lee, merchant, of London,

” who was a son of ColonelRichard Lee,of Virginia, andWalter Dickinson,

Of Maryland, whoalso hadproperty in Pennsylvania.

Henry Maynard, of Proctor’s Park, Anne ArundelCounty, spelled his name after the first,Maignard. In

Maryland, as in England, the variousmembers of thisfamily intermarried with the leading families, includingthe Hammonds, of Anne Arundel; the Smiths, of Calvert ;the Nelsons, of Howard, andothers of Frederick County.

Soon after the formation Of Frederick county, whenmany were attracted to the beautifulhillcountry, ThomasMaynard and others left Anne Arundel County and

hadpatented to hima charming estate among the Lingenore hills, which still bears its original name, The Ia ndof Valleys,

” which contained 1000 acres.

In a later resurvey for Thomas Maynard it was dasignatedas held of Comgaehiegue Manor, which belongedto Lord Baltimore. The original patent for the Land OfValleys is stillin the possession of a lineal descendant ofthe first ThomasMaynard, of Frederick County, who wasa son of Henry Maynard andSarah, hiswife, of St.Margaret

’e parish, Anne AnmdelCounty.

A great stonemansion house stillmarks the site of

Thomas Maynard’s first home at the Land of Valleys.

The walls, which are over a foot in thickness, were no

doubt built with an idea of protection against the Indians.

Every detailof this stanchly builtmansion gives evidenceof the taste andwealth of the proprietors.


Nathan Maynardmarried Susanna Beatty,mentionedin the willof hermother .

Benjamin Maynard, son of Thomas andAnnMaynard,married Rachel Richards, the daughter of Daniel Richards,member of the Committee of Observation for Frederick County in the Revolutionary War .

SarahMaynard, daughter of Benjamin,married BasilNelson in 1787 and later removed to the State of New

York. Their descendantsmovedWest andare numberedamong the leaders in every community in which they live.

Themarriage Of Matthias Davis, of Fmderick County,with RachelMaynard united two Of the Oldest familiesOf that county. Others of equal prominence were thealliances with the Grifliths, the Brices, Gaithers, Stulls,C hesleys andothers. Many Maynardmen were Officersin the Revolutionary army andrendered valuable service

MERCER

The counties of Cecil and Baltimore were so closelyintertwined in their socialhistory that it is not surprisingto findThomasMercer , of Cecil, winning his wife in Baltimore County, nor is it other than naturalthat thisColonial gentleman should have taken for his bride the descendant Of one of England

’s proudest oldfamilies.

ThomasMercer was first seated on a tract of land calledIndian Range in Cecil County, but later acquired otherestates in the same county. His son, Thomas Mercer,Jr . , andJohn Mercer became their possessors later .

Robert Mercer, third son, purchased a part of the

lands fromhis brothers.

JohnMercer , Sr ., served in the Colonialwars as amem


ber of Captain John Baldwin’s Troop of Horse in 1739

1740. Hismarriage to Elizabeth Savory brought to hisson, Captain John Mercer, Of the Committee Of Safety,a substantiallanded estate.

This gallant Revolutionary Oflicer was commissionedcaptain of a company ofmilitia in Back River , BaltimoreCounty,May 6, 1776. His sister, Susanna, became thewife of Captain Robert Porter, of the RevolutionaryArmy.

Many descendants of Thomas Mercer, Sr. are still

living in CecilandBaltimore Counties.

NEALE

Captain James Neale was one of themost conspicuousand interesting characters in the early ColonialGovernment. He arrived iii the Province five years after itssettlement, and, although a youngman, was at once ap

pointed to posts of trust and importance. Within the

year after his coming he wasmade amember of his Lordship’s CouncilandCommissioner Of the Treasury.

After remaining in the Province long enough to win

the charming Anne Gill for his wife, he sailed for England with his bride, leaving his father- in- law as his at

torney andrepresentative inMaryland.

An interesting tradition which has been preserved bymany of the descendants of Anne GillNeale is that thismuch- traveled Colonial dame was during her stay inEngland amaid of honor to Queen Henrietta Maria, for

whomshe named her first daughter . It is also claimedthat the Queen was godmother to the infant who laterbecame one of themost notable women in the Provinceandancestress tomany of Maryland’smost distinguished



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tary to raise troops against theDutch, andalso appointedamember of ‘his Iordship’s Council. He was that sameyear commissioned Deputy Governor with others, if Governor Philip Calvert should die. Upon his return fromSpain Captain Neale broughtmuch Cobbmoney,” withpart of which he purchased .

“Cobb’s Islan which remained in possesdon of his descendants until the presentIn 1666 we find the petition of Captain James NealeMaria, James, Dorothy andAnthony—born in Spain during his residence there as amerchant, andemployed bythe King of England, also by the Duke of York in several

might appear.

” The petition was granted the nex t yearadmitting the little foreigners to citizenship inMaryland .

CaptainNeale represented Charles County in the Houseof Burgesses in the year 1666, and perhaps later. He

died in 1684.

Portraits of Captain James Neale and his wife, AnnNeale, in court dress, were among the treasured possessions at Wye House, Talbot County, as late as 1799, in

which year, during the absence of the family at Annapolis,they were stolen fromthe attic, where they had beendeposited. Not the slightest clue has ever been foundby which to trace andrecover them.Henrietta Maria Neale Lloyd, whose name andmem

ory have been perpetuated in the eighth generation of her

descendants, is designated in the records of her day as

Madame Lloy amark of the highest socialdistinction


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The other children of Captain James Neale also intermarried with other representative families of the Province. The eldest son, James of Wollaston, took to wifeone of the Calverts. Dorothy Nealemarried a Brookeof the distinguished De la Brookes. Anthony Neale hecame the husband of Elizabeth Roswell, while her sister

Monica wedded WilliamBoarman.

Through the alliances with other families in later generations we findmost of the Eastern Shore families ofprominence, andnot a few of the Western Shore, pointing with pride to Captain James Neale andAnne Gillas Colonial ancestors ofmore than average interest.Among these are the Lloyds, Chews, Dorseys, Carrolls,andothers.

NICHOLSON

Of the distinguished families of charming old KentCounty none hasmade amore lasting impress upon theannals of the State in legislative halls or on the battlefield than the descendants oi WilliamNicholson, Lordof Nicholson’

sManor, a tract of over four thousand acresin Baltimore County. Of these, was Colonel JosephNicholson, High Sherifl

'

of Kent, and formany yearsDeputy Commissary and Colonel of the Militia of KentCounty, Maryland. Joseph Nicholson, Jr .

, Justice of

Kent,married Elizabeth Hopper, of Queen Anne’s County,thus uniting two families ofmore than passing interest.Joseph Nicholson, Jr., was amember of the notableconvention of 1775, was amember of the Councilof Safety,which included Charles Carroll, Barrister, Hon. GeorgePlater, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, and others whosenames stand out in bold relief against the pages of Maryland history.

188 SIDE - LIGHTS ONmmnnms'ronvIn the days when social lines were drawn so rigidlythat no one need ever consult a Blue Book to learn whowas who, young Joseph Hopper Nicholson, of KentCounty, rode g

ayly toWye House, andwon the hand andheart of the Winsome Rebecca Lloyd, second daughter of

the Honorable ColonelEdward Lloyd, 4th, ofWye. Thiswas in the days when that charming oldmansion wasprc~sided over by MadamElizabeth Tayloe Lloyd, the daughter of Honorable John Tayloe, 2d, ofMount Airey, Vir

HonorableGeorge Plater, of Sotterley. Mary Tayloe Lloydbecame the wife of Francis Scott Key. Another sister ofRebecca Lloyd Nicholson was Ann, whomarried RichardTasker Lowndes, of Bostic House, PrinceGeorge

’sCounty,

and became grandmother of the late Governor LloydLowndes, Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, Chief Jnatice of the Six th Judicial district, andJudge of the Courtof Appeals of Maryland, was also a distinguishedmemberof Congress, andformany years before his death was president of the CommercialandFarmers’ Bank of Baltimore.

During the War of 1812—14, Judge Joseph H. Nicholson raised andequipped at his own ex pense a company ofartillery and then ofl

'

ered their services for the defenseof Baltimore. On the 13th of September Captain Nicholson andhis Ar tillery Fencibles rendered distinguished service during the bombardment of FortMcHenry. In an

account of his part of the defense of Baltimore the following tribute was also paid him:

In 1801 Judge Nicholson took amost active part inthe election of Thomas Jefi'erson for President of the

United States, by the House of Representatives, where,as a prominent Representative fromMaryland, he was



190 ems-mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYrare andvaluable heirlooms, including the originalmanuscript of the Star Spangled Banner, and pricelessfamily portraits andminiatures.

Other descendants of the Io rd Of Nicholson’s Manor

were Joseph Hopper Nicholson, whomarried Eliza AnnHagner, of Washington. Edward Lloyd Nicholson, leftno descendants. Commodore James Nicholson, of NewYork, andCommodore Samuel Nicholson, UnitedStatesNavy, were both uncles of Judge Joseph H. Nicholson,

being sons Of the High Sheriff of Kent, Colonel JosephNicholson. Captain Benjamin Nicholson was the only

surviving child of Judge Benjamin Nicholson. Commodore Samuel Nicholson distinguished himself with the

dashing John Paul Jones, upon whomWinston Churchill

OGLE

Governor SamuelOgle, captain of cavalry in his BritishMajesty’8 service, received fromthe Lord Proprietarya commission as Governor of Maryland dated September 16, 1731, andtook the oath of ofi ce 1n the Provinceon December 7 of the same year. His father was sentas Commissioner to Ireland by Queen Anne.

SamuelOgle was a youngman when he arrived at Annapolis to fill the ofi ce of Chief Ex ecutivemade vacant

by the ill health of Benedict Leonard Calvert, who hadreturned to England to die.

In themonth of December, 1732, Charles Calvert, fifthLord Baltimore, came to Maryland as Proprietary, andGovernor Ogle naturally retired, only to be recommissioned the year following.


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At the time of Governor Ogle’s first arrival in Maryland Honorable Benjamin Tasker was one Of themostimportantmen in the Province. His daughter Anne wasthen a beautiful child of nine summers, who grew intosuch grace and beauty that Governor Ogle claimed herfor his bride when about eighteen years of age. Her por

trait, painted by Hudson, with one of her husband, Governor Samuel Ogle, are now in possession of the Tayloefamily of Mount Airey.

The great estate known as Bel- Air, which belonged toHonorable Benjamin Tasker , was given by himto his sonin- law, Governor Ogle, andAnne Tasker, his wife. Herethe Ogles livedin right princely style in the hunting sea

son, their town house at Annapolis attracting themin thesocial season. Bel- Air contained 3600 acres of land .

Themansion was planned for a hunting lodge, but wasroomy and elegant enough for a permanent residence.

Six hundred acres were thrown into a park, in which fallow deer were enclosed by a wall six feet high and the

lawn fell away with terraced gardens. Bel- Air had its

race track, its kennels fullof hounds andlife was plannedin every particular on the basis of the country gentry of

England.

Here Anne Tasker Ogle, first cousin to the Countess ofEssex , lived as befitted her station and that Of her distinguishedhusband, andthat she drove four - ln- hand withliveried outriders there is no doubt fromletters still inex istence, in which her sister Rebecca, the wife of HonorableDanielDulaney, jokes her about her love of grandeur!The other sisters ofMrs. Samuel Ogle were ElizabethTasker, whomarried Christopher Lowndes, fromwhom

192 ems-mom‘s ON MARYLANDms'ronrdescend the late Governor Lloyd Lowndes, andFrancesTasker, whomarried Honorable Robert Carter, of NominyHall, Westmoreland County, Va. Governor Ogle re

turned to England with his wife in the year 1742, when

she was a bride, andhermaternaluncle, Thomas Bladen,They remained in England severalyears, as in the Mary

land Gazette, dated March 3, 1747, there appears thefollowing reference to news brought by Captain Isaac

Johns fromLondonHe also brings advice that his Ex cellency, Samuel

Ogle, Esq.,with his lady andfamily, is on board theman

of-war bound hither with a commmission to resume thegovernment of this Province, his Ex cellency, the presentGovernor, designing for England this spring.

’

It will be remembered that Governor Thomas Bladenwas the brotherin- law of Charles, fifth Lord Baltimore,both havingmarried daughters of Sir Theodore Janssen,of Wimbleton, Surrey, andLow Layton, and it was of

Governor Thomas Bladen’s daughter, first cousin ofMrs.

SamuelOgle, of whomLord Chesterfield wrote in a letterto his son :

“Your oldacquaintance Lord Essex is to bemarried this week to Harriet Bladen, who hasdown, besides the reasonable ex pectation of asmuchmoreat the death of her father.

The children of Governor Samuel Ogle and his beautiful wife, Anne Tasker, were Anne, who died unmarriedin girlhood; Samuel ,who died young ; Benjamin, who hecame Governor of Maryland ; Mary, the wife of JohnRidout, who was the heir to Governor Horatio Sharp,fromwhomhe inherited White Hall, andMellora, who


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manner born. The same is true of the Ogles ofOglestown ,

who,though not descendants of Governor Samuel Ogle,

Proprietary Governor of Maryland formany years, wereyet undoubtedly Of the same parent stock in England .

PACA

Robert Paca, the original settler, was in Maryland in1651, when there was granted hima tract of 490 acres

of land in Anne Arundel County for transporting nine

men into the Province, according to the Conditions of

Plantations. Other large tracts in the same county werelater patentedto Robert Paca (will dated April 28, 1681,named spelled alsoRobert Face , the immigrant,married the daughter of

one of the commissioners appointed by Oliver Cromwellto govern Maryland. By her he had one son, Aquila ,

who became High Sherifl' of Baltimore County, andlatermember Of the House of Burgesses. He was aman of

influence andimportance in his generation. His beques tsofmany thousand acres of land to his wife andthree sonsgave undoubted evidence of his large wealth . This forebear of the distinguished Revolutionary patriot, WilliamPaca, was a devout Quaker, anddirected in his will thathis children should be reared in the Quaker faith , and incase his wife shouldmarry andhis intentions be diverted,he appointed his two friends, JosiasMiddlemore and

John C rockett, to take the children and their portionsand bring themup and educate themaccording to hiswill. Whether the guardians were derelict 1n the dutiesimposed, or whether John Paca was not of themeek spiritof the early Friends, history leaves us to conjecture; but


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the name of John Paca, as a vestryman of St. John’s Par

ish, in Harford County, is sufi cient evidence that he

strayed fromthe path laid out for himby his father .

Captain John Paca was active in themilitary events ofhis day andhis zeal for the church in no way afl

'

ectdhis

command of his company in Baltimore County. Hemarried Elizabeth Smith, daughter of WilliamSmith and

Pretty Betty Martin, the famous Colonial belle and

beauty, whose coquetry was immortalized by a rejected

Pretty BettyMartin,

Tip- toe fine,

C ouldnot finda lover

To please hermind!Many interesting traditions are still told oi WilliamSmith, the father of this Colonial belle, who evidentlyinherited fromhimmuch of her personal charmandpopWilliamSmith and Richard Dallamwere rivals forpretty Betty Martin’

s hand, and, as was the way of Co

lonial lovers, sought to settle their grievance by crossingsmall swords. Dallambeing wounded, naturally won

pretty Betty, who upon his death not long afterward hecame the bride of his rival, Smith .

Such was the fascinating grandmother of our brilliantand distinguished patriot, WilliamPaca, signer of the

Declaration of Independence and twice Governor of

Maryland.

Captain John Paca andElizabeth hada numerous family, ofwhomWilliamandAquila are best known to history.

Aquila Paca filled offices of dignity and importance in

196 sum-mom's onmmme'rontHarford County, where his residence was located after

the division fromBaltimore County. In the year 1779we findhimone of the Justices holding court in HarfordCounty onMarch 23. He was also captain of a companyofmilitia in Harford County. The records of Harfordtroops give the following coincidence of names: Enrolledby Captain Paca. Reviewed andpassed by Jos. Carvil

Hall, July 24, The records of Harford Countybear witness that the Pacamen were active in ofiicial

andpoliticallife in the home of their birth only in a littleless degree than the greatman who has given the familyan international reputation for patriotism.

WilliamPaca, who went first to the College of Philadelphia, was educated for the law in the Middle Temple,London. Upon his return he began the practice of his

profession at Annapolis, where it is likely hemet Mary

Chew, the charming daughter of Samuel Chew andHen

rietta Maria Lloyd, the daughter of the namesake and

goddaughter of Queen Henrietta. Maria Neale Ben

nett Lloyd, Mary Chew’

s sister ,married John Beale Bordlay andlater we findPhilemon Chew bequeathing to thePacas and Bordleys the whole of Wye Island, half toeach.

Local tradition claims the origin of the name of the

island andthe lovely river dividing it fromthemainlandto be taken fromits shape, which is in the formof the

letter Y. But amuchmore genuine and intermtingorigin is found in the ancient Welsh records, which nameEvan Lloyd as the old king who ruled over the landslying between the Severn and the Wye Rivers in thatcountry fromwhich our Lloyds of Wye Island evidently




in those days when the greatmen of the times addedtheirintellectualgifts to the company of charming andaecomplished women of leisure who together formed a socialcoterie whose rurallife was planned on that of the Englisharistocracy with the added luxury of innumerable slaves.

Those were the days when no lady would performtheslightest service, for herself—when every little lad evenhadhis small valet to follow at his heels and to receivethe orders andbask in the smiles or the tyranny of LittleMarse.

” The estate has never been alienated fromthePaca family. The lovely terraceswhich addto the beautvof the grounds aremagnificent in ex tent

, and the tradition of their construction is no doubt true that themanyslaves on the plantation trimdled the earth in wheelbarrows to build them.

Superb oldWye Hall, with its wealth of family portraits, importedmahogany furniture, antique silver and

rare china, was burned to the ground in the year 1879during the absence of the family in Baltimore. A few

heirlooms, including an original portrait of GovernorPaca, were fortunately saved by some workmen. The

antique chairs which graced Governor Paca’s home at

Annapolis, andwhich were loaned for Congressional usewhen Washington resigned his commission,

were de

stroyed when Wye Hall perished in flames. These chairsmay easily be recognized in the paiMing in the oldSenateChamber at Annapolis.

WilliamPaca was Governor of Maryland from1782 to1785, and was present at the interesting and historicscene of Washington resigning his commission. At the

early age of thirty years the HonorableWilliamPaca hadmade an impression formarked ability and patriotism,


andallduring the time of unrest which preceded the greatconflict, during the struggle andafter it, his services wereranked at the top in the estimation of his contemporaries.

There was no committee of importance on which he didnot serve conspicuously—amember of the General Con

gress in 1774, of the ContinentalCongress andof the Constitutional Convention, he servedhis State andhis country in all of their trying hours.

He was one of the committee of three to invite Govcruor Eden to leave the Province, and, as we have noted,was one Of the two Marylanders who both voted for andsigned the Declaration of Independence.

In recognition of his services the Society of the C incinnati of Maryland on the day of its organizationNovember 21 1783 resolved that as a testimony of thesatisfaction we feel in the opportunity we enjoy of t e

turning to our respective stations in the general class ofcommunity and of recommencing our civil occupationsunder a government which we have aided to establish

andin consideration of the abilities,merit, patriotismof

his Ex cellency Governor Paca this society direct that theSecretary- GeneralWilliams wait on his Ex cellency and

informhimthat this society do themselves the honor toconsider himas an honorarymemGovernor Paca was the same day elected.a delegate to

the general society and a year later was elected vicepresident of the Maryland society anddelegate to the

general society. To write a complete account of thelife of Governor Paca wouldmean a volume of no smallproportions, but we can recall the fact that he was ap

pointed to the three highest judicial offices in his State

200 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYandas a Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of the Distriot of Columbia for Maryland. He was twice Governor

andUnited States Senator . Governor Paca was twicemarried, his second wife being a niece of Bishop White,Of Philadelphia . By his first wife, Mary Chew

, he had

one son, John Philemon Paca, whomarried Juliana fi ghman, daughter of Richard Tilghman andMary Tilghman.

His name is still perpetuated, his descendants now livingin Baltimore.

PLATER

The name of George Plater has figured conspicuouslyupon the annals of Maryland fromthe year 1691, whenHonorable George Plater, 1st , was appointed AttomeyGeneralOf the Province andmember of Assembly for St.Mary’s County. A little later we find himCollector ofthe King

’s Customs for the Patux ent, which Office he

continued to fill until his death. His wife, Anne, thedaughter of another of Maryland’s attorney-

generals, was

a great belle andevident coquette.

In the year 1729, on the l6th of June, their son, alsoknown as theHonorableGeorgePlater,married theWidowBowles. Through this heires s Sotterley, formerly knownas Bowles Separation, a tract of 2000 acres, passed to

the Plater family and the name changed to Sotterley,after the Plater estates in England.

The presentmansion, which was no doubt built byHonorable George Plater, 2d, is a notable one, not onlyfromits architectural beauty and the superb interiorfinishings, but as being the home of somany distinguishedMarylanders of the same name.

HonorableGeorgePlater, 2d, first proprietor of Sotterley,




Washington first Pres ident of the United States. In the

year 1792 Maryland showed her appreciation of his highservices by electing himGovernor of the State.

Governor George Plater married Ann Rousby, thebeautiful heiress of Rousby Hall, the only child of Hon

orable John Rousby, of Calvert County.

Of the sons of Governor George Plater , his names ake,George Plater, was a colonelin theMaryland Line, Thomaswasmember of Congress, andJudge John Rousby Platerwas a Presidential Elector 1797George Plater inherited Sotterley, which has been one

of the notable estates of Maryland since the days of its

originalowner . Deriving itsname fromthe English homeof the Platers, who there acquired themanor of Sotterleyfromthe ancient Soterle family, it seems particularlyappropriate that a lineal descendant of the same,Mr.

Herbert L. Satterlee of New York, should have been theone to restore to its original beauty and elegance, thisnamesake of the Sotterley Manor in England.

The interior finishings of Sotterley, the Plater es tate inSt. Mary’

s County, are preservedin their originalbeautyandelegance, andwere the fitting background of the luxurions life enjoyedby the generations of Platers whomadethe old place famous in the days when their coach andfour was familiar on the highways of that lovely southernThe daughters of Governor George Plater were Ann,

whomarried Philip Barton Key, uncle to fi aucis ScottKey, andRebecca, who became the wife of GeneralUriahForrest of the gallant MarylandLine.

Charlotte Plater , granddaughter of Judge John RousbyPlater,married Edmund Law Rogers, fromwhomdescend


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manyprominentBaltimoreansincludingMrs.Kirby FlowerSmith, wife of Profes sor Kirby Flower Smith of the JohnsHopkins University.

PLOWDEN

One Of the socially important families in St. Mary’swas founded by George Plowden, whomarried MargaretB rent, daughter of Governor Giles Brent, and lived on

Resurrection Manor, in Southern Maryland. Their old

est sonmarried the beautifulHenrietta Slye, only daughterOf Gerard Slye, of Bushwood, grandson of Dr . ThomasGerard, Lord of St. Clements Manor, St. Mary’s County.

Bushwood became the home of Edmund Plowden and

h is bride and has descended in the Plowden family tothe present generation, having only recently passed out

of the name. This fine oldmanor house still retains itsoriginal stately beauty, and is famous not only for itsage andelegance andas the only survivalof amanor whoserecords have been preserved, but is notable as being thescene of the first proclamation Of independence inMaryland, when, in 1659, the Assemblymet in its great upperhall andJosias Fendall overthrew the supremacy of the

Lords Baltimore. The scene of somuch historic importance is reached by one of themost imposing stairwaysinMaryland, its rival in artistic beauty being the one at

Sotterley, thePlater homeonthePatux ent. Other childrenOf George Plowden andMargaret Brent wereGeorge Plowden, who died unmarried ; Dorothy, whomarried ColonelRichard Fenwick, of St. Mary’s County, andWinifred.

Edmund Plowden, andhis wife, Henrietta Slye, hadsev

eral children, of whomEdmund Of Resurrection Manormarried Janet Hammersley, daughter of ColonelHammer

204 ems -mom's ONMARYLANDms'ro'RYsley, of Bachelor

’s Hope, St. Mary

’s County. Of their

children ElizabethmarriedLewisFord, Esq ., of St.Mary’3,

and had a family. Mary, the third child of EdmundPlowden andJanet Hammersley,married Judge John I .Jenkins, of Charles County, Maryland.

POLK

When, as in the case of Robert Polk, we findamanof high position emigrating to the Province with wifeandchildren—andthe records later disclose the fact thatvaluable estates were left behind in themother countryimagination becomes active at once, andduring the periodOf the internal wars and the Protestant revolution it isnatural enough to picture the hasty flight of those whowould be condemnedto death for loyalty to a principle.

In the year 1689 the names Of Robert Polk andthat ofhis son appear among the list of loyalsubjects of SomersetCounty who addressed a letter to KingWilliamandQueenMary.

At the time of the arrivalof Robert Polk with his family,Somerset County, particularly along the seaboard, wasthe stronghold of Presbyterianism, andhere we find theScotch- Irish immigrants planting their homes as far removed as possible fromthe scene of the court circle acrossthe bay.

White Hall, Somerset County, one of the handsomeestates of the early Polks, des cended to WilliamPolk,the second son of Robert andMagdaline, andfromhimto his descendant, Colonel James Polk, NavalOfi cer of

the Port of Baltimore under his kinsman, President JamesPolk. David Polk, Justice of Somerset County in 1763,


206 sins-mom's ON MARYLAND HISTORY

FromJohn Polk, the eldest son Of Robert Poll: andMagdalinoTaskerPolk, des cended theVirginia, North CarolinaandTennessee Polks, including JamesKnox Polk, elevent hPresident Of the United States .

Colonel Thomas Polk, who was born in SomersetCounty,Maryland,moved with his parents to North C arolina,where this distinguished son ofMaryland, it is claimed,

became the author of the famous Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which he hadthe courage to read

fromthe court house steps on the 20th ofMay, 1775 , ayear before the national Declaration was signed. This

ardent patriot, the personal friend of Washington, was

conspicuous at the battle of Brandywine and at ValleyForge. He it was who removed the Liberty Bell fromPhiladelphia to Bethlehemwhen the British were advancing on the City of Brotherly Love. The reply of MissGrizelda Polk to the guard at the CentennialEx positionhas become a favorite story in the family. This ladyupon being cautioned not to touch the sacred Old relic

replied with spirit I shall touch it ;my grandfathersaved it .

In a sketch necessarily limited it is impossible to includethemany branches of a family distinguished for servicesto their country in every generation since the landingof Robert Polk at DamesQuarter , in oldSomerset County.

Among themany who have lent luster to this namemaybementioned James K. Polk, President of the UnitedStates; ColonelThomas Polk, author Of the MecklenburgDeclaration of Independence; Honorable Truston Polk,Governor Of Missouri; ColonelWilliamPolk, the gallantRevolutionary officer who received a sword in recognitionof his bravery at the battle of Long Island ; Alex ander

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Laws Polk, whose services with Decatur in theMediterranean were honored by the United States Congress;Honorable Charles Polk, thirteenth Governor of DelawareBrigadier- GeneralWilliamPolk, of the regular army inthe War of 1812 andmajor in the Revolutionary War ;

Daniel Polk, of the United States Navy, who received a

sword andthe thanks of Congress for gallant conduct before Tripoli;Dr .WilliamMecklenburg Polk, of New York,appointed by President Cleveland a delegate to the C on

gress of Physicians in Switzerland ; General Lucius JuniusPolk, Bishop andGeneral Leonidas Polk,Mr . Van LeerPolk, United States Consul-General at Calcutta underPres ident Cleveland.

PORTER

The Porters were among the early settlers on Suaquehannah Manor, alias New Connaught which the thirdLord Baltimore granted to his Cozen George Talbot inthe year 1680, on condition that he encourage Britishsubjects to settle.

Thismanor has a romantic interest on account of theescape fromjustice of George Talbot, Lord Baltimore’ssurveyor-Generalof thev ince, after killing ChristopherRousby, the King

’s Collector- General. It was in a cave

on Susquehannah Manor that Talbot, Lord Of the Manorbid, andaccording to tradition, was fedby two trainedhawks.

Robert Porter, the son of the emigrant, succeeded tohis father’s part of themanor . That he rendered servicein the Colonialwars is proven by the record of his enlistment in the troop of horse commanded by Captain JohnBaldwin in Cecil County, 1739- 40. He lived to a good

208 emu-mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYOldage andhis son, Captain Robert Porter, of the Revo

lutionary army, inherited the paternalestates.

Froma petition sent to the GeneralAssembly of Maryland in the year 1779, it appears that an attempt wasmade to escheat the lands in the possession Of the originalsettlers on Susquehannah or New Connaught Manor , andthat Robert Porter joined in the following petition againstthewrong .

TO the honourable, the GeneralAssembly Of MarylandThePetition of the Inhabitantsof SusquehannahMan

or alias New Connaught situated to the Southward Of theTemporary Line in CecilCounty in Behalf of themselvesandthe other Inhabitants of said Manor

Humbly ShewethThat we sincerely lament our necessety of approaching

your Honours on the present Occasion amidst theMultiplicity of important Afiairs now before you; yet wehumbly conceive that the unjust Attack threatened to bemade on our Property willapologize for our Conduct.

“That the said Manor was first settled under a Grantmade by the Proprietary to George Talbot about the Year1680who parcelledit out on easy terms to the first settlers;they andtheir posterity remained thereon peaceably and

quietly until about the year 1744 when the same was

claimed by the Proprietor who Obtaining Verdicts in Ejectments against severalof the Inhabitants they were obligedto take Leases fromhimon such terms as were prescribedthem.

“That the said Leaseswere grantedin general renewable

forever on paying a Year’s Rent at the Expiration of the

Lives.


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PRYOB

It was in the beautifuloldCounty of Somerset that Edmund Priormade his home upon his arrivalin the Provinceof Maryland. Here at Annamessex his children wereborn, but likemany other of the Somerset County familiesthe nex t generation appears in Talbot andits subdivision,Queen Anne’s County.

About the three children born of Edmund Prior’s firstwife, Mary, we are not at present concerned. ThesewereThomas,Mary andEdmund Pryor . Edmund Pryor,Sr., wooed for his second wife, Catherine, the youngestchild Of MichaelPaulVanderVoort, than living in TalbotCounty, Maryland, andto themwas bornWilliamPryor,the progenitor of the line of interes t to this sketch.

WilliamPryor, the only son of Edmund Pryor by hissecond wife, Catherine,married Elizabeth Thomas, February 5, 1735. In his will, proven October 23, 1769,WilliamPryor names his son, Emory Pryor, to whomhebequeaths Pryor’s Chance” adjoining Dogwood ; to hissonWilliamPryor part of Pryor’s Chance; to son ThomasPryor, remaining part of Pryor’s Chance; to daughterRebecca Swift anddaughter Elizabeth Massey, one shilling each ; to son Joseph Pryor, one negro anda walnutdes k. Remainder Of estate divided among children as

follows: Thomas, Ann, Rotiller, James, Emory, Catherineand Joseph Pryor.

Emory Pryor, son of WilliamPryor and ElizabethPryor, was, according to the Bible entry, born September27, 1756. At the age Of twenty - two he received a commission as first lieutenant in the Twentieth Battalion of

Queen Anne’s County Militia, Company Of Captain

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Thomas Harris. WilliamPryor, Gent., of Queen Anne’sCounty (brother of Emory Pryor), was commissionedcaptain in the Queen Anne’s County Militia by theMaryland Counciloi Safety in 1776.

Lieutenant Emory Pryormarried Mary Moway and

had three children who are named in his will,proved

July 18, 1795, viz : James Pryor , Elizabeth Pryor andAnnPryor, all of whomwere under age. James Pryor, whomarried Mary Williamson, andElizabeth Pryor, whomarried John Williamson, have leftmany descendants in

RIDGELY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY

Robert Ridgely came to Maryland in the ship Asearance in the year 1634.

Just what relation hewas to ColonelHenry andWilliamRidgely, two contemporaries in Colonial days, has neveryet been determined. Allweremen of standing andhaveleftmany descendants in the reprwentative families OfMaryland. Robert Ridgely settled at St. Mary’s and

became an important and distinguishedmember of theColonial Government. He filled with ability the Ofi ces

Of Clerk Of the Provincial Court, Chief Clerk to theSecretary of the Province, Register andExaminer of theHigh Court of Chancery. In the year 1671 Charles C alvert, third Lord Baltimore, appointed Robert RidgelyDeputy Secretary Of Maryland. He died in the year1681. This first Robert Ridgely was known as RobertRidgely of St. Inegoes, fromthe location of his estate on

the creek of that name.

The identity of his wife, Martha, has never been deter

212 sins-mom‘s ON MARYLAND HISTORY

mined. She was evidently a very charming dame,shemarried threemen of ability in the colony.

In his willRobert Ridgely directs that his sons be eduosted according to the canons of the Church ofEngland.

Of the tract of land willed to his eldest son, Robert , hesays, at present in the possession of the Duke of York .

I doubt not in short time willbe in patent Of Lord Baltimore. This referred to lands then in the boundarydispute.

To his second son, Charles, he left the Gentleman’s

Gift andTimberly, at the head of the Patux ent River ,in Calvert County. This land after the erection of PrinceGeorge

’s County was on that side of the division. He

lived in Baltimore County at the time Of his death , in1705.

This Charles Ridgelymarried Deborah Dorsey, thedaughter Of Honorable JOhn Dorsey andPleasance Ely.

Of this lady the family records say between her name andher disposition there was no similarity.

Their son, Colonel Charles Ridgely, was prominentlyidentified with Baltimore County affairs. In 1757 he wasmember of the House of Delegates fromthat county.

He was earlier a Justice of the County, and from1748to 1753one of the Justices of the Quorum. In the year1758 he acquired by patent a tract called Northampton,to which his son, Captain Charles, added. ColonelCharles Ridgelymarried RachelHoward, granddaughterof the original John Howard, of England, one Of the fivebrotherswho came early into Maryland.

Their on, Captain Charles Ridgely, was the builderof Hampton, which has descended for several generationsfromfather to son.


214 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYROUSBY

The history Of this early Colonial family has a richromantic flavor of the oldworld type andgives the wouldbe author of a historical novel his characters and theirsetting readymade.

The two brothers—Christopher and John Rousbycame into the Province asmen of wealth andrank. Theybrought with themthe requisites of luxurious living and

established their homes on the plan of the Old Englisharistocracy, to which they evidently belonged. Not the

least interesting of their importations fromEngland wasthe superb silver engraved with the Rousby coat -Of- arms,Of which a large tankard has descended to a well- knownyoung Baltimorean, who is eighth in descent fromJohnRousby, lst , Of Rousby Hall, Calvert County.

This tankard, nearly 300years Old, is perhaps themostvenerable piece of family silver in America, andmanyof the English nobility would have great difi culty in find

inganheirloomofasearly 9.date in their familysilver chests.

Christopher Rousby settled at Susquehannah , whichbecame notable not only for the beauty of the estate,but as the home andburialplace of this King’s CollectorGeneral, whose tragic death at the hands of ColonelGeorge Talbot, cousin of Lord Baltimore andmemberOf the Provincial Council, is one of themost thrillingin the Colonial records. We can imagine these two

Councilors in velvet doublet andshort clothes discussingthe aflairs of state in the cabin of his Majesty’sman- Of

war , the Quaker Ketch, late in October, 1684, when someOffense being taken at the words of Rousby an altercationfollowed, in which Colonel Talbot fatally stabbed the

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King’sCollector - General. That it was not a case of cross

ing small swords anda deft thrust at the hands of a suc

cessinl duelist is proven by the arrest, trial andsentenceof Talbot in Virginia by Governor Sir Francis Howard,Baron of Eflingham. The thrilling romance of the storybegins when Talbot

’s wife,made strong and daring by

her love for her condemned husband, faces the danger Ofthe storms of the Chesapeake inmidwinter in a smallshallop, carrying her child with her, a faithfulmaid andfouraccomplices disguised as Irish hirelings, in addition to oneRichard Skreene, of Calvert, who acted as captain of the

ex pedition, of which MadamTalbot was evidently comHow she released her husband willbe told in the Talbot

family history, but that love found a way is certain, andwhen in response to the King

’s command the prison doors

were opened to send the offender to London for triala respite efl

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ected by Lord Baltimore—behold ! the erstwhile Councilor was no longer the gues t of the Baron

of Eflingham! Butmy Lord Howard would not be so

easily cheated of his captive. The hue and cry was

proclaimed for themurderer of the King’s Collector-General

,Christopher Rousby, and Colonel George Talbot

found the liberty bestowed by the hands of his devotedwife in danger of being short -lived Tradition saysTalbottook refuge in a cave on his ownmanor, also called Susquehannah , Cecil County, andwas fed by two trainedhawks that daily brought himfish fromthe river. The

records, however, contain a deposition of Robert Kemble,Of CecilCounty, to the eflect that ColonelTalbot hathbeen for the greatest part of the time hemade his escape inhis ownhouse or in or about thehouses or placesaforesaid.

”

216 smn-Lron'rs ON MARYLANDms'rORYThat the Colonelwas bold in his liberty one can readilybehave when learning that the said Colonel Talbo t ’

s

shallop was busking and turning before the Oldfield’s

Landing, for the space of several hours. This was one

Of the houses where Talbot was harbored, disguisedwitha gray peruke on his head. Mrs. Oldfield was a sister

toMrs. Talbot, andnaturally assisted in her husband’s

escape. The body of Christopher Rousby, the vict imof

Talbot, was kept on board the King’sman- of-war, as well

as the prisoner . Christopher Rousby was evidently a

widower at this time andhis brother John’s family was

residing at Rousby Hall, on the Calvert side Of the Patuxent River . Captain Allen attemptedto keep themurder asecret at first, according to the sworn statement ofWilliamDolberry, who declared that Captain Allen of the Ketch ,

sent forme on board and desiredme to go ashore withhis brother andMr . Rousby

’s servant and see allMr .

Rousby’s doors locked up and that the keysmight be

brought on board the Ketch to him, which was done, andhis brother andMr . Rousby

’sman toldme the Captain

ordered themto let noe body know ofMr. Rousby’s

deat This was dated November 4, 1684.

On hiswell- preserved tomb at Susquehannah , where theKing

’s Collector was buried, is the following inscription:Here Lyeth the Body of Xpher Boushie, Esquire,

who was taken out of this world by a violent death re

ceived on Board His Majesty’s ship the Quaker Ketch,Capt. Thomas Allen, commander, ye last day Of October,1684 AndalsoMr . John Boushie, his brother, who departed this natural life on board the ship Baltimore.Being arrived in the Patux ent River the first day of

February, 1685. Mementomori.


218 ems-mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYcoming the bride of General John Cadwallader, of Philadelphia ; Honorable Edward Lloyd, 4th , of Wye, brough tthe beautifulElizabeth Tayloe, Of Mount Airey, V

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ginia ,

to grace ' his ancestral home in Talbot, while the thirdnotablemarriage was that Of Richard Bennett Lloyd toJoanna Leigh, daughter of Sir John Leigh , of North

Court, Isle of Wight, England.

Henrietta Maria Lloyd remained single and lived in

England with her brother , Richard Bennett Lloyd, whowas educated in London and became a captain in the

King’s Life Guards. He returned to Maryland with th e

intention of residing here, but his wife, who was a greatbeauty andbelle, was, it is said, not content to remain so

far away fromthe brilliant sociallife of the English capital. Through their childrenmany descendants Of theRousby family are now English subjects. Their onlydaughter, Emily Lloyd, in 1817,married John Giflord

Ward, who had been a fellow at New College, Ox ford,

for nineteen years. He was soon aftermade rector OfChelmsford, Essex , andlater rector of St. James ’

, Westminster. In 1845 Sir Robert Peelgave himthe deaneryOf Lincoln, a place of dignified retirement in his oldage.

He died in 1860, aged eighty years. His wife, EmilyLloyd, granddaughter of Ann Rousby, Of Rousby Hall,survived himuntil 1867. She was born at Bennett’sPoint, Talbot County, during her parents

’ visit to thiscountry in 1785.

Captain Richard Bennett Lloyd died during his visitto Maryland and is buried at Wye House. His widow

,

Joanna Leigh Lloyd, whose portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds is now in possession of Baron Rothschild

,marriedfor her second husband Sir Francis Lowe Beckford, of


Baring Park, England. One of the best- known Englishdescendants of John Rousby, 1st , Of Rousby Hall, wasMr . L. D. Ward, of Hampstead , London, England. He

was formany years one Of themost prominent ofi cers of

the British Museum, andwas only retired when nearlyeighty years of age on account of failing eyesight, beingretained in his Office four years beyond the usualtime forretirement. His brother, Rev . John Gifl

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ordWard, wasalso a prominentman in London. Both were sons of

Emily Lloyd Ward of Wye House and Rousby Hallancestry.

SEWALL

On the 12th of September, 1661 Lord Baltimore issueda special warrant of 2000 acres of land toMr . HenrySewall, of London,

“My Secretary said land to be erected

into amanor, with all the rights andprivileges theretoappertaining. Thiswas the beautifulestate OfMattapony

with its curious Indian name, first owned by the Jesuits,by gift to themfromthe King of theMattapients soonafter the settlement, but confiscated to the Lord Baltimorewhen the law against the Jesuit Society was put in force.

