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CHILDREN OF WILLIAM A. LAKE AND WIFE (ANNE ELIZA CRAIG).
I. Mary, born, -; died, -; married Duff Green, Vicksburg, Miss.
2. Louisa, born, -; died, -; married - - Slaughter.
3. Alice, born, -; married -Jones.
4. Willie, born, -; died, -; unmarried.
CHILDREN OF JAMES BUSHROD LAKE AND WIFE LOUISA H. (CRAIG).
I. William Augustus, born May 24, 1835; died April 28, 1861; married Annie S. Eccleston, Dorchester County, Md.
2. James Bushrod, born October 4, 1837; died September 30, 1896; married, I, M. R. Thayer; 2, Maggie J. Williams.
3. Levin, born May 31, 1842; married Maggie E. William- son, Memphis, Tenn.
4. Anne Eliza, born June 16, 1840; married John C. Henry, Cambridge, Md.
5. John Craig, born March 3, 1845; died March 1, 1864, Richmond, Va., Confederate Army.
6. Albert, born December 8, 1846; married Annie E. Lamb.
7. Ida, born August 14, 1848.
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8. Orloff, born August 1, 1855; married Amanda B. Spearing.
9. Duff Green Lake, born September 4, 1860; married Ida M. Wood, New Orleans, La.
WASHINGTON LAKE, SON OF CAPT. HENRY LAKE.
Washington Lake (son of Henry Lake and Rhoda his wife) was born 1784 and died June 4, 1826; married Margaret Sla- cum; she was born in 1790, died February 4, 1855, buried in William Andrews' graveyard, near Ebenezer Church, Lake's District. He is buried in the Lake Homestead graveyard, Lake's District, Dorchester County, Md.
INSCRIPTION ON TOMBSTONE.
"In memory of Washington Lake, who departed this life June 4th, 1826, in the 43rd year of his age." Farmer and lived in Henry Lake Homestead (Honga River).
Margaret Andrews, died February 4, 1855, aged 65 years (widow of Washington Lake), second marriage to William Andrews, First Lieutenant in Dorchester County Militia, Forty-eighth Regiment (Jones) Maryland, War 1812-15.
CHILDREN OF CAPT. WASHINGTON LAKE AND WIFE MARGARET (SLACUM.)
I. Henry Slacum, born -; died, -; married George- anna Lake.
2. Eliza, born, 1810; died, 1818.
3. William, born April 19, 1811; died, April 19, 1864; married Clementine Lake.
4. George Washington, born, -; died, August, 1878; married Susan Slacum.
5. Susan (Parker), born, -; died, - -.
6. Levin, born September 7, 1817; married, I, Jane Tyler; 2, Harriet A. Crawford.
7. Mary Caroline, born, -; married, 1, - Bryerly; 2, - Williams.
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Margaret (Slacum) Lake was a daughter of Marcellus Slacum and Susanna (Keene) Slacum; married April 24, 1788.
Susanna Keene (her mother) was a member of the well- known Keene family, of Lake District, Dorchester County.
WILLIAM LAKE, SON OF CAPT. WASHINGTON LAKE.
William Lake (son of Washington Lake and Margaret [Slacum]), born April 19, 1811, Dorchester County, Md. Moved to Grenada, Miss., 1836; died and buried there April 19, 1864; married Clementine Lake, September 27, 1836, at "Locust Grove," Lake's District, Md. She was born Janu- ary 18, 1815, died August 7, 1884; buried at Grenada, Miss. A wealthy merchant, a useful and influential citizen of Gren- ada, Miss. Resided there about twenty-eight years.
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CHILDREN OF WILLIAM LAKE AND WIFE CLEMENTINE.
I. Augustus Washington, born August 26, 1837; married Annie Mullen.
2. George, born September 22, 1839; married David-Ella Golladay (2).
3. William Henry, born June 15, 1842; died October 31, 1859.
4. Francis Asbury, born February 11, 1844; died January 17, 1845.
5. Walter Scott, born December 12, 1845; married Grace B. LaValle.
6. Richard Pinkney, born January 10, 1848; married Stella McKnight Hoffa.
7. Alice Estelle, born August 20, 1850; died July 2, 1853.
8. Emma Louisa, born June 11, 1852; married Edwin L. Austin.
9. Ida, born July 14, 1856; married Richard H. Winter.
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RICHARD PINKNEY LAKE, SON OF WILLIAM LAKE.
