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The following is taken from a handwritten copy extracted from an unknown
newspaper, probably from Greene Co, probably in the early part of this
century. I apologize in advance for any copyright infringement, but I
don't know where this came from and is the only clue I have to assist me
in my search for my Calvert ancestors. My g-grandparents were John
Minor Thomas (1857-1948) and Maria (Calvert) Thomas (1862-1940). I
think that Maria Calvert is the brother of the mentioned John Calvert.
I would appreciate any assistance in identifying the source of this
extract and any information on the mentioned Calverts.
"History From Our Old Friend
On Saturday last Mr. John Calvert of Wayne Township came into our office
and paid his subscription. He wore the old time red warmers, a garment
getting to be very rare in the latter days of starch and style. In fact
since the demise of Mr. Pettit of Morris Township we did not know of any
other in Greene County who still clung to the revolutionary relic. Mr.
Calvert was ruddy and hearty and jolly and looked the very
personification of health and strength. One of those big little men
stout and tough and tireless and we were at once interested and
astonished when in the routine of conversation. He revealed the fact
that he was about 77 years of age.
We interviewed our old friend and found him agreeable, communicative and
only regretful that he could not more accurately answer the numerous
queries with which we plied him. He was the son of Thomas Calvert, who
died a few years ago at the advanced age of 101. His grandfather died
at the age of about 100. His mother died at the age of 73 and was Irish
descent. His grandmother lived the full age of 100 - and was born on
ship board of a German vessel during passage to this country. His great
grandmother's maiden name was Bullet, came from Germany and lived to be
113. His uncle Zeke Calvert, or Colbert as he was called where he
lived, died some years ago in the 104th year of his age. Two aunts
still survive. Polly Marshall living near Blacksville - he does not
know her exact age but he presumes to be in her 98th year - she is the
mother of 12 children, the grandmother of upwards of 140, the great
grandmother of many and has several great great grand children. Aunt
Peggy who is 2 years younger than Aunt Polly married a man by the name
of Farlow and moved long ago to the State of Iowa.
Mr. Calvert said his ancestors came to this country along with the
Bailys from Bucks and Lancaster County, England and located in the
Carmichaels Settlement at a very early day promising to look up the
subject and report more at length. He bade us a rollicking goodbye and
tripped down the stairs as lightly as a lass."
Cheers,
twt
Hi,
I recently learned that one of my ancestors was Cecil Calvert, and have
been trying to find a genealogy which shows his children and
grandchildren. All I have been able to find is on his Historically
Significant descendants, and on the net, people's direct lines which
don't show all his children.
My connection is through "Jane Calvert of Stokesby, a niece of Marmaduke
Calvert (Solicitor at Stokesby), and niece of Charles Calvert, Lord
Baltimore." This indicates her father was brother to Marmaduke and
Charles, and therefore a son of Cecil. I suspect his name may have been
Robert, but I just don't know for sure. Jane Calvert married D'Arcy
Fowler in 1765, Attorney of Stockton.
Can anyone help or suggest where to look for this information?
Thanks.
Anne Boyd
Here is about his cousin Robert Brent, that refers to this marriage:
"Genealogies of Virginia Families From the Virginia Magazine of History &
Biography, Vol 1, Adams-Chiles", Genealogical Publishers, Co, Baltimore,1981
p 358
"educated at the Jesuit College at Bohemia, in Maryland, where he acquired
the rudiments of education, and afterwards at the College of St. Omer, in
the Netherlands. His classmates at St. Omer's were John (afterwards
Archbishop) Carroll, and upon his return married Anne, the eldest daughter
of Mrs. Eleanor Carroll, and sister of the Archbishop. His kinsman, William
Brent, of Richland, Stafford Co, had previously married Eleanor Carroll, the
second daughter of Mrs. Carroll, and sister of the Archbishop, He died in
Stafford in 1780, and his widow survived him until 1804, when she died at
the residence of her only daughter, Mrs. Diggs, in Prince George Co,
Maryland and was buried at Carroll Chapel, Montgomery Co, MD.