Thomas Copley’s letters to the Proprietary on this sub

ject are among the originalCalvert papers andthrowmuchlight on the early condition of Catholic aflairs. Havingreceived the grant for this noblemanor, charmingly sit

uatednear themouth Of the Patux ent River, the Honorable Henry Sewalltransported hiswife, Jane Sewall, andtheir children—Nicholas, Elizabeth and

‘Ann—into the

Province.

In a letter written byMrs. Helen Wollesley Spratt,widow of Bishop Spratt, to her great- niece,Mrs. Alicia


(Arnold) ROSS , of Annapolis, in the West Indies, she

says :“My cousin, Jane Lowe,married a Sewallandcame

over with three or four children. She further adds thather cousin Jenny was a great beauty, andthat the LordBaltimore came over on the same Ship.

This letter, which is still in possession of one of the

descendants ofMrs. Ross, sheds a distinctly romanticinterest on the fact that his Lordship lost no time inwinning for his bride the great beauty whose acquaintance he hadformed in the passage over. The HonorableHenry Sewall died in the year 1665. In the year 1666Governor Charles Calver t, who, upon the death of his

father, C aecilius Calvert, became the Lord Baltimore,married Jane Sewall, the widow of his secretary and

member of his privy council. This Jane Sewallwe willrecall as Jane Lowe, the daughter Of Vincent Lowe and

Anne Cavendish , andsister of ColonelVincent Lowe, ofTalbot County, Maryland, in Colonialdays.

Through themarriage of Governor Calvert to the

widow of Henry Sewall the Mattapony Manor cameagain into the possession of the Proprietary, whomadeit his residence andbuilt a great brickmansion upon it ,which, according to Oldmix on, was built “for conveniencerather thanmagnificence. Yet we can safely believethat his Lordship’s great house was no les s beautifulandstately than the other finemansions that surroundedit , several of which have survived to the present day toemphasize by the elegance of their woodwork and fine

interior detail that life in ColonialMaryland was basedupon a high standard of social culture.

In the year 1682 an act was passed by the Councilproviding for a sufficient guard to be kept at Mattapony



ried first ColonelWilliamChandler, and second GeorgeBrent, of Woodstock, brother of Governor Giles Brent ;Jane, whomarriedHonorable Philip Calvert, andElizabeth, whomarried Dr. Jesse Wharton, andat his death

became the wife of ColonelWilliamDigges, son of Ed

ward Digges, Auditor -General andGovernor Of Virginia .

Through Elizabeth SewallWharton Diggesmany personsall through the South andWest can trace their ancestryto severalancient kings. As this couple left ten childrentheir descendants are legion.

Major Nicholas SewallandSusannah Burgess, his wife,had, among other children, Henry, whomarried a daughterOfMr . Henry Damall andAnne Talbot, niece andwardOf George, Earlof Shrewsbury, who figured in hermarriagesettlement in the year 1735, when £500 andPoplar Hillwere sett upon Anne Talbot “

in consideration of amarriage some time since contrac FromHenryDarnell andAnne Talbot’s daughter descendmany SewJane Sewall, the daughter ofMajor Nicholas andSusan

nah Burgess,married Clement Brooke andW e the

ancestress of the distinguished Carrolls of Carrollton,

who also descend fromthe Darnalls andmost of the

notable blood of the Province andState.

SPENCER

James Spencer, the first of his line of whomthere isdefinite record in Talbot County, settled on Miles River,near St. Michaels, andbecame a planter . He left threesons—James, Hugh and Charles. James Spencer , Jr.the founder Of Spencer Hall, the interesting ancestral

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estate on Miles River ,married Anne Benson, daughter ofDr . James Benson and his wife, Margaret, and had six

sons andone daughter .

Hugh Spencer, second son of James Spencer, 1st ,married Elizabeth Money, granddaughter Of Honorable Robert Goldsborough and his wife, Elizabeth Greenbury,

daughter of the Deputy Governor andCouncilor, ColonelNicholas Greenbury.

Charles Spencer, third son of the first James Spencerin Maryland,married Katherine Hamilton.

One of the daughters of James Spencer, Jr . of SpencerHall,married Daniel Sherwood, of Talbot County, whilehis son RobertmarriedMrs. Mary Russell. Like hisfather, Robert Spencer was church warden of old St.Michael’s parish, the services of the earlymembers of thefamily incliningmore to the Offices of the Church thanState. Two of the daughters of Robert Spencer, of Speucer Hall—Dorothy andRebecca—marriedVintons. Dorothy Spencermarried SOlomon Vinton; their daughter ,Mary Vinton, becoming the wife Of Noah Richardson, OfTalbot andDorchester Counties; Rebecca Spencermarried SamuelV'mton, of Talbot County.

Nicholas Spencer, son of James, Jr ., served in the

Continental army throughout the war . His youngestbrother, Richard removed to Kent County, andmarriedMartha Wickes, Sister of Captain Lambert Wickes. a

distinguished ofi cer in the Continental Navy. ThisRichard Spencer left three sons and two daughters.

ColonelPerry Spencer, of Spencer Hall, joined the inde

pendent company oi troops raised in Talbot County in1776, which afterward becamemerged in the

“Flying

Camp Of theRevolutionary army. When, in 1813, a por


tion of the British fleet under Cockburnmade an attack

upon the town of St. Michaels they were repulsed by theEastern Shore troops under command oh General PerryBenson. Colonel Perry Spencer also participated in the

fight, being Colonel Of the Twenty-six th Maryland Regiment. Colonel Spencer, like his ancestors, was identifiedwith St. Michael’s parish andwas vestryman formanyyears. He was, however, actively identified with the

political history of his county. He was a delegate to theGeneral Assembly Of Maryland from1804 to 1811, andpresidential elector in 1801, 1805 and 1809, to elect Jef

ferson. Colonel Perry Spencer left two sons and five

Wickes Spencer ; one became the wife of Alexander BradfordHarrison andwasmother of the late Dr. SamuelA .

Harrison, of Talbot County ; a third daughtermarriedJohn Kennard, of Maryland, andremoved to Kentucky,where there are descendantsstillliving. Richard Spencer ,of Beverly; youngest son of Robert Spencer, of SpencerHall, served in the Revolutionary war in a famous Maryland regiment, although only a ladwhen he enteredthearmy. He was present at the battles of Brandywine andGermantown in 1777, and also at Monmouth , in June,1778. His estate Of Beverly adjoined Spencer Hall, hisbirthplace. Hemarried andleft seven sons anda daugh

Robert Spencer, eldest son of Richard of Beverly,served in theWar of 1812 as aide-de-camp to his kinsman,

GeneralPerry Benson. Hemoved to Baltimore anddiedin 1825. Henry Spencer, third son Of Richard of Beverly,married AnnaMatilda Martin, of Walnut Grove, TalbotCounty, daughter ofMr. HenryMartin andgranddaugh



was lieutenantcolonel of the Horse Militia . Later he

was one of the joint commission on boundaries between

Dr . SteuartmarriedAnn Digges, of WarburtonManor,

of wellknown fame. He soon acquired the estate of

Dodon, which descended in the family to the pres ent generation and in recent years was donated to the priestsfor religious and educational purposes by Misses Isabeland Emily Steuart, daughters Of Dr . Rict SpriggSteuart, of Annapolis. At one period the Steuart estatesin Anne ArundelCounty coveredan area of acresandperhaps half is stillretained—probablymore.

Washington Irving, who was a friend of GeneralGeorgeH. Steuart and frequently visited himat his imposinghome, Maryland Square, which embraced all of what isnow HarlemPark, the latter having been part Of the private grounds that surrounded the fine Oldmansion, learnedmuch of interest regarding the early social life of Mary

land fromGeneral Steuart’s father , who was then eightyyears old.

In Irving’s account of the aquatic state and osten

tation among the rich planters who residedon the banksof the Potomac he refers to “

the beautiful barges and

land equipages imported fromEngland and especiallymentionsMr . Digges (whose Sister was the Ann Diggeswhomarried Dr. George Steuart, lst , Of Annapolis).“Mr. Digges, says Irving,

“always received General

in a kind of uniformof checked shirts and black velvet

caps.

The oldSteuartmansion in Annapolis stoodon the siteOf the present Governor

’s Mansion. Here Dr . James


Steuart was born andlived until 1794, when he removedto Baltimore andgained fame andfortune as a physician.

Like his father andhis brother George, Dr. James Steuartwas educated at Edinburgh.

George Hume Steuart, eldest son of Dr. George Steuartand Ann Digges, his wife, was educated in Scotland,where he settled on the estates inherited by his father .

These were Ballachallamand Argaty. He changed hisname to hismaternalone Of Hume. By his first wife hebecame possessedof the battlefield of Bannockbum. A

charming painting of Argaty, Showing the shimmeringblue lake among the trees of the grand Oldpark, is in thepossession of the descendants of Dr . George Steuart.Describing the customs prevalent around Annapolis in

his early life, Dr . James Steuart gave the following toWashington Irving : In those parts of the country wherethe roads were too rough for carriages the ladies used toride on ponies, followed by black servants on horseback.

In thisway hismother , Ann Digges Steuart, used to travelin a scarlet cloth riding habit, which She had procuredfromEngland. Nay, continued the Old gentleman,“in this way on emergencies, the young ladies fromthecountry used to come to the balls at Annapolis, riding,with their hoops arranged for and aft like lateen sails

andafter dancing allnight would ride home again in theSusannah Steuart, the daughter of Dr . George Steuart,

lst,married Judge JamesTilghman, of the Eastern Shore,thus allying two Of the representative families of bothSides of the bay.

Charles Steuart won for his bride the daughter Of

Benedict Calvert, son of the 5th Lord Baltimore, andhas


left numerous descendants, disproving the oft- repeatedstatement that there are none of theCalvert blood inMaryland. Dr. Richard Sprigg Steuart as a ladwas present atthe battle OfNorth Point, where his elder brother , GeneralGeorge H. Steuart, was wounded andwhere his father,Dr. James Steuart

,rendered valuable services.

GeneralGeorge Steuart served his country in the War

of 1812- 14 by raising a company when but twenty- two

years oldandmarchingwith it to Bladensburg andservingthrough the entire war . HemarriedAnne Jane Edmondson, whose father was fromEngland, a prominent citizenof Baltimore, for whomEdmondson Avenue was named.

His estate adjoined'

Maryland Square, the Steuart home,in the then suburbs of Baltimore.

The son of this brave general, of the same name, distinguishedhimself in the Civil war. Educated at WestPoint

,General George Hume Steuart, son of General

George H . and Anne Jane Edmondson Steuart, beganhismilitary career on the Indian frontier . At the out

break oi theCivilwar hewas a captain in the First Regiment of Cavalry, United States of America. He thenresigned his commission and, withmany other repres en

tatives of Maryland’s best blood, joined the Confederatearmy, in which he was promptly commissioned captain.

He covered himself with glory at the battle of Manassas,

andin 1862, was commissionedbrigadier -general. Laterhewas assigned to the commandof “TheMaryland Line”

at Winchester. He servedbrilliantly allthrough the war,surrendering at Appomattox April, 1865. Space will notpermit a detailed account of all the valuable services rendered the State andnation by the various generations ofthe descendants of Dr . George Steuart, 1st, of Annapolis.




the person Of Miss Jane Contee Hanson, the high - bred

daughter of John Hanson, afterward President of th eUnited States in Congres s Assembled, whose distinguished services to his country have been perpetuatedby the State of Maryland in the National Hall of Fame ,

in the Capitol at Washington. On hermaternal side

the bride of Philip Thomas was a descendant of RobertBrooke, Lord of De la Brooke Manor, through several

generations of high ColonialOflicials. Dr. Philip Thomasafter hismarriage to Miss Hanson res ided in FrederickCounty, where he became distinguished as a physicianandwas the first president of theMedicalandC himrgicalSociety of Maryland. On June 21, 1774, Dr . PhilipThomas, then recognized as one of themost brilliantmenof his day, was appointed by his county as one of its

representatives to attend the GeneralCongressat Annapolis andlater was one of the committee to carry into ex ecution the association agreed upon by the American Continental Congress. As amember of the Committee of

Observation and Correspondence Dr . Thomas rendereddistinguished service to the close of thewar . On February3, 1781, he was commissioned captain of the FrederickLight Dragoons, in which John Ross Key was lieutenant.The services of Dr . Thomas being needed by his countryin a wider field, he was promoted to lieutenant -colonelofFrederick County, a position which by a resolution Of theGeneralAssembly, passed in June, 1777, ranked as lieutenantcolonel in the Continental army andas field Oflicer.

Thus the entire Frederick Countymilitia was under hiscommand andsubject to his call to action in the field atalltimes, which responsible position he filledwith distinotion until the endof the Revolutionary war . AS amem


SIDR- LIOHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY 231

ber of the sub- committee to collectmoney authorized bythe ProvincialConvention for the purchase of arms, ammunition, etc. Dr . Philip Thomas hadserved faithfully.

Indeed, no name in the annals of those ex citing timesshinesmore brightly in the councils of the State or on

the battlefield than the name of this young patriot, whoat the early age of twenty- eight years sat as amember ofthe GeneralCongress, held at Annapolis on June 20, 1774.

More than once during the long andweary struggleColonel Philip Thomas received the grateful thanks of

the commanding-

general and leading statesmen of theday for his valuable aid to the patriotic cause. The

sufierings of Washington’s army on theirmarch to York

town were relieved by Lieutenant—ColonelPhilip Thomas’personal efforts, for after recruiting Washington

’s army

with nearly a regiment ofmen he forwardedto the jadedandhungry army 500head of cattle andimmense quantities of flour andprovisions.

Thewar ended, Dr . Philip Thomaswasnaturally enoughchosen as one of the electorswho votedfor GeneralWashington to be the first President of the UnitedStates.

Dr . Philip Thomas andhis wife, Jane Contee Hanson,

hadthree children— two daughters andone son, the Hou

orable John HansonThomas, who followed in the footstepsof his father as his worthy repres entative—a tribute notalways possible to pay the sons of greatmen.

Chief Justice Roger B . Taney, a warmpersonal friendof John Hanson Thomas, ex pressed his opinion of thisdistinguished Marylander in a letter addres sed to the

lateMr . George Lechlin Lynn Davis, as follows:You are aware, I presume, said the Chief Justice,that John Hanson Thomas graduated at St. John’

s Col

SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

lege, Annapolis, a seminary which at that time stood veryhigh in public estimation. The class in which he

graduated was a smallone but if you willlook at the listyou will be struck with the number in that class whoafterward gave proof of a very high order Of talent and

rose to eminence in public andprofessional life. AmongthemMr . Thomas stood high, andthe oration which hedelivered at the commencement was published in the

Maryland ‘Gazette’ at the request of the President of theSenate andSpeaker of the House of Delegates, who with

him. It was high praise that his speechshould have been selected fromthe number Of his talentedclassmates, who delivered orations on the same occasion,

andstillmore,it is the only instance, I believe, in which

such a reques t for publication wasmade to any graduateOf St. John’

s College.

”

Following some details of John Hanson Thomas’ career ,the Chief Justice closed his letter with the following tribute to his ability

All who knewMr . Thomas felt that if his life hadbeen spared he would have ranked not only among theeminent, but among themost upright and disinterestedpublicmen of any time. His character fitted himforpublic life andfor the highest order of statesmanship.

”

In the year 1808Mr . Thomaswas elected to the Houseof Delegates, where be rendered distinguished service bythe introduction of a bill for the repealing of all suchclauses of our Constitution which rendered property qualifications and viva voce elections necessary ‘

in personsto be appointed or holding Ofi ces of profit or trust .

Themost brilliant andgifted orator of hisday inMary




Long after its date, dearMrs. Thomas, your charming note containing an emblemOf constancy, which I

have care q y put away with other valuables. Imusttell you, however, that thismagic flower was not necessary to remind us of one whomwe so truly admire and

whose visit with her son to Montpelier is a bright gleamMy dear husband 13

better after severalspells Ofillness during the winter and

spring. He is not yet well enough to ride out , butmyhopes of his recovery revive, even with this smallamendment in the state of his health. Will you accept fromhimandfromme our united andaffectionate salutions

‘f

May 1, 1835. D. P. MADISON .

”

Dr . John Hanson Thomas, the son of John HansonThomas and Elizabeth IshamColston,

followed hisfather’s ex ample andchose a Virginia bride fromthe homeofMr . Bazil Gordon, of Falmouth. This was AnnieCampbell Gordon, descendant of Samuel Gordon of

Stockerton, in the parish of Kirkcudbright, Scotland,kinsman andfriend of Sir Alex ander and Lady Gordon

Dr . John Hanson Thomas served his State as amember of the Legislature, 1861- 1864, when he, with otherswas arrested andconfined in various United States fortsfor a period of Sixmonths, during which he endured thediscomforts of a prisoner of war.

Dr . Thomas was at one time amember of the CityCouncilandwas for forty years the president of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Baltimore. The childrenof Dr . John Hanson Thomas andhiswife, Anne CampbellGordon, were John Hanson Thomas, Jr .,

whomarried


Mary Howard Beime, daughter of Honorable George P.

Bieme, of Huntsville, Alabama ; Raleigh Colston Thomas,whomarried MaryMcDonald, of Guilford, BaltimoreCounty ; Douglas Hamilton Thomas, whomarried AliceLee, daughter of Dr . John andCatherine C . WhitridgeMary Randolph Thomas, whomarried John N. Carroll,Of the Caves .

In this Thomas family of Maryland there is only thedirect line, there being but one son tomarry andperpetuate the name in each generation untilthe present.

Charles Tilden is the first of this name to be entered onthe land records at Annapolis, where, according to theOriginalSettlers

’list he proved one right for transporting

himself into the Province, March 27, 1677 (Land War

rants, Liber 15, p.

He became a distinguished ofi cial in both Church and

Statematters. He is firstmentioned as a Justice of KentCounty in the year 1685 andserved in this dignified ofliceseveral subsequent terms. He was commissioned Sheriffof the County in 1693, anda few years later was one ofthe Vestrymen of oldSt. Paul’s Church .

Charles Tilden died intestate in the year 1699, leavingthe following children,Marmaduke, John, Mary, WealthyAnn, Ann.

WilliamHarris in his will, proved August 20, 1712

(Liber 13, p. 488, Annapolis), leaves to My sonin- law

Marmaduke Tilden andhis wife Tabitha, part of GreatOak

”on which he now lives. Martha Tilden, daughter

of Marmaduke Tilden,married John Hyland.


In 1753Mary Worrell of Kent County, deviseda leg

acy to her daughter Ann Tilden.

”

Susanna Lusby, widow of Robert mentions sonsJames Smith andMarmaduke Tilden, daughter BarbaraMary Tilden.

In 1774 Sarah Tilden calls My daughter Sarah Hyn

son, wife ofMr . Charles Hynson, grandson John Wal

tham.

”

These are a few of the cross references to Tilden in theAuthor’s gleanings, this being one of the families now

being studied for international identification.

TILGHMANDr . RichardTilghman emigrated to Maryland with hiswife, Mary Tilghman, and several children in the year1661 having received fromLord Baltimore a grant of

1000 acres, the grant being datedat London August 16,1659.

In 1666 Dr. Tilghman received a patent for The Hermitage, which hemade his residence, dying there inMarch ,

1675—6. For two years he hadbeen High Sherifl of Tal

bot County, where he was a practicing physician. His

son, ColonelRichard Tilghman, also owned severalthousand acres Of land in Talbot County, in which he was a

prominent and trusted Omcial. After representing the

people in the House of Burgesses for four years we findhimlater occupying a seat in his Lordship’s Council, andin the year 1725 filling the responsible post of Chancellorof the Province.

He was an ardent Churchman and the records showthat in 1697 he advanced themeans for building the


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tice of Talbot County, andso continued formany years.

He was electedmember Of the Assembly in 1751, andwasever after amember of that leg slative body until itwas disorganized by the change of government. Thisbrilliant gentleman wasMember andSpeaker of the convention of 1774, 1775 and1776; president of the conven

tion that framed the Constitution of Maryland and

elected amember of the first Senate for the Eastern Shore,of which body he was alsomade President. In the con

vention he was elected to be a delegate to the ContinentalCongresses of 1774- 77 Unfortunately, his attendance atAnnapolis prevented Matthew Tilghman frombeing at

Philadelphia when the Declaration of Independence waspromulgated, and thus hemissed subscribing his nameupon that glorious roll of honor. And it should be a

matter of regret to not only his descendants, but toallMarylanders, that this eminent patriot, by hismanyduties in the various Oflices heaped upon him,missedbeing onmoord as amember of that greatest Congress.

In addition to his other services, Matthew was also amember of the Councilof Safety andthe chairman of the

He retired frompublic life in the year 1781 when quitefeeble in health. Colonel Tench Tilghman the nephewof the HonorableMatthew Tilghman, was aid-do- camp toGeneralWashington, whose confidence and esteemwerebestowed upon the young ofi cer who served beside himin every engagement fromRhode Island to Yorktown,Cornwallis’ surrender to the Congress assembled at Philadelphia. OnOctober 29, 1781, Congress gave to this gal

lant Ofi'

icer a vote of thanks for his brilliant services, and


presented to hima horse handsomely caparisoned andan

His commission, Signed by GeneralWashington, and

perhaps the sword, is in possession of Colonel OswaldTilghman, Of Easton.

After the war Colonel Tench Tilghmanmarried hiscousin, Ann Maria, daughter Of his distinguished uncleMatthew. He andthe Hon. Robert Morris entered intomercantile business as partners.

It is told of himthat his disinterested patriotismcausedh imto voluntarily yield precedence of promotion to a

brother officer—Honorable Alex ander Hamilton—and

his high sense of honor was shown in his paying 05 allhis

debts to English creditors in gold, althouth by law he

was relieved of allObligations. It is said so keen was hissense of integrity that he would not repay these businessdebts with the country’s depreciatedcurrency. When hedied Washington said of this Maryland gentleman : He

has left as fair a reputation as ever belonged to humancharacter” . Such a tribute fromsuch a source leavesnothing to be desired by hisdescendants.

His brother, WilliamTilghman, born at Foxley, nearEaston, was aman of high reputation for his scholarship . He, too, took an active part in the politicallife ofhis time, representing his county in the House Of Delegates in the years 1788, 1789 and1790. In 1791 he was

elected Senator fromthe Eastern Shore and also was amember Of the convention which adopted the Federal

In 1793 he removed to Philadelphia, havingmarriedMiss Allen of that city. His brilliant talents were soonrecognized there by his appointment as Chief Judge Of


the Circuit Court Of the United States by PresidentAdams, in the year 1801. Later he wasmade Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of PennsylvaniaThe Tilghmans have intermarried with the Lloyds,Wards, Earles, C hamberlaines, Martins, Frisbys, Cookes,Francises, Carrolls, Brices, Hynsons and other reprosentative families of Maryland.

Gerret Van Sweringen, one of themost interestingfigures in the Colonial period, came into Maryland fromNew Amstel, Delaware, after the surrender of that city tothe British in 1664. Born of noble family in Reenstnerdam, Holland, in the year 1636, we soon find himan

active and important factor in the stirring times and

events connected with the seating Of theDutch andSwedeson the Delaware.

The Dutch West India Company sold out its interestto the city of Amsterdam, whereupon a Ship called thePrinceMaurice wasmade ready to go to New Amstelandtake possession. Young Gerret Van Sweringen wasappointed to the responsible post of supercargo. The

vessel, we are told, sailed out Of the Tex el a few daysbefore Christmas in the year 1656 with supplies anddefense for the colonists. Arriving Oh

'

Fire Island onMarch8, 1657, when on route to New Amsterdam, where theywished to touch, the good shipMarmies stranded near thesouthern coast of Long Island.

The passengers andcrew escaped in the smalllife- boatandreached the barren shore half frozen. It is said theyremained without fire for several days, but this seemsincredible for sensible people

,who saved, no doubt, their


242 ems - LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

de Barrette, who was born in Valenciennes, France.

Somemonths later he sailed with his bride on a diplo

his ofi cial duties. We would never have known any

thing Of this forceful young Hollander hadnot the Brit

ish , after taking New Amsterdam, sent Sir Robert Carrto demand the surrender of New Amstel. Of the event

submission by Sir Robert Carr, as deputed with two

shipps to that intent. Sir Robert Carr didprotest Oftentome that he didnot come as an enemy, but as a friend,demanding onely in friendship what was ye King’

s right

in that country. There was taken fromthe city andin

habitants thereabouts 100 Sheep, 30 or 40 horses, 50 or

60 cows andoxen, the number Of 60 or 70negroesandthe estate of the Governor andmyself, ex

cept some house stuffe and a negro. I gott away and

some othermovables Sir Robert Carr didpermitme tosell.

’

It is a family tradition that when his colony surren

dered to theBritish , Geret publicly broke his sword acrosshis knees, andthrowing it to the right andleft, renouncedall allegiance to the Dutch authorities. Certain it is

that he sought citizenship in Maryland on the principle,probably, that if he were to be under English rule he

would live among English people.

In the year 1669 Gerret Van Sweringen, with his wifeand three chilren, were naturalized by act of Assembly,after which he was entitled to become a landholder inthe Province.

Indeed, if the Rent Rolls Of St. Mary’s be correct ,


It is evident that he built himself a very commodiousresidence, as the Councilmet there formany years, andin his will Gerretmentions the council roomand the

codes house.

”On the 25th of August, 1681, no doubt

because Of the heat indoors, his Lordship adjourned theC ouncilto the arbor at Van Sweringen

’s.

Whether thesemen of responsibility were tempted bythe cool breezes fromthe point, the scent of the roses

upflung fromFrau Van Sweringen’s garden, or by visions

not.

OnMay 4, 1686, Garret was appointedHigh Sherifl of

St . Mary’s County.

At a Council held at Mattapony Sewall on the 12thOfMay, 1684, Gerret Van Sweringenmade oath to hisdeposition in relation to the seating of Delaware bay andriver to the southward of the fortieth degree of latitudeby the Dutch andSwedes.In the year 1687 he andthree others were constituted

a specialcourt to try a vesselaccusedof transgressing hisMajesty’s laws of shipping andnavigation. In theproclapmation of the charter of the city Of St. Mary’s issued byLord Baltimore, Gerret wasmade an alderman Of thecapital.Barbara, the first wife of Gerret Van Sweringen, died

in the year 1670. He diedat the age Of six ty- two, after

as varied an ex perience as seldomfalls to the lot ofman.

He left eight children, three of whomwere by the firstwife, Barbarade Barrette. Several of the daughters of

Garret Van Sweringenmarriedmen of the highest social

244 SIDE- LIGHTS ONMARYLAND HISTORY

British Maryland families the blood of this doughtyDutchman, whomall are so proud to claimas a fore

Thomas, the second son of Gerret Van Swearingen, anglicizedhis name by dropping the Van andadding an a

in writing himself Thomas Swearingen. He was born inSt. Mary’s County, but removed to Somerset, where hepatented land andmade his home. He diedin the year1710, leaving four sons.

Thomas, the eldest of these, born in Somerset,marriedwhere Thomas Swearingen owned large tracts of land.

Both he andhis father perpetuated the originalpatronymic by each naming a son

“Van.

”The first to bear

this Christian name was one of the Somerset branch. Hemarried his cousin and removed to Virginia, where hebecame deputy lieutenant of Berkeley County prior to theRevolutionary War , with the title of King

’s deputy

,from

which he became known as“King Van.

”He enjoyed

the personal friendship andconfidence of Thomas Jefi'

er

son, Patrick Henry, Governor Harrison and of George

Washington, letters fromall of thesemen being still in

the possession of“King Van

’s” descendants.

His Son Josiah was born near Sheperdstown.

Joseph was a captain under Lord Dunmore duringLewis’ expedition to the Pickaway plains of Ohio.

ty in the year 1692,married Elizabeth Walker. He removed to Washington County, Maryland, and took upa large tract Of land. After building his home andfeelingsecurely settled, it was found that the land hadbeen pre


m SIDn- IJ OHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

WARFIELD

The highest standards of life, social,moralandcultural,have beenmaintained by the Warfield family fromthearrival Of the first of the name, to the ninth generationinMaryland, andare notably upheld by our distinguishedGovernor Edwin Warfield, whose election to the Office OfChief Ex ecutive of the State has revived at GovernmentHouse the Oldaristocratic atmosphere which pervadeditin the days when the Colonial forebears of this compositedescendant ofMaryland’s best blood largely constitutedthe Court Circle at The Social Athens of America,”as Annapolis was then called.

Governor Warfield’s arrival at the capital was aptlydescribed as The Return of the Native,

”so es sentially

is he“to themanner born,” andso indelibly is his blood

identified with all Of the best andmost patriotic traditions Of the Ancient City. His career as Governor hasalready added not only a brilliant page to the history of

Maryland, but also to that of a family whose name hasilluminedthe annals of the Province andState fromtheirearliest epochs.

The record for Oflicial honor, State pride, and social

charm, which havemarked the regimeOf Governor War

sum-mom's ONmummsroar 247

field andhis beautifulwife at Annapolis have seldombeenequalled, never surpassed in the history of Maryland.

Richard Warfield came to Maryland in the year 1662and settled in Anne Arundel County, where a few yearslater he was the proprietor of an estate to which he gavehis own name. Other tracts which were subsequentlypatented to himwereWarfield’s Right, The Increase, TheAddition, andWarfield’s Plains.

The first Richard Warfieldlent his zeal to the interestsof Church rather than of State, for we findhimone of

the first vestry of oldAt . Anne’s built in accordance withthe act of Assembly of 1692

,which divided the counties

into parishes, and ordered churches or chapels to be

erected .

As there was considerable delay in the building of St.Anne

’s on account of the scarcity of workmen, it is prob

able that a chapel of ease” was the first home of wor

ship in Anne Amndel, as inmany other counties. C er

tain it is, however, that Richard Warfieldwas a generouscontributor to andprominent vestryman of the first Established Church in his community, several of his descendants following in his pious footsteps.

The will of Richard Warfield, proved A . D. 1703- 1704,

shows himto have been aman of largemeans, andluxurions living. The bequests of silver spoons,

’ leathercovered chairs’ in large numbers, services of new pewterdishes” and pewter cassons,

” feather beds, servantsand live stock

, in addition to bills of ex change,”andmany hundred of acres of land, all proclaimhismaterial

success : while the bequest 0“my seal gold ring

” “tomy son Jo denotes the family pride that left to the

head of the house the stamp of his English lineage.

248 emu-mom's ON MARYLANDme'rontOf themany thousands of acres patented to the early

Warfields the greater part are stillin the possession of the

family. Oakdale, ancestral estate of Governor Warfield,with its fine oldmansion lately restored, is one of themost interesting homes in Maryland, with its heirloomsof historic interest, quaint oldmahogany furniture, andportraits ofmen famous in the great events of Nationalaswellas of State history.

John Warfield, who inherited WarfieldPlains fromhisfather,married Ruth Gaither, the daughter of John Gaither, of Jamestown, Virginia, a Colonial official of theOldDominion, who removed to Maryland and receivedlarge patents of land in Anne Arundel County prior to1662. As the births of their children are recorded in theparish of All Hallows, it is evident that John Warfield

removed to South River, the sociallife of which Colonialsettlement has left a lasting impress upon Maryland’sannals of early days.

As time passed and themilitary spirit became developed under the spur of the French andIndian wars and

was lashed into white heat by the injustice of the StampAct , we find the Warfieldmen leading in the patrioticsentiment developed by the oppressions of their King .

Here we find Dr . Charles Alex ander Warfieldparadingthe battalion of which he wasmajor in the upper part ofAnne Arundel County, fiaunting printed labels in theirhats with the prophetic inscription Liberty and In

dependence, or Death in Pursuit of it , Of this daringact it is told that Charles Carroll, father of

“The Signer,

”

hurried to the father of the impetuous young patriot exclaiming, My God,Mr . Warfield, what does your son

Charlesmean? Does he know that he has committed



250 SIDE - LIGHTS ONmummsronra new code Of laws on Elk Ridge. He also tells hisfather confidentially thatDr .Warfield,Mr . CharlesRidgely, son Of Dr . Howard Ridgely, andMr . Walter Bowie,Of Prince George

’s County, were the ring leaders (but

please not tomention these names)Dr . Charles Alex ander Warfield, one Of the founders

andpresident Of the Medical andC himrgical Society Of

Maryland, was the son Of Azel Warfield and his wife,Sarah Grifi th , andmarried Elizabeth Ridgely, daughterOf ColonelHenry Ridgely. Bushy Park, a tract Of 1300acres, which was hermarriage dower, became the homeOf the newly wedded couple. Their children were Honorable Henry Warfield, who was amember Of Congressin the year 1820 Dr . Peregrine Warfield, whomarried adaughter Of Charles Greenberry Ridgely, by whomheacquired Ridgely

’s Great Range. He was an intimate

fniendOf Honorable Alex ander Contee Hanson. He was

severely wounded in the Baltimore riot Of 1812.

Charles Alex ander Warfield, youngest son Of the Rev

olutionarymajor,married MissHarrisandlived inHowardCounty. His son andnamesake became allied bymarriage to the family Of the late S . TeackleWallis.

Eliza Warfield, whomarried Major Charles AlexanderSnowden, Of Montpelier, son OfMajor Thomas Snowdenand his wife Ann Ridgely, was a daughter Of the fieryMajor Warfield. Her daughter, Eknily Snowden,

mar e

ried Colonel Timothy Patrick Andrews, United Statesarmy in 1794 andaide to Commodore Barney in 1812, andas such perhaps unfurled the first American flag everraised in Maryland, which was done under the direction

Colonel R. Snowden Andrews, the son Of Brigadier

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GeneralAndrews andEmily Snowden,married Mary C .

Lee andwas long one Of themost prominent and influentialmen in the state.

Caroline Snowden, the granddaughter OfMajor CharlesAlex ander Warfield,married Albert Fairfax , son Of LordFairfax : her son, Charles Snowden Fairfax , succeeded tothe title, but dying childless the title reverted to hisbrother , John Contee Fairfax , fromwhomdescended thepresent Lord Fairfax andMrs. Tunstall Smith, Of BalGustavus Warfield, the Oldest son Of Dr. Evan War

field andhis wife, Sarah Warfield (his cousin),marriedMiss Ella Hoffman, a great- granddaughter Of PatrickHenry, andleft numerous descendants.

Captain Benjamin Warfield, Of the Elkridge Militia inthe Revolutionary War, is the gallant Ofi cer fromwhomour newly elected Governor, EdwinWarfield, is descended.

Hemarried Catherine Dorsey, one Of the daughters OfCaptain Philemon Dorsey.

Captain Benjamin Warfield bought andadded to theestate known as Fredericksburg, the original patent forwhich is in the possession Of Governor Edwin Warfield.

As inmany other cases, the intermarriages of the War

fields with Dorseys, Worthingtons and Ridgelys haveleft one Of the genealogical tangles which is wonderful tobehold. For ex ample, Catherine Dorsey, the wife OfCaptain BenjaminWarfield, was the great- granddaughterOf Richard Warfield, the first settler, while her husbandwas his great grandson and themothers Of both were

The Old, hipped- roof house built by Captain BenjaminWarfield in the year 1758 still stands at Cherry Grove.

252 SIDE - LIGHTS ONmmmsroarBeale andPhilemon Warfieldwere in the War Of 1812,andweremarching fromAnnapolis t o Bladensburg when

our forces were hurriedly called out and, being withoutproper ammunition, were overcome at the bridge.

Albert Gallatin Warfield, the Oldest son Of JoshuaWarfieldandLydia Welsh, inherited Oakdale, a portion Ofthe paternal acres. Hemarried Margaret Watkins, thedaughter Of Colonel Gassaway Watkins. The fourthson Of thismarriage is Governor Warfield, the presentproprietor of the ancestral estate, Oakdale, in HowardCounty. Governor Warfieldrose fromone post Of political honor to another until he reached the highest Officein the State OfMaryland. Hewas President Of theMaryland Senate ih the year 1886, Surveyor Of the Port OfBaltimore, etc . Hemarried Miss Emma Nicodemus,daughter OfMr. J. Courtney Nicodemus, Of Baltimore.

SOmany sons Of the Warfield family rendered distin

guished service to their country that it is impossible toattemptmore than a brief summary of the family history.

That they were loyal and devoted patriots is too wellknown to need emphasis.

We findin the SevernMilitia alone a commission issuedon March 2, 1778, to BenjaminWarfield,captain in Elkridge Battalion; Robert Warfield second lieutenant ;Charles Warfield, Ensign; Philemon Warfield, captain;Launcelot Warfield, first lieutenant ; Thomas Warfield,second lieutenant, andJoseph Warfield, Ensign.

Among other Officers, we findCaptain Philemon War

field andElisha Warfield, son Of Benjamin, bothmembersOf the Committee Of Observation in the RevolutionaryWar ; also Dr . WalterWarfield, a surgeon in the same andafterward amember Of the Society Of the Cincinnati.



254 ems-moms ON MARYLANDme't oRYthe scene Of his ancestral home in another Colony, andcast his lot among the Pennsylvania immigrants in KentCounty, Maryland, prior to 1737.

GeorgeWilliamson acquired an estate called Chancein Kent County, which he bequeathed to hiswife, Rachel,during her widowt and after hermarriage or deathto his two sons, George andJohn Williamson.

Rachelwas the daughter Of GeorgeMorphet , to whom,in the year 1705, was patented a tract Of land in CecilCounty, called

“Flowers Of the Forest .

”

Besides their two sons, George Williamson andRachelMorphet had three daughters, Rachel, Hannah and

George Williamson, the eldest son,moved to QueenAnne

’s County, while his brother John remained inKent

County andcontinued to live at Chance, inherited afterthedeath Of hismother.

Just how young George Williamsonmet the charmingwidow Page does not appear upon record, but that fairMary Pringle was the widow of James Page at the age

Of twenty years is amatter Of record, andthat shemarried George Williamson, Of Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, is also duly proven by records in her home colony.

Like other Colonialdames, the young widow was quickly consoled, as shemarried the second time before theex piration Of a year after the death Of her first husband.

It was their eldest son, John Williamson, whomarriedElizabeth Pryor, daughter Of the Revolutionary Ofiicer,

Lieutenant Emory Pryor, andtheir daughter Marymarried James Pryor, son of the same distinguished patriot,thus doubly uniting these two Queen Anne

’s County

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James Pryor Williamson, son Of John Williamson and

Elizabeth Pryor removed to Baltimore in earlymanhood,where he became an influential and prominent citizen.

Hemarried Harriet Wilson Reed, OfHarford County, andhadfour children : SamuelJohn Williamson, James PryorWilliamson, Thomas Wilson Williamson, and ElizabethWilliamson, who became the wife OfMr . GrahamGordon, Of Fredericksburg, Virginia, a prominentmember Ofthe Baltimore Bar .

James Pryor Williamson, 2d, removed to Wilkes Barre,Pennsylvania, where hemarried Mary Harriette Woodward, daughter Of Judge Woodward, andis survived bytwo children : James Pryor Williamson, who marriedMiss Gertrude L. Jones, OfWilkesBarre, andMrs. DavidC . Percival, Of Boston, Massachusetts.

Thomas Wilson Williamsonmarried Miss Ariel StreetGreen, Of Maryland, and is survived by one son,Mr .

WORTHINGTON

Captain John Worthington, who was born in Englandin the year 1650, emigrated to Maryland in company withhis brother Samuel in the year 1670. The latter settledin Somerset County and left numerous descendants.

C aptin John Worthington quickly rose to prominence inthe Province, both inmilitary andcivil afiairs. As cap

tain Of the Anne Arundel Countymilitia he ledhis company inmany engagements against the Indians.

He was amember Of the House Of Burgesses, andalsoa Judge Of the Provincial Court andmember Of theCaptain John Worthingtonmarried Sarah Howard, the

256 S IDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYdaughter Of Matthew Howard and Sarah Dorsey, hiswife. At the death Of the gallant captain his widow,

Sarah ,married Captain John Brice.

A fact Of interest which has larely been noted in the

English family Of Brice is the name Of WorthingtonBrice” in several successive generations; showing probable intermarriages Of these families in England as wellas in Maryland .

Captain John Worthington died in the year 1701, atthe age Of fifty

- one years. His tomb is stillpreserved inAnne ArundelCounty.

The land devised in his will included Greenberry Forest , 450 acres, Lowe

’s addition, 550 acres, Howard

’s in

heritance, 150 acres, andHopkins’ plantation. He left

four sons and one daughter, who intermarried with theRidgelys, Homewoods, Chews andHammonds.

ThomasWorthington, the second son Of Captain John,the original settler, was amember Of the House of Bur

gesses in 1753andan influentialman in his community.

His son, Brice Thomas Beale Worthington, served in theAssembly or Legislature in the year 1776.

Major SamuelWorthington, the seventh child Of JohnWorthington, Jr .

