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the rest of the £100. To Rev. Stephen Balch, two negroes and their increase for his children. To Levin P. W. Balch, $150. To Captain John Rose, negroes, etc. Will made the 11th of June, 1802; probated, the 20th of October, 1807. Washington, J. H. p. 137.
His son, George Beale, was born 1748, died 1807. Captain Thomas Brooke, born September 20th, 1770, died September, 1820. Will made, November 23rd, 1808; probated, October 14th, 1820.
Anna married Captain John Rose. Elizabeth married Rev. Stephen Balch.
I do not know the maiden name of Elizabeth, his wife, though I have tried to discover it.
MAREEN DUVALL, THE HUGUENOT.
No more striking figure in colonial history is found than the personal achievements of this fleeing immigrant from Nantes, about 1650.
He came as one of the one hundred and fifty adventurers, brought over by Colonel William Burgess. He settled near Colonel Burgess, in Anne Arundel County, on the south side of South River and became one of the most successful merchants and planters of that favored section.
When political influences were most active during the revolu- tion of 1689, Mareen Duvall was among the leaders who sustained the Lord Proprietary. His name is found in Colonel Greenberry's letter to Governor Copley, as one of the Jacobin party, whose mysterious meetings he could not solve.
The land records of Anne Arundel and Prince George Counties show that this Huguenot planter and merchant held a vast estate, and left his widow and third wife so attractive as to become the third wife of Colonel Henry Ridgely, and later the wife of Rev. Mr. Henderson, the commissary of the Chuch of England. Together they built old Trinity, or Forest Chapel, near Collington, in Prince George County.
The will of Mareen Duvall is an intelligent one. It was pro- bated, in 1694; about the time of the removal of the Capitol from St. Mary's to Annapolis.
It is not known who were his first wives. One of them was closely allied to the celebrated John Larkin, a neighbor and endur- ing friend of Mareen Duvall. Five of his twelve children were married during the lifetime of the Huguenot. "Mareen, the Elder," also called by his mother-in-law, "Marius," married Frances Stockett, daughter of Thomas. He was the ancestor of John P. Duvall, a member of the Virginia Legislature.
Captain John Duvall, who held another large estate, married Elizabeth Jones, daughter of William Jones, Sr. of Anne Arundel County. She added considerably to his estate. Their daughter, Elizabeth, became the wife of Benjamin Warfield, the youngest son of
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Richard, the immigrant. Her wedding gift was 780 acres of "Lugg Ox," in the forks of the Patuxent. Her sister, Comfort, became Mrs. William Griffith, of Frederick County.
Eleanor Duvall, of Mareen, became Mrs. John Roberts, of Vir- ginia. Samuel Duvall married Elizabeth Clarke, in 1687; Susannah became Mrs. Robert Tyler, and was the ancestress of General Bradley T. Johnson; Lewis Duvall married Martha Ridgely, only daughter of Hon. Robert Ridgely, of St. Inigoes, in 1699.
"Mareen the Elder," and "Mareen the Younger" are both named by the Huguenot testator of 1694. The latter seemed to be his favorite. He married Elizabeth Jacob, daughter of Captain John Jacob. His sister Catherine, married William Orrick, in 1700. And his sister, Mary, in 1701, became the wife of Rev. Henry Hall, the English Rector of St. James Parish.
The Huguenot names his daughter, Elizabeth Roberts, and daughter Johanna, who became, in 1703, Mrs. Richard Poole. Ben- jamin Duvall, of the Huguenot, married Sophia Griffith, in 1713, daughter of William and Sarah (Maccubbin) Griffith. These were the ancestors of Judge Gabriel Duvall, of the Supreme Court of the United States. Benjamin and Sophia's issue were, Susanna-Samuel Tyler; Sophia-Thos. Butt; Benjamin-Susanna Tyler. Issue, Gabriel, (Judge of the United States Supreme Court), who was twice married, first to Miss Bryce, daughter of Captain Robert, of Annapolis; second to Miss Jane Gibbon, of Philadelphia.
