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Colonel Henry Ridgley married, first, Elizabeth Howard. [1]

1659 "Henry Ridley demands lands for transporting himself, which is entered in Buries book, and Elizabeth Howard, his wife, and John Hall, Stephen Gill, Richard Ravens and Jane his servants, in the year 1659." [2] [3]

1661 Henry Ridgley surveyed land in the Middle Neck Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland. [4]

1661 James Wardner and Henry Ridgely were granted a certificate of 600 acres called "Wardridge" on the north side of South River, joining a tract "Broome," [formerly?] Richard Beard's, adjoining Neale Clarke's. [5]

1664 The tract "Ridgely" was surveyed in Kent County, Maryland, for Henry Ridgley. Dated January 24. [6]

1664 Henry Ridley claimed rights to land in September for transporting persons. [7]

1665 James Wardner assigned the deed with the land and premises therein … to Henry Ridgley. Witness: Robert Franklyn. Charles Greenberry presented the endorsement to the court, written on the back of a patent for 600 acres of land called Wardridge, is among diverse other matters heretofore recorded in the County Court Records destroyd wherefore for and on ye behalf of ye orphans of ye Sd Henry Ridgley & in order the better to ? in the sd former estate he prays the foregoing ? may be entered on the records of this Court which is adjudged ? & described accordingly wittness. Anne Arundel. Dated February 13. [8]

1669 The Maryland Assembly passed an act to pay or collect sums of tobacco for named persons, including Henry Ridgley of Anne Arundel County. [9]

1679 Henry Ridgley was a Justice in Maryland. [10]

1679 Henry Ridgely and William Ridgely were on a jury concerning the estate of John Vennall. Dated October 8. [11]

1684 Henry Ridgley was an overseer for the will of John Baldwin. [12]

1686 The tract "Ridgely's Forest" was surveyed in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, for Henry Ridgley. Dated June 3. [13]

1689 Mr. Henry Ridgley, Capt' of foot, was named for regulating Affairs of the Militia and Affairs civil in Ann Arrundell County. [14]

1690 Henry Ridgley was a Major in Maryland. [15]

1691 John Hammond senior and wife Mary sold a tract called "Adventurer"(?) to Henry Ridgley, all of Anne Arundel County. The deed was dated June 14. [16]

1692 Henry Ridgeley took the oath to serve in the Maryland Assembly. Dated on May 10. [17]

1692 Mr. Ridgeley and Mr. Hammond asked for a copy of the Articles of Peace made with the Indians. The request was denied because it intruded on the prerogative of the King. Request dated May 17. [18]

1692 Henry Ridgley, James Sanders, and others signed a letter to Majesties William and Mary of England thanking them for "redeeming us from the arbitrary will and pleasure of a Tyrannical Popish Government (under which we have so long groaned)". The letter was dated May 18. [19] [20]

1692 Henry Ridgley and others sent to the Maryland Council an Act of Recognition of their Sacred Majesties Right & Title to the Province of Maryland. Dated May 18. [21]

1692 Major Henry Ridgley was named by the Council of Maryland as a justice on the Commission of the Peace for Anne Arundel County. Dated June 8. [22]

1692 Henry Ridgeley was a representative from Anne Arundel County to the Maryland Assembly. Dated June 9. [23] [24]

1692 Henry Ridgley, James Sanders, and others signed a letter, to the Kings Majesties, as members of the Assembly of Freemen and Representatives of the Province of Maryland listing complaints about Lord Baltimore, especially the hogshead tax on tobacco. The letter was dated September 19. [25] [26]

1692 Justices Henry Ridgley and James Sanders and Ferdinando Battee and others signed a letter, to the Captain General of Maryland, supporting Henry Bonner as clerk of Anne Arundel County, rather than appointment of a new clerk. The letter was dated October 29. [27]

1692-5 Henry Ridgley was a Burgess in Maryland. [28]

1694 On 30 July, at the Maryland Council, "That Maj'r Henry Ridgely be Commissionated Lievetenant Collonell [Lieutenant Colonel] for Ann Arrundell County and that Captain John Hammond have Commission to be Maj'r in his stead." [29]

