George and all who disagree.
I gave the book source so that you can all look for yourselves. The author documented
that George Calvert Lazenby dropped the Lazenby surname at the start of his military
career, worked his way (or paid his way) up to Captain, and was under the patronage of his
uncle. And he cited correspondence that his mother was the Countess Henrietta and that he
may have been born out of wedlock. That happened to even ladies of the aristocracy. The
additional information that there were Lazenby's around does not change any of that
information. What say other's who have looked into this?
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
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Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 1:08 PM
To: mada(a)cmc.net
Cc: CALVERT-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Charles CALVERT LAZENBY
Dear Melissa and Fellow Calverts:
The Charles CALVERT LAZENBY in your recent
message is an interesting fellow, however he
(most likely) was not the Charles Calvert, who
became governor of Maryland in the early 1700's.
It is believed that the two Charles were "first
cousins" and perhaps more distant cousins of the
Baltimore Calverts.
The following is from the Maryland Historic
Magazine:
"The identity of Gov. Charles Calvert of
Maryland (1688-1733/4) still remains a
mystery and this writer has found not the
slightest suggestion as to his origin. His
mother, Countess Henrietta Calvert, followed
her son to America and died here circa
1728." (Md. Hist. Mag., Vol. II, pp. 220,
321).
His aunt's death is recorded thus in the
Register of St. Ann's Church, Annapolis:
" 8 Aug., 1722: Madame Margaret Lazenby,
aunt to our present Governor, Charles
Calvert, Esq."
She was presumably the mother of that Charles
Calvert Lazenby to whom land was granted in
Maryland in 1701.
There were Lazenby's who survived her in
Maryland, who were probably her kinsfolk.
Charlotte Calvert Brerewood calls Gov. Charles
"our cousin the Captain"
and he may conceivably have been a Calvert cousin
from the North Country, who will be identified
when the Yorkshire family background or Sir
George is eventually clarified. There was a
family of gentry named Lazenby in Catterick
Parish, Yorkshire, close by the village of
Kipling (Victoria Yorkshire, North Riding; Md.
Hist. mag., Vol.I pp. 289-90).
The book "A Chesapeake family their slaves, A
study in historical archaeology" by Anne
Elizabeth Yentsch, Cambridge University Press
may shed more light on these Charleses.
George Calvert
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