Household Staples

Preserving Family - Greenwood

The full family record is on a page found at the top right of the page  ----->

Preserving the Name

The Wye Oak

Everyone in the area knew this ole tree well. In our memory it has always been there, always really big, always special and always called The Wye Oak. 

How many of our ancestors walked by this ole tree, which is on the old Indian path now known as Rt. 662, how many travelers passed by it before Rt. 50 was established?  Most likely if your roots are on the Eastern Shore, your ancestors have viewed this same tree, stopped for a rest, chatted with the villagers, or neighbors who had also brought their wheat to the Wye Mill or gathered its acorns. 

What has been forgotten over time is what they used to call the tree.

The Bachelors Oak

When the oak was only about 100 to 150 years old, area landowners even made deals under this tree.  One specific time, Robert Noble, Richard Woolman, Henry Hawkins, Nathaniel Cleeve, William Jones, Henry Costin and others sat and drank a case of spirits together. 

The spirits were payment from Henry Hawkins to Nathaniel Cleeve for a piece of land called Nathaniel’s Point lying in Wye River, a deal they hashed out under the Bachelor’s Oak.  I guess Nathaniel gathered his spirits under his arm, shook hands with Henry, but before he could get a way, others had gathered.  After a lot of conversation and laughter, they must have needed a drink and Nathaniel decided to share. 

No pub in the vicinity, the Bachelor’s Oak was the social gathering place for those without wives awaiting them. 

Hmmm..... wonder if that conveyance was recorded in the Court?

2020 update

The Bachelor Oak is not the Wye Oak

More details to follow.

Preserving Religious History of the Shore

Wilmington Conference of the M.E. Church - locations
Shared by Philip Thomas of Rock Hall, Maryland

Honor Our Veterans

Combining History

Elizabeth Turner

A Gathering of Information

Cynthia V. Schmidt

1860 Slave Schedule of Talbot County

Philamon T. Hambleton merchant and farmer of St. Michaels, Md.

1 female mulatto 29 years (Betsy Turner?)

1 female black 25 years

1 female black 15 years

1 female mulatto 12 years (Eliza Jane?)

1 male black 12 years

1 female mulatto 5 years (Betsy?)

Indentures of Talbot County

Pgs 332,333

Justices Leonard and Hopkins bind to Philamon T. Hambleton, Eliza Jane Turner, daughter of Betsy Turner, born 15 September 1850 and Betsy Turner, daughter of Betsy Turner, born 8 October 1856 to serve until 18 years of age.

New York Times

October 17, 1867

Maryland

Negro Apprenticeship – The Case of Elizabeth Turner, a Colored Apprentice – Judge Chase Decides the Indentures are Illegal and Releases the Petitioner from Servitude.

Baltimore, Wednesday, Oct. 16

In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, a hearing was had before Chief Justice Chase, upon the petition of Elizabeth Turner (colored) by her next friend Charles Henry Minaky, addressed to Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the Maryland District. The petitioner alleges that she is the child of Elizabeth Minaky, formerly Elizabeth Turner; that she is restrained of her liberty and held in custody by Philemon T. Hambleton, Talbot County, Md., in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States; also that petitioner is restrained of her liberty by virtue of certain alleged indentures of apprenticeship made not in accordance with the laws of Maryland, as applicable to binding of white children. The petitioner prays the court for a writ of habeas corpus, addressed to said Hambleton, requiring him to produce in court the person of the petitioner and to certify the true cause of her detention, and to show cause, if he has, why the petitioner should not be discharged.

Signed H. Stockbridge and Nathan M. Pusey attorneys for the petitioner.

The petition was filed Sept. 20 and indorsed “writ granted as prayed, returnable Oct. 15, 1867”

Signed S.P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States

The master P.T. Hambleton made the following return to the writ:

“In obedience to the command of the within writ, I herewith produce the body of Elizabeth Turner, together with a copy of the indenture of apprenticeship, showing the cause of her caption and detention and respectfully await the action of your Honor”

The petitioner appeared by counsel.

The Chief Justice inquired of the respondent if he had counsel in court. He replied in the negative, and said he would let the matter be settled by the court.