1694 Mareen Duvall died, leaving widow Mary. [30]

1695 Colonel Ridgley was named as an overseer of the construction of a courthouse and chapel for the newly formed Prince Georges County. Dated May 20. [31]

1695 Mr. Henry Ridgley, Just[ice], was present at the court in Anne Arundel, Maryland on August 11. [32]

1695 Colonel Henry Ridgley of Ann Arundell County was allowed upon his petition to the Maryland Assembly 100 l tobacco more. Dated October 14. [33]

c 1696 Henry Ridgely married, third, Mary (Stanton) Duvall, widow of Mareen Duvall. [34] [35]

1696 Henry Ridgley was a Colonel in Maryland. [36]

1697 Colonel Henry Ridgley paid duties on skins exported from Maryland. Dated March 21, 1696/97. [37]

1696 Murrene Duvall Jr, minor son of Murrene Duvall Sr, deceased, petitioned the court to have a new guardian. The second wife and widow of Murrene Duvall Sr had married Henry Ridgely after the death of Murrene Duvall. Henry Ridgely and his wife were the step-parent guardians of Murrene Duvall, Jr. Dated April 30, at the Council of Maryland. [38]:

The humble Petition of Murrene Duvall Junr the Son of Murrene Duvall deceased, in most humble Manner sheweth your Ex[cele]ncy

That your Petitioner on Tuseday last did make his Address unto this County Court, in Ord'r to Choose his Guardian (by Reason his father & Mother in Law, with whom he doth live do take little care for his proficiency in Learning, and lesser of his plantation, for his future good) And your petitionr was not admitted, neither would the Court suffer him to have as much as Assurance of some satisfaction when he comes at Age, for the use of his plantation till then: for my Brother did proffer to give One thousand pounds of Tobacco p[er] Annum for the use of the plantation & would have had it Recorded, but they Refused Audience, choosing rather that his father in Law should wear out Land without any benefit; likewise they threaten to have your petitioner whipt, if he comes any more there.

Therefore your Pet'r doth humbly desire your Excell to Grant him the same priviledge of your Clemency to Orphans th[a]t others have, and to Admit & Ord[e]r he may Choose his Brother John Duvall, for his Guardian and your petr shall ever pray.

The Petition is Referred to the Worshipfull the Justices of this County to see that Justice be done to the pet[itione]r & to give me a Reason why he may not Choose a Guardian. ffr. Nicholson

The Report upon the s[ai]d Ord[e]r of Reference follows, Viz't

In obedience to your Excell' Ord'r The Court does shew these following Reasons, Viz't

The Article concerning the Orphans Learning, to the knowledge of some of the Court is false.

And that concerning his Plantation the Court is satisfyed by Evidence that Coll Ridgely has fenced the whole in with a lite ffence, and has planted out a Nursery of Apple Trees, and has taken Ord'r to build on the sd plantation; and are satisfyed by a Clause of the said Orphans (fathers Will that his now Mother in Law is appointed Guardian to him & the rest of the Orphans till they come to the years of Eighteen.

The Court being satisfyed in the falseness of this Orphans petition admonished him to be dutifull to his ffather & Mother in Law, and threatned (if he came with the like lying petition to the Court) to Chastize him for the same: And likewise Coll Ridgely has promissed vpon the good behaviour of the Orphan to do much for the intrest of the Orphan on his plantation; All which is humbly Offered & signed p[er] Order of Court.

