Evening star., 1935-05-05

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make that part Of the District
attractive to those interested
in early landmarks. OF course,
Brookland itself is not so old, and
many of us recall when it was farm
land and when 1t was subdivided into
building lots and put on the market
for sale, which was as recently as 1887,
though it is probable that people were
living in this area 200 or more years
ago.
AS evidence of this assumption. we
find that, by the terms Of the will OF
Richard Marsham. probated in April,
sl7l3, he leaves this particular tract
Of land, early known as Enclosure, "
to his grandchildren, saying:
Item. I give and bequeath to my
said grandchildren, Samuel. Marsham,
William, Catherine and Margaret
Queen, one tract Of land called In
closure which I lately bought from
Col. Ninian Beall containing by patent
l,040 acres to be divided as follows,
viz: To Samuel Queen, 240 acres;
to Marsham Queen, 200 acres: to Will
liam Queen, 200 acres; to Catherine
Queen, 200 acres, and Margaret Queen,
200 acres"
The Queen grandchildren, here re-
ferred to, were the issue of Samuel
Queen, who came from England about
1855 and married Richard Marsham's
daughter, Catharine (spelled both
Catherine and Katherine), at that
time the widow of Baker Brooke, jr.
We are told that Enclosure" was
Inherited from the Wightts by the
Queen family, which may, in way.
be substantially true, for titles are
likely to change many times In a CEN
tury or two, but manifestly the title
was in the Queen family, in the first
instance, many years before it was
held by the Wightts.
THE census of 1890 lists four Queens
then living in Prince Georges
County, all married, namely: Francis
Joseph, Walter and Richard. Francis
Queen had one son over 16 and one
under Is; one free person, and II
slaves living on his place. Joseph
Queen had residing with him. two
sons over l6, one under 16, one daugh-
ter, one free person and seven slaves
Walter Queen had four sons under 16,
two daughters and IL slaves, and Rich
ard Queen had living with him three
daughters and 81 slaves.
Near Twentieth and Evarts streets
northeast, there still repose the re-
mains of some Of the members of the
Queen family.
1v,a uvritor hoe MT heo,, xr,itt,iy, <l,ir
cemetery for nearly year, but takes
1t for granted that the following In
,scribed gravestones are still there:
Hanna A. Queen, consort Of J. r..
Queen, who died December 26, 1872.
The infant son of John Randolph and
Hanna Queen, aged months, and
John Queen and his daughter, Little
Lize."
i, Years ago the bodies of some Of the
connections of this old District family
were removed to Rock Creek Gene
tery and placed in the Queen vault.
and it does seem that the members
sof this family still buried in the old
Queen plot should also have been re-
moved to Rock Greek at that time.
Members OF the Queen family were
Roman Catholics, and back IN the
days before. the Revolution, when
there was q restriction on public wor-
ship of this faith, the Queens had q
private chapel connected with their
home, which was the beginning of the
Queens Chapel, which stood close to
q the little cemetery referred to.
I'm A former occasion, the writer
~ mentioned the finding Of the
graves Of David Burnes, his wife, Ann
(Wghtt) Burnes, and thedr son. John