The Chief Justice stated that he would prefer that the case should be fully argued.

The respondent stated that the child and its mother were formerly his slaves, and were set free by the Constitution, which went into operation Nov. 1, 1864. The child was apprenticed Nov 3, 1864 two days after she was emancipated. The law of Congress called the Civil Rights Bill was passed since the child was indentured April 3, 1866 and everybody told him that the law did not interfere with this case.

The Chief Justice said the questions in the case were so grave and important that he wished to be advised by the argument of counsel on the part of claimant. He would adjourn the court until today at 9 o’clock in order to give the claimant or any person interested in the decision an opportunity to appear. If not person opposed he would dispose of the case.

The Court convened at 9 o’clock this morning.

When the Chief Justice delivered the following decision:

The petitioner in this case seeks relief from restraint and detention by PHILEMON T. HAMBLETON of Talbot County in Maryland, in alleged contravention of the Constitution and laws of the United States.

The facts as they appear from the return made by Mr. HAMBLETON      to the writ, and by his verbal statement made in court and admitted as part of the return are substantially as follows: The petitioner, ELIZABETH TURNER a young person of color and her mother were, prior to the adoption of the Maryland Constitution of 1864 slaves of the respondent. That Constitution went into operation Nov 1. 1864 and prohibited slavery. Almost immediately thereafter many of the freed people of Talbot County were collected together under some local authority, the nature of which does not clearly appear and the younger persons were bound as apprentices usually, if not always, to their masters. Among others, Elizabeth the petitioner was apprenticed to Hambleton by an indenture, dated on the 3d of November two days after the new Constitution went into operation. Upon comparing the terms of this indenture, which is claimed to have been executed under the law of Maryland relating to negro apprentices, with those required by the law of Maryland in indentures for the apprenticeship of white persons the variance is manifest, the petitioner under this indenture is not entitled to any education. A white apprentice must be taught reading, writing and arithmetic. The petitioner is liable to be assigned and transferred at the will of the master to any person in the same country. The white apprentice is not thus liable. The authority of the master over the petitioner is described in the law as a property and interest; no such description is applied to authority over a white apprentice. It is unnecessary to mention other particulars: such is the case. I regret that I have been obliged to consider it without the benefit of any argument in support of the claim of the respondent to the writ, but I have considered it with care and an earnest desire to reach right conclusions. For the present, I shall restrict myself to a brief statement of these conclusions without going into the grounds of them. The time does not allow more. The following propositions seem to me to be sound and they decide the case.

First ~ The first clause of the 13^th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States interdicts slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, and establishes freedom as the constitutional right of all persons in the United States.

Second ~ The alleged apprenticeship in the present case is involuntary servitude within the meaning of these words in the amendment.

Third ~ If this were otherwise the indenture set forth in the return does not contain important provisions for the security and benefit of the apprentice which are required by the laws of Maryland in indenture of white apprentices and is therefore, in contravention of that clause of the first section of the Civil Rights Law enacted by Congress April 9, 1866.

Fourth ~ The law having been enacted under the second clause of the 13^th Amendment in enforcement of the first clause of the same amendment is constitutional and applies to all conditions prohibited by it, whether originating in transactions before or since its enactment.

Fifth ~ Colored persons equally with white persons are citizens of the United States.

The petitioner, therefore, must be discharged from restraint by the respondent.

1870 Maryland Census – Baltimore

Canton Avenue

Charles Manokey black male 50 yrs of age born Maryland

Elizabeth Manokey black female 46 years of age born Maryland

Elizabeth Manokey black female 14 years of age born Maryland

1880 Maryland Census – Baltimore

Charles H. Manoky black male 60 years of age

Elizabeth Manoky mulatto female 55 years of age

Cassie Bell Manoky mulatto female 7 years of age (their daughter)

Easton

Preserving History

Steamers of the Chesapeake 

serving the Upper Shore of Maryland

Maryland Marriages

Ever wonder why a marriage record for your ancestors couldn't be found? 