But here is the wrinkle, they identify William the son of Sarah Gibbons who
married Eleanor Darnell, but the birth and death dates are all wrong:
Quoting from "They Called Stafford Home; The Development of Stafford County,
Virginia, from 1600 until 1865", by Jerrilyn Eby, Heritage Books, 1997:
<begin quote>
This account is a little confusing but apparently there was a succession of
William Brents:
William I: m. Sarah Gibbons, d. circa 1709.
William II: b. 1710, d. 1742, wife not identified.
William III: b. 1733, d. 1782, m. Eleanor Carroll of Marlborough, MD.
Presumably John Carroll was the Archbishop to whom you refer. If Eleanor
was his sister it would be natural for him to visit Richland.
"We don't know when the first Richland [the old Brent home] was first built.
The 1742 Quit Rent Rolls charged William Brent's executors for 7,452 acres.
This William (1710-1742) was the son of William Brent (died c. 1709) and
Sarah Gibbons, who later married Alexander Scott of Dipple. It was this
second William's son, William Brent (1733-1782) of Richland, who married
Eleanor, the second daughter of the Carrolls of Marlborough, Maryland. This
William paid taxes on 6,952 acres, according to the Quit Rent Rolls for
1773-1776. He served as a justice for Stafford in 1781 and was listed in
1785 as owning 56 slaves, 30 horses, and 50 cattle.
It was to Richland that Father John Carroll sailed from England, landing at
Aquia on June 26, 1774. His was reputed to be the last vessel to leave an
English port bound for America prior to the outbreak of the Revolution.
Father Carroll preached to the Catholic parishioners at Widewater, then
moved to Rock Creek where his mother lived. He often returned to visit and
preach at Richland."
So which William was it? Was, it instead his son William, and if so, Who
did this William Brent marry? Actually, Eleanor who have been born c 1733,
so maybe this William Brent, son of Sarah Gibbons is too old, especially if
he died 1742.
Who were the siblings of this William b 1733?
Melissa Thompson Alexander
-----Original Message-----
From: tmsjones(a)csi.com [mailto:tmsjones@csi.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 4:19 PM
To: mada(a)cmc.net
Subject: RE: [VASTAFFO-L] BRENT, CALVERT
At 10:49 PM 12/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Which son of Sarah Gibbons became Anglican and married Jane unknown? Her
>son William married Eleanor Carroll, sister of the Archbishop.
>So which Brent, or was it a son by Rector Scott who was raised Anglican and
>married a Jane Unknown. I have no children listed with Scott.
William Brent.
OK, tacky little genealogical joke over (like there was only one William
Brent in the world).
It was the William Brent born in England in 1710, returned to Virginia in
1717, died in 1742. I only know that the book said he (and his son) were
Anglican. I presume it was his mother's religion, reinforced by her second
marriage to an Anglican clergyman.
George H.S. King says, in *The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford
County Virginia* that Rev. Scott had no children.
I know I had read some years ago that not all the Brents were Catholic. I
guess this is one of the Anglican lines (Hugh Brent was not Catholic, but
he was in Lancaster Co.).
I don't know if Eleanor (Carroll) Brent prevailed upon her husband to raise
the children Catholic or not. William Brent's 1742 death is noted in the
Overwharton records; I do not recognize any of the other Brents listed
there.
--Marie
Does anyone know the origin (parents, place of birth) of the William
Calvert who married Elizabeth Nodding 18 July 1780 in Montgomery County,
MD. (O'Gorman pg 661)
Paul Bardell
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In a message dated 12/10/1998 1:47:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pbardell(a)computer.net writes:
<< Does anyone know the origin (parents, place of birth) of the William
Calvert who married Elizabeth Nodding 18 July 1780 in Montgomery County,
MD. (O'Gorman pg 661)
Paul Bardell >>
That is the $64,000 question. I would love to know that information, as I am
descended from that line, but no one so far can find where that William
Calvert came from. Are you a descendant of William and Elizabeth?
