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[]
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| 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[]
- First Families of Virginia
- American gentry
- Hammond-Harwood House
- Whitehall (Annapolis, Maryland)
- Tulip Hill
- Pimlico Race Course
- Preakness Stakes
- History of White Americans in Baltimore
- Old Stock Americans
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.
Further reading[]
- Barnes, Robert W. (2007). Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806353166.
External links[]
- 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.
Categories:
- Colonial Maryland
- Families from Maryland
- People of colonial Maryland