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Thank you for responding to my query regarding Verlinda Graves. I have
at least five sources that list her as Verlinda Graves. 1)Adventures of
Purse and Person, 2) Willsons and Burchells and Related Families, County
Court Records of Accomack-Northampton VA, 4)Virginia History and
Genealogy, 5) Flowering of the Mariland Palatinate. I think the
confusion comes from the fact that Verlinda Graves had a sister
Katherine who married 1) Roper and 2) Sprigg. She had a daughter
Verlinda Roper. William Stone mentions his "brother" Sprigg....who
wouild really be his brother-in-law. However that term was not always
used. Verlinda Graves also had a sister Ann who married Cotton. And she
also had a daughter Verlinda (Cotton). My interest has been the footnote
on page 183 of The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate (by Newman) that
says Verlinda was William Stone's second wife and mother of only two of
his children. Has any one found more on this?
Thanks again.
Shirley
Pat....still can't my email to you I guess. Everyone else receiving it
fine.
Looking for information on Elizabeth Stone, who married William Calvert
about 1664. Was her mother Verlinda Graves or was that her step-mother?
Shirley
Dear Christi,
Your CALVERT data has arrived! What can we ever do for you!!! We feel like
children pouncing upon the Christmas on Christmas morning.
We have just printed off your CALVERT data. Now we hope to take my
husband's ancestors forward from Mary Calvert who married Isaac CHAPLINE
c1606.
THANKS!
Rubinette Niemann
Dear Calvert Listers,
Does anyone have any Calvert's born in Preston, Yks., Eng? Or, any who
might have lived in Grewelthorpe, Yks, Eng.
My gr. grandfather was Isaiah Calvert b. abt. 1811, Preston, Yks.,
England. His family was born in Grewelthorpe, Yks and raised there. His
daughter, Isabella (Calvert) Metcalfe b. abt. 1833 was my gr. grandmother.
Isaiah also had a son, George A. Calvert b. 1851 who was married to a Barbara
of Masham, Yks. They had a daughter named Margaret Elizabeth Calvert, b.
abt. 1876 in Grewelthorpe also. Isaiah also had a daughter (name unknown)
who married a Kirkbright. Possibly Edmund Kirkbright. She had sons named
Edmund Kirkbright and "I." Kirkbright.
Any help on this family would be much apprecited.
Many thanks,
Gerie (Foley)
Here is an interesting bit of Calvert related trivia:
THE PROVINCIAL FLAG OF MARYLAND.
RICHARD HENRY SPENCER
The question has often been asked what was the Provincial Flag of Maryland.
What was it composed of?
The colors of Maryland, both as a Province and as a State, have always been
and still are those of the Calverts, but the armorial bearings1 and colors
composing the flag of the Province were different from those composing the
flag of the State of Maryland.
The original exemplification of arms issued 3 December, 1622, to the
Honorable Sir George Calvert, Knight, (afterwards First Lord Baltimore), by
Sir Richard George, Knight, "Norroy Kinge of Arms of the North parts of the
Realme of England from the River of Trent Northward," is in the possession
of the Maryland Historical Society. In it, the Norroy King of Arms certifies
the ancient arms of the Calvert family, emblazoned in colors, to be "paley
of Sixe peices, or and Sables, a bend counterchanged." That is, six vertical
stripes, alternately gold (or) and black (sable) crossed by a diagonal
stripe running from the upper corner to the observer's left, on which stripe
the colors are reversed, being black where it crosses the gold and gold
where it crosses the black.
George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, died 15 April, 1632, before receiving
a Charter from Charles I, which was the grant of a territory in North
America to an individual, and "contained provision for the transmission,
whole and unimpaired, of almost all the peculiarities of the British
Constitution, not excepting the feudal system itself." It was left to his
son, Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, to carry out the plan of
colonization which his father had conceived, and upon receiving the Charter
20 June, 1632, to certain territory north of the Potomac river, to be holden
by the tenure of fealty only, yielding and paying therefor to his Majesty,
his heirs and successors, the rental of "two Indian Arrowes,2 of those
parts, to be delivered at the Castle of Windsor, every yeere on the Tuesday
in Easter weeke, and also the fifth part of all Gold and Silver Ore, within
the limits aforesaid, which shall from time to time happen to be found." He
called it Maryland, in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I,
and daughter of Henry IV, of France.
In 1633, Cecilius Calvert sent his brother Leonard Calvert, with a party of
twenty gentlemen, three Jesuit priests, and about two hundred others,
adventurers, mechanics and indentured servants, in two vessels, the Ark and
the Dove, to colonize his new possessions.
The use of flags is of great antiquity. In the Bible3 the standards of the
various tribes are referred to in the arrangement of the camp of the
Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai, B. C. 1490. The Assyrian, Greek and
Roman armies had their distinctive flags. In Bede's description of the
interview, A. D. 597, between the heathen King Ethelbert and the Roman
Missionary Augustine, the followers of the latter are said to have borne
banners on which silver crosses were displayed.
After the Crusades the cross (the symbol which has found its way into the
flag of Maryland) seems to have taken a very prominent and important place
on the banners and standards of European nations. During the Middle Ages,
the war-cry of the English was the name of their patron saint, St. George,
and his banner argent, a cross gules, its national ensign. It was borne as
one of the English banners at the siege of Caerlaverock in 1300, and during
all their wars in France under the Black Prince, the English used a white
flag with a red cross, as it is borne today in the flags of the British
navy.
"Thys blessyd and holy marter saynte George is patrone of this royame of
englond, and the crye of men of warre. In the worshyp of whome is founded
the noble ordre of the garter," we read in the Golden Legend;4 and Spenser
in his Fairie Queene, Book I, Canto 10, says:
"For thou emongst those Saints, whom thou doest see,
Shalt be a Saint, and thine owne nations frend
And patrone: thou Saint George shalt called bee,
Saint George of mery England the signe of victoree."
The cross of St. Andrew, from the time of the early crusaders, was also held
in high esteem as the patron saint of Scotland, and his banner azure, a
saltire argent, the national ensign.
In 1603, at the accession of James VI. of Scotland and I. of England, he
assumed the title of King of Great Britain, being King of both England and
Scotland, and as "the English and Scotch vessels were constantly contending,
each claiming that her flag was the older," James I. on 12 April, 1606,
issued the following proclamation:
"Whereas, some differences hath arisen between our subjects of South and
North Britain, travelling by sea, about the bearing of their flags; for the
avoiding of all such contentions hereafter, we have, with the advice of our
Council, ordered, from henceforth, all our subjects of this Isle and Kingdom
of Great Britain, and the members thereof, shall bear in their maintop the
Red Cross, commonly called St. George's Cross, and the White Cross, commonly
called St. Andrew's Cross, joined together, according to a form made by our
Herald's, and sent by us to our Admiral to be published to our said
subjects; and in their foretop, our subjects of South Britain shall wear the
Red Cross only, as they were wont; and our subjects of North Britain, in
their foretop the White Cross only, as they were accustomed."
This combination of the crosses of the two kingdoms, in one field, was known
as the Union, sometimes called the Union Jack as signifying the sovereignty
of James I. (Jacobus) over both English and Scotch.
The Ark and the Dove when they sailed from Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, 22
November, 1633, with the first colony under Leonard Calvert, flew the St.
George's Cross from the foretop, as it was the common ensign of English
ships of that period, and possibly the Union flag5 from the maintop, as
required by the King's Proclamation of 1606.6
Father Andrew White, in A Relation of Maryland, published in London,
September 8, 1635, after describing the arrival of Governor Leonard Calvert
and the Colonists at "a River on the North-side of Patomeck River, within 4
or 5 leagues from the mouth thereof, which they called Saint George's
River," says: "They went up this river about 4 leagues, and anchored at the
Towne of Yoacomaco.... The Governor determined to make the first Colony
there, ... and thus upon the 27 day of March, Anno Domini, 1634, the
Governour tooke possession of the place, and named the Towne Saint
Maries.... They had not beene there many dayes before Sir John Harvie, the
governor of Virginia came thither to visit them: ... After they had finished
the storehouse, and unladed the ship, the Governour thought fit to bring the
Colours on shore, which were attended by all the Gentlemen, and the rest of
the servants in armes; who received the Colours with a volley of shot, which
was answered by the Ordnance from the ships; At this Ceremony were present,
the Werowances of Patuxent, and the Yoacomaco, with many other Indians."
