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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