How interesting !   I have long suspected that my early Dodson  ancestors, 
who appeared in Richmond (Old Rappahannock) County in the late  1600s, had 
come from Maryland. This gives a reason !
 
Thanks,
    Carole Dodson Bryant
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/27/2015 10:50:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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Many are  not familiar with the "Maryland Civil War" which paralleled an 
English Civil  War and had many of the same causes. It is often referred to as 
Ingle's  Rebellion but it was actually a more broadly based rebellion of 
the Protestant  majority against the Catholic, land owning Gentry. After 
nearly two years  Leonard Calvert was able to return and put down the rebellion. 
What is  interesting is that many of the early and prominent settlers of 
Northumberland  County and Westmoreland County were former leaders of this 
rebellion.  

My research of a distant ancestor, Francis Gray, lead me to find two  great 
resources: the Archives of Maryland Online which may be accessed here:  
http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/html/volumes.html . You may search the entire  
site or individual volumes by a name. 

And second, Timothy B. Riordan's  book: The Plundering Time: Maryland and 
the English Civil War (Baltimore,  Maryland Historical Society, 2004). Dr 
Riordan was historian at St Mary's,  Maryland.

Some of the leaders of the rebellion who fled to the Northern  Neck and 
became prominent early citizens were: Thomas Baldridge, Francis Gray,  John 
Hampton, William Hardige, Andrew Monroe, Nathaniel Pope (who be-friended  the 
immigrant John Washington), Robert Sedgrave, Thomas Sturman and Thomas  
Yowell. 

Thomas Baldridge, William Hardich, Andrew Monroe,  and  Nathaniel Pope were 
appointed Justices of Westmoreland County and Robert  Sedgrave was 
appointed Sheriff and Clerk of Court of early Northumberland  County. On the 3rd of 
July 1661, Francis Gray, Andrew Monroe and John  Washington took the oath to 
become the first Vestrymen of Appomattocks Parish,  Westmoreland County.

In my view, as Ingle's Rebellion demonstrated,  these early settlers had an 
overwhelming desire for individual freedom,  ownership of the land they 
worked and self-government. Their experiences in  Maryland would influence the 
future of Westmoreland County and indeed of our  nation. It was no accident 
that a century later, prominent citizens from  Westmoreland County such as 
James Monroe, George Washington, George Mason and  the Lee brothers - Francis 
Lightfoot, Richard Henry - and Thomas Ludwell  advocated strongly for 
Virginia to rebell from Great Britain while  representatives from the Tidewater 
were more reticent.

If you would  like to read a summary of the Maryland Civil War which 
follows the lives of  Francis Gray and the men who first settled the Northern Neck 
of Virginia, I  invite you to click on the link  below:

http://www.milaminvirginia.com/Links/RUSH/francis_gray.html  

William F Milam, MD
www.milaminvirginia.com 

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