In 1777 the General Assembly of Maryland required marriage licenses to be obtained from the clerk of the county court. As specified by the law ministers returned lists of those married to the Treasurer of the Western Shore or Treasurer of the Eastern Shore. Many of these returns are available in the Maryland State Papers at the Maryland State Archives.

The 1777 law applied only to the marriage of white citizens. Not until 1867 did the marriage laws apply to African Americans. In addition, the publication of banns on three Sundays in the county where the female resided could be used in lieu of a license. Quakers could marry without a license in accordance with their practices.

In 1865 Maryland required the recording of births, deaths, and marriages at the county level, with further reporting to the Secretary of the Senate. The marriage records created under the 1865 law contain the date of the license; age, race, residence, occupation, and marital status of the bride and groom; date and place of marriage; and name, title, and residence of the minister.

The 1865 law did not require everyone to be licensed. As before, only whites were subject to the law. Specific provisions for African Americans were enacted in 1867 and allowed them to register proof of marriage prior to that date with the court clerks. Quakers and those having banns announced in a church remained exempt from the license law.

This situation changed when an 1886 law required signed applications for marriage licenses. The law specified that marriage application records contain name, residence, age, race, occupation, and marital status of each party; date of the application, sometimes date of the license and marriage; consent of the parents or guardians of minors; and signature of the applicant.

An 1890 law provided for the recording of marriages done by banns by requiring the ministers to file a certificate with the court clerk who would record the information.

Marriages by banns prior to 1890 can be found only in church records. The provisions for marriage by banns were repealed in 1941 and replaced with a requirement that all individuals obtain licenses. 

Hidden History - Queen Anne's County

Marriage Licenses Recorded in the Court of the Eastern Shore by Queen Anne’s County Clerk, Samuel Turbutt Wright for 1^st April 1787 through 1^st August 1788 at the September Term 1790. As they appear.

John Hindman and Esther Nicholson                              1 April 1787

William Tucker and Hannah Nabb                                  1 April 1787

John Keyton and Mary Pronson                                       28 April 1787

Thomas Wright and Martha Price                                   28 April 1787

William Seth and Martha Trial                                         30 April 1787

Jeremiah Garland and (blank)                                          1 June 1787

James Pindar and Eliza Legg                                             10 Sept 1787

Jacob Seth and Ann Reynolds                                           17 Sept 1787

Emory Sudler Jr. and Eliza Wright                                  16 Sept 1787

James Price and Eliza Besswicks                                       21 Sept 1787

William Moore and Lucy Phomalon                               16 Nov 1787

William Richmond and Eliza Tute                                   26 Nov 1787

William Camper and Eliza Frazier                                  27 Nov 1787

William Brown and Eliza Brown                                     4 Dec 1787

James Hall and Sarah Pratt                                                7 Dec 1787

John Gooding and Lucretia Goodman                            18 Dec 1787

Edward Rogers Jr. and Sarah Noble                                16 Dec 1787

David Jones and Eliza Darickson                                     9 Dec 1787

Denton Carroll and Eliza Winslow                                 20 Dec 1787

Lodman Downes and Eliza Dodd                                     21 Dec 1787

James Vinson and Eliza Butler                                          22 Dec 1787

Charles Seth and Sarah Seth                                              6 Jan 1788

John Camper and Eliza Glass                                            14 Jan 1788

Daniel Harwood and Mary Gooling                               29 Jan 1788

William Bourk and Dorcas Rich                                       21 Jan 1788

Jeremiah Barnaclow and Ann Emerson                          8 Feb 1788

James Price and Eliza Besswicke                                      8 Feb 1788

Aaron Low and Priscilla Burgess                                     18 Feb 1788

William Lee and Eliza Tarbutton                                     13 Feb 1788

James (blank) and Ann Bush                                             21 Feb 1788

Solomon Clayton Jr. and Mary Willson                         25 Feb 1788

Charles Nabb and Sarah Hargadine                                22 March 1788

Barnaba Sinnett and Mary Cucel                                      13 March 1788

William Harper and Sarah Kent                                      8 April 1788

John Imbert and Ann Murphy                                          10 April 1788