Edward Duvall and Isaac Duvall, brothers of Judge Gabriel, were lieutenants in the Revolutionary War, and remained bachelors. Isaac Duvall, of Benjamin and Jemima Taylor, married Miss Hard- ing, of Montgomery County, and removed to West Virginia about 1812. He owned an extensive glass factory at Charlestown, after- wards Wellsburg, on the Ohio. He left three sons, among whom was General Isaac Harding Duvall, and four daughters. From Julia A. descends Mrs. Anne O. Jackson, of Parkersburg, W. Va. and her sister Mrs. List, of Wheeling. From William, brother of Isaac, by his wife, Harriet Doodridge, comes Mrs. Kate Rector Thibaut, of Washington, D. C.
Mareen Duvall, " The Younger," by Elizabeth Jacob, had Mareen in 1702,-Ruth Howard; Susannah-first, Mr. Fowler, and second, Mark Brown. Elizabeth-Dr. Wm. Denune; Samuel- Elizabeth Mullikin; Benjamin-Miss Wells; John-Miss Fowler; Jacob-Miss Bourne, of Calvert. Samuel and Elizabeth (Mullikin) Duvall, daughter of James Mullikin, son of the immigrant, had James-Sarah Duvall, of Mareen and Ruth (Howard) Duvall, and Samuel, in 1740,-Mary Higgins. From Barton Duvall, of Samuel and Mary, who married Hannah Isaac, daughter of Richard and Ann (Williams) Isaac, came Richard Isaacs Duvall, Dr. Philip Barton Duvall and Dr. Joseph Isaac Duvall.
Richard Isaac Duvall-first, Sarah Ann Duvall, of Tobias, and had James M. Duvall, of Baltimore, Philip Barton Duvall, who read medicine with Dr. Samuel Chew, of Baltimore, and graduated,
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in 1860, at the University of Maryland, and went south in 1861, and joined the Confederate State's Army and was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va. Samuel F. Duvall, of the Confederate Army, several times wounded; Daniel C. Duvall, and Sallie, and several other children who died in infancy. Richard Isaac Duvall-second, Rachel M. Waring, of Francis and Elizabeth (Turner) Waring, and had Richard Mareen and Marius Turner Duvall, twins, born 1856.
Richard M. Duvall, a member of the Baltimore Bar, married, 1895, Julia Anna Webster Goldsborough, daughter of Dr. John Schley and Julia Anna Webster (Strider) Goldsborough, of Frederick, Md.
Samuel and Elizabeth (Mullikin) Duvall had a son, Isaac, who was twice married. One of his sons was Basil Mullikin Duvall, who married Delilah Duvall, of Philemon, of Montgomery, and had issue, Agrippa, of Kentucky,-Miss Smith, of Kentucky; Mary A .- Thos. J. Betts, of Baltimore; Miss Margery Duvall; Van Buren Duvall, of Texas; Augusta-Dr. Thos. C. Bussey, of Baltimore County; Kate-George Ellicott, of the family who founded Ellicott City.
The homestead of Mr. Basil Mullikin Duvall, now held by Mrs. Ellicott, is immediately upon the Cattail, of the Patuxent, in upper Howard County.
The last wife and widow of the Huguenot was Miss Mary Stanton. Before 1700, she became the wife of Col. Henry Ridgely, the immi- grant, and with him, closed the administration of the estate of the Huguenot. The younger Mareen objected to his guardian, Col. Ridgely, but the courts did not sustain him. After the death of Col. Ridgely, in 1710, Mrs. Mary Ridgely bought a tract of land from Wm. Ridgely, Sr. and Jr., brother and nephew of her late husband. Mrs. Mary Ridgely next appears as the wife of Rev. Jacob Hender- son, the English rector sent over to visit the churches of the province. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson left an enduring monument to their memory by the erection, in 1735, of Holy Trinity Chapel. Having endowed the same, they left it as a memorial to the public, and by act of the General Assembly, it was converted into a "Chapel of Ease." There is a marble slab in the vestibule, stating the fact of its erection at the cost of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson. There are also a number of memorial windows erected in it to the Duvalls, Mullikins, Bowies and others.