Richard Pinkney Lake (son of William Lake and Clemen- tine), born January 10, 1848, Grenada, Miss .; married Stella McKnight Hoffa, at Auvergne Plantation, Grenada County, Miss., January 22, 1878.
CHILDREN OF RICHARD P. LAKE AND WIFE STELLA (HOFFA.)
I. Richard Henry.
2. Estelle.
3. Elizabeth Donelson.
4. Robert Pinkney.
5. Edith Read.
6. Adele Dorothy.
7. Donelson Martin.
8. Alice Maury.
9. Chas. Hoffa.
RICHARD P. LAKE'S VISIT.
Mr. Richard P. Lake, of Memphis, Tenn., was in our city last week. He has bought the Old Family Homestead on Honga River, in Lake's District, where his ancestor, Henry Lake, Sr., died in 1760, which later was the home of his great- grandfather, Capt. Henry Lake, in 1776. When a force of British and Tories came to capture him, they were met with a spirited resistance, aided by Captain Lake's wife and daughter, Lovey, and by some of his own company, who drove the British back to their boats.
Capt. Henry Lake was High Sheriff of this county in 1797, and was the father of William, Levin, George and Washington Lake, all well known citizens in their genera- tion. This place was also the scene of another conflict, when, in 1814, the British attacked a land forde in command of Mr. Lake's maternal grandfather, Capt. George Lake, whose horse was shot down by a cannon ball fired from one of their vessels. Capt. George Lake was in Jones' Forty-
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eighth Regiment, Maryland Militia, in the war 1812-15, and represented our county in Maryland Legislature in session of 1827-28.
This place was afterwards owned by Mr. Washington Lake and descended to his son, Levin, an uncle of Mr. R. P. Lake, who sold it to Mr. Albert Johnson in about 1845, whose sons were reared there, and are so well known in financial circles in our National Capital and in this county. Mr. Lake is deeply interested in Maryland History and all that pertains to Dorchester County, and regrets to see the lower part of Lakes, which was once so prosperous now so sadly neglected in agricultural developments. He is a mem- ber of the Mississippi Historical Society, also of the Con- federate Veterans Association at' Memphis and is Aid-de- Camp on the Staff of the gallant Lieut .- Gen. Stephen D. Lee, . of the Confederate Veterans. We welcome Mr. Lake as the owner of the home of his Maryland ancestors .- Demo- crat and News.
Richard Pinkney Lake, financier, was born in Grenada, Miss., January 10, 1848. His father was William Lake, a wealthy merchant and an early settler of Grenada, Miss., who was descended from an English family that settled at Eastern Shore, Md., about 1658. His line was represented in all the early American wars; among others his great grandfather, Henry Lake, Esq., was commissioned by the Maryland Council of Safety, May 16, 1776, Captain of a com- pany, in Brig .- Gen. Henry Hooper's corps, of the Maryland Militia. Maternal grandfather, Capt. George Lake, served in 48th Regiment Maryland Militia, detached service, in 1813, 1814, 1815. Paternal grandfather, Lieut. Washington Lake. Capt. Wm. McNamara's detachment, and Capt. George Lake's company, same regiment, 1813, 1814 and 1815. Mr. Lake inherited the soldierly spirit of his ancestors, and although only thirteen years of age at the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate forces, and was elected Second Lieutenant of a military company of boys. He did not see active service until 1864, when he served as Second
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Lieutenant of a cavalry company under Colonel Fisher, and later in special service, was in command of dismounted men in a brigade of Mississippi State forces to the close of the war. Returning home under parole, he set to work to recover the fortunes of his family, greatly wasted by the war, and soon he became a successful merchant, planter and banker. The political troubles of the times demanded his attention, and for several years he was a member and chair- man of the County Democratic Executive Committee, but when the question of negro supremacy was settled to his satisfaction, he withdrew from active politics. In 1875, however, while attending on invitation a meeting of bankers and financial men at Philadelphia, Pa., though offering no apology for the past, he took occasion to voice the renewed loyalty of the South to the Union, thereby assisting towards a stronger reconciliation between the States. After engaging for some years in various banking and other financial under- takings, including that of railroading, being a director in the M. & T. railroad for several years, and its Vice-President from 1882 to 1884. Mr. Lake became general agent in Mis- sissippi in 1885 for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, which position he has held with increasing powers until, in 1895, he was appointed general manager for two States, his agency having its headquarters in Memphis. Mr. Lake is a member of the Confederate Historical Association of Memphis, and attended the reunion of the Confederate vet- erans at Richmond, Va., in July, 1896; also at Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1897, when he was appointed Aid-de-Camp, with the rank of Colonel, on the staff of Lieut .- Gen. Stephen D. Lee, and was duly commissioned to this position, which he still holds. "In January, 1878, Mr. Lake was married to Stella McKnight Hoffa, a descendant of the McKnight, Reed and Hoffa families of Pennsylvania, and of the Donelson and Martin families of Tennessee, she being a near relative of Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson.
