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The good, vistoons dead die ever liest
John Carnan married Achsah Ridgely, the widow of Dr. Robert Holliday, and his son, Charles Ridgely Carnan, took the name of his uncle, Captain Ridgely, and inherited " Hampton." Achsah Ridgely's third husband was Daniel Chamier.
Charles Carnan, son of Christopher, inherited " Atamasco," and was twice married. Ilis first wife was Miss Boyce and his second Miss Johnston, of York, daughter of Samuel Johnston, who then married Colonel Carnan's mother.
The parish record shows : " Rebecca Carnan, daughter of Charles and Mary, his wile, was born June 8, 1775." "Sarah, daughter of Charles and Sarah Carnan, was born April 20, 1795."
From a family Bible : Elizabeth Carnan married Nelson Norris, May 21, 1816.
Two daughters of Charles Carnan married Nelson Norris. and one of them, it is said, left a son, who went west.
Colonel Carnan was a great card player. One day a party was assembled, but he had not come home. They heard a horse's steps, and Mrs. Carnan said, "That cannot be he, be- cause he rode a certain horse of a certain color." Mr. Tagart answered, " Pray, madam, does he always ride the same horse down the hill that he rides up ? " Presently a voice was heard, "Jim, come put my horse in the stable!" It was Colonel Car - nan, and he had returned upon a different horse. He had a pas- sion for horse trading, and it was said onee traded thirteen times and returned home on the horse on which he started.
Some times he would give up eard playing and be very good for a while, probably influenced by his brother Robert, who was a Methodist. Then he would take a little stick and point, " When I played cards I would have played so and so."
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It was a saying, "Jim, snuff the candle, I can't see my trumps."
Robert North Carnan married Katherine Ristean, daughter of George Ristem, and lived at "The Garrison " His name was enrolled in a home guard during the Revolution, but he saw no active service. He was a man of high integrity and un- bounded hospitality, and like Mr. Cornelins Howard, became a staunch Methodist. His mother sent Charles to remonstrate with him, but he came back and said, " I half believe Robert is right."
He had seven children. Frances Todd, born November 24. 1777, who married Robert Wilkinson, and died within a year; George Ristean, died in early youth; Christopher, born July 19. 1780, who married, March 9, 1802, Christiana Sim Holliday, daughter of John Robert Holliday and Eleanor Addison Smith: Elizabeth, who died unmarried; Mary ( Marin) North, born De- cember 9, 1792. who married Eli Simkins; Rebecca Risteau, born May 23, 1794, who married Joshua Tevis; Frances Wilkin- son, born after the death of her oldest sister, and called for her, was the first wife of William Fell Johnson.
George Ristean Carnan's death was occasioned by a fall from a tree, the consequence of climbing it on Sunday, and was held up as a warning to future generations. "Risteau's Garrison," which had been bequeathed to him by his uncle, Thomas Ris- teau, came into the possession of his brothers and sisters, and was bought from them by their father.
One day the Methodist preacher was at Mr. Carnan's house having prayers. After sending up fervent petitions for "Bob Wilkinson, " he added, "There he is, Lord, at the foot of the bed."
Robert North Carnan died in 1836. He had married the Second time, Mrs. Ennals, who was a Miss Goldsborough, of the Eastern Shore.
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Capt. John RRistean.
John Ristean was a Huguenot and fled from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He came from the County Ghent, and from his rent roll must have been a man of
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importance. Ile was high sheriff of Baltimore County and captain of a garrison stationed upon his plantation during the Indian wars, His name is among those who took up lots in Baltimore Town in 1730, and he was one of the subscribers for the chapel of ease in the Forest.
He married Katherine, daughter of George Ogg, and widow of William Talbot. Their children were Talbot, Isaac, Joseph and George, and one daughter, Katherine, who, at the age of seventeen, became the wife of Rev. Thomas Cradock.
Talbot married Mary Stokes, June 20, 17.45, and died No- vember 23, 1753. He was clerk of the county court when Bal- timore and Harford were one, from 1746 until his death.
