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

Francis Billingsley John Billingsley

Bowie family[1]
Brent family
Brice family
Brooke family
Burgess Family
  • William Burgess, the Founder, Deputy Governor
Calvert family, Lords Baltimore
Carroll family
Causey family
Chase family
Clarke family
Contee family
Compton family
Crossland family
Darnall family
Digges family
Dorsey family
Dulany family
Duvall family
Eden baronets
Fairfax family
Fendall family
Greenberry Family
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
Jenifer family
Lee family
Lloyd family
Mason family
Ogle family
Paca family
Peale family
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
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)
Steuart family
Stone family
Tasker family
Vallette family
  • Elie Vallette
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
Worland Family
Worthington Family
  • Capt.John Worthington, the 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.
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