Cathy Cabanaw
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Hello all,
It has been brought to my attention that perhaps the meaning for the web
page and my request for additions was misinterpreted. The purpose behind
the Calvert Mailing List Web Page is for people not on the list (or on the
list if they need to know the information) to have access to information
from or about the Calvert list. It includes things such as subscription
information, links to places of help to researchers, links to Calvert
researcher homepages, a guestbook and a few queries. It has recently been
moved to Rootsweb and is now located at
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan/calvert.html This page is advertised
and publicized on the net so as to bring in new subscribers with new
information. If you would like to add your homepage to the list of others
on the page, please email me with the name of your page, the address and a
general description. I will be trying to put notes next to each entry
concerning where/when the Calverts on that particular link are from so that
viewers won't have to wade through pages of no interest to them. Please, if
you email me, put Calvert list in the subject and let me know that it is a
link to be added to the web page. Thanks again for all your input and
support of the Calvert list.
Christi Brogan
San Antonio, TX
Rootsweb Listowner: Barton, Brogan, Burlingame, Calvert, Dunn, Perley,
Whitmer and Voss
http://www.txdirect.net/users/brogan
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Hi folks:
Thought some of you might be interested in the attached article which
appeared in today's Washington Post. It's a profile of Margaret Brent,
the woman who saved Maryland from the mercenaries following the death of
Leonard Calvert. A very interesting piece. Hope I don't get into
trouble for sending an attachment. I can't remember whether that's a
crime or not on this site, there are so many different rules fro one to
the next.
Dennis Bell
Burnaby, B.C. Canada
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First Lady Of the American Bar
(From: The Washington Post. Dec. 9, 1998)
Three hundred fifty years ago, a strong-willed, intelligent woman faced t=
he Assembly of colonial Maryland in St. Mary's City with an outrageous de=
mand. Mistress Margaret Brent asked to be a voting representative. The id=
ea was unthinkable. No matter that she was a highly regarded landholder a=
nd civic activist. She was a woman. Her request was rejected out of hand.=
When an irritated Lord Baltimore -- Cecil Calvert, the colony'sproprieto=
r, who remained in England -- heard of her audacity, he was outraged. Yet=
ironically, it was Margaret Brent who would end up protecting his lords=
hip's
venture in the New World.
She is best known for being the first woman in America to request the
right to vote. But her main contribution may have been the decisive role
she played in Maryland history, singlehandedly saving the colony at a
critical moment. Unfortunately, much of her story is lost. No journal ha=
s
been found that would give us her own words; no portrait was ever painted=
=2E Writers have variously described her as a fiery redhead, a large woma=
n with a knobby nose and jutting chin and an "amazing Amazon." Whether sh=
e was plain or pretty, serious or witty, greedy or generous, we may never=
know. What we do know is that she was unusually competent and outspoken,=
with shrewd business sense and strong diplomatic and leadership skills.
Margaret Brent (c. 1601-1671)was born in England, sixth of 13 children an=
d the oldest daughter of Richard Brent and Elizabeth Reed. The Brents wer=
e a prominent family of noble and ancient lineage, and Richard was a succ=
essful country squire who became sheriff of Gloucestershire. His life wo=
uld likely have continued on an orderly, prosperous path had not an unus=
ual change occurred. In 1619, one of Margaret's younger sisters, Catherin=
e, converted at age 17 to Roman Catholicism. Moreover, she persuaded her =
entire family, except for one or two brothers, to do the same. Being a Ca=
tholicin the wake of the Reformation entailed great sacrifice. Catholics =
were subject to stiff fines and imprisonment. Richard Brentlost two-third=
s of his estate in the years to come, when he refused to attend worship =
services in the Anglican church, a "crime" called recusancy.
Four of the Brent children -- Fulke, Giles, Margaret and Mary -- decided=
to emigrate tothe fledgling colony of Maryland to escape religious pers=
ecution and shore up the family's fortunes. Margaret arrived Nov. 22, 163=
8, bearing a letter from Cecil Calvert granting her and her sister a "pat=
ent" to hold land in theirown names. The generous land grants given to th=
e Brents comprised thousands of acres and showed the high esteem in which=
the family was held.
When the Brents arrived, Maryland was four years old and had fewer than=
400 people. It was made up of what we now consider Southern Maryland, fr=
omPoint Lookout to Port Tobacco, including Kent Island. Mirroring Englis=
h society,t was composed of a handful of large manors, which employed abo=
ut 80 percent of the population as tenant farmers or laborers. Margaret a=
nd Mary chose to develop a lovely 70-acre parcel on St. Mary's town lands=
, adjacent toGiles's land, and they named it Sisters' Freehold. They bro=
ught indentured servants, including four women. In the colony's earliest =
days, to encourage immigration, land grants were given according to how m=
any servants one brought -- the more servants, the more land.