, andHelen Hammond, was amemberOf the Committee Of Observation (1774) Of the conven

tion Of 1775 anda Delegate to the GeneralAssembly inthe year 1781, serving his country in these several representative bodies with ability. Another one Of this notable family whose name became distinguished in his country’s service wasMajor NicholsWorthington, who, in theColonial Period, filled the important Ofi ce Of Justice Of

Anne ArundelCounty andlater was raised to the higherhonor Of Judge of the Orphan

’

s Court in 1778, after ren


258 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYsionedin their country’s service. Three have beenmembers Of Congress. One emigrated to Ohio, where he waselected Governor and United States Senator . AnotherOf the name andblood was TerritorialGovernor Of Florida , while a third became Lieutenant- Governor Of KenThree Of the Anne ArundelCounty Worthingtons were

in the Maryland Legislature at the same time. One has

been an Episcopalbishop.

Thomas C Worthington was Brigadier-General duringtheWar Of 1812—14, andalso amember Of Congress.


262 emu-memON MARYLAND HISTORY

Inventories andAccounts, Liber 31 Folio 198, LandCommissioner’s Omce, Annapolis, November 17 1709 :

An inventory Of the chattels, rights andcredits Of theRev . Stephen Bordley, late Of Kent County, deceased,etc. Thomas Ringgold and Edward Scott appraisirs

possessions were, a double- breasted coat ; two pairs Of

leather breeches; black worsted hose; silver spoons; silver shoe buckles; a brass canopy ; table cloths; linen pillow cases; table napkins; five sheets; two walnut tables;leather chairs; several rugs; oval table. Two Sermonspreached before the King,

” forman itemOf interest inthis inventory, the King at that time beingWilliamIII .The following brings Rev . Alex ander Williamson on

the scene as cO- administrator with the widow Bordley,then his wife; Inventories and Accounts, Liber 33 A ,

Folio 171 Land Commissioner’s Oflice, Annapolis, February 27, 1711 ; Mr . Alexander Williamson and e .

Adrx . Of the goods and chattels which were Of the Rev .

Mr . Stephen Bordley,late Of Kent County, deed., charge

themselves with all andsingular the goods, chattles and

credits Of the said deceased as per Invtv Of sumOf£309 e The Reverend andMrs. AnnWilliamson“make oath yet ye above is a just and true acct Of heradmin common beforeme by virtue Of a spicl comtome for that end directed—Thos. Smyth, D. Com’y.

C onet . Kent.”

Inventories and Accounts, Liber 34, Folio, 72, LandCommissioner’s Omce, Annapolis, August 25, 1713: “Additional account OfMr . Alex ander Williamson andAnn

his wife, administratrix OfMr . Stephen Bordley, late of

Kent County,deceased.

”


S IDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY 263

NathanielHynson, son Of Colonel John Hynson,in his

will proved January 26, 1721 (Liber E C NO. 1,Folio

213, Register Of Wills Omoe, Kent County, mentions his nephew, Thomas Bordley to whomhe leavesa legacy. This proves that the Ann Hynson whomarried Stephen Bordley was the daughter Of Colonel JohnHynson, which is further proved by a deed Of gift fromhimto his daughter Ann, wife Of Stephen Bordley, Of apiece Of land called Bounty (Kent County Deeds, Clerk

’s

Omoe)Thomas Bordley came fromEngland in 1697 , at the age

Of fourteen years with his elder brother, Rev . StephenBordley. He studied law andmade his home in Annapolis, where he became distinguished as Of unusual brilliancy. He became Clerk Of the Anne ArundelCountyCourt at the age Of twenty- one in 1704 (Maryland Council Proceedings, Maryland Ar chives, volume 25, p.

The nex t we hear Of himhe is the Chief Clerk in the Secretary

’sOffice in the year 1706 (p.

On August 18, 1821, he was amember Of His Lordship’s Honorable Council (p. In 1722 he sat as amember Of the Assembly and two years later he figuredas Recorder andone Of the Aldermen Of Annapolis (pp.

389,

His general career as a very able lawyer andAttomeyGeneralOf Maryland is too wellknown to need particularmention in this sketch. Hemarried Rachel Beard, whobore hima number Of children, only four Of whomanr

vived, viz : William, John, Stephen andElizabeth . After

the death Of Rachel, hiswife, in 1722, hemarried secondlyon September 23d, Ariana Vanderheyden, daughter Of

Matthias and Anna Margarita Herman Vanderheyden .

264 awn-mom's ON MARYLAND HISTORY

daughter Of ColonelAugustine Herman. Ariana was the

widow Of James Frisby when shemarried Bordley. Threechildren were the result Of thismarriage, viz : Matthew,

Thomas andJohn Beale. Thomas Bordley’s willdevisedhis estate to his children.

The sons and descendants Of Thomas Bordley intermarried with prominent families OfMaryland.

BOSMAN—BOZMANThe facts recited in the public records Of Maryland are,

generally speaking, very reliable andmay safely be ao

ceptedas final. However , it happened now andthen thatstatements were Officially recorded in the Colonial periodthat subsequent investigation in other records proved tobe erroneous. A case in point is that Of thematernity Ofthe children OfWilliamBozman, a gentleman who settledin Somerst County as early as 1663. As there are stilllivingmany worthy people who descend fromthis gentleman, it iswellto recite a few factssupported by the Ofi cialrecords Of Virginia , that prove anothermother for hischildren than the lady creditedwith that honor in the

Somerset County records. In Liber D B I K L, Somerset County Land Records, the births Of five children bornto WilliamBosman (Bozman) andElinor, his wife, are

recorded, viz. : John, 1650, Bridgett, 1653;William, 1655 ;Anne, 1657 ; George, 1659. In the absence Of any recordto the contrary, this record would have to stand. Fur

ther research has proven beyond question that WilliamBosman’

sfirst wife, Bridget,was themother Of his children,andnot Ellinor, as entered in the Somerset County landrecord. The following fromthe Northampton County,Virginia, Records, Vol. 7, p. 92, Hungar

’s Parish Record,


266 mD- Lron'rs ON MARYLANDme Rr

is entered in Liber 7, folio 92, as occurring in Hungar’s

Parish, February 15, 1661, thus establishing that Bridget—who died in 1660—wasmother Of his children.

Bridget Bozman was evidently related to KatherineScarborough, as at the date Of WilliamBosman’

s pre

nuptial contrat with Ellinor Mattocks, widow, KatherineScarborough gave to Katherine Bozman, daughter Of

WilliamBozman, as his willproves, a heifer.

WilliamBozman removed to Somerset County, Mary

land,in 1663, took up land there, andwas for a short time

quite a prominent figure in the life Of the county. His

Will, dated August (no probate date, AnnapolisWills, Liber I, folio leaves the 1200acres Of land hethen lived on in Somerset County to be equally dividedbetween his sons John and George Bozman, providedWilliamBozman hath a seat Of land convenient for him,if not , that the abovementioned landmay be equallydivided tomy three sons, John WilliamandGeorge Bozman. My daughter Bridget Bozman andson

WilliamBozman to go to Captain WilliamThorne untilthey come Of age, andin casemy daughter Katherinemarry it ismy will thatmy daughter Ann Bozmanmay staywith her until she is fifteen years Of age. Personalty tohis four daughters, viz. , Katherine, Bridget, Ann and

Mary.

The further records Of Elinor Mattocks Bozman are Ofinterest. Shemarried thirdly James Cain (or Keen) anddied in 1692, leaving all her estate to her son LazarusMaddox andher wearing apparel to her niece BlandinaBozman. This Blandina was the daughter Of PhilipRisden, Of Northampton County, Virginia. She was the

wife Of John Bozman, son OfWilliam.

smn-merrrs ON MARYLAND HISTORY 267

The sons Of WilliamBozman by his wife Bridget (notElinor) became important in Maryland, John especiallybeing distinguished as amember Of the Assembly, as oneOf the County Justices andas a generally representativeman in the high andimportant afl'

airs in the county and

Province. The historian Bozman was Of this blood, andmany others Of prominence anddistinction.

BOYD

Of the families settled at New Scotland, Prince George’sCounty, Maryland, none weremore interesting or con

tributedmore to the Revolutionary history Of the Statethan the Boyd family, Of whomJohn Boyde was the earlyprogenitor . Settling first in Anne ArundelCounty where,on February 26, 1683, he received the first warrant forland, he soon removed to Prince George’s County, and

settled on his estate Amptill Grange, a tract Of nearly a

thousand acres granted to himby Charles, third LordBaltimore, September 16, 1703. This land was includedin the originalboundaries Of Calvert County, in that partafterwards included in Prince George

’s. John Boyd was a

prominentman in his day, and while not having heldpublic Oflice, was called upon to discharge duties. involv

ing grave responsibility, as per the following :

(Council Of Maryland. Maryland Ar chives, vol. 23,folios 327

At a Court held for Prince Georges County before

hisMajesties Justices andCommissioners Of the Countyaforesaid the 24th day Of November, 1697, the Grand Jurymade the following report :

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We the Jurors for the body Of Prince Georges County ,

inquire andmake report to this Court whatmeasureswouldmost conduce to his Majesties Honor andServiceandthe Interest Safety Of this Province to be now takenin relation to the forte at New Scotland andthe defenceandsecurity Of this Province andthe good people thereofupon the frontier Plantations against any Incursions Of

Indians, et cetera.

The jury felt it to be necessary to the interest andsafetyOf the Province that the Garrison at the falls Of the

be kept out on guard at the fort andalso on the frontier .

The jury also recommended that a fort be built on the hillabove the new fort, etc.

The jury consisted Of twenty- four prominent gentlemenOf Prince George

’s County among whomwere John Boyde,

Edward Dawson, Fiancis Frisby, John Sprigg, Archibald

John Boyd’s will, dated October 5, 1704, was provedJuly 9, 1705, andisrecordedin Liber3, folio 635, AnnapolisWills. In this he is calledJohn Boyd Of Prince George

’s

TO wife Mary Boyd the home plantation calledAmphill Grange, in Prince George’s County, during her

TO eldest son Charles Boyd 150 acres Of land part Of‘Amphill Grange’ failing heirs of his body to son JohnBoyd, second son. Also to John Boyd, second son, 100

acres part Of ‘AmphillGrange,—failing heirs of his bodythe land to go to the nex t heir of theTestator.



Dominick Carroll, Michael Taylor and Daniel Carroll

six pounds each formourning rings.

(ProvincialCourt Records. Liber P. L. NO. 6, folio Q 6 ,June 10,

This indenturemade the tenth day Of June anno domini one thousand seven hundred and thirty betweenMargaret Macnemarra Of the City Of Annapolis, in AnneArrmdel County, Relict Of ThomasMacnemarra, Esq.

,

Of the said place, deceased, Of the first part, John Boyd, OfQueen Anncs Town in Prince George

’s County andElinor

his wife Of the second part, WilliamMaccoy Of the said

county Of Prince George’s andMary his wife Of the third

part and Joyce Bradford Of Prince George’s County ,

Relict Of Coll. John Bradford of said County, deceased,

Of the fourth part.WhereasCharles Carroll, Esq., Of the City OfAnnapolis

in Anne Arundel County, deceased, by his will bearingdate Of December anno domini, one thousand andseven

hundred andeighteen did bequeath unto the saidMargaret, Elinor, Mary and Joyce by the names Of ElinorBoyd, MargaretMacnemarra, Joyce Bradford andMaryMaccoy, a Tract Of land called ‘Uncle’s Good Will’ lyingin Baltimore County, beginning at the endOf theWest bySouth Lyne being the second course Of a tract Of landlaidout by John Duvall called ‘The Out Quarter,

’ thence withthe said land south by east three hundred and twentypurches, etc., etc., containing one thousand acres Of land .

“Andwhereas by the will the said Margaret, Elinor,Mary andJoyce areTennants in Common in the said land.


Now this Indenture witnesseth that for a division Of thesaid Tract Of Land to bemade between the said parties tothese presents that every one Of themmay hold andenjoytheir part in severalty to themtheir heirs and assigns.

It is hereby covenanted granted andconcluded andagreedby andbetween all the said parties to these presents etc .

to divide the land. The deed then lays OR the land into 4allotements Of 250acres each known as NOS . 1, 2, 3, and4

Of ‘Uncle’s Good Will.’

John Boyd, husband Of Elinor Fitzredmond, who hadinherited the part Of AmphillGrange fromhis father , wasin the year 1743 granted by Lord Baltimore an estateknown as Castle Plains, adjoining the land called

“The

Forest Of Needwood, now in Frederick County, close toWashington County border .

The death Of John Boyd, the second, is proven in a deeddated January 30, 1756, Prince George

’s County, Mary

land, in which Benjamin Boyd, Of Prince George’s County,

“for naturallove andafl

'

ection”

gives to his son, ThomasBoyd, a tract Of land containing 100 acres being part OfAmphillGrange andthat part whereon John Boyd myfather deceased, dwelt.

”

The children Of John andElinor Boyd are proven by therecord of their births in Queen Anne’s Parish Register,Prince George

’s County, on page 302. Benjamin Boyd

born January 13, 1706; John Boyd born September 25,1709 ; AbrahamBoyd born June 5, 1713; WilliamBoydborn April 19, 1716; Elinor Boyd born June 12, 1720.

All Of these sonsmarried—Benjamin to Elizabeth Hobwood onOctober 30, 1733; John to Susana BaldwinMay8,1735 ; WilliamBoyd to Charity Talbott ; Of Elinor Boyd


The descendants of Benjamin Boyd andElizabeth Harwood have become prominent in public affairs in variousparts of the country. Thomas Boydmarried CharityDuckett and Miss Lansdale. He was Lieutenant and

Adjutant in the Maryland Line anda chartermember oftheMaryland Society Of the Cincinnati. His son, ThomasDuckett Boyd, removed to Albemarle County, Virginia,andmarried Mary Magruder of the Maryland family

,

andhavemany descendants.

WilliamBoyd andCharity Talbott, his wife, lived inWashington County, at the time of his death. His estate

Of Castle Plains adjoining NeedwoodForest being locatedin that part of Maryland. Among other children,WilliamBoyd hadsons, WilliamBoyd, Jr .

, andWalter Boyd, towhomon September 25, 1782, a power of attorney wassent by Captain Benj Price, Captain Of the MarylandLine, now serving in the State of South Carolina, to bemytrue andlawfulattorneys forme andinmy name andmyuse to ask, demand, sue for andrecover andreceive formefromall persons whatsoever due in the State aforesaid.

(Signed) Benjamin Price.

”

The Boyds who descended fromJohn Boyd the first, ofPrince George

’s County became very numerous in the

third andfourth generations. They occupied lands in thehome country and in Anne Arundel, Baltimore,Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, andperhaps other comties in Maryland. They settled in the south and westanddidgreat credit to their Maryland blood by achievinghonorable careers in the higher walks of life. They were

Oflicers and privates in the armies that fought in thatmomentous struggle, counting it not too great a sacrifice



(MS. Commission Book at Maryland Historical SO

In a list Of Oflicers to be commissioned in the LowerBattalion of Prince George

’s County in 1778 appear the

names of AbrahamBoyd, lieutenantcolonel andThomasBoyd

,Ensign (MS. Revolutionary Muster Rolls Of Prince

George’s County in

Thesemen were brothers, sons of Benjamin Boyd, and

Thomas Boyd was still ensign in his brother’s (ColonelAbraham’s) command in 1779 (List of Military Ofi cers1778- 79)

(Maryland Revolutionary Muster Rolls, p.

May 24, 1779. Thomas Boyd, Junior, commissionedsecond lieutenant in the Upper Militia in Prince George

’s

County, by the CouncilOf Maryland (Maryland Archives,vol. 21, p.

The following fromRevolutionary Muster Rolls OfMaryland, volume 18 of the Maryland Archives

Benjamin Boyd, sergeant,May, 1778, andNovember ,1780 (p.

BenjaminBoyd, private in active service in 1780- 81—83p.

Thomas Boyd, private in the 5th Regiment (SouthernMaryland boys) January 1, 1781 (p.

ThomasBoyd, lieutenant January 1, 1781; also January1, 1783(pp. 482,


AndrewBoyd,asailorunder CaptainBoyan in the bargesfighting in theRevolution (p. 615)

gomery County, 1777. Returns of the Militia in Mont

gomery County by Charles G. Grifi th, q . LieutenantOf that County, September 12, 1777.

AbrahamBoyd, private in Company 8, Middle BatJohn Boyd andWilliamBoyd, privates in Company 2Of the 29th , or Lower Battalion.

July 5, 1780. John Boyd, WilliamBoyd andAbrahamBoyd, were privates in the 7th Company, Middle Battalion for Montgomery County.

February, 1775. Archibald Boyd was commissionedone Of the Commissioners of the Peace in Frederick County(MS . Commisdon Book at Maryland Historical Society,p. 206)

Frederick, February 21, 1776. The Maryland C onvention CommisdonedArchibald Boyd second lieutenantin the Frederick County Militia (Maryland Archives,vol. 11, p.

This Boyd also served as secretary for the severalRevolutionary Committees in the early part Of the struggle

(see Maryland Archives andMS. Revolutionary Docu

Saflells Records Of the Revolution. In a list Of Oflicersof the Continental Army of the Revolution, who were

to the endof the war, andacquired the right to half- pay,

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commutation, andbounty landunder the preceding ActsOf Congress, we findthe following of the name Of BoydLieutenant John Boyd of Delaware, Lieutenant ThomasBoyd ofMaryland, p. 413.

Lieutenant Thomas Boyd, an originalmember of the

Society of the Cincinnati (p.

(Provincial Court Records, Annapolis. Liber D. D.

NO. 6, folio

October 4, 1781. AbrahamBoyd andThomas Boyd ofPrince George

’s County, Gentlemen, give bond to the

State Of Maryland in the sumof pounds of tobacco.

The conditions of the bond were that if said AbrahamBoyd didnot ex ecute the Omoe of inspecting tobacco, towhich he was commissioned, in an honest and effectivemanner the State could collect the value of the bond.

BRANDT

One of themost interesting of our Colonialoflicers wasCaptain Randolph Brandt, whose name and deeds are

conspicuous in the records of hisday.

Lord Baltimore, to whomCaptain Randolph Brandtwas very close, always signed his letters Of instruction or

commendation your loving friend C. Baltimore, a

termOf endearment reserved for the favored few by thismost distinguished and aristocratic of the Proprietaries,descendant of the Lords Arundel of Wardour Castle, andin his own right a Count Of the Holy Roman Empire .

The following fromthe Archives Of Maryland attest themilitary importance Of Captain Brandt : Assembly Proceedings, Maryland Archives, volume 7, p. 23: CaptainRandolph Brandt andhis troops ask instructions Of the



Captain Randolph Brandt, with the assistance OfMr .

John Stone, an Indian interpreter, was ordered to see the

business through to a successful conclusion.

Captain Brandt reported that the Indians said theywould rather fight out their quarrelwith the Susquehannahe, and if too hardpressed would seek asylumamongthe English, that they hadmade enemies Of the Indiansbecause of their friendship with the English andthat theNantecokes were asmuch their enemies on this accountas the Susquehannahs; that if they removed at all theywould rather go to Mattawoman or Chaptico. The Councildecidedthat they should remove to Chaptico (p .

Council Proceedings, Maryland Archives, volume 15,

p . 313, July 6, 1680; Captain Brandt wrote his Lordshipabout the Indian situation which seems decidedly dangerons to the Welfare Of the Pascottaways, and givingdetailed information generally. His Lordship (p. 314) replied to Captain Brandt thanking andcommending himfor his good work, and desiring himto continue on the

same line.

On page 330 Of volume 7, it is recitedthat our friendlyIndians are in terror of foreign Indians whomenace theirlives. The Council advised them(all the friendly tribes)to concentrate at Pascottaway Fort, where they wouldbe supplied with ammunition for their defense. CaptainRandolph Brandt, accompanied byMajor WilliamBoarman,Mr . John Stone andThomas Barker to communicate the same to the Indians andto report results.


p. 353, June, 1681 : A letter fromCaptain Brandt to hisLordship relative to the Indian situation shows it to bedecidedly unsatisfactory. Captain Brandt stated that


the Sinniquas, whomhe found in sight of the Zachaiah

Fort, treating with our Indans, refused to go and treatwith his Lordship for a settlement of the trouble. Thathe, Captain Brandt, with his small company, hadvisitedtheir camp of two hundred warriors and held a councilwhich lasted four hours, but nothing came of it . The

Sinniquaswere Virginia Indians. Captain Brandt warnedthemagainst coming into Maryland unless they came infriendship. The Councilordered Captain Brandt to keepranging with his troops where he Shallthink best in ordertomeet the Sinniquas Indians andendeavor to concludea lasting peace with them(p. 354)Volumes 7 and15 Of the Maryland Archives are fullof

interesting data regarding the Indian trouble.

Captain Brandt wrote two letters to his Lordship, inone Of which he complained Of the hardship to hismento keep the ranging all the time, thus preventing themfrommaking their crops. He proposed that half of thetroops range half a week and the other half alternate.

In both letters he shows that the friendly Indians are being outraged by the Sinniquas fromVirginia andcannotleave their fort without ex trene danger (pp . 374,


pp . 384, 385, June, 1681 ; Captain Randolph Brandt wasempowered tomake a treaty of peace with the NorthernIndians, which is also to include a peace ior our friendlyIndians. His commission empowers himto fight or treat,which ever way the tide of diplomacymay direct. C ommissions were also issued to Captain Randolph Brandt forCaptain of a troope of horse, George Godfrey his Lieuten

ant , Robert Middleton,his Cornett, anda blank for his

Quartermaster , to be filled up by himself under his Lord

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ship’s hand andseal at arms. Later, Charles, AbsoluteLord andProprietary of MarylandandAvalon, Baron of

Baltimore, etc. issued A particular Commission to C aptain Brandt” as followsWhereas great Troopes of the Northern Indians have

anddue dailymake inroads andincursions into this our

Province to the greate terror andconfusion Of the Inhabitants thereof, andhighly to be suspected upon noe good

designs, we having already hadsomemurders lately comthis Province. We do therefore by andwith the adviceandconsent Of our Councilhereby authorize andempoweras also strictly Charge andCommand you Captain Randolph Brandt Commander Of a troope of horse in our said

County (Charles) to range with your troope or such andsomanymen thereof wellmounted and armed as you

shall fromtime to time think necessary for the discoveryOf the said Indians with whomyou are to endeavor byall faire waies andmeans possible to come to a treaty

according to the Instructions fromus and our Councilthis day to youDirected, andIn case you or any Of yourTroope shall be assaulted by any Of the said Indians orother enemies, or that they by any waica ormeans Offerto broeke peace, by open violence or privately contrivingandconspiring to sett upon or betray you or any Of youor any English

‘

Plantation or people You are to the best

Of your skill knowledge andendeavor andto the utmostof yourmight andpower, to fallupon, pursue, fight, take,kill, vanquish anddestroy all such enemys, or Otherwiseif you be at any time overpowered, you are to contriveandmake what bouble retreats possibly you can withyour company for such further aid and assistance as


282 e D- Lrorrrs ON MARYLAND HISTORY

In view of the ques tion raised regarding the appointment ofmilitary captains on the Committee for the Advancement of trade

, the following is conclusive evidencethat the termcaptain, as used in this connection,

had

nothing to do with the command of a. vessel. CouncilProceedings, Maryland Archives, volume 17, folio 359 :Captain Randolph Brandt precept to perfect theTownesin Charles County By the Council.

Whereas it hath beenmade appeare to this Boardthat the severalTownes appointed for Ports and placesof tradewithinCharles County, havenot been thoroughlylaid out andplotted as is required in the act Of Assemblyfor Advancement Of Trade, andthe additionalact to thesame

, by reason Captain Randolph Brandt, late DeputySurveyor of the said county was suspended before hecould finish the same,much to the hindrance andprejudice Of the Inhabitants of the aforesaid county who werewilling to build and promote soe good a works for theadvancement of trade in the county aforesaid

Ordered therefore that the said Captain RandolphBrandt doe forthwith lay out plott andfinish the surveying of the small Townes, ports and places of trade ap

pointed r by the aforesaid two acts of Assembly to beparts and places Of trade in Charles County aforesaid,according to the directions and dimensions in the saidActs sett forth, and that he totumo his proceedingstherein to his Lsts Council at the City Of St. Marieswithall convenient speed, and for soe doeing this shall be his

Dated at the Council Chamber at the City of St.Maries the 5th day of March in the tenth yeare Of the

ems-mom's ON MARYLAND HISTORY 283

Dominion Of the Rt bouble Charles, &c., Annoq Domi1684. Signed p order ,

j Cullen, Clk assistant Consil.

In Charles County These.

Throughout the trouble created by Josias Fendall, C aptain Brandt stood the loyal friend andsoldier of his Lordship. He was active in helping to quellthe rebellion, andin ferreting out the guilty parties in themovement. The

leaders of this rebellion threatened Captain Brandt withdire consequences if he should failto join them, andOfleredhimtheir leadership. But he remained bravely steadfast

to the Proprietary.

His course of diplomacy anddevotion to duty characterize Captain Randolph Brandt’s career in Maryland, andmark himas one of her noblest founders Of ColonialMaryland families.

BRABBE'

UR - BRASHEARS

moreinteresting than Benjamin Brashears, whose name is

spelled somany different ways in the records of Maryland, that only thorough research hasmade it possibleThe following is recorded inMaryland Archives, volume

3, p. 465 : Denization of B. Brasseuir. Ce cilius absolute

Aualon LordBarron Of Baltemore, are. To allpersons to

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whoms these presents shall come Greetings In our Lo rd

ginia andSubject Of the C rowns of francs hauing trans

hsre to inhabits hath besought us to grant hime the sa id

Benojs Brasseuir leaue here to inhabits and as a free

Dennizen freedoms land to hime andhisheires to purchaseKnows yes that wee willing to giue due encouragementto the Subjects of that C rowns Doe hereby De Clare themthe said Benojs Brasseuir his wife andChildren as wellas those already borne as those hereafter to has borne tobee free Dennizens Of this our Prouince of Maryland Anddos further for us our beires dz Successors straightlyEnjoyne Constitute ordeine andCommand that the said

Benojs Brasseuir be in all things held treated reputedandesteemed as one of the faythfulpeople of us our heiresJr Successors borne within this our Prouince Of Maryland

ince of Marylandmay inhirite or otherwise purchasereceiue take haue hold buy and possess and themmayoccupy andenjoy Giue Sell andbequeath as likewise all

libertyes franchises priuledges Of this our Prouince Ofmaryland freely quietly and peaceably hens and possessoccupie andenjoy as our faythful people borne or to bee

borne within our said Prouince ofmaryland without thelettmolestations unexacon trouble or Gruiuance of us or

heires andSuccessors any Customs to the Contrary hereofin any wise notwithstanding. Giuen under the greatSeals Of our said Prouince Of Maryland this fourth dayof Decembr In the One andthirtyth years Of Our Dominion ouer the said Prouince Annoq Domini One thowsand


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has been recognized by the Huguenot Society Of Amer icaas an eligible claimtomembership by his descendants.

The Brashears droppedthe French spelling Of the namein the fourth generation in Maryland . The family wasdistinguished, and socially prominent and intermarriedwith other families of importance.

BROWNE FAMILIES OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Several Branches Clearly Established

Because of the confusion which has for a long timeex isted regarding the various Browne families havingtheir several beginnings in Anne Ar rmdel County, theauthor has decided to pres ent the proofs establishing thedescent of Captain Samuel Brown andLieutenant JohnRiggs Brown fromThomas Browne, who came to Maryland in the year 1651, andnot fromAbel Browne, HighSherifl Of Anne ArundelCounty, nor fromSamuelBrowne,NavalOflicer, as claimed by others.

It will be seen fromthe following records that the twofamilies Of Thomas Browne andAbel Browns, are quitedistinct andseparate, as the descent of their lands clearly

As will be shown in regular order, the Omcial recordsspecify the Benjamin of the Woodstock Brown family asson of Joshua, andthe descent of his lands has established beyond question the correctness of the lines ofancestry as herein set forth .

John Browne and John Clarke patented their earliest

tracts together, the record Of this being in Liber 2, folio278, Land Office, Annapolis, Maryland . In this Ce cilius,Absolute Lord andProprietary of Maryland, on January


27 1650, granted to John Browne andJohn Clarke a tractof six hundredandsix ty acres of land called Brownton.

The survey for this land wasmade October 28, 1652, andis so recorded in Lord Baltimore’s Rent Roll, NO. 1, for

Anne ArundelCounty, folio 21On page 96 of the same Rent Rollwe findthat one hun

dred acres of land called Brownston were surveyed forThomas Browne on October 20, 1659. But in Liber NO.

4,folios 266, 452, Land Ofi ce, there is a grant of patent

in which Thomas Browne is stated tOhave come in theyear 1651, andfulfilled the conditions regarding the bringing in Of settlers, his grant Of one hundred andfifty acresproving that he had brought two others in with him.

The land warranted was surveyedandpatented to himbythe name of Brownley on February 28, 1659. Otherspatented by Thomas Browns descended in the family,making the identification of the ancestral line very clear,which would otherwise have been amost diflicultmatterin view of the severalBrowns families in the county at theThe records are as silent regarding the death of ThomasBrowne as they are barren of information that would lendinterest to his life, and it is to a deed fromhis son and

heir that we have proof of the line of succession. According to this it is shown that he left to succeed himand

to perpetuate his name, Thomas Browne, the second, whomade the following acknowledgment on March 9, 1674 :Anne ArundelCounty Deeds, Liber I H, NO. 1, folio 216Know allmen by these presents that I, ThomasBrowne,Of the River and the County Of Anne Arundel], Inhabitant, son andheir unto Thomas Browns, Of the river andcounty aforesaid, deceased, have remised, released and


forever quit - claimed by these presents, etc. forme,myheirs, etc. , untomy father- in- law, WilliamHopkins, hisheirs andassigns allmanner Of Lienee, Demands or claimsfromor tomy part or parcel]Ofmy father’s estate, bothrealandpersonalandDoc acknowledgemyself to be fullysatisfied with a valuable consideration in the same. Doe

acquit anddischarge the said Hopkins, his heirs, etc.

(Signed) THOMAS BROWNE .

Fromthis deed we learn not only that Thomas Brownethe second was the son of the Virginia settler Of the samename, but the fact that WilliamHopkinsmarried thewidow of Thomas Browne the first , andthus became thefather- in- law in the seventeenth century term, but

really the step- father of ThomasBrowne the second, as thewillof WilliamHopkins proves (see ColonialWills, Liber11, folio 212, 1702, in which WilliamHopkins Of Anne

Arundel County calls my wife’s Oldest son ThomasBrowns,

”

John Browne, the brother Of Thomas Browne, first,one of the prominent figures in the battle of the Severn,made his nephew Thomas Browns heir to his lands. An

napolis Wills,Land Office, Liber 1

,folio 320: John

Browne, OfMme Arundel County, will dated March 30,1668, no date Of probate ; testator devised:

“Tomy wifeMary Brownsmy plantation andallmy cattle and all

that is calledmine within doors andwithout doors, forlong as she remains a widow. Shouldmy wifemarry,then the estate shallbe delivered into the handsofWilliamHopkins, the said Hopkins to look after the same for theuse ofmy daughter’s son, Wm. Greene, onlymy wifeto have her thirds and the remainder to be delivered to


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1694, for ThomasBrowne on the north side of thePatapsco(Ibid.

, folio

Diamond, 200 acres, surveyed September 28, 1681,

for Thomas Browne (Anne Arundel County Rent Rolls,folio 84)Browne’s Forest, 387 acres, surveyed 1695, for ThomasBrowne, north branch Of the Patux ent (Ibid.

, folio 82)Browne’s Increase, 250acres, surveyed June 14, 1669, forWilliamHopkins (Anne ArundelCounty Rent Rolls, NO.

6, folio

Ranter’s Ridge, 415 acres, surveyedMay 7, 1703, forThomas Browne, on themain falls Of the Patapsco (Baltimore County Rent Rolls, folioClink, 100acres, surveyed August 27 1659, for WilliamGalloway. Possessed by Thomas Browne (Anne ArundelCounty Rent Rolls, folio

Thomas Browne, second, was in 1692 appointed bythe council of Sir Lionel Copley, first RoyalGovernor OfMaryland, as Ranger in Anne ArundelCounty

“fromMr .

Snowden’sPlantation down the rest of the county (Mary

land Archives, volume 3, folioThat he continued in his Majesty’s King WilliamIIIColonial service is shown in the Maryland Archives, volume 20, folio 541, where Thomas Browne signed, as one ofthemilitary oflicsrs of Anne Arundel County, a letter toKing William, datedMay 10, 1696, congratulating himon his escape fromassassination.

Thomas Browne lived at his plantation on the Severn.

Here he died in the year 1715. His will, dated March

22, 1714—15, andproved June 4, 1715, is recorded in Liber

W B , NO. 6, folio 54, Land Ofi ce, Annapolis, Maryland.


In it he calls himself Thomas Browne, Sr ., Of AnneArundel

Thomas Browne, the eldest son andheir, inherited over1000acresof land fromhis father.

To son John Browne he left the home plantation Clink.

To son Valentine Browne he gave the Patux ent plantation, Browne

’s Forest.

To son Joshua Browne the lower part of Ranter’sRidge, 400acres.

The landswhich were inherited by Thomas Browne, theson and heir of Thomas Browne, who died in 1715, included those granted the first Thomas Browne and alsothose patented by his son. The following deed is givento establish this point. ProvincialCourt Records, Annapolis, Maryland, Liber T P, No. 4, folio 339, October 4,1715 : ThomasBrowns, Of AnneArundelCounty, planter ,son andheir - at- law to Thomas Browne, late of the saidcounty, deceased, of the one part, and John Browne,brother to the said Thomas Browne, party to the secondpart. Thomas Browne conveys to his brother, JohnBrowne, several tracts or parcels of land, viz : Addition,lying in Baltimore County, on the head branches of the

Patux ent River, containing 400 acres; also land calledBrowne’s Increase, on the south side Of Anne ArundelRiver, containing 250 acres; also land called Browne

’s

Forest , in Anne ArundelCounty, on the west side of the

north branch of the Patuxent River, and387 acres calledBrowne’s Chance

, and Captain Dorsey’s h isnd, lyingin Baltimore County, on the west side of Middle River,containing 574 acres; also land in Anne Arundel Countynear the Bay, containing 100 acres; also Increase, con

taining 150 acres; also Browne’s Folly, in Anne Arundel


County, containing 270 acres; also Browne’s Peace, in

Anne Arrmdel County, containing 52 acres, in all 2283

acres.

Liber T P, NO. 4, folio 389, ProvincialCourt Records,Land Office, Annapolis : John Brownsmortgaged all

the above named lands to Amos Garrett,merchant OfAnnapolis, August 8, 1716.

Joshua Browne, the youngest son of Thomas Browne,the Ranger andmilitary oflicer Of Anne ArundelCounty,the principal in the followng deed, is of vital interest inthismemoir : Baltimore County Land Records, Liber TR, NO. R A , folio 479 :

“November 19, 1718. JoshuaBrowne, of Baltimore County, planter, of the one part,andAmos Garrett, of the City of Annapolis,merchant ofthe other part.Wh ereas, Thomas Brown by his last will and tes tament bearing date the 22ndday of March, 1715, amongst

other bequests to his other sons didgive and bequeathunto the aforesaid Joshua Brown, his third surviving son,

the lower part andhalf Of a tract Of land called Renter’sRidge, which will is lodged in the Prerogative Court,andprovedby a certain indenturemade the 17th day of

February, 1713, between Thomas Brown, father Of thesaid Joshua Brown, of Anne Anmdell County, planter, Ofthe one part, and the aforesaid Amos Garrett, remainingupon record

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In the Provincial Land Records, Liber T P,NO. 1 folio 205, for the consideration thereinmentioneddidgive grant bargain andsell to the said Amos Garrett,the aforesaid lower part or half of a tract called Renter’sRidge, with other lying in Baltimore County and thiscounty as therein specified under certain conditions, provisions, etc., which were unsatisfied in the whole or part


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quit- rent on 100 acres of Good Fellowship, 100 acres of

Renter’s Ridge 100 acres of Whole Gammon, and 40

acres Of Browne 8 Addition, but that he owned Good Fel

Anns Anmdel County Land Records, Liber N H, No . 4,

folio 361, July 18, 1789 ; A . A . CO. Set .“The following

deposition : In the year 1741 I run that part of GoodFellowship belonging toMr . Joshua Brown, Senior, andat the endOf the eight perch course of that land I endedat a Spanish Oak. I sawMr . Joshua Brownmark theoak, etc. (Signed) ROBERT DAVIS , SR .

The final“e”was dropped in the spelling Of the Browns

name in the records relating to Joshua Browns, as recordclerksare responsible formany changes in spelling. Ih '

omthis time on, however, the name appears without the

original ending. We learn the name of Joshua Brown’s

sons in the Debt Books Of Lord Baltimore, where, after1750, they appear as paying the quit -rent on the landswhich were the property of Joshua Brown, and it is tothis fact that the positive identification of BenjaminBrown, the owner of Good Fellowship, could bemade.

Joshua Brown and Roger Randall sold 100 acres ofGood Fellowship to Benjamin Brown in the year 1751,as the following proves: Anne Arundel County Deeds,Liber R B , No. 3, p. 391, July 17, 1751 :

“Joshua Brown,

Sr. of Anne Arundell County, planter , and BenjaminBrown, Of Anne Arundell County, planter of the otherpart, witnesseth that the said Joshua Brown, Sr ., and

Roger Randall for andIn consideration of 10pounds sterling, paid themby Benjamin Brown, sellunto said Ben


jamin Brown all that part or parcel of land called GoodFellowship, lying on the South side of themain falls Ofthe Patapsco River in County of Anne Arundell, etc.

(Signed) JOSHUA BROWN , SR.,

ROGER RANDALL.

OnMay 4,1751, Joshua Brown, Sr., had sold to

another of his sons, Joshua, Jr .,for ten pounds sterling

the tract known as Whole Gammon, as recorded in the

same liber , page 374.

Joshua Brown, Jr ., died in 1753 (see Annapolis Wills

liber D D, NO. 7 . p. Will dated March 12, 1753,provedMarch 22 , 1753. In this he devises To SisterAnne Brown land called John’

s Loss, andDorsey’s Gain,

”

etc.

“To Sister Hannah Brown two negroes.” TOmyCousin Ruth Randall, daughter of Aquilla Randall andMargaret his wife, a negro boy. To Margaret Barnesa negroman.

” “Sister Anne Brown ex ecutrix .

In Administration Accounts, Liber 39, p. 48, LandOfi ce, Annapolis, March 1, 1756, we findthe account ofAnn Brown, ex ecutrix of Joshua Brown, deceased, inwhich shemakes the following payments One negro

girl left by the deceased to his Sister JOhannah , paid toCharlesHipsley ; legacy left to Ruth Randallanddeliveredto her father, Aquilla Randall; legacy left to MargaretBarnes, etc.

In Lord Baltimore’sRent Rolls OfAnneArundelCountywe find that Benjamin Brown, to whomJoshua Brownsold 100 acres Of Good Fellowship, was his son, as in theentries of the rent paid to Lord Baltimore the fact isstated that “Benjamin Brown is son of Joshua” (AnneArundelCounty Debt Book, 1754, p.


Joshua Brown, Sr ., outlived his son Benjamin, and in

hiswillmentions but one son, John, but his bequest to h isdaughter JOhannah Hipsley has, in connection with theland bequeathed, proven his identity as the father Of

Joshua Brown, Jr ., and of “Benjamin Brown Of GoodFellowship (Wills NO. 39, p. 819, proved June 9, 1774,Annapolis, Maryland)Although Benjamin Brown received Good Fellow

ship fromhis father andRoger Randall in the year 1751it is evident that his father paid the quit - rent on it until1754, in which year it is entered under Benjamin’

s own

name, as per the following certified copy fromthe LordBaltimore’s Debt Book :

[C opies]Debt Booksfor Anne ArundelCounty

Folio 8

1753Mr . Joshua Brown Dr.

TO Ranters Ridge 4

pt GoodFellowship 4

Browns Addition 1 2} 9 24

Folio 8

Mr . Joshua Brown Jun’r

To pt Whole GammonFolio 8

1754 Mr . Joshua Brown Dr .

To Ranters Ridge 4

Browns Addition 1 7} 5 7}

Folio 8

Mrs. Anne Brown

To pt Whole Gammon



her decease tomy son, SamuelBrown. TOmy son, Ben jamin Brown, full share Of all the crops this ensuing y e a r .

Tomy two daughters, Rachel Todd and Ruth Todd,

twenty shillings each. I give tomy children as follow s

Joshua, Vachel, Susannah, Richard, Charles, Ephraim,

Rebecca and Benjamin Brown allmy personal esta te

equally divided among them. Wife, Susannah, and son ,

Aquilla Randall, andJohn Frost.Annapolis Records, Land Office, Balance Book NO. 5 ,

folio 358, April 18, 1770. Susannah Brown andSamuelBrown, ex ecutors Of Benjamin Brown, of Anne ArundelCounty, late deceased. Personally amounted to £242 ,

distributed, according to law andthe will, to the widowof the deceased andthe following children : to sons Benjamin Brown, EphraimBrown, Joshua Brown, VachelBrown, Richard Brown, Charles Brown, to daughtersRachel Todd, Ruth Todd, Susannah Brown, RebeccaBrown.

