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The following important events in the history of [[Portal:Maryland|Maryland]] affected political jurisdictions, record keeping, and family movements. | The following important events in the history of [[Portal:Maryland|Maryland]] affected political jurisdictions, record keeping, and family movements. | ||
'''1632''' The King of England granted a charter for a colony where British Roman Catholics could settle in North America between [[Portal:Virginia|Virginia]] and what would become [[Portal:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]].<ref>James McSherry, ''History of Maryland from Its First Settlement in 1634 to the Year 1848'' (Balitmore: John Murphy, 1849), 22-25. Digitized in 2006 by Google Book at http://books.google.com/books?id=K7AcFOAF_9cC&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;dq (accessed 12 February 2009).</ref> The charter was granted to Cecilius Calvert, (Lord Baltimore). | '''1632''' The King of England granted a charter for a colony where British Roman Catholics could settle in North America between [[Portal:Virginia|Virginia]] and what would become [[Portal:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]].<ref>James McSherry, ''History of Maryland from Its First Settlement in 1634 to the Year 1848'' (Balitmore: John Murphy, 1849), 22-25. Digitized in 2006 by Google Book at http://books.google.com/books?id=K7AcFOAF_9cC&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;dq (accessed 12 February 2009).</ref> The charter was granted to Cecilius Calvert, (Lord Baltimore). | ||
'''1632-1691''', and '''1715-1776''' Maryland was a [[P genealogical glossary terms|proprietary]] colony. The Calvert family proprietors (and Governor's Council) issued land grants to entice settlers to the colony before 1680. Starting in 1680 they changed to a [[United States. United-States - Land and Property- Land Terms & Definitions|headrights]] system. For more details see the [[Maryland Land and Property|Maryland Land and Property]] page. | '''1632-1691''', and '''1715-1776''' Maryland was a [[P genealogical glossary terms|proprietary]] colony. The Calvert family proprietors (and Governor's Council) issued land grants to entice settlers to the colony before 1680. Starting in 1680 they changed to a [[United States. United-States - Land and Property- Land Terms & Definitions|headrights]] system. For more details see the [[Maryland Land and Property|Maryland Land and Property]] page. | ||
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'''1634-:''' Virginia leaders refused to recognize the Maryland charter and continued to sell-off Maryland land on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva_Peninsula Delmarva Peninsula]. This resulted in decades of border conflicts and uncertain land and tax claims, and attempts by Virginians to incite Indians against Maryland. | '''1634-:''' Virginia leaders refused to recognize the Maryland charter and continued to sell-off Maryland land on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva_Peninsula Delmarva Peninsula]. This resulted in decades of border conflicts and uncertain land and tax claims, and attempts by Virginians to incite Indians against Maryland. | ||
'''1649''' Maryland passed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Toleration_Act Religious Toleration Act] to protect Catholics and immigrating Puritans from each other and create an environment to attract more immigrants.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Maryland Toleration Act," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryland_Toleration_Act&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;oldid=269468219 (accessed February 17, 2009). </ref> Eight years of religious wars followed anyway.<br> | '''1649''' Maryland passed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Toleration_Act Religious Toleration Act] to protect Catholics and immigrating Puritans from each other and create an environment to attract more immigrants.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Maryland Toleration Act," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryland_Toleration_Act&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;oldid=269468219 (accessed February 17, 2009). </ref> Eight years of religious wars followed anyway.<br> | ||