Isaac was born November 4, 1724, and married Elizabeth Reaven in 1748. His son, Capt. John Talbot Ristean, ran away from home at his mother's second marriage and joined the English service, with the stipulation that he was not to fight against the Americans. He was the father of Dr. Thomas Cradock Risteau, for many years a member of the House of Delegates. Dr. Risteau married Ann Courtenay, of Baltimore, and had one daughter, Mary, who became the wife of Daniel Jenifer, of Charles County.
Joe studied for the ministry, but died before being ordained and was buried under the chancel of the church, the only inter- ment which has ever been made within the edifice.
George married Frances Todd, a daughter of Thomas Todd (4th), on August 7, 1757, and lived at "The Garrison," which his father bequeathed to him with adjacent acres. He was acting warden of the church in 1752 and vestryman from 1762. He was a member of the Committee of Observation and of the Provincial Conventions of 1775 and 1776.
His children were Katherine, born June 17, 1755 ; Eleanor, born January 15, 1760 ; Thomas, born January 16, 1763 ; John, April 14, 1764 : Frances, July 26, 1767, and Rebecca, born De- cember 5, 1770.
Katherine married Robert Carnan.
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George Bramwell.
George Bramiwell, registrar 1758-1764, was the son of
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Chief Justice Bramwell, of London, who was grandfather of the late Chief Justice Lord Bramwell (born June 12, 1808 ; died May 9, 1892.) He was educated for the law and was admitted as a barrister, but being a younger son and inheriting neither title nor land, he emigrated to Maryland in 1735 and purchased lands north of Patapsco Falls, in what is now Carroll County. adjoining the western boundary of Baltimore County, near Glen Falls Station. He married in 1750 Mrs. Susanna Fortt, who bore him two children, Mary and Henry.
George Bramwell styles himself Scrivener in his will, dated September, 1770. The county records show that he frequently acted as an attorney and also that his operations in real estate were considerable. He died September 27, 1770.
The Moale family.
The Moale family has been identified with St. Thomas' Church for many years, and their graves are among the oldest in the churchyard.
John Moale, son of Richard and Elizabeth Moale, was born in Kenton Parish, Devonshire, England, October 30, 1697, emi - grated to America in 1719, and settled on the middle branch of the Patapsco River. The place was called Moale's Point. He married Rachel, daughter of Gen. John Hammond, of Severn River, April 17, 1723. His two sons, John and Richard, were quite conspicuous in the early history of Baltimore. John married Ellin, daughter of Capt. Robert North, at the residence of her sister, Elizabeth, wife of Christopher Carnan, in Balti- more, in 1758. Captain North was from the Parish of Whit- tington, County of Lancaster, England. He died in 1748, and bequeathed to his daughter, Ellin, the property known as Greenspring, most of which is now owned by her descendants, the Elder family, and though after her marriage she and her husband continued to reside in the town, they built part of the present house on the Greenspring property, and became closely associated with the parish. "Aunt Milly," an old family servant, now (1898) over ninety, who has seen six generations of the Moale family, remembers quite well when Mrs. Moale used to come every summer to the country.
A CORNER OF THE CHURCHYARD WHERE THE CRADOCKS, MOALIS, CARSANS AND PHILPOTS ARE BURIED.
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Mr. Moale was an ardent Whig, and took an active interest in affairs during the Revolution. He was a member of the Committees of Observation and Correspondence and of the con- ventions of 1774 and 1776. He was lieutenant colonel of the Baltimore Town battalion of militia from May. 1776, to the close of the Revolution, and for many years Presiding Justice of the county court. His sons, Thomas and Robert North, were members of the Vestry of St. Thomas' Church. Thomas mar- ried Eleanor, daughter of Samuel Owings, and was in the Vestry for a number of years between ist and 1821. Robert North married Frances, sister of Eleanor Owings, and was a member of the Vestry for eight or ten years, delegate to the Diocesan Convention in 1806, and treasurer from 1820 to 1823. He died in 1852, leaving the Greenspring property, where he lived for many years, to his daughter, Ellin, wife of Geo. H. Elder.