There is nothing on record to show what the "Colours" were, but Cecilius
Calvert being granted by his Charter absolute ownership of his Province, the
armorial bearings of the Proprietor, black and gold (mistakenly called black
and yellow), were the colors of the Province and borne on its ensign, and it
may have been included among the "Colours" before mentioned.
In 1638, Governor Leonard Calvert made his expedition to Kent Island for the
purpose of reducing the Claiborne force to subjection, when he and his armed
men marched, as he writes to his brother the Proprietor, 25 April, 1638,
"with your Ensigne7 displayed."
forces of Lord Baltimore and the Parliamentary party, the former marched "in
battle array, with Lord Baltimore's colours8 displayed," fighting "against
the Lord Protector's government and people, yea to shoot against his
Highness's colours, killing the ensign-bearer."
In the proceedings of the Lower House of Assembly of the Province of
Maryland, 2 June, 1740, the Colours are mentioned, but not described. In the
proceedings, however, of the Lower House of Assembly, 26 October, 1742, is
the following record: "Invoice of Goods, Shipp'd on Board the Baltimore,
Jern(ingham) Bigg, Master, for Maryland, on the proper Account and Risque of
the Province of Maryland: and goes consigned to Mr. Charles Hammond,
Treasurer of the Western Shore in said Province, and charged as advised,
viz:
"Mr Samuel Hyde, Bought of Samuel Roberts, February 10, 1741-2. A Black and
Yellow Flag, 83 yards at 10 d: œ3.9.2."
And in the Proceedings of the Lower House of Assembly, 14 May, 1750, is this
record,
"The Governor communicates to Mr Speaker the following Accounts, and the
following Copy of an Order of Council, viz:
By the Governor and Council, January 17, 1749.
Ordered. That the Honourable Col. Charles Hammond, Treasurer of the Western
Shore, send to the Executors of Mr Joseph Adams, late Merchant in London,
for the following Arms and Ammunition:
15 Great Guns, Four Pounders, double fortified, of the new
Model;
12 Drums, and 12 Pair of Sticks;
12 Trumpets, and Mouth pieces to each Trumpet;
A black and yellow Flag;
20 Half-Barrels of Best Gunpowder," etc.
At a Council9 held at the City of Annapolis, Tuesday, the 6th day of August,
in the fourth year of his Lordship's Dominion, Annoq Domini, 1755.
Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esqr. Governor.
The honble Benja Tasker, Esqr. Benedict Calvert, Esqr.
"Ordered that the honourable Col. Charles Hammond, Treasurer of the Western
Shoar, send to Mr Silvanus Grove, Merchant in London, for Twenty half
Barrels of Gunpowder, a Black & Yellow Flagg 24 feet long and 16 feet broad,
with the Union in One Corner, and a Barrel of Flints," etc.
This flag was not the Provincial Flag of Maryland, but it was one probably
intended for use in his Majesty's service in the war against the French, for
Braddock's defeat, the month before, had aroused the Province, and it was
made in compliance with the Proclamation of Queen Anne, 28 July, 1707, when
the complete or legislative union of Great Britain, including England, Wales
and Scotland, was established by treaty and the first Union Parliament
assembled. This proclamation provided and required "that the ensigns
armorial of our Kingdom of Great Britain," shall be "the crosses of St
George and St Andrew conjoined, to be used in all flags, banners, standards
and ensigns, both at sea and land."
The flag10 thus prescribed and confirmed was called the Union and it became
the National flag of Great Britain. It was very often used in the canton by
the American colonies in connection with other devices, until the rupture
with the mothercountry. The flag of the United Colonies in January, 1776,
was composed of thirteen stripes alternately red and white, with the Union
in one corner.
After the War of the Revolution, by common consent, the Maryland State Flag
was composed of the armorial bearings of the Calverts and Crosslands (the
latter bearing a cross in brilliantly contrasted colors of silver and red),
quartered, as displayed on the escutcheon of the Great Seal, for, no design
was ever formally adopted for the official flag of the State of Maryland,
until during Governor Warfield's administration, when the General Assembly
of Maryland passed "An Act to formally adopt and legalize the Maryland
Flag." Chap. 48. Approved March 9, 1904.
But the preamble to this Act is incorrect and misleading, as it states,
"that the flag designed and used as the Flag of Maryland, under the
Proprietary Government, and which is still known as the Maryland Flag, has
never been formally adopted by Maryland as a State, its use having been
continued by common consent only," and which "from the earliest settlement
of the Province to the present time, has been known and distinguished as the
Flag of Maryland."
There is no Provincial Flag of Maryland in existence, as far as known, and
there is nothing on record to warrant the assumption that the Flag of
Maryland, under the Proprietary Government, was ever at any time the same as
is the Flag of the State of Maryland of today, which is composed of the
armorial bearings of the Calverts and Crosslands, quartered, as displayed on
the escutcheon of the Great Seal.11
It would thus appear, and it is undoubtedly the fact, that the Provincial
Flag of Maryland was composed of the armorial bearings of the Calverts only,
black and gold.
1 During the third Crusade under Richard Coeur de Lion, (1189-1192),
coats of arms were usually borne by all the great nobles. Their banners
were embroidered or painted with their armorial bearings.
2 The receipt for the first year's rent dated Tuesday, the 23d day of
April, 1633, signed by W. Thomas, keeper of his Majesty's wardrobe; as
also the receipts for the years 1634, 1636-1638, 1640-1643, 1655-1658,
1660-1663,
1671-1677, 1736, 1738-1740, 1743-1751, and 1765, are among the interesting
and valuable historical manuscripts belonging to the Maryland Historical
Society.
3 "And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his
own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts."
Numbers, Chap. i, Verse 52.
"Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard,
with the ensign of their father's house." Numbers, Chap. ii, Verse 2.
4 The Golden Legend was written by Giacomo de Voragine, Archbishop of
Genoa (1230-1298), translated and published by William Caxton, the first
English printer, in 1483.
5 It is positively known that Union flags were afterwards used in the famous
battle of the Severn, in 1655, between the
Province, for in May, 1696, two Union flags were received from London for
the use of the Province of Maryland. Maryland Archives, Vol. xx, pp.
446-447.
Also Vol. XXIV, page 14.
6 See Calvert Papers, Art. 3, p. 37 (Md. Hist. Soc. Fund. Pub. No. 35).
7 Calvert Papers, No. 1, page 185.
8 Roger Heamans, Commander of the ship Golden Lyon, then at anchor,
in Severn River, in Providence (now Annapolis), and who participated in
the battle, in his Narrative, published in 1655, a copy of which is in the
Bodleian Library, London, says: "The colours were black and
yellow--appointed
by the L. Br."
Thurloe's State Papers, Vol. v, page 487; Bozman's History of Maryland,
page 697. Md. Hist. Magazine, Vol. IV, page 148.
9 Maryland Archives, Vol. XXXI, page 46.
10 Our Flag, Preble, 1872; The Flags of the World, Hulme, 1897; The
Encyclopedia Americana, 1903; Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Ed. 1910.
11 Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, derived the Crossland Arms from his
grandmother Alicia Crossland, and while he and his successors in the title
Baron of Baltimore appear frequently to have used their paternal coat of
arms separately, for the Great Seal of Maryland, a province in which as
Absolute Lord and Proprietary he had the rank of a count palatine, Cecilius
prescribed the quarterly coat, and thus made the provincial arms
distinctive.
The quarterly coat of arms is shown in Guillim's Display of Heraldry,
and appears upon various old prints. For a full description of the
Great Seal see Md. Hist Soc. Fund Pub. No. 23 (1896).
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Manorial rights to Wye House through Ed. and Philemon Lloyd, the puritans--a
direct
descendant of Henrietta Maria Neale and James Neale of Wolleston Manor
of
Charles Co., Md. Landed gentry through the right of Zachariah
Maccubbin,
1659. Dr. Charles Carroll, Col. George Mason, Wm. Fitzhugh of "Chatam,"
on the
Rappahanoch, Daniel Dulaney, Nicholas Greenberry, Col. Richard Lee and
Col.
Walter Smith.