Matthew Greentree and Sarah Hartley                           16 April 1788

Charles Collins and Eliza Harrison                                29 April 1788

Joshua Kennard and Margaret Price                                14 May 1788

John King Downes and Letittia Emory                           15 May 1788

Jonathan Buckley and Ann Scrivenor                              16 May 1788

Solomon Wright of Edward and Eliza Hall                   6 June 1788

Henry Phenix and Ann Meeds                                          7 June 1788

George Porter and Priscilla Jenkins                                 17 June 1788

James Glanding and Mary Berridge                                21 June 1788

Thomas Hewitt and Catharine McClain                         25 June 1788

Robert Walters and Ann OBryon                                     28 June 1788

Charles Price and Eliza Vickers                                        1 July 1788

John Williams and Eliza Wood                                        11 July 1788

John Waters and Rebecca Price                                        23 July 1788

Thomas Gadd and Ann Baynard                                       26 July 1788

Robert Bostick and Lucreatia Scrivenor                          21 July 1788

Benjamin Deford and Rache Ripper                                 21 July 1788

Vincent Glanding and Jemima Fisher                             28 July 1788

William Mattix (or Attix) and Sarah Tompkins             30 July 1788

Christopher Cox and Ann Kent                                        30 July 1788

Hidden History - Easton

White Chimnies 

Somewhere in the vicinity indicated by red lines lies hidden the part of Talbot County referred to as "White Chimneys" that adjoined the town of Easton.  There is very little written word to remind us of it's existence. I haven't found the least bit of information as to why it was called that, which is the most interesting part.  Was there a home with more than one white chimney, was there a group of houses with white chimneys, were the chimneys white or was the smoke white? Only questions remain.
The land records are the only clue of it's location, being mentioned now and then when a land tract adjoins "the White Chimneys" prior to the town expanding to include it within it's limits.

The only other place it has been found written, is of course the newspaper beginning in 1802 through 1840. Just enough of a mention to keep the mystery alive. 

Any theories or knowledge?

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1828

1837

"Saving" the past

Preserving the Past - 1790

The Sheriff's return of Votes take for Representatives in Congress of the United States for Queen Anne's County, Maryland.  File date the 9th of October anno domini 1790

Photographs of the Past

On the Streets of Centreville
date unknown, a tin type
shared by Shirley Cahall

Hidden History - Genealogy

Hidden among the records of the Chancery court for Queen Anne's County, Maryland  recorded in Liber WHC 2A pg. 200 which was filed in 1936 there is a family tree of the descendants of James Drane and his wives.

James Drane married 1st to Margaret Trainor
They had children :
Daniel > had children Bernard J., Lawrence, Elmer, Margaret Chiveral
Robert F.> had children Joseph, John A., Mary Harris, Gertrude Frisino
James> had son Robert
John> had son John
David> no living children
Ellen D. Frew> had daughter Hannah M. Jarman
Margaret D. Cousins> had children Regina M. Hoetzel, Charles

James Drane married 2nd to Mary Boyle
They had child:
Rose Ann Drane> had children Evelyn Wilson, Robert Dehuff

James Drane married 3rd to Anna McCarthy
They had no children

Research Honored

Irma Harper, a dear friend, mentor and long time researcher of the Upper Shore - honored twice. Her research acknowledged by the Smithsonian Institute and the "Irma Harper Library" dedicated.  She always did want to hold court, and now she can say she did!  Congrats Irma!!!