1697 Henry Ridgely was ordered to carry out orders, Colonel Greenberry being excused. Dated June 4. [39]

1697 Henry Ridgely of Anne Arundel County was summoned by the sheriff and received directions to raise 45 men, Colonel Greenberry being very sick. [40]

Son-in-law John Brewer died and Colonel Henry Ridgley became executor for his [John Brewer's] two sons John and Joseph, and one daughter, Elizabeth. [41]

1698 Robert Carville sold to Col. Henry Ridley of Anne Arundel County, the tract "Catton" in Calvert County (now Prince Georges County), one mile from the Petuxen River. Dated September 10. [42]

1699 Henry Ridgley Sr sold to Henry Ridgley Jr, for fatherly love, a tract called Brooms and part of a tract called Ridgley in Anne Arundel County. Dated March 7. [43]

1699 "Coll[onel] Henry Ridgely being very Antient & desirous to lay down his Commission of Colonel of this County of Ann Arundel County Ordered Commission be prepared to appoint the honble Major John Hammond Colonel of the said County" Dated October 4, at Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. [44]

1699 The will of Henry Ridgley Jr of Ann Arundel was dated September 13. The will named wife Kathrine, three sons Henry, Nicholas, and Charles, all under age 18 and two daughters Anne and Elizabeth under age 16. Father Henry Ridgley and brother Charles Greenbery were named trustees for the children. [45]

1702 Thomas Larkin sold to Henry Ridgley, of Prince Georges County, Maryland, land near the Petuxen River. Dated January 28. [46]

1702 Robert Tyler sold land to Henry Ridgley, merchant, both of Prince George's County, Maryland. The 500 acre tract, called Mary's Delight, was part of Darnall's Grove. Dated March 8. [47] [48]

1702 Robert Tyler and Henry Ridgley, merchant, both of Prince George's County, Maryland, sold land to Louis Devall. Dated March 8. The tract, called "Devall's Cowpen", was part of "Ridgley's and Tyler's Chance" and was next to "Wilsons Plaines", all in Prince George's County. Mary, the wife of Henry Ridgley was named on page 46a. [49] [50]

1702 Robert Tyler and Henry Ridgley, merchant, both of Prince George's County, Maryland, sold land to Thomas Fowler on March 8. The tract, called "Fowler's Venture", was part of "Ridgley's and Tyler's Chance" and was next to "Howerton's Range", all in Prince George's County. Mary, the wife of Henry Ridgley was named on page 47a. [51] [52]

1702 On 8 March, Robert Tyler and Henry Ridgley, merchant, both of Prince George's County, Maryland, sold land to Thomas Ricketts. The tract was the remaining part of "Ridgley's and Tyler's Chance" and was next to the tract of Louis Devall, all in Prince George's County. Mary, the wife of Henry Ridgley was named on page 49. [53] [54]

1703 The will of John Howard, dated December 29, mentioned the 5 children of Henry Ridgley (Junior), suggesting that John Howard was their guardian. [55]

1705 Col. Henry Ridgely, merchant, of Prince George's County, Maryland made his will. [56] Probate on 13 July, 1710. An abstract reports [57]:

To wife Mary, extx., and hrs., dwelling plantation and land "Catton.". "unborn child if male at 21 yrs., if female at 16 yrs. or marriage, plantation, "Larkin's Forrest," bought of Thos. Larkin, also 100 A. added to same and 500 A., "Mary's Delight." Wife afsd. to have use of sd. land during minority of sd. child, and to possess former should child die without issue.

To son Charles and hrs., plantation and land, "Hogg Neck" and 300 A., part of "Waldridge," also "Ridgeley's Lot" at Huntington, Anne Arundel Co., certain tract 30 A., sold to Thos. Reynolds in fork of branch at side next Neal Clarke's line, seated by Wm. Griffith.

In event of death during minority of unborn child, "Mary's Delight" afsd. to be divided between John and Joseph Brewer, Thomas and Henry Odall, sons of Thomas Odell, and their hrs.

To brother Wm. Ridgley, personalty.

By codicil, same date, testator leaves to dau. Sarah, wife of Thomas Odell, and to unborn child afsd., personality.

To grandsons Henry and Nicholas Ridgeley, and Henry, son of Charles Ridgeley, and hrs., "Larkin's Forrest" afsd. at decease of wife.

"grandson Henry, son of Henry, residue of "Waldridge," and to each grandchild (not designated), 10 at majority.

Grandson Henry, son of Henry, to be under charge of Thos. Odall and Chas. Greenberry, and grandson Nicholas under that of wife afsd.