Maryland was also one of the key destinations of tens of thousands of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_transportation transported British convicts].<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Maryland—History," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryland&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;oldid=271243474 (accessed February 17, 2009). </ref> Prior to 1776 three-fourths of immigrants were convicts, slaves, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servants indentured servants], or became indentured servants to pay for their passage to America. For information about convicts and indentured servants see the works of Peter Wilson Coldham indexed in [http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Ancestry.com], a subscription web site. [[Image:Maryland Colony Map.png|thumb|right|350px|Maryland's disputed border with Pennsylvania 1682-1767.]] | Maryland was also one of the key destinations of tens of thousands of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_transportation transported British convicts].<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Maryland—History," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryland&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;oldid=271243474 (accessed February 17, 2009). </ref> Prior to 1776 three-fourths of immigrants were convicts, slaves, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servants indentured servants], or became indentured servants to pay for their passage to America. For information about convicts and indentured servants see the works of Peter Wilson Coldham indexed in [http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Ancestry.com], a subscription web site. [[Image:Maryland Colony Map.png|thumb|right|350px|Maryland's disputed border with Pennsylvania 1682-1767.]] | ||
'''1682''' Pennsylvania began to assert ownership of what became [[Portal:Delaware|Delaware]] and northern parts of Maryland. The Maryland citizens resisted including the murder of a pushy Pennsylvania tax collector. These border conflicts would not be fully resolved until the drawing of the Mason-Dixon line between 1763 and 1767. | '''1682''' Pennsylvania began to assert ownership of what became [[Portal:Delaware|Delaware]] and northern parts of Maryland. The Maryland citizens resisted including the murder of a pushy Pennsylvania tax collector. These border conflicts would not be fully resolved until the drawing of the Mason-Dixon line between 1763 and 1767. | ||
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*Francis Sims McGrath, [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=McGrath+Pillars+of+Maryland&=Search&qt=owc_search ''Pillars of Maryland''] (Richmond, Va: Dietz Press, c1950; Reprint, 198-). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=488742&disp=Pillars+of+Maryland%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2mcg]]. Almost entirely biographical sketches.<br> | *Francis Sims McGrath, [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=McGrath+Pillars+of+Maryland&=Search&qt=owc_search ''Pillars of Maryland''] (Richmond, Va: Dietz Press, c1950; Reprint, 198-). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=488742&disp=Pillars+of+Maryland%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2mcg]]. Almost entirely biographical sketches.<br> | ||
*Harry Wright Newman, [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Newman+Flowering+of+Maryland&=Search&qt=owc_search ''The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate: an Intimate and Objective History of the Province of Maryland to the Overthrow of Proprietary Rule in 1654, with Accounts of Lord Baltimore's Settlement at Avalon''] (Washington, D.C.: H.W. Newman, 1961). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=231258&disp=The+flowering+of+the+Maryland+palatinate%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2nh]]. About half the book is biographical sketches. <br> | *Harry Wright Newman, [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Newman+Flowering+of+Maryland&=Search&qt=owc_search ''The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate: an Intimate and Objective History of the Province of Maryland to the Overthrow of Proprietary Rule in 1654, with Accounts of Lord Baltimore's Settlement at Avalon''] (Washington, D.C.: H.W. Newman, 1961). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=231258&disp=The+flowering+of+the+Maryland+palatinate%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2nh]]. About half the book is biographical sketches. <br> | ||
*Hester Dorsey Richardson, ''Side-lights on Maryland History: with Sketches of Early Maryland Families'', 2 vols. (First published serially in the ''Baltimore Sunday Sun'' from May 17, 1903 to December 25, 1904; Reprint Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1913; Reprint 1967). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=237813&disp=Side%2Dlights+on+Maryland+history%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2r 1967; film 1697311]]. Digitized by BYU Family History Archives, [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH19&CISOPTR=7261&CISOSHOW=6739 Vol. 1], [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH19&CISOPTR=50058 Vol. 2]. Unusually detailed history including lists of settlers and document transcripts mentioning citizens.<br> | *Hester Dorsey Richardson, ''Side-lights on Maryland History: with Sketches of Early Maryland Families'', 2 vols. (First published serially in the ''Baltimore Sunday Sun'' from May 17, 1903 to December 25, 1904; Reprint Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1913; Reprint 1967). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=237813&disp=Side%2Dlights+on+Maryland+history%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2r 1967; film 1