The will of Mrs. Henderson, at Upper Marlborough, shows that she had a brother in Philadelphia, and that her maiden name was Mary Stanton. She was an intelligent and attractive lady. It is not certain that she left any children by any of her three husbands.
RICHARD BEARD.
Richard Beard, of South River, came up from Virginia with his brother-in-law, Colonel William Burgess. His wife Rachel, was a sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess, both daughters of Edward Robins, of Virginia. He took up "Beard's Habitation," on Beards Creek, and built Beards Mill. He represented Anne Arundel in the Assem-
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blies of 1662 and 1663. In his will of 1675, he named his sons Rich- ard, (the deputy-surveyor, who made a map of Annapolis), and John Beard. Daughters Ruth, Rebecca (Nicholson), and daughter Rachel Clark, and her son, Neal Clark, who married Jane, daughter of Captain George Puddington. Mrs. Rachel Clark next married Thomas Stimpson, and by him had two daughters, Rachel and Comfort. The former became Mrs. Colonel Charles Greenberry; the latter, wife of John Dorsey, only son of Joshua.
Mrs. Stimpson next appeared as Mrs. Rachel Killburne. In 1701, she deeded to her daughters, Rachel Greenberry and Comfort Stimpson, furniture, lots in Annapolis, large silver porring, small - silver tankard, large silver "cordiall" cup, silver punch cups, and silver spoons. To her son-in-law, Wm. Killburne, and her daughter- in-law, Elizabeth, his wife, she gave several memorials. To Charles Carroll she gave twenty shillings for a ring. To her granddaughter, Rachel Clark, a silver bodkin and a gold ring. A memorial was also given to Henry Davis, Sr.
During that same year, 1701, she became Mrs. Rachel Freeborne. Her daughter, Comfort, was now named Comfort Dorsey. She gave to Anna Hammond, daughter of Charles and Rachel, his wife (Mrs. Greenberry), a negro girl. In 1716, Mrs. Freeborne sold to Charles Carroll a house and lot adjoining Henry Ridgely. She deeded "Turkey Quarter" to her son Neale Clark.
Thomas Freeborne took up "Freeborne's Progress," in Howard County. It was later held by Robert Ridgely, of Elk Ridge, through his wife, Sarah. This tract passed through several transfers, finally deeded by Mrs. Margaret Cumming to Rachel Hammond.
Richard Beard named, as executors, his sons, Richard and John and his "brother-in-law, Colonel Wm. Burgess." Both of his sons left large families in Anne Arundel, from one of whom descended Mrs. Lancelot Warfield, of "Brandy."
JOHN GAITHER, OF SOUTH RIVER.
The name of John Gaither was sixth on the list of the corpor- ation of James City .- (HOLTEN.)
"Came in the Assurance, 1635, Jo. Gater and Joan Gater, aged 36 and 23 years, and John Gater, 15 years."-(HOLTEN's List of Va.)
On a neck of land, on the eastern branch of Elizabeth River, the Virginia records, already quoted, show John Gater (Gaither) seated upon five hundred acres for the transportation of ten persons. He was, also, a contributor to the support of the Non-Conformist Church.
In 1662, the following record was made in Maryland: "Then came John Gaither and demanded the renewment of a warrant for 450 acres-renewed." In 1663, John Gaither and Robert Proctor surveyed "Abington," at the head of South River. It adjoined "Freeman's Fancy," "Freeman's Stone" and "Freeman's Landing."
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These three settlers were sons-in-law of Joseph Morley, whose will, of 1674, made Robert Proctor and John Gaither his executors, and legatees of his whole estate.
They sold "Morley's Lot" and "Morley's Grove" to Colonel William Burgess. Robert Proctor and Elizabeth, his wife, late widow of John Freeman, and daughter of Joseph Morley, sold Free- man's lands to Captain George Puddington, which were later bought by John Gaither from Captain Edward Burgess, executor of Captain Puddington.
Captain John Browne, mariner, of London, sold, in 1690, to James Finley, three hundred acres out of "Abington;" said land laid out for John Dearing. And during that same year, Captain John Browne sold to John Gaither, lands that had been laid off for Mr. Chapman out of "Freeman's Fancy." Captain Browne, also, sold to John Gaither, lands in Abington, recently held by Robert Proctor. At the time of his death, in 1705, John Gaither held all of Freeman's lands and all of Abington, except that held by William Ridgely and Elizabeth, his wife.