To goddau. Martha Duvall, to St. Barnabas Church of Queen Anne's Parish, and to Richard Ducket, personalty.

Test: Richd. Duckett, John Ratenbury, Thos. Reynolds, Lewis Duvall.

1708 Charles Carroll sold a tract called "Enfiled Chase" to Henry Ridgley, of Prince Georges County, Maryland. The deed was dated January 1. [58] [59]

1709 Col. Henry Ridgley was named in the will of David Mackelfrish. "London town where new houses stand, one taken up by Col. Henry Ridgley and the other by self". Dated May 15. [60]

1709 The Upper House of the Maryland Assembly noted "Cap't Henry Ridgley being removed out of Prince George's County into Anne Arundel." Mr. Thomas Claggett was appointed to be captain of the company late under the command of said Ridgley. Dated November 10. [61]

1710 The will of Charles Greenberry, dated February 7, named several family members [62] [63]:

To sisters Anne, wife of John Hammond, and Eliza:, wife of Robert Gouldesborough, personalty.

"cousins Henry Ridgley, Nicholas Ridgley, Anne Bidgley, Eliza: Ridgley and Katharine Howard and to John Eager, personalty.

"wife Rachel, extx., residue of estate, real and personal, during life; at her decease all real estate, including plantation "Whitehall" and land belonging thereto is devised to the vestry of Westminster Parish, for maintenance of minister.

Test: Robert Boone, Thos. Bordley, Robert Huett. 13. 542.

1705 The will of Henry Ridgley, merchant of Prince Georges County, Maryland, was dated April 30. The probate date was July 13, 1710. The will bequethed the plantation "Catton" to wife Mary. An unborn child was to inherit "Larkins Forrist". Son Charles inherited "Hoggneck" and "Waldbridge" and "Ridgleys Lot". Neal Clark was a landowner of adjacent land. John and Joseph Brewer and Thomas and Henry Odall (sons of Thomas Odall) were named. Brother Wm Ridgley and son Charles Ridgley inherited clothing. Another item named daughter Sarah Odall as the wife of Thomas Odall. The item named grandchildren Henry and Nicholas Ridgley and Henry Ridgley the son of Charles Ridgley. The codicil named grandson Henry, the son of son Henry Ridgley and god-daughter Martyha Duvall and the church of St Barnabas in Queen Anns parish. Thomas Odall and Charles Greenbery were named caregivers for grandson Henry son of Henry. [64]

1711 Mary Ridgley, widow of Henry Ridgley, purchased "The Globe", in Prince Georges County, Maryland, from Abraham Clarke. The deed was dated January 1. [65]

1719 Robert Carvill deeded, in 1698, to Henry Ridgely Sr, of Anne Arnudell County, a tract in Calvert County (now Prince George's County) called "Catton". By will dated April 13, 1705, the tract was bequeathed to wife Mary Ridgley. On January 14, 1713, Mary and her husband, Jacob Henderson, conveyed "Catton" to Ezekiel Wright. [66]

Research Notes:

There are differences of opinion about the names of the wives of Henry Ridgely. Both Sarah Warner and Elizabeth Howard have been named as the likely mother of daughter Sarah Ridgely.

An extensive biosketch has been published naming wives 1) Elizabeth Howard, 2) Alice Skinner, and 3) Mary Stanton Duvall. [67]

A biosketch reports [68]:

From the manuscript of Judge Nicholas Ridgely, of Delaware, now in possession of Mrs. Henry Ridgely, of Dover, and from the records of Annapolis, I find the Ridgelys, of Annapolis, and of Delaware, descended from the "Hon. Henry Ridgely, of Devonshire, England, who settled in Maryland, in 1659, upon a royal grant of 6,000 acres. He became a Colonel of Militia, member of the Assembly of the Governmental Council, Justice of the Peace, and Vestryman of the Parish Church of St. Ann's."

The above is taken from the Ridgely manuscript of a grandson, and confirms the record made by Mr. Creagar, who indexed " Our Early Settlers." He assumed that the following record was intended for the above Colonel Henry Ridgely : " Henry Ridley demands lands for transporting himself, which is entered in Buries book, and Elizabeth Howard, his wife, and John Hall, Stephen Gill, Richard Ravens and Jane his servants, in the year 1659."