John Moale, the father of John and Riehard, had two daughters, Elizabeth, who died in ber fourth year, and Rebecca, who became the wife of Charles Croxall, of Croxall Hall, Eng- land. Mr. and Mrs. Croxall are buried in a family burial ground on the farm, Garrison, in Greenspring Valley, now owned by Charles T. Cockey, where are also the graves of a number of the Buchanan. Rogers and Gittings families.
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Che Iron family.
Dr. William Lyon began to take up land about two miles below the church in 1745, and removed to the county eight or ten years later. He was a Scotchman, son of a Presbyterian clergyman, near Perth, and came to Baltimore Town in 1735, soon after receiving his diploma. He engaged in all the im- portant undertakings of the day and aided materially in the de- velopment of the town. He established the first drug store there in 1746, Lyon & Philpot, and in 1750 was appointed a com- mittee of one to enforce what is the first health ordnance on the records. When Moale's map of Baltimore was made in 1751 he is mentioned as the only physician within its limits.
He was one of the largest subscribers for " Keeping up,
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repairing and making good the fence of the said town," and he was also a subscriber for the erection of a market house, but this was not effected until some time later, in 1763, when he was one of the commissioners.
The Lyon property, called Wester Ogle, after the old Easter Ogle estate in Scotland, originally contained 1,700 acres. Dr. lyon established mills near what is now MeDonogh Station" and erected a large warehouse opposite the present Wester Ogle entrance. His house stood on Lyon's Mill Road, between the pike and the Falls, and was eventually burned to the ground with all it contained.
Dr. Lyon was appointed a member of the county Committee of Observation in 1775, and lived through the Revolution, dying in 1795, at the good old age of eighty-two. Wester Ogle is still held by one of his name, almost the only instance in the parish.
llis only son, Major Robert Lyon, resided, after the old house was burned, near the Stone Chapel. He did not adhere strictly to the Scotch tenets of his father's faith, though he styled himself a Presbyterian. He is mentioned in 1818 as one of the congregation of St. Thomas' who met on Easter Monday to elect the Vestry, but seems to have taken no active part in the church.
At the beginning of the Revolution he joined Captain Plunkett's Company, and occupied one of the posts of honor in the front rank. He served through the struggle, and was pres- ent at several engagements. At the close of the war Captain Plunkett organized the " Baltimore Troop," and Robert Lyon was among those who enlisted. He was a fine horseman and stories are told of his prowess.
Major Lyon died esteemed and respected in 1842, having reached the age of eighty-eight years. His wife was Susan Hall, daughter of Elisha Hall, of Cecil County, and he had two daughters and a number of sons-William, Charles, Swan, Samuel Hall, Robert, Edward and James. Mary Lyon mar- ried Micajah Rogers, and Kitty Lyon, James B. Latimer.
I Mis Gist considered the mill dam a menace to health so she sent for It fyll and fucking the door, told him he should not leave the room until he promised to have it removed In Lyon replied " By my truth woman, you te daft and succeeded in mak ing his escape. The story goes that she wore a red money and presented gute a fonte Jable appearance.
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William was one of the pioneers of East Tennessee, and an inti. mate friend of General Jackson, Samuel was a physician, and occupied a chair in the University of Maryland. Robert was a merchant, and for a long time cashier of the Custom House in Baltimore. James was a lawyer, and Charles, Swan and Edward lived at the old place. Charles, Robert and Swan were present at the battle of North Point, Charles acting as aide to General Smith.
Edward Lyon was a most loyal churchman and a faithful vestryman of St. Thomas' for twenty years. He was treasurer of the church for six years and delegate to the Diocesan Conven- tions for about the same length of time. Ile died February S. 1805.
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The Worthingtons.