Under the dignity of Landed Gentry and Noble Ancient Scotch Ancestry--as
Kenneth
MacAlpine, first king of all the Scots, who was the forebear of the
clan Maccubbin
of Galloway. Settled in St. Mary's Co., Md., 1659.
Eleanor Mackubin m--Charles Baltimore Calvert of "Riversdale," Prince
George's Co.,
Md. They made their home at "MacAlpine," a part of Riversdale, Prince
George's
Co., Md. They had 8 ch--Mrs. Gibson Carey (deceased) was Eleanor
Mackubin
Calvert. Mr. Richard Creagh Mackubin Calvert of Oxford, S. C. Mrs.
Henry
Walther Lilly of Fayetteville, N. C. (Hester Calvert). Mr. George H.
Calvert, Jr.,
of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Thomas H. Spence of College Park, Md.
Charlotte
Agusta Norris Calvert. Mr. Charles Baltimore Calvert, Washington, D.
C. Mrs.
George Calvert of Fayetteville, N. C. Rosalie Eugenia Stier Calvert.
Mrs. W. D.
Nelson Thomas, 14 W. 25th St., Baltimore, Md. Eliz. Steuart Calvert
(called
Polly).
Charles Calvert, V Lord Baltimore, m--first--the Princess Amelia; later,
on July 20,
1730, he m--Mary (youngest dau--of Sir Thomas Janffen). The English
law at
that time prohibited the marriage of a member of the Royal family with
any one
of lower rank. The marriage of Charles and Amelia was dissolved or
annulled
because of the possibility of the Princess Amelia succeeding to the
throne of Eng.
If she had succeeded to the throne (she did not, however) and did not
marry a
Royal husband--or if she married a Royal husband, had no issue by him,
they
were afraid that Benedict (of "Mt. Airey") might claim the throne and
oust the
Royal family, so the marriage of the Princess Amelia to Charles Lord
Baltimore,
which was contrary to the English law, was "hushed up," the records
destroyed,
and the child, Benedict, sent to America and kept there, under the
care of Dr.
George Steuart of Annapolis. He was well provided for financially by
his father
who also gave him the beautiful estate known as "Mt. Airey."
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CALVERT
CALVERT--
Elizabeth Stewart Calvert, wife of William Douglas Nelson Thomas, b--at
"MacAlpine",
Prince George's Co., Md. Daughter of Eleanor Mackubin of Strawberry
Hill,
Anne Arundel Co., and Charles Baltimore Calvert (1842-1906), of
Riversdale, Prince
George's Co., Md. Grandfather, Charles Benedict Calvert (1864),
Riversdale, Md.
G grandfather, George Calvert (1838), Mt. Airy. G, g, grandfather,
Benedict Calvert
(1788). G, g, g, grandfather, Charles Calvert (1630-1715). G, g, g,
g, grandfather,
Benedict Leonard Calvert (1677-1715). G, g, g, g, g, grandfather,
Charles
Calvert (1630-1715). G, g, g, g, g, g, grandfather, Cecil Calvert
(1606-1675).
G, g, g, g, g, g, g, grandfather, George Calvert (1580-1632).
Children of Elizabeth
Stewart Calvert and William Douglas Nelson Thomas--Elizabeth Stewart
Thomas
(Mrs. Walter R. Byrd), William Douglas Nelson Thomas, T. Rowland
Thomas,
Amelia Bowie Thomas, Calvert Thomas.
Elizabeth Stewart Calvert, wife of William Douglas Nelson Thomas, b--at
"MacAlpine",
Prince George's Co., Md., dau--of Eleanor Mackubin and Charles
Baltimore
Calvert; g-dau--of Charles Benedict Calvert and Charlotte Augusta
Norris, Riversdale,
Prince George's Co., Md.; g-grand-dau--of George Calvert and Rosalie
Eugenia
Steir, Mt. Airy, Prince George's Co., Md.
Elizabeth Stewart Calvert Thomas was dau--of Eleanor Mackubin Calvert,
who was
dau--of Dr. Richard Creagle Mackubin and Hester Anne Worthington.
Richard
Creagle Muckubin, son of George Mackubin, Treasurer of Md.,
1826-1843, and
Eleanor Maccubbin. Eleanor Maccubbin, dau--of Charles Maccubbin and
Sarah
Allen. Charles Maccubbin, son of Nicholas Maccubbin and Mary Clare
Carroll
Maccubbin. Nicholas Maccubbin, son of Zachariah Maccubbin and Susanna
Nicholson.
Mary Clare Carroll Maccubbin, dau--of Dr. Charles Carroll and Dorothy
Blake Carroll. Dorothy Blake Carroll, dau--of Henry Blake and
Henrietta Maria
Lloyd. Henrietta Maria Lloyd, dau--of Philemon Lloyd and Henrietta
Maria
Neale. Henrietta Maria Neale, dau--of Capt. James Neale of Wollestone
Manour,
Charles Co., Md., and Anna Gill, his wife.
George Calvert, who m--Rosalie Eugenia Stier, was son of Benedict Calvert
of Riversdale,
and Eliz. Calvert his wife. Had issue--5 ch--Caroline Maria,
1800-1842, m--Thomas
Willing Morris of Phila. George Henry Calvert, 1803-1899. He was a
distinguished
author and one time Mayor of Newport, m--Eliz. Steuart, dau--of James
and Rebecca (Sprigg) Steuart. Rosalie Eugenia Calvert, 1806-1845,
m--Charles
Henry Carter, gr. son of Light Horse Harry Lee and nephew of Robert
E. Lee,
C.S.A., a quo, Mildred (Carter) Viscountess Acheson of London. Julia
Calvert m--Dr.
Rich. H. Steuart of Cedar Grove, Va. Charles Benedict Calvert of
"Riversdale"
(gr. father of registrants) m--Charlotte Agusta Norris. He was a
representative
in Congress and his biography prined in Biographal Directory of the
American Congress, tells us that he was graduated from U. of Va. at
Charlottesville
in 1827. Engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock breeding, member
of
the State House of Delegates in 1839, 1843 and 1844, president of the
Prince
George's Agricultural Society, founded the first agricultural
research college in
America--known as Maryland Agricultural College at College
Park--chartered in
1856. He gave the land, which is now known as Univ. of Md. He was
elected
as a Union Whig to the 37th Congress, 1861-1863. Was not a candidate
for renomination.
Resumed agricultural pursuits. He died at "Riversdale," Prince
George's Co., Md., 1864. Issue--
Ella, 1840-1902, m--Duncan Campbell. George Henry m--Francis Seybolt.
William
Norris Calvert m--Laura Hunt. Eugene Calvert. Charles Baltimore
Calvert
(father of Registrants), m--Eleanor Mackubin, dau--of Dr. Richard
Creagh Mackubin
and Hester Ann (Worthington) Mackubin, of "Strawberry Hill," Ann
Arundel
Co., Md. They lived at "MacAlpine," Prince George's Co., Md., a part
of the
old estate "Riversdale" and had 8 ch--being the registrants and
their ch--(his gr.
ch--).
MACKUBIN: (Maccubbin) Lloyd, Carroll, Neale, Worthington, Fitzhugh, Lee,
Mason,
Dulaney, Ridgely, Howard, Dorsey Brice.
Eleanor Mackubin (Mrs. Charles Baltimore Calvert) only ch--of Hester Ann
Worthington
and Dr. Richard Creagh Mackubin of Strawberry Hill, Ann Arundel Co.,
Md. Her mother, Hester Ann Worthington, was the dau--of Brice John
Worthington
and Anna Lee Fitzhugh (dau--of George Lee Mason Fitzhugh and Mary
Dulaney).
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Charles Calvert, Gov. of Md., 1720-1727, and Rebecca Gerrard, who was
the gr.
dau--of Thomas Gerrard).
Benedict Calvert (gr. gr. grandfather of registrants) was Collector of
Customs at
Potomac, 1744-............; member of Council, 1755. Made his home at
"Mt. Airey,"
Prince George's Co., Md., and there he died in Jan., 1788. He was the
son of
Charles. V Lord Baltimore. He was the son of Charles, IV Lord
Baltimore; m--Lady
Charlotte Lee. She was the dau--of the Earl of Litchfield and natural
gr.
dau--of Charles II of Eng. and the Duchess of Cleveland. He was the gr.
son of
Cecilus Calvert, II Lord Baltimore, who m--Lady Ann Arundel (dau--of
Sir
Thomas Arundel). He was son of George I, who m--Ann Mynne.