Lord Baltimore’s Debt Book for Anne ArrmdelCounty,1769, p. 2,andfor succeeding years, the fact that

“Susannah

Brown, widow of Benjamin Brown,” is entered as payingquit- rent shows that the will Of the deceased is beingstrictly carried out .The record proves that the widow is paying on land formerly credited to her husband, viz : Good Fellowship, 100

acres.

Susannah Brown died February 5, 1804, in the seventyeighth year Of her age, according to the OldBible ownedby her eldest son, SamuelBrown.

Captain SamuelBrown, eldest son of Benjamin BrownandSusannah his wife, according to his own family Bible,


w h ich has descended to his great- grandson, was born July9 ,

1747, andmarried Achsah Riggs on March 30, 1773.

He served his country as an Ofi csr in the Revolutionarya rmy, his first commission as second lieutenant in CaptainC harles Hammond’s Company Of the Elk Ridge Battaliono f Militia in Anne ArundelCounty, being recorded in theJournal Of Correspondence, Maryland Archives, volume16 , folio 525. The Commissionwas issued March 2

, 1778.

The children Of Samuel Brown and his wife, AchsahR iggs, are recordedin the family Biblewhich hasdescendedfromhis eldest son. They are : Elisha Brown, born 16

October, 1774, died 19 Janna‘

ry, 1832,married 1 January,1805, Ann Ray ; John Riggs Brown, born 27 October,1775, died 3October, 1814,married 14 December, 1797,Sarah Gassaway ; Mary Brown, born 6 April, 1777 Su

sanna Brown, born 17 July, 1781, died 6 February, 1804;SamuelBrown, born 12 April, 1783, died 4 January, 1847 ;Vachel Brown, born 26 October, 1784, died 9 January,1834,married 25 October, 1821, Elizabeth Ann, daughterOf Jersmiah andMary Berry ; Joseph Brown, born 25

February, 1786 Achsah Brown, born 13 October, 1787,died September, 1817,married 28 October, 1806, ThomasBeale Dorsey (b. 1761, d.

John Riggs Brown, the second son Of the Revolutionarypatriot, Captain SamuelBrown, was an Oflicer in the war

Of 1812—14, during which occurred the attack on FortMcHenry, the inspiring incident that gave birth to our

national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner, September 14, 1814. The following orders give his rank as lieutenant in Major Charles Sterrett Ridgely

’s Third Regiment Of the Cavalry Division Of Maryland Militia, taken

fromheadquarters :


GeneralOrders.

Srr“Annapolis July 5th, 1814.

The enemy yet remaining in the Patux ent, andhavingevinced a disposition to carry on a.predatory war, itmaybe necessary to increase our forces on the waters Of theChesapeake. You will, therefore, order your Squadronof Cavalry to hold themselves in readiness tomarch at

the shortes t notice ready for service.

I amsir ,(Signed) LEv . WINDER.

TO Major Charles Sterrett Ridgely.

Squadron Orders,Capt. S. Hammond,

Sir“In Obedience to the above order fromhis Ex cellency

The Commander in Chief you are ordered to hold theTroop under your command in readiness to take the fieldin every respect prepared for service. You will chargeyour commissioned andnon- commissioned oflicers to giveme notice to be ready tomarch at amoment’s warning.

A return Of the strength of your troop fit for duty isforthwith required.

(Signed) CHARLES STEBRE 'IT RIDGELY,Major 3rd. Reg. C av . Div .

”

Oakland, July 5th, 1814.

M'M'

In the absence of Captain Hammond, LieutenantBrown is chargedwith the ex ecution Of the above order .

(Signed) CHARLES STERRETT RIDGELY,Major 3rd. Reg. C av . Div .

M.M .



WarfieldBrown, born 10March, 1799, died 23July, 1868,married 9 March, 1819, Caleb Davis; Mary Ann Brown,

born 18 October, 1800,married Anthony Smith ; HenryC. Brown,

born 31 March, 1803,married Anne h ost ;Eliza Brown, born 4 April, 1805,married WilliamFrost ;Achsah R .

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Brown, born 8 February, 1807,married SamuelRidgely ; Elizabeth A . Brown, born 29 October, 1808,married Peter Gorman SamuelBrown, born 18October, 1810;Kitty A . Brown, born 30 June, 1812,married 1st ,Faithful,2d, Henry Hood ; JohnRiggsBrown, born 20May,1815,married Mary Forrest.Louisa WarfieldBrown,

the eldest childOf John RiggsBrown and Sarah Gassaway, his wife, was, accordingto the family Bible, bornMarch 10, 1799. She was born atGood Fellowship, which haddescended to her father . Her

marriage to Caleb Davis is recorded in the family Bible,and also in the Baltimore County Marriage Licenses,as taking place onMarch 9, 1819, the Officiating clergymanbeing the Rev .Mr . Linthicum.

Mr . Vachel Jeremiah Brown is the eldest living rept esentative of the name of this prominent Browne familyin Maryland, the same fromwhich Honorable HenryGassaway Davis, the late Senator Arthur P. Gorman, andothers of note descendmaternally.

SO far as any records Show, this Emlish Browne familywas not related to that of Abel Browne, or to SamuelBrowne, nephew of AbelBrowne.

ABELL BROWNE

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inMaryland, found it impossible tomake collections Ofth e levies for county expenses

, and petitioned the Council for an ex tension of his termof Oflice, that hemight recoup himself, having used

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his personalmeans tomeetpublic expenses (Maryland Archives, volume 13, p. 226)The Council, however , desired his services as one Of

the Justices of Anne ArundelCounty, andmaking provision that his successor should refund to AbellBrowne themonies he hadadvanced for the public service, appointedhimto the important Office Of Justice (Ibid., volume 7, p.

324 ; Ibid., volume 20, p .

Sir Francis Nicholson, the RoyalGovernor under KingWilliamIII and Queen Mary of England, renewed theCommission through his Council in the year 1694, thesame in which he removed the Capitol fromthe littleC itis of St. Mary’s, to Providence, on the Severn River,

now Annapolis.

Abell Browne’s name appears in Lord Baltimore’s RentRolls Of Baltimore County, page 234, in the year 1684,when, on July 15, it is recorded that Abell’s lot, a tractof 300 acres, was surveyed for himon the west side of

Bynum’s Branch .

That he acquired other estates is shown by the bequests in hiswill. The ex act date of AbellBrowne’sarrivalin the Province is not on record, but a reference to himinthewillOf the Rev . Ambrose Sanderson two years prior tothe first survey herein given, is evidence Of his presence

In his willAmbrose Sanderson calls Abell Browns hisbrother- in- law. The fact that Abell Browns was buriedon February 25, 1701- 2, is recorded in AllHallows ParishRegister . His will, dated in the year 1698 (nomonth

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given), bequeathes to only son Robert, ex . andsole legateeof estate, real andpersonal, including 150acres, Harwoodon Road R . andAbell’sLot Manor , Bush River , Baltimor eCounty. In event Of death of said son under age or without issue, estate to pass to Samuel and James, sons o f

brother JamesOf the Island of Bermuda. Witnesses: WilliamCother, Robert Ward, James Parnell.Robert Browne, the only son Of Justice andHigh Shelifl

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Abell Browne, Of Anne Arundel County, was aminorat the date of his father’s will, which was ex ecuted in

the year 1698, but he hadevidently attained hismajorityprior to his father’s death, as Robert Browne

’smarriage

is recorded as occurring severalmonths earlier than theprobate of AbellBrowne’s will, which was on September7, 1702 (Wills, T. B .,

folio 215, Annapolis, Maryland).Themarriage Of Robert Browns is to be found in AllHallows’ Parish Register , page 58, Maryland HistoricalSociety, Baltimore, Maryland, and is entered as follows :“June 18, 1702, weremarried Robert Brown andKatherineParnell by lycence, widd. James Parnell. ” In the sameRegister, page 57, themaiden name of Katherine is disclosed in the record Of hermarriage to her first husband :“Ther 1, 1701, weremarried James ParnellandKatherineCheney by Banns published. It is therefore clearlyproven that Robert Browne’s wife was Katherine Cheney,andfurther research establishes the fact that KatherineCheney, the daughter of RichardCheney andEllinor hiswife, was born 12 March, 1679, in the Parish of AllHallows,

” South River (see AllHallows’Register, p.

The young widow, Katherine Cheney Parnell, hadtwo

Browne, andas didmany other Colonial dames,married


306 ems-menu's ON MARYLANDms'roRYRobert Browne, who evidently preferred the life Of a

country gentleman on his broad acres, to the Official lifein which his father h adserved with such prominence and

Robert Browne sold the tract known as Abell’s Lo t ,originally patented to his father, as the transfer appears as

Baltimore County Land Records, Liber T R , NO. A ,

folio 365, Deed, November 24, 1715 : “Robert Brown, Of

Anne Arundel County Gent., Of the one part, andWm.

Bond andJohn Bond, both of Baltimore County Of theother part.Browne sells to the Bonds for 8000 pounds of tobacco

all that parcel andtract of land, called Abell’s Lot, lying

in Baltimore County, on the head of Bush River, 300acres. Witnesses : Robert Smith, Samuel Smith . Catherine Browne, wife of Robert Browne, acknowledged theconveyance according to law.

The deed for Abell’s Lot fromRobert Browne and

Catherine his wife establishes that this Robert Brownewas the son of AbelBrowne, High Sherifl of Anne Arundel

Again in Liber I B, NO. 2 (1712 p. 211, Anne

ArundelCounty Deeds, on April 2, 1715, we findRobertBrowne, Of Anne ArundelCounty, sold to John Budd, ofPhiladelphia, the land called Harwood, containing 250acres.

As the births of their children show, Robert Browneand Catherine his wife were living long after RobertBrowne

“of Wrighton,

”was dead, as willbe shown later.

Robert Browne, son of Abel, died in the year 1769, asthe following attests: Annapolis Wills, Liber W D, No.

ems -memON MARYLAND HISTORY 307

2, p. 6, Robert Browne of Anne Arundel County, willdated June 30, 1765 provedMarch 2, 1769,

“Being wellstricken in years, etc., names children : Abel Browne,Benjamin, William, James daughters, Priscilla Crafts,Comfort Lanham, Rebecca Harrison; grandson FrederickBrowne to whomhe left plantation Rocky Ridge, andBrowne s Enlargement, Elijah Brown, son Of William,also a grandson.

There aremany descendants of AbellBrowne inWestern

Maryland, andamong themnot a few of themost reptesentative people.

ROBERT BROWNE OF WRIGHTON

Contemporary with Robert Browne, son of Abel, HighSherifi of Anne Arundel County, was Robert Brown of

Wrighton, Anne ArundelCounty, who according to St.James’ Parish Register, Anne Arundel County,marriedMary Tindallon January 27 1700.

The birth of their children follow, and by comparingthese with the record of the births of the children of

Robert Browne and Catherine Cheney, recorded in All

Hallow’s Parish Register, given in the preceding sketch,

it willbe clear that there were two Robert Brownes livingin Anne Ar lmdel County from1700 to 1728, in whichyear Robert Browne of Wrighton died.

St. James’Parish Register, AnneArundelCOtmty,Maryland, copiedat Maryland HistoricalSociety.

Page 314.—“Robert Brown and Mary Tindall weremarried January 27 ,

Page 319.—“Mariah, daughter of Robert andMary

Brown was B. September 12,

308 ems-memON MARYLANDmen uPage 330. John, son Of Robert andMary Brown h iswife B. September 20, 1705.

Page 334. Thomas, son of Robert Brown andMa ryhis wife, B .May 9,Page 351. Robert Brown, son of Robert Brown and

Mary his wife, B . April 16,The following deeds throw light on the identity of

Robert Brown andMary, hiswife : AnneArundelCounty ,

Deeds I B, No. 2, p. 248, October 21, 1715, Robert Browneof Anne Arundel County, planter, andMary, his wife,daughter and heir apparent of Thomas Tindale, late Of

the said County, deceased, for £36 sterling sold to Dr .

WilliamLock of the same County a tract Of land calledDinah Fords Beverdam, lying on Herring Creek. Witneesed by Charles Carroll, WilliamHolland ; Signed byRobert Brown andMary Brown.

Liber C W,No . 1

,1719—1722, Anne AnmdelCounty

Deeds, September 25, 1719. Robert Brown of AnneArundel County, bought fromJeremiah Chapman a tract ofland called Wrighton, surveyed for Ishmael WrightWitnessed by WilliamLock, SamuelChambers, JeremiahBelt.The will of Robert Brown, husband Of Mary Tindall

is recorded in Wills,Liber C C 2

,folio 536, Land Ofi ce,

Annapolis, Maryland.

Robert Brown Of Anne Arundel County, will datedJuly 26, 1727, provedMay 22, 1728. Witnesses : SamuelChew of Maidstone, Mary Osborn,

Thomas Owen, De

vised : I give tomy wife, Mary Brown allmy part ofthe tract of land whereon I now live for life, land calledBighton andat her death the land to descend tomy fivesons, viz : John, Robert, Joseph, Abel and Benjamin


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class.

His will proves himto have been aman Of largemeans ,

and allied with the other representative families of h is

community. It is recorded in Wills, Liber 13, folio 549 ,

Annapolis, anddated 14th February 1710.

“I, NehemiahTo loving wife Rebecca two plantations called CovingtonsVyneyardandCovingtons Comfort during lifeto my son Levin Covington after death ofmy said

wifemy now dwelling plantation containing 480 acres

andto his heirs forever . To saidson Lefl n Covington, my land in Dorchester Countycalled CovingtonsChance—laid out for 512 acres.

To daughter Elizabeth Wailesmy land called CollinsAdventure 420 TO dau. Priscilla Covington500acres called same, if either daughter die without heirsto go to the other. It ismy willthatmy tractof land calledSnow Hill200acres be sold bymy ex ecutorsandthemoney put in the handsofMajor- GeneralEdwardLloyd to be laid out in plate or a negro for his sonPhilemonLloyd, Jr . I give tomy son Levin Covingtona negro girl

girl to Priscilla Covington 2 negro girls

TO grandson Phil. Lloyd, Jr .,a negro girl

The rest of the personal estate to wife, Rebecca,for her use in‘life, andafter her death divided into fourparts between Levin Covington, Sarah Lloyd, ElizabethWailes

, andPriscilla Covington. If any disagreementabout estate to be settled bymy brother Lw in DenwoodThomas Hicks andmy cousin George Gale—andmyfriend SamuelWorthington,

or themajor part of the sur


vivors, wife Rebecca andson Levin ex ecutors , 14 dayFeby.

- 1710.

The Covington family in allparts Of the State can be

traced to the originalNehemiah Covington, one of whosedescendants is now representing Maryland in the UnitedStates Congress.

DENWOOD

Seated first in Virginia, Levyne Denwoodwas one ofthe importantmen of his community, as the followingfromthe Northampton Records proves, Liber 7 and8, p.

19. Court Held at AccomacMay, 1655 : Accordingto order Of the Grand Assembly held at James City anno1654Mr . Levyne Denwood was received into the Commission for Northampton County and ye oath was administered to himfor ye ex ecution of justice in ye place

ofi ce of a Commissioner .

He had arrived in the county before 1640, in whichyear he was granted550 acres of land for the transportation Of himself, his wife andothers into Virginia (Northampton County Records

,Liber 1

,folio

After the division of Northampton County and the

erecting Of the present Accomac County in the year 1662

Levyne Denwood was Of the latter county. The childrenof Lw yne Denwood of Accomac County, Virginia, removed toMaryland, some in the year 1665, andothers in1667

, all having come with their brother - in- law, ColonelRoger Woolford (Land Office, Maryland, Liber 8, folio486; Liber 11, folio 20; Liber 12, folio

The Benwoods were Quakers, and as such showed noinclination for ofi ce, the name of Levin Denwood being ,

312 smn- Lrerrrs ON MARYLANDms'rORYamong those at the Herring Creek Meeting who, in 1688,

signed a letter of thanks to Lord Baltimore for allowingthe h iends to affirm.Levin Denwood, son of Levyne Denwood andMary , of

Accomac, Virginia, brought his wife Priscilla into Mary

land in the year 1670, anda year later claimedland forbringing his son John out of Virginia (Liber 16, folio 302 ,LandWarrants, Annapolis).

The sisters of this Levin Denwood, first in Maryland,became the wives ofmen prominent in the social andemciallife of Somerset County. Of these Marymarried Colonel Roger Woolford progenitor of influential familiesin Somerset and Dorchester Counties. Elizabeth DenwoodmarriedHenry Hooper July 4

,1669—by Captain

WilliamThome (D. B .,I. K. L.

, Land Records). Re

becca Denwoodmarried Nehemiah Covington, November15, 1679. Sarah Denwood became the wife of ThomasHicks; Susannah the wife of Thomas Browne, Of VirIn the nex t generation Arthur Denwoodmarried Esther

Robins, daughter OfMajor John Robins, of NorthamptonCounty, as proven by the latter

’s will, proved 1709.

Elizabeth Denwood, sister Of Ar thur , became the0ndwife of Colonel George Gale, whose first wifeMildredWarner , widow Of Colonel Lawrence Washingtonandgrandmother of General George Washington (proofsin the author’s possession).

Fromthe Benwoods descendmany leading EasternShore families, including the Lloyds of Wye ; Gales and

Covingtons of Somerset,Talbot, etc.;Hillsof AnneArundel

Woolfords Of Somerset andDorchester ; and others.


314 smn- Lrsnrs ON MARYLANDms'rORYThat John Fairfax was aman ofmeans is proven by

the fact that he became surety on the bond of prominentmen of the time—as in the case of Matthew Compton’s

Administration bond on the estate of John Compton. The

sureties were,“John Fairfax , andJohn Biscoe

”for forty

pounds sterling,March 5, 1718 (Prerogative Court, volume23, p. 332)He was surety with Hudson Walthen for MargaretPhilpot, as ex ecutrix of the estate Of Edward Philpot ,February 12, 1725 (Prerogative Court , volume 27, p.

This time the Obligationwas two hundred andfifty poundsJohn Fairfax , the Charles County gentleman, on August

9, 1724, presented his servant, John Waters, to be ad

judged oi his runaway time; he made oath on the HolyEvangelist that the said servant hadunlawft absentedhimself fromhis services thirteen days, and that he hasex pended two hundred pounds of tobacco in taking himsaidmaster tenn days for every one of the runaway time,and six ty days for the ex pense aft. ex clusive of his timeof service now due, by the Court here adjudged (LiberN, Charles County Court Records, p. 350, Annapolis,

The above items are given to show that the first Of theelder branch of the OldEnglish Fairfax family in ColonialMaryland was the possessor of pounds sterling , cattle,

His son, John Fairfax , with wife Mary, sold a tract of

land in Baltimore County patented to Edward Scott inthe year 1695 (Baltimore County Rent Rolls). As this

land never passed by deed, it was evidently in John Fair

SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HE N RY 315

fax’s possession bymarriage withMary Scott, daughterIn the absence of parish registers, or complete early

C harles County records the ex act relationship to the Latimers, Comptons, andother Charles County families hasnot been proven; but the fact that John Fairfax , 2d, whodied in 1735, left hisminor children, Ann andWilliamto live with James Latimer, and the close tie shown inthe records to have ex isted between these families, implies kinshipLate in lifeWilliamFairfax removed to Prince William

C ounty, Virginia, where, prior to October 4, 1793, hebought 1000 acres of land fromRodman Blanchett andJane, his wife, which on October 7, 1794, was confirmedto WilliamFairfax ’

s sons, William, John and Hezekiah

(Liber Y,p . 442, PrinceWilliamCounty, Virginia Record

Ofi ce)

WilliamFairfax of Charles County, Maryland,marriedtwice, and by his first wife Benedicta hadamong otherchildren Jonathan Fairfax , his eldest son who served hiscountry in the Revolutionary war as amember of Cap

tain FrancisMartin’sCompanyofMilitia, CharlesCounty ,

said Company being in the 26th Battalion, commandedby Samuel Small Od, Charles County.

Hezekiah Fairfax,brother of Jonathan Fairfax ,married

Margaret Calvert ; his sisters were Anne, Eada andBene~

dicta. WilliamFairfax upon the death of hiswife Benedictamarried Elizabeth Buckner of Virginia, and hadJohn Fair f andCatherine Fairfax , whomarried JamesGarner .

John Fairfax , third son Of WilliamFairfax , while stillliving in Charles County, Maryland, with his father, he

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fore the latter’s removal to Virginia in 1791, had been

chosen by GeorgeWashington to be themanager of Mt .Vernon”

in 1783, the very year in which his Old friendLord Fairfax haddied. While there is no claimof descent fromthe Lord Fairfax of Cameron line by th e

Charles County Fairfax family, fromthe evident friendship between Washington and the Charles County Fairfax family, one of whomhe chose to have near to himin a confidential relation, lends strength to the familytradition that Washington gave as his reason for sendingto Maryland for young John Fairfax when but twentyyears of age, was in recognition Of his friendship for LordFairfax . The Charles County family know

,fromthe

letters of GeneralWashington to John Fairfax , that hewas in a position of trust andresponsibility at Mt . Vernon.

This young associate of Washington later became eminent a

'

s Colonel John Fairfax , of Preston County, Vir

ginia. He was for years in the Lower House, and also

in the Senate Of Virginia. His son, General BucknerFairfax , was evenmore distinguished than his father ,andwas in the Virginia Senate for several terms. Gen

eral Buckner Fairfax , who died only a few years ago,

is the authority for the statement received fromC olonelJohn Fairfax that GeneralWashington hadtold himthathe knew that his ancestors were of the same OldFairfaxfamily in England that Lord Fairfax ’

s hadsprung from.There is no doubt about the truth of this, as there aremany branches of the OldYorkshire Fairfax family notidentified in the English pedigrees so far published. The

author ismuch interested in this Charles County family,andwillbe glad to receive any items Of interest regardingmarriages fromfamily Bibles or other records.


318 ems-moms ON MARYLANDms'rORYMajor NicholasGassaway was amember of the Quorum

in 1686, his name being included among those commissioned on April 28, 1686, as Commissioner of the PeaceandTrial for Causes for Anne Arundel County (Maryland Council Proceedings, Archives, volume 5, folioColonelNicholas Gassaway’smarriage to Ann Besson,

daughter Of Captain Thomas Besson, one Of themostprominent of Colonial Ofiicials, united two representativeEnglish families figuring in the court circles of Lord Baltimore’

s Palatinate.

Thismarriage is proven by the willof Captain ThomasBesson, Sr .

, Of South River, dated October 15, 1677,

andprobated April 29, 1679, in which he calls his son

in- law Nicholas Gassaway (Annapolis Wills, Liber 10,folio 42 , Land Commissioner’s Office); also by a deed Of

gift fromCaptain Thomas Besson to his daughter, Ann,

“the now wife Of Colonel Nicholas Gassaway, datedOctober 10, 1672 (Land Records, Anne Arundel County,Liber W H

,94, folio

When in 1683London Town wasmade a port of Entrywith the hope Of rivalling the Englishmetropolis forwhich it was ambitiously named, ColonelNicholas Gassaway was one Of its commissioners andwas amember ofthe board appointed by the Proprietary to establish ports

In 1689 the Associator’s Assembly passed an Ordinancefor Regulating of Ofi cers Military andCivil, andotherNecessary affairs for the present settlement of this H ow

ince. Thiswas on September 4, 1689. At this time thefollowing commission was given in connection with theregulation Of Military andCivil affairs in Anne ArundelCounty.

“Mr . Nicholas Gassaway, Major of Horse”

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(Maryland Archives, volume 13, folio At the sametime commission was issued toMajor Nicholas Gassawayto be one of the Gentlemen Justices Of the Quorum.

”

That ColonelNicholas Gassaway was aman versed inthe graces Of diplomacy, as well as in the arts of war,none can doubt who has followed his career through thevarying phases Of government in the Province Of Maryland, in all of which he was a prominent andinfluentialfigure. He was high in favor as both a civilandmilitaryofficer under the Lord Baltimore, as shown above, in 1689,but is shortly found serving under the belligerent Protestant leader John C oode, the commander- in- chief of hisMajesty’s Forces in Maryland , with Colonel NicholasGassaway as one of his lieutenants.

As a reward for distinguished services, no doubt, Colonel Gassaway was commissioned one of the Committeeof Twenty to govern Maryland in 1690 (Maryland Archives, volume 8, folio 196The carnal sword was sheathed in 1691, andthe robes

of a Gentleman Justice of TheirMajesties’ ProvincialCourt were again donned by this veteran in war . He was

not destined, however , long to retain his seat upon the

woolsack, as he was the same year called before the barof the Higher Cour t above.

HisWill, dated January 10, 1691, was probated on the27th of the samemonth ; witnessed by Jacob Harris, Arthur Herring, Robert Ward, and John Ramsey. It isrecorded in the Land Ofi ce at Annapolis, Maryland, inLiber NO 2, folio 228, Wills.In his Will ColonelNicholas Gassaway devised as f01

lows: To son Nicholas andheirs a plantation, unnamed,and all land in ‘Love’s Neck.

’ “To son

320 emu-memON MARYLANDms'rORYJohn andheirs three hundred acres of land called ‘CharlesPurchase’ on the north side of the

‘Gunpowder River ,also a plantation on which his sister, Hester Gross, now

To son, Thomas, land unnamedandseven hundred andeighty acres in two patents on the

TO daughters Armto grandchild John Watkins, personalty. Grand ch ild

left Testator by Uncle John Collingwood, of London, and

now in possession Of Samuel Beaver . Ex ecutors, hischildren Nicholas, Thomas and John Watkins and his

wife, who are to care for Jane andMargaret, their sisters,

during theirminority. (Signed) NrcnonAs GAssAWAY .

’

This will in common formwas proved at a Court heldat the house Of Captain Nicholas Gassaway on January27, 1691. In this it is stated that his “Sign and Seal”

The fact that the Court was held at the home of Captain Nicholas Gassaway, son of Colonel Nicholas Gassaway, deceased, declares the importance of this family,andthe fact that themansionmust have been a commodions one to have accommodatedthat august body.

Captain Thomas Gassaway, High Sheriff of Anne Arundel County during the reign of Queen Anne, for the

years 1711- 14,was evidently aman of great ability and

influence at Court, for this office was never bestoweduponany but aman of high socialpositionin C olonialMaryland,as also in themother country.

It is in the Vestry Book of St. Anne’s Parish, AnneArundel County, that we find the record of his service


322 e R- Lrerrrs ON MARYLANDms'rORYEsq., Captain General dz Governor- in- Chief in and over

our Province Of Maryland.

Recorded Nov. 5, 1722.

According to the epitaph on his tombstone, which isstill ex tant, Captain Thomas Gassaway was born on the

2oth day,of February, 1683, anddied September 12, 1739.

Hismarriage to Susanna Hanslap is recorded in the

parish register of AllHallows, Anne AnmdelCounty, onpage 249, andis entered as having taken place on the 18thof December, 1701.

In themanuscript House Journal, deposited in the

Maryland Historical Society with other State Archives,there will be found, under the year 1739, that CaptainThomas Gassaway was elected to a seat in the House of

Burgesses, or General Assembly of Maryland for thatyear . His death shortly after ended his earthly career ,

as we find his Will probated in September, 1739. It is

recorded in the Land Commissioner’s Office, Annapolis,Md.,Wills, Liber D D No. 1, folio 97. Thomas Gassawayof Anne Arundel County, Willdated September 7, 1739 .

proved October 25, 1739. Testator devised as followsTomy beloved wife Susanna Gassaway during her natural life the plantation I now live on beginning at two

small pear trees, it being the bounds betweenMr . JamesNicholson’

s land andmine; Running fromthence with a

straight line to cedar post, it being the beginning Of‘Hall’s

Inheritance,’the second boundary of the Addition. Then

with the Addition to the Mill DamCreek, then with a

straight line to the first beginning. And after her de

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cease tomy son Henr mway and the heirs of his

body lawft begotten, andif he should die without suchheir, to fall tomy son John Gassaway andhis heirs for

TOmy beloved son John Gw y all the remainingpart ofmy land adjacent to himandhis heirs forever .

TOmy beloved son Thomas Gassaway five hundredacres of land lying in Baltimore County whereon he nowlives, to himandhis heirs forever.

Tomy beloved son Nicholas Gassaway, two hundredandeighty acres of land lying in the Fork of Gunpowder,

I give tomy beloved daughter Elizabeth Howard twohundred andfifty acres of land lying in Baltimore countycalled James Trust to her andher heirs forever.Tomy grandson John Bea]Howard one lott of land

Tomy beloved wife during her natural life one negroman called Bacon, one ditto called Short Jack, one dittocalled James, one negro called Bess, one ditto named Phil

TOmy son Henry one negro boy named Dodo, oneditto named Peter, one ditto named Chris, one girlnamedLucy, oneditto named Bip, one ditto named Margery, and

Also to Son Henry, one feather bedandfurniture, one

half a dozen leather chairs, one large table, one smalltable, six dishes, two pewter basins, two pewter POT

All the remaining part Ofmy estate such as household goods tomy wife for life and then that andall the

324 ems-mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYaciss be paid, to be divided equally betweenmy son JohnGassaway,my son Thomas,my son Nicholas,my daughter Elizabeth , andmy son Henry, share andshare alike.

I give all the debts due frommy sons tome as stands onmy books against them.To Gassaway Watkins one hundred acres of land on

which he now lives. I appointmy beloved wife andloving son John Gassaway ex ecutors Ofmy last will and

testament. (Signed)“THOMAs GASSAWAY.

”

Witnessm: Ann Lux , Richard Hill. WilliamSanders.

Major Nicholas Gassaway was another Of this line Of

distinguished Colonial gentlemen to serve in the royalforces in ProvincialMaryland, andto fill the high Ofi ce

of a Justice Of the Quorum, or Chief Justice in the HighProvincial Court under King George, as will be foundamatter Of record in the Manuscript Commission Book,at theMaryland HistoricalSociety, 1743- 51

The identity Of Major Nicholas Gassaway as the son

of Thomas Gassaway andSusanna Hanslap his wife, isproven, in the absence of the church record of his birth,by the willof his father as given above.

He was an ex tensive land owner and aman of greatimportance in his day when to be a Gentleman JusticeOf the Quorum’ was to be the highest in the social scale.

Naturally enoughMajor Nicholas Gassawaymarriedthe daughter of another Colonial Official whose positionwas in no wise second to his own, as class distinctionswere rigidly Observed inMaryland.

Themarriage of Major Nicholas Gassaway to CatherineWorthington has not been found in the parish registers, which are very incomplete, but it is equally well


326 S IDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLAND 1118mNicholas Gassaway Rogers, to his heirs andassigns fo r

ever.

I givemy son Charles Gassaway what he has alreadyreceived fromme, as also the sumOf fifty pounds sterlingto be paid out ofmy estate, andmy reason for so doing isthat I have givenmore Of sundry other than the rest Ofmy sons, though notmy land.

Tomy son Brice John Gassaway andto his heirs andassigns forever all the residue Ofmy tract or parcelofland called The Second Addition to Snowden’

s Manor’

aftermy son Henry’s part is deeded to himandthe partbequeathed tomy daughter Susanna is laid out , I also

give andbequeath tomy said son Brice andto his heirsandassigns forever allmy right andtitle to the tract Ofland I now live on called ‘Partnership.

I give tomy daughter Ann Warfieldwife Of RichardWarfield, what she has already recivedofme, as also onecow andcalf andsix sheep.

I appointmy beloved wife Catherine together withmysons Thomas andHenry Gassaway to bemy whole and

sole Executrix andEx ecutors in thismy last willandtes ta(Signed) NICHOLAS GASSAWAY.

”

TEST AzelWarfield,‘BriceWarfield,NicholasAldridge.

Catherine Gassaway ex ecuted her willMay 28, l782.

It was proved in the Orphans’ Court Of Anne ArundelCounty,May 20, 1788. In it she devises as follows:

“Tomy beloved son Brice John Gassaway, allmy righttitle andinterest or claimto andinto a tract of land called

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Partnership’ to himand his heirs and assigns forever ,also one negro woman called Beck, one feather bedand

furniture andfive sheep.

TOmy beloved daughter Susanna Rogers one negrocalled Liddy, one feather bed and furniture, one smalloval table, six sheep, six silver teaspoons, allmy earthernware, andallmy wearing apparel.Tomy beloved son Thomas Gassaway one negroman

called Barnabas in case he will pay or cause to be paidunto his son Nicholas Gassaway when he arrives at the

age of twenty- one years the sumof twenty pounds sterlingmoney, otherwise the said negro Barnabas to be theproperty Ofmy belovedgrandsonNicholas Gassaway [sonof Thomas], also tomy beloved son Thomas Gassawaythe sumof five shillings currentmoney.

The Testator gave to her beloved son Charles Gassaway one large oval table, one looking glass, ten poundsOf gold currency, andsix leather bottomchairs.

TO beloved granddaughter Sarah Warfield, when she

arrives to the age of six teen years or the day ofmarriage,which shallfirst happen, one negro boy called James, oneyoungmare colt, one feather bedandfurniture, andone

cow andcalf, four sheep, one sow andpigs, one pewterdish , six pewter plates, andten pounds of gold currencyto be applied to her education.

I authorize andempowermy beloved son Brice JohnGassaway to take into his possession all ofmy belovedgranddaughter Sarah Warfieldpart ofmy estate, andtosupport her with such necessaries asmay be requisite until she arrives at the age of six teen years or day ofmarriage, which shallfirst happen. It ismy will and desirethat ifmy grandchild Sarah Warfielddie without issue


that all her part ofmy estate shall become the propertyOfmy granddaughter Catherine Rogers.

To Grand- son Nicholas Rogers one desk. To grand

son SamuelRogers onemare called Phillis.

”

Testator directed her ex ecutor to sellthe residue Of herestate andapply the proceeds toward the payment of herdebts andthe legacies in her will; any balance thatmayremain she bequeaths to her daughter Susan Rogers.

Beloved son Brice John Gassaway ismade Ex ecutor .

(Signed)

Thomas Worthington of Nicholas,Nicholas Aldridge, Zachariah Aldridge.

Brice John Gassaway, son of Major Nicholas Gassaway andhis wife Catherine Worthington,

inherited thehome estate Partnership in Anne Arundel County, anda part of Second Addition to Snowden’

s Manor near

Fulton. He was an officer in the Revolutionary War,

his commission as first lieutenant in Captain Charles Cox ’sElk Ridge Battalion Of Anne Arundel County Militiabeing dated March 30, 1779 (Maryland Archives, volume21, folio During the latter part Of his life he livedinMontgomery County.

Lieutenant Brice John Gassawaymarried Dinah War

field, the daughter of AzelWarfieldandSarah Griffith, hiswife. Themarriage of Dinah is proved by the OldfamilyBiblewhich was in the possession of the late R . R . Griffith ,of Baltimore; that of her parents is found in the RegisterOf Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, page 187 , as

follows: “Azel Warfield, son Of Alex ander, and SarahGriffith, daughter Of Charles Grifiith , were lawq ymar



GREENBERRY

President of TheirMajestiss Provincial Council and

Acting Governor of Maryland, Colonel Nicholas Greenberry was themost notable anddistinguished Ofi cial in

the history Of Lord Baltimore’s aristocratic Palatinateafter the Revolution of 1688, which brought KingWilliamIII and Queen Mary to the throne of England. The

supremacy Of the court favorites was quickly institutedin Maryland, which now became a RoyalProvince, and,upon the death Of Sir Lionel Copley in 1693, first of theRoyalGovernors, ColonelNicholasGreenberry was chosento fill this exalted ofi ce.

This was, however, not his first experience in holdingthe reins of power in the Province Of Maryland, as hehadmore than three years prior been chosen with ColonelNicholasGassaway to repres ent AnneArundelCountyas amember of the Committee ofTwenty to governMaryland.

Under date Of July 11,1690, Maryland Archives, volume

8, folio 193, there is an address to the King of specialinterest to this sketch. The following is an abstractwhich emphasizes the importance Of this Committee :Dread SovereignYourMajestis’smost gracious letter to this province

of the first of February last camemost acceptably to our

hand the 3oth ofMay last. The receipt whereof wee theGrand Committee (constituted by the Representatives ofthis Province in a General]Convention for theAdministration of publick afi

'

aires till yourMajestis’s knownspleasure or the nex t convention) have with all humilityundertaken. By which was perceive wee are qualified


andempowered to continue andmaintains the peace andadministration Of the laws here, pursuant to which weehave done andproceeded according also to your Majesties’most prudent directions of permitting the Lord Baltimore’s Agents fromthence forth to collect his Lordshipp

’

s part of the Public Revenues etc. Signed yourMajestis’smost dutiful, humble loyal andobedient subjects andservants.

NICHOLAS GREENBERRY,NICHOLAS GASSAWAY,

and others.

Maryland continued to be governed by thisGrand Committee until the arrival Of Sir Lionel Copley, April 6,1692, and onemonth after his death in the year 1693ColonelNicholasGreenberry, President of theirMajestissCouncil of the Province, became the Chief Ex ecutive of

Maryland, discharging the high functions Of the Ofi ce for

a period of nearly one year . His commission to this follows

Whereas by a former Proclamation hearsing Date

the 25th , day of September last past among other thingstherein contained it wasmade andknows andpublishedthat that the command and charge of this their Mats.

Province was by the death of the late Governor Copleyandabsence of Capt. Francis Nicholson Committed untome,with fullpower andauthority to ex ecute andperformsall and singular the powers and directions contained intheirMajties Commission theirMajties have been pleasedto signifys their willandpleasure that in case Of the deathor absence Of such Governor andnos other person commissioned to be Commander in Chiefs of this their


Province that then the'Council of Maryland should takeupon themthe Administration of the Governmt ande x ecuting the said Commission and the several powers d:Authorities therein contained, and that such Councillorwhos should be at the time of the death or absence of t hesaid Governr fromthis Governmt res iding within th istheirMajties Province andDominion before any oth erat that time residing here, doe Presidemthe said 0oawith such powers andpreheminsncss as any former President hath used andenjoyed within the said Province or

any other their Plantations in America Untill the Arrivalof such Governr or this theirMajties pleasure should befurther knowns therein

Andfor asmuch as their Mats. have been pleased toCommandmy present Service in their Colony of Virginia ,

andat present their being nos other person upon this thisplace commissionsatedto be Commander in Chiefs of thistheir Province Dominion, Pursuant to theirMajtiesCommission tome directed I doe (by advice in Councill)in their Majties Names by this Proclamation, Notifyeandmake knowns the Administration of theGovernmtandthe ex ecution of the said Commission, andthe severall

Powers andAuthorities therein contained (for andduringmy absence)or theirMajties pleasure further knowns to bein the Councillof this theirMajties Province andDominion,

and the HONBLE NICHOLAS GREENBERRY,

ESQ. to preside therein until]my retume or further ordreof all which I doe hereby require Command alltheirMajties Ofi cers both civill Military within this Dominion and all other persons whatsoever to take Notice Jrconformthemselves accordingly as they andeveryof themwill answer the Contrary at their Utmost perills.



ceedings, volume 20, p. 48, April 16, 1694. The Hon .

Nicholas Greenberry President of the Councilat ameetin gheld at the Ridge in Anne ArundellCounty at the house of

Mr. John Larkin.

’

On page 55, same volume as above,May 3, 1694, ColonelNicholasGreenberrywasat this date amember of th eCouncilwhich was composed of hisEx cellency Sir EdmondAndros, knight : Sir Thomas Laurence; Thomas Tench ,

q . ; Captain John Addison andThomas Brooke, Esq .

On page 58 of the same volume as above it is recordedthat At ameeting of the Council onMay 7, 1694, Hisex cellsncy Sir Edmond Andros presiding TheirMajestissBroad Scale of this Province delivered to the Honble

Coll. NicholasGreenberry at the Board to be keeper thereof until further Order .

”

Sir ThomasLaurence, Baronet, succeededto the Office OfRoyalGovernor in Maryland in themonth ofMay, 1694,and two months later Colonel Nicholas Greenberrywas commissioned to be one Of the Justices Of the HighProvincialCourt, whose functionswere analagous to thoseOf the King

’s Bench in England (Maryland Archives,

volume 20, folio 106, July 30,Distinguished no less inmilitary prowess than in the

administration of the government, Colonel Greenberryhadwonmany commissions of distinction. The first ofthese appointing himCaptain Of Foot in Anne ArundelCounty, September 4, 1689, recorded is in Maryland Archives, volume 13, folio 242, three years after he hadte

ceivedhis commission as a Gentleman Justice to be one

Of the Commissioners Of the Peace andTrial Of Causesfor Anne Arundel]County (Maryland

, Archives, Volume5,folio 462, April21,


The Associators Assembly passed an ordinance forthe regulation Of Ofiicers Military and Civil and othernecessary affairs for the present settlement of the Province, September 4, 1689 (Ibid.

,volume 13, folio

This ordinance, amongmany others named the following for regulating Civil and Military afiairs in Anne

ArundelCounty : Mr . Nicholas Greenberry, Captain Of

Foote,” “Mr . Nicholas Greenberry a Justice of the

Quorum. He was promoted tomajor before August 8,1690, as is shown by the commission naming himas one

Of those who shall serve on the Committee Of Twenty,andhe was commissioned as Colonelandappointed Commandsr Of theMilitary Forces in Anne ArundelandBaltimore Counties, July 7, 1694 (Ibid., volume 20, folio 1081

Honors were heaped upon ColonelNicholas Greenberryin the year 1694, for we findthat in addition to his otherdignities he was, on October 18 of that year, commissionedby the Council to be Judge of the Court of Admiralty for theWestern Shore (Ibid.