By the Times Record, from MyEasternShore.com - 

By DUSTIN HOLT Caroline-Dorchester Editor

FEDERALSBURG — If you are looking for history about Federalsburg and Caroline County, a new place to look is the Smithsonian Institute as the National Museum of African American History and Culture recently accepted a book by local historian Irma Harper.
Harper, 89, of Federalsburg, began documenting local history 72 years ago by going through land records. The culmination of her life's work came when the Smithsonian Institute accepted her book "Here Lies Sarah Phillips." This book contains the history and genealogy of seven generations of the Phillips Family, a black and mulatto family in Caroline County, dating back from the early 1700s to today. Sarah Phillips was the mother of a son who fought in the Revolutionary War and had two grandsons who fought in the Civil War.
“I'm very proud the Smithsonian Institute wanted my book about the Phillips family,” Harper said. “I'm glad to have this happen because I enjoy learning about people and their heritage.”
In June, the Federalsburg Historical Society honored Harper by dedicating the Irma S. Harper Research Room to their fellow historical society member. The room is filled with 570 of Harper's books and records for public viewing.
“In 2003, Irma returned to Federalsburg where she joined the Federalsburg Historical Society,” said historical society member Dan Gedman. “She quickly became an invaluable asset to our organization, participating, working and contributing to the success of the organization. Irma decided to donate her collection of works to us.
“This room was not just to be a storage facility, rather, it would become a research room that would serve as a place for people to come and investigate their heritage and be used by professional researchers as well.,” Gedman said.”
Harper's book, "Here Lies Sarah Phillips," also will be in the research room. She began her research when friends told her about a cemetery in the woods near Federalsburg. She searched for the cemetery and this successful trip began Harper's interest in the Phillips family.
“As most of us are aware, many black families cannot trace their family line because of slavery,” Harper said. “It was also interesting about the amount of farm land they owned at such an early time, therefore I wrote the book.”
“This is a remarkable achievement indicating Irma's caliber of scholarship,” Gedman said. “Her accomplishments, generosity and overall contributions to the Federalsburg Historical Society are invaluable not only to us, but to successive generations of families to come who will use her works to discover their family history.”

Follow Dustin Holt on Twitter @Dustin_StarDem. Email him at dholt@stardem.com. 

Hidden History - Talbot County

You just never know what lies hidden where.

This is a note left for us by the census taker in 1810. I suppose he was as intrigued by this fact as I was when I read it. 

I'm glad I wasn't Mrs. Levi Shannahan!

Identifying the Past

Help!

We need your help identifying this house found in an old photo collection.

It was most likely located in Kent County, Maryland, maybe Queen Anne's County.

It is the side view of the house. 

If you think you know what house this is, please contact us.

Cindy at zekejr@goeaston.net 

Thank you for helping us identify history.

Hint - may have been the home of, or the home of friends, of the Elburn or Ringgold families.

Written in Stone - Conquest Cemetery

The Emory Family Cemetery

at Conquest in Spaniards Neck of Queen Anne's County

Individual tombstones and their transcriptions can be found to the right 

"Conquest Cemetery"

Preserving Family History

A family bible, published 1818, discovered by Barry and Frances Adkins, still containing family memories pressed between the pages. Images of the bible pages with family births, deaths and marriages are to the right - "Numbers Family Bible"
Family names of Numbers, Hackett, Coverdale and more of the 1700's and 1800's. An amazing find.

Happy 4th of July everyone

Kent County

 The formation of a Silk Company
                contributed by Joan Elburn Farley

There are two types of mulberry trees found along the east coast. The red mulberry tree is native to the eastern US and can be found from Massachusetts to the Gulf coast. The white mulberry tree is a native of Asia and was imported by colonists eager to start a silk worm industry to compete with the Asian silk makers.

Silkworms feed on the shiny, heart-shaped leaves of the mulberry tree, especially those of the white mulberry. According to Alan Whittemore, a botanist with the US National Arboretum, for many years if you owned land in Virginia, you were required to plant a certain number of mulberry trees on your property each year!

The colonial silkworm industry was a disaster. Silk production required labor that was cheap but skilled. The lack of skilled labor soon convinced the colonists that growing and exporting tobacco was exceedingly more profitable.

With the help of birds, who eat the juicy fruit of the mulberry, both red and white mulberry trees have proliferated and even cross-pollinated. Most people consider the mulberry trees a nuisance, an obnoxious weed that litters the sidewalks and driveways and splats car windshields with the soft sticky fruit.

However, residents of the Washington, DC area with Eastern roots – those from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Russia – delight in picking the familiar fruit of their homelands. The ripened mulberries are devoured with glee.