The next entry is 1661, when "James Wardner (Warner) and Henry Ridgely were granted a certificate for 600 acres, called ' Wardridge,' on the north side of South River, joining a tract, Broome, formally Richard Beard's, adjoining Neale Clarke's."

In 1665, James Warner assigned his right to Henry Ridgely. This transfer was one of the burnt records of 1704. It was restored by Colonel Charies Greenberry, in the interest of his sister's children.

Judge Nicholas Ridgely's bible-record throws more light on Colonel Henry Ridgely's wife; it reads thus, "Nicholas Ridgely, son of Henry, (who was the son of Colonel Henry and Sarah, his wife), and Catherine, his wife, (who was the daughter of Colonel Nicholas Greenberry and Ann, his wife), all of Anne Arundel County, in the Province of Maryland), the said Nicholas was born the 12th day of February, A. D., 1694, and was married to Sarah Worthington, (the daughter of Captain John and Sarah, his wife, of Anne Arundel County, aforesaid), the 26th day of December, 1711."

This record shows that if Colonel Henry Ridgely's wife was Elizabeth Howard, she was not the mother of Colonel Ridgely's son Henry. His mother evidently belonged to the house of James Warner and Elizabeth Harris, his wife. In 1679, Henry Ridgely, Sr., was commissioned associate Justice of Anne Arundel; in 1689, he was appointed "Captain of the Foote"; in 1692, he was a member of the Lower House; in 1694, he was promoted Major, and in the same year was advanced to Colonel in the Militia. In 1685, Colonel Henry surveyed "Ridgely's Forrest." It covered all the land surrounding Annapolis Junction and Savage Factory. In 1699, he granted to his son Henry, 220 acres of "Broome" and 200 acres of "Wardridge." Upon this combined plantation, Henry Ridgely, Jr., having removed from his Annapolis homestead, died in early manhood, thirty years of age, in 1699. There in the reserved graveyard stood, for years, the well preserved tablet to his memory. In 1702, Colonel Henry sold Charles Carroll "the house and lot in Annapolis, lately in the tenture of my son, adjoining the lots of Charles and Rachel Kilburne." In 1696, Colonel Henry Ridgely married Mary (Stanton) Duvall, widow of Mareen Duvall, the Huguenot, and with her administered on Duvall's estate. He then removed across the river to Prince George's County, where he became a merchant. His will, written in 1705, with codicils, was probated in 1710. It reads: "I give to my wife Mary, my home, plantation, 'Cotton'; 'Mary's Delight' and 'Larkin's Folly,' which I bought of Thomas Larkin, to an unborn child. To son Charles Ridgely, all that plantation called 'Hogg Neck,' and 300 acres of 'Ridgely's Lot,' lying at 'Huntington, A. A.', excepting lands sold to Thomas Reynolds and Neale Clarke, near Wm. Griffiths. I give also, to son Charles, 300 acres of ' Wardridge,' adjoining ' Hogg Neck.' My wearing apparel to my brother, William, and my son, Charles. 'Larkin Forrest,' if there be no heir, to be divided between Henry Ridgely and Nicholas Ridgely, sons of his deceased son, Henry, and Henry, son of his son, Charles Ridgely. The remaining part of 'Wardridge,' to go to grandson, Henry Ridgely, son of Henry, deceased, after Charles had 300 acres out of it. If 'Mary's Delight' is not possessed by an heir, it is to be divided between John Brewer, Joseph Brewer, Thomas Odall and Henry Odall, sons of Thomas Odall, (elsewhere written Odell). I give to my daughter, Sarah Odall, wife of Thomas, a negroe girl; to all my grandchildren, £10; to my god-daughter, Martha Duvall, £51, and a cow and calf. To St. Barnabas Church, Queen Parish, Prince George, £20. Grandsons, Henry and Nicholas Ridgely, to be under the care of Thomas Odall and Charles Greenberry, until of age. The remaining part, whether here or in England, to go to my wife and executrix." Witnesses were Louis Duvall and Thomas Reynolds.