, volume 20, folioOn page 238 the following oath was subscribed to byColonel Greenberry before entering upon the duties ofthe Office :

“I Nicholas Greenberry do swear that as Judge Of theirMajesties Court Of Admirality in this Province I willdoe Equall Right to the Poore and to the Rich in all

things that shall come beforeme according to the bestofmy power Skill and knowledge and according to theCustoms Uses and presidents Of the said Court, I willto the utmost ofmy best skillandknowledge andaccording to power See that their Majesties Rights shall beduly Maintainedandallfi

'

ynes andfl'

orfeitures that shall

336 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MAR YLAND HISTORY

fall beforeme shall be duely entered and a fair reco rd

thereofmade, I will not delay nor hinder justice nor

take any bribe gift or reward to the Intent to delay pe rvert or hinder the same, but in all things to the best o f

my Judgmt will carry andbehavemy Selfe in the said

Office Justly andhonestly so long as I Shall continue inthe same &ca.

“SO helpme God,

NICHOLAS GREENBERRY.

Sir Francis Nicholson, the patron Of learning andmunicipal immovsments in ColonialMaryland, assumed control of the government under Royal Commission July20 1694, andit was during this first year of his incumbenoy that the capitalwas removed fromthe little Cityof St. Maries to Providence, or what is now known as

Colonel Nicholas Greenberry, still amember of theRoyalCouncil, was the following year commissioned to aseat in the High Court Of Chancery, the commission bearing date March 2

,1695, andis recorded in Chancery PIO

ceedings, Liber P C . NO. 2, folio 320, as follows

Williamye third by ye grace of God Of England,

Holland, Ifi'

ance and Ireland, King Defender Of ye faithto Coll. Nicholas Greenberry KnslmC hessldyne and

Ma’r Edw . Dorsey, Esqrs. Greeting .

Whereas by a late commission granted by us andour

Royal Consort Queen Mary lately dscd dated ye 14thday ofMay last Coll. Henry Jowles Esq. was InstitutedChiefs Judge in Chancery dz Keeper of our Great SealOf Maryland dzKenelmChessldyne dzM’

ar Edwd. Dor

sey Esqs. joynt Commissionersdz Assistant Judges in our

high Court of Chancery for ye sdprovince andwhereas



remainswere buried . His tomb is a shrine to whichmanyof his notable descendantsmake pious pilgrimages.

On the ancientmemorial stone, still in good preservation,

is inscribed :Here lieth interred the body Of Colonel Nicholas

Greenberry, Esq.,Who departed this life the 17th day Of

December, 1697, Aetatis suae Seventy.

”

His will, dated November 5, 1697, proved March 5 ,1697, is recorded in Liber 7, folio 314 in the Land Office,Annapolis, Maryland. He devised

TO beloved wife Annmy dwelling plantation andafterher death to son Charles; in case of his death withoutissue the

.

land to go to the three daughters, Katherine,Ann andElizabeth forever .

TO son Charlesmy plantation Wh ite Hall.The remainder Ofmy personalestate here andin the

KingdomOf England, after my wifes third part is deducted therefrom, to be divided by equalportions to sonCharles andTestator’s daughters with certain provisos.

Wife Ann andson Charles, ex ecutors. (Signed)[Seal] NIOH . GRHENHRRRY.

The elements of leadership which so Signally distin

guishedColonelNicholas Greenberry have been transmitted to a remarkable degree to hismany des cendants ,

among whomare includedmoremen and women Ofnational importance than can be traced to any other onepersonage in Colonial history. Of the daughters, Elizabeth, the youngest,married the Honorable Robert Goldsborough, progenitor of the notable Goldsborough familyAnn

,the second daughter, became the wife of John



Hammond andleft a long line of prominent descendants,while Katherine

,the eldes t daughter, became first the

wife Of Henry Ridgely and second Of John Howard.

Colonel Charles Greenberry in his Will, dated February7,1710

,leaves legacies to the children Of his Sister

,Kath

erine Ridgely (Wills, No. 13, folio 542, andPrerogativeC ourt, volume 19, B F. 51, AnnapolisLand Ofi cs Records,June 4, 1705)Katherine Greenberry lived near to the new capital,

Annapolis, when the streets were not such as to temmthe high bred dames of the period to spoil their FrenchSlipperswhen taking the air, andhence we findin ColonialMaryland the Sedan chair a not uncommon luxury amongColonial dames Of the Court Circle there.

Elizabeth, the daughter Of Katherine Greenberry and

Henry Ridgely,married Thomas Worthington. St.Margarets, Westminster Parish Register of Anne ArundelCounty, p. 98

,copied at Maryland Historical Society ;

ThomasWorthington Elizabeth Ridgely weremarriedJuly 23

,1711.

GREENE

Thomas Greene, Esq.,who succeeded Leonard Calvert

in the year 1647 as Governor of Maryland, came fromEngland to Maryland with the first adventurers in 1633He took an active part in the settlement of the Provinceandwas always one of themost prominent andinfluentialmen in public afi'

airsuntil his death in 1650- 51. His wifewhose name wasMrs. Ann Cox , came with him(AnnapolisLand Records, Liber A . B . H. f. Hemarried sec

ondlyMrs.Winnifred Seyborn, andby this wife hadfoursons, viz : Thomas Greene, Leonard Greene, Robert


Greene and Francis Greens (Annapolis Land Records,Lib. A . B . H.,

f. 6 and67, andLib. 1, f. GovernorGreene was dead in 1651, andhis widowmarried again,

for in 1654Winifred Greene, widow Of Governor ThomasLib . A . B. H ., f.Little has been written of Governor Thomas Greene

and his descendants who still live in large numbers inMaryland, only a few, however, still bearing the patron

;r'

Arriving in Maryland on the Ark March 25, 1634,Thomas Greene is interesting fromthemoment he appearsupon the horizon Of historic research. As the lord Of amanor, he was possessed Of the whole Of Poplar Island,which contained over 1000 acres, which with the additionof 500 acres on Kent Island constituted Bobing Manor

(see Liber 3, folio 100, Assignments—Land Office—Annapolis under date of February 8, 1650)It was he who was named by Leonard Calvert on hisdeath bedto succeed himwhich fact was proven in courton June 10, 1647, by the deposition Of Mistress MargaretBrent

,her sister, Mary Brent, Francis Anketill, and

James Linsey, allmaking oath ‘that theGovernor Ie onardCalvert, Esq., being lying upon his death beddidby wordOfmouth on the ninth of thismonth nominate ThomasGreene, Esq. Governor Of the Province OfMarylan(Maryland Ar chives, volume 3, folioBecause Of his loyalty in proclaiming Charles II KingOf England upon the death of Charles I, Governor Greenswas deposed andWilliamStone was commissioned to suc

ceed himas loyal to the Commonwealth. Omittingfurther reference to his important public career, which



duringmy life and thatmy Loveing children, ThomasGreen, Leonard Green and Robert Green and Francis

Green aforesaid, andwhat other it shall please God to

for out of same both for subsistence andeducation agree

able to their quality untill each Of themrespectively cometo eighteen years of age And thatmy present true reale

andproper debts be also paid with allpossible conveniency,Andthat at the endOf ten years nex t, following the datehereof shemy loveing wife Winnifred Green deliver or

cause to bedslivreduntomy loving andEldest sonThomasGreen the first part Of allsuch es tate in kind as shall th enandat that time be in her possession or in value asmy saidson shalldesire for his portion appointed himbyme ; if heshall then be living, also It shall be Lawful] formy foresaid Dear wife Winifred Green to Convert the said fifthpart to her own proper use at the ex piration Of the foresaidten years without any account to the rest ofmy children.

Andthat at the endOf thirteen years fromthe date thereofshemy loving wife Winifred Green deliver or cause tobe delivered untomy second son leonard Green the fourthpart of all such clear estate in kindas shall thsn at that

time be in her possession or in value as he the said LeonardGreen shallmake choice of for his portion appointed himbyme, If he shall then be living Else the whole Clearestate aforesaid to remain to the Sole personal use and

benefit (With the Provisoes aforesaid) ofmy Loveing wifeWinifred Green untillthe endOf the fifteen years fromthedate hereof, And then deliver or caused to be delivereduntomy son RObert Green the thirdpart in kindOf the

whole Clear Estate aforesaid as shallthen andat that timebe in her possession or in value as the said RobertGresn


shall thenmake choice Of for his portion appointed himbyme. If he Shall then be living Else one entire half inkind &c.

The same as above was provided for his son FrancisG reen.

In case allthe boys are dead wife Winifred Green is tohave one half of the estate forever, andthe other half to

go“to such other issue it shall please God to sendme

after the date hereof for their respective portions appointedthen byme If there shall be any such then living, andifnot then the foresaid half wholly to accrue tomy dearwife, WinifredGreen her use andprofit forever, Providedshe be not afore invested with the half appointed byme formy son Francis Green his portion,

nor with the other fifth

part appointed byme formy son Thomas his portion byreason of either Of their deaths as is also allowed her bymein which case the half aforesaid shallbe divided by equal]

portions amongst the brothers then surviving Andat the

endOf 17 years fromthe date hereof shemy Loveing wifeWinifred Green Shall not be invested with either of theforesaid parts

,andthat I shallhave any future issue then

also living, That then an equal Share be deducted by hermy Loveing wife Winifred Green out Of the half aforeappointed byme for such issue and applyedto her own

proper use andbenefit forever. Andif it should soe fallout , which God forbid, thatmy Dear andLoveing wifeWinifred Green should happen to die afore any the severalrespective years abovementioned, Thatmy several respective children

’sportions are to be paid themrespectively

out of the said Estate as aforesaid, That then it shall be

good and Lawful] for hermy said Dear wife WinifredGreen to give anddispose at her death at her pleasure of


the one fifth part Of theWhole Clear estate then remainingin her possession, If it be within the ten first years, Ifafter the ten and within the 13 years then the four thpart, If after the 13andwithin the 15 years then the th ird

part to bs at her disposalas before, Andaftsr the 15 and

within the 17 years then the one half Of what she shall bethen possessedof at her disposalas afore. Giving furth erpower by these presents in the case aforesaid tomy loveing friends Henry Adams andJames Langworth or to th eSurvivor Of themor to his assignment to Re Enter uponthe remainder Of the said Estate to the intents above said(that is to say) fresly to possess the same in their own

livelihood as is above at large ex pressed, allowingmyLoveing friends Henry Adams andJames Langworth each

of themthe value Of six hundred pounds Of Tobacco andone third of themale Cattle Increase betwesmthemfortheir pains and cars they shall be at inmanagsing the

vantage at the several days of payment above ex pressedOf their several respective portions, Andif it should soe

please God as that at the end Of the seventeen yearsaforesaid at any time afore there should beneitherwife norchildren ofmine then living that then the whole estateaforesaid be disposed of as followsth :First that three parts thereof be delivered bymy love

ing friends Henry Adams and James Langworth or the

survivors Of themor his assigns as aforesaid untomy honored friend Thomas Copley, Esq. or his survivors, to beemployed by himor themto such Charitable uses as heor they in their discretion shall thinkmost tending to thehonour andglory Of Almighty Godeither in this Province



Of his grand-daughter , SarahMaggatee, still live in vari

ousWestsmShore Counties, in Baltimore andin distantStates.

HAMMOND OF SOMERSET COUNTYEdward Hammond, the progenitor of the Hammond

family in Somerset County, whose descendants havespread into Worcester and other counties, appears first

on theMaryland Records in the Annapolis Land Records,Liber 15 B

,folio 575, when, on April 23, 1677, he proved

his right to five hundred acres Of land for transportinghimself, Ann his wife, John, Edward, Mark andMary ,

his children, George Stinton, WilliamThomas,Larance

Gibson and Ann Meers into this Province to inhabit.Beforeme WilliamStevens . June 22, Warrant

then granted to Edward Hammond, Of Somerset County,for five hundred acres of land.

That Edward Hammond patentedmany large andvaluable tracts of land in oldSomerset, appears as amatterof record in the Rent Rolls of lo rd Baltimore for thatcounty, as follows:Somerset County Rent Rolls, Pocomoke hundred, Som

erset County : Four hundred acres, Ravenston, surveyedMarch 17, 1680, for WilliamStevens, and assigned to

WilliamBradshaw, a little to the Northward of Ao

quintia. The land possessed lies in Quaparnee Neck and

was surveyed by Matthew Scarborough . Possessed byCaptain Edward Hammond (p.

Seven hundred acres,Shaftsbury

, surveyed October1,1681, for Edward Hammond . Lies on the Pocomock

in Poquedenorton hundred . Possessed by Edward Hammond (p.


Two hundred acres, Landown, surveyed August 30,1676, for Henry Morgan. Possessed by Edward Hammond (p.

Four hundred acres,Sherbom, surveyed (no time

stated) for JohnWhite andassigned unto Matthew Scarborough near the head Of Pocomoke River in Repunque.

Possessed by Captain Edward Hammond (p. 105)Five hundred acres, Beyond Expectation

,surveyed

April 29, 1695, andassigned to John Duncan, lying nearthe Seaboard Side. Possessed by Captain Edward Hammond (p. 162)Fromthe forsgoing it will be seen that Edward Hammond was recorded as Captain” in all of these entries.

That his title was amilitary one is proven in the absenceof his commission, by his signature as one of themilitaryOfficers of Somerset County, in an address tes tifying loyaltyto King WilliamOf England in the year 1696, recordedin Maryland Council Proceedings, Maryland Archives,volume 20, p . 554.

That he was a Defender Of the Faith as well as Of theProvince is shown in the Ar chives of Maryland, CouncilProceedings, volume 23, folio 23, where his name appearsin the following connection, in the year 1696. Vestrymen for Snow Hill Parish , consisting Of Bogettenorton

andMattapany Hundredswere as follows :Mr . MatthewScarborough ,Mr . Wm. Round,Mr . John Franklin,Mr .

Thomas Pointer,Mr . Thomas Selby,Mr . Edward Hammond .

”

The following transfer Of land shows acres addi

tional owned by Captain Edward Hammond,making hisSomerset estate aggregate acres Of land, a princelyholding even in that day.


Somerset County Land Records,Liber WW,

folio 455 ,May 23, 1679 : Thomas Selby,of Somerset County ,

planter , Of the one part, andEdward Hammond, planter ,of the other part. Selby sells to Hammond land called

Simpleton, 1250 acres,in Somerset County, at Pocodeb

norton, for pounds tobacco.

Ibid. Liber M A NO. 3, folio 606, November 12, 1681 ;Edward Hammond Of the one part andJohn Bishop Of

the other part. Hammond sold to Bishop land calledSimpleton, 1250 acres, lying at Pocodenorton, for

pounds of tobacco.

Other land transfers Of interest found on the SomersetCounty Records include the following. Ibid.

, Liber G INO. 13, folio 62, March 31, 1703: John Webb and C oll

abay, his wife, Of Somerset County, sell to Edward Hammond land called Land Downs on South side of Pocomoke River.

lbid Liber C DNO. 14,March 5, 1707—8: EdwardHammond, Gent., Of Somerset County, for ye love and

afiection, yt . I ye sd. Edward Hammond, do bear untoAnn Grifi n, daughter of Jane Griffin of Somerset County,I the said Edward Hammond have given the said AnnGriffin,

2500acres of land on the North Side of the Pocomoke River, one lott in Snow Hilltown, 3negroes, 6 cows

andcalves, 4 heifers, 10 ewes anda ram, 2 feather beds,rugs, blankets, sheets, curtains andvallons, a silver tankardsilver spoons andsaltsellers, pewter dishes, furniture, etc.

Ibid, Liber C D No. 14,folio 685, January 25, 1711 :

Captain Edward Hammond, Of Somerset County, planter,sells to Nicholas Roach a lot in Snow Hill town ; signedEdward Hammond

,Elizabeth Hammond.

Ibid, page 838, same book, March 4, 1712 : Edward


350 S IDE - LIOHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

and furniture. Also give her and Oliver Griffin three

mares.

“Also to Hester Dioll,my negro woman called G rass .

I give to Ann Griffinmy servant woman called Peggy

andmy sorrel horse.

“To Catherine Dioll,my riding horse calledPigg.

To Oliver Griffinmy two guns.

Tomy grandsons John Hammon andEdward Hammon, sons of Edward Hammon, allmy wearing clothes .

“I give tomy daughter, Mary Bowen, one shilling inmoney andnomore.

“I give tomy grandson,Wm. Bowen,my silver headed

cane.

“I give to Hannah Dioll, daughter of Donis Dioll, oneheifer.

All the remainder ofmy Estate, goods and chat tels,to Ann Griffin andOliver Griffin.

Dennis Driskell and Anne Griffinmy ex ecutors.

To this instrument Edward Hammondmade hismark .

When he ex ecuted his Will he was a very Oldman, and,more than likely, was too sick andfeeble to write hisname ,as he didwhen deeding his property.

Annapolis Records, Prerogative Court, September ,1725, Somerset County : “Edward Hammond, his In

ventory, 184 lbs. 9sh . 11d. returned by Moses Driskell,Administrator of WinifridDriskill, the Ex ecutor Of Den

nis Driskill, who was Ex ecutor Of the said Edward Hammond. Also the Inventory of the saidDennis Driskill,g lb. 6 sh . 3d, returned by the said Moses Driskill,Administrator afores aid.

Edward Hammond, the son of Captain EdwardHam


mond, was the heir at law to his father andinherited hislands.

Hemarried for his first wife Leah Smith, who was themother Of his eldest sonWilliamHammond, andOf threedaughters. The latter received fromtheir uncle, JohnSmith, legacies Of personalestate, as the following abstractOf hisWil]discloses.

John Smith Of Somerset County, Will probated June6, 1733,made 1732, Recorded C C,

NO. 3, folio 690, LandCommissioner’s Office, Maryland. Leaves to my sisterLeah Hammond’s children (wife of Edward Hammond)Martha, Leah andBetty Hammond, one heifer andher

increase.

There is little Of value on the record relating the careerOf Edward Hammond

, the second Of his line in Mary

As, however, the eldest son andheir Of Captain EdwardHammond, called Esquire in the records, he naturally enjoyed the life Of a Colonialgentleman of the upper class,andwas identified with the socialrather than the politicallife of his community .

Just how he was related to MadamMary Hampton,

daughter Of Major Robert King, does not appear, butthe fact that she transferred to Edward Hammond as a

deed Of gift seventy- four acres Of land, indicates closekinship.

Somerset County Land Records, Liber E I, folio 206,August 16, 1737 : MadamMary Hampton Of SomersetCounty conveys to Edward Hammond of said County,planter, 74 acres of land called Jasmine, granted her

by lo rd Baltimore. Consideration was five shillings currentmonsy of the Province.

352 smH- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

Twenty years later the following is found. Worces

ter County land Records, Liber D, folio 184, June 3,

1757 : Edward Hammond, Sr ., gives to his son

,Edwa rd

Hammond, 74 acres Of land, it being part of land Jasmine,but now called Hammond’sAddition, inWorces ter CountyThe following land transfer proves that Edward Hammond

, Sr. res ided in that part of Somerset County, whichin the year 1742 was erected into Worcester County,Worcester County Land Records, liber G,

folio 67 ,

March 6, 1767 : Edward Hammond, Sen.,Of Worcester

County, sells to Ezekiel Porter for 54 lbs.,62 aoresof

land being part of two tracts Of land, the one called Tux

bsrry”and the other called Newberry lying on the Sea

board Side.

Worcester County Land Records, Liber H, folio 373,

August 8, 1770: Edward Morris Of Worcester Countysells to Edward Hammond of same County for 50 lbs.

, a

part Of a tract Of land called Jesiman, which said par t ,of said land is now called Morrises Purchase, devised tohimby dead of gift fromhis father , Joseph Morris.

In the year 1770, when Oldandnot equalto the respon

sibilities entailed by landed estates , we find EdwardHammond Sr.

, giving his property to his children. Wor

cester County Land Records, Liber H, folio 455, December 11 1770: Edward Hammond of Worcester Countygives his son

,WilliamHammond

,a tract of land called

Hammond’s Adventure,100 acres according to the grant

of patent . Also 100 acres Of land that I purchased OfMatthew Purnell being part Of a tract called Shirbin,

this gift was to son Williamfor his natural life andthen

to his two sons Edward Hammond andZedekiah Ham



Worcester County Wills, Liber J W, NO. 13, folio 1 24 :

Zedekiah Hammond of Worcester County. Will da tedSeptember 12, .1787, proved November 2, 1787 . W i t

Devised :Tomy daughter Mary Hammond, andthe child t h a tmy wife is now going with,my two tracts of land, t h e

one called Hammond’s Adventure and the other Sh irbin to be equally dividedbetween them. Ialso give tomy daughter, Mary Hammond, one negroboy. My wife, Sarah Hammond,my sole

ex ecutrix .

Worcester County Adm. Bonds, Liber L H, folio 147 ,

December 12, 1794: WilhamHammond and JoshuaHammond OfWorcester County bond to Mary andEleanorHammond, orphans of Zedekiah Hammond, deceased, inthe sumof 300 pounds.

Whereas, the said Wm. Hammond appeared and

prayed the Court to be appointed Guardian to Mary

andEleanor Hammond, orphans of Zedekiah Hammond,deceased, as yet under the ages of fourteen years, untilthey shall attain the age of fourteen years. The Courtappointed him,” etc.

Worcester County Land Records, Liber A B , folio 86,January 27 1810:

“JohnWilliams of SamuelandMolly,his wife, andJohn Jackson andEleanor, his wife, of theone part, andWilliamHammond of Williamof the otherpart, Witnes seth : that the Williams and the Jacksonsfor the sumof sell to WilliamHammond theirright, title and estate Of and in tract Of land calledHammond’s Adventure in Worcester County.

The following will Of Elenor Hammond, widow of


W illiamHammond, confirms the identity Of Eleanor Jackson andher children, John andEleanor Jackson, as statedSomerset County Wills, Liber E B, NO. 23, folio 228.

E lenor Hammond of Somerset County, Will dated October 4, 1814, proved June 20, 1815. Witnesses : Benj .V incent, Jr., Thos. Hitch,Wm. Reed.

Devised :TOmy daughter Mary Smithmy third part of a negroMy negroman Jacob is to servemy two grandsons,

viz : John Jackson andJohn Williams for four years andthen be free.

Tomy granddaughter Elenor Jackson, furniturs.

To granddaughter Mary Hammond, a black silk gownTo granddaughter Elizabeth Hammond, and grand

daughter MollyWilliams, personalty.

Grandson, John Jackson,”made sole ex ecutor .

The willOf WilliamHammond, Sr ., who died two yearsbefore hiswifeElenor , doesnotmention hisgranddaughter,Elenor Jackson, one Of the heiresses of lands fromtheirgreat- grandfather, Edward Hammond the second.

It is given, however, to prove the identity Of his widowElenor Hammond, who does leave personalty to ElenorandJohn Jackson.

Worcester County Wills, Liber M H No. 10, folio 18,WilliamHammond, Sen., ofWorcester County,WilldatedJanuary 27, 1800, proved September 7 , 1813. Witnesses :Chas. Hammond, Rila Bowen, Wm. Jones.

Devised :“To son, Joshua Hammond, 30 acres Of land, part of

landcalled ‘Hammond’sAdventure.

’

356 ems -menu ON MARYLANDM Y

TOmy son Wm. Hammond the remainder of‘H ammond’s Adventure,’ also 15 acres of land I bough t from

the land I hadof Jethro andJames Bowen.

Tomy daughter Mary Smith, one negro, prov idedshe

willpaymydaughterMartha DavismlWife, Eleanor Hammond, andson, WilliamHammond,TheMarriage License Of John Jackson andNelly H ammond is on record in the Clerk’s Office, Snow Hill, Wor

cester County,Maryland, andbears date of December 18,1805. For their descendants, see the Jackson familyrecord.

CaptainHenryHanslap is firstmentioned in the records

of Maryland in the Old Chancery Court Proceedings,Liber C D, NO. 1, folio 182, where, under date of June 18,1678 is entered the fact that Henry Hanslapwas on thatday commissioned Coroner Of Anne Arundel County, anOffice Ofmuch importance in the Province.

This was an honor conferred by Charles Calvert , thirdlo rd Baltimore andsecond Proprietary Of the Province ofMaryland, a few years after he had succeeded to his

father’s title andestates. At this period lo rd Baltimoremaintained as his Officialresidence the Palace of St. John’s

at the City Of St. Mary’s, then the capitalOf Maryland.

In the Rent Rolls Of his Lordship,in which all grants

andpatents of lands were recorded, there appear the following :

“Three hundred acres,

‘Hanslap’s Range,

’sur

veyed August 20, 1680, for Henry Hanslap, on the northside Of South River (Anne Arundel County Rent Rolls,


358 SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HI STORY

Henry Hanslap was commissioned Captain of the

FOO of Anne Arundell County, September 4,1689

(Maryland Archives, volume 12, folioCaptain Henry Hanslap, while a gallant fighter , was

also a devout Christian and prominentmember Of the

Church Of England, worshipping at All Hallows Parish

Church, Anne ArundelCounty, whichmakes all themoreremarkable the loyalty to a Catholic Proprietary at thisrevolutionary period in Maryland history.

In All Hallows Parish Register , page 57 the birth of

Susannah Hanslap, his youngest child, is thus recorded:

Feb. 8—1682, Susanna the daughter Of Henry HanslapandElizabeth his wife, andthe following October Sh e wasbaptized byMr . Pead, Minister.

” Hermarriage is also

amatter of record in the Old Parish Register abovequoted. On page 249 is the following : Thomas GassDecember 18th , 1701.The notice of the death of Captain Henry Hanslap is

to be found on page 40 Of the above Register, and Is as

follows: Died 3oth day of September and was buried3day of October at the pish Church yard Of AllHallowsAnno DomiThat his widow outlived himfive years we findby the

entry Of her burialon page 59 of AllHallows Parish Register :

“January 22, 1702, was buried Elizabeth Hanslap,the widow Of Captain Henry Hanslap.

Elizabeth Hanslapmade herWillon the birthday of herGassaway grandchild, as she states in the document. Her


Willandthat Of Captain Hanslap are recorded in Annapolis

,Md.

HEMSLEYCaptain WilhamHemsley, one of themost distin

guished Colonial Officials of his day in Talbot County,arrived inMaryland in the year 1658, accompanied by hiswife, Judith. He received large patents of land includingChesterfields, 900acres, Cloverfields, 770acres, andHemsley’s Britland, 500 acres; all entered in Lord Baltimore’sRent Rolls for Queen Anne’s County, which was, at thetime Of WilhamHemslsy’s surveys, in Talbot County.

OnMay 16, 1663, he was commissioned by Lord Baltimore’s Council as Sheriff of Talbot County

,themost

important Ofi ce in the county at that time (MarylandArchives, volume 3, p.

By profession CaptainWilhamHemsley was a chirur

geon,

” being so designated in Liber A , NO. 1, p.30, TalbotCounty Deeds.

The title of Captain was, in Colonial times, usedas a

military distinction, andthe title Of Commander, orMaster, was employed to designate the Captain of a vessel.Whenever the termCaptain” was used in connectionwithmaritime affairs, the expressionwould be, for ex ample,Captain Watts, Commander of The Globe, but the termCaptain,

”used alone, can be safely taken as an evidence

ofmilitary leadership.

The commission of every military Officer who was

known to have served in the ProvincialMilitia , cannotbe found in our imperfect Archives, and so while thecommission of CaptainWilliamHemsley has not yet beenfound

,the evidence of hismilitary service is not lacking

to those familiar with his habits Of life.


The Office of Sheriff Of a county was always bestowedupon one of themost importantmen in the county , and

that he held this Oflice in itself proves that he was an important and influential resident Of Talbot County. The

thousands Of acres granted himalso attest that he was a

landsman. Further, at the close Of a very strenuous ex

pedition against the Nanticoke Indians, we findthe nameof Captain WilliamHemsley first in the list of those whoreceived tobacco for services in the Indian troubles, etc .

,

as set forth in the following record. Maryland AssemblyProceedings, October - November, 1678. Maryland Ar

chives, volume 7, p. 87 :

Whereas There hath been Eight hundred andtwentyfive thousand Nyne hundred andSeventy Nyne pounds OfTobacco Expanded layd out dz disbursed by severall Ofthe Inhabitants Of this in the late Expedicon against the

Nanticoke Indians and others the necessary Charges Ofthis Province which hath been examined stated and al

lowed by the upper andlower houses Of this present General Assembly etc. Andbe payd to the severall personsto whoms the same isdue as aforesaid etc. That is to sayTo Captain WilhamHemsley six teen hundred pounds Of

tobacco,” then follow the names ofmany persons, some

of whomare givenmilitary titles, andmany without, thelatter being without doubt themen who served in the

Indian fights under the Officers. N0 one familiar withthe Maryland Ar chives, and the records Of the almostconstant Indian troubles, and the rules for themilitarymatters, can doubt that almost every ableman in the

Province rendered service at some time during the Indianoutbreaks.

At various times in the history Of the Colony, the As


362 sum-moms ONmumms'ronrSocieties, the purpose of whose being is the perpetua

of the Talbot County Militia ; was Sherifi of his C oun ty ,

andwas one of the important Commission to purchaseand lay off Ports of Entry. He was not the Captain of

a vessel and hismilitary services should entitle his descendants tomembership in The ColonialWars Society ,

which has so far been deniedthem.

In 1685 the other representative citizens of Talbo t

County petitioned Sir Thomas Lawrence for the appoin tment of WilliamHemsley as Clerk of the County , and

declared himTo be a person in whomwe have great confidence. He died that year, andhence his career ended.

His will is recorded in Liber 4, Annapolis Wills, p. 121 .

In it he named his wife Judith ; sons Charles, Philemon,

William, Vincent ; daughter Penelope, and granddaugh terJudith C layland.

Thomas Humphreys, the founder ‘

of the leading family of the name in Somerset County, Maryland, was earlyin the Province. Likemany others of the founders of

Somerset County, he entered Maryland fromthe EasternShore of Virginia, during themigration fromthat sectionfrom1660to 1680.

The first official reference to Thomas Humphreys in

Somerset County, we find in Liber I K L, folio 107, of

the Somerset County Land Records, as follows:Thomas Humphreys andMary King weremarried

byMr. Robert Maddox , Clarke, ye 20th day of April,


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364 sins -mom's ONmumms'ronrCounty, deed datedMay 2, 1685, land called Hopew ell,

ismentioned on page 23 of Lord Baltimore’s Rent R o lls

for Somerset County, as having been surveyed July 1,1669, for John Manlove, andassigned to JohnMar -

net t,in Cuttamachico River, on the south side thereof. T homas Humphreys sold this land to Alex ander C arlisle.

On page 32 of the same Rent Rolls, we findthat ThomasHumphreys sold to Alex ander Carlisle 50 acres of land,part of tract called Green Hill, situated on the north side

of Rockawalkin River (now Wicomico River), wh ichland was surveyed April 22, 1680, for Colonel WilliamStevens, andassigned to Thomas Humphreys.

On December 1, 1688, a tract of 200acres of land, calledMary’s Choice, was surveyed for Thomas Humphreyson the south side of Nanticoke River (p. 140, Lord Baltimore’s Rent Rolls for Somerset County).In November, 1682, Thomas Humphreys, of SomersetCounty, was paid 40 pounds of tobacco by the Provincefor the public service (p. 443, Assembly Pro ceedings, volume 7, Maryland Archives).ThomasHumphreys, Sr ., on August 8, 1715, andMary,

hiswife, gave to their daughter, the lawfulwife of RichardGreen, of Somerset County, two hundred acres of land

(Liber A C. No. 25, folio 316, Somerset County LandRecords).ThomasHumphreysdied intestate about 1724. He had

the following issue by Mary King, his wife, all of whosebirths are found on pp. 109, 111, 113, 114, Liber I K L,Somerset County Land RecordsMary, ye daughter of Thomas Humphreys was born

of Mary, his wife, att Werocomoco, the twentie third day

sms—mon'rs ON MARYLANDms'ronr 365

of July in the year one thousand six hundredseventy andfour .

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Sarah, ye daughter of Thomas Humphreys, was bornofMary, his wife, att Werocomoco, ye ninth day of April,1676.

Joane, daughter of Thomas Humphreys, was born of

Mary, his wife, October 9,Hannah Humphreys, daughter of ThomasHumphreys,

was born of Mary, his wife, Jan. 20. 168

Thomas Humphreys, son of Thomas Humphreys, wasborn of Mary, his wife, Aug. 2

,

Margery Humphreys, daughter of Thomas Humphreys andMary, his wife, born Oct ., 1,Thomas Humphreys, second, seems to have been an

activeman in the afiairs of his time inSomerset County.

Hemarried Mary Gillis, daughter of John Gillis and

Mary,his wife, asmay be found in the distributionof theestate of John Gillis, deceased, June 29, 1723, whereHumphrey'

s receipts for his wife Mary’s, portion of herfather ’s estate (Liber E B , No. 14, Somerset CountyAdministrator’s Accounts). The other sons- in- law of

John Gillis were WilliamHitch andAbrahamTaylor.

Thomas Humphreys was evidently aman Of substanceand considerable prominence, as his name frequentlyappearedas bondsman for ex ecutors andadministrators ofthe estates Of deceased persons. He acted also in the

capacity Of ex ecutor andadministrator of several estateshimself . He died in 1734, for onMarch 1, 173445,

“Thomas Humphreys his will, widow’

s election and testamentary bond by Mary Humphries, his ex ecutrix , with ThomasGillie andSamuel Jackson, of Somerset County, her sure

366 sins-mom's ON MARYLANDmamonr

ties, in 500lbs. sterling, dated as above, was filed in th e

Prerogative Court at Annapolis, Liber 30, folio 20.

The will is recorded in AnnapolisWills, Liber T andD .

folio 304 : Thomas Humphreys, of Somerset County ,

will dated January 17, 1734—5 proved March 7, 1734.—5.

Witnesses: James West, Jarrit Bashaw, Benj . Records,Saml. Jackson. DevisedTo sons, Thomas andJoshua,my whole tract of land

between them, the lower part tomy son Thomas, th eupper part to son Joshua.

“Tomy son, Eekell andmy son Joseph,my land at

what it contains to the seller, to be eakelly dividedbetween them.

I give to allmy sons a tract of land on the north sideofGemBranch inNanticoke, for the benefit of allmy sons.

“Tomy son, Peter Owens, 100acres of land lying uponNonork river above George Cliftons.

“My wife, Mary,my sole ex ecutor.

Signed,“THOMAS Hournmnrs,

Thomas Humphreys, third, was a planter in SomersetCounty, possessing lands inherited fromhis father and

also a tract which he had patented to himself. He is

known in the records as Thomas Humphreys, senior, todistinguish himfromhis son Thomas, who like his Father,was a well known andimportant citizen of the County ofSomerset andthe Province of Maryland.

Thomas Humphreys, Sen. bought land of NathanC oulver on June 22, 1767 (Somerset Land Records, LiberD, folio This is the last time his name appears inthe land records. On page 210 of the same record book,his son, Thomas Humphreys, jr .

, sells to JamesNickcoli


368 ems-moms ON MARYLAND HISTORY

Byrd, of Somerset County, in 1764, andwith that lady

folio By his wife Phillis he hada son, WilliamHumAnnapolisWills, Liber W D, NO. 3, folio 227 : Thomas

27, 1771, proved February 19, 1771. Witness : Jos. Hitch ,Jr ., Joshua Humphries, Betty Morris. Devised :Tomy son, Wm. Humphris, a tract Of land in Somer

set County called “Venter,”also a negro girl calledRose.

I give tomy wife one negro wench called Mollandonecalled Jomima andone negro boy Tom.

To son, Joseph Humphris, allmy dwelling plantationand land thereto belonging. Son Joseph, ex ecutor .

February 19, 1771, PhillisHumphris, widow of Th omasHumphris, stood by this Will.In 1772, the year after the death of Thomas Humph

reys, Sen. we find that the settlement of the estate of

WilliamByrd, deceased, was completed, for in Liber EB , No. 11, folio 13, that themoney due to Phillis Byrd,daughter of WilliamByrd, deceased, was paid to PhillisHumphries, guardian. At the same timemoney due toBayly Byrd was paid to Jessie Byrd.

It will be noticed that Thomas Humphreys, Sen. did

notmention the names of six of his children by his firstwife, Temperance Morris, andleft the fifth child by thatwife, Joseph Humphreys, his dwelling plantation andalsomade himex ecutor of the will. The testator, however,took care of hisminor son, WilliamHumphreys, by his

smn- Lres'rs ON MARYLANDms'rORY 369

PhillisHumphreys, widow of ThomasHumphreys, Sen.

andmother ofWillamHumphreys, survived her husbandfifteen years. Her will follows:Somerset County, Maryland, Wills, Liber E B , NO. 1,

folio 242, Phillis Humphris: Will dated March 6, 1786,provedMay 1, 1786. Witness : Joseph Humphris, Elijah

To son, WilliamHumphris, one negro boy calledHarry, also a bed, also one horse, one cow andyearling,eight hogs andfarming implements.

To daughter , Phillis Byrd, one negro, one cow, etc.

Joseph Humphreys, fifth child of Thomas Humphreys,Sr .

, andTemperance Morris, his first wife, was born January 14, 1745, according to the Stepney Parish Registerof Somerset County, at Maryland HistoricalSociety.

Like his forebears, Joseph Humphreys was a planterand lived upon the lands inherited fromhis father. He

was the ex ecutor of his father’sWill.

In Liber H, folio 509, Somerset County Land Records,under date of August 21, 1789, Joseph Humphreys sells

to Charles Winright one and one- eighth acres of landcalled Green Hill, which his father, Thomas Humphreys,Sen.

,devised to himin his last Will and Testament.

Joseph Humt es died in the year 1804, aged 59 years.

His will follows: Somerset County Wills, Liber E B,No.

23, folio 85, Joseph Humphris, Sr ., Will dated April 14,

1804, provedMay 23, 1804. Witness : Jesse Byrd, Chas.

Phillips, J. Leatherbury. Ordering several small parcelsof land to be sold to pay his debts, he devisesTo Joseph Humphris, son of Jacob, a lot of ground and

houses.

To Thomas Byrd a lot of ground andhouse.

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To son,Joshua Humphris, a lot of ground andhouse.

To Thos. Humphris, son of Jacob, one acre of land.

To David V. Jenkins, a lot andhouse.

To Joseph Humphris, son of William.

JOSHUA Htmrmus, Executor .

Joshua Humphris, son of Joseph, son of Thomas, Sen. ,

andTemperance Morris, his first wife, was theex ecutorof his father’s Will. He inherited fromhis fath erpartof a tract of land called Fork Branch, which land was

patented to his grandfather, Thomas Humphreys, Sen .

in 1766 (Liber A H, folio 338, Somerset County LandRecords). He also inherited part of the land calledGreenHill, one acre of which he sold to Aaron Mezick, May15, 1811, when Elizabeth, his wife, waived her dowerrights (Somerset County Land Records, Liber U, folioLike his grandfather , Joshua Humphreys was amem

ber of the Protestant EpiscopalChurch, for we find thatonMay 23, 1803, both he andhis wife Betsy (Elizabeth )signed the canons of the church . On the same day and

year , Esther Humphreys, Sarah Humphreys andElijahHumphreys also signed the canons of the church . On

July 15, 1803, Joshua Humphreys andElijah HMphreys

were confirmed at Green Hill church (Stepney ParishRegister, pp. 226, 231, 235, 236, Somerset County). ThisOldParish Register contains records of the births Of theHumphreys descendants of Thomas Humphreys, the emigrant, from1738.

Joshua Humphreys died in1832. On December 11 of

that year, Josephus Humphreys, administrator of JoshuaHumphreys, late of Somerset County, deceased, filedthe



Joshua Humphreys, late of Somerset County, deceased.

Further to show andconfirmthe descent andmar riageof the children Of Joshua Humphreys andElizabeth McBryde, hiswife, the following record issubmitted.

Somerset County Land Records, Liber A . H, folio 358,

June 15, 1842Know allmen by these presents that we, Josephus

Humphreys, Charles Humphreys, Archelaus Humphr eysand Peggy, his wife, Hugh Jackson and Sally, hisw ife,allof Somerset County and State ofMaryland, for andinconsideration Of five dollars currentmoney to us in handpaid by PurnellToadvine, Josiah Ellingworth and John

Slemons, as tenants in common, at andbefore the sealingand delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof ishereby acknowledged, have given, granted andsold, andby these presents do grant, bargain andsell all our rightandestate in andto all that tract of land called ForkBranch,

” containingnineacresoflandmoreor less, of whichJoshua Humphreys died, seized, having inherited it

through a certain Thomas Humphreys, Senior, to whomit was patented, or granted, on the six th dayMarch, 1766,reference thereto being had. In witness whereof we havehereunto set our hands, etc.

Signed.

JOSEPHUS HUMPHRms,CHARLES W. HUMPHRIS ,HUGH JACKSON ,

“SARAHMOB . JACKSON ,

ARCHELAUS Hummus,MARGARET W. Hummus.