Mr. Lake is a member of the Confederate Historical Asso-
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ciation of Memphis; Colonel and Quartermaster-General; member of staff Lieut .- Gen. Stephen D. Lee, United Con- federate Veterans; Maryland Historical Society; Mississippi Historical Society; Maryland Branch Society of the War of 1812; Maryland Branch Society Sons of the Revolution.
OTHER REFERENCES TO THE LAKE FAMILY.
See memoirs of the Crawford family, which comprise the descendants of John Crawford, 1660-1883, with notices of the Allied Families, by Robert L. Crawford and Mrs. Frank Armstrong Vanderbilt (Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt).
THE LAKE FAMILY.
There is a tradition that the Lake family came from Eng- land long before the Revolutionary War, and that there were three brothers who were early settlers. Of these, one went to Virginia and died unmarried, another went to Maryland and still another to New Jersey.
The brother in Maryland had children, and several fami- lies near Baltimore are his descendants. .
RICHARD LAKE.
From the brother in New Jersey, Richard Lake was descended. He was born in New Jersey. He married, in 1783, Sarah Landon. He was an ardent patriot, serving in the Revolutionary Army and was in the Army when it was disbanded. In 1784 he removed to North Carolina and in 1793 to Grove County, Ga., where he died about 1800.
CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND SARAH (LANDON) LAKE.
I. Abraham. He went with his father to North Carolina and died at the age of 82.
2. Justus. Lived near Saulsbury and Memphis, Tenn., and had a family.
3. James.
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4. Joseph, who married Margaret Gaines Scales.
5. Ellen, married Wm. Bussey. Judge James Bussey, of Louisiana, and Augustus Wright, of Florida, who gradu- ated at Annapolis are descendants.
6. Polly, married Jack Murphy.
7. Nancy, married James Whalley.
8. Sarah, married Wm. Ellis.
The Lake family were noted for their integrity, virtue and independence. They were not clannish; indeed, they were so absorbed with business that they rarely visited one another.
JOSEPH LAKE (SON OF RICHARD AND SARAH [LANDON] LAKE).
Joseph Lake was born February 22, 1794, married Marga- ret Gaines Scales, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Per- kins) Scales, who was born February 5, 1802, in the neigh- borhood of Triune. They lived in Alabama. He died August 26, 1849. She died May 21, 1846.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARGARET LAKE.
I. Nicholas Scales, died unmarried, age 24.
2. Elizabeth Perkins Scales, died in infancy.
3. Elizabeth Pryor, married S. Parker; lived in Alabama.
4. James Thadeus, died in infancy.
5. Joseph, died in infancy.
6. Thomas Harden, married, I, S. Houston; 2, Mrs. Gaines.
7. Margaret Caroline, married James Cobbs.
8. John Jemison, unmarried. First Lieutenant of Mobile Rifles, killed in Civil War at South Mountain, age 24.
9. Susan Ella, died unmarried, age 19.
10. Julia Gaines, married Robert L. Crawford.
II. Joseph Henry, died in infancy.
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THE LECOMPTE FAMILY. (Data from J. S. S.)
