Colonial families of Maryland
The Colonial families of Maryland were the leading families in the Province of Maryland. Several also had interests in the Colony of Virginia, and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies. Many of the early settlers came from the West Midlands in England, although the Maryland families were composed of a variety of European nationalities, e.g. French, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Swedish, in addition to English.
Maryland was uniquely created as a colony for Catholic aristocracy and gentry, but Anglicanism eventually came to dominate, partly through influence from neighboring Virginia.
Charles I of England granted the province palatinate status under Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. The foundational charter created an aristocracy of lords of the manor for Maryland.
The first areas of colonization were on the Patuxent River and up along the Chesapeake Bay near and around current St. Mary's and Charles counties.
Founders and scions
- John Bowie, Sr.
- Oden Bowie
- Robert Bowie
- Thomas Fielder Bowie
- Walter Bowie
- Captain William Bowie
- William Duckett Bowie
- Brent family
- Margaret Brent
- Mary Brent
- Giles Brent
- Fulke Brent
See also: Brice House (Annapolis, Maryland)
- John Brice Jr.
- John Brice III
- James Brice
- Brooke family
- Burgess Family
- William Burgess, the Founder, Dep.Governor
- Calvert family, Lords Baltimore
See also: Riversdale Mansion
- George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
- Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
- Leonard Calvert
- Phillip Calvert (governor)
- Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
- Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore
- Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
- Benedict Leonard Calvert
- Benedict Swingate Calvert
- Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
- Henry Harford
- Eleanor Calvert
- Charles Benedict Calvert
- Charles Calvert (governor)
- Charles Carroll the Settler
- Charles Carroll of Annapolis
- Charles Carroll (barrister)
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton
- Daniel Carroll
- John Carroll (bishop)
- John Lee Carroll
- Thomas King Carroll
- Anna Ella Carroll
- James Carroll (Maryland politician)
- Samuel S. Carroll
- Causey family
- Chase family
See also: Chase-Lloyd House
- Clarke family
- Contee family
- Compton family
- Crossland family
- Darnall family
See also: His Lordship's Kindness and Darnall's Chance
- Digges family
- Dorsey family
- Edward Dorsey the Shipwright
- Hon. John Dorsey[2]
- Major Edward Dorsey[3]
- Dulany family
- Duvall family
- Greenberry Family
- Nicholas Greenberry, Governor; tombstone transferred to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis
- Greene family
- Griffith family
- Hammond Family
- Thomas Hammond (regicide), the Founder and possible Regicide of Charles I
- Maj.Gen.John Hammond, tombstone from 'Mountain Neck' plantation to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis
- Hanson family
- Hatton Family
- Thomas Hatton, MD Secretary, killed in action at the Battle of the Severn
- Hollis family
- Howard family
- Matthew Howard Sr, Founder
- John Eager Howard
- George Howard (Governor of Maryland)
- Benjamin Chew Howard
- Jenifer family
- Lloyd family
See also: Wye House and Chase-Lloyd House
- Edward Lloyd (Colonial Governor of Maryland)
- Edward Lloyd (delegate)
- Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland)
- Henry Lloyd (governor)
- James Lloyd (Maryland)
See also: Belair Mansion and Belair Stud
- Paca family
See also: Paca House
See also: Peale Museum
- Charles Willson Peale
- James Peale
- Raphaelle Peale
- Rembrandt Peale
- Rubens Peale
- Titian Peale
- Anna Claypoole Peale
- Charles Peale Polk
- Margaretta Angelica Peale
- Sarah Miriam Peale
- Riggin family
- Teague Riggin (planter, Golden Lyon Plantation, Pocomoke Sound)
- Darby Riggin (planter, Annemessex, later moved to Accomack County, Virginia)
- John Riggin (planter, Marumsco, Pocomoke Sound)
- John Riggin (planter, Annemessex)
- Rodgers family
See also: Sion Hill
- John Rodgers (naval officer, War of 1812)
- John Rodgers (American Civil War naval officer)
- John Rodgers (naval officer, World War I)
- Calbraith Perry Rodgers
- Sewall family
- Henry Sewall, MD Secretary; grandson and grand nephew of the Mayors of Coventry
- Nicholas Sewall, Dep.Governor
- Skirvin/Skirven family
- Three brothers as follows
- George Skirvin/Skirven (Judge, Chestertown, Kent Co., Skirvin's Neglect)
- Francis Skirvin/Skirven (Planter, Ordinary owner, Annapolis)
- William Skirvin/Skirven (Physician, Queen Anne's Co.)
- Smallwood family
- Sparrow family
- Thomas Sparrow (Planter, Sparrows Point, Rhode River)
- George H. Steuart (planter)
- George Steuart Hume
- George H. Steuart (Major General)
- Richard Sprigg Steuart
- George H. Steuart (Brigadier General)
- William Steuart (Mayor of Baltimore)
- Stone family
See also: Habre de Venture
- Tasker family
- Warfield Family
- Capt.Richard Warfield, the Founder; ancestor of Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor; tombstone transferred from plantation to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis
- Worthington Family
- Capt.John Worthington, the Founder; tombstone transferred to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis
See also
- First Families of Virginia
- American gentry
- Hammond-Harwood House
- Whitehall (Annapolis, Maryland)
- Tulip Hill
- Pimlico Race Course
- Preakness Stakes
References
- ↑ Hall, Clayton Colman (1912). Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. p. 300.
- ↑ White, John T. The National encyclopaedia of American biography, Volume 9, 1899. pg 299.
- ↑ Joshua Dorsey Warfield. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A genealogical and biographical review from wills, deeds and church records. Kohn & Pollock. 1905.
- Sources
- Hester Dorsey Richardson. Side-lights on Maryland history: with sketches of early Maryland families. Vol. II. Williams and Wilkins. 1913.
- Joshua Dorsey Warfield. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A genealogical and biographical review from wills, deeds and church records. Kohn & Pollock. 1905.
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