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First Families of Maryland

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  • Richard Gardiner, of St. Mary’s (1592 - 1649)
    NOTE: The parents of Richard Gardiner/Garnett, Maryland colonist, are UNKNOWN. There is no primary evidence to support the contention that he was the son of Sir Thomas Gardiner of Basing in Peckham (no...
  • Ray Isbell, Source: https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143973060
    Mary Veitch (1633 - c.1690)
    ( ) She was an indentured servant to Richard Keene when Sheriff James Veitch purchased her indenture and married her in 1657, probably in Christ Church (We Veitches by Laurence Guthrie, p.15; ...
  • James 'The Sheriff' Veitch (1621 - 1685)
    Family James Veitch was born in 1628 and died May 30, 1685 (56-57) at Calvert County , Province of Maryland. His wife was Mary Gakerlin, an indentured servant brought to MD by Richard Keene. The norma...
  • Richard Moore (1625 - 1676)
    1676 WILL: Kent Island, Kent Co, MD, dated 4 Apr proved 5 May, wife and 2 minor children are not named but appear in other court records for his estate. The Colonial Genealogist, Vol IV, no. 3, Winter ...
  • Capt. Thomas Claggett (1644 - 1703)
    Capt Thomas Clagett BIRTH 3 Apr 1645 Greater London, England DEATH 25 Jul 1703 (aged 58) Calvert County, Maryland, USA BURIAL Clagett Family Cemetery Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryl...

This page is a list of the first peoples and families of Maryland.

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Founding families

Bowie family

  • John Bowie, Sr. (1688 - 1759), immigrant
  • Oden Bowie (1826 - 1894), 34th Governor of Maryland
  • Robert Bowie (1750 - 1818), Governor of Maryland
  • Thomas fielder Bowie (1808 - 1869), Representative of Maryland
  • Walter Bowie (1748 - 1810), politician
  • Capt. William Bowie (1721 - ), delegate to the Annapolis Convention (1774 - 1776)
  • William Duckett Bowie (1803 - 1873)

Brent family

  • Margaret Brent (c.1601 - c.1671)
  • Mary Brent ( - )
  • Giles Brent ( - )
  • Fulk Brent ( - )

Calvert family

  • Leonard Calvert, 1st Proprietary-Governor of Maryland

Chaplin family

  • William Chaplin (1625 - 1669), immigrant
  • Elizabeth Chaplin (Elizabeth Chaplin (1651 - aft. 1712)

Connor family

  • Elijah Connor (1720 - )
  • Elijah Connor, Jr. (1777 - 1833)
  • Anne Connor (1801 - )

Daugherty family

  • Isaac Daugherty (c.1733 - c.1762)
  • Peter Dickerson (1664 - 1733)

Denis family

  • Donogh "Donnock" Dennis (c.1636 - 1716/17), immigrant
  • Margaret Dennis (1668 - )

Dickerson family

  • Edward Dickerson (1627 - 1682), immigrant
  • Peter Dickerson (1664 - 1733)

Henderson family

  • Ephraim Henderson (1743 - 1785)
  • James Law Henderson (c.1771 - 1800)
  • Sarah "Sally" Laws Henderson (1799 - 1828)

Hooper family

  • Henry Hooper (c.1605 - c.1676), immigrant
  • Mary Hooper (c.1630 - c.1663)

Lankford family

  • John Lankford (1652 - 1720)
  • Joseph Lankford (1680 - 1758)
  • Benjamin Lankford (1708 - 1788)
  • Isabel Lankford (c.1735 - 1788)

Lister family

  • Abigail Lister (c.1720 - 1773)

London family

  • Maj. Ambrose London (c.1618 - 1706)
  • Abigail Lodon (1660 - 1692)

Long family

  • Daniel Long I (1677 - 1741)
  • Daniel Long, Jr. (c.1702 - 1756)
  • Samuel Long (1645 - 1695), immigrant

Martin family

  • Mary Martin (1687 - 1748)
  • Francis Martin (c.1654 - 1699), immigrant
  • Jeffery Minshall (1620 - 1675), immigrant
  • Jane Minshall (c.1653 - 1692)

Moore family

  • Richard Moore (1625-1676)
  • Isaac Moore II (c.1736 - aft.1810)
  • Job Moore (1768 - 1819)
  • Susannah Moore (1793 - 1866)

Porter family

  • William Porter (c.1622 - 1695)
  • Joseph Porter (1688 - 1759)

Quinn family

  • Rev. William Quinn (1790-1867)
  • Rev. John W. Quinn (1816-1863)
  • Dr. Samuel Schoolfield Quinn (1837-1923)
  • Rev. William White Quinn (1838-1908)
  • Dr. Samuel S. Quinn (1838-)
  • Lorie Clarke Quinn (1864-1953), Mayor of Crisfield, MD
  • Lt. Gen. William Wilson "Buffalo Bill" Quinn (1907-2001),

Quinton family

  • Philip Quinton (c.1682 - 1749/50)
  • Dixon Quinton (c.1715 - 1783)

Riggin family

  • Darby Riggin, planter of Annemessex, later moved to Virginia
  • John Riggin, planter of Annemessex
  • John Riggin, planter of Annemessex
  • Sarah Riggin (1676 - c.1743)
  • Teig O'Dowda Reg (c.1640 - 1707), immigrant
  • Tieage Riggin (c.1640 - 1707), immigrant

Rogers family

  • Rear Admiral Frederick W. Rodgers (1842 - 1917), naval officer
  • Commodore John Rodgers (1772 - 1838), naval officer
  • Rear Admiral John Rodgers (1812 - 1882), naval officer
  • John Rodgers (1881 - 1926), naval officers

Outten family

  • John Outten (c.1660 - bef.1709)
  • John Outten (1687 - 1735/36)
  • Abraham Outten (1723 - 1769)
  • Isaac Outten (1748 - 1819)
  • Nancy Outten (1774 - )

Roach family

  • John Roach (1635 - 1718), immigrant
  • Mary Roach (1669 - 1709)

Schoolfield

  • Henry Schoolfield (1674-1715)
  • John Schoolfield (c.1698-bef.1786)
  • George Thomas Schoolfield (1741-1798)
  • Isaac Bozman Schoolfield (1775-1847)
  • Rosa B. Schoolfield (1805-)

Sterling family

  • Aaron Sterling (1792 - 1871)
  • David Sterling (1825-1906)
  • John Sterling (1641 - 1705), immigrant
  • John Sterling (1676 - 1741)
  • John Sterling (1737 - )
  • Nellie Sterling (1773 - 1819)
  • Travers Sterling (1740-1826)

Summers family

  • Benjamin Summers (c.1635 - 1715), immigrant
  • John Summers (c.1682 - 1760)
  • Deborah Summers (c.1725 - aft.1800)

Taylor family

  • Hope Taylor (c.1664 - bef.1696)
  • Elizabeth Taylor (1684 - 1720)

Travers family

  • William Travers I (c.1642 - 1700)
  • William Travers, Jr. (1684 - bef.1730)

Ward family

  • Alice Ward (1665 - 1687)
  • Cornelius Ward I (c.1639 - 1722/23), immigrant
  • Martha Ward (c.1730 - 1761)
  • Samuel Ward I (1684 - 1761)

Wilson family

  • Abraham Wilson (1764 - )
  • Abraham Wilson (1801 - bef.1850)
  • Elijah Thomas Wilson (1818 - bef.1860)
  • Capt. John Moses Ewing Wilson (1851 - 1900)