The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-02-02

ty, Md, built l144; Lancashire Furnace,
Baltimore comfy, Md, purchased 1.51.
They owned slaves and live stock in abund-
ance; their tracts of land, chiefly wood
land for coalng, were OF great extent.
amounting in the aggregate TO nearly thirty
thousand acres i'll Maryland, exclusive of
the Accokeek lands in Virginia. One half
of the pig iron exported to Cheat Britain
from this country came from their works.
If to develop mineral resources, stimulate
commerce, add thrifty and skllful crafts
men to the population, creating "a constant
demand for the products of the agricul-
turai part of the community, be Obj ects
worthy Of encouragement. then certainly
the Principle Company deserved well of
the colony Of Maryland. 1t will be seen,
presently, what happened to them when
war had broken the friendly relations of
commerce.
The following brief sketches of some
of the principal persons composing this
Company are appropriate before proceeding
further:
Sir Nchojas UucksH Care,e, of Bedding
ton. near Croydon. i'll the county of Surrey.
England, was batouet. and the head of Il
jrahch of the great house of Carcw, one of
Eng!and's oldest aud most iEuStyious fam-
lies. His father Sir Nicholas Carew, rep
resented the county Of Surrey in Parlia
menJ and was created baronet in III ;;
married Anne, daughter Of Nicholas Hack
eft, Esq, OF Bucks, and died in 1921 His
only son, Sir Nicholas Hackett Carcw. sue
ccedcd to the title and estates, which CON
sisted of the manors Of Beddington, Bran
don, Raveusbury, Norhury, Ranstcad
Horne aud Barstow. aud Walton upon the
Hill, in Surrey. He was married in April
lI4l, to Catherine. daughter of John Mar
tin, Esq, of Gloucester. but died August
18th, 1862. He ordered his executor, Will
liam PeilAtt, Esq, to sell all his shares III
the iron works and estate III America, and
apply the proceeds to paying his debts and
the legacies he bequeathed. Having no
male ISSUE lie devised the family estate,
and mansion at Beddington to his daughter
Catherine, in case she remained unmarried.
because, as he states in his will, through
the visitation of God she had become very
intirm in body. aud if she should marry It
would bring dishonor to the family. She
remained single, and the estate ultimately
dev"lved on Richard Csc, Esq. of Bedding.
ton, who assumed the surname and arms OF
Carew, but died unmarried in 1916, be
queatting the property to his brother " il
liam's widow. Mrs. Anne PASTOR Gee. She
died IN 1928. and left Beddington to Ad-
miral Sir Benjamin Hailowell. who also as
sumed the surname of Carew. and, dying
in 1856 was succeeded by his son. Captain
Carew, Il. n. who was j. 2. and Dep
Lieut.. for Surrey, and died without male
issue. His two daughters were his heirs
and both having married, the estates were
sold, and the name Of Carew, of Bedding
ton. is now entirely extinct.
W'l'iHm Chett7ynG, Esq, Of Beddington.
was the step father of Sir Nicholas liackett
Carew, having married, in 112S, Anne,
widow Of Sir Nicholas Carew. She died il
1910 1t may perhaps have been son of
this uuion who in l143, killed school
fellow named Ricketts,, at Clare's Acade-
my, Soho Square, London. was tried for
the murder and pleaded the Kings pardon
OSgood Gee, E&Y., of Beckenham, Kent.
and Earte's Colne House, Essex. married
Mary Hughes, daughter OF Sir William
BulkeIey Hughes, of Plas Coch He died
in 1866, and left his share in the iron works
in America 10 his son OSgood, then a minor.
afterwards barrister in London.
Stephen Ohion was practical iron ms
ter. and was. as previously stated, the first
representative Of the Company in America,
at the inception of the business. In the
course of time, he severed his connection
With them, and built works Of his own at
the head of Gunp0wdcr river. about mile
from JGppa, then one Of the principal
towns of Ma land. a commercial port to
which large vessels came, but whose traffic
has long ago departed. One solitary house
IS ali lIitb cow remains on IHe spot Where
once stood 4 town which was at the height
of It's prosperity when Baltimore consisted
Of scarcely dozen dwellings. After
stephen Onions death, his sou Zacheus, in
1863, offered the property for sale, consist,
ing OF two tcrgeS with four fires and two
hammers, a furnace i'll good repair grisC
aud saw mills. and between eight and nine
thousand acleS of land. on which was =
great plenty Of iron ore. Descendants of
stephen Onion are still living i'll Baltimore
county. John Weston. Il manager for the
Principle Company, al k!ng>bury, married
into his family and on retiring from basi
ness. settled on d manor called Orkney,
near Onions furnace.
OF the WaShingtonS, we have already
spoken. JohB ITiqttuich of London, aud
his widow, Mary Wightwick, We're stock
holders. as was also -Nr. J1An Price. Of
Bush Lane. London, who acted as Secretary
and Treasurer of the COMPANY They hal