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ter of William and Hannah (McComas) Amos, and grand- daughter of William Amos, Sr., founder of the Amos family in Maryland. He married (second) October 22, 1814, Margaret Cowman, who died January 29, 1853. Children: 1. Isaac, born October 10, 1777; married, No- vember 8, 1797, Elizabeth Thomas, who died May 12, 1812, daughter of Evan and Rachel (Hopkins) Thomas; he died June 30, 1864. 2. Esther, born February 23, 1779, died in childhood. 3. Lucretia, born January 9, 1780; married John Wilson. 4. William, born October 2, 1782, married Elizabeth Ellicott, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Ellicott. 5. Mary, born September 4, 1785; married Enoch Clapp. 6. Nathan, mentioned below. 7. James, born March 4, 1790, died young. 8. Sarah, born August 19, 1791, died young. 9. Elisha, born January 28, 1796; married Sarah S. Morris. 10. Deborah, born March 12, 1798, died May 12, 1801.
(V) Nathan Tyson, son of Elisha and Mary (Amos) Ty- son, was born November 14, 1787, and died January 6, 1867. He was reared and educated in Baltimore, and became one of its most prominent citizens. He was the first president of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange, now known as the Chamber of Commerce. He also held a prominent place in the social life of the city. The following resolution was passed at a meeting of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange, January 8, 1867, on the death of Nathan Tyson :
RESOLVED, That the members of the Corn and Flour Exchange have learned with deepest sorrow of the death of Nathan Tyson, our first vener- ated President, to whose zealous and active co-operation we were indebted for the successful organization of our Association.
RESOLVED, That in the character of the deceased we recognize the true type of all that is upright and honorable in the merchant, true and noble in the Christian gentleman, and one who has in addition to his beautiful illustra- tion of the relations of life, entirely filled the measure of his whole duty in his connection with us as a merchant and a citizen, and we are gratified that MD .- 15
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it was permitted him to attain a fullness and maturity of years but seldom reached.
RESOLVED, That the deceased presented to us in his daily conduct his known integrity, his uniform courtesy and goodness of heart, an example by which we should be benefitted and which, if followed, would enable us to pass away as he has done from the scene of active life universally lamented and respected, an example which we urge upon all to emulate.
RESOLVED, That this Association tender to his bereaved family our deepest and most sincere sympathy and condolence in their loss and that a copy of these resolutions signed by the Chairman and the Secretary be con- veyed to them and the same published in our daily newspapers.
JAMES HOOPER, JR., Chairman.
HENRY M. WARFIELD, Secretary.
Mr. Tyson married Martha Ellicott, September 27, 1815. born September 13, 1795, died March 15, 1873, daughter of George and Elizabeth ( Brooke) Ellicott. She was a descend- ant of Robert Brooke, of De La Brooke Manor, Maryland (see Brooke line). Martha Ellicott is described as having worn at her wedding a white corded silk dress shading into opal tints, a white fichu crossed on her breast, and a white lace bonnet. Thus arrayed she is reputed to have presented a picture of lovely young womanhood. Children: 1. James Ellicott, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth Brooke, born March 30, 1818; married, March 25, 1843, John Marsh Smith; died July 29, 1890. 3. Henry, born November 18, 1820; married, May 13, 1847, Mary Gillingham, who died December, 1891; he died September 1, 1877. 4. Isabelle, born March 17, 1823. 5. Anne, born February 26, 1825, died August 7. 1884; married, June 11, 1861, William Kirk, died July, 1879. 6. Mary, born August 11, 1826, died same year. 7. Frederick, born April 17, 1828. 8. Robert, born March 25, 1834; mar- ried (first) June 4, 1863, Jane Gambrill, died 1864; married (second) November 20, 1869, Sarah R. Smith. 9. Evan. born August 27, 1831, died May 6, 1832. 10. Lucy, born March 20, 1833; married Henry Maynadier Fitzhugh. 11. Nathan,
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born June 24, 1834, died March 27, 1835. 12. Nathan, born June 27, 1836, died March 9, 1837.