Anthony LeCompte, a native of the Province of Picardy in France, left that country about the time of the conflict between Richelieu, the Prime Minister and Dictator of France, and the Huguenots, near the close of the religious wars and persecutions there. He sought refuge in England, family tradition states that while there he served in the Eng- lish army for eleven years, where he won military distinction and royal titles. He married a French lady in London, named Ester Doatloan. Some time before 1655 he and his family came to Maryland and probably first settled in Calvert County. Land records show that on February 7, 1655, Antonie LeCompte assigned his right to 200 acres of land due him to Ishmael Wright (Land Office, Lib. A., fol. 440). In 1657 a charge in Calvert County was 300 pounds of tobacco paid Anthony LeCompte for killing three wolves.
In 1659 Anthony LeCompte was granted a patent for 700 acres of land on Choptank River in Horne Bay; it was surveyed August 13, 1659, for 800 acres, and named "St. Anthonia" or "Antonine." At that time, ten years before Dorchester County was established, very few white people had settled in that part of the Eastern Shore, while Indians were plentiful and daring in roving bands. As Mr. Le- Compte had brought a number of white servants and a quantity of arms to his new settlement, he fortified it for protection, and when the savages came menacingly near, he would disperse them by firing his large guns, and it is said, killed some of them.
He was one of the Justices of Dorchester County 1669-71 (Md. Archives, v. 52, Lib. C. D., fol. 431). He died in Sep- tember or October, 1673, and his widow, Esther, subse- quently married Mark Cordea. In the Archives of Maryland (v. ii, pp. 400-402) is a petition for the naturalization of a number of persons of foreign birth residing in Maryland, and among them are named the widow and children of Anthony
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LeCompte. It is there stated that Anthony was born in Picardy in the Kingdom of France, his wife Esther, at Dieppe, in Normandy, and their children, John, Moses, Philip, Anthony, Esther and Catherine, in the Province of Maryland. There is a further reference to the family in the Chancery Records, 17th July, 1680; Mark Cordea and Esther, his wife, executrix of Anthony LeCompte, deceased, are summoned to answer the complaint of Henry Fox and Esther, his wife, one of the daughters of the said Anthony (Chancery Lib. C. D., fol. 273). Anthony LeCompte and Esther, his wife, had issue :
I. John LeCompte, eldest son; born, 1662; died, 1705; married Ann, daughter of Robert Winsmore, and had issue.
2. Moses LeCompte, of whom further.
3. Philip LeCompte, died unmarried.
4. Anthony LeCompte, married Margaret Beckwith; died, 1705, leaving issue.
5. Esther LeCompte, married, I, Henry Fox; 2, William Skinner.
6. Katherine LeCompte, married, I, James Culins; 2, Thomas Bruff.
Moses LeCompte (1) was the son of Anthony and Esther. His wife's name was Mary and the account of the family drawn up in 1819 by Thomas and Daniel LeCompte states that she was a Skinner, "daughter of old Skinner from Eng- land that took up the land now owned by Joseph Byus." This statement is doubtless correct, as the whole account is unusually accurate, and Mrs. LeCompte was, in all proba- bility, the daughter of Thomas Skinner, who patented "Skin- ner's Choice" in 1670. For some particulars about this fam- ily, see the appended notes. Moses LeCompte (1) died in 1720. By Mary Skinner, his wife, he had issue eleven chil- dren, viz :
I. Philip LeCompte, died unmarried.
2. Moses LeCompte (2), of whom further.
3. Thomas LeCompte, died unmarried.
4. Peter LeCompte, married - Brannock.
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5. Samuel LeCompte, died unmarried.
6. Joseph LeCompte, married Mrs. Shawhan, a widow, and left issue.
7. Anthony LeCompte, married, I, Mrs. Bennett, of Talbot County, a widow; 2, Blanche LeCompte, and had issue by both marriages.
8. William LeCompte, married Mrs. Martin, of Talbot County, a widow, and had issue.
9. Esther LeCompte, died unmarried.
10. Mary LeCompte, married Arthur Rigby, of Talbot County, and had issue.
II. Elizabeth LeCompte, married James Sewers, of Phila- delphia, and had issue.
Moses LeCompte, the father of this family, became blind when about twenty-two years of age. Of his eleven chil- dren, nine of them lost their eyesight. Of the descendants of this branch of the family, forty-two became blind. In 1819, nineteen then living were blind.