The Worthingtons trace their descent in this country from Capt John Worthington, of Westminster Parish, Anne Arun- del, who, in 1674, was one of the Justices of the Quorum, and whose tomb, with its cross bones and skull, is opposite Annapo- lis. He married Sarah Howard, daughter of Matthew Howard, one of the "Men of Severn," and died April 6, 1701. His chil- dren were: John, born January 13, 1689, who married Helen Hammond, daughter of Gen. John Hammond, on January S. 1713, and died in 1763: Thomas, born January 8, 1691, who married Elizabeth Ridgely, and was for many years a member of the assembly: William, born April 16, 1694, who married Sarah Homewood: Sarah, born January 10, 1696, who married Nicholas Ridgely: Charles, born October 20, 1701.
.As shown by his will, Captain Worthington left his "home plantation on the Severn" to John ; "Greenbury's Forest," to Thomas ; and to William "Howard's Inheritance," a tract near Beard's Mill and another at the Fresh Pond on the Bodkin Creek of the Patapsco River.
John obtained a grant of 2,000 acres in Baltimore County in 1740, which he gave to his sons, William and Samuel. Wil- liam was married on June 30, 1734, to Mrs. Hannah Cromwell, widow of Capt. John Cromwell, of Anne Arundel, and was the
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first of his name in the parish, being a vestryman of St. Thomas' for a short time before his death, in 1749, leaving two sons, John and William.
John married Mary Todd, daughter of Thomas Todd (4th ), and Ellinor Dorsey ; his daughter Ann, at the age of sixteen, became the wife of Dr. John Cradock, Her sister, Margaret, married Colonel William Lamar, an officer of Revolutionary fame, who met her while on a visit to "Bloomsbury."
Samuel was a younger son, born in 1733, and the pioneer of Worthington Valley, He was also a vestry man of the church, and has been noticed elsewhere, llis first wife was Mary Tol- ley, daughter of Walter Tolley, of Joppa, and his second, Martha Garrettson. Ile was blessed with twenty-four children. His daughter, Ellen, Mrs. Elisha Johnson, a lady of fine presence and great attraction, lived to the memory of the present generation.
The following inscriptions are copied from tombstones in the churchyard of St. John's in the Valley:
To the Memory of MARY WORTHINGTON, WIFE OF SAMUEL, WORTHINGTON, Who was Born the 21st Day of March, 1740, and Departed this Life the ist Day of Oct., 1777. Aged 37 Years and 6 Mos. Leaving a Disconsolate Husband and Eleven Weeping Children to Lament Their Irreparable Loss. This Amiable Woman Lived Beloved and Died Lamented by Both Rich and Poor and Her Soul is golle to heaven alone Enjoying her dear Redeemer - loss While time -hall andf and never end A blest eternity to spend.
JIere Lies the Body of SAMUEL WORTHINGTON. Who Departed This Life on the 7th Day of April. 1815. Aged St Years. Ile is not dead, but sleeps in Christ.
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MARTHA C. SECOND WIFE OF SAMURL, WORTHINGTON, Born Aug. 13, 1753. Died Dec. 31, 1831. The mother of eleven children, Ten of whom have survived her.
The number of his children as given in these inscriptions does not agree with Dr. Allen's record.
There is a story that "Old" Sam Worthington asked Mrs. Cradock, the parson's wife, to pick him out a sweetheart. One day at church, as he assisted her to dismount, she gave him to understand that she had selected the lady who was with her. It was Miss Mary Tolley, her guest, from Joppa; and Mr. Worth - ington afterwards married her.
JOHN TOLLEY WORTHINGTON.
John Tolley Worthington, the eldest son of Samuel Worth- ington and Mary Tolley, became a vestryman of St. Thomas' in 1788, and continued frequently to be elected until 1816, when St. John's in the Valley was erected. He was a member of the House of Delegates and in ISot of the Senate of Maryland. His residence, Montmorenci, stood at the head of the Western Run Valley, and his estate was said to be worth half a million. Ile married his cousin, Mary, daughter of Brice Thomas Beale Worthington, of Annapolis, who survived him a few years. He died September 8, 1834, leaving two daughters, Mary and Ann Ridgely, ( Naney) married Richard Johns.