(VI) James Ellicott Tyson, son of Nathan and Martha (Ellicott) Tyson, was born August 21, 1816, in Baltimore, Maryland, and died at his country estate, "Warwick," in Howard county, Maryland, September 4, 1904, lacking but one year of attaining the honors of a nonagenarian. He was educated in private schools and prepared for college under Mr. Sams, but owing to certain obligations incurred by his father at this time he was obliged to forego his college course and enter into business. He did so with the determination of helping his father out of his financial difficulties. In this he was most successful, and through his energy and close application to work he not only succeeded in this but was able to build up the great firm that bore his name and carry it on through many prosperous years, until he was able to retire, an independent man. For many years Mr. Tyson was engaged in the flour and grain business in Baltimore, having large shipping connections with South America. He was also a ship owner, using his own vessels to transport cereals to the Latin American countries. He retired from active business life at the comparatively early age of forty-five, realizing a promise he had made to himself not to continue in business life once he had attained what he considered a fortune ample for the necessities and luxuries of his day. He was a man of commanding presence, and fine physique; had a keen sense of humor, was quick at repartee, an interesting reconteur and held broad views on the questions of the day. He was precise and fixed in his habits. His office was closed every day exact- ly at 3 in the afternoon, and all business ceased for the day. This was known to all his business associates, and none ever thought of calling upon him on business matters after that hour. He was an ardent sportsman and very fond of hunt-
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ing. Almost any afternoon he could be seen gun on shoulder and dogs at heel, tramping about on one of his large estates in search of game. Farming was his hobby, his first venture in this line being a large plantation given to him by his great- grandmother, Elizabeth Brooke. In addition he owned a large amount of real estate in various localities, including the estate "Warwick," a farm at Ocean City, Maryland, large tracts in Pennsylvania, and valuable properties in Baltimore and elsewhere. He was very successful in most of his farm- ing enterprises, and uniformly so in dealing in real estate properties, becoming widely known as having excellent judg- ment as to the value of real estate in general. "Warwick," where the last years of his life were spent, an estate of one thousand acres, granted to one of his Ellicott ancestors, was always kept in a high state of cultivation, and was his especial pride. He was excessively fond of books and a wide reader. He possessed an excellent library, the foundation being second hand books bought in the days when his means were limited, but his love of reading keen. In 1861 and 1862 Mr. Tyson traveled extensively abroad, visiting England, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Greece, the Holy Land and Egypt. Many most interesting letters written by him to his mother from these lands have been preserved by his daughter, Mrs. Lily (Tyson) Elliott. They show a broad grasp of the social and political events occurring in those countries, as well as of the great political and social up- heaval in our own country at that time. He held true to the faith of his fathers, and was ever a faithful member of the Society of Friends. In political faith he was an ardent Demo- crat, and in the struggle between the states warmly espoused the cause of the South. He had no liking for political office, and never held such office of any kind. When his death was announced at the Chamber of Commerce, of which he was
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a member, by President Gorman at a general meeting, the fol- lowing gentlemen were appointed to represent that body at the funeral : James J. Corner, James Lake, George Frame and W. G. Atkinson. He was buried from the Friends Meeting House in Baltimore, on Park avenue, Tuesday, September 6, 1904.
James Ellicott Tyson married (first) September 23, 1847, Frances Helm Jolliffe, daughter of John and Frances ( Helm) Jolliffe, of Frederick county, Virginia. Children: Frances Jolliffe, born June 17, 1848, died, unmarried, July 27, 1878; Lily, mentioned below; Martha, died July 15, 1866. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Tyson married (second) Frances E. Williams, who also pre-deceased him.
