Colonial Families Of Maryland Ii

"The families in this volume were found in many counties, but primarily Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties."--Page ix.

"The main purpose of this work is to chronicle and categorize the life experiences of 519 persons who entered Maryland as indentured servants or, to a lesser extent, as convicts forcibly transported [between 1634-1777]. The text itself is composed of solidly researched sketches of Maryland servants and convicts and their descendants, including 84 that are traced to the third generation or beyond."--Amazon.com.

Our authors draw on a wide range of published and unpublished sources including: probate, land, and court records; tax lists; church records; Bible records; cemetery records; and, published and unpublished family histories (sometimes obscure). This volume covers Kent County.

Includes families of Bacon, Beall, Beasley, Cheney, Duckett, Dunbar, Ellyson, Elmore, Graves, Heydon, Howard, Jacob, Morris, Nuthall, Odell, Peerce, Reeder, Ridgley, Prather, Sprigg, Wesson, Williams, and collateral kin.