In the Marriage License Record of Somerset County,


preserved in the County Clerk’s Office at Princess Anne,

are the following records of the aforegoing children of

Archelaus Humphreys to Margaret Humphreys, Dec.

1, (Archelaus Humphreys was the son of JoshuaHumphreys, seventh child of Joshua Humphreys and

Esther Nailor Neal, this Joshua being son of ThomasHumphreys the second, and Mary Gillis, his wife, whowas son of Thomas, the emigrant, andMary King, hiswife.)Charles W. Humphries to Amelia A . Mitchell, Sept.

2

Josephus Humphreys to Ann W. Johnson, April 3,

Hugh Jackson to Sarah McBryde Humphreys, Sept.29

,

(She was the daughter of Eliabeth McBryde, whomarried Joshua Humphreys, son of Joseph, son of

Thomas, Senior .)

Joseph Humphreys was the son Of ThomasHumphreys,second, and Mary Gillis, his wife. Hemarried Anne

Hedied intestate in 1757. ThomasHMphreys,

Senior, brother Of the deceased, administered on the os

tate. The distribution of the personalty wasmadeMay14, 1757, as follows: To the widow of deceased, AnneHumphreys, one- third ; the other two- thirds to BettyHumphreys, daughter of the deceased.

Ezekiel Humphreys, son Of Thomas Humphreys, Second, andMary Gillis, hiswife, inherited fromhis father onehalf of a tract of land calledBelain, part of which, three and


one half acres, he and his brother , Joseph Humphreys,sold to AbrahamDean, February 3, 1753. This la ndwas willed to themby their father, Thomas Humph reys.

The whole tract called Belsin contained 600acres (Somerset County Land Records, Liber A ,

folioEzekielHumphreys was a Private in Captain Th omasGillis’ Company of ColonialMilitia, to fight the Indiansin 1748 (Colonial Maryland Muster Rolls atMarylandHistoricalSociety).Ezekiel died in 1794, andElijah Humphreys filed his

account as administrator on January 4 of that year

(Somerset County Administration Accounts, Liber E B ,

No .

Joshua Humphreys, son Of Thomas Eu phreys, second,andMary Gillis,married Esther Neal, August 8, 1755,according to the Somerset County Stepney Parish Register ,page 113. On November 16, 1779, he bought of EzekielJackson, of Sussex County, Delaware, for ten pounds, theupper 100 acres of a tract of land in Somerset County,Maryland (Land not named in deed), containing in all

500 acres (Somerset County Land Records, Liber G,

folio 215)Joshua HMphreys was a private in Captain JohnHandy’s Company of Militia. to fight the Indians in 1749(Colonial Muster Rolls of Maryland preserved by the

Maryland Historical Society). He was dead in 1789, foron March 7 of that year his widow, Esther Humphreys,administratrix of Joshua Humphreys, deceased,makes thefinaldistribution of his estate as followsTo the Accountant (the widow Esther Eu phreys)

one- third part.To the children of the deceased, viz Sarah Green


S IDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

reys, Virginia E. H. Humphreys (Somerset C ounty

Administration Accounts, Liber S W, No. 2, folio

JACKSON

It was in the year 1666 that Lord Baltimore erected a

County on the lower peninsula of the Eastern Shore of

Maryland, which he decreed should be named in honor

of our dear Sister , The Lady Mary Somerset.Five years before this, Samuel Jackson, the founder

of his line,arrived in the Province of Maryland, in com

pany with others fromVirginia, andin a few years after

the creation of the county, andthe issuing of grants there ,we findSamuelJackson, the progenitor of Governor ElihuEmory Jackson andHonorable WilliamH . Jackson , the

possessor of 1200acres of Somerset ’s fertile soil.The earliest Of these lands patented to Samuel Jacksonwere on the south side of the Nanticoke River, in a creekcalled in his honor, Jackson

’

s Creek. That he was a

man of prominence in financialmatters, his landed possessions give evidence, andthat he was educatedbeyondmany of his compatriots, the signing of his name to documents bears witness.

In Liber NO. 11, Patents andCertificates, Land C ommissioner’s Office, folio 462, is the first record of SamuelJackson as acquiring land. Under date of July 13, 1668,is the following : Surveyed for SamuelJackson (accordingtowarrant), of the County of Somerset , planter, land calledLong Hill

’in the County aforesaid on the south side of

Nanticoke River in a.creek calledWotapquen Creek on theeastern side of said creek, beginning at a small creekcalled Jackson’

s Creek, &c.,containing 200 acres ,more

or les s.


SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'romr 377

In Liber No. 12, folio 124, under date of August 10,1668, this land was granted to Samuel Jackson by Ce cilius Calvert.Following the above first patent, issued in pursuance of

a grant for the same fromCacilius, second Lord Baltimore andfirst Proprietary of Maryland, there are severalothers aggregating the l200 acresmentioned.

A specialgrant of land to Samuel Jackson is recordedLay out for Samuel Jackson, of Somerset County,

three hundred acres of land granted himby special orderfromhis Lpp. upon a patent for ye same quantity grantedhimthe first day of August , 1673; as appearsupon record,in any part of this Province not already taken up nor

reserved for his Lpp’s use, and return your Certificate

of Survey thereof, into the land ofiice of ye City of St.Maries by the third day of November nex t, &c. Givenunder the lesser seal of this Province the third day ofAugust , 1682, signed by order and appointment of theRight Honorable, the Lord Proprietary.

Jom: Laws-mun, Regr.

The following items of interest are taken fromtheSomerset County Rent Rolls of Lord Baltimore, at theLonghill—300acres—Surveyed July 23, 1668, for Sam

uel Jackson, on the south side of Nanticoke River, on theeast side of Westopkin Creek, in posession of CaptainJames Dashiell (p.

Danbury—300 acres—Surveyed February 4, 1672, forSamuel Jackson, on the north side of Rokiawakin River,near a creek called Cottingham(p.

378 emu-mom's ON MARYLANDms'ronrBunsen—100 acres—Surveyed November 2, 167 1 fo r

Samuel Jackson, on the north side of Tipkewant C reek ,

in Nanticoke River, possessed by WilliamBonds (pThe Small Lott—100 acres—Surveyed October 2 1

,

1676, for Samuel Jackson, on south side of Quan tico ,

near the land of Roger Phillip, Jonathan Jackson, son and

heir of SamuelJackson, in possession (p.

Abergaveney— IOOacres Surveyed for Roger Phillips,

on south side of Nanticoke River, andon south side of

Quantico Creek, possessed by Jonathan Jackson (p. 80)Venture—300 acres Surveyed November 2, 1683, forSamuel Jackson, on north side of C hickawant Branch or

Creek, possessed by Jonathan Jackson (p.

The early generations of this Colonial family didnotincline to public omoe, as the later have done, both Samuel andhis son Jonathan being evidently typicalEnglish

gentlemen contented with the leisurely life of their

class.

It is amatter of record, that Lord Baltimore kept anarmedmilitia in Maryland ; it is,therefore, not improbable that both thesemen didpatriotic duty in helping tosuppress Indian outbreaks, although there are nomusterrolls of that early period ex tant whereby to prove it .

As early as 1669 Samuel Jackson was associated withthe defense of the Province, for in that year the GeneralAssembly paid himtobacco, then the only currency in use,for quartering soldiers’ (Maryland Archives, volume 2,pAgain, in 1682, Samuel Jackson was paid tobacco forpublic charges

”(Maryland Archives, volume 7, p .

SamuelJackson died at his estate, Abergaveney, in theyear 1688, and, likemany another Colonial dame, Ann


380 sine -mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYestates,we find in his purchase ofWarwick andWar

-ing ton,

In his will he bequeaths Warwick and part of W a r

ington to his son, Joshua, fromwhomdescends the familyof this sketch.

Prerogative Court Records, Annapolis, Liber 3l folio

276 : In January, 1742, Jonathan Jackson’s last will and

testament andtestamentary bondwereexhibitedbyJoshuaJackson, his ex ecutor, with Willson Rider and F inch

Jones, of Somerset County, as his surety in 300 pounds

Annapolis Wills, Liber D D NO. 1, p. 445 : JonathanJackson, of Somerset County : Will dated August 22,

1739, proved December 24, 1741. Witnesses: JamesGoslee, Willson Rider, Finch Jones. Devised :To son Joshua Jackson, whomade was ex ecutor of

this Will, a parcel of land called Warwick,”containing

100acres, a part of a tract called .Warington.

”

To son Samuel Jackson, the land the house is on, the

west side of “Warington.

”

To son Thomas Jackson, one shilling.

(Signed)“JONATHAN JACKSON”

Joshua Jackson, ex ecutor of his father , Jonathan Jackson, was the eldest son, as was his father before him.

That he was a patriot who saw service in the French andIndian Wars is proved by the originalmuster roll ofCaptain Handy’s Troop of Horse, hearing date March

(Maryland State papers at theHistoricalSociety).His brothers, Thomas, Daniel andIsaac Jackson, were

in the service of their country also, their names appearingasmembers of Captain Scott Day’s Company in 1748.

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Joshua Jackson, one of King George’sColonialCavalrymen in 1749, was the father of Elihu Jackson, first , of

S omerset County the latter being great- grandson of the

immigrant Samuel Jackson, of Jackson’8 Creek, from

w homthe young generation of the Jackson family ofS alisbury,Wicomico County, are linealdescendants, beingt h e ninth generation fromSamuel Jackson, first.The will of Joshua Jackson, dated February 14, 1764,

w as proved April 2, the same year , and is recorded inLiber E B No. 14, folio 109, Somerset CountyWills, Princess Anne, Md. In it Joshua Jackson bequeaths personalty to daughter, Rachel Donoho, brother, SamuelJackson, andson, John Jackson, anddivides the remainderof his estate equally between Sarah Jackson, his wife, andh is children, John, Sofiah , George, Elihu andWilliamJackson. Hiswife, Sarah, wasmade ex ecutrix . The willwas signed by Joshua Jackson, andwitnessed by WilliamEllingsworth andJames Beard.

The Jacksons intermarried with the other families of

social importance and wealth in their community, andtheir wills andother legaltransactions addmany facts ofinterest to the family history.

Elihu Jackson, first, went South with the large immigration in the latter part of the eighteenth century, andlived for some years away fromthe ancestral environment ; but before the close of his career returned to Somorset County, where his will is on record.

As it would be impossible to give a complete historyofthe distinguished careers of his descendants, it is sufficientto simply recall that among his great- grandsons were thelate Governor Elihu Emory Jackson, formany years themost influentialDemocrat on the Eastern Shore of Mary

382 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDmsTORYland, andHonorableWilliamH. Jackson, the equalinfluential Republican leader in the same county, whose son.

WilliamP. Jackson, was amember of theNationalR epub

lican Committee.

At the date of the revison of this volume, United S tateslips Lee Goldsborough to succeed Senator Isador Rayner ,is ably representing his party in nationallegislation.

James Knott, founder of the family of this name inMaryland and Virginia, came out of England aboutseventeen years before Leonard Calvert planted his firstsettlement inMaryland in 1634. In

“Botten’s Lists of

Persons of Quality who Emigrated to Virginia” is the

following :“Mr . James Knott, age 23, came fromEngland to

Virginia in the ship George and settled in A ccomacCounty on the Eastern Shore in The word A ccomack was in that day used to designate the whole of that

fertile strip of Virginia between the Atlantic ocean and

the Chesapeake Bay, beginning at the southern line of

what was afterwards Somerset (since 1742 Worcester)County, Maryland, to the tip endof Cape Charles. But

one will look in vain for traces of James Knott in the

records of the present Accomac County, for it was notcut OS fromNorthampton County, where the ancient records are kept (dating from until about 1660- 62.

As James Knott’s interests on the Eastern Shore were inNorthampton County, it is there we findhim, in LiberNo. 1, folio 10, of these oldrecords, as owner of land in1632, situated

“on the other side of K

'

ug’e Creek.

”He


384 sins-moms ON MARYLAND HISTORY

admonishes the people not to encroach upon the lands of“my friendMr . Knott.” As there is no record of JamesKnott having been granted lands in Maryland at the

period contemplated, itmay be that the following will explain it : Court at St. Maries, 1652.

James Knott, defendant ; John Abbington, plaintifl'

on petition for relief fromact of Knott who cleared 100acres of land that Abbington claimed as his own. Knottclaimed to have hada verbalgrant of land fromGovernorLeonard Calvert prior to the claimof Abbington” (LiberB , volume 10, p. 220

,ProvincialCourt Proceedings,Mary

James Knott was evidently aman of restless activity ,

andis a very interesting personality to the delver in our

ancient records. While he is known to have been an

ex tensive land owner in Nansemond County, Virginia , h e

demands and receives 200 acres of land in St. Mary’s

County, Maryland, in 1651 for transporting himself andhisminor son, Nathaniel, into the Province (Liber A B H ,

folio 237, Annapolis Land Records).In Liber No. 1 folio 402, Annapolis Land Records ,Thomas Warr in 1651, sells to James Knott, Gent . , of

Virginia, 200 acres of land which he describes as the

equal half ofmy plantation which I now live upon at

Mattapony, St . Mary’sCounty .

’ Consideration, 1390 pounds of tobacco.

Following is his will, in which, however , he does notmention allhis sons.

Liber No . 1, folio 51, Annapolis Wills; James Knott,Of Nansemond, in Virginia : will dated September 4,1651, provedMay 13, 1653. Witness : George White,Devises - Tomy threes sonnes Bernard Knott, Nathaniel


Knott andWilliamKnott , four cowes (mentions Bernardas his eldest son andstipulates that the cowes’ shallbekept together untilhe comes to the fullage of 20 years);tomy dau. Mary 6 cowes to be delivered by 25th of Dec.

nex t, also a negroman to dau. Mary, to be delivered herin Oct . 1654; to son Bernard Knott 600 acres of land,plantation whereon I now live, with reversion to his other

children to sons NathanieldzWilliamKnott 600 acres

of land, equally divided between them, being the upperpart of this ,

division now inmy possession, with reversion in case of death of either ;

” “I give tomy sister E.

M . Colins, Anna Young or any of her children 2 cowesthat shall come here to demand them: I give tomy dau.

Elizabeth Thomas, one cowe balance of estate dividedinto five parts, viz

“one part tomy wife 65 four parts

tomy four children, Bernard, Nathaniel, Williamand

Mary Knottmy loving wife andmy son Bernard Knottto bemy joint ex ces;my loving sonin- law ThomasThomas andmy loving friend John Ascumb to be overseers of thismy last willandtestamenEllinor Knott, the late wife of James Knott, deceased,made oath that the will was that of her late husband,James Knott, May 13, 1653. On January 22

,1653,

Thomas Cornwallis, Esq., filed a caveat to the willas the

greatest creditor of James Knott, deceased.

Daughter Elizabeth Thomas” was the wife of ThomasThomas, of Calvert County, Maryland : John Ascumb,”overseer in the will, was John Ashcom, of Patux entRiver , Calvert County, Maryland.

The lands of James Knott in St. Mary’s County wereconveyed to his son Francis, who conveyed some of themwhile living, anddevised themin his will, proved in St.


Mary’s County,May 14,1705, in his old age (Liber T

B No. 2, folio 500, Annapolis Wills).The linealdescendant of JamesKnott, Gent. ,GeneralA.

Leo Knott, has reflected honor on the name as one of

Maryland’smost distinguished legallights.

MC ATEH RIGINALLY MACKETEEAmong the Colonialfamilies of Maryland fromIreland.weremanyofhigh socialstanding. Tooneof these belongedPatrickMaggatee, whose wife Sarah was the grand-daugh

ter of Governoer Thomas Greene, Lord of Bobing Manor,

Governor of the Province, andone of the first adventurers.

He was the son of PatrickMacketee, andRosamond, hiswife, of CharlesCounty. ThenamewaswrittenMacketeeby the first Patrick, who was evidently the originalimmigrant fromIreland. His will was dated Februa ry 24,1716 and probatedMarch 26, 1717, and is recordedinLiber 14, folio 235, AnnapolisWills. His

“trusty friend.Mr . Antho. Neale, is to be wife Rosamond’s adviser.RosamondMacketee dated her will on March 3, 1716,

her will also being probated on March 26, 17 17 She

names seven children as followsz—Edmond, Patrick , JamesMacketee, Esther Golshaw, Mary Boswell, Elinor Clements andRosamond Clements.

PatrickMacketee, 2nd, son of the above, marriedSarah Greene, daughter of Robert Greene, son of Governor

Thomas Greene, (see Charles Co . Court Records LiberK

,No . 2

,folio 149) in which , in the year 1721 PatrickMaggatee and Sarah, his wife, sued Thomas Greene,

eldest son andheir of Robert Greene,“SarahMaggatee

lately called Sarah Greene.

” Complaint alleged thatThomas Greene on Nov. 6th , 1718 was indebted to his


388 SIDn- LIOHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

State ofMaryland, being in health of body, andOf a sound

desirous to dispose of allmy worldly estate, do make,publish anddeclare this asmy testament andlast Will.

After the payment ofmy funeralex penses and allmyjust debts, I will, bequeath anddevise as follows:

“Tomy beloved wife, Anna A .McAtee, I giv e and

bequeath allmy household and kitchen furniture , livestock, farmutensils, andother personal chattels (ex ceptwhat is hereinafter bequeathed to others) to be hers

absolutely, also allthe rents, issues andprofitsofmy lands,until the said lands shall have been sold as hereinafter

My GoldWatch andwhatever is attached to it , I giveandbequeath tomy son John Lind AcAtee, all the proceeds ofmy bonds, notes, claims, choses in action and

accounts, and allmy Bank Stocks and State Bonds Iwilltomy wife Anna A . andmy four children Agnes JaneMcAtee, WalterMcAtee, WilliamA .McAtee and JohnL.McAtee, to be equally divided among themshare and

share alike; the said Bank Stocks andState Bonds to bedivided in kind, andin suchmanner to produce equalityin value in the division.

“Andas to allmy real estate situated inWashington

County,Maryland, or elsewhere in Said State or out of it,I will, direct anddevise that the Same shall be sold bymy Ex ecutors hereinaftermentioned, or the Survivorof them, within two years aftermy decease, or as soonthereafter as the same can be advantageously done, andthe proceeds of Said Sales I hereby bequeath tomy saidWife Anna A .

,and tomy Said four named Children, to be

equally divided among them, share andshare alike.


Andas I have an interest in certain lands or realestatein the City of Chicago in the State of Illinois, andalso inCook County in Said State andhave the title deeds inmyname, but hold the same formyself and others in trustagreeably to articles of agreements between us, definingour respective rights andbenefitswith powers inme to sellthe same &c, I do hereby direct, devise andappoint thatmy said Ex ecutors shallex ercise all the rights andpowerswhich Imay lawfully do under said deeds andagreements,in themanagement, sale anddisposition of said lands, andthe proceeds of sale thereof, accounting with these entitledfor their respective share, and distributing the avails ofmy interest in said landsandthe benefits of said contracts,amongmy said Wife andmy said four named children,equally share and share alike

,in the samemanner as I

have already devised the proceeds of sales ofmy reales tateto be divided.

Imost affectionately recommend andcommit to thecare ofmy said Wife and children,my beloved SisterSusanMcAtee, to be supported andprovided for by themin the same kind and affectionatemanner in which she

has always been cared for bymyself.AndI hereby constitute andappointmy sonsWalter

B.McAtee, and John L.McAtee Ex ecutors of thismylast Will andTestament, hereby revoking allothers heretoforemade byme, and declaring this to bemy only

In witness whereof I the said WilliamB .McAtee, dohereunto setmy hand andaffix my seal this 13' day ofMarch in the year of our lo rd one thousand Eight Hundred andSix ty One.

WILLIAMB MCATEE (Seal).


That the McAteemen were patriots is clearly shown in

Manuscript Revolutionary Muster Rolls of C harles

County Militia at Maryland HistoricalSociety.

1777. GeorgeMcAtee, sergeant in CaptainWilliamMcPherson’s Company of Charles CountyMilitia ,

—also

James McAtee, WilliamMcAtee, Henry McAtee and

JohnMcA tee.

1777. EdmondMcAtee a private in Captain WilliamWinter’s Company 26th Batt. Charles County Militia .

1777. HenryMcAtee of James, private in CaptainSamuel Smallwood’s Company 26th Battalion CharlesCounty Militia.

Manuscript Revolutionary Muster Rolls ofMontgomery County Militia at Maryland Historical Society .

1780. In the Militia ofMontgomery County commended by Colonel John Murdoch in the returnsmadeJuly 15, 1780, we find:SamuelMcAtee and CharlesMcAtee privates in the

1st Company commanded by Captain WilliamBailey.

Joseph McAtee private in the 6th Company commandedby Captain Aaron Harris.

Montgomery CountyMilitia Rolls at MarylandHistorical Society July 15, 1780 (commanded by ColonelJohn Murdoch).SamuelMackettee, inclass 4, private in CaptainWilliamBaily’s Company in the Lower Battalion, MontgomeryCounty Militia.

CharlesMackettee, in class8, private inCaptainWilliamBaily’s Company in the Lower Battalion MontgomeryCounty Militia.



No. 3, p. 12, Show that on June 10, 1654, Alex ander

Madocks and James Jones were granted 516 a cr es of

sawaddocks Creek, the said land being due un to the

said Alex anderMadocks and James Jones by and for

the transportation of ten persons into this Colony.

The will of Alexander Mattocks, of NorthamptonCounty, Virginia, was found in Book 7, p. 64, Nort hampton County, Virginia, Records, as follows: AlexanderMattocks, of Northampton County : Will dated Janua ry 10,

1659, proved February 28, 1659. Witnesses : N icholasLawrence, Richard Teage. Devises as follows:

Tomy lawfulwife Elinor Mattocks the third part ofallmy whole estate ofmoveable goods andtwo thirds ofallmy landduring her widowhood or untilmy eldes t sonshall be of age—and for ye residue ofmy goods, cattleand chattels are to be equally divided amongstmy children, viz. : Thomas Mattocksmy eldest son, Alex anderMattocks,my second son, Lazarus Mattocks,my thirdson, and Elizabeth Fisher, wife unto Philip Fisher ,myeldest daughter, andthat part that Shallfallto ElizabethFisher ofmy estate by proportion I do give unto her , andif She shall die without issue then the property to be

returned to be equally divided amongmy other childrenalsomy daughter Ann Mattocks,my second daughter .

Tomy sons Thomas Mattocks andAlexanderMattocks the plantation I now live upon containing 300acresandye halfmoiety of one patent containing 516 acres thatis betwix tme andJames Jones.

I appointmy beloved wife guardian tomy son Lazarus andto have his estate in her possession as one havingmost right unto him.

sum- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HE N RY 393

I appoint and it ismy will thatmy sons shall be of

age at eighteen years Old and to be possessed of theirestates at that age.

”

Son Thomas Mattocks sole ex ecutor. Richard BaylyandArthur Upshur overseers of theWill.

(Signed)

The identity of Elinor, wife of Alex ander Maddoxis not definitely known, the fewmarriage records ex tantof that early period , andwills anddeeds of record failing to positively fix her . The weight of evidence is thatshe was the daughter of Lewis Wh ite, of NorthamptonCounty, who died in 1656 (Northampton County Wills,volume 5, p. Lewis White was an oldman. He

leaves Lazarus Maddox , son of Alex ander Maddox , andMr . Risden’s children joint heirs in personalty.

Elinor, wife of Alexander Maddocks, is called auntby Blandina

, the daughter of Philip Risden, of Northampton County, Virginia , in her receipt for a legacy lefther by this Elinor 1692, who (Elinor), was the widow of

her third husband,James Cain

, of Somerset County,Maryland. Elinor calls Blandina her cousin (niecereally) cousin being anciently usedto dmignate niece andLiber E B No. 5, folio 131, Somerset County, Mary

land, Wills; Ellen (Elinor) Cain, will dated May 29

1692 :“Tomy only son Lazarus Maddox allmy estate

real and personal, ex ceptmy wearing apparel, which I

give tomy cousin Blandina Bosman.

’ In the administration of this estate, Blandina Bozman receipts for thelegacy left her by my aun Elinor Cain.

LazarusMaddox was a young ladwhen his step- father ,


WilliamBosman and hismother, Elinor Bosman , t ookhimwith the Bosman children by his first wife, to S omerset County, Maryland, in 1663 Young Maddox g rew

up in Somerset County andbecame a prominent c itizen.

The Somerset County Rent Rolls show himto be in pos

session of the following lands about the period o f 1700:

Mattox Hope, 100 acres (p.

Bozman’s Choice, 300 acres (p.

Cain’s Close, 300 acres (p.

Mattox Adventure, 150 acres (page 45)Mattox Inclosure, 100acres (p. 45)Mattox Inclosure, 250acres (p. 164)

Lazarus Maddox represented Somerset County in the

Maryland Assembly in 1692 (Maryland Assembly Pro

ceedings, Maryland Archives volume 13, p.

Somerset County was represented in the MarylandAssembly, in 1693, byMr . Lazarus Maddox ,Mr . JohnBozman,Mr . RogerWoolford andCaptainWilliamWhittingtou. At this time Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore ,was Proprietary andSir Edmund Andros was Governor(Assembly Proceedings, Maryland Ar chives ,

volume 19,

p.

In 1689 Lazarus Maddox andJohn Moore signed theaddress fromSomerset County, Maryland, to the KingandQueen of England, assuring the throne of their profession of faith in the Protes tant religion,

November 28,1689 (CouncilProceedings,Maryland Archives, volume 8,p . 141)In volume 23, p. 536,Maryland Archives, Ia zarusMad

dox signed the petition to theKing against LordBaltimore.



widowhood, two negroes, beds, furniture, etc., one silv er

To son Thomas Maddox , one negro, some silv er

To son Lazarus Maddox , a negro boy andother per

To son Alexander Maddox , a negro boy andperson

To son DanielMaddox , a negro andfurniture.

To sonWilliamMaddox , a negro boy andfurniture.

To daughter Mary, a negro.

To daughter Sarah, a negro.

To daughter Eleanor, a negro.

To daughter Elizabeth , the oflspring of a certain

negro woman when it is born.

To each of his daughters a silver spoon.

Liber E B No. 14, Somerset County AdministrationAccounts, p. 479 (in gives the inventory of the

goods andchattels of Lazarus Maddox , late of SomersetCounty, deceased. Among themany items we note thefollowing : 1 Silver tankard ; 12 silver spoons; 11 negroes ,

several chests of drawers 12 Russia leather chairs; oneoval table; one chafing dish ; 83 pounds pewter ware;severalbrass kettles.

1685 to 1723, Account of Sarah Maddox (widow), wifeof Lazarus Maddox , late of Somerset County, deceased.

Date, 1717. Children of the deceasedmentioned as fol

lows : Daughters Sarah, wife of Thomas Walker ; Mary,wife of John Cottman ; Ellenor, wife Of Robert Scott ;sons, Lazarus, William, Daniel andAlex anderMaddox .



MOOREDr . Mordecai Moore was one of the wealthiest andmost influential of that interesting andimportant coterie

of Quakers seated on South River , Anne ArundelCounty,Maryland, in the seventeenth century, fromwhomdescendmany of themost distinguishedmen in the annalsofMaryland andPennsylvania.

Here, at or near London Town, was formed the SouthRiver Club,

”the oldest andmost ex clusive socialorgan

ization inAmerica. The earliest records have been lost, sowe cannot positively state that Dr. Mordecai Moore wasone of its founders or earliestmembers, but as the earliestknown list included his grandsons, Richard Moore and

Dr . Samuel Preston Moore, it ismore than probable thatcould a stillearlier record be unearthed, the name of Dr .

Mordecai Moore would be found enrolled, formembership has always been hereditary, andstillis.

London Town, a flourishing Port of Entry in 1683,was later almost entirely owned by Dr . Mordecai Mooreand his descendants, one of its principal streets beingcalled “Moore Street.This town,

named for the Englishmetropolis, was ex

pectedto rivalits namesake, but is now only identified bythe fine oldColonialsurvivals in themansions that attestthe importance andwealth of its early inhabitants; bythe little Club House ; andby the ancient tombstones ofsome of the Colonialofficialswho dwelt there.

The site for London Town was given by ColonelWilliamBurgess, whose widow became the first wife of Dr .

Mordecai Moore.

The first of Dr . Mordecai Moore in Maryland records,


is when he ismentioned as associated with h is wife.

Ursula, in settlement of Colonel Burgess’ esta te . The

following interesting record, is quoted fromLiber C ,No.

3 (Patents), folios 179—180, Land Commissioner ’

s Ofi ce.

Annapolis,Maryland, April 7, 1689.

Charles Absolute etc“Know ye that for andin consideration tha tMordemiMoore of Anne Arundel]County in our said Province of

Maryland hath due unto himthirteen hundredandSix ty

eight acres of land within our said Province being due untohimby virtue of a Warrant for acres grantedunto

himthe 7th day of April, 1689, asappearsupon recordand

upon such conditions and terms as are expressed in the

conditions of plantations of this our province, bearing datethe 5th day of April, 1684, andremaining upon record inour said province of Maryland,Wedo therefore grant untothe said MordecaiMoore all that tract or parcel of landcalled Moore’s Morning Choice lying in Anne ArundellCounty at Elkridge containing andnow laid out foracres of landmore or less, according to the Certificate of

Survey thereof taken and returned into our Land Ofi cedatedMay 5, 1689, andthere remaining, together with allRights, Profits, Benefits andPrivileges thereunto belonging, RoyalMines ex cepted, To have andto hold the sameunto the said MordecaiMoore, his heirs andassigns for

ever to be holden of us andour Heirs as of ourManor ofAnne Arundellin free andCommon Soccage by fealty onlyfor allmanner of services yielding and paying thereforyearly unto us andour Heirs at our Receipt at the City ofSaint Maries at the twomost usualfeasts of the year, viz.

the Feast of the Annunciation of the bles sed Virgin Mary,



Habitation, surveyed January 4, 1660, for Richard B eard.south side South River joining to Wes t Pudding ton.

Poss. 667 acres Dr . Mordy Moore, 333 a . Richard Jones

for Watkins Orphans, 145 forWm. Jones , 115 acres JamesSanders (p. 30)Six ty- Six acres, The Security, surveyed April, 1662,

for John Brewer, south side South River, Poss. 33 a cres

Dr . Mordy Moore (p .

Fifty- seven acres, Security, surveyed 1706 for Geo.

Ogg, who sold it to MordecaiMoore (p.

Baltimore County —1368 acres, Moore’s MorningChoice,

”surveyedMay 5, 1689, for Dr . MordyMoore on

Elk Ridge at a Bod . Siccamore Tree (p.

CecilCounty —2700 acres,“Timber Ridge, surveyed

in 1683for ColonelVincent Lowe on themain branch ofSassafras C reek. 1000 acres poss. by Edward Diggs.

1000 acres by Dr . Mordy Moore. 700 acres by C olonelWm. Coursey (p. 97

Prince George’s County - 750 acres ,

“Brough , sur

veyedAugust 30, 1670, for Robt. Tyler west side Patux entRiver . Resurveyed 1703. 200 acres poss. Doc .Moore(p.

Four hundred fifty- five acres, Beale’s Reserve, sur

veyedJuly 25, 1684, for ColonelNinian Beale on northbranch Patux ent River, poss. Doctor Morde Moore (p.

1

Five hundred acres,‘Fortune, surveyed April2 , 1685,

for JohnMunn; poss. Doctor Mordy Moore (p.

That he was a Quaker the following gives evidence :Maryland Archives, volume 25, pp. 213, 214.

“Att a

Councillheld at Annapolis the 16th day of July in the six thyear of her Majes ty’s Reigns etc ., Annoq Dni 1707, His


E x cellency John Seymour , Esq. Capt. GenllandGovernorin Chief of this Her Majesty’s Province being pres ent inC ouncill.

“Mr . Richard Johns andMr . Sam’lChew on behalf ofth e people calledQuakers pres ented to his Ex cellency thefollowing address

To Coll. John Seymour of the Province of Maryland“The humble address of the peaceable people called

Quakers given forth at theirmonthlymeeting at WestRiver in the said Province the eleventh day of the firstmonth , 1707. In Submissivemanner Showeth that theyh aving seen a written paper which began after the followingmanner (viz.) - Friend Seymour etc ., and by an Ill

Imitation of the words of ‘thee’or‘thou’

or would seemto faine the person or Stile of a Quaker which said paperand the hidden Author thereof we utterly disowne and

deny andare fully assured in our ownminds that notwithstanding the fsined Imitation of a Quaker in Somewords, the Author thereof neither is or ever was of our

Society or ownedby us as such, for it hath not in it theimage of that Innocent Harmless andpeaceable truth of

our Lord Jesus Christ which we profes s and believe in.

But is rather a Scurrilous Libell- tending to Affront Authority a practice as remote fromour principal]andpraotice as the East is fromtheWes t, andwe have reason tobelieve that hidden Author of the said Libellis some evilminded person that endeavors by illpractice to render usthe peaceable people called Quakers obnox ious to his C ivillandModerate Government fromwhomwe freely and

readily acknowledge wee have anddo receive obligatorykindness

,particularly in its protecting of us in the peace


able enjoyment of our Conscientious Liberty in R ela tion

to theWorship of Almighty God andalso in the full andfree enjoyment of the Laws andLibertys of English Subjects, andwe humbly take liberty to declare that th at person (Clark) named in the said written paper, and now an

outlaw in Rebellion abt the Government we believ e is a

wicked andungodly person andallhis actions which havebeen and are continued to be Villeanious abusiv e and

Rebellious against the peaceable Government of thisProvince, and all his Confederate Aiders Assisters and

abettors therein,we doe fromour hearts deny disowns

detest abhor andabominate, Andit is altogether repugnantto the thought Intent andpurpose of our hearts to con

ceme ourselves either on his or hisWife’s account any waybut truly andheartily desires that he andallhis C onfederates in wickedness and Rebellionmay be brough t tojustice.

“Andthis we have given forth in true Sencerity for the

Clearing of the truth of God which we profess fromScandalls andall Scandalous andRebellious persons andprac

Signed by appointment of our Said Meeting and in

behalf of the people called Quakers in the Province of

RIOHD. JOHNS , NRH . BIc HRAD,

RIOHD. HARRISON ,

SAMLL. CHnw, M. Moons .

Which being read hisExncy. received themvery kindly andtogether with the board was pleased to declare thatthey hadobserved the said Society of people called Quakersto be very peaceable andquiet andwell Affected to this



being registered in Liber I K L Of the Land Records of

Somerset County. On page 210 of the same record the

death of Margaret, the faithful wife of Walter Powell, isrecorded as follows Margaret Powell (alias B eeri)

(should be Berry) the wife of Walter Powell, died and

was buried at his plantation in Pocomoke November 26,That Walter Powellwas aman of importance both in

amaterial and social sense is evidenced by his ex ten

sive land holdings andthe intermarriages of his children

with some of the best families in Maryland andVirginia.

His lands entered in the Land Records at Annapolis

were“Powell’s Inclusion, 256 acres, surveyedMay 2, 1686,

for Walter Powell, back fromthe Seaboard Side . 128

acres possessed by Hugh Tingle in his wife’s right. The

residue by Walter Evans, who intermarried with Powel1’sdaughter (Lord Baltimore’s Rent Rolls for SomersetCounty, Liber No. 1, p.

“Powell’s Lott,” 443 acres, surveyedMay 2, 1687 , for

Walter Powell, lying on the Seaboard Side. 343 acres in

possession of Charles Townsend for John Powell in Aocomack, Va. ; 100acres claimed byWilliamPowell. JohnPowell sold this land to WilliamHolland, who owned itin 1727 (Lord Baltimore’sRent Rolls for Somerset County,Annapolis Records, Liber No. 1, p.

“Winter Quarter,’200 acres, surveyed August 6, 1679,

for John Godin, assigned to Walter Powell, on the NorthSide of St. Martins (river) south side of Herring Creek.

Possessed by Charles Townsend in the right of JohnPowell, of Accomack. (Rent Rolls for Somerset County,Liber No. 1

, p. The Peninsula of Virginia east


Of the Ches apeake Bay was generally designated in

th e oldrecords at first as Acchomacke andlater as Accomack andAccomac. The termcovered territorially the

present counties of Northampton andAccomac . The tractof land calledWinter Quarter on St. Martins River, wason the Seaboard Side near the present town of Berlin.

This ex planation isnecessary since therewere severalothertracts of land of the same name located in different partsof Somerset County.

“Powell’sRecovery, 112 acres, surveyedMay 27, 1695,for Walter Powell upon the Seaboard Side.

“Powell’s Addition,”50 acres, surveyed April 2, 1683,

for WilliamStevens on the north side of PocomokeRiver.

Assigned toWalter Powell. Possession ofWilliamPowell(Somerset County Rent Rolls, Annapolis, Liber No. 1

pp . 2, 187 ,

The above 1061 acres of land were part of the estateacquiredby warrant or assignment toWalter Powell. He

also owned a fine plantation on the Pocomoke andmuchother property. He survived his wife, Margaret, six teenyears. He died in the year 1695. The following is a

faithful abstract of his will recorded in Liber K, No. 7,

p. 151 (1695—1698) Annapolis Wills : Walter Powell, ofSomerset County,Willdated November 20, 1695, provedFebruary 4

,1695. Witnesses : John Cornish, Peter Dent,

Alex .Madux , Henry Ayers, Archibald Holmes, Devised“Tomy son, WilliamPowell, the plantation I now live

on called ‘Granfield’ and50acres called ‘Powell’sAddition’

with 100 acres of land joining themarsh of the tract ofland called ‘Winter Quarter’ called ‘Powell’s Lott.’

“Tomy son, John Powell,my land called ‘Winter Quarter

’on the seaside.


Tomy daughters, Elizabeth Tingle andMary Evansone tract of land called ‘Hilliars Discovery’ andone tractcalled ‘Powell’s MillPond, 250 acres, the said two tractscontaining 390 acres, to be equally divided betweenthem.‘Tomy daughter, Margaret Schoolfield, land called

Olivins Portion,’lying at the seaside, containing 150acres.

Tomy daughter, Catherine Powell, land called ‘FriendsGift

, 150 acres, lying at the seaboard side in SomersetTo allmy grandchildren one cow each. All the rest

ofmymovable estate to be divided amongmy six children,viz. : William, John, Elizabeth, Mary,Margaret andCatherine, andmy daughter Sarah, to be equally divided.

“My three sons, viz. : WilliamPowell, John PowellandHenry Schoolfield,my sole ex ecs.

Asmay be seen by the above land records, WalterPowell’s daughtersmarried in fine oldSomerset families.

Elizabeth, who was born before her father came to Maryland,married Hugh Tingle; Mary Powellmarried WalterEvans, andMargaret Powellmarried Henry Schoolfield.

Without going into further details of this family history in Somerset County it is only necessary to give ab

stracts of the following wills of the son and grandsonof Walter Powell to Show that the family remained inMaryland, with the ex ception of John Powell, son of

Walter, who removed to Virginia :Annapolis Wills, Liber W B,

No. 6, p. 254, WilliamPowell, of Somerset : will dated April 15, 1715, provedJune 22, 1715, shows himto be a Quaker. “fitness : JaneCaldet , John Starrat , Sarah Peale. Devised :Tomy son, John Powell, 200acres of land on the plan



My willanddes ire is thatmy daughter, Leah Maddox ,should haveonenegrowomancalled Sarahwith allher issue.

The said Levin Powell by a former agreement is todeliver the said negro woman at the endof two fullyears.

“My will anddesire is that ifmy wife Rachel abidesby this will then I give her one negro girl called Martha,or otherwise tomy son Levin Powell.” Wife RachelmadeEx ec.

John Powell, son ofWalter PowellandMargaret Berry,his wife, of Somerset County, removed to NorthamptonCounty, Virginia, where he became a wealthy land ownerand prominent in the larger afiairs of theColony. He

was Sheriff andJustice in Northampton County, Virginiain 1702

,andat later times

,his last commission as Sheriff

of that county being issued by Governor Spottswood bearing date April28, 1714. He took the oath of Ofi‘ice beforethe court in Northampton County, June 15, 1714 (seeCourt Order Book 14, p . 534,May 30, 1710, Court OrderBook 15

,p. 165, etc . andVirginia Magazine, volume 2, p .

10)John Powellmarried Sarah Yeardley, second daughterof Captain Argall and Sarah (Michael) Yeardley, SarahYeardley was very young when her father died in 1682.

He bequeathedher six cowswith calves to begin life whenshe Should attain legalage, also furniture anda negro, etc.

Northampton County Records, book 12, p. 295 ; deed,January 28

,1701.

George Harmanson,John West andJohn Powell, all

of Northampton County, Va. as intermarrying with Elizabeth

,Frances and Sarah Yardley, daughters and co

heiresses of ArgallYardley, late of the Co . aforesaid gent.deceased, and Sarah , his wife, and since the wife of


Thomas Maddox , of the same place, gent. which said

Sarah is likewise deceased, etc .

”

Whereas ourmother - in- law was jointured or investedwith an estate in fee simple of acres of land, part ofher said deceased husband’s, Yeardley

’s dividend, etc. ,

which, to avoid trouble for her daughters, she by her willordered the division of said 1000 acres of land among herthree daughters. The deed then recites the division.