(VII) Lily Tyson, daughter of James Ellicott and Frances Helm (Jolliffe) Tyson, was born in Baltimore, mar- ried (first) October 2, 1879, Gaston Manley, of distinguished family, and (second) Dr. Marshall Elliott, of Johns Hop- kins University, whom she survives. Children (all by first marriage) ; Elizabeth Brooke, Martha, married Myron Mel- vin Parker, Jr., of Washington, D. C.
(The Brooke Line).
(I) Richard Brooke, of Whitechurch, Hampshire, Eng- land, is the first of the family by this name of whom there is definite record. His will was proved May 6, 1594. He mar- ried Elizabeth Twyne, whose will was proved June 2, 1599, a sister and heir of John Twyne. A cross erected in the church at Whitechurch by their youngest son, Robert, records that Richard Brooke died January 16, 1634, after forty-one years of wedded life, and his widow Elizabeth died May 20, 1599. Children: Thomas, mentioned below; Richard, Robert, of London; Elizabeth, Barbara, Dorothy.
(II) Thomas Brooke, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Twyne) Brooke, was born 1561. He matriculated, Novem-
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ber 24, 1581, at New College, Oxford, and received degree of B.A., May 4, 1584; was a barrister and of the Inner Temple, 1595; bencher, 1607, and Autumn reader, 1611. He was a member of Parliament for Whitechurch, 1604-1611. His will is dated September 11, 1612, and proved the November following. He was buried at Whitechurch, September 17, 1612, and his wife the following day. A marble tomb upon which their sculptured figures lie side by side is in the church at Whitechurch. He married Susan Foster, daughter of Sir Thomas Foster, Knt., of Hunsdon, Herts, judge of the com- mon pleas, and Susan Foster, his wife, daughter of Thomas Foster, Esq., of London, was therefore sister of Sir Robert Foster, who was in 1663 chief justice of Kings Bench. Chil- dren : 1. Thomas, born 1599; matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, October 27, 1615; a barrister-at-law; buried January 25, 1665, at Whitechurch. 2. Richard. 3. Robert, mentioned below. 4. John, born 1605. 5. William. 6. Humphrey. 7. Charles.
(III) Robert Brooke, of "De La Brooke and Brooke Place Manors," son of Thomas and Susan (Foster) Brooke, was born June 3, 1602, in London, England, died July 20, 1655, at Brooke Place Manor, where he is buried. He ma- triculated at Wadhams College, Oxford, April 28, 1618, re- ceived the degree of B.A., July 6, 1620, and M.A., April 20, 1624. He arrived in Maryland, June 30, 1650, with his wife, ten children and twenty-eight servants, all transported at his own cost and charge. On July 22, 1650, with his sons, Baker and Thomas, he took the oath of fidelity to the proprietary. A commission had to be issued to him in London, September 20, 1649, as commander of a new county to be erected, also a separate commission of the same date as member of the coun- cil of the province. On October 30, 1650, a new county named Charles was erected, and Robert Brooke constituted its com-
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mander. In 1652, when the province was reduced by the parliamentary commission, Robert Brooke was placed at the head of the provincial council instituted by him and served as acting governor of the province from March 29, 1652, until July 3rd following. He was a member of the coun- cil and commander of Charles county until July 3, 1654, when an order was passed revoking his commis- sion and nullifying the act creating the county, in place of which a new county called Calvert was erected. He is said to have been the first to settle on the Patuxent River, twenty miles up at "De La Brooke." In 1652 he removed to "Brooke Place." During the period of the settlement of Maryland no one was treated with greater liberality or accorded higher honors by Lord Baltimore than Robert Brooke. In addition to the whole of Charles county, which was granted to him by Lord Baltimore, Robert Brooke received grants from the proprietary for manors in Maryland. On September 1, 1649, Brooke Place Manor, containing two thousand acres of land, with the privileges of holding Court Baron and Court Leet, was issued to Robert Brooke at London, and on the 18th of September, the same year, the grant of "De La Brooke" Manor containing two thousand, two hundred acres, with the same manorial privileges, was issued at London by the pro- prietary. Brooke Court Manor was another of the famous Brooke estates, known also in the records as "Aquasco," in that part of Southern Maryland which later became Prince George's county.