According to Timothy Riordan, historical archaeologist at Historic St. Ma=
ry's City, the presence of the four female servants was unusual. Most lan=
dholders preferred to start with men to clear land for planting. Today, t=
hree private homes cover the Brents' land, and trees block the view to t=
he St. Mary's River. But in the 1630s, the land had been cleared for plan=
ting, and Margaret would have enjoyed a river view from her doorway. Behi=
nd the fields stood a wilderness of towering oaks. Roads had not been bui=
lt, but the Brents had two sailboats for visiting their few neighbors and=
transporting their tobacco crop to oceangoing ships that would carry it =
to markets across the Atlantic.
The Brents likely lived in style, by colonial standards. "All the major p=
layers had well-built houses," Riordan says. "They came expecting to be m=
anor lords. Their houses had stone foundations and were fully framed." By=
contrast, more ordinary folk lived in simple structures, built over post=
s in the ground. The sisters would have had a large garden,with vegetable=
s, especially corn, and flowers used for herbs, medicine and fragrance be=
cause English people of that day bathed only about twice a year.
Tobacco was the mainstay of every farm, and all goods were valued accordi=
ng to their worth in pounds of the golden leaf. Each grower raised about =
800 to 1,000 pounds a year, an amount that provided a subsistence
level of living for a household. The Brents also owned hogs and cattle, n=
otched on their ears to distinguish them from other livestock that rooted=
in the woods and grazed on common lands. Disputes about who owned a part=
icular hog or heifer were common, and Margaret fought firmly for her inte=
rests. "Every episode in her career shows undoubted force of character," =
Frederick Gutheim writes in his book The Potomac. Margaret threw herse=
lf into her new life. She was a close friend of the governor, Leonard C=
alvert, Lord Baltimore's younger brother, and was active in civic affair=
s. She frequently lent money to other colonists, readily going to court =
to collect overdue payments. In 1642, when Giles owed her money, he conve=
yed to her "all lands, goods, debts, cattle and servants," which included=
1,000 acres and a working mill on Kent Island. Margaret appears so frequ=
ently in early court records that some have dubbed her America's first li=
tigator. In part, that is because of her extraordinary diligence; in par=
t, it was because the colony was uncommonly litigious. Proclaiming Margar=
et "the first woman lawyer in the world," the American Bar Association's =
Commission on Women in the Profession named its Women Lawyers of Achievem=
ent Award after her.
Unlike England, which had a cash economy, Maryland relied on tobacco as
currency and operated entirely on a credit system. So even if one person =
trusted another to pay his debts, he often took the party to court so the=
re would be an official record of the transaction. Most of Margaret's cas=
es
involved property disputes and debts. She would argue disputes about a si=
ngle heifer or record that so-and-so owed her 60 pounds of tobacco. Her
success in her own cases probably led others to ask that she speak on the=
ir behalf. Margaret had no formal legal training. But then there were no =
lawyers in Maryland. All litigants argued their own cases before the prov=
incial court or appointed "attorneys in fact" to act for them. She was so=
unusual not only as a woman butalso because of the sheer volume of cases=
she brought -- 124 in eight years -- on her behalf and that of others.
"She wasn't afraid to plunge right in," says Lois Green Carr, a historian=
with the Maryland Historical Trust. "She learned a lot as she went along=
=2E" Being single gave Margaret freedom she otherwise would not have had.=
Married women were not allowed to own property or bring actions in cour=
t. "What was radical about her was never getting married," says Carr, who=
speculates that Margaret and Mary may have taken vows of celibacy. "In a=
society where there were six men for each woman, the ability to resist m=
arriage and instead have a well-respected, powerful place in the communit=
y would have required the kind of protection that vows would give." The =
strong and independent Brents were typical of "recusant" women, says Jean=
ne Cover, a historian in Toronto. "Margaret Brent would have been represe=
ntative of the women who were wanting to contribute to church and to soci=
ety and who had faith in women being able to do this," she says.