The will of John Brewer mentions his wife, Sarah, his sons, John and Joseph, and his father, Henry Ridgely, whom he made his executor, with his wife Sarah. ...

Sarah Ridgely, only daughter of Colonel Henry, first became the wife of John Brewer, and after his death, she married Thomas Odell. A sketch of the Brewer family will be found elsewhere.

A biosketch of Henry Ridgely Senior [which includes undocumented, and possibly erroneous, reports of a wife Sarah and being from Devonshire] reports [69]:

The progenitor of the Delaware branch of the Ridgely family in America was Colonel Henry Ridgely who came from Devonshire, England to Maryland in 1659 with his wife Elizabeth (Howard) and three servants. Elizabeth did not long survive the rigors of the voyage to the New World or the severity of pioneer life. Colonel Ridgely soon acquired lands in excess of six thousand acres and lived on "Wardridge", his plantation close to Anne Arundel Town, afterwards named Annapolis. Within the next decade Colonel Ridgely married Sarah …, the mother of his children. After the death of his second wife he married Mary, the widow of Mareen Duvall, who survived him and afterwards married the Rev. Jacob Henderson.

The life of Colonel Ridgely as well as that of his family was closely allied with that of his good friend and neighbor, Nicholas Greenberry. He was born in England in 1627 and came to Maryland in 1674 on board the ship, Constant Friendship, with his wife, two children, and three servants. These two men were associated in many of the affairs of the Province as well as in the social and political life of Anne Arundel County. Both of them held high offices of trust. Henry Ridgely was a justice of the peace, member of the Maryland Assembly, member of the Governor's council, major and later colonel in command of the militia of his county. He and Colonel Greenberry were among the commissioners appointed to survey and manage the building of the Court House in Anne Arundel Town. Colonel Greenberry was a justice of the peace, senior qualified member of the Governor's Council 1692, Keeper of the Great Seal 1693-94, President of the Council and Acting Governor of the Province of Maryland from October, 1693 to May, 1694. He was also a commissioner appointed to lay out an area of one hundred acres into lots and streets for the town which in 1695 became Annapolis. Both men adhered to the Church of England and took an active part in the proceedings of St. Anne's Parish.

The Ridgely estate, which embraced the tracts, "Wardridge", "Catton", "Mary's Delight", "Hogg Neck", "Ridgely's Lot" and others were not very distant from the Greenberry Estate called "Greenberry Point." From such a close association as these two families enjoyed, it is not surprising that they were further united by marriage. Colonel Ridgely's son, Henry > married Katharine Greenberry and Rachel Ridgely in turn married Charles Greenberry. Thus were allied by friendship and marriage two of the prominent families of Anne Arundel County.

Rachel Freeborne deposed that about 56 years ago Alice Skinner had come to Maryland, and within a year married Henry Ridgely of Anne Arundel Co. They had an only son Charles, who according to the deposition of Elizabeth Ridgely, widow of William Ridgely, was born about 4 years after the marriage.

1651 James Warner surveyed land in the Middle Neck Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland. [70]

A manuscript of a grandson of Henry Ridgely reports [71] "Hon. Henry Ridgely, of Devonshire, England, who settled in Maryland, in 1659, upon a royal grant of 6,000 acres. He became a Colonel of Militia, member of the Assembly of the Governmental Council, Justice of the Peace, and Vestryman of the Parish Church of St. Ann's."

The relationship of Robert Ridgely to brothers Henry and William Ridgley is unknown. [72]

1675 Robert Ridgely purchased land in St Marys. [73]

1679 Robert Ridgely was named in a Maryland Provincial court proceeding. [74]

1690 The will of Lancelot Todd, of Anne Arundel county mentioned that daughter Mary was to have the cow her aunt Elizabeth Howard gave her. [75]

1701 Charles and Deborah Ridgley sold land in Prince George County to Francis Piles. [76]

1702 Charles Ridgley witnessed a deed in Prince George County. [77]

1703 Charles Ridgley witnessed a deed in Prince George County. [78]


Footnotes:

[1] Mary Selden Kennedy, Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Vol. 2 (1911), 518, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[2] Joshua Dorsey Warfield, The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland (1905), 77, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[3] Maryland Patent 7-641, not seen.

