Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore: Historical Sketches of Counties and of Some Notable StructuresSwepson Earle, Percy G. Skirven Munder-Thomsen Press, 1916 - 203 pages |
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... . Skirven I 7 ΙΟ 12 14 15 17 19 , 20 21 22 John H. K. Shannahan 24 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 42 43 44 H. Fillmore Lankford 46 51 53 55.56 57 59 61 62 64 66 W. Laird Henry 68 74 76 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 Henry L. Constable 91 96 98 [ xi ]
... . Skirven I 7 ΙΟ 12 14 15 17 19 , 20 21 22 John H. K. Shannahan 24 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 42 43 44 H. Fillmore Lankford 46 51 53 55.56 57 59 61 62 64 66 W. Laird Henry 68 74 76 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 Henry L. Constable 91 96 98 [ xi ]
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... Henry : Past Presidents Dr. J. Clement Clark and Dr. James Bordley , Jr. , and the Vice - Presidents of the Society have helped greatly . The Secretary , Mr. J. H. K. Shannahan , has been untiring in his efforts . In addition to these ...
... Henry : Past Presidents Dr. J. Clement Clark and Dr. James Bordley , Jr. , and the Vice - Presidents of the Society have helped greatly . The Secretary , Mr. J. H. K. Shannahan , has been untiring in his efforts . In addition to these ...
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... Henry was in command . They marched from Chestertown on the 29th of January , 1776 , and reached Northampton Court House , Virginia , on the 12th of February . The following report to the Council of Safety at Annapolis is interesting to ...
... Henry was in command . They marched from Chestertown on the 29th of January , 1776 , and reached Northampton Court House , Virginia , on the 12th of February . The following report to the Council of Safety at Annapolis is interesting to ...
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... HENRY ANNAPOLIS , Md . Capt . James Kent was in command of the Queen Anne's company . At Chestertown in 1707 the first free school in Kent County was established , it being under the supervision of the rector of St. Paul's Parish . It ...
... HENRY ANNAPOLIS , Md . Capt . James Kent was in command of the Queen Anne's company . At Chestertown in 1707 the first free school in Kent County was established , it being under the supervision of the rector of St. Paul's Parish . It ...
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... Henry Carvil . Thomas Hynson's son , Thomas Hynson , Jr. , was made Sheriff of Talbot County , April 20 , 1666. With the granting of the Manor of " Hinchingham " to Thomas Hynson he became interested in that section of the county and it ...
... Henry Carvil . Thomas Hynson's son , Thomas Hynson , Jr. , was made Sheriff of Talbot County , April 20 , 1666. With the granting of the Manor of " Hinchingham " to Thomas Hynson he became interested in that section of the county and it ...
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acres Annapolis Assembly beautiful became Blakeford Bohemia born brick building built Calvert Capt Captain Caroline County Cecil County century Charles Chesapeake Bay Chester River Chestertown Choptank River church Colonel COLONIAL EASTERN SHORE county-seat court house Creek daughter death DeCourcy Delaware descendants died Dorchester Earle early Emory England erected farm Francis Frazier's George Goldsborough Governor granted Grove Hall Hambrook Hardcastle Henry Hollyday homestead James John Judge Kent County Kent Island known later lawn Manokin mansion married Mary MARYLAND'S COLONIAL EASTERN miles Nanticoke Neck original Parish Pocomoke Point Potter present owner Princess Anne Province of Maryland purchased Purnell Queen Anne's County Rehoboth Revolutionary Richard Robert Salisbury Samuel Sassafras settlers side Snow Hill sold Solomon Wright Somerset County Stepney Stevens surveyed Talbot County Thomas Hynson Tilghman town tract of land Virginia Wicomico River William Worcester County Wye House
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Page 54 - And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Page 59 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the...
Page 145 - An Act for the Service of Almighty God and the Establishment of the Protestant Religion within this Province...
Page 50 - Cinquack, situate near the mouth of the said river, where it disembogues into the aforesaid bay of Chesapeake, and thence by the shortest line unto the aforesaid promontory or place, called Watkin's Point...
Page 190 - Tis well thine homage thus to pay; To reverence that ancient pile, And spread thy silver o'er the aisle Which many a pious foot has trod, That now is dust beneath the sod ; Where many a sacred tear was wept From eyes that long in death have slept ! The temple's builders, — where are they? The worshippers...
Page 24 - From and after the 1st of May, 1707 the bounds of Talbot County shall contain Sharp's Island, Choptank Island, and all the land of the north side of Great Choptank River, and extend itself up the said river to Tuckahoe bridge, and from thence with a straight line to the mill commonly called and known by the name of...
Page 50 - Meridian of the first Fountain of the River of Pattowmack, thence verging towards the South, unto the further Bank of the said River, and following the same on the West and South, unto a certain Place called Cinquack, situate near the Mouth of the said River...
Page 165 - Mary's White Chapel Parish Church to the north-west fork bridge, thence with the main road (that leads to Cannon's ferry) to Nanticoke river, thence with the said river to and with the exterior limits of the aforesaid county of Dorchester to the exterior limits of Queen Anne's county...
Page 49 - Companies of Militia, to consist of one Captain, two Lieutenants, one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Clerk, one Drummer, one Fifer, and about sixty-eight Privates.
Page xvii - In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of ocean is deepest in dye; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?