Joan Elburn Farley

2013

A Tribute - Talbot County

Preserving the Past - Queen Anne's County

Recorded in the Land Records of Queen Anne's County
Liber STW No. 5 folio 120

Preserving the Past - Caroline County

Smithson Chapel at Smithson or Newton crossroads

 August 1891

Forget Them Not

Captain Charles Leonard and his wife

Preserving History - Kent County

Kent News March 28th 1908

Preserving the Past - Talbot County

Compton, a Talbot County treasure, never just a house but a home that has been truly loved and maintained through time since it’s construction. The beautiful manse stands as testimony to the workmanship of the original artisans who built it and the stewards who have loved and maintained it. 

In the beginning, Compton was a 100 acre land tract originally patented to Andrew Skinner in 1663. It was passed back and forth in exchange for debts owed between many owners until the spring of 1679 when it was officially conveyed to William Stevens. The Stevens family was Quaker, as were their neighbors, the Dickinson’s and the Powell’s. Their plantations combined covered the area between two creeks of the Choptank River which would be known as Grubin Neck. These families would be hosts to George Foxx on his visits to Talbot County holding meetings in Meetinghouse Field, their homes and finally in the Quaker Meetinghouse at J.D. or what we now know as the village of Trappe. Not only were these families friendly amongst each other, but with the families across both creeks, including the Indians whose village was on the waters of the Choptank River on land held by Lord Calvert called Wolsey Mannor.

The Stevens family obtained other land tracts in the “neck” called Edmondson’s Cove, Edmondson’s Lower Cove, William’s Lott and Elvard’s Purchase. In all, a plantation of over 300 acres bound with the waters of Dividing Creek passing by on their way to the Great Choptank River and back again, was referred to as Compton.

For generations this plantation passed through the Stevens family when in 1742 Thomas Stevens inherited and became sole possessor and he immediately began the process of making Compton a sound tract free of any questionable bounds and making it his home and a home for generations to come.  Thomas filed a patent for Compton in 1750 along with his certificate of survey. He had already built a home being made of logs with brick chimneys to live in while constructing all of the other buildings necessary to run a plantation.  They were making bricks, felling trees and sawing beams, boards and lathe with the aid of a horse mill. A brick cellar and milk house had already been built. A sizable quarter with a center brick chimney had been built. The tobacco house and shed were old and the garden fencing was in terrible shape. But the work had begun of creating the plantation of Compton.

By the 1770’s Thomas Stevens’ vision had been realized.  He had made a home for his family, so strategically planned and placed on the shores of Dividing Creek.  Protected from the battering winds like the shores of the Choptank River, but settled as to catch every breeze as it blew up the creek. With a view that allowed him to assess all navigation in and out the creek without any obstruction of sight. Thomas had successfully created Compton, his home and a life far away from the activities of the growing county on a plantation that provided all of the amenities of a wonderful country life.

Part of Thomas Stevens’ vision was the house at Compton, being built of bricks, a two story home from the beginning, being a “two over two” basic floor plan with a lot of windows overlooking the creek and plantation alike. The main part of the structure measured 40 feet by 20 feet. The kitchen was a separate structure until sometime between 1832 and 1840 when a closed passage connected the two. In addition to the house there was a kitchen, milk house or dairy, quarter, fowl house and barn. There was an orchard of walnut, plum, peach, cherry, pear and quince trees.

Thomas’ eldest son John obtained a neighboring plantation called Kingston where he and his wife raised their family. Kingston was at the head of the “neck” and in close enough proximity that the Stevens children could easily wear a path between home and their grandfather’s farm.

In 1782, Thomas Stevens died, being laid to rest in the family burying ground at home, at Compton.  He devised his home to son John.  Although Compton was his boyhood home, John had already settled at Kingston and that was now his family's home, so he continued to reside there.

In December of 1794, when Samuel Stevens was but 17 years old, his father John Stevens died.  Samuel was his eldest surviving child and his heir to both Kingston and Compton.  Samuel continued to live at Kingston, first under the guardianship of Joseph Martin, and as a young adult.  The house Compton had been neglected of love since the death of Thomas.  It had tenants through the years, but wasn't “home” again until Samuel decided to repair and improve his grandfather’s plantation.  He chose Compton.