His widow, Ruth (Morley) Gaither, married again, Francis Hardesty. Dying intestate, a commission consisting of John Howard, John Hammond and John Duvall, divided the estate.
His heirs were, John Gaither, Jr., born 1677; Ruth, born 1679 -John Warfield (of Richard and Elinor Browne Warfield); Ben- jamin, born 1681; Rachel, born 1687-Samuel White; Mary, born 1692; Rebecca, born 1695; Susan, born 1697.
John Gaither contributed liberally to the defense of the settlers against Indian invasions.
John Gaither, Jr., as heir-at-law, deeded to his brother Benja- min, and to Edward Gaither, portions of his father's estate.
The issue of John and Jane (Buck) Gaither were, Benjamin, Alexander, Richard, David, Amos, Joshua and Rezin, all inheriting " Abington."
By a second marriage, to Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin War- field, he had John, Edward and Samuel Gaither. These inherited and located upon "Left Out," near Dayton, Howard County.
From these descended Mr. Samuel Gaither, the Commissioner of Howard.
Benjamin Gaither will be noted in Howard County.
Edward Gaither, (of John) in 1715, resurveyed his father's estate into "Gaither's Collections." This adjoined Richard Snow- den's South River estate. Edward Gaither married Mrs. Margaret Williams, whose two heirs were Joseph and Margaret Williams. Their inheritance was "Folkland," "The Plains" and "Plumbton," adjoining.
The will of Edward Gaither, in 1740, named his daughter, Rachel Jacob; son, Moses, inherited the surplusage of "Freeman's Fancy," "Freeman's Stone," "Landing," "Gaither's Range," and "Round About Hills"-some three hundred acres. "To my daughter-in-law (stepdaughter), Margaret Williams, 'Folkland,'
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'The Plains' and 'Plumbton,' adjoining; a part of which was bequeathed to my son-in-law (stepson), Joseph Williams." His child- ren named were, daughter Sarah, Edward, Jane, Leah, Dinah and Moses, to whom he left his personal property. Wife, Margaret, executrix. In her will, of 1762, she confirmed the title to her daughter, Margaret Howard, wife of Joseph, and named her daugh- ters heirs.
Edward Gaither, of Edward, married Sarah Howard, and came into possession of "Gaither's Collection," and offered the whole tract for sale, in the Maryland Gazette, in 1752. It was bought by John Ridgely and others. He left no will, but, in 1787, his son, . Edward Gaither, Jr., who was a Colonel in the Revolution, and field officer of the militia, a resident of Howard County, and a witness to the will of Charles Carroll, left the following record: "To my friend Colonel Rezin Hammond, I leave my Granby Dun horse, my saddle, bridle, sword and gold mourning ring. To my friend, David Stewart, a gold mourning ring and silver spoons. All my estate to my mother, Sarah Gaither, and brothers, Henry, Ephraim, John and Elijah Gaither, and sister Margery. To brother Elijah, my lands 'Day's Discovery,' 'Gaither's Adventure' and part of 'Rebecca's Lot,' bought of John Ellicott, and part of 'Mt. Etna,' bought of Dr. Ephraim Howard. He and Colonel Rezin Hammond my executors. Witnesses, Stephen West, Jr., Samuel Norwood and John Rallings."
In 1798, James Gaither named his wife, Patience, who was to hold his estate, which later descended to Dorsey Jacob, Jr., John Hall and others, and Elizabeth Stansbury Gaither.
Margery Gaither, sister of Colonel Edward Gaither, married Philemon Browne. Their daughter, Margery Browne married; Thomas Warfield, of Caleb, and removed to Kentucky.
Nancy Gaither, of "Venison Park," near Savage, in 1817, named her nephew, Basil Simpson, her sister, Sarah Middleton, brother, Basil Simpson, son, Ephraim Simpson Gaither and nephew, Ephraim Gaither, of William.
CHEW.