[4] Elihu Samuel Riley, A History of Anne Arundel County in Maryland: Adapted for Use in the Schools (1905), 29, [GoogleBooks].

[5] Documentation not seen, but perhaps Maryland patent 7-461.

[6] Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 (1913), 297, [HathiTrust].

[7] Maryland State Archives Land Patent portal, 10, image=236, Land patent 7-461, citing CC-498, [MD Land Patent SM2], [MD Land Patent Index].

[8] Maryland Archives, County Deeds. Requires free login account. Select County=Anne_Arundel. "Jump to new volume" dialog: Book=IH_3. Page=1. Go. Underscore "_" denotes a space, [MD Archives Deeds].

[9] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1666-1776, Vol. 2 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1884), 228, [HathiTrust].

[10] Mary Selden Kennedy, Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Vol. 2 (1911), 518, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[11] J. Hall Pleasants, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Court of Chancery, 1669-1679, Court Series 5, Vol. 51 (Baltimore, MD: 1934), 296, Proceedings of the Court of Chancery, [InternetArchive].

[12] Jane Baldwin Cotton, Roberta Bolling Henry, The Maryland Calendar of Wills: Wills 1635-1685, Vol. 1 (1901), 132, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[13] Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 (1913), 329, [HathiTrust].

[14] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1684-1692, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1894), 242, [HathiTrust].

[15] Mary Selden Kennedy, Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Vol. 2 (1911), 518, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[16] Maryland Archives, County Deeds. Requires free login account. Select County=Anne_Arundel. "Jump to new volume" dialog: Book=IH_3. Page=4. Go. Underscore "_" denotes a space, of 4-9, [MD Archives Deeds].

[17] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1684-1692, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1894), 252, [HathiTrust].

[18] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1684-1692, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1894), 273, [HathiTrust].

[19] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1770, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1890), 316, of 315-16, [HathiTrust].

[20] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1684-1692, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1894), 278, of 277-278, [HathiTrust].

[21] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1684-1692, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1894), 373, [HathiTrust].

[22] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1770, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1890), 324, [HathiTrust].

[23] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1684-1692, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1894), 351, 352, [HathiTrust].

[24] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1693-1697, Vol. 19 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1899), 4, [HathiTrust].

[25] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1770, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1890), 363, of 360-363, [HathiTrust].

[26] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings and Acts of the Council of Maryland 1696-1698, Vol. 23 (Baltimore, MD: 1904), 536, [HathiTrust].

[27] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1770, Vol. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1890), 410-411, [HathiTrust].

[28] Mary Selden Kennedy, Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Vol. 2 (1911), 518, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[29] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1693-1697, Vol. 20 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1900), 130, [HathiTrust].

[30] Jane Baldwin Cotton, Roberta Bolling Henry, The Maryland Calendar of Wills: Wills 1685-1702, Vol. 2 (1920), 76, [HathiTrust].

[31] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1693-1697, Vol. 19 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1899), 159, 189, [HathiTrust].

[32] Carroll T. Bond, ed., Proceedings of the Maryland Court of Appeals, 1695-1729 (1933), 61, [HathiTrust].

[33] William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland, 1693-1697, Vol. 19 (Baltimore, Maryland: 1899), 267, [HathiTrust].

[34] Joshua Dorsey Warfield, The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland (1905), 78, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[35] Sharon J. Doliante, Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families: families of Bacon, Beall, Beasley, Cheney, Duckett, Dunbar, Ellyson, Elmore, Graves, Heydon, Howard, Jacob, Morris, Nuthall, Odell, Peerce, Reeder, Ridgley, Prather, Sprigg, Wesson, Williams (Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1991), 844-852, [GoogleBooks].

[36] Mary Selden Kennedy, Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Vol. 2 (1911), 518, citing Maryland Archives, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

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