His daughter, Polly, was engaged to three men at the same time : George Howard being one and a Dr. Handy another. George Howard wanted Dr. Walker to carry a challenge to Dr. Ilandy. This he refused to do but consented to call and see him. Dr. Handy showed him a letter he had received from the lady telling him to be at church on a certain day and to sit on the same side as her father who would invite him home to din - ner. Dr. Handy complied with her request and was invited to dinner by the Squire, but his daughter did not appear. It seems she had written the same letter to each of the three and they concluded they would not fight for her. She married her
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consin, J. T. Hood Worthington, and her son, John Tolley, in- herited Montmorenci.
CHARLES WORTHINGTON.
Charles Worthington, the fourth son of Samuel Worthing- ton and Mary Tolley, was a vestryman of St. Thomas' 1818-19. 32-34. He was born September 22, 1770; and in January, 1803. married Susan Johns, daughter of Col. Richard Johns. He was a man of influence in the county, standing in the highest esteem. He inherited part of his father's landed estate, and died in July. IS47, in possession of much wealth, which he divided among his four unmarried sons, Richard, Kensey, Benjamin J. and Edward- having provided for his two married daughters, Mary Tolley Johns Semmes and Sarah Weems Love, during his life. -K. C.
The Cockey family.
William and Sarah Cockey settled near the Patapsco River in 1670. William Cockey took up extensive tracts of land on the Magothy River, and in Baltimore County, on the north side of Jones' Falls.
John Cockey, son of William and Sarah Cockey, born 1681; married, January 17, 1714 Elizabeth Slade. Their children were: Susannah, born November 2, 1714, married Thomas Gist, July 2, 1735: Mary, born December 10, 1716, married Joshua Owings, March 9, 1735; William, born February 20, 1718, married Con- stant Ashman, August 9, 1742: Sarah, born February 26, 1721, married Robert Boon, December 16, 1746; Thomas, born Decem- ber 13. 1724, married Prudence Gill, May 15, 1753: Joshua, born March 12, 1726, married Charcilla Dye, August 27, 1755; John. born May 18, 1729, died 1746; Edward, born December 20, 1731. married Eleanor Pindell, June 19. 1753; Peter, born Mar. 11, 1734
In the list of vestrymen of St. Thomas' Parish we find that William Cockey was one of the first Vestry, 1745; Thomas Cockey, vestryman 1751-53; Edward Cockey, warden 1755, ves- tryman 1782-84: John Cockey, warden 1767; John Cockey, ves- tryman 1792-94; of a late generation Thomas B. Cockey was registrar 1818, 1819, and Edward A. Cockey was vestryman from 1824 to 1820: Charles T. Cockey, 1885-INGS.
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The bunt ffamily.
Job Hunt, warden 1771; Phineas Hunt, vestryman 1799- 1809; Samuel C. Hunt, warden 1802.
Job Hunt ( ist) was among the English settlers of Calvert County, and married Elizabeth Chew. In 1760 he moved from Calvert County and settled in the east half of Green Spring Val- ley, his estate comprising what is now known as Brooklandville and extending to Ruxton. He had four sons, Henry, who never left the old home in Calvert County; Job (200), born 1747, mar- ried Margaret Hopkins, daughter of Samuel Hopkins, of Balti- more County; Phineas, born November 2, 1751, died February 6, 1837; Samuel Chew, date of birth not given. Job Hunt (2d) owned the Brooklandville farm. He died February 13, 1809, and his estate was sold to Richard Caton. Phineas Hunt owned the Hunt meeting house farm, where the family graveyard is located. Samuel C. Hunt owned what is now known as the Mordecai and Rider farms. Phineas Hant willed his farm to Jesse Hunt, son of Job Hunt (2d). Jesse Hunt was born July 3, 1793. He was the first superintendent of St. Peter's Church Sunday School. He was Mayor of Baltimore in 1832, and died December S. 1872.