In 1642, Margaret took on a new role: guardian of a young Indian girl. Ea=
rly Maryland colonists were on friendly terms with many local tribes. Kit=
tamaqund, leader of the Piscataways, was particularly open to the newcome=
rs and allowed the Rev.Andrew White, S.J., a Jesuit priest and friend of=
the Brents, to live as a missionary with the tribe. When Kittamaqund dec=
ided that his seven-year-old daughter should be educated in English ways,=
Gov. Leonard Calvert himself and Margaret Brent became legal guardians o=
f the princess. She lived with the Brent sisters and took the name Mary a=
t baptism.
The times were turbulent in England and its young colony. Parliament was =
dominated by Puritans hostile to King Charles I, who was sympathetic to =
Catholics: Maryland was named for his Catholic wife. These hostilities s=
pilled over to Maryland, fueled in part by the growing influence there of=
the Jesuit community, which claimed 6,000 acres of land. Simmering tensi=
on between Catholics and Protestants boiled over in 1645 when Richard In=
gle, a Protestant sea captain, staged a rebellion, with Parliament's =
blessing, ransacking the "papist" colony. William Claibourne, a Virgin=
ia fur trader, joined in an attempt to seize control of Kent Island. Ne=
w evidence suggests that Leonard Calvert may have formed a rough garrison=
, called St. Thomas Fort, at Sisters' Freehold during the early months o=
f the rebellion. If true, "Margaret would have had some share in all the =
excitement," Carr says. During the "plundering time," the colony had no g=
overnment for two years. Leonard Calvert and many of the settlers fled to=
Virginia. Others were forced to return to England, including Giles Bren=
t and the Rev. White, who was dragged back in chains.
"It was a really scary time," says Leona Meisinger, interpretive programs=
co-ordinator at St. Mary's. "This was a civilization in embryonic form. =
They were just starting to get a sense of self-government and along comes=
Ingle, raids the colony and when he was done, the population had gone f=
rom 600 to 100. People must have been thinking, 'Do I stay or go? How str=
ong are my religious convictions?' "As 1646 ended, Leonard Calvert hire=
d mercenaries in Virginia to help him retake the colony. But his victory =
was short-lived. On June 9, 1647, at about age 40, he lay dying of an unr=
ecorded illness. Margaret was one of the few people by his side. On his d=
eathbed, Calvert appointed Thomas Greene to act as governor and made Mar=
garet sole executor of his estate, saying, "Take all and pay all." He the=
n asked all but Margaret to leave the room, and they talked for some ti=
me alone. The relationship between Margaret and Leonard Calvert has spark=
ed much speculation. She has been called his kinswoman, his sister-in-la=
w or, most tantalizing, his sweetheart. Modern historians, however, favor=
the notion that the two were good friends.
Clearly, Calvert knew that she could bring order to his tangled affairs. =
"Whether or not she was a kinswoman, she was the right person at the rig=
ht time," Riordan says. As Calvert's executrix, Margaret inherited a mess=
=2E He had large debts, and his belongings seem unimpressive, to say the =
least. Among the inventory of his possessions: one pair of shoes; a blue=
jug; four axes, one broken; and one very old feather bed. Of course, he =
had lots of land. But under English law, she could not use her power as e=
xecutrix to sell it. Margaret faced a desperate situation. Calvert had p=
romised each mercenary payment of 1,500 pounds of tobacco, which would h=
ave given a soldier a modest living for a year, and three barrels of corn=
, the equivalent of another 750 pounds of tobacco. He died before makin=
g good on his pledge. Hungry and restless, the mercenaries threatened tro=
uble.
