Evening star., 1916-01-02

a NNE ARUNDEL county has
h\ PLAYED a large part in the af-
~ fairs of Maryland and it made
q - momehtous history before its
chief town became the capital of the
province in succession to the old city
of St Mary. All the historians of Mary
land and those who have particularly
searched the records of Anne Arundel
county render the judgment, that the
main body of pioneers of Anne Arun-
del came from Virginia These settlers
were members of the Independent
Church of England, and their relations
with the authorities of Virginia ana
the colonial authorities of the estao-
nshed church, especially during the
administration of Gov. Sir William
Berkeley. were not happy. The hrst
colony of non-confornists emlGrateo
from Virginia to Maryland in le9o anu
took up lands in that part of the prov
fnce which was erected into the county
of Anne Arundel. ,.,os
In the comprehensive WORK sn'' , Ia ia
."T'he Founders of Anne Arulo1l
Howard Counties, Md, geheaioS INC
,nd biographical review from Wiz, l
5aods and church records, WIlt.en ~
u Warfield. formerly nd
ENGLISH literature i'll the va, "a '',i,, the
"a
sni,o,ving paragraph relative to 1ne au-
WI" af tho non -couformists IN w VI
in;, and the beginning OF the -
zion which induced these pei
seek a haven III MarSIahu'
In 1870 Edward Bennett; rl.H raas "'t Sad organ
r,ri.nJ interested in Virginia traoe, nau @ Rich
,J n ,omnsnv consisting of his nephews. ~, nrd
,rs Eennett Robert Bennett, Thnthas =! !soo set
p;.ari aud Thomas Wiseman, 10 seul ~ -
Ia 70 Virginia. Many Of these sent W.. pneit
sered by the Indians in To-. hur,b hc-
and John Howard We're anon s,pe oTer in person
o., rarixe ,he comIany's efforts. He arousat W..n &
him members of an indepehuenI III, 6eid for
h"ildinr up their church Upon organ,]lns i,, -
.l,rr new homes surrounding Edward j., n'..s Wansc
plantation upon the EIizan'tn rNens s,ta7. "a was
.nond county. Philip Bennett. hepheN, "a
enf TO Boston to secure ministers. ie, ue ca -
With hn a letter written w 10 Jonh afri. ia Iobn
,yi,li,m THOMPSON. Il graduate OF oSioId: 'ol,h JONI
Snowles of Immanuei t"Iecc tsihus iu7V' -,
rhSmas lanes were induced 10 come; tPoh
, ,hon"s - i, Virginia trey were cold'y re
-aiyed by Gov Berkeley and has chapiain "a
Thomas Harrison Through The T!ais T3xeri Soisia lt,
- forbiJd:pg any minister who did nor usc use
the Book OF Common PRAYER 10 oleiate s, IN pnH .ne
nurcbes Of Virginia The ministers tloli .os
ON som retired from this unpromisins reid bui.
., ths disgust and surprise Of the governor, ~
.erminafion TO take up the work just laid down. down
rhe church had been built in lls upon Sewea p,a i
-.,int on the Elizabeth rr<rr. IL was near hlcharu
.:ennett's 200o-aere plantation
II NAV be interesting to record that
his land was the site OF the James
.own exposition.
As early as 1912 there is record that
.hese nom -conformists were turning
.heir thoughts toward Maryland. where
Calvert and his agents were offering
the boon of religious liberation. not
only because they conceived this to be
a fair and broad minded policy. but
also as means of attracting immigra-
tion.
In the lower bay section of Virginia
were settled many men whose names
are to be found in the early annals of
Maryland. and among these were Cor
nelius Lloyd. Edward Lloyd. Henry
Catlin. John HILL Thomas Meers. John
Gatear or Gather. John Watkins.
John Chew, Richard Preston, Thomas
Marsh. Thomas Browne. Matthew How
ard. John Norwood, William Durand,
Edward Selby, Richard Day, Richard
Owens and George Kemp.
One of these non-conformists. Will
liam Durand, was banished and he ap-
pears, in Maryland in 164S with his
wife, his daughter Elizabeth, four
other children, two freemen named
Peil and Archer. and servants Thomas
Marsh. Margaret Marsh, William Wren.
William Hogg and Ann Coles. He OBJ
tanned a grant of 500 acres on the
north side of the Severn river as COM
pensation for bringing in these set
tiers and that grant Of land became
known as Durand's place. Richard
Bennett appears in Maryland in the
same year. l64S. He obtained a grant
OF $50 acres. il is said, with the under