Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02
THE RAMBLER WRITES OF OLD GLYMONT,
ONE OF THE EARLY POTOMAC RESORTS
Facts About the Original
Tract or Grant-Line De-
vidine' Pye and Marbury
Farms - Steamboats, to
G1ymont Pavilion Con-
corning the Pye Family
Old Tombstones.
ME- greater part of last Sun
days "ramble" was given over
to the STEAMBOAT Mary Wash

TINE greater part of last Sun
days "ramble" was given over
to the steamboat Mary Wash
lngton. the Potomac Fruit
Growers Association and the ancient
river resort of Glymont The RAM
bier wrote that the first reference he
mad round to Glymont as an excursion
place was in 1858. though he was
carerul to say that he believed that
Glymont was summer resort and
sunday resort for the people of WASH
ington before that date. He found an
advertisement in The Evening Star of
July z, 1860. wherein it was set forth
the proprietors of Glymont pavilion:
that on the 4th Of July the steamboat
Ihomas Collyer would make two trips
from Washington to Glymont pavil-
ion: that Capt. Samuel Barker was
then commander of the Thomas Col
lyer: that string band would furnish
music for the dancing in the pavilion
and that omnibuses ran from the cor
ner of Pennsylvania avenue and 7th
street to the steamboat wharf
1t would be interesting to trace the
history of the name Glymont, but the
Rambler has not the facts needed for
that work. and it is quite likely that
the facts are nowhere to be found
Without doubt it was the name Of an
English home or English village that
was dear to the memory Of the people
w ssno, gave the name to their Maryland
evolved from part Of a Greek word
meaning sweet" and the Latin for
mountain" or chill" Or, the first
syllable may have been corrupted
from the old Celtic word "giey."
meaning. in one sense. bright and
Hhjn1nU Or ~
rupted from "glee." which would give
it the moaning Of "happly hill" and il
that is the derivation Of the word
Glymont was long worthy Of it's name.
And 1t is not an unhappy place
now. The same splendid spring flows
glen. The same trees are growing
there. the blum still rises green and
steep from the pebbly shore Of the
river and the same old road winds
to the top of the bluff. The Ram
bier hopes that happy memories come
before you as you follow these lines.
and he feels that those memories
would come to you with far greater
clearness If you should revisit ely
mont. The band no longer plays
there and the excursion boats and
pass 1t by. but still you can go there
by land or water. or even air. and
there you can call back those days
OF long ago when you and John, or
you and Mary danced together. ate
dreamed the golden dreams Of love.
The Rambler's belief is that "Gly-
mont" is not an original grant or
tract name, but that the name was
very early date out Of the original
grant of land. Nor does the RAM
bier at this minute know whether
that small area of merry memories
called Glymont Pavilion was part of
the Marbury farm or the Pye farm.
but he would feel safe in betting
that when Glymont Pavilion was sold
out OF Glymount plantation 1t was
Marbury property. But the line di-
viding that and the Marbury estates
could not have been far away from
has q theory that the part of Corn
wallis Neck now called Glymont. and
which adjoins the old tract of Crimes
Ditch, now called Mount Avantine.
was tract belonging to the Pye fam
about the breaking out Of the Amer
lean revolution it became Marbury
land by the marriage Of Pye and
a Marbury. This is speculation, but
the Rambler believes that had he
access to the land records OF Charles
county lnoy "ouAu OSoA WV ~As@S
The Pye family is one that figured in
the early annals of Maryland. The
arst Pye of whom the Rambler has
record was George Pye. who was IN
the province Of Maryland in 1912. He
Whitcliff. Arthur LIE Hay. Robert ked-
ger. Robert Nichols. William Asiter.
william Hardige, William Hookins and
Gerard Ford that tried man
named John Elkin for the murder OF
George Pye created something Of
scandal during the judges charge to
the jury, one may read in the old rec
ords. as follows: "John Lewger on
behalf of the lord proprietary inform
eth against George rye Tor that IN. + IN
the court importantly charging and
pressing the Jury that were upon the
trial of John Elkin. to proceed accord
ing to their evidence and conscience,
and arguing and pleading the crime
said George Pye in an insolent man.
ner upbraided and reproached the
whole court in these or like words,
viz. that II an Englishman had been
killed by the Indian there would not
have been SO much words about 1t. or
and scandal of the court and Ill ex-
ample to others"
George Pye was fined a certain
weight Of tobacco and there was an
execution against him to deliver a
thousand pounds Of tobacco to John
Hollis "for the lords USE" In 1854
there was an Edward Pye. who must
have been a man Of prominence. be-
cause. in association with Vincent
Lowe. Henry Darnall. William Digges.
William Burgess, Nicholas Sewell.
Henry Lowe. he was appointed, 1884,
1888. a member of the commission
named by the third Lord Baltimore to
serve as Council for the govern