After selling Calvert's possessions, Margaret was far short of the funds =
needed even to keep the soldiers fed. She must have summoned all of her d=
iplomatic skills, moral authority and commanding presence to persuade the=
m, week by week, to hold fast while she determined a bold plan. On Jan. 3=
, 1648, the provincial court granted Margaret power of attorney over the=
estate of Leonard's older brother, Cecil, more commonly known as Lord B=
altimore. Cecil had never come to his colony. But the judges reasoned tha=
t Margaret, as executor of Leonard Calvert's estate, could be made respo=
nsible for Cecil's property. The court heard her case and ruled that, unt=
il Lord Baltimore could appoint someone else, she could act on his behalf=
=2E
Meanwhile, as the threat of mutiny escalated, an Assembly session was cal=
led. Members gathered in the home of John Lewgar, a prominent politicalf=
igure. On the fateful day of Jan. 21, 1648, the room most likely was fill=
ed with 30 to 40 men and one determined woman. Here is the only record of=
what transpired: "Came Mrs. Margaret Brent and requested to have vote in=
the howse for her selfe and voyce allso for that att the last Court 3rd=
Jan. it was ordered that the said Mrs Brent was to be looked uppon and =
received as his Lps attorney. The Govr denyed that the sd Mrs Brent shou=
ld have any vote in the howse. And the sd Mrs Brent protested agst all p=
roceedings in this pnt Assembly, unless shee may have vote aforesd."
In other words, Margaret asked for two votes -- one for herself as a land=
holder and the other as Lord Baltimore's attorney. Whenher request was de=
nied, she apparently denounced the proceedings. Implications of her deman=
d have been interpreted differently. Women's rights advocates proudly se=
e it as a blow for equality, though that is not clear from the record. C=
alling her the first suffragette, Carr says, is "a very large exaggeratio=
n." Nevertheless, Carr adds, "It was an act of enormous courage to go to =
the Assembly and make this request which she must have known was certain=
to be refused." Carr suggests that Margaret's plea to join the Assembly =
may have been a last-ditch effort to win support for raising money to pa=
y the soldiers. She may have hoped to persuade the Assembly to tax tobacc=
o. Or she may have wanted endorsement for her next move -- selling Lord =
Baltimore's cattle, without his permission, to raise the funds.
Waiting for his lordship's permission would have taken months. By then, t=
he malcontented mercenaries might well have sacked the struggling colony.=
So Margaret sold the livestock. Once the soldiers were paid, they left w=
ithout trouble. "She really saved the colony," Carr says. "Virginians alw=
ays believed that Maryland should have been granted to them. If the soldi=
ers had mutinied, Virginia would have sent people to restore order, and=
eventually the [British] Parliament would have rescinded the charter an=
d given it to Virginia."
The colonists breathed a collective sigh of relief, but Lord Baltimore w=
as furious. He regarded the Brent clan as pesky troublemakers. As acting =
governor and council member, Giles had tried to undermine the lord's po=
wer. Moreover, Giles had married the Indian girl, Mary Kittamaqund, when =
she was 10. Why Margaret allowed this is unclear. Lord Baltimore also was=
suspicious that Giles was intending to use his marriage in order to make=
a sweeping claim to Piscataway lands, property that Lord Baltimore saw a=
s his alone to give. The same Assembly that had denied Margaret the vote=
rose to her defence. In an angry letter to Lord Baltimore on April 21, =
1649, the Assembly wrote: "We do Verily Believe and in Conscience report =
that it was better for the Collonys safety at that time in her hands then=
in any mans else in the whole Province after your Brothers death for th=
e Soldiers would never have treated any other with that Civility and re=
spect and though they were even ready at several times torun into mutiny =
yet she still pacified them." The letter continued: . . . "she rather de=
served favour and thanks from your Honour . . . then to be justly liable =
to all those bitter invectives you have been pleased to Express against h=
er."
But Lord Baltimore's hostility toward the Brents continued. Giles moved =
to Virginia, with Margaret and Mary soon to follow, about 1650. The Brent=
s acquired nearly 11,000 acres in Virginia from 1651 through 1666, accor=
dingto research by Nan Netherton, a Northern Virginia historian. Part =
of their holdings included a 700-acre rectangular tract of land on the P=
otomac River above Hunting Creek in what now is the heart of Old Town Ale=
xandria. The family settled on the edge of the wilderness, in today's Sta=
fford County.
Virginia's strict anti-Catholic laws apparently never affected the Brents=
=2E While little was heard again from Margaret, Giles held key political=
positions. According to minutes of Virginia's Council of 1668, in 21 ye=
ars
Giles had proved "his fidelity in not seducing any Persons to the Roman =
Catholic Religion."As far as is known, Margaret never returned to Marylan=
d. She died on her Virginia plantation, called "Peace," in 1671 and prob=
ably was buried there. If so, there is no marker on her grave.