Mr. Brooke married (first) February 26, 1627, Mary Baker, born at Battle, County Sussex, England, and died 1634, daughter of Thomas Baker, Esq., and Mary Engham, his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Engham, and (second) May II, 1635, Mary Mainwarring, born at St. Giles in the Fields, London, and died November 29, 1663, at "Brooke Place
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Manor," Maryland, daughter of Roger Mainwarring, Doctor of Divinity and Dean of Worcester, subsequently Bishop of St. Davids, who came in collision with parliament by reason of his zealous advocacy of the royal prerogative. Children by first marriage: 1. Baker, born November 16, 1628, married Anne Calvert, daughter of Leonard Calvert, Governor of Maryland. 2. Mary, born February 19, 1630, died in Eng- land. 3. Major Thomas, born June 23, 1632, married Eleanor Hatton. 4. Barbara, born 1634, died in England. Children by second marriage : 5. Charles, born April 3, 1636, died un- married. 6. Roger, mentioned below. 7. Robert, born April 21, 1639, in London, England, died 1667, in Calvert county, married Elizabeth Thompson. 8. John, born September 20, 1640, married Rebecca Isaac, and died in 1677. 9. Mary, born April 14, 1642. 10. William, born December 1, 1643. II.
Ann, born July 22, 1645, married Christopher Beans. 12. Francis, born May 30, 1648, died unmarried, 1672. 13. Basil, born 1651, died in infancy. 14. Henry, born November 28, 1655, died unmarried, 1672. 15. Elizabeth (twin of Henry) married, before 1679, Richard Smith, Jr., of Calvert county, Maryland.
(IV) Roger Brooke, son of Robert and Mary (Main- warring) Brooke, was born September 20, 1637, at Brecknock College, Wales, the Episcopal residence of his maternal grandfather, the Bishop of St. Davids, after whom he was named, and came to America with his parents when thirteen years old. He lived at Battle Creek, Calvert county, Mary- land ; was one of the justices of the county from 1674 to 1684; was commissioned to high sheriff, April 18, 1684, and served until May 30, 1685, when he was again commissioner of the quorum. He married (first) Dorothy Neale, daughter of Captain James and Ann (Gill) Neale; married (sec- ond) Mary Wolseley, daughter of Walter Wolseley,
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Esq., and granddaughter of Sir Thomas Wolseley, of Staffordshire; she was also the niece of Anne Wol- seley, first wife of Philip Calvert, from whose house she was married. Children by first marriage: I. Roger, men- tioned below. 2. James, died before 1709. 3. Dorothy, born 1678, died 1730; married (first) Michael Taney, died 1702; married (second) Richard Blondell, died 1705; married (third) Colonel John Smith. Children by second marriage : 4. John, born 1687, died 1735. 5. Basil, died 1711. 6. Ann, married (first) James Dawkins, (second) James Mackall. 7. Cassandra. 8. Mary.
(V) Roger (2) Brooke, of Prince George county, son of Roger (1) and Dorothy (Neale) Brooke, was born April 12, 1673. He married, February 23, 1702, Eliza Hutchins, second daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Hutchins. Her father, Francis Hutchins, was for many years a member of the House of Burgesses, representing Calvert county. Roger Brooke moved to Prince George county, and died there in- testate in 1718. Eliza (Hutchins) Brooke married (second ) Captain Richard Smith. Children of Roger (2) Brooke: I. Roger, born December 8, 1703, died May 28, 1705. 2. James, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, born November 23, 1707, married Nathaniel Beall. 4. Dorothy, born July 5, 1709, married Archibald Edmondston. 5. Mary, born De- cember 29, 1710. 6. Ann, born March 29, 1712, married Wil- liam Carmichael, of Queen Anne county. 7. Roger, born June 10, 1714, died 1772. 8. Cassandra, born April 3, 1716. 9. Priscilla, born November 16, 1717, died 1783; married Charles Browne, of Queen Anne county, died 1766. 10. Basil (twin of Priscilla) died 1761.