Moses LeCompte (2) was the second son of Moses (1) and Mary, his wife. He married, I, Levina, widow of Matthew Driver and daughter of Thomas Pattison, and 2, Rebecca, daughter of Peter Stokes. By the second marriage he does not appear to have had issue. By his first wife, Levinia, he had four children, viz :
I. Moses LeCompte (2), of whom further.
2. Levina LeCompte, married William Geoghegan, and had issue.
3. Esther LeCompte, married Matthew Skinner.
4. Mary LeCompte, married, 1, - Cator; 2, - Dove; 3, -Davy, and had issue by all three marriages.
Moses LeCompte (3) was the son of Moses (2) and Levina, his first wife. He married Nancy Pattison and had issue :
I. Moses LeCompte (4), of whom further.
2. Nancy LeCompte, married, 1759, Jeremiah Pattison.
3. Esther LeCompte.
4. Rosamond LeCompte.
5. Elizabeth LeCompte.
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Moses LeCompte (4), son of Moses (3) and Nancy, his wife, was born in October, 1748, and died October 22, 1800. At the time of the Revolution he embraced the patriotic side and in January, 1776, was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Dorchester County Militia. He was commissioned February 12, 1776, First Lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Rob- son's Minute Company, and 24th May following was appointed to the same position in Capt. Denwood Hicks' Company (Md. Archives, xi, 110, 153, 441). He was twice married. By his first wife, Miss Edmonson, of Talbot County, he had one daughter :
I. Nancy LeCompte, married Henry Keene, of Dor- chester County, and had issue.
The second wife of Moses LeCompte (4) was Elizabeth Woodward, born 1763; died, 17th October, 1803. Probably daughter of Benjamin Woodward. They had issue:
I. Moses LeCompte, died young.
2. Moses LeCompte, died young.
3. Moses LeCompte, died young.
4. John LeCompte, died young.
5. Benjamin Woodward LeCompte, born 28th July, 1787; died, 20th November, 1822.
6. Samuel Woodward LeCompte, born 24th Novem- ber, 1796; died, 29th January, 1862; Captain U. S. Navy; married Mary R. Eccleston, of Cambridge, Md.
7. Elizabeth LeCompte, born 6th March, 1783; died, 21st September, 1809; married James Pattison. (See genealogy.)
8. Amelia LeCompte, born 25th November, 1794; died, 1832.
9. Margaret LeCompte, born 22d October, 1799; died, 7th July, 1871.
NOTES.
Anthony LeCompte, of Dorset County, Md., "being sick and weak;" will dated 9th September, proven 25th October, 1673. Eldest son of John LeCompte. My three sons, Moses, Philip and Anthony LeCompte; eldest daughter, Hester LeCompte; daughter Katherine LeCompte; to Nich-
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olas Tripp bequest of a cow; wife, Hester LeCompte, execu- trix. (Annapolis Wills, Lib. I, fol. 562.)
Moses LeCompte, of Dorchester County; will dated Jan- uary 4, 1717, proven 15th March, 1720. Sons, Philip, Thomas and Samuel LeCompte; sons, Moses and Peter LeCompte; my three daughters, Esther, Mary and Eliza- beth LeCompte; my wife and three sons executors. (Annap- olis Wills, Lib. 16, fol. 365.)
Moses LeCompte, testamentary bond in common form by Mary LeCompte, Philip, Samuel and Joseph LeCompte, his executors, with John Brannock and Neh. Beck, sureties in 400 pounds sterling; dated 20th March, 1720. (Test. Proc. Lib. 24, fol. 346.)
"Skinner's Choice," 250 acres, surveyed 31st March, 1670, for Thomas Skinner. Possessor (1707), Thomas Skinner, son of said Thomas. (Dorchester County Rent Rolls.)
10th February, 1675, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Skinner, late of Dorchester County, deceased, intestate, took out letters of administration on his estate. Henry Beckwith, bondsman. Stephen Gary and Arthur Wright, Appraisers. (Test. Proc. Lib. 7, fol. 251.)
13th June, 1678, Elizabeth Beckwith, widow and admin- istratrix of Thomas Skinner, late of Dorchester County, deceased, exhibited account. (Test. Proc. Lib. 10, fol. 148.)
