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Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families Vol 1
With an index of volume 1 and addenda tercentenary of the
founding
of Maryland 1634--March 25th to March 25th--1935 By Alice Norris
Parran, 1938.
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 --
144 W. Lanvale St.,
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
Page 106
C
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.
Page 107
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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