Sarah Yeardley, wife of Argall Yeardley, is called thedaughter of John Michael, Sr .

,late of Northampton

County, deceased,merchant .John Powelldied in the year 1718 aged about 44years.

Following is an abstract of his willNorthampton County, Virginia Records, Will BookNo . 4, p. 144 (1711 John Powell; Willdated June1, 1718, proved June Court, 1718. Witnesses: RobertSills, Esther Mapp, George Harmanson, John J. Douglas,Devises:

Tomy daughter, Sarah Powell, 350 acres of landwhere I now live with all improvements, beginning at a

place called the OldLanding’and running up Matta

woman Creek into the woods.

Tomy daughter, Rose Powell, 350 acres of landjoining her said sister Sarah ’

s eastern bounds and so

southerly into the woods, for her 350 acres.

Tomy daughter, Yeardley Powell, 136 acres of landthat Terrance Conner now lives onwith allimprovements.

I further give tomy said daughter Yeardley the reversion of the plantation that John Granger now lives on,

containing 50 acres, of which said 50 andthe 136 acres ofland tomy said daughter , Yeardley. I further give tomy daughter , Yeardley Powell,my negro SlaveDaniel.


Tomy daughter , Margaret Powell,my whole righ t ,title andinterest in Powells Lott’ in Somerset County ,

Md., ex cepting what part I shall hereafter give tomydaughter, Mary Powell, tomy said daughter Margaret .

I give tomy daughter , Mary Powell,my plantationcalled ‘Winter Quarter’ in Somerset County, Md.

, andall

the land that is between the two creeks called HerringCreek and Pearch Creek , it being part of Powells Lot

’

for 50 acres of land, being by computation 250 acresof

land, but not to bar her sister Margaret of a privilege of

themarsh down the neck.

Tomy daughter Margaretmy negro woman Quash.

I give tomy daughter Mary Powellmymulattomancalled Will.Daughter Yeardley Powell is to have Sarah

’s 350

acres should Sarah die without lawful heirs of her body .

I give to each ofmy five children, Sarah, Rose,Margaret, Mary and Yeardley Powell, four cows and four

I give to each ofmy daughters when they attain theage of eighteen or day ofmarriage one feather bed and

furnishings, as also one young horse ormare.

“I give tomy wife Sarah Powell all the land that IShalldie possessed andplantation

'

In Northampton Countyduring her widowhood andif she sees fit tomarry again

then she only to have her life in the five hundred acres

of land andplantation I now live on, always provided sheor her nex t husband enter into bond to keep and leavethe plantation in good repair at her decease, then to

remain tomy two children Sarah andRose as aforesaid .

All the rest of what debts be due tome either by bill,bond or account, I give to be equally divided amongst



Sarah ; a negro to daughter Sarah, Rose and Margaret

equally ;money to daughter Yeardley Powell, also furniture to daughter Margaret, a lot of personalty; a riding

John Powell, taken together with the Maryland la ndRecordsandthewillofWalter Powell, of Somerset County,Maryland, absolutely prove that the husband of Sarah

of Walter Powell, of Maryland : Northampton County,Virginia, Wills, etc . No. 15 (1717 p. 166; November 17, 1722. The following is a literal copy of a record.

The Inventory of the Estate of Margaret PowellGiven to Margaret Powell by her father

’s will—The right

andTitle of Powells Lot in Somerset County, Md. ex

empting what part I Shall hereafter give tomy daughterGiven likewise to Mary Powell, a negro woman,

Quashe, andall her increase forever, four cows and fourcalves, five ewes, andone good feather bedandfurniture,one young horse ormare

,likewise to have a right to live

on yo plantatation at Mattawoman,likewise a share of

what debtswas due to her father.

Given to Margaret Powell by hermother’s will a

third part of a negroman, hermother’s share of tobaccoleft by her husband, ten yeards of green silk liningtwo dishes, half dozen plates, a dozen knives and one

table cloth.John Waggoman on oath ex empted the above part of

the estate of Margaret Powell, an orphan, which is admitted to record.


The final division of the property of John Powell, lateof Northampton County, deceased, wasmade at theMayCourt, held in Northampton County, Virginia, onMay17, 1725 (Wills and Deeds No. 17 (1725 folios3, The names of the heirs follow : Sarah, Rose,Yeardley, Margaret andMary. As there were no sonsthere are no descendants of the Powell name of this

The Powell ancestry of Levin Powell, son of William,

of Somerset County, Maryland, is incorrectly stated inother publications—WilliamPowell being called son ofCuthbert. The above records prove that he was the son

ofWalter Powell, of Somerset County, Maryland. In the

interest of historical accuracy the two lines, here givencorrected, are as followsFirst . Walter Powellmarried Margaret Berry andhad

a son, John, who removed to Virginia andmarried SarahYeardley, andhadfour daughters, Rose, Sarah, Yeardley

Second. Walter PowellandMargaret Berry hada son,William, whose will, given in the preceeding data, namesa son, Levin,

which Levin died in the year 1764, and

named a son Levin. Fromthis it will be seen that thereis no Cuthbert in the line of Levin Powell, of Somerset County, Maryland.

NICHOLAS POWELL OF VIRGINIA

Having shown bymatters of record that the JohnPowell whomarried Sarah Yeardley was a son of WalterPowell, of Somerset County, Maryland, it is now desired

to Show that John Powell, whomarried FrancesWilkins,

414 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDmag-onwas the son of Nicholas Powell, of Northampton County ,

Virginia, who died 1670.

The will of Nicholas Powell is recorded in Court OrderBook No. 9, folio 82, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. It is datedJuly 1, 1669, andwas proved March 18,

1670. In it he devises: Tomy son John Powellmy plantation which lieth at the seaboard side in NorthamptonCounty,

”also to son John, furniture, etc., gives John

among other personalty, my silver dramme cup todaughter Elizabeth Powell, personalty ; to wife AgnesPowell, personalty ; son John to be of age at six teen years;wife Agnes,made ex ecutrix .

This John Powell, son of Nicholas, who inherited theplantation in the Seaboard Side,married FrancesWilkins,as Shown by the following deed fromher father : Eastville, Virginia, Deeds andWills, Book NO. 12, folio 214;Deed February 7, 1697 -8. NathanielWilkins, of Northhampton gives to his daughter, Frances Powell,now the wife of John Powell,

”several negroes for life,

and after her decease to John Powell and NathanielPowell, sons of the said John Powell and his now wife

John Powell, whomarried FrancesWilkins, died in theyear 1702, while his children were stillminors. CourtOrderBookNo. 14

,p. 123,Eastville,Northammon,Virginia.

“Tomy son John Powell, 200 acres of land which wasmy father’s, being the southern part ofmy land.

Tomy son Nathaniel Powell, 200 acres of land whichThomas Gottin now liveth upon, being the northern partofmy land.

Tomy two Sons Nicholas PowellandJohn Powell,mypart ofWrack Island- 325 acres.



tonCounty, father of the John Powellwhomarried FrancesThese corrections aremade in justice to the descendants

Old Thomas and “Goodie Powell

The following data regarding Thomas Powell and hissons is evidence that he was not of the class to havemarried his sons to daughters of English gentlemen.

Thomas Powell came into the Colony of Virginia early.

On page 34,“Neill’s Virginia Company,” we learn that

he was the cook of Sir George Somers, andwasmarriedto Elizabeth

.

Parsons,the servant ofMrs. Horton, in

1610, at Jamestown, when the Relief Ehrpedition of thatyear reached the Colonists. This couple finally settledupon the Eastern Shore of Virginia, andweremistakenbyMr . Upshur for the ancestors of Powells of social

position.

This Thomas Powell was known in the records as

Goodman” Powell, andhis wife as “Goodie” PowellandGoodwife’ Powell.Court Order Book No. 1

,folio 31, April13, 1635 : George

Hall, twenty- four years Old, sworn, stated that he wassick at Goodman Powell’s house the time that WealthyEvens and said Powells’ wife fell out . Heard a greatnoise, went to seewhatwas thematter andfound Goody "Powellwith hair about her face andbloody lips.

On June 6, 1635,“Goodwife” Powell testified in Court

that a certain Bryantmilked the cows by stealth (CourtOrder Book No. 1, folio 37 Northampton County Records)

SIDn- LIOHTS ON MARYLAND HI STORY 417

Goodwife Powell ismentioned in Court byMrs.Elizabeth Hayney (Northampton County Records, BookNO. 1, folioMr . Obedience Robins has Thomas Powell halcdbeforethe Court as a squatter on land he had not regularlytaken up (Northampton County Records).In 1638 Thomas Powell deposed to the nmning away

of servants to the Dutch plantation. In this depositionhementions his son, John Powell, (unidentified) (Northampton County Records, Book No. 1

,folio

Goodman’ Powell’s only other known son was SamuelPowell, who has the following record on page 107, Cour tOrder Book No. 1 Northampton County, Virginia, Records :May, 1638. It is thought fit andso ordered (bythe court) that Samuel Powell for purloining a pair ofbreeches andother things fromye house of Capt. JohnHowe, deceased, shall pay four days work to Elias Taylor with all charges of Court andye Sheriff

’s fees to Sit

in ye stocks on the nex t Sabbath day with a Ribbollin hishatt fromthe beginning ofmorning prayers until theendof the sermon with a pair of breeches about his neck.

”

There are other records touching Goodman’ Powelland Goody” Powellandtheir son, Samuel, but the abovewould seemsufficient to differentiate themfromsuch families as the Scarburgh , Robins,Whittingtons et al. It hasbeen shown that John Powell, whomarried Sarah Yeardleywas the son ofWalter Powell

,of Maryland

—andthat theJohnwhomarried FrancesWilkinswas the son of NicholasPowell, who died in 1670. Both were gentlemen of highsocial connections. There are no evidences in the Records of Northampton County, Virginia , that reliablytrace a Single descendant of Thomas Powell and Eliza

418 srnz -ucrrrs os nmmmsron

sons, John and80mucl. Thc latter lcft sons who wcre

to bc put cut as apprmtices to mmwith peasant

to bc taught worh andwhose idmtity was h st

in thcmaues.

ampfon to somc other part of the colony, has lcft no record

of dcscendants.

of Maryland, was destined to become the progenitor of apoet andpatriot—ColonelJames Ryder Randall whose“Maryland, My Maryland” has given himinternationalfame, andwhose stirring words set the heartsof every trueMarylander a thrill.Christopher Randall settled in Anne Arundel County,

where, in the years 1679 and 1680he is recordedas hav

ing several tracts of land surveyed and entered in LordBaltimore’s Rent Rolls. These were Randall’s Fancy,Randall’s Purchase, and Randall’s Range, which, withother tracts, aggregatedmany hundred acres. Dyingintestate, in the year 1684, his estate was administeredon by Mathcw Howard . In the returns anddistribution,his wife was shown to be named Johanna, andhis sons,

C hristopher Randall, Jr ., andThomas Randall. A daugh

ter also received her portion. Later, all the children of

Christopher Randall were located in Baltimore County,

in which Randallstown still perpetuates their name and

possessions (Inventories andAccounts, volume 8, folio 372 ,Land Ofi ce, Annapolis Records).On August 5, 1686,

“Account was renderedby Jolnnna



to Honorable Henry Gassaway Davis, its present owner .

The following are full abstracts of the records of survey

Annapolis Land Records, Liber I L, No. B, folio 66 ,February 20, 1719 :

“By virtue of a Warrant GrantedJohn Belt of Anne Arundell County granted out of his

Lordship’s Land Ofi ce hearing date the ninth day Of

November, 1719, for one thousand acres of land fourhundred acres of the same land warrant was, on the 12thday of February, 1719, assigned by said John Belt untoChristopher Randall of Baltimore County as also by

virtue of a warrant granted unto said Christopher RandallandWilliamBaker of the said county fromthe ofi ce

aforesaid hearing date the 8th day of December, 1719,for one thousand acres of land four hundred acres of the

same land warrant was, on the 12th day of February, 1719,assigned by said John Belt unto Christopher Randall ofBaltimore County as also by virtue of a warrant grantedunto the said Christopher Randall andWilliamBaker of

the said county fromthe office aforesaid hearing date the8th day of December, 1719, for three hundred acres of

land, as also by virtue of a warrant granted fromthe ofi ce

aforesaid Unto Anthony Musgrove of the said countyhearing date the 5th of February, 1719, for two hundredacres of land, andby the said Anthony Musgrove on the

2oth day of February, 1719, assigned unto the said Christopher Randall, as all by virtue of awarrant fromthe saidoflice granted unto Thomas Hammond, Jr. of the saidcounty bearing date the 3dday of November

,1719, for

two hundred acres of land, andby the said Thomas Hammond, Jr ., on the 7th day of December, 1719, assigned unto

John Stinchcomb of the said county, and by the said


John Stinchcomb on the 2oth day of February, 1719,assigned unto the said Christopher Randall as appears,etc.

These are therefore to certify that I John Dorsey,Surveyor under Thomas Addison, Esqr . Surveyor General of the Western Shore of this Province have laid out

for the said Christopher Randall a parcel of land calledGood Fellowship,

’ lying on the South Side of theMain

Falls of the Patapsco River, beginning at two boundedwhite oaks and one hundred hickory standing near the

said falls and nmning down the said Fallseast -southe ast containing and laid out for

Five Hundred and Thirty- six Acresmore or less to be

holden of the Mannour of Baltimore.

(Signed) JOHN DORSRY, Depty Surveyor .

On page 67 same Liber as above, Christopher Randallreceives a certificate for 100acres of land called Randall’sFancy, which land was assigned to himby Thomas Hammond, Jr., December 7, 1719.

He didnot obtain a patent for this land for some yearsafter the issue of the certificate. On page 44, same Liberas above, we find under date of March 28, 1728, thatChristopher Randall was granted a patent for 100 acres

of land called Randall’s Fancy.

In Annapolis Land Records, Liber P L, NO. 7, folio 44,

is the patent of Good Fellowship .

Charles 6: C . Know Ye That for andin considerationthat Christopher Randall of Baltimore County hath dueunto himone hundred andfifty acres of land as his partorMoyety of a warrant for three hundred acres grantedhimandWilliamBaker the Eighth of December Seven

422 SIDE - LIGHTS ONMARYLAND HISTORY

teen hundred andnineteen, one hundred acres part Of anassignment of four hundred acres out of a warrant for

one thousand acres granted John Belt the Ninth of NO

Thomas the Third day of November Seventeen hundredof land assignment fromAnthony Musgrove of a war

rant for two hundred acres granted the saidMusgmve the

of Plantations of our said Province Bearing date the fifthof April six teen hundred andEighty four andremainingupon Record In our Province together with such alterations

Ninety- six Together also with the alterationsmade by our

Instructions bearing date Iondon the Twelfth day of

September Seventeen hundred and twelve andregisteredin our Land Ofi ce. WE DOE therefore, hereby Grantunto himthe said Christopher Randall a parcell la ndCalled Good fellowship,

’lying on the south side of the

laid out for five hundred andThirty six acres of landmore or less according to the certificates of Survey thereof taken andReturned unto our Land Office bearing datethe Twentieth day of February Seventeen hundred and

Nineteen and there remaining together with all Rights

profits benefits andprivileges thereunto belonging (Royal



Part of Good Fellowship passed into the possessionof Joshua Brown, as Shown in the Brown sketch, Christopher retaining two hudred andfifty- eight acres of the

tract. His dwelling plantation called Stout was situatedin Baltimore County, where he died, in 1735, his Willbeing ex hibited before the Pre rogative Court at Annapolis,March 29th of that year by Ann Randall, his ex ecutrix

(Prerogative Court Records, Liber 30, folio 23)Christopher Randall’s will, dated September 23, 1734,

was proved on March 28, 1735 (Baltimore County Wills,Liber 11

,folio 206. He devised as follows:

Tomy son,Roger Randall,my dwelling plantation, con

taining four hundred andtwenty- nine acres, called‘Stout.

“Tomy son, Aquila Randall, two hundred and fifty

eight acres, part of‘Good Fellowship,

’and a negro .

Tomy son, John Randall, one hundred acres of landcalled ‘Randall’s Fancy.

’

To each ofmy daughters, Johanna, Rachel andRuthRandall, at the age Of six teen years or day ofmarriage, anegro girl.Tomy wife, Ann Randall, personal estate.

’

AquilaMarch to live withmy wife tillhe is twenty- one years ofage. My sons to be for themselves at

‘eighteen.

’ Mywife Ann ex ecutrix .

Aquila Randall, son of Christopher andAnn Randall,was bornMay 9, 1723, in Baltimore County, anddied in1801 in Anne Arundel County. The name of his wifedoes not appear upon the records. The following is anabstract of his will.Aquila Randall

,Senior, of Anne Arundel County,

aged 76 the tenth day ofMay last,” willdated 20January, 1800, proved 13October, 1801 (AnneArundelCounty


Wills, Liber 37, folio Devised that part of “GoodFelowship

’ which I hold,consisting of two hundred and

fifty- sight acres, to be sold and the proceeds equallydivided amongmy five sons, viz. : Christopher, John,

Aquila, Nathan andBrice Randall.“Tomy son Nathan a bedand furniture; tomy son

Brice allmy personal estate. My son Brice, ex ecutor .

”

Witnesses : John R . Brown, Caleb Frost and ZachariaBrown.

Nathan Randall, son of Aquila, purchased the tractcalled Good Fellowship, which was sold under the termsof his father’s will November 18

,1805. Brice Randall

of Anne Arundel County, ex ecutor of Aquila Randall,late of AnneArundelCounty, deceased, conveys to NathanRandall of said county two hundred andfifty- eight acres,part of Good Fellowship. Witnesseswere John Cord and

G . WatkinsNathan Randallmarried October 21, 1790, Ruth Davis,

but hadno issue. The following is an abstract of hiswillNathan Randall, of Anne ArundelCounty, will datedMarch 9, 1805, proved February 11 1806, Anne ArundelCounty Wills, Liber 37, folio 348. Testator devises:

“Tomy wife Ruth for life,my tract called “GoodFellowship, containing about two hundred andfifty acres,

together with allmy personal estate, andafter her deathto Caleb Davis, son of Sarah Davis, absolutely. Shouldthe said Caleb die beforemy wife Ruth , thenmy wholeestate, real andpersonal, is to be sold andthe proceedsequally divided between the heirs of IchbodDavis and

ofmy sister Nancy, wife of Joseph Hobbs. Tomy sister

Ruth C ramblett for life £4 annually. Witnesses: JohnCord, IchabodDavis, John R . Brown.


RICHARDSON

Among the earliest settlers of importance came the

Richardsons, of England, andreceivedthousands of acres

of land for bringing colonists into the Province. The

Land Warrants at Annapolis bear record that between

the years 1636 and 1695, patents formany thousandacres of land were issued fromthat office to the variousRichardsons who arrived between those years.

The fact that they not only came independently, butalso paid the transportation of hundreds of less fortunatesettlers, proved themto have beenmen of wealth andenterprise. They have left evidence Of their coats- of- arms,establishing their gentle origin andancient lineage. Theyat once held Ofi ces of importance, both civilandmilitary,for as early as 1636, in the records of the earliest Assembly proceedings ex tant, John Richardson appears as

amember of the Assembly or House of Burgesses . The

year following he is a Judge of the Provincial C ourt ,held at Ye C itis of St. Maries then the capitalof theProvince.

In the year 1669 the following commission was issuedto another Of the name

“Charles Calvert, Esq., to Capt. George Richardson,

of Talbot County, Greeting, According to the power tome by His Lordship Ce cilius Committed, andupon thespecial trust andconfidence I have in your fidelity, circumspection, courage andgood conduct, I hereby ordains,constitute and appoint you Captain underme of all

that troop of horse that shallmarch out of Choptank andSt.Michasls River, Talbot County.

” Severalprominentfamilies of the name were seatedin Talbot County .




The proof of themarriage of Elizabeth Ewen to RichardTalbot is found in Annapolis Land Records, Liber 4,folio 66, where it is recorded that on August 4, 1659.

“Major Richard Ehven assigneth the Right of 50 acres

of land to his sonin- law Richard Talbot. That WilliamRichardsonmarried Elizabeth, the ex ecutrix of RichardTalbot, of Anne Ar Imdel County, prior to 1677, is

shown in Annapolis Records, Liber 19, folio 615.

WilliamRichardson was a prominent Quaker , and

Proud, in his History of Pennsylvania, tells of a visitto himby WilliamPenn, The Lord andLady Baltimore,who, with their retinue, visited WilliamRichardson in

his home at West River, fromwhence they went acrossthe Bay to attend a Yearly Meeting at TredHaven,

Tal

bot County. Proud took his facts fromthe Journal ofJohn Richardson, printed at London in 1700.

The lands of WilliamRichardson, of Anne ArundelCounty, amounted to over 4000 acres, and his household goods, his Silver andseals, engraved with the familycrest, which have descended in the family, all attestthe elegance in which he lived.

His will, dated December 21, 1691, was provedMay28, 1698 (Annapolis Wills, NO. 7, page In thishe bequeaths “to sons Daniel and Joseph

”equally, six

hundred acres called‘Hickory Hills’ and

‘Franklin’

s En

largement.’ To wife Elizabeth, Watkin’s Hope,

’to

sonWilliam, at twenty-one years of age, part Of Watkin’s

Hope’ adjoining plantation ofWilliamCole,’ which testator gave himandhis heirs. To daughter Sophia,

‘Dili

gent Search,’at six teen,

” young son Joseph, grandson

son, Jr ., all received personalty, as did also “John and


Sarah Talbot andtheir daughter Elizabeth andthe threechildren of Edward Talbot” (the children of hiswife by hermarriage to Richard Talbot). The ex ecutors were,

“wifeElizabeth

,andson William; overseers, Richard Jones,

Richard Harrison, John Talbot,WilliamColeson.

’

DanielRichardson, the son of WilliamRichardson and

Elizabeth (Ewen)Talbot,married ElizabethWelsh,daughter ofMajor John Welsh , of Anne Arundel County, andafter her death removed to Talbot County, Maryland ;which fact is proven by a record in Liber T,

No. 1, Annapolis Land Office,May 29, 1730.

“Joseph Richardson,Of Anne Arundell County, quit claimed unto WilliamRichardson, son Of DanielRichardson, of Talbot County.

that part of a tract of land called Hickory Hills,’

etc .

This was the final settlement of the estate of WilliamRichardson, Sr .

, by his grandson, Joseph, son of William,Jr .

The children of DanielRichardson andElizabeth Welshwere William, who became the father of the distinguishedRevolutionary colonel

,WilliamRichardson, of Caroline

County, andtwo daughters, Elizabeth, who, according tothe Quaker records of Talbot County,married WilliamHarrison in the year 1721, andSophia, who became thewife of Charles Dickinson in 1725.

After he removed to Talbot County, Daniel Richardson, son of William, Sr .

,of Anne Arundel County,mar

ried for his second wife, Ruth Ball Leeds, the widow ofJohn Leeds

,by whomhe hadsons, Daniel andBenjamin.

Fromthese three sons descendmany Eastern Shore families Of Talbot, Dorchester and Caroline Counties.

Of themanymembers of the’

Talbot -Dorchester familyof Richardsons who have filled, with honor, civilandmili


have beenmore illustrious than ColonelWilliamRichardson, of the Eastern Shore Battalion of the Flying C amp,of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War. He

assisted in giving the British their first taste of Americanbayonets at Harlem, New York, driving themfromtheIn 1776 this distinguished officer was amember of theMaryland ConstitutionalConvention, andin 1788amember of the Convention to ratify the Constitution of the

United States. From1789 to 1793 he was PresidentialElector in the colleges that elected George Washington

in the year 1735. AS a youngman he removed to Dorchester County, where he owned large tracts of landin the upper part of the county. Formany years hewas Treasurer of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Inthe year 1773, Caroline County was cut Off Dorchester,after which the Colonel found himself a resident of the

Old. In his will, proved July 5, 1825, he says: I,WilliamRichardson, of Caroline County, was born in TalbotCounty on the seventeenth of August, 1735.

Captain Peter Richardson, brother of Colonel WilliamRichardson, was also a distinguished ofi cer In the Revs r

lution. He also died in Caroline County.

Another branch of the Richardsons who owned con

siderable land in Dorchester County andwho were regis

tered as gentlemen of London, settled first in TalbotCounty about 1725. Th esemen, Anthony andThomas



432 SIDE -LIGHTS ON MARYLAND HISTORY

He was generally known in Southern Maryland as Richard Ryder, Jr . , there being another gentleman of the

same name figuring in the records of that time as Rich

ardRyder , Sr .

Richard Ryder , Jr ., bought lands jointly with William

Middleton. The latter died in 1665—6, havingmade a

will in which he devised 200 acres Of land to RichardRyder (see Testamentary Proceedings, Liber 2, folio 115,Land Office Annapolis). This land was known as Pop

lar Hill, as the following shows : Liber B B, (1663

folio 543, Provincial Court Records at Annapolis; FirstTuesday in November, 1665 : “

At a Court held for theCounty of St. Maries Alex ander Frizzell of St. Maries

County, planter, andhis wife Sarah Frizzell, (Commandof the Court) that they keep with Wm. Middleton and

Richard Rider of Poplar Hill, planter , the covenant Of 250acres Of land lying on a branch of Herring Creek called‘BennettsThe Frizzells acknowledge the right ofWilliamMiddle

ton and Richard Rider and deed the land to themfor2500 pounds of tobacco.

Richard Ryder , Jr . married Jane Lawson, daughter OfJohn Lawson, Esq. , a prominent gentlemen andofficialOfLord Baltimore’s government, for we findthe following toconfirmthemarriageJane Ryder of Poplar Hill, widow, quit claimed to

Henry Hide her interests in all bequestsmade to her byher father , John Lawson, deceased. Jane wasmarriedfirst to John Wright, andmarried secondly RichardRyder, Jr.

, by whomshe had a son Richard, of whomfurther . This quit claimdeed was dated February 15 ,

1670, in St.Mary’

s County, andwitnessed by Richard


Ryder, Sr . (Provincial Court Records, Liber C, No. 6,folio 46)Richard Ryder , Jr .

,died in 1670, andhis widow,

JaneLawson (Wright) Ryder, shortly afterwardsmarried,thirdly, WilliamHarris of St. Marys County, andhe, thesaid Harris, appears in the records in 1671 as administrator On Ryder’s estate. Administration of allandsingular, et cstera,

“of Richard Rider of St. Marys County,intestate, deceased, was issued to WilliamHarris of thesame County” whomarried Jane, the widow andrelictof the said Richard Rider .

”

WilliamHarris, WilliamWhittle andPeter C arwardinebecame jointly bound for the said Harris’ administration.

Richard Ryder, son of Richard Ryder, Jr ., and JaneLawson his wife, grew toman’

s estate in Southern Maryland, andfinally crossed the Bay to the Eastern Shore,where he lived anddiedas a prominent andvalued citizenof Somerset County, his relations in St. Marys, with theHansons

,having removed to Charles County. His first

recorded purchase of land in Somerset County was 200acres fromEdward Wright , called Barren Quarter , lyingon Barren Creek . This land came into his possession1711—12. In the year 1714 we findhimbuying of JohnMarrella tract of 200acres calledVenture lying on Quantico Creek. He also owned a 200- acre tract calledMidfield andconsiderable other property, both real andper

sonal. Richard Ryder does not appear to have soughtpublic office, but fromthe few glimpses of himwe have inthe Somerset records he was aman of weight andimportance in his county. He died in 1734, and in hiswill,

provedin Somerset County, November 2d. of that year ,he leaves his land called Midfield to hiseldest son,Heathly


Rider, andhis tract of land named Venture to his youngest son,Wilson Rider, whomhe also appoints the ex ecutorof his last willandTestament. Richard Ryder’swife was

Heathly Rider removed to Charles County, among hisrelatives, for in the year 1758 his son Richard Rider , ofCharles County, ex ecuted a conveyance for Midfield inSomerset County toWilsonRider. Thiswasdated August29, 1758, and is recorded on page 9, Liber C, SomersetCounty Land Records.

Wilson Rider, youngest son and ex ecutor of the will

of his father , Richard Ryder, was one of themost activeand interestingmen of his period in Somerset County.

The records of that county exhibit himas a gentleman of

proved probity, sound business capacity andloftymoralcharacter . Enjoying the highest esteemand respect ofhis fellow citizens, he yet seems never to have aspired topublic Ofi ce

,but preferred the quiet enjoyment of private

station andthe ex ercise of those virtues whichmake forWhile he apparently never soughtmilitary command,which one of his position andinfluencemight easily haveattained, yet when duty called we find hima soldier inthe ranks of Captain John Handy’s company in SomersetCounty, March 20, 1749, enrolled to fight Indians, asmaybe seen in theManuscript OriginalColonialMuster Rolls,preserved by the Maryland Historical Society.

After the three- cornered fight between the Quakers,Presbyterians andChurch of England people in SomersetCounty hadgrown less fierce by the practical disappearance fromthe county of the followers of George Fox , a

new religious light appeared in Maryland. Wilson Rider



To wife, Charity, allmy negroes .during her life withreversion to children andgrandchildren, also to wife all

provender , provisions, &c ., and one- third of personal

estate : to grandson John Moore, a negro boy called Jacob,andan olddesk of walnut, his son Charles to have chargeof the negro till grandson comes of age; to son CharlesRider , two tracts of land viz. : Trullick

’s Grange,

’or

otherwise called Ralph’s Purchase,’containing 37 acres,

and Westlock’s Adventure,

’200 acres; residue ofmy

personal estate not above mentioned equally dividedamongmy son John Rider’s children andGeorge Rider

’

s

children andmy daughter Sarah Moore andmy daughterMary Moore, so that John Rider

’s childrenmay have

one fourth part amongst themmy son George Rider’s

children a one fourth part dz Sarah Moore one fourthpart dz Mary Moore the other one fourth part, and at

the decease ofmy wife Charity, allmy negroes (ex ceptJacob) to be divided among same; son John Rider, ex e~cutor.

Wilson Ridermarried Charity Relfe, daughter of Thomas Relfe, of Somerset County : see the will of ThomasRelfe, proved March 23, 1743, bequeathing a legacy tomy daughter Charity Rider” andappointing my son

in- law Wilson Ridermy ex ecutor’ (Liber D D, No. 2,

folio 405, AnnapolisWills ).Charity Rider

’s willwas dated November 20 1789, and

proved September 16, 1794. She devised legacies to granddaughter Charity Moore; granddaughter Ann Moore :

granddaughter Elizabeth Moore, each a negro slave;to daughter Mary Moore, six silver spoons; to grandsonJohn Moore, household goods; to son Charles Rider,personalty ; to granddaughter Rachel Rider, personalty;


wearing apparel to daughters, Sarah Moore andMaryMoore; residue of estate tomy three children, CharlesRider , Sarah Moore andMary Moore.

Many of the numerous descendants of the name ofRider were interested in the Liberiamovement, andthepublic records Show that they freed a large number Of

negro slaves,most of whomwere sent to Liberia. This

they did for conscience’ .sakeMrs. Nannie Rider Jackson, wife of the late Governor

Elihu Emory Jackson of Maryland, is a representativedescendant of the aristocratic Rider family of Somerset

RIDGELY OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

ColonelHenry Ridgely arrivedin the Province ofMaryland in the year 1659, anddemandedland for transportinghimself, his wife, Elizabeth Howard, and four servants

(Land Ofi ce, Annapolis, Warrants, Liber 7, folioHe became a distinguishedmember of the Provincial

government andacquired ex tensive estates in Anne Arundel andPrince George Counties.

Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore, commissionedhimJustice of Anne Arundel County in the year 1679,and he continued to fill this important office formanyyears (see Maryland Archives, volume 15, folios 253, 323,

He was commissioned Captain of Foote” by theAssociators Assembly September 4, 1689 (Ibid., volume13, p. was promoted to Major in 1694 (Ibid. , volume20, p. 108) andcommissioned lieutenant - ColonelJuly 30,1694.

According to a family Bible record preserved in the


family, ColonelHenry Ridgely hada second wife namedSarah, who is entered as themother of Henry Ridgely,Jr.

Colonel Henry Ridgely outlived his son, and his will,probated in Prince George County, July 13, 1710, nameshis last wife asMary. In hiswillhe bequeaths numeroustracts of land, aggregating over 2000 acres; to his son,

Henry Ridgely’s son, Henry, he left the residue of land

calledWaldridge. This tract of 600acres, which was surveyedfor ColonelHenry Ridgely andJamesWarner , on

February 20, 1661 andpart of whict olonelRidgley gaveto his son, Henry Ridgely, Jr .

,during the latter

’s lifetime ;

together with severalother tracts in Anne ArundelCountyIn the year 1706 ColonelHenry Ridgely sold to CharlesCarroll

,Esq., a house andlot Situated in the town of An

napolis, late in the tenure and occupation ofmy son,

Henry Ridgely.

Henry Ridgely, Jr .married Katherine Greenberry, thedaughter of Deputy-Governor Nicholas Greenberry, as

shown in her brother, Charles Gresnberry’s will recorded

in Liber 13,folio 542, Annapolis Wills.

Katherine Ridgely survived her husband, who died inMarch, 1699, and the following records prove that shebecame thewife of John Howard, ofAnneArundelCounty,before the settlement of Ridgely’s estate, no unusual

experience among the Colonial dames of Maryland In

the will of Henry Ridgely, Jr .,it will be noted that he

named his wife, Katherine, as his ex ecutrix .

In the Prerogative Court Records, Land Commissioner

’s Office, Annapolis, Maryland, Liber 18, p. 47,

under date of December 6, 1699, is the following : Thencame Katherine Ridgely, Ex ecutrix of Henry Ridgely,



document is recorded in Liber 6, folios, 371 , 372, 373,AnnapolisWills, Land Commissioner '

s Omoe. The willisdated September 13, 1699, andwitnessed by Robert Goldsborough, Thomas Reynolds andWilliamJohnson. Tes

tator devises as follows : To wife Catherine, administ ratrix dwelling plantation during life and200acres, part ofWarren

’s Ridge. TO son Henry Ridgely, dwelling plan

tation and200 acres aforesaid at death Of wife; also 282acres called Ridgely

’s Beginning, on the north side Of

RogueHarbor Branch Patux ent River . NicholasRidgely,another son,

is given at eighteen years Of age 275 acres Ofland calledMy Quarter Plantation, at head Of Broad Creekand272 acres called Ridgely

’s Lot, on the northeast side

Of the great branch Of the Patux ent River. To son

CharlesRidgely,money with which to buy land at twentyOne years Of age. TO daughter Ann, onehalf land calledHuntington Quarter . TO daughter Elizabeth, one- halfOf 300 acres of land at Chester, at the head Of Morgan

’s

Creek. Sons to be Of age at twenty- one years anddaughters at six teen years. Overseers : Henry Ridgely andbrother Charles Greenberry.

The following epitaph is taken fromthe tombstone Of

Henry Ridgely, Jr .,in St. Anne’s church yard, Annapolis,

where it was removed fromhis home plantation for preservation several years ago : Here Lyeth the body Of

Mr . Henry Ridgely, who was borne the 3rdday Of Octo

ber , 1669, and departed this life on ye 19th Of March,1699- 1700.

Elizabeth Ridgely, youngest daughter OfHenryRidgely ,

andKatherine Greenberry, hiswife, wasmentioned in herfather’s willas inheriting 150 acres Of land at Ches ter , atthe head Of Morgan

’s Creek. This land was in Talbot


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C ounty, on the Eastern Shore OfMaryland. Hermarriageto Thomas Worthington, on July 23, 1711, is proved byrecord, on page 98, in St.MargaretsWestminister ParishRegister, copy at Maryland Historical Society. Therearemany Ridgely descendants of this line.

STEVENS

The Stevens family, Of Dorchester County, is one Of

the Oldest landed ones in that part Of the Eastern Shore.

The first of this line there was WilliamStevens, whowith Magdalen,

his wife, lies buried in the old familygraveyard on the land originally owned by him, later inthe possession Of the Huffington family.

The first land granted to WilliamStevens was in C alvert County, near the Quaker settlement. There livedRichard Preston, the Great Quaker,

” who was a convertafter his arrivalfromEngland, as he was an Ofi cialunderthe Royal Government in Virginia, before settling in

Maryland.

On Liber A B H , page 141, la nd Office, is foundWilliamStevens’ first warrant for land.

InLiber AM , originalCouncilProceedingsOfMaryland,is the following : c ilius, Absolute Lord and Pro

prietary Of the Province Of Maryland, andAvalon, BaronOf Baltimore,’ etc. issued a commission as Justices Of thePeace for Dorchester County to severalleadingmen, twoOf whomwere named WilliamStevens, one being designatedas WilliamStevens Of Little Choptank.

”

John Stevens, son Of WilliamStevens andMagdalen,his wife,marriedDorothy Preston, Of ancient lineage, andsettled in the home Of his father while hisbrother, WilliamStevens, lived anddied in Talbot County.

442 S IDE - LIGHTS ONMARYLAND HISTORY

The children Of John Stevens andDorothy Preston intermarriedwith the Pryors, of Talbot, and the Edmonsons, both Quaker families Of importance; while Dr .

Jacob Lockerman, andJamesWoolford, also of high socialposition, won daughters of John Stevens for their

wives.

The will Of a WilliamStephens (Stevens), Of TalbotCounty, dated October 8, 1700, was proved April 17

,

1701, and is recorded in volume 2, page 97 , AnnapolissonWilliam, onehalf Of Catling

's Plaine; to son Samuel, a

andhis heirss,dwelling plantation Compton andEdmond

son’s Lower Cove; to son John, andheirs, residue of Cat

sons, William, Samuel, andJohn, all land at the port of

Williamstadt . If sons die without issue, lands to pas tothree daughters,Mary, Sarah andMagdalene. Todaugh

ters jointly, Timerton, ex cept a. part given to son John.

Wife Sarah, personalty, andlife interest in son Samuel’schester County, bought of Thomas Taylor anddevisedtoson John.

The home plantation, Compton, in Talbot County,descended in the line Of Governor SamuelStevens. Herehe was born July 13, 1776, andafter filling the highestOffice in the State with distinction, he died February 7,

1850, at Compton, the ancestral estatementioned as

my home plantation calledCompton, and devised byWilliamStevens, Of Talbot County, in the year 1700.

Governor Stevens had but one son to survive him,Edwin John, whomarried Sarah Hooper Eccleston, fromwhomdescend two sons andone daughter .


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Thomas, of the same county, Gentelman,

have given, granted to the saidmmThomas all thatland which he now lives on called TrustrammWye Riverin Talbot County, near the headOf the northeast branch

Of Back Wye, containing 400acres.

On the Rent Rolls Of Queen Anne’8 County,Mary land,p. 183,May 20, 1681, we findthat the '

estate called Trustram, containing 1300 acres, was resurveyed for TristramThomas. These records give some idea Of the greatlanded estate owned by the early Thomas family.

The Will Of TrustramThomas was dated blank, and

provedMay 22, 1686. It was recorded in Liber G,folio

226. Annapolis Wills, and witnessed by John Stevens,Thomas Gough andJohn Glendening. Testator devisedas follows :Wife, Anne Thomas, sole ex ecutrix during her natural

life, andafter her decease to testator’sson,ThomasThomas.

The home plantation to wife Anne, with 300acres adjOining , for life, also all personal estate for life. At death ofwife Anne, all these bequests to revert to son ThomasThomas. To son Christopher Thomas

,the plantation

where John Madbury lives after the decease Of the aforesaid John andElizabeth his wife, together with 300acresOf land thereto adjoining, andalso fifty hides. TOWilliam233acres of land on the north side ofWilliams’ branch, orthe abode Of him—the said plantation—(Williamto serve

hismother tillthe age of twenty-one years,‘providedshe

live so long’

andfifty hides. TO Stephen Thomas, 233acres lying by John Glendening

’s on the bar,

“he to serve

hismother according as expressed forWilliam. To TrustramThomas, 233acres on the back ofMadbury’

s branch


toWilliamandStephen. TO each Of testator’s fourdaughters (not named) pounds Of tobacco, payable at

the age Of fifteen years or day Ofmarriage. Testator

gave to his son, Thomas Thomas, all his right in a planta

The repetition Of the name Of Tristram(or Trustram)in the family, and the fact that all the sons Of the firstTristramhadsons named for him, has createdvery naturally not a little confusion in the lines of descent. The

following deeds prove that Thomas Thomas andTristramThomas, brothers abovementioned, ex changed the landbequeathed to themrespectively in their father’s will,andhave, with the aidOf chronology andthe wife of Tristramthe second, proven the identity Of the third generation in this family as TristramThomas, andin establishing the QueenAnne

’sCounty branch as different fromthat

given in The Thomas Book.

”

Talbot County Land Records, Liber R F, NO. 9, p.

143, dated January 9, 1702 :“Thomas Thomas, of Tal

bot County,for brotherly love andaffection andalso in

consideration of 233acres Of land given andbequeathedto TrustramThomas by TrustramThomas his de

ceased father , which said land he the said TrustramThomas by a certain indenture bearing equal date withthese presents for the consideration therein expressed has

given and confirmed unto the said Thomas Thomas, thesaid Thomas Thomas by andwith the consent Of Elizabeth his wife testified by her beingmade party to thesegranted, etc. to the said TrustramThomas 200 acres Of

land in Wye River, Talbot County, called Trustram, andthe other 30acres of a tract called Courcy-upon-Wye.

