Colonial families of Maryland

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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.

Founders and scions[]

Family name Family members Notes Source
Abbott Simon Abbott Founder
Dorcas Abbott Born 1651
Adams Francis Adams c. 1645 (or 1626) – December 1698
John Adams c. 1670 – September 1740
Charles Adams c. 1672/3 – 1733. Carpenter.
Angiers John Angiers Son of John Angier
Billingsley Francis Billingsley
John Billingsley
Bowie John Bowie, Sr. [1]
Oden Bowie
Robert Bowie
Thomas Fielder Bowie
Walter Bowie
Captain William Bowie
William Duckett Bowie
Brent Margaret Brent
Brice Brice III
James Brice
Brooke Robert Brooke, Sr.
Thomas Brooke, Sr.
Thomas Brooke, Jr.
Burgess Founder, Deputy Governor
Calvert

Lords Baltimore

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)
Carroll 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
Chase Samuel Chase
Jeremiah Chase
Clarke
Contee Thomas Contee
Benjamin Contee
Compton Henry Compton
Barnes Compton
Cresap Thomas Cresap
Michael Cresap
Crossland
Darnall Henry Darnall
Philip Darnall
Digges William Digges
Dent Thomas Dent Sr.
Dorsey Edward Dorsey
Hon. John Dorsey [2]
Major Edward Dorsey [3]
Dulany Daniel Dulany the Elder
Daniel Dulany the Younger
Walter Dulany
Duvall Mareen Duvall
Gabriel Duvall
Robert Duvall
Eden baronets Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland
Sir Frederick Eden, 2nd Baronet
Fairfax Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Fendall Josias Fendall
Greenberry Nicholas Greenberry Governor; tombstone transferred to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis
Greene Governor Thomas Greene
Griffith
Hammond Thomas Hammond (regicide) Founder and possible Regicide of Charles I
Maj.Gen. Tombstone from 'Mountain Neck' plantation to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis
Hanson John Hanson
Alexander Contee Hanson
Hatton MD Secretary, killed in action at the Battle of the Severn
Hollis
Howard Founder
John Eager Howard
George Howard (Governor of Maryland)
Benjamin Chew Howard
Jenifer Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
Daniel Jenifer
Lanham
Lee Philip Lee Blenheim branch
Thomas Sim Lee Blenheim branch
Lloyd Edward Lloyd (Colonial Governor of Maryland)
Edward Lloyd (delegate)
Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland)
Henry Lloyd (governor)
James Lloyd (Maryland)
Mason William Mason (1757–1818)
Ogle Samuel Ogle
Benjamin Ogle
Paca William Paca
Paddy John Paddy 17 Reg't (Beall's) Maryland Militia (War of 1812)- Drummer
Robert Paddy 17 Reg't (Beall's) Maryland Militia (War of 1812) Private
Benjamin Paddy c.1750
Peale 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 Teague Riggin Founder; Planter, Golden Lyon Plantation, Pocomoke Sound
Darby Riggin Founder; Planter, Annemessex, later moved to Accomack County, Virginia
John Riggin Planter, Marumsco, Pocomoke Sound
John Riggin Planter, Annemessex
Isaac Riggin Corporal, Maryland Militia, War of 1812.
Elisha Riggin Shipbuilder, Crisfield
John Riggin Deputy clerk of the court, Worcester County; father of Brig. Gen. John Riggin, Jr.
John Riggin, Jr. Bvt. Brig. Gen., Union Army; additional aide-de-camp, to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War.
Rodgers 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 Henry Sewall MD Secretary; grandson and grand nephew of the Mayors of Coventry
Dep.Governor
Skirvin

Skirven

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 Governor William Smallwood
Sparrow Planter, Sparrows Point, Rhode River
Stafford
Steuart George H. Steuart (planter) Planter
George Steuart Hume
George H. Steuart (Major General)
Richard Sprigg Steuart
George H. Steuart (Brigadier General)
William Steuart (Mayor of Baltimore)
Stone William Stone
Thomas Stone
Michael J. Stone
John Hoskins Stone
William Murray Stone
Frederick Stone
Tasker Benjamin Tasker, Sr.
Benjamin Tasker, Jr.
Vallette
Warfield Capt. Founder; ancestor of Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor; tombstone transferred from plantation to St. Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis
Worland John Worland of Charles County Master of Sly Fox Plantation
Worthington Capt. Founder; tombstone transferred to St. Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hall, Clayton Colman (1912). Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. p. 300.
  2. ^ White, John T. The National encyclopaedia of American biography, Volume 9, 1899. pg 299.
  3. ^ 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.

Further reading[]

  • Barnes, Robert W. (2007). Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806353166.

External links[]

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