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.
	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
	Major Edward Dorsey
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
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
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

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

Further reading

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

External links

• Search engine of Maryland's families of early settlers

• 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.