(VI) James Brooke, son of Roger (2) and Eliza (Hutch- ins) Brooke, was born February 21, 1705, and was the first of the family seated at Brooke Grove, which estate was patent-
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ed by Charles, fifth Lord of Baltimore, to him on April II, 1745. James Brooke held many thousand acres of land in Prince George county, afterward Frederick and Montgom- ery counties. James Brooke never cared to hold public office, but lived the life of a country gentleman on his beautiful estate in Prince George county. He married Deborah Snow- den, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Neale) Snowden, January, 1725. Children: 1. James, mentioned below. 2. Roger, born August 9, 1734, died September 7, 1790; married Mary Matthews, who died about April 25, 1808. 3. Richard, born July 8, 1736, died May 2, 1788; married, 1758, Jane Lynn, who died September 15. 1774. 4. Basil, born Decem- ber 13, 1738, died August 22, 1794; married, May 1, 1764, Elizabeth Hopkins, who died August 17, 1794. 5. Elizabeth, born March 22, 1741, married, June 2, 1761, Thomas Pleas- ants, of Goochland county, Virginia. 6. Thomas, born March 8. 1744, died June 11, 1789.
(VII) James (2) Brooke, son of James (1) and Deborah (Snowden) Brooke, was born February 26, 1730, in Prince George county, and died in August, 1767. He was a devout Christian, and is said to have been the first gentleman in Maryland to free his slaves, liberating twenty-two, an action which it is stated greatly displeased his father, who was a large owner of slaves. Like his father he married a Quakeress, a daughter of Virginia. He married in Fairfax Meeting, Lou- doun county, Virginia, October 30, 1759, Hannah Janney, daughter of Amos Janney, of Loudoun county, Virginia, granddaughter of Abel Janney, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Janney, a Colonial justice of Pennsylvania, who came from Chester county, England, in the ship "Endeavor," 7th month, 29th day, 1683. Thomas Janney was a celebrated minister of the Society of Friends, and companion of William Penn. James and Hannah (Janney) Brooke had three chil-
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dren, one of whom, Elizabeth Brooke, married George Elli- cott, and their daughter, Martha Ellicott, married Nathan Tyson (see Tyson, V).
(The Ellicott Line).
(I) Andrew Ellicott, of Collumpton, Devonshire, Eng- land, came to Pennsylvania in 1730, accompaned by his son, Andrew Ellicott, Jr. It was probably not his intention at first to remain in the colonies, as he left his wife and children in England, but owing to his son's desire to settle permanently in the New World, he was finally persuaded to make his home in Pennsylvania. He never returned to England, and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Fox, never joined him in this country. He lived in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and died there in 1766.
(II) Andrew (2) Ellicott was born in England, and came to this country with his father, Andrew (I) Ellicott. He settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he met and married Ann Bye, a Quaker maiden. The wedding took place in the Friends Meeting House in Bucks county, June 17, 1731. Andrew Ellicott, Jr., died in 1741. His wife married (second) George Wall, an Englishman, in June, 1744, by whom she had two children, George and Esther Wall. She died in Bucks county, August 21, 1786. Children of Andrew (2) and Ann (Bye) Ellicott: 1. Joseph, born October 8, 1732, married, 1753, Judith Bleaker. 2. Andrew, mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel, born February 17, 1736, mar- ried Letitia Harvey. 4. Thomas, born March 16, 1737, mar- ried (first) Anne Ely, (second) Mrs. Rebecca Wilkinson, (third) Jane Kensey. 5. John, born December 28, 1739, mar- ried (first) Leah Brown, (second) Cassandra Hopkins.
