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.
Description
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
| 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 | ||
| Mary Brent | |||
| Giles Brent | |||
| Fulke Brent | |||
| Brice | Brice III | ||
| James Brice | |||
| Brooke | Robert Brooke, Sr. | ||
| Thomas Brooke, Sr. | |||
| Thomas Brooke, Jr. | |||
| Burgess | William 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| John Hammond Maj.Gen. | Tombstone from 'Mountain Neck' plantation to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis | ||
| Hanson | John Hanson | ||
| Alexander Contee Hanson | |||
| Hatton | Thomas Hatton | MD Secretary, killed in action at the Battle of the Severn | |
| Hollis | |||
| Howard | Matthew Howard Sr | 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 | ||
| 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 | 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 | ||
| Isaac Riggin | c. 1774-1839. Corporal Maryland Militia, War of 1812 | ||
| Elisha Riggin | Shipbuilder, Crisfield | ||
| 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 | |
| Nicholas Sewall | 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 | Thomas Sparrow | Planter, Sparrows Point, Rhode River | |
| Stafford | William 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 | Elie Vallette | ||
| Warfield | Richard Warfield Capt. | Founder; ancestor of Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor; tombstone transferred from plantation to St. Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis | |
| Worland | |||
| Worthington | John Worthington Capt. | Founder; tombstone transferred to St. Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis |
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See also
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.
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