John Chew, of "Chewtown," Somersetshire, England, came to Virginia in the "Sea Flower," in 1622, and was gladly received there by members of his family, who had preceded him, in 1618, in the ship "Charitie." He settled at James City, built a house for his wife, Sarah, and was a member of the House of Burgesses. He is there recorded as a prosperous merchant.
He removed to Maryland with his neighbors, in 1649, and received a grant for five hundred acres, paid for in Virginia tobacco. With him came his wife, Sarah, and two sons, Samuel and Joseph. Descendants of the latter, through a daughter of John Larkin, are still residents of Virginia.
Samuel Chew laid out "Herrington," on Herring Creek. In 1650, a grant was issued to him as "his Lordship's well-beloved Samuel Chew, Esq." In 1669, he was sworn in as one of the justices
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of the chancery and provincial courts. His name appears in both Houses of the Assembly until his death, in 1676. In 1675, he was Colonel Samuel Chew, and was ordered, with Colonel William Bur- gess, to go against the Indians at the head of the Severn. His will, of 1676, bequeathed the Town of Herrington, negroes, able-bodied Englishmen, and hogsheads of tobacco, to his heirs, and made his wife, Ann (Ayres) Chew, his executrix. She was the Quakeress daughter of William Ayres, thus recorded in Virginia: "William Ayres received two hundred and fifty acres on the main creek of Nansemond River, in 1635, for transportating five persons." Perhaps this patentee was related to Thomas Ayres, associated with Edward Bennett in a plantation in this county." Lower Norfolk, "records a power of attorney from Samuel Chew, of Herringtown, and Anne, his wife, sole daughter and heiress of William Ayres, of Nansemond County."
Colonel Samuel and Ann Chew had a large family. Their daughter, Sarah, is recorded in the Chew records, as the wife of "a Burges." She married Captain Edward Burgess, oldest son of Colonel William. Samuel Chew, Jr., was located on "Poplar Ridge." From him descended Colonel Samuel Chew, of "Upper Bennett," a member of the "Federation of Freemen," and Colonel of Militia. He married, first, Miss Weems, and second, Priscilla Clagett, daughter of Rev. Samuel Clagett. She was a sister of Bishop Clagett.
Colonel John Hamilton Chew, married his cousin Priscilla, daughter of Bishop Claggett. Dr. Samuel Chew, of Baltimore, and Rev. John Chew, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, were his heirs. Captain Samuel Chew, of Herring Bay, and Colonel Philemon Lloyd Chew were sons of Samuel Chew and Henrietta Maria Lloyd, his wife, whose three daughters were, Henrietta Maria, wife of Cap- tain Edward Dorsey, of the "Tuesday Club;" Mary, wife of Governor William Paca; Margaret, wife of John Beale Bordley. These three daughters resided in Annapolis.
The homestead of John Beale Bordley is now held by the Ran- dall family. Retiring to Joppa, on the Gunpowder, and still later to "Bordley Island," John Beale Bordley ordered champagne by the cask, and Madeira by the pipe. It was an ideal home of an age when spinning wheels and looms were going incessantly; when brickyards, windmills and rope walks were in operation; when a brewery converted the hops which Governor Sharpe had imported.
Colonel Philemon Lloyd Chew married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Edward Tilghman.
Major Richard Chew, of Calvert, married Margaret Mackall, daughter of General James John Mackall. Their son married Anne Bowie, sister of Governor Robert Bowie.
Benjamin Chew, fifth son of Samuel and Anne Ayres, married Elizabeth Benson. Their son was Dr. Samuel Chew, of "Maidstone," near Annapolis, who married, first, Mary Galloway, of Samuel, of "Tulip Hill," and had Benjamin Chew, of "Cleveden;" Elizabeth, wife of Colonel Edward Tilghman, and Anne, wife of Samuel Gallo- way.
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Dr. Samuel Chew married, secondly, Mary, daughter of Aquilla Paca, and widow of Richard Galloway. Their son was Judge Samuel Chew, who married Anna Maria Frisby, and died at Chestertown without issue. He was of the Supreme Court of Delaware.