Thomas Skinner (son of above Thomas) made his will 29th January, 1705, and it was proven 6th November, 1707. He mentions his son, Martin, his three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Mary, all under sixteen years; his brothers-in-law, Thomas Brannock and Hugh Eccleston. He leaves a bequest of a heifer to Hannah Harman. His son Martin is appointed executor. (Annapolis Wills, Lib. 12, fol. 226.)
12th June, 1718, Moses LeCompte, Jr., to his father Moses LeCompte, Sr., bill of sale of a negro. (Dorchester Co. Rec. Lib. 7, old fol. 64.)
IIth August, 1731, Moses LeCompte and Levina, his wife, "to our loving son, Matthew Driver " one-half "The Grove"
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on James Island. (See Pattison family.) (Dorchester Co. Rec., Lib. 8, old fol. 429.)
27th May, 1751, Moses LeCompte and Rebecca, his wife, to Henry Brannock all their right in "Head Range" in Dor- chester County, derived from the last will and testament of Peter Stokes,1 father of said Rebecca. (Dorchester Co. Rec. Lib. 14, old fol. 515.)
8th March, 1768, Moses LeCompte to his three grandsons, Levin Cator, William Geoghegan and Moses Geoghegan, one-half "LeCompte's Addition" on James Island. (Dor- chester Co. Rec., Lib. 22, old fol. 222.)
Samuel LeCompte (1) and Araminta, his wife. Children, viz :
I. Edward P. LeCompte, married Emily White.
2. Margaret LeCompte, unmarried.
3. Araminta LeCompte, unmarried.
4. Samuel D. LeCompte (Judge.)
Children of Edward P. and Emily (White), his wife:
I. Mary LeCompte, unmarried.
2. Edward W. LeCompte, married Elizabeth Wall; no children.
3. Henrietta T. LeCompte, unmarried.
4. Harriet Anne LeCompte, unmarried.
5. Thomas T. LeCompte, unmarried.
Am unable to fix period in LeCompte genealogy where Samuel (1), the grandfather of Mr. Edward W. LeCompte should be placed.
THE MARINE FAMILY.
Among the earliest settlers of Dorchester County was a family whose name has been variously spelt as many other family names have been done in numerous ways, Mareen,
1 Peter Stokes, devised in his will, dated 27th February, 1710, proved June 1, 1712, 50 acres of "Head Range" to his grandson, Peter Stokes, and the remainder of the tract to his daughter, Rebecca Stokes. (Annapolis Wills, Lib. 17, fol. 324.)
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Merine, Marene, Morean, Marain, Morine and Marine. Of the original settlers their Christian names are at present unknown; their former home across the sea before coming to America is conjectural; they were presumptively French Huguenots as were many of their neighbors who settled among the Nanticoke Indians by the side of that river and its tributary, the Northwest Fork.
At the period of their settlement, few Europeans had pene- trated to that section, which owed its selection for emigrant homes to the location, being adjacent to the stately Nanti- coke. Those in search of lands to locate upon followed the waterways as settlers now do railroads. Few families of Europeans were in the Northwest Fork when the Marine family located there. The late Judge Fisher, of Delaware, if authority other than dates was needed, was the authority for saying, "the Marine folks were among the first white settlers on the Eastern Shore." They built their cabins among the Indians, had few neighbors save the red men, among whom they lived until their places were filled by those of their race's flesh and blood.
Bozmand's History of Maryland says, "Kent Island" occu- pied by settlers in 1651, "was the only part of the Eastern Shore where any attempt at settlement as yet appears to have been made." He must have intended to be under- stood as meaning on a large scale.
McMahon says, "settlements were made on the southern part of the Eastern Shore as early as 1661, regarded as set- tlements and not as distinct civil divisions until Somerset County was erected." Somerset was a county by executive proclamation in August, 1666. Its territory contained white inhabitants before either of the dates given.
Millison (probably Milicet) Mareen's name appears on the record of the Land Office at Annapolis as early as 1655, which was assigned as the date of his arrival. Alexander Merine is of record in 1669. It has not been ascertained whether the name is of earlier record than the dates given.
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Residing on the Western Shore of Maryland in colonial times, was a family of similar name, which in surname has long since become extinct; they were connections of the Eastern Shore Marines.
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