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3obn Gill.
January 13, 1797, died Mr. John Gill aged eighty-seven years. He was one of the Vestry when the church was organ ized in 1745. He lived where his grandson, Mr. Joshua Gill, recently died at an advanced age, some two miles and a half north of the church. The records show that he had six sons and five daughters. Of his sons, John lived on the Western Kun, where Mr. John T. Johns now lives: Stephen lived on a farm now owned by Mr. John Johns: Edward lived nearby, where his son, Dr. Edward Gill, now lives; Nicholas lived adjoining him. where his grandson, George W. Gill, now lives. All but John living north of Western Run, were in St. James' Parish .- From Dr. Allen's notes, 1852.
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Dr. Randle pulse.
In the old Maryland Gazette we meet with the name of Dr. Randle Hulse, "of St. Thomas' and Gny's Hospitals, London. who resides at the Rev. Mr. Craddock's, Garrison Forest, and practices every branch of surgery and physick."
Dr. Hulse was one of the most unique characters in the old parish. He was a college companion of Rev. Mr. Cradock, and becoming involved in pecuniary troubles in England, fled to America to escape the debtor's prison, and sought refuge at Trentham. His wife, one of the Lemmons of Cornwall, had married him much against the wishes of her relations. Upon the death of her daughter she wrote to them for assistance, and they sent her a guinea, with directions never to let them hear from her again. She followed her husband over, and a room was built for them at the end of the house which was always known as "Mrs. Hulse's room."
Dr. Hulse was a man of fine education and an able physi cian. He engaged in practice, and in the course of time sent over the money for the discharge of his debts. Drs. John and Thomas Cradock first studied with him, and he was in partner- ship with Dr. Thomas Cradock for some years Their practice covered many miles, as far as Westminster and to Pipe's Creek. and Dr. Hulse often had great difficulty in collecting the out- standing debts. They were the bane of his life.
Hle would get out his day book, and in looking over it, be- come so irritated that he would throw it behind the fire. Dr. John Cradock would pull it out This went on until one day he pitched it behind the fire, and Dr. Cradock made no effort to rescue it. This rather dumbfounded the old doctor, and he cried, "Johnny, Johnny, the day book is burning !" "Damn the day book, ' Dr. Cradock replied, "let it burn." Where- upon he seized it himself, and never attempted the trick again.
He was an ardent Tory, and it is a matter of wonder that he should have been tolerated during the Revolution in such a nest of Whigs. But he was sturdy and independent, and fearlessly proclaimed his views. When the news came of Cornwallis' sur- render he sat with his hands on his knees, rocking himself and patting the floor, "It's a lie, It's a lie, It's a lie."
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About 1786 Dr. Hulse entered into a contract with a certain Hammond to cure him of a cancer for 62,000, and wrote imme- diately to Dr. Cradock, dissolving the partnership. This, of course, produced a breach between them, and he and Mrs. Hulse went to live at Colonel Carnan's.
Not long after Colonel Carnan had a card party, and there was such a downpour the guests were compelled to remain over night. The next morning it was still raining, and Dr. Hulse got down his day book, commenting on the different accounts. "This one so much," "That one so much," until he came to Tom Gist's name. "Tom Gist-damn rascal-if he was in Eng- land he would be hung," Gist's cousin, Jimmy Howard, looked at him intently, but said nothing. Just then who should come riding down the road but Tom Gist himself. Dr. Hulse met him most cordially, and prescribed a toddy after his wet ride, which he would mix for him. Tom Gist said, "Doctor, I heard you had dissolved partnership with Dr. Cradock, and I want to pay my bill. I would have come yesterday but the weather was bad and I stopped for the night with Aunt Howard." Dr. Hulse was delighted, and when Mr. Gist had taken his depart- ure turned to "Jimmy" Howard : . Mr. Howard, how very fortunate you are in your family ; they are such honest men," then adding, fiercely, "if you say another word I'll throw you out of the window," he bolted upstairs and was not seen for the rest of the day.
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