Dr. Samuel Chew, of "Maidstone," removed to Dover, and became Judge of the three lower counties, now Delaware. He was called the fighting Quaker, and was immortalized as follows:
"Immortal Chew first set our Quakers right; He made it plain they might resist and fight; And the gravest Dons agreed to what he said, And freely gave their cast for the King's aid, For war successful, and for peace and trade."
For sustaining the law passed by the Assembly of the three lower counties, as a militia law, he was expelled from the Quaker Society. In commenting upon it, he wrote: "Their bills of excom- munication are as full fraught with fire and brimstone and other church artillery, as those even of the Church of Rome."
The offense of Judge Chew was his decision that "self-defense was not only lawful, but obligatory upon God's citizens."
His son, Benjamin Chew, born 1722, rose rapidly in law and became eminent. He was Speaker of the House of Delegates in Dover, and was a neighbor of Judge Nicholas Ridgely.
In 1755, he was Attorney-General of Pennsylvania. In 1756, he was Recorder of Philadelphia. In 1774, he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. His definition of high treason has become historical. Said he, "Opposition, by force of arms, to the lawful authority of the King is high treason; but, in the moment, when the King, or his Ministers, shall exceed the consti- tutional authority vested in them by the constitution, submission to their mandates becomes treason." His object was reform rather than revolution.
His homestead, "Cliveden," on the old Germantown Road, became still more celebrated. In it had gathered the British forces, who sent out a fire of musketry upon the American forces. The delay caused by trying to drive the British from their stronghold, occasioned the loss of the battle of Germantown.
Judge Chew's four daughters were celebrated for their beauty. "Peggy" was the special admiration of Major Andre, a favorite guest at "Cliveden." Upon her his poetic pen recorded many com- plimentary verses, still extant. When Colonel John Eager Howard, the hero of the Revolution, had won "Peggy Chew" as his wife, she remarked to some distinguished French officers, who were guests at Belvidere, "That major Andre was a most witty and cultivated gentleman." Her patriotic husband added: "He was a - spy, sir, nothing but a spy."
"The old homestead, with its rough walls of stone, its entrance guarded by marble lions, is now blinded and defaced by age. In its halls hang portraits older than the house."-(MARION HARLAND.)
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Harriet Chew, of "Cliveden," presided at "Homewood," of Charles Carroll, only son of the signer. Juliana became Mrs. Philip Nicklin and Sophia was Mrs. Henry Phillips.
From Benjamin Chew, the younger, through Katherine Banning, came Benjamin, who married a daughter of Chief Justice Tilghman. Eliza-James Murray Mason, father of Catherine, wife of John T. B. Dorsey.
Henry Banning Chew married Harriet Ridgely, of Hampton. Their descendants reside near Towson.
PRESTON, AT PATUXENT.
Colonel Richard Preston, of the Patuxent, was a leading settler from Virginia. He arrived in Virginia, about 1642, and held a high position for one of his faith. Surrounding him, in Nansemond County, were many others of the same faith, opposed to the estab- lished church, and with him removed to Maryland, in 1649. Richard Preston arrived with his wife and children, numbering seven in all, and entered land for seventy-three persons. Upon his demand, Governor William Stone issued the following order: "These are to authorize Mr. Richard Preston, commander of the north side of Patuxent River, for one month next ensuing, with the advice of his Lordship's Surveyor General, to grant warranty to the said Surveyor for the laying out of any convenient quantities of land, upon said river, on the north side thereof, not formerly taken up by any adventurers that shall make their just title appear. Provided that he, the said Mr. Preston, do testify such titles, particularly unto the Secretary's office before the return of the certificate of Surveyor. Given at St. Leonard's, 15 July, 1651 .- WM STONE."
Five hundred acres were surveyed for him in 1650. It was named " Preston." Upon this he erected a house which still stands, and is the oldest house in Maryland. It is built of brick. It is two stories high, with three dormer windows front and two back. The lower room, where the assembly met, has been divided by a plaster partition. The inner walls are panelled. A porch, with the house roof extending over it, is in the rear. The house stands on the neck between the Patuxent and St. Leonard's Creek.
Captain Wm. Fuller took up land adjoining it, and Governor William Stone held lands not far below, on the south side of the Patuxent.
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