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Hi -
There is a very good article about Margaret Brent in today's Washington
Post - Horizon Section.
Go to:
http://washingtonpost.com
under Horizon
Enjoy!
Debi Remer
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Charles,
I got Jane Mudd attached to her correct mother. Thanks.
Mary Neale and Martha Brent were stepsisters of Nicholas Brent, husband of
Jane Mudd. They were the daughters of his father and Mary Calvert. His
mother was Elizabeth Green.
Melissa Thompson Alexander
Brent, I have quite a bit on.
Capt. George Brent, b 1640 in England, d 1699 in Woodstock, Stafford Co, VA,
son of George Brent and Marianna Peyton, m(1) Elizabeth Green, dau of
William Green of Bermuda. Her mother was a Layton. She died 26 Mar 1686 in
childbirth. He married 2nd Mary Calvert, d of ? (Does anyone on the list
know which Mary Calvert?)
His son by is first wife, Nicholas, b c 1679, married Jane Mudd, dau of
Capt. Thomas Mudd and Sarah Boarman.
I am sure they knew each other.
Melissa Thompson Alexander
-----Original Message-----
From: Katherine & Charles [mailto:livingindy@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, December 07, 1998 11:17 AM
To: mada(a)cmc.net
Cc: MDSTMARY-L(a)rootsweb.com; MDCHARLE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] MUDD/Brent
Melissa,
I would be very interested to see any information you may have on
Captain Thomas Mudd from the Virginia area. Also Captain George Brent -
as they may have been well acquainted mariners.
>From The Mudd Family of the United States, author Dr. Richard D. Mudd,
4th ed. 1984, page: 27:
Jane Mudd, dau of Thomas Mudd and Ann Matthews, m. 1st 4-10-1711
Nicholas Brent (d. 12-18-1711) second son of Captain George Brent and
_____ Greene. No issue. m. 2d probably John Craycroft.
R.T. Semmes states that Jane Craycroft of Prince Georges County
Maryland, dau of Thomas Mudd and Ann MAtthews, died intestate. Many
references to Jane and John Craycroft.
Nicholas Brent refers to his sisters Mary Neale and Martha Brent, and to
his nephew William Brent s/o William Brent.
"The marriage of Jane Mudd and Nicholas Brent was probably an important
social event."
Charles Mudd
Don & Melissa Alexander wrote:
>
> Who did Jane Mudd, d of Thomas Mudd and Sarah Boarman marry? I am going
> through the Brent family information that is in "Genealogies of Virginia
> Families From the Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol 1,
> Adams-Chiles", Genealogical Publishers, Co, Baltimore,1981, and find a
> Nicholas Brent, son of George and Elizabeth Greene, married a Jane Mud,
> daughter of Capt. Thomas Mudd of Charles Co. They married April 1711 and
he
> died d.s.p. Dec 18, 1711.
> Actually, I am noticing quite a bit of cross over from the Catholic
families
> of MD and Stafford Co, VA. The Brent family was Catholic and very
> extensive. I am tracing back to them from my father's mother's side, not
> the Thompson-Mattingly line!
>
> Anyway the Brent's and Porter's lived in Southern MD and Northern VA.
Part
> of these lines originated from Gloucestershire, England. There are
several
> hundred pages of Brent information in this volume of Genealogies.
>
> Melissa Thompson Alexander
> www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/l/e/Melissa-T-Alexander/
> listowner: CECIL-L(a)rootsweb.com; KRUTSINGER-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Edmonds, WA USA
>From the Maryland Calendar of Wills, I have a Jane Thompson, b 13 Nov 1689,
as the daughter of William Thompson and Victoria Matthews (Victoria b in
Charles Co, MD). She married an unknown Brent. From "Genealogies of
Virginia Families From the Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol 1,
Adams-Chiles", Genealogical Publishers, Co, Baltimore,1981, I have a Henry
Brent, 1st son of George Brent and his 2nd wife Mary Calvert (his first was
Elizabeth Greene) marrying a Jane Thompson, eldest daughter of Charles
Thompson of Charles Co, MD. Are these two different Janes? Or was the
Genealogies of Virginia in error? Henry died Dec 24, 1709. They had one
son, William Brent.