Through the years plantation buildings were added. Most notably the stables that would be home to the horses Samuel would be known for.   It appears that Compton had been revitalized and his family took up residence just prior to his being elected Governor of Maryland.  He loved Compton. It is written and stated often, that he longed to be at home on Compton.

Samuel lived in and loved Compton until his death in 1860. His son Edwin had lived at Kingston, but did not survive his father. Samuel’s will was not upheld by the court and both Compton and Kingston were now the property of his only surviving child, Louisa Stevens James and his grandchildren, the children of Edwin. None of Samuel’s heirs would live on and love Compton. Louisa died just eight years later and his grandchildren lived in Cambridge with their mother. It was now up to the courts to decide who would be Compton’s next resident and owner. A legacy of the Stevens family - a legacy of 200 years.

A hundred years later, Compton would be considered a treasure again. It’s obvious as Compton continues to strategically stand proud on the shores of Dividing Creek and at the end of its entering allee, that it is loved again. Loved and maintained by its present steward, great comfort to those before him. 

The picture shows the milk house or dairy dated 1740-1750 and the house, 1770's, and kitchen of Compton. 

Whatever Happened to - Talbot County

Valliants Cannery
Bellevue

Preserving the Past

Local ministers who may have united your ancestors in Holy Matrimony and christened their children ...

Rev. F.C. MacSorley

Rev. T.E. Martindale

Hidden History - Queen Anne's & Caroline Counties

Hidden in the files of the land settlement of William Rooke of Queen Anne's County

Ancestors of Dudley George Roe of the Eastern Shore of Maryland

by Page Kenly Roe Barroll

Main families of - Abbott, Abrahamson, Adams, Allcock, Allen, Anderson, Andrew, Armstrong, Atkinson, Baggs, Baker, Banning, Barrett, Barroll, Bartlett, Baynard, Ball, Benny, Benson, Blunt, Boude, Bozman, Bright, Brown, Butler, Camper, Cannon, Carpenter, Carter, Cartwright, Clark, Chambers, Caulk, Clawson, Clayland, Clayton, Clements, Cockayne, Cockey, Cole, Collins, Comegys, Cook, Cooper, Costin, Coursey, Covington, Cox, Davis, Dawson, Dehorty, Denny, Derochbrune, Denny, Dickinson, Downes, Dudley, Eareckson, Elbert, Elliott, Emory, Evans, Everett, Feddeman, Fountain, Foxwell, Gatchell, George, Gibson, Goldsborough, Green, Gregory, Griffith, Hambleton, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hawkins, Hemsley, Higgs, Hopkins, Humphreys, Hutchings, Insley, Jackson, Jones, Keld, Kelly, Kemp, Kenly, Kirby, King, Lane, Lewis, Littleton, Lloyd, Long, Lockerman, Mahone, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Massey, Merrick, Meredith, Miller, Milton, Morgan, Mosse, Murphy, Neal, Newman, Nichols, Oliver, Oxenham, Parratt, Phillips, Pickering, Pope, Porter, Powell, Pratt, Price, Pryor, Purnell, Read, Richardson, Ringgold, Roberts, Robinson, Roe, Rogers, Rolle, Ross, Rowe, Rumbly, Russell, Russum, Sadler, Safford, Samuels, Scott, Seegar, Shacklady, Sherwin, Sherwood, Short, Silvester, Smith, Spencer, Stafford, Stevens, Sudler, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Todd, Tolson, Townsend, Turner, Vickers, Walker, Wallace, Walmsley, Walters, Ware, Warner, Watkins, Webb, Wells, White, Willey, Williams, Willin, Willis, Wilson, Winchester, Wingate, Wise, Wright, Wrightson, Young and all of the related families and surnames. 546 ppgs. Includes photograhs, maps and charts.

Her new book is

Ancestors of Lilian Kenly Humphreys – over 21,000 index entries, all research documented by primary sources. It’s 1453 ppgs !!  If anyone wants to see the index it is available. 

And now she’s onto her husbands’ families – I’m guessing by the time she finishes she’ll have the whole upper Eastern Shore connected!

For ordering details - Rswbarroll@aol.com or Page Barroll, 4 Spring House Rd, Lutherville, MD 21093