(III) Andrew (3) Ellicott, son of Andrew (2) and Ann (Bye) Ellicott, was born January 22, 1734, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1809. In 1772, accompanied by his
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brothers, Joseph and John, he removed from Pennsylvania to Baltimore county, Maryland, where they purchased large tracts of land, about ten miles west of Baltimore City. Andrew Ellicott did not remove his family from Bucks county until 1794, where he had a large and comfortable home, to which he is said to have traveled on horseback many times a year. The Ellicotts built large mills on the Patapsco river for grind- ing wheat and other grains. This was the site known as Elli- cott's Mills, now Ellicott City, Howard county. At their own expense the Ellicotts opened a road for wagons from their mills to Baltimore, and on its completion laid out a road to Frederick City, which united at Ellicott's Mills with their road to Baltimore. They did a great deal to improve agri- cultural methods in Maryland, Andrew and his brothers being among the most progressive men of their time. Andrew Ellicott married (first) Elizabeth Brown, of Pennsylvania, (second) Esther Brown, her cousin. Children by first mar- riage: 1. Elias, born December 27, 1757, died young. 2. George, mentioned below.
3. Benjamin, born October 16, 1761, died 1838, unmarried. 4. Nathaniel, born January 10, 1763, married Elizabeth Ellicott. 5. Andrew, born Decem- ber 9, 1764, died May 23, 1766. 6. Elizabeth, born January 18, 1766, died young. 7. Jonathan, born November 9, 1766, married Sarah Harvey. Children by second marriage: 8. Joseph, born June 22, 1768, died September 16, 1771. 9. Tacy, born May 3, 1770, married Isaac McPherson. 10. James, born August 24, 1772, married Henrietta Thomas. II. Andrew, born October 2, 1776, married Hannah Thomas. 12. Thomas, born November 10, 1777, married Mary Miller. 13. John, born February 2, 1780, married Mary Mitchell.
(IV) George Ellicott, son of Andrew (3) and Eliza- beth (Brown) Ellicott, was born March 28, 1760, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He came to Maryland with his parents
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and there lived his life, a gentleman of means, engaged in the management of his private property interests. The Patapsco Female Institute was founded by the Ellicotts for the site of which they gave seven acres of beautiful forest land near Elli- cott Mills, and it was through George Ellicott that the State of Maryland empowered the principal to educate eight girls annually at the expense of the State. This beautiful mansion, long ago passed from public usefulness, is now the summer home of the great-great-granddaughter of George Ellicott, Mrs. Lily Tyson Elliott. George Ellicott married Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of James (2) Brooke, of Brooke Grove, Montgomery county, Maryland, and his wife, Hannah (Janney) Brooke (see Brooke, VII).
(The Jolliffe Line).
(I) John Jolliffe, son of Thomas Jolliffe, of Crofton Hall, England, came to Virginia, and about 1652 (January 22) received a tract of land of one hundred acres located on the Elizabeth river, by assignment from John Lawrence. He built the first grist mill in the Old Dominion. He married Mary Rigglesworth, daughter of Peter Rigglesworth, of Yorkshire, England, and of Norfolk county, Virginia, about the year 1664-65. They had seven children.
(II) Joseph Jolliffe, eldest son of John and Mary (Rig- glesworth) Jolliffe, was born about 1664, in Norfolk county, Virginia. He is said to have been a well educated man and well versed in the law. He married Ruth
(III) William Jolliffe, son of Joseph and Ruth Jolliffe, was born in Norfolk county, Virginia, on the family planta- tion, about 1695. In the year 1766 he was living in Frederick county, Virginia. On July 2, 1776, he patented 304 acres of land on the Drains of Babb's Creek. This was the Redhouse tract (taking its name from the color of the house) which has remained in the family for so many generations. He was
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one of the first lawyers enrolled in Frederick County Court, Virginia, November 11, 1743, when the court was first formed. Shortly after this he acquired five hundred acres of land north of the present site of Winchester. He married Phoebe (maiden name unknown). He and his wife were associated with Hopewell Meeting, Frederick county. They had several sons and perhaps daughters.
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