Melissa Thompson Alexander
www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/l/e/Melissa-T-Alexander/
listowner: CECIL-L(a)rootsweb.com; KRUTSINGER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Edmonds, WA USA
Dec. 7, 1998 Re Quaker----
Joshua Calvert s/o John & Judith (Stamper) Calvert b. 1680 m. Deborah
Harlan. Re the Harlan family, in Buckey
CALVERTS WHO WERE QUAKERS
there is great detail. Buckey does not list the ch. of Joshua Calvert
and Deborah.
The John Calvert on p. 611 of O'Gorman
is prob. Joshua's bro.
John m. Jane McMahan (?). There seems to be a connetion with the
Chenoweth family. Mary Calvert, a sister, m. John
Chenewth.
It could well be that John Calvert on p. 611 is the same John Calvert
s/o John
& Judith (Stamper) Calvert. John Calvert who . Judith Stamper, was s/o
Thomas
Calvert & Jane Glasscock and b. in Ire.
Settled in PA.
Let me know if you want more info. on the Harlan family. Interesting.
Of the Chief
Justice Harlan group.
Williamson is listed in QUAKER book, but
no info. on Thomas Calvert m. Sarah
Williamson. There is a question re Jane
McMahan.. There is a Swayne in the
Harlan family, and a Francis Swayne
was witness to a marriage ca1718 and a
Joshua Swayne in Frederick Co., VA.
1781.
Re Sewell: Gov. Calvert (Charles) m
Jane Lowe Sewell widow of Henry Sewell.
Anne d/o Henry Sewell and Jane m. Geo.
Brent. Geo. Brent first m. the d/o Capt.
/william Green of Bermuda and 2nd
the dau. of Henry Sewall & Jane Lowe.
This is from HIGHLIGHTS OF MD HISTORY. Don't know if it's much help.
Barbara Calvert
Barbara and group,
Another connection between John Calvert (m. Jane McMahon) and the Chenoweths
is that their granddaughter, Ruth Calvert (daughter of son Isaiah) married
Mary Calvert Chenoweth's grandson William Chenoweth.
Greg
"Genealogies of Virginia Families From the Virginia Magazine of History &
Biography, Vol 1, Adams-Chiles", Genealogical Publishers, Co, Baltimore,1981
gives information that George Brent, b 1640, son of George Brent and
Marianna Peyton, first married Elizabeth Greene, and that she died in
childbirth 26 Mar 1686. It then states that he married 2ndd Lady Baltimore
Calvert, who by her first Husband, Henry Sewell (she married 2nd Col William
Chandler.) Is this so and if so, who were her parents and what children did
they have? It also goes on to state that the second Mrs. George Brent also
died in childbirth, 12 Mar 1693-94.
Melissa Thompson Alexander
www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/l/e/Melissa-T-Alexander/
listowner: CECIL-L(a)rootsweb.com; KRUTSINGER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Edmonds, WA USA
In James Calvert's message to the list:.Thomas Calvert married Sarah
Williamson, Following children of which one was John Calvert who married Jane
Swayne. Could this be the John Calvert in O'Gormans book on page 611? John of
Frederick? I am interested in this as I am related through this line. I am
also listed in the book. Wilma Smith Roebuck.
Anyone related or looking for information on a John Calvert magician
there is an auction on the ebay site to sell a collectable autograph.
I don't know what line this John is in, but I thought I would post this
incase someone in the group is looking.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=46872773
Cheers
Gary Lee Calvert
P.O.Box 6353
Kokomo, Indiana 46904-6353
mailto:gcalvert@iquest.net http://www.iquest.net/~gcalvert/home.html
Cindy-check out gendex.com. It takes a while to sort through the Calverts but
it is an interesting trip. Check out the names mentioned above in the other
e-mail. Then click on each one. There are usually different people
submitting so you may-and usually do find the same person more than once. It
took me quite a while. The only thing I found was that the submitter would
not answer my inquiry.