Signed by Thomas Thomas andElizabeth Thomas.


Dated January 9, 1702, TrustramThomas, Of TalbotCounty, andhiswife, Judith, sell(ex change) to his broth er,Thomas Thomas, land called Trustram, in Talbot County ,

233acres, at the head of theWye River—land bequea thedby his father (Liber R F, NO. 9, p. 156, Talbot C ounty

Coursey, his wife,married Judith C layland, daughter Of

the Rev . James Clayland and Elizabeth Hemsley ,his

wife. See Will of WilliamHemsley, Sr.,also will Of his

son WilliamHamsley, uncle Of Judith Clayland, who ,in 1699, leaves his niece, Judith Clayland, 250 acres Of

land called Hog Hole at Tuckahoe (Annapolis Wills,Libers 4 and6, pp. 121 and

In the Rent Rolls Of Lord Baltimore for Queen Anne’sCounty, in the early part of the eighteenth century , “

find the following entry, which, in the absence Of a sale

Of the property, none being on record, proved that TristramThomas, who possessed the abovementioned land,didso bymarrying Judith C layland, who inherited by hequest of her uncle, WilliamHemsley. On page 191 Of

the Rent Rolls,Hog Hole, 260acres, surveyed for William

Hemsley, 1696, west side of Tuckahoe Creek—posses sed

Of his Oldest children, is certain, for the in the year 1738, inan original account in Queen Anne

’s County, is the fol

Jane Smith, widow Of John Smith, of Queen Anne’s

County, deceased, administer together on the estate Of

John Smith” (see AnnapolisAccounts,That TristramThomas .had, by his wife, Judith , his


448 ems -mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORY

Gideon Tillman, the progenitor Of the well known

Of the seventeenth century. He settled in SomersetCounty andmarried there, for we findthe following recordOf hismarriage in Liber I K L. p. 260, Somerset CountyLand Records: Gideon Tillman and MargaretManenweremarried by ColonelWilliamStevens February 15,

1681

lowing birth records: Gideon Tillman, son Of GideonTillman, born of Margaret, his wife, OctoberAt Manokin, Solomon Tillman, son Of above, born Feb

ruary 13,“Eliner Tillman, daughter Of above,

borne at Manokin, February 13, 1686.

“John Tillman,

son Of above, born atManokin, September 15,“Moses Tillman, son Of above, born at Manokin, June 28,

Likemost Of the early settlers in the Colonial period

ing his name written in several styles in the public rec

ords. In Lord Baltimore’s Rent Rolls, preserved by theMaryland Historical Society, he is variously styled Tilman, Tillman, Tilghman . These variations in his nameare also Observed in the Somerset County records, which

sons in their deeds andwills to Tilghman, which has

since prevailed. In the Rent Rolls, Gideon Tilman’s

name is connected with six tracts Of land in SomersetCounty, aggregating about 1000 acres, which he secured

sum- Liam's ON MARYLAND HE N RY 449

by patent andpurchase from1682 to 1720, in which yearhe died. These were :Lord Baltimore’s Rent Rolls for Somerset County,Maryland, Maryland HistoricalSociety.

Three hundred acres, Poolshope, surveyed April 15,1667, for Thomas Pooll, at the head Of Back Creek Of

Manokin River . Pmedby James E unice, 100acres;Gideon Tillman, 200acres (p.One hundred acres, Small Hopes, surveyed 28th De

cember (no year given), for WilliamStevens, and as

signed to WilliamThompson, on the south side of the

Dams at the head Of Back Creek. Possessed by GideonTillman (p.

Four hundred acres, Dale’s Adventure, surveyed July

9, 1679, for David Dale, on the north side Of PocomokeRiver . Two hundred acres possessedby Gideon Tillman,but is cut Ofl by an elder survey (p.

Fifty acres, Tillman’s Adventure, surveyed September 12, 1682, andassigned Gideon Tillman. Disclaimedby Tillman,

cut Off by elder survey (p. 74)

veyed August 11, 1720, for Gideon Tillman, in Somerset County, On the north side Of the Pocomoke River,nex t to land owned by LazarusMattox (p.

One hundred acres, Gideon’s Luck, surveyed August

25, 1715, for John Caldwell, who has assigned the sameto Solomon Tilghman. Patented September 10, 1716

(p. 232)Gideon Tillman seems to have devoted his time to the

development andcultivation of his land andindulging inthe pursuits generally Of the landed gentry Of his era. He

raised a large family Of sons and daughters, not all of

450 S IDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORYwhom, however, arementioned in his will

,which was

ex ecuted andproved in the year 1720.

Somerset County Wills, Liber E B, NO. 9,folio 71 ;

Gideon Tillman, Will datedMay 7, 1720 proved August19, 1720. Witnesses : James Chalmers, Jean Pitts, Elizabeth Phillips. Devised : TO son John Tillman, 70 acres

Of land and1 shilling Of his personal estate. TO youngestson, Joseph Tillman, 70 acres andone shilling personal.To son Aaron Tillman, the remaining part of 200 acres

called Thompson’s Adventure, with one shilling per

sonalty. TO sons Moses andSolomon Tillman, 100 acres

(no name), with one shilling personalty. TO son Gideon,

200 acres north of the Pocomoke River called Dale’s AdSider Neck, on Delaware Bay, together with his personal estate, for life, reversion to Elliner and Elizabeth

In the year 1734-38 Gideon Tillman, second, appearsamong themen who gave depositions regarding the boundaries between Pennsylvania, at which time he deposes asaged fifty- seven years (Pennsylvania Archives, 2dSeries,vol. 16, pp. 181

Possessed Of wealth and social position, Gideon Tillman’s children intermarried with other leading families

Of their native county, including Colebourne, Beauchamp,Adams

,Marshall, and others whose names are asso

ciated with the making Of Somerset County. The

Tilghmans, Of Somerset County, do not claimblood amnity with any other family Of the name in Maryland, and,so far as can be ascertained fromthe public records, theirtraditions seemto be founded on facts. The sons Of theimmigrant were all importantmen in their county they


452 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLANDms'rORY

them, viz. : Josiah, Joseph andWilliamTilghman,Marman, Mary Tilghman andSarah Tilghman. Son Josiah

for Somerset County by Lord Baltimore on September 17,1763.

On March 20, 1775, he was again honored with important judicialOfi ce (Commission Book, Maryland Historical Society, pp. 152, In this his name waswritten Isiah Tilghman.

The Tilghmans intermarried with the Beauchamps,Adams, Marshalls, Coleboums, Shipleys and Toadvins.

Judge E. Standley Toadvin also having won his brideamong the daughters Of this honoredOldSomerset C ountyname.

The following will Of Aaron Tilghman is given to illustrate the use Of the word cousin” for brother’s children,

as late as the Revolutionary period in Maryland and

Somerset County Wills, Liber E B, NO. 1, folio 126;

Aaron Tilghman, will dated February 13, 1775, provedJune 8, 1779. Witnesses: Issib Tilghman, Thomas Gibbon, Jr .

, Mary Tilghman. Devised : “Tomy cousin

Mary Beauchamp, daughter Of Wm. Beauchamp, one

negroman.

Asmy brother Elijah Tilghman, Owesme £8 I herebygive himthismoney.

“I will that allmy property, both real and personal,be sold andthe proceeds divided amongMary Beauchamp,Elijah Beauch(amp), Nancy Beauchamp and Sarah

mn- Lrerrrs ON MARYLAND R is'rORY 453

Beauchamp, children Ofmy sister Anne, wife of Wm.dren ofmy sister Peggy, the wife of David Adams; Solomon Couleboum, Aaron Couleboum, Nancy Couleboum,Sarah CouleboumandElit Couleboum, children ofmysister Betty Couleboum,wifeOfBenj. Coulebourn Martha,Jean, Catherine and Thomas Marshall, children Ofmysister Sarah, the wife of Isaac Marshall.

All the land I amentitled to in Doha County, NorthCaroline, I give to be equally divided betweenmy brotherElisha.andJohn Tilghman.

David Addams,my ex ecs.

wife Of Judge Toadvin, Of Salisbury, Maryland, is a de

scendant of Gideon Tillman, whose grandsons, in 1763,

TOADVIN

The country below the Nanticoke River, now comprising the three counties of Wicomico, Worcester andSomcrast, was originally embraced in the limits of the latter

manymen bearing the fine Oldsurnames brought there in

or bymigrations fromthe Crown Colony Of Virginia.

Among themen who came early fromEngland wasNicholas Toadvine, who was in Somerset County as earlyas 1675. In that year hismarriage to themother Of hisrace in Maryland is recorded in Liber DBIKL, p. 257,

of the Land records of Somerset County, as follows


Nicholas Toadvine andSarah Lowrymarried byMr .

WilliamBrereton one Of his Lordships Justices of ye

County Of Somersett ye fifteenth day Of November AnnoyDomj one thousand six hundred andseventy- five.

Then follow the records in the same Land Record on

pages 257, 258 and259 Of the births of four Of his children, viz

Ann Toadvine ye daughter Of NicholasToadvine wasborn of Sarah his wife at Wicomoco ye third day Of Feb

Nicholas ye son Of Nicholas Toadvine was born of

Sarah his wife at Wicomico ye seventeenth day of Jeuuary Annoq Dominj one thousand six hundred and sev

Mary Toadvine the daughter Of Nicholas Toadvinewas born of Sarah his wife ye 12th day Of January one

thousand six hundred andeighty- one.

Isaac Toadvine son Of Nicholas Toadvine, born of

Sarah his wife the 13th day Of March, one thousand six

hundred andeight -five.

Nicholas Toadvine, like all other gentlemen Of his

period, engaged in agricultural pursuits, finally settlingupon 250 acres of fine land not far fromthe present cityOf Salisbury, which place, by the way, assumed the fulldignity of a town in the year 1732, the natal year Of theFather Of his Country.

Mr. Toadvine became a considerable land holder , hishome plantation being composed Of two patents to himself, as follows :Lord Baltimore’s Rent Rolls for Somerset County, atMaryland History Society : 150 acres, Guernsey, Sur .


456 SIDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLAND Ris'rORY

Personalty was Paid Ann Crouch in full Ofher part of her brother NicholasTadvin

’sEstate.

” PaidWilliamHayman in fullfor his Own part Of his wife’s partOf her brother Nicholas Tadvine’s es tate. Representa

tives Of the deceased are put down as : Henry Tadvine,Ann Crouch, Isaac Tadvine,MaryHamon, Sarah Shockley.

Henry Toadvine, who is called Tadvine in the above,was an activeman Of affairs. His name appears on the

records frequently as bondsman for ex ecutors andadministrators Of estates ,

among others as surety in 1729 on

the bond Of Ebenezer Handy andThomas Humphreys,

Ex ecutors Of the Will Of Timothy Kennedy (PrerogativeCourt Records, Liber 28, folioIsaac Toadvine, son Of the first Nicholas andSarah h iswife, born March 13, 1685, died intes tate in 1730, asmaybe seen fromthe following, recorded in Liber 22, folio461, Prerogative Court Records, Annapolis:Isaac Toadvine his administration bond in common

formby Mary Toadvine his administratrix (his widow)with Revel]Horsey andWilliamThomson her sureties infive hundred pounds sterling, dated December 31,There was one child, a young daughter Of the deceasednamedMary, and the estate remained open until 1742whenMatthew Oliphent , with his wife, wound up the

es tate, the widow Of Isaac Toadvine having become thewife Of said Oliphent (AnnapolisAdministratorsAccounts,Liber 19, folioFrom1733 to 1774, Henry Toadvine, son Of the Ehni

grant Nicholas Toadvine, and two Of his nephews paidtax es on about 1000 acres of land in Somerset andWor

oester Counties (Lord Baltimore’s Debt Books for Somerset andWorces ter Counties at Annapolis).

SIDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND Ris'rORY 457

Henry Toadvine, son Of the first Nicholas, was a resi

dent OfWorcester County at the time Of his death in 1759.

In Liber 37 folio 265, Prerogative Court Records at Annapolis

,is the following record

Henry Todvine (Worcester County) his will and

Testamentary bond in Common formby Henry Todvineand Priscilla Todvine his ex ecutors with Jacob Christopher and Richard Shockley Of Worcester County theirsureties in seven hundred pounds sterling, dated February23, Thewillfollows:Annapolis Wills, Liber 30, folio 662 ; Henry Todvine

Of Worcester County, Gentleman, will dated October 18,1756, proved February 23, 1759. Witnesses : James Noble, Liven Cary, Henry Hayman. Devised : “To son

Henry Todvinemy tract Of land called ‘C ley’sAdventure’

containing 160acres andlikewisemy land called ‘Chance’containing 140 acres being the land whcreon I now live.

TOmy Grandson EzikielTodvine, son Of Joshua Todvine 125 acres Of land to be taken out Of tract of landcalled ‘Abrahams Lotts,’ the whole tract containing 250acres whereof 125 acres was sold to John Christopher.

TOmy Grandson Joshua Todvine, son Of Joshua Todvine, a young negro about seven years Old.

TOmy Grandson Dix on Todvine, the son Of ThomasTodvine, a negro girl called Nell.

TOmy aforesaid son Henry Todvine a horse and a

gun,my chest Of drawers,my writing desk anda negroboy.

TOmy daughter Grace Dix on, a negro woman calledPhillis andone feather bedandfurniture.

“TOmy daughter Priscilla Todvine, a negro girlnamed

Jemima.


TOmy son Thomas Todvine one shilling.

Residue Of personalty bequeathedto son Henry Todvine, daughter Priscilla Todvine, daughter Elizabeth Tod

videdbetween themSon Henry Todvine anddaughterPriscilla Todvine, Executors.

The above will and the will that follows indicate th edescent Of two wellknown families Of the present day inWicomico County andas such are Of special interest.Annapolis Wills, Liber 38, folio 782 ; Thomas Toadvine Oi Somerset County; will dated August 22, 1771 ,proved June 23, 1772. Witnesses: Jonathan Knight,John Christopher, Even Waller . Devised : Tomy son

Stephen Toadvane part Of a tract Of land named Toadvine’s Mill.Tomy son Arnall [Arnold]Toadvine all the remain

der part Of land called Toadvines Mill’—also to son Arnold Toadvine one other tract Of land called ToadvineSecurity.

TOmy son Stephen Toadvine allmy right, title and

interest in alllands that I have any right to that have notbeen given tomy son Arnold.

I give tomy daughter Mary Toadvine one Chest and

Walnut table andallhermother’s wearing apparel.My two sons Stephen andArnold Toadvine Ex ecu

tors Of thismy last will andTestament.Honorable E. Stanley Toadvin, Of Wicomico C ounty,

sometime Senator Of Maryland, Land Commissioner Of

Maryland from1900 to 1908, andnow (1910) one Of theAssociate Judges Of the First JudicialDistrict of Maryland, is a descendant Of Nicholas Toadvine andSarah hiswife, Judge Toadvin having long since dropped the finale” fromhis name.


460 S IDE - LIGHTS ON MARYLAND ins'rORY

Captain Thomas Walker first appears in the records Of

Maryland in 1664, in which year he demands lands fortransporting himself and one other into the Province

(Liber 10, folio 465, Annapolis Land Records). He en

gaged in commerce andtrade, with headquarters in Somerset County, importing goods in his own ships andshipping themin smaller craft to all points in Marylandand

sister colonies andtheWest India Islands. After settlingin Maryland he retired fromcommanding on the sea and

became one Of themost prominentmilitary andcivil Officers in the Province by commission fromLord Baltimore.

Among these Offices were Gentleman Justice of the Quorumfor Somerset County in 1679 High Sheriff of Somerset County, and Collector Of Customs for the samecounty in 1676 ; Councillor on Indian Afiairs with otherleadingmilitary Omcers : also High Sheriff of SomersetCounty in 1678 (Maryland Ar chives volume 15, folios 162,216, 275 ;volume 2, folio 554; volume 5, folio In factthe public records Of the time prove himto have been one

Of themost importantmen in Maryland. He was con

sultedupon allgreat ques tions pertinent to the well- beingOf the Palatinate Of Lord Baltimore and entrusted withafl

'

airs Of State requiring the ex ercise Of tact, diplomacyandability upon occasions likely to evolve situations Of

delicacy andofmenace to the peace andhappiness Of thepeople, all Of which he discharged to thesatisfaction of

his lordship and the people. Among themany posthumous honors that attach to thememory Of this Colonial

gentleman is that Of great- grandsire to SamuelChase, oneOf the Maryland signers Of the Declaration Of Indepen

dence and Justice of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates .

S IDE- LIGHTS ON MARYLAND nis'rORY 461

Captain Thomas Walker wasmarried in SomersetCounty. Hismarriage is recorded in Liber DBIKL,

folio277, Of the Land Records Of that county. The recordsstate that Thomas Walker, Of Somerset County, Gentlsman, andJane C oppinhallweremarried by Captain WilliamColebourne in December , 1674. The same recordalso records the births of his only two children, viz

Thomas, born March 11, 1675, andSusanah , born a yearor so later .

Captain Thomas Walker died in 1680 andwas buriedon February 6 Of that year at his home plantation on

the south side Of the Wicomico River . His will was

datedMay 1, 1680; provedMay 10, 1680 (Liber 2, folio127

, Annapolis Wills), and was witnessed by WilliamJones, Robert R . Collier , Thomas Horseman andSamsonWaters. .The will is brief, simply devising the homeplantation, on the south side Of theWicomico River, andthe land adjoining to his son Thomas Walker , and all

other lands wheresoever they lie I give untomy aforesaid son Thomas Walker andmy daughter SusannaWalker , to be equally divided between them.

I give to the first Protestantminister that shallhereafter come fromEngland to live in this County, towardshis transportation one thousand pounds Of good tobacco .

TOmy friends WilliamStevens, John White, FrancisJenkins andJohnWinder 20shillings to each one Of themto buy rings to wear in remembrance Ofme : all the restOfmy personal estate I give tomy loving wife Jane,myson Thomas andmy daughter Susanna .

” His wife Janewasmade ex ecutrix , and the above named gentlemen,Messrs. Stevens, White, Jenkins andWinder , were ap

pointed overseers Of theWill.

462 srns -menrs ON MARYLANDms'rORY .

It is interesting to note that the Rev .Mr . Huett , Protestant minister, emigrated fromEngland to SomersetCounty about the year 1685, and claimed andreceivedthe legacy devised in the above will. SO far as known hewas the first regular clerygman Of the English church in

Somerset County . He built a brick church on the banksOf the Manokin River severalmiles below the present

town of Princess Anne, the foundations of which now lie

in the water some distance fromthe shore line, the cre

sions of the tide having long since widened the river at

personalty. His land holdings were numerous, and, addedtogether,made himthe proprietor of about 8000 acres,

half Of which formed a goodly start in the world forhis son Thomas, andthe other half a handsome dot” for

his charming daughter Susanna, when, in after years, she

gave her hand to the dashing youngmilitary Officer , Cap

tain Nicholas Eyans.

An investigation of the inventory (Annapolis Inventories andAccounts, Book 7, Part B, p. madeMarch10, 1680, by Captain Henry Smith andWilliamBrereton,

Esq., disclosesmuch Of interest to themodernmind. The

appraisers state the residence Of the deceased as at

Wicomico in the County Of Somerset and Province Of

In the Great Store Of the deceased gentleman, theylisted barrels Of pork, ships

’sails, hawsers, ropes, ships

’

rigging, cording, et cetera, to the value ofmany hundredsOf pounds sterling ; a quantity Of furs, farming implements anda large assortment Of generalmerchandise.

In the chambers Of the dwelling house were broadcloths,


464 sins-mom's ON MARYLANDms'rORYDorman ThomasDix on, Ambrose Dix on, Stephen HorseyColonelWilliamColebourne, The Honorable ColonelWildox , Levin Denwood, Joseph Weekes of Chester, KenelmC hesseldine

, John Baker Of St Marie’s, ThomasHumphries,

andthe Honorable Philip Calvert.Thomas Walker, son and heir Of Captain Thomas

among the gentlemen of Somerset County. HemarriedSarah Maddox , daughter of Judge Lazarus Maddox (seeAdministration Account of Sarah Maddox , relict andad

ministratrix Of LazarusMaddox,late Of Somerset County,

deceased, in 1717, in which a legacy left by her father is

paid to daughter Sarah, wife of ThomasThomas Walker lived the pleasant life that was the

good circumstances, anddied in 1744, leaving behind himthe fragrance Of a good name, a life worthily spent, andan estate large enough to render all his children prosperous. Hiswill, datedDecember 29, 1744, was proved January 12, 1744 (O. S.) andwitnessed by George Dashiell,Patrick Stewart, Thomas D . Miller , andGilbert Stewart

(Liber DD. NO. 2, folio 674, AnnapolisWills).The testator devised the home plantation with all lands

attached on the north side Of Dashiell’s Creek, to Jacob

Daily for his children by my daughter Elizabeth Garley

’

(she havingmarried a Garley)Tomy daughter Mary Belchard 300 acres Of land

lying between Quantico and Rewastico branches, beingpart of a tract called ‘Coskaway,

’containing 1100 acres.

Tomy daughter Sarah Fletcher 250acres Of land, partOf‘Coskaway;

’tomy daughter Jane Lucas 250 acres Of

sins -mom's ON MARYLAND ins'rORY 465

Coskaway tomy daughter Rebecca Walker 150 acres

Tomy granddaughter Betty Scott Day, 100 acres Of

Coskaway tomy daughter Elianor Walkermy lot inWhite Haven town, two negroes andpersonalty. TO the

children Ofmy daughter Garley the land I have in SussexTO daughter Sarah Fletcher, three negroes for life

with reversion to granddaughter Mary Fletcher .

TOmy daughterMary Richardson severalnegroes, cattle andsheep ; to daughter Ann Walker, two negroes andpersonalty. A lot Of negroes and a large personalty isdevised to daughters Jane Lucas, Elianor Walker, granddaughter Betty Scott Day.

’

Testator leftmoney in the hands of his friends GeorgeGale andMatthew Gale, Gentlemen, for the use ofmygrandson, Samuel Chase until he shall arrive at the age

of 21 years.

” The residue of his personal estate was devised to daughters Mary, Sarah, Elianor, Ann, Jane, andRebecca . Daughters Mary Richardson and Sarah Fletcher weremade Ex ecutrix es.

As the above Thomas Walker left only daughters hisname died with him. He didnot will all his real estate,which was very large and scattered, probably devisingonly those lands in the home neighborhood in the hopeOf keeping his children together andallowing the law todivide the other realty.

The grandson Samuel Chase, signer of the DeclarationOf Independence, was the son Of the Rev .Mr . Chase Of theChurch Of England, who had a parish in SomersetCounty.

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nsiiD rN TimPRDPARATiON or amin- Liam's ON MARYLANDRis

'

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OriginalCalvert Papers andprinted collections Of same,Maryland Historical Society.

OriginalandPrinted Archives ofMaryland.

Unpublished Provincial Court Records, PrerogativeCourt, and Chancery Proceedings.

OriginalWills, Inventories andAccounts, in the vari

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In addition to the above the Author has had the

privilege Of consulting the family records of the followingpersons, whose courtesy she herewith acknowledges :Mrs.

Fenner Lee Of St. Mary’s County,Mrs. Edward Shippen,Mrs. Thomas Cradock , Ex - Governor Edwin Warfield,Mr . J . Winfield Henry ,Mr. Douglas H. Thomas,Mr .

Richard H. Spencer , Mr . Richard Mareen Duvall of

Maryland ;Mrs. James S. Phillips Of Shepherdstown,

West Virginia ;Mr. Richard Pinkney Lake ofMemphis,Tennessee.


468 max or PROPER NAMRs

John

Belt. 11 12Belt.Benjamin .

Belt, 001. C harles RBelt ,Belt.Belt.Belt.Belt.Belt.Belt.Belt.Belt.Bennet t.

Richard 13. 15. 178.217

Bennett , Richard 3dBennett.Bennett.

271.”l

O O O O O O O O O

wwwwwwww

w5 8 E

BoydBoyd Lieut . Thoma.BoydBoydBoyd.Boyd.WilliamBoyd.William.Bradford.Mal.Bradford. JoyeeBrandt.Capt . RandolphBrerewood. Charlotte.

mm: or PROPER NAMRs 469

Brisco.

Charles Vivh n

l“.203

27

272727

Gen. Joesph Lancaster . .27. 102

MistressMargaret.22.26.44. 340

MistressMary

Browns, Anne 60

309.861

286.288

Browne.Valentine

Browne.Dr . Win HandBrown.Abel 0

Brown.Achsah

Brown.Mrs. Anne .

Brown.Benjamin. 285. 294.295.297.298

Brown.Ephraim.

Brown.Brown.Hannah

Brown. JohnBrown.Lieut . John RiggsBrown. Lieut . John R

John Riggs.

JohnJohannah .

Brent .Brent .Brent .Hon. Rober t JamuBrent.Brent .Brent .Brent.Brent .Brent.WilliamLeighBrereton.Mr . William

470

Brown

Brown.MaryBrown, PriscillaBrown, Rebecca . ”

Brown. RichardBrown. Rober tBrown.Capt . SamuelBrown. Sarah .

Brown. Susannah . .

Brown.ThomasBrown.WilliamBrown. Vsc helBrown. Zacharia . .

Budd. John . 306

Burma. SarahBurgess.Col. SamuelBurgess.Bur-ga s. Hon. WilliamBurgess.33

. WilliamBurgess. Williamgorge-s.Ursula

Byrd.ByrdByrdzPh illis . so? seeByrd.Thomas 369Byrd.WilliamCabell

John

Cain. JunoO H

C aldet , JaneCaldwell. Col. . II

le opard, 46. 63. 175

C alvert .Caccilius . . 164Calvert.Charles.49.60.76. 110. 174. 176176. 190.394. 419. 426.431. 487

46Calver t.Calver t.George . 89.40.41Ciluvert. Gov . Philip. 33. 164. l“. 222

Calvert .Gov . Leonard. 22. 26. 34.41.44383

Calvert. m

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

Calvert .Hon. Philip 164. in. 222.

Calvert . Leonard. 22. 26. 84. 41. 44 w

Carroll.Carroll.

Carroll.Charles. 16.64.66.66. 69. N . 166187. 269.see 387.438

Carroll, 001. Henry Jamo 166Carroll.Daniel. .

Carroll. Gov . ThomasKing .

Carroll.HarrietCarroll.Harriet Juliana

Carroll.Louisa

Col. LandonHon.

C hapline. Gen.MosesC hapline.Mary


472 mm: or PROPER NAMRs

Davis. Samuel

Davies

Cromwell.OliverCromwell.RichardCromwell.William

Dale. David 449

Egan . Richard 1

3M

D'

Ahficy.Much Osbourne Godol

60 Den9 n .

“me

John. Gentleman ”

Col. Henry. 75 95 1723332. 13: Dwke TbomM

DarnellMiss $287746479

av

g.fillmcn Bowie 8

73v cs

Davh .Caleb 302.425mm"

Davis 16.78Davis 78Davis, 79Davis. 8

72mm W "LY“ 333 Dion. Hannah

Davis.Henry Winter 80Davis.Hon. David 81

Drag

s.Hon. Henry Gassaway. 81 802

Davis. Ichabod .

mm' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Davis,Davis.Davis,Davis.Mr . JohnDavis. Ph ilemon

‘

HHHBI OI IHWWI B IWHGMI 433

261C harles Howard.Esq 87C hief JusticeThcmas Beale 92

3.

6L Edward. 88. 89. 90. 91. fl

1iHorl John. 12. 68. m.Wk t A O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

Duvall.Maroon

88 Duvall. - Gcn. William es

121 Duvall,W

114

Duvall

355833

474 INDEX OF PROPER NAI ES

Evens Wealt Annv sdeldJ o

lh’n

Col. John

JohnJohn Co

Faithful

nice . 261261.816

816184

in . 312


476 [ Na or PROPER NAMiis

Hammond.Mal. C harles 116Hammond.Capt. Edward 847Hammond , Edward. 846. 848 849 860862.854

Hammond.EleanorHammond EaterHammond IdaHammond.Hammond.Hammond.JohnHammond.Mark .

Hammond.Martha 411 412Hammond.Mary . .92.846.863. 864.866Hammond.Matthias . 1

121:868866 1

116116864see

filmmonds

emmond. 361.364.866

Harrh on.Richard

361 Barrison.Dr . Samne1A

Hans

on. Alexander Contee. 119. 238

Anne

81. 118Hanson.Dorothy 120 Harwood. RachelAnn.

Hanson. Elisabeth 119189120189

120

INDEX or PROPER NAMES 477

WilliamHobbs. Nancy

Hoflman.Miss EllaHolland.Francis

Holland

Holland. Col. William.Holland.William. .

Hollyday.ElisabethHooper .Elisabeth

Hollyday,MaryHolmes.Archibald .

Col. Robert Jenkins .

. Judge W. b irdAnne

Horsey. Revel!Horsey. StephenHoakins. Elisabeth

Herman. Augustine EphraimHoward.Cornelius .

Howard.EdmundHoward.Gov . Sir Franck

Horsey.811 Fulton Bathurst . Howard.FrancisHerring .Arthur Howard. Gov . George.

Howard.Katherine

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hinson. Thornas . .

H ill.Richard

Hitch Joa Jr

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

o f

323Howard.Gen. JohnFncer

148

Howard. Gov . John Eager 92

Howard. John Eat er ”

Howard. John

Howard.Margaret 80phia 213

Howard.Margery ” 115

Howard.Matthew . 91. 145. 256 289. 418

Howard. Philip 146

Howard.Rachel 212

Howard.Rebecca 119. 130

478 INDEX or PROPER NAMESHoward. Ruth .

Howard.M001

Howard. 80phia C . 149Howard.Violet te 147Howard.William 149Hynson. Anna . . 138

H Col cum;yuson.

236Hynson. 140

138Hynson. 139Hynson. 138Hynson. Col. John 138.361.263Hynson.Mar 138. 139. 140Hwn. Nat niel. 138. 139. 140. 261

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Huett. Rev.Mr.

O

Hgg

phreys.Archelaus R 371. 373.373

Humhreys.BettyHung” . Ch !“ W .

Humphris .Elijah .

Humphreys.Elisabeth .

Humphrm.EetherHumHum Fountain BHumHumHum John 367.375Hum John Veneables 375Hum 368.370Humphreys 373.374Humph reys 372.373Humphr ies , 368.370Humphreys. Joshua . 367. 870. 871. 373373.374.375

373Humphreys. 308Humphreys . Racbel .

Humphreys. Rceia E 375Humph res lobefl GHumphreys. Sa rahMcBryde 371.373Humph reys Sarah 355.370.375

370. 871.373. 374.456Humphreys.Thomas Sen 367.370.373Humphreys.Thomas 2d. 365. 373. 374Humphreys.Thomas 3d 366Humphreys.Thomas W 375Humphreys.Virginia E . H. 375Humphries , Wm 368.370Humphreys.William 375Humphreys.Margaret 373.375HMphreys.Margaret W 371. 372Humphreys.Marcel-y 365

379.381

Jackson.Hon.WilliamH . .

Jackson. United States SenatorwinliamP .

WilliamP

Jarman.

Jefierson homas .

Jenkins.David B .

Jenkins.FrancisJenkins.Col. Francis

Jenifer .Daniel01 St . ThomasVanderhay

0 0 0 0 0

379


480

1“104

1C . 153Col.

Gov . Thomas Bim"

WilliamLee. Corbin

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

163163"

165.m101161161101161161101101100333

130118040100

40. 5343535123543942927169109481118193

INDEX OF PROPER NM

Edward 1st . .

« Gov.Edward. Edward 3d

Hon. C ol. Edward3d

Edward 4thHon. Edward6th

.Gov . Edward

3. 15. 57.a . 164

MadamHenriettaMaria n

HenriettaMar-h Neale . . 166.337HenriettaMat h Neale Ben

Mary

178177m

170. 177Nick 61

173Susanna Bennett Darnall 16

SusannahMaria 117

Col. Vincent. 174.175.176.361.

101186

158. 193

164173173173

170. 173170. 173

170171. 172. 173

173173

167. 187151. 13‘3

C ol. Philemon. 170. 173. 135.1

310

mom: or PROPER name 481

Philemon444

Alexa nder" 391. 399 393 3“

Daniel

Maddox .Leah 4“Mzg‘dcs. laserna” 366.

Sarah 395 409 464

David

Margaret E1136. IIMcA tee Elisabeth

McA tee:Anna AMcA tee.CharlesMcA tee.McA tee

McA tee John L.

McA tee. SamuelMcA tee. SusanMcAtee.ThomasnOAt'“ s WilliamAMcA tee.WilliamMcA tee.William

uder .WilliamMea nder .ZadockMallet t.WilliamHakamta. Mann.Mr EdwardMacket tee.Charles

Manners.MrManning .Thomas“w hom.Patrick Mapp.Estherge

aketee.Rasmond

‘fic aster . v . SamI Elisabeth Marshall.Catherinecum“ mun, ElisabethMacknsmars.Margaret

namsra.Thomas Marshall.Mart haMac Marshall.ThomasMarsham. Richard

179. 180180178273

138tlemanfittmlG” 179. ig

oMagruder :NathanielMortimer {73“Mu

g“ .Ninian

1ck 178Hu tu er .MOT

I nt ruder .Capt . Samuel mMagruder .SamuelWade 180

482 momor PROPERmums

HenriettaMarla.

Mercer Thomas. Sr.Meers.

ernor .

Nicholson. C om. Jam

Morris. 'remperanes Nicholson.

Moore.Dr .Mordy

Moore.Moore. O‘Carroll. JohannaMoore.Dr . SamuelPro ton 397 Oflutt . William


484 mom: or PROPER NAMES

Price.Walter ”

Price.Watkins Richardson.

Richardson.Mr Thomas

R ichardson.ThomasRic hardson. William. Q . 437429.430.431

Rider .CharlesThomas

83a Anne Ridern Henrietta 104. 184. 185

319Ann 434

Randall.Aquilla 395.M.434.435Randall.Brice . 435Randall.. (i

lir

ah topher

n

393.418. 419 430

Randall

Randall. RogerRandall Ruth

N .311

Richardson.Richardson.RichardsonRichardsonRichardsonRichardson Elisabeth

Richardson Gov . John Peter .

mom: or PROPER NAMES 485

Robins.Mr . ObedienceRobinso

Roe.Elisabeth Seyborn,Mrs.

.Nichoias.

Gsssaway "

s Su n .

Susanna

Sh irman. Charles

Sills.Rober tRoswell.Monica Skreens , RichardRound.Rousby.AnnRousbyRousbyRousbyRousbyRousby .Hon JohnRousbyRousbyRosier .

Rut h .Ruth .RyderRyderRyder .Richard.JrRyder.Richard. Sr . Smith .

Smith .

Saint C lar .Robert Smith. ElisabethSanders James . . Smith . HannahSanders.William. Smith . James

Smith . LeahSmith .MarySmith .Min

borough. Col. C harles Smith .Mrs. Barbara ..

borough .Edmund .

Scarborough.

Scarborough .MatthewSmr burmw.Capt . Edmund833312

8

1}m:

Smith . Susannahe

Scot t .Eleanor . Smith .Thomas ASmith .William.

Smyt h . Thos.

Scott .Mrs. Upton Snow . SusannaSnowden.Caroline .

Sellman. Snowden.Emily

135Sewall 319.331Sewall

.

Hear as.46.4s.57. 231Jami 115. 221.m

49Sewall.Mai. N icholas 77. 144. 175

33331977339401401

91. 193.225110.333.431

130. 189189189435457450113409315159303

486 11mm: OF PROPER NAMESAlsaandc . 350

35073416376233

.Richard

30813460185

385153153

S teuart .Charles 337335338

Steuar t .Dr . Rich ard 338Steuar t. Emily 336Stefii

ssrt. Gen. George Hums . . 336. 337

Steuar t. Isabel

Stevens.Charles 146Stevens.Col. William. 175.346. 361.364m9“1 w .m.m.“1Stevens.Edwin 443Stevens. Gov . Samuel 443Stevens. John 443

441.40443

S tevens.MissMay 443Stevens. Sarah 443

17339464Miss Letith ”5464

Stuyvuant. Anna

Talbott


461.403

"m4 Asel 350.336.333”n o- 1dM 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 , mWe' ll- id 351.353Ward- idWarfislli DavidWarfieldm.C harl. Aimnd¢ .m.350Wariielrl. Dina h 338wU fiO'd - o s o o o o o o ”IWard-M

353353

WardeldJ iilisa 350WarmnidGov. Edwin 346.350.351.353Wameid. Gustavus 351Wu flald. JolinWarilsldWarnelrlWMM'G h omot O O O Q O S O O O O O O O O O O O

Warllsld.Warnsld.War

Warfleid Sa rahWarholul Thmnsm.

hn ( liflord.

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

Willen. Richard

Williams:Gen 0tho Hoiland

Williamson.Rev .Alexander.Williamson Samuel

Winder

Winder

489

356Worth ington. 116

310111.357

Wils

z'thingtol

n.Thomas. 356.325.328 339

Gov . Sir George. 396Sarah . 395. 403. 400. 416.{H

38670


GENERAL INDEX

Absll'

sLotManor

404Addition 389.391

373348

AllHallow’s 133

AllHallow's Parish 369

AllHallow’

s Parish Church

369.371349310

Annapolis . 17. 197.337.349.303.336.339Anne ArundelCounty 37.347.

38340110311

A (surveyed1583) 3537n o

Ayrshire. Scotland 373

BelA ir

Belvoir

BohemiaManor .

Briksheugh

grookcville.Montogmery County 339r

BrBr 394 390 397

Buckroe 443

Calvert County. 6. 7. 143. 164.183.313.316.367.385.385.441

Cambridge

334847308283

340.888undred 2

133:

133. 133. 134. 180. 137178188356200894131481

88l

448883389185

Caroline County 429.Carroll

’

s Forest 64Castle Plains 371.373Catli

's Plains 448

Cave own 387CecilCounty. 133. 183. 184 308.316.400Cedar Point 149Chance 284. 457

494

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dale’s Adventure

De la BrookeManorDiamondDiligent secrch

GENERAL INDEX

Eastern Shore.Virginia ”

Fork Branch

Frederick CountyFrederick County .VirginiaFrederick.Maryland .

Friendship .

Fulton.

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

Georgia .

Gideon’

s

o

Luck

34. 76. 100

188 Greene‘s Best

Green Hill”

884:887.889.879.371

Greenhill . 118Greenland

309 Herring C reek88 Hickory Hille“

178 Hillier’s Discovery


New Scotland. Prince George’s

Nicholson'sManor

338.801

Parish of St . N inian.

eh Creek

388.397.48099339

848

Plimhimmon .

Pocomoke 184.404Pocomoke Hundred .

Poem. In the A ttic

Addition 408.407Powell

’

s InclusionPowell

’s Lott 404, 408.407.410.413

Powell’

sMillPond408.407

131V I

Presbyter ians The 8Prgace

zfieorge aCounty.10. 388

Prince George'

s 134PrmcsPl'incusAnne 878.483

onumn imm:

u. 124 186m

418Renter

’s Ridge. 390. 391. 393. 393 394

Reformation.The ShipRehoboth Church

438

Rsvenstons

Richard 'sManor

Wicomico County.

Snow HillTown" 348

GENERAL INDEX

Sa na -set County. 141.376. 883. 438. 483

118Sotterley 3. 3.4. 188. 189. 300South Carolina me.373.481South River Anne ArundelCounty. 8889.317.397.399 400

South River C luSouth River

aSt . Clement 'sManor . 18. 30. 21,me 104we

St . Elisabeth ’sManor

183St .Maries.31. 33. 180.381. 377.383 884M.433, 433S t .Michael’sCreek “

St . Paul's. Kent County

Success FarmSusquehanna Point 87. 188Sussex County.Delaware 374.488

Talbot County. 18. 81. 138. 188. 174.310333. 389 438. 441. 443

Tisbury.England.Epitaph to Anne

Arundel.wife of Cecil elver t . .

The AbroAam. .

The Addition

The Chase HomeThe Eastern ShoreThe Gentleman '

s GiftThe Girl

’

s

The Hermitage .

The Increase“The Land of ValleysThe Low! C harlesThe Lloyd House .

The Second Addition to Snowden's

338.338.338The Secur ity .

497

The SmallLott$11:SocialAthens of Amerim

Tillman’

s Care

Trullicks

343Van Sweringen

'

s Point 848Virginia. 13. 18.33.34.38.38.37 183. 388334.383.311.313.378.883.888. 891 398403. 404 408, 413.416.441. 483Virginia éit

fCounty

Virginia. Co ony of

VirginiaMilitia

WarburtonManor 88.338

178. 193, 304.837.888

Wicomico HundredWicomico

Westlock's Adventure 488Westmoreland County.Virginia. 181.193West Not tinghamAcademy 180

Worcester County 448.483.488.487Worthington

’

s C ourta y . 387

414808.807.808 809

8, 188.387

WyeWye House. 18. 18.

$8.170. 171. 173.


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