It was at "Mt. Airey" that Eleanor Calvert was m--to John Parke Custis,
stepson of
George Washington
Benedict Calvert of "Mt. Airey" m--Elizabeth Calvert, a cousin, dau--of Gov.
Charles
Calvert. Issue--Edward Henry Calvert m--Eliz. Biscoe, 1766.
Issue--George.
See Registration of Mrs. Araminta Biscoe Calvert Chew.
Elizabeth Calvert m--Dr. Charles Steuart--1780.
George Calvert m--Rosalie Eugenia Stier (dau--of Baron von Stier, Lord of
Aertselaer
and Cleydael, Antwerp, Belgium. (Gr. grandparents of registrants.
Registrants
under dignity of this lineage, as follows:
Mrs. W. Gibson Carey--nee-Eleanor Mackubin Calvert (deceased). Issue 2
ch--Mr.
W. Gibson Carey, Jr. (he was inventor of Yale locks) m--Eleanor Towne
of Mt.
Kisco, N. Y., gr. dau--of Mr. Calvert Carey. Chas. Balto. Calvert Carey
m--Laura
Towne.
Mr. Richard Creagh Mackubin Calvert of Oxford, S. C., m--Zoe Davis. Issue 2
ch--Mr.
Richard Creagh Mackubin Calvert, Jr., Mr. Geo. Davis Calvert, Oxford,
S. C.
Mrs. Henry Walter Lilly of Fayetteville, N. C. (Hester V. Calvert). Issue 6
ch--Mrs.
Wm. Holt of Fayetteville; Mrs. Walter Holt of Fayetteville; Mr. Henry
Walter
Lilly, Jr., of Fayetteville; Mr. Richard Edward Mackubin Lilly, of
Fayetteville.
Mrs. Thomas Humphreys Spence of College Park, Md., nee--Charlotte Agusta
Norris
Calvert. Issue, 3 ch--Mrs. William D. Lescure, nee-Virginia Irving
Spence, Harrisburg,
Pa.; Mrs. Craig Wilton, nee--Charlotte Calvert Spence, N. C.; Mrs.
Donald
Montgomery, nee--Mary Spence. All Membs. of Sou. Md. Society of
Colonial
Dames.
Mr. George Henry Calvert, Mrs. nee--Cornelia Peyton Russell Knight of Va.,
1709 P
St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Issue, 2 ch--Eleanor Calvert m--Vincent
Carr
Thompkins (issue--infant--b--1937, Vincent C. Thompkins, Jr.); Margaret
Calvert
m--Ensign James Dahlman Collett, U. S. Navy, 1937.
Mrs. George Calvert (Rosalie Eugenia Stier-Calvert), Fayetteville, N. C.
Issue 1 ch--Rosalie
Eugenia Calvert of Fayetteville, N. C.
Mr. Charles Baltimore Calvert of Washington, D. C., m--2nd--Mary Agusta
Macatee.
Issue--1 ch--Miss Mary Mackubin Calvert. (1st m--no issue--was to Lucy
Dorsey,
d--1910.)
Mrs. W. D. Nelson Thomas (Eliz. Steuart Calvert) b--at "MacAlpine." Address:
14
W. 25th St., Baltimore, Md. Issue, 5 ch--Mrs. Walter R. Byrd,
nee--Eliz. Steuart
Thomas. Address: 30 Merrymount Rd., Roland Park, Baltimore, Md. Issue,
2
ch--Eliz. Steuart Thomas Byrd and Eleanor Mackubin Calvert Byrd. Membs.
of
Sou. Md. Soc. of Colonial Dames.
Mr. Wm. Douglas Nelson Thomas.
Mr. T. Rowland Thomas.
Miss Amelia Bowie Thomas. Rec. Sec. of Sou. Md. Soc. of Colonial Dames.
Mr. Calvert Thomas.
Gr. ch--of Benedict Calvert of "Mt. Airey," ch--of Eleanor (Calvert) Custis
and John
Parke Custis: Eliz. Parke Custis, 1776, m--1796 Thomas Law, nephew of
Lord
Ellenborough and son of Bishop of Carlisle. Martha Parke Custis,
m--1795, Sir
Thomas Peter. Eleanor Calvert Custis m--at Mt. Vernon, Feb. 1799, in the
presence
of Martha and George Washington to Col. Washington Lewis. Gen.
Washington
gave as a wedding gift to them 2,500 acres on the west side of Mt. Verno
n
estate known as "Woodlawn." George Washington Parke Custis b--1781,
d--1857.
He built the beautiful mansion "Arlington" on the Potomac River near
Washington
City. He m--Mary Lee Fitzhugh, dau--of Col. Wm. and Anne (Randolph)
Fitzhugh of "Ravensworth" and "Chatam." Issue: Mary Anne Randolph
Custis,
b--at "Arlington," 1808, m--at "Arlington" to Lt. Robert E. Lee, U.S.A.
(after-ward
General, C.S.A.)
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was with the United States Court of Claims in Washington for over
thirty years.
After his m--he lived here at Mt. Auburn, and d--here on August 11,
1928, and
is buried by the side of his wife in old Pohick Cemetery, in Fairfax
Co., Va.
She d--May 15, 1918. Helen Chapman Calvert's father's father was
George Calvert
b--August 4, 1798 at Mt. Airy. He m--Sarah Eleanor Hungerford,
December
1, 1840 and d--February 2, 1885 and is buried at Mt. Airy.
The gr. grandfather was Edward Henry Calvert, who lived at Mt. Airy. He
was b--November
7, 1766, and m--March 1, 1796, Elizabeth Biscoe and d--July 12, 1846.
His eldest son was George b--1798.
Edward Henry Calvert's father was Benedict Calvert, who was b--in England
and
was raised in this country at the home of his uncle, Charles Calvert
(Gov. of Md.,
1720-1727) and on April 21 he m--his first cousin, Eliz. Calvert,
dau--of the Honorable
Charles Calvert in old St. Ann's Church in Annapolis, Md. We do not
think
it necessary to go further back than Benedict as all of that has been
covered.
See Vol. I.
Miss Calvert writes: "My claims to fame are very few and I can only
appreciate the good achieved by my progenitors, of whom I am justly proud.
On my mother's property of the Swanns was a graveyard containing 53 graves.
This cemetery lay in the path of progress, so it was condemned to
extinction. Finally an agreement was reached with the railroad company to
furnish the labor and the transportation and we furnish the burial lots; and
remove this cluster of relatives. Actual work was started September 23,
1922. One of the first graves removed was of a physician--General William
Brown--who was the son of the Reverend Richard Brown, son of Doctor Gustavas
Brown of Port Tobacco, Md. He rendered distinguished service in the Revo.,
1777 to 1780. He wrote and published at Litiz, Pa., in 1778 a Pharmacopoeia
for the use in Army Hospitals, a copy of which is in the 'Toner Collection'
of the Library of Congress. Doctor Brown d--Jan. 13, 1792. He was interred
in a Continental uniform, kid gloves and the ribbon of an order decorated
his manly breast. His was one of the oldest graves. One of the oldest, in
fact, I think the oldest, was the grave of 'Long Tom,' a Potomac Indian
Brave, who attempted to take the life of John Alexander, the first of the
family to make a home in the vicinity of Washington. Susan Pearson
(Alexander) his wife, dreamed her husband was being chased by an Indian. She
became so frightened she awoke to find it a fact. She raised the family
blunderbus and fired, so there ended the career of Long Tom. He was wrapped
in his blanket and buried on a knoll, named Susan's Hill; this later became
the burial place of the family." So Miss Helen moved Long Tom with the rest
of the family to Pohick. Both the gr. mother and gr. father Swann were
descended from John and Susanna Alexander. Consequently we are all very
thankful Susan's aim was true and the blunderbus was not rusty. For two
weeks Miss Helen Calvert went every day to the removal of these graves as it
took just that long to dig them up, put in new boxes and replace in new
graves. She faithfully performed this task to the best of her ability and if
there are any mistakes made she feels sure her relatives will correct the
facts properly later to her. Miss Helen Calvert has written a wonderful
story of all the 53 bodies she removed personally inspected each one and
with pencil made full description for posterity. She has the great charm of
making delightful the subject gruesome as unheard, but really amusing as she
relates it so historically and graphically. Her family, both on her mother's
and father's sides are so interwoven with the early history of Md. and Va.,
we feel proud to have her name within the covers of this volume.
CALVERT
CALVERT--(MACKUBIN)
Registrants: Under the dignity of Lords Baltimore to all MANORIAL RIGHTS.
Through the right of descent: In direct line under the dignity of
Calvert, with intermarriage
Mackubin.
CALVERT: Mr. Charles Baltimore Calvert, b--............, at Riversdale;
m--Eleanor Mackubin,
dau--of Dr. Richard Creagh Mackubin of Strawberry Hill, Anne Arundel
Co., Md., and had 8 ch--as follows (see registrants below). Charles
Baltimore
Calvert was son of Charles Benedict Calvert and Charlotte Augusta
Norris, dau--of
Wm. Norris and Sarah Martin, she dau--of Capt. James Martin.
Charles Benedict Calvert was son of George Calvert and Rosalie Eugenia
Stier (she
the dau--of Baron Henri von Stier, Lord of Aertselaer and Cleydael,
Antwerp,
Belgium). He was the son of Benedict Calvert and Eliz. Calvert (a
dau--of Hon.
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CALVERT
CALVERT--(CHEW)
MANORIAL RIGHTS with their distinguished Historical families. Registrant:
Under
the Dignity of the LORDS BALTIMORE from GEORGE 1st to Charles, Fifth
Lord
Baltimore. To the Biscoe lines through Elizabeth, to the lines of
ARAMINTA
THOMPSON--the four times married lady, starting at thirteen years of
age.
Through the right of descent of these ancestors of Colonial Maryland:
ARAMINTA CALVERT, now Mrs. Thomas John Claggett Chew, widow of Dr. Chew.
Address: 226 East Capitol St., Washington, D. C. (Memb. Sou. Md. Soc.
Colonial
Dames). Order of Crown.
Araminta Calvert was dau--of George Calvert and wife--Sarah Hungerford;
George
was eldest son of Edward Henry Calvert and Eliz. Biscoe, dau--of Col.
George
Biscoe; Ed. Henry Calvert, son of Benedict Calvert and Eliz. Calvert,
his cousin,
and son of fifth Lord Baltimore, Charles Calvert, and his wife--Lady
Mary Jansen;
m--at Annapolis, Md., 1748.
Eleven Calvert men were Governors of Md. from 1634 to 1774.
CALVERT
CALVERT--(COOPER)
Registrant: Under the Dignity of MANORIAL RIGHTS and the LINEAGE of LORD
CALVERT'S family, from the first Leonard, to George, his son, who was
the first
Lord Baltimore, who m--Anne Mynne, had sons; those we follow are
Cecil 2nd
Lord Calvert, with his brother Leonard, first Gov. of Md., and his
brother George,
who came with Leonard to Md., 1634. Charles, son of Cecil, succeeded
him as
Lord Baltimore. His mother was Lady Anne Arundel, of Wardour Castle.
Her
son by Cecil Calvert was Charles, who m--Lady Jane Lowe--SEWELL
widow.
Their son was Benedict Leonard Calvert, b--1678; d--1715. His
marriage was to
Lady Charlotte Lee, gr. dau--of Earl of Litchfield, and gr. gr.
dau--of Charles 2nd,
King of Eng. The son and heir was Charles, fifth Lord Baltimore, who
m--Mary
Jansen; they had son, the last of the Lords Calvert.
From Charles Benedict descends the Maryland Calverts to Edward Henry
Calvert,
who m--Eliz. Biscoe, dau--of Col. George Biscoe.
Edward Henry Calvert had son--William Henry Calvert, m--Mary Harriet
Hughes of
New Orleans, La., whose son was Finley Hierm Calvert, M.D., m--the
Registrant
Jennie Alston Cooper, dau--of John Cooper of Phila., Pa., and his
wife, Ellen
FitzSimons Alston, of Charleston, S. C. With this same lineage is a
nephew of
Dr. Finley H. Calvert--who is a Registrant.
CALVERT--Mr. Sumter Calvert, 5820 Kenmore Ave., Chicago, Ill., also the
widow of
Dr. Finley H. Calvert. They were m--with the wedding ring of Benedict
Calvert
and Araminta Thompson, his wife having four husbands.
Mrs. Jennie Alston Cooper, 1736 Columbia Road, Washington, D. C. Memb. of
Colonial
Dames of America.
CALVERT
CALVERT
Registrant: Under the Dignity of Lords Baltimore to MANORIAL RIGHTS.
Through the right of descent. Memb. of Sou. Md. Soc. of Colonial Dames.
Miss Helen Chapman Calvert was b--where she now lives, at Mt. Auburn,
Alexandria,
Va. The only ch--of George Edward Calvert and Susanna Pearson
Alexander
Swann. They were m--in Christ Church, Alexandria, Va., on September
4, 1889, at
8 o'clock, with a large gathering of friends and relatives present.
Her mother's father was Thomas William Swann, who m--Helen Mary Chapman,
dau--of
of George Chapman and Susanna Pearson Alexander, who was the dau--of
Charles
Alexander of Preston, whose wife was Frances Brown, dau--of Rev.
Richard
Brown, son of Dr. Gustavas Brown of Port Tobacco, Md. The family of
John and
Gerard Alexander, original owners of lands in Alexandria, Va. Her gr.
father,
Thos. Wm. Swann, was son of Thomas Wm. Swann, whose father was Edward
Swann, a brother of the Gov. of Md.
Her father, George Edward Calvert, was b--May 10, 1848 at Mt. Airy in
Prince George
County. His mother was Sarah Eleanor Hungerford of St. Mary's County.
He
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Merchants, No. 89 South Street. Issue: (a) Rosalie Eugenia Calvert, attended
Notre Dame College, Baltimore, M--Feb. 29, 1908, at the Cardinal's
residence, Dr. William West Holland, of Poplar Hill, Eastville, Northampton
Co., Va., son of Nathaniel Littleton and Juliet Fisher Holland. Dr. Holland
attended the University of Virginia, received Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
University, 1907, Fellow by Courtesy, 1907-8, Associate Professor, 1910-16,
Phi Beta Kappa, 1911, Fellow of the Royal Society, London. Issue: 1. William
Calvert Holland, b--July 20, 1911, Johns Hopkins University, 1935; 2.
Eugenia Calvert Holland, National Park Seminary. (5) Eugene Stier Calvert,
b--Dec. 19, 1846, d--unm--1894, b--at Riversdale, graduate of the Maryland
Agricultural College, also attended University of Virginia. From 1881 to
1883 he edited the "Independent Farmer," published at College Park, which
was devoted to the interest of the Greenback Party. He owned considerable
property at College Park and built the first house at that point. He is
buried in Greenmount Cemetery. (6) Jules van Harvre Calvert, b--1848,
d--1849.
Mr. Geo. H. Calvert is President of THE MARYLAND SOC. OF WASHINGTON.
CALVERT
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH--ANNAPOLIS, MD.
March 30,
1886.
Dear Sir:
Your letter relative to Parish Records being handed to me, I have searched
them through with the following result.
RECORD
Feby. 15, 1721--"Died William, GOVERNR. Calverts Man.
Aug. 8, 1722--"Died Madam Margaret Lasenby, Aunt to our present Governour
Charles
Calvert Esqr."
Nov. 2, 1723--"Born, Charles, the son of his Excy. Charles Calvert, Govr. of
Maryland, and
Rebecca, his Lady."
Nov. 13, 1723--"Baptized Charles, the son of his Excy. Charl Calvert Esqe.,
Govr., and
Rebecca, his Lady."
Jan. 15, 1724--"Died Charles ye Son of his Excy. Charles Calvert Esq., our
Govr., and
Rebecca, his Lady."
July 23, 1729--"Peter Jennings the son of Edmond Jennings and Ariana, his
wife, was
born at Annapolis and Baptized the 10th day of August following by the
Riverd. Mr.
Humphuys. His Excellency Bendt. Leod. Calvert and John Beale Esqr., God
Fathers,
and Margt. Calvert, wife of the Hon'ble Edward Henry Calvert, God
Mother."
Feb. 24, 1730--"Was born Elizabeth Calvert, Daughter of the Honourable
Charles Calvert
and his wife (who was Daughter of Mr. John Gerard and Elizabeth Gerard
of Patnxent
in Maryland) and Baptized at her Father's House by the Revd. Mr. Edsar
of Westminister
Parish, her God Father being the Hon'ble Benedict Leonard Calvert Esqr.,
then Governor of Maryland, and her God Mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gerard
(her Grand
mother), and Mrs. Rebecca Dulaney."
Apr. 21, 1748--"Was married the Honourable Benedict Calvert Esquire,
Collector of His
Majesty's Customs for the District of Patnxent to Mifs Elizabeth
Calvert, the only
surviving Daughter of the late honourable Charles Calvert, Esq.,
deceased (formerly
Governor of this province) by the Reverend Mr. John Gordon, Rector of
this Parish,
according to the Form prescribed by the Church of England, in the
presence of Mr.
Onovio Razolini, Mrs. Elizabeth Razolini and Miss Ariana Brice."
Dec. 25, 1749--"Was born Rebecca Calvert (little girl standing by her mother
in portrait
of Mrs. Benedict Calvert by Wallector; she died unmarried), Daughter of
the Honourable
Benedict Calvert Esq. and Madam Calvert his wife; and Christened by the
Reverend Mr. Malcolm on the first of February following the Re
Honourable the
Lord Baltimore (by Proxy) being God Father, and the Hon. Mrs. Ogle and
Miss
Ariana Brice, Godmothers."
Everything here seems to warrant the belief that these Calverts were very
strict Churchmen. Hoping these items will be of benefit to you in preparing
your Family Sketch, I am very truly
(Signed) GEORGE R. SAVAGE.
To John Calvert Esq., Philadelphia.
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about December, 1795, Annapolis at this time being one of the most favored
resorts in America.
Mr. Stier started building the Riversdale mansion about 1802. He was
attracted to the site where he established his home by the resemblance to
the level-lying land to that of his native country about Antwerp, the
general plan being originally Flemish, after his home in Belgium, which is
still retained by his descendants. The house is constructed of brick, which
were made on the place, covered with a cement plaster and painted yellow
after the colonial style. The porticoes on the north and south sides, with
their sandstone pillars which were meant for the Capitol in Washington and
found too short for that use, and the wings, were added by George Calvert
and are a departure from the original style of the house, converting the
Flemish plan into the Georgian Colonial.
George Calvert, the grandson of a lord, young and handsome, with his bride
moved to Riversdale about 1802, soon after it was completed, and when Mr.
Stier returned to Belgium after the evacuation of that country by Napoleon,
he deeded Riversdale to his beloved daughter, Rosalie, afterward settling on
her one-third of his fortune, which amounted to over a million dollars.
Two portraits by Gilbert Stuart, show the beauty of the wife, the proud
elegance of the husband. The great artist has lavished his genius upon the
portrait of Rosalie Eugenia Stier Calvert, and it is considered one of the
finest of Stuart's works, being a living likeness of womanly beauty,
gentleness and grace.
George Calvert d--at Riversdale, Jan. 28, 1838. His wife preceding him by a
number of years. Mrs. Calvert d--1821.
George and Rosalie Eugenia (Stier) Calvert of Riversdale, had issue: (1)
Caroline Maria Calvert, b--July 15, 1800, d--March 25, 1842, m--June 19,
1823, Thomas Willing Morris of Philadelphia, b--Oct. 23, 1792, d--July 15,
1800, only son of Luke and Anne (Willing) Morris. They had eight ch--of whom
Anna Maria Morris m--Captain Francis Key Murray, U.S.N., and George Calvert
Morris, m--Eliz. Kuhn; (2) George Henry Calvert, b--Jan. 2, 1803,
distinguished author, d--May 24, 1889, m--May 8, 1829, Eliz. Stewart. No
issue; (3) Marie Louise Calvert, b--1804, d--1809; (4) Rosalie Eugenia
Calvert, b--Oct. 19, 1806, d--May 6, 1845, m--Nov. 11, 1830, Charles Henry
Carter; (5) Charles Benedict Calvert--of whom below; (6) Henry Joseph A.
Calvert, b--1811, d--1820; (7) Marie Louise Calvert, b--1812, d--1813; (8)
Julia Calvert, b--Jan. 31, 1814, d--June 8, 1888, m--May 7, 1833, Dr.
Richard Henry Stuart. (9) Amelia Isabella Calvert, b--1817, d--1820.
Charles Benedict Calvert, the fifth of the above nine ch--b--Prince George's
Co., Md., Aug. 23, 1808, d--there May 12, 1864; m--June 6, 1839, Charlotte
Augusta Norris (d--Dec. 7, 1876), dau--of William and Sarah (Martin) Norris.
Issue, six ch--: (1) Ella Calvert, b--March 20, 1840, d--Feb. 17, 1902,
m--September 3, 1861, Duncan G. Campbell; (2) George Henry Calvert, b--Nov.
29, 1841, m--Dec. 26, 1872, Frances Seybolt; (3) Charles Baltimore Calvert
b--at Riversdale, Feb. 5, 1843, d--at his home "Mac Alpine," Aug. 31, 1906.
He was a member of the Maryland Legislature, 1864-6-7; Trustee of the State
Agricultural College. M--June 14, 1866, Eleanor Mackubin, dau--of Dr.
Richard Creagh and Hester Ann (Worthington) Muckubin of Anne Arundel Co.,
Md. Issue, nine ch--: (1) Eleanor Gibson Calvert, b--1867, d--............,
m--June 8, 1892, W. Gibson Carey of Baltimore, who d--............. They had
two ch--1, Charles Baltimore Calvert Carey, 2. W. Gibson Carey, Jr. (2)
Hester Virginia Calvert, b--1869, m--Dr. Henry Walter Lilly of Fayetteville,
N. C. (3) Charlotte Augusta Calvert, b--1870, m-Thomas Humphreys Spence.
Issue 3 daus. (4) Charles Benedict Calvert, b--1871, d--1872. (5) Richard
Creagh Mackubin Calvert, b--Dec. 31, 1872, m--Zoe A. Davis. (6) George Henry
Calvert, Jr., b--Oct. 2, 1874, m--Cornelia R. Knight. Issue 1. Margaret
Peyton Calvert, m--Lt. D. Collett; 2. Eleanor Calvert, now Mrs. Vincent Carr
Tompkins; son b--1937, Vincent Carr Tompkins, Jr. (7) Rosalie Eugenia Stier
Calvert, b--1876, m--George Calvert. (8) Charles Baltimore Calvert, Jr.,
b--Oct. 9, 1878, m--Mary McAtee of Va. (9) Eliz. Stewart Calvert, b--Feb. 1,
1882, m--June 5, 1906, William Douglas Nelson Thomas. Issue, five ch--: 1.
Eliz. Stewart Thomas, b--July 21, 1907, m--Oct. 3, 1928, Walter R. Byrd of
Va., issue: 1. Elisabeth Stewart Thomas Byrd; 2. Eleanor Mackubin Calvert
Byrd; 2. William Douglas Nelson Thomas, Jr., b--Nov. 25, 1910; 3. Thomas
Rowland Thomas, b--April 29, 1913; 4. Amelia Bowie Thomas, b--June 20, 1914;
5. Calvert Thomas, b--Nov. 1, 1916. (4) William Norris Calvert, fourth son
of Charles Benedict and Charlotte (Norris) Calvert, b--at Riversdale, Oct.
12, 1845, d--Sept. 7, 1889, m--June 14, 1887, by James Cardinal Gibbons,
Laura Matilda Hunt, dau--of Thomas James and Bedelia Agnes (Drew) Hunt.
William N. Calvert was a graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College; he
moved to Baltimore and established a commission business known as William N.
Calvert & Co., Flour, Grain, Tobacco and General Commission
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Charles, Lord Baltimore, sent his son, Benedict, to the Province of Maryland
from England in the charge of a governor and bestowed upon him wealth and
offices and honors. Benedict, evidently, wrote to his father trying to learn
the identity of his mother and Lord Baltimore replied to his son that she
was too great a lady to be named in writing, and that the secret of his
birth would not be confided to him until his return to England.
