Major Richard Ewen

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Major Richard Ewen

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Birthplace: England (United Kingdom)
Death: April 16, 1669 (55-63)
Anne Arundel, MD, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Ewen and Ann Ewen
Husband of Sophia Ewen
Father of Elizabeth Richardson; Susanna Billingsly; Ann Ewin; John Ewin; Richard Ewin, Jr. and 1 other

Occupation: Major, Maryland Speaker of Upper House, Governor of the Colong 1657
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About Major Richard Ewen

Richard Ewen was one of ten commissioners appointed 22 July 1654, by Bennett and Claiborne, to direct the affairs of Maryland under Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England. The Puritans called a General Assembly at Patuxent in 1654, barring Catholics and those who bore arms against Parliament, and passed The Act of Recognition 20 October 1654 enacting laws for the governing of the Province.

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Major Richard Ewen's Timeline

1609
July 6, 1609
England (United Kingdom)
1630
June 6, 1630
Virginia Colony, (Present USA)
1639
1639
1640
1640
1642
1642
1645
1645
1649
1649
Maryland
1669
April 16, 1669
Age 59
Anne Arundel, MD, United States