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Family name Family members Notes Source Abbott Simon Abbott Founder Madeline Abbott Wife of Simon, Mother of Dorcas Dorcas Abbott Born 1651 Adams Francis Adams c. 1645 (or 1626) – December 1698 John Adams c. 1670 – September 1740 Charles Adams c. 1672/3 – 1733. Carpenter. Angiers John Angiers Son of John Angier: Billingsley Francis ...
State of Maryland. The flag of the State of Maryland is the official flag of the U.S. state of Maryland and the 17th-century heraldic banner of arms of Cecil, 2nd Baron Baltimore. It consists of the arms of his father George, 1st Baron Baltimore (1579–1632), quartered with those of his grandmother, heiress of the Crossland family.
Maryland. Washington, D.C. The Province of Maryland [1] was an English and later British colony in North America from 1634 [2] until 1776, when the province was one of the Thirteen Colonies that joined in supporting the American Revolution against Great Britain. In 1781, Maryland was the 13th signatory to the Articles of Confederation.
The recorded history of Maryland dates back to the beginning of European exploration, starting with the Venetian John Cabot, who explored the coast of North America for the Kingdom of England in 1498. After European settlements had been made to the south and north, the colonial Province of Maryland was granted by King Charles I to Sir George ...
A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey, 1685 map of the Chesapeake region by Christopher Browne. The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British America and centered on the Chesapeake Bay.
Colonel Henry Darnall (1645 – 17 June 1711) was a planter, military officer and politician in colonial Maryland. Darnall served as the Proprietary Agent in the colony for Lord Baltimore; he also briefly served as Deputy Governor of Maryland. During the Protestant Revolution of 1689, his proprietarial army was defeated by the Protestant army ...
The male's black and orange feathers are similar to the Calvert seal. This led to the bird receiving its name of Baltimore. 1947 [5] Cat: Calico cat: The calico has tri-color fur of orange, black and white, which is the same colors as the Calvert seal. 2001 [6] Crustacean: Blue crab Callinectes sapidus
Numerous free families of color were formed during the colonial years by formal and informal unions between free white women and African-descended men, whether free, indentured or enslaved. Although born free to white women, the mixed-race children were considered illegitimate and were apprenticed for lengthy periods into adulthood.