He was appointed Collector of Customs at Patuxent and in 1745 became a
member of the Council. He made his home at "Mt. Airy," in Prince George's
Co., Md., and d--there on Jan. 9, 1788. He m--April 21, 1748, Elizebeth
Calvert, dau--of the Hon. Charles Calvert (Governor of Md., 1720-27), and
Rebecca Gerrard, his wife. There is a charming story that when Benedict
Calvert wished to take unto himself a wife he wrote for his father's
permission without giving the name of the lady of his choice. Lord Baltimore
answered that there was only one woman he knew of in America whom he would
be willing for his son to marry, and that was his cousin, Betty Calvert.
Benedict Calvert and his wife, Elizebeth, had issue the following: (1)
Rebecca Calvert, b--Dec. 15, 1749, d--in infancy; (2) Eleanor Calvert,
b--1754, d--Sept. 28, 1811, m--first--Feb. 3, 1774, Col. John Parke Custis,
the step-son of Gen. George Washington. Her second m--was in 1783 to Dr.
David Stewart; (3) Charles Calvert, b--Oct. 3, 1756, d--unm--1777; (4)
Elizebeth Calvert, m--1780, Dr. Charles Stewart, descendant of Robert II of
Scotland; (5) Edward Henry Calvert, b--Nov. 7, 1766, d--July 12, 1846,
m--March 1, 1796, Elizebeth, the beautiful dau--of Maj. George Biscoe.
Edward Henry and Elizebeth inherited the Mount Airy manor when Benedict
Calvert d--. Of them below; (6) George Calvert, who acquired Riversdale,--of
whom below; (7) Phillip Calvert, d--young; (8) Leonard Calvert, d--young;
(9) Cecil Calvert, d--young; (10) John Calvert, d--after 1788; (11) William
Calvert, d--after 1788; (12) Ariana Calvert, d--after 1788; (13) Robert
Calvert, d--young.
Edward Henry Calvert, the fifth of the above mentioned children, and his
lovely wife, Elizebeth, dau--of George and Araminto (Thompson) Biscoe, had
thirteen ch--of whom only three left survivors: George, b--1798, d--1845;
John--of whom below; and William Biscoe Calvert, b--1813, d--1876.
John Calvert, above mentioned, was b--at Mt. Airy, Prince George's Co., Md.,
Jan. 8, 1809, d--March 9, 1869; he m--June 1, 1854, Julia Stockton Rush,
b--Philadelphia, July 21, 1826, and d--Jan. 20, 1858, dau--of the Hon.
Richard Rush and grand dau--of the distinguished Dr. Benjamin Rush. John and
Julia (Rush) Calvert had two sons: (1) John Calvert Jr., b--in Washington,
D. C., March 9, 1855; graduated from Lehigh University, 1876, as civil
engineer; joined the prominent shipbuilding firm of Peter Wright & Sons;
later the publishing firm of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, and
finally the Pennsylvania Co., etc., of Philadelphia. He m--Oct. 26, 1881,
Victoria B. Elliott Issue: (a) Cecil Baltimore Calvert, b--Sept 11, 1882,
graduated, 1905, University of Penna. In business with his father. (2)
Madison Rush Calvert, b--Jan. 12, 1858, m--first--Aug. 1, 1881, Josephine R.
Wheeler; secondly--Margaret Agnes Mahoney.
George Calvert, the sixth child of Benedict and Elizebeth Calvert, was b--at
Mount Airy, Feb. 2nd, 1768. He m--June 11th, 1799, in Annapolis, Md., the
lovely Rosalie Eugenia Stier, dau--of Heneri Joseph and Maria Louise
(Peters) Stier, of Antwerp, Belgium. Mr. Stier and his family had fled from
Belgium to escape the confiscation of Napoleon, who was then invading
Flanders. Henri Joseph Stier was a banker in the Netherlands and possessed a
valuable collection of paintings, among which there were nine by the great
Flemish artist, Peter Paul Rubens, a relative of the owner, and four by Van
Dyke and others by great artists of Europe. He chartered a vessel for which
the following passport was issued by the American Minister to England:
"By Thomas Pinkney, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America
at the Court of Great Britain, etc.
"It having been represented to me by a respectable citizen of the U. S. A.,
that the following family of Brabant, lately residents at Antwerp, but now
residing at Amsterdam, to wit: Mr. Stier d'Artzelear, his wife and daughter,
Mr. Charles Stier and his wife, Mr. Jean M. A. van Havre and his wife and
daughter, have chartered the American ship "Adriana," Captain Fitzpatric, of
Philadelphia, proposing to embark for the United States.
"I do, therefore, hereby request all persons whom these present may concern
to permit the aforementioned family to pass unmolested to the place of their
destination.
"Given under my hand and seal, this ninth day of August in the year one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.
(Signed) "THOMAS PINKNEY."
Mr. Stier arrived at Philadelphia about October, 1794, and proceeded to
Annapolis
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George Calvert, m--second--Joan ............, issue (see No. 12 above)
Philip. George, Ist, d--April, 1632, and is buried in St. Dunstans in West
Fleet Street, London, in the grounds adjoining the Royal Courts of Justice.
Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, was b--Aug. 8, 1605, and d--Nov. 30,
1675. On June 20, 1632, the charter was executed to Cecil. Although he was
never able to visit his province, his whole administration was distinguished
for its just, beneficent and paternal character. He appointed his brothers,
Leonard and George, to accompany the expedition to Md., the former as
Governor. The "Ark" and the "Dove" set sail for Md., November 22, 1633. The
number of colonists was about two hundred, mostly all men of means.
Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, m--March 20, 1627, Anne, second
dau--of Sir Thomas, Lord of Arundal, Knight, First Baron Arundal of Wardour,
by his second wife, Anne Philipson, dau--of Miles Philipson of Crook Co.,
Westmoreland, by his wife, Barbara, sister and coheir of Francis Sandys,
Lancashire.
Sir Thomas Arundal was the eldest son and heir. He served as a volunteer in
the imperial Army in Hungary. Sir Thomas captured the Turkish Standard and
was by patent dated the 14th of December, 1595, created by the Emperor,
Rudolph II, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, to hold to him and the heirs
of his body, male and female, forever. He was also created Baron of Arundal
of Wardour, in the Peerage of England, on the 4th of May, 1605. He d--the
7th of Nov., 1639, in his 79th year. There is a portrait, in ruff and black
dress at Wardour Castle.
Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, and his wife, Lady Anne Arundal, went
to live at Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, near Salisbury, in the south of
England. They had five children, as follows: (1) Anne Calvert, d--young; (2)
Mary Calvert, b--1630, d--1663, m--about 1650, Sir William Blackiston of
Gibside, Durham. No issue; (3) George Calvert, b--Sept. 15, 1634, d--June 6,
1635; (4) Elizebeth Calvert; (5) Charles Calvert, Third Lord Baltimore--of
whom below.
Charles, Third Lord Baltimore, b--Aug. 27, 1637, d--Feb. 21, 1715, became
Governor in 1661, coming to Md. at that time with his wife. In 1684 he
returned to England, where he d--Feb. 21, 1715. He m--four times: (1) in
1656, Mary Darnall; (2) in 1666, Jane Sewall (d--1700), widow of Dr. Henry
Sewall; (3) in 1701, Mary (Banks) Thorpe, a widow, who d--in 1710; (4) in
1712, Margaret Charleton, who d--1731. There were four children by the
second m--as follows: (1) Cecil Calvert, b--1667, d--1681; (2) Clare
Calvert, b--1670, d--before 1694, m--about 1690, Hon. Edward M. Somersett;
(3) Anne Calvert, b--1673, d--Feb. 10, 1731, m--1694--1st--Hon. Edward M.
Somersett, 2nd--William Paston; (4) Benedict Leonard Calvert, Fourth Lord
Baltimore--of whom below.
