To ad to Greg Nelson's notes.
John Calvert b c. 1587/9 was the son of Leonard Calvert, b 1548-1550 in
Dansby Wiske, Yorkshire, England. (From the book "George Calvert and
Cecilius Calvert, Barons Baltimore of Baltimore" by Wm. Hand Browne, Dodd,
Mead and Company, New York, 1890.
"He acquired the estate of Kiplin, in the same valley [Swale-near the town
of Danby Wiske], in the latter part of Elizabeth's reign.") (Notes for
Leonard Calvert: from Paul Tobler
According to Descendants of Virginia Calverts:
...Leonard, son of John and Margerie Calvert. This Leonard Calvert, father
of George, (and John) was born about 1550 (Estimated). He was a country
gentleman, apparently in easy circumstances, who owned land and raised
cattle. He married about 1575 (estimated) Grace (or Alicia) Crossland,
daughter of Thomas and Joanna (Hawksworth) Crossland of Crossland Hill,
Yorkshire. (See Foster's Visitations of Yorkshire) and descended from Roger
de Crossland, of the time of Henry III.)
This John was the brother of George, the 1st Lord Baltimore. The Yorkshire,
England genealogy web site is very interesting. They have a link to the
publication on the Non-conformists-which the Calvert's were. Some were
Quaker and some were Catholic. I have lost track of the URL, but maybe
someone else can post it.
Melissa Thompson Alexander
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