Benedict Leonard, Fourth Lord Baltimore, was b--March 21, 1679 and d--April
16, 1715. He was a member of Parliament, 1714-15. He m--Jan. 2, 1698, the
Lady Charlotte Lee, dau--of Edward Henery, Earl of Litchfield. They had
seven children as follows: (1) Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore--of
whom below; (2) Benedict Leonard, b--Sept. 20, 1700. He was Governor of Md.,
1727, d--at sea June 1, 1732, unm; (3) Edward Henery, b--Aug. 31, 1701,
d--1730. He was Commissary General of the Colony and also elected President
of the Council of Md. He m--in 1728, Margaret Lee. No issue; (4) Cecil,
b--Nov. 6, 1702, d--1765, unm--. He was Secretary of the Province; (5)
Charlotte, b--Nov. 6, 1702, m--Thomas Brerwood, issue--one son, Francis; (6)
Jane, b--Nov. 19, 1703, m--May 4, 1720, John Hyde; (7) Barbara, b--1704
d--young.
Charles Fifth Lord Baltimore, was b--Sept. 29, 1699, and d--April 24, 1751.
He was a member of Parliament, Fellow of the Royal Society, and a Lord of
the Admiralty. He ruled the Province for thirty-six years. He m--July 20,
1730, Mary Janssen (d--March 25th, 1748), dau--of Theodore Janssen. By this
m--there were five ch--. A natural son, Benedict Swingate, was b--several
years before the above m--. Of him later. The five ch--by Mary Janssen are
as follows: (1) Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore--of whom below; (2)
Frances Dorothy, b--1734, d--1736; (3) Louisa, m--John Browning, Esq.; (4)
Charles, b--1737, d--in infancy; (5) Caroline, m--Robert Eden, who was the
last of the Royal Governors of Md., 1769-76. They returned to England during
the Revolution. A descendant of this couple is the handsome and dashing
young former Foreign Secretary of London, England, Anthony Eden.
Frederick, Sixth Lord Baltimore, b--Feb. 6, 1732, d--at Naples, Sept. 4,
1771. He was an extensive traveler but never visited his Province. He
m--March 9, 1753, Lady Diana Egerton, b--1732, d--1758, dau--of Scropt
Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater. Frederick Calvert left no legitimate issue,
and with his death, the title of "Lord Baltimore" ceased.
Benedict Calvert (otherwise--Swingate), as above mentioned; was b--about
1724, several years before his father, Charles, Fifth Lord Baltimore,
m--Mary Janssen. It is said that his mother was a dau--of George II, and
that therefore his birth was kept secret.
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CALVERT
THE CALVERT FAMILY
The Calvert family is said to have descended from a noble family in
Flanders. The first information of the family was through John, from
Flanders, France. He left a will, 1566, which does not mention his wife's
name but three sons, Leonard, John, and William. The latter also left a
will.
Leonard Calvert, of Danbywiske, England (the earliest Calvert record in
England is that of 1366, Margaretta Calvert [sic] found on Durham Manorial
Rolls; old Yorkshire family). Leonard Calvert m--Alicia Crossland, dau--of
John and Alice (Hawksworth) Crossland of Yorkshire, England. The family has
been traced back to Roger de Crossland, early part of the 13th century. Sir
John de Crossland, knighted in the 14th century. In the arms design is a
Crusader's cross which form is incorporated with the Calvert Arms and
constitutes part of the state of Maryland's Shield and Crest. As females
usually carry no arms, Alicia inspired her son, George Calvert, to emulate
them. Hence, the term of Heraldry, "Distaff" side of the family. Leonard
Calvert became "Landed Gentry of Kiplin," not listed, however, as a Manor,
but remained in the generations of the Calvert family until 1713.
George Calvert, son of Leonard Calvert and his wife Alicia Crossland, was
b--at a place called Kipling, Yorkshire, England. He was educated at All
Saints College, Oxford, receiving the degree of A.B. in 1597 and M.A. in
1605. From 1602 to 1616 he held several important offices; and was also
appointed one of the commissioners to go to Ireland to examine the condition
of affairs there, listen to grievances and adjust them. He was elected to
Parliament in 1620 and later reelected. In 1617 he was Knighted and became
Sir George Calvert. In 1618 he was made one of the Secretaries of State
through the influence and persuasion of his close friend, Sir Robert Cecil.
Sir George held the position of Secretary of State under King James I, with
a salary of 1,000 pounds and the usage for the first time of his coat of
arms. In 1620, he became Lord Proprietor of the Province of Avalon, in
Newfoundland, having purchased this colony from Sir William Vaughn. Calvert
had been most interested in the American Colonies, and this purchase
promised to fulfill his dreams. He had been a Provincial Councillor of the
Virginia Company. He was created in 1625 Lord Baron of Baltimore, in
Ireland.
The Newfoundland venture failed because of the rigors of the climate.
George, the First Lord Baltimore, returned to England and petitioned the
King for territory adjoining that of the Virginia Company, and eventually a
charter (very evidently of Calvert's drafting) for what is now Maryland was
approved by the King.
George Calvert m--first--November 22, 1604, Anne Mynne, b--Nov. 20, 1579,
d--Aug. 12, 1622, dau--of George Mynne of Hertfordshire, d--1581, and
Elizebeth Wroth, his wife, who d--1614, dau--of Sir Thomas Wroth of Durance
in Enfield, Middlesex, and his wife, the Lady Mary Rich, a dau--of Richard,
Lord (Chanclor) Rich, of Henery VIII's reign. Sir Thomas Wroth was at Court
during the brief reign of King Edward VI, and that youthful monarch expired
in his arms. His great great grandfather was Sir John Wroth, Lord Mayor of
London in 1361.
George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, and Anne Mynne, his first wife, had
issue the following: (1) Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore--of whom
below; (2) Leonard Calvert, b--1606, who in 1635 was appointed by his
brother First Governor of Maryland. Of him later; (3) Anne Calvert, m--about
1632, William Peasley, Esq.; (4) George Calvert, d--unm--in 1634; (5)
Dorothy Calvert, m--James Talbott; (6) Francis Calvert, d--without issue;
(7) Henery Calvert, d--unm--in 1635; (8) Elizebeth Calvert, d--unm--; (9)
Grace Calvert, b--1614, m--Sir Robert Talbott.; (12) Philip Calvert,
b--1626, d--1682; came to Md. in 1656 and was Chancellor for many years; in
1669 he was Deputy Governor of the Province; m--twice--but d--without issue.
George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, d--before the Md. Charter was signed,
and it was to his son, Cecil Calvert, IInd Lord Baltimore, that Charles I
handed it at last with his signature and the privy seal.
Anne (Mynne) Calvert, d--in 1621. He placed with his own hands a monument to
her: "A Woman Born to All Excellent Things--
Piety, Chastity, Prudence--Incomparable."
She was buried at St. Mary's Church in an altar tomb in Hertingfordbury,
Ireland. Her age was forty-two years.
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Thought some of this information might be of use to someone on-list. Found
while searching the http://www.genealogylibrary.com Will post in several
parts as it's long...
This information is from:
Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families Vol 1.
EVOLUTION OF PATRIOTIC ANCESTRY FROM YEAR 1 B. C. TO
YEAR 1939 A. D.
SERIES II
of
"Register of
Maryland's Heraldic Families"
WITH AN INDEX OF VOLUME I AND ADDENDA
TERCENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF MARYLAND
1634--MARCH 25TH TO MARCH 25TH--1935
By ALICE NORRIS PARRAN
Author and Editor
-- Distributor --
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Baltimore, Md.
SERIES II
SPONSORED BY
THE SOUTHERN MD. SOC. OF COLONIAL DAMES
Founder and President, Mrs. Francis J. Parran
(Memb. of Md. Historical Society)
(Memb. of Virginia Historical Society)
(Memb. of Md. Tercentenary Commission)
(The First State Registrar of Md. State D. A. R.)
(Former Historian of the Baltimore Chapter, D. A. R.)
(Former 3rd Vice Pres., of U. D. C., State of Md., and the Director of
Children of U. D. C.)
(Former Historian of Baltimore, No. 8, U. D. C.)
(Md. State Registrar of War of 1812 Society)
(Now Vice President of War of 1812 Society)
(Memb. of the Woman's Literary Society of Baltimore)
In April, 1936, on Volume I--Received 1st Honorable Mention as best
nonfiction
book of 1935-36, by National League of American Pen Women
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Well hello to all!
I thought I'd pop in for a second and say hello and tell everyone that I'm
in the process of updating the Calvert mailing list homepage (at
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suggestions, comments, etc. now is the time to make them. Also, if anyone
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everyone's memories and for those who are new... Just for those curious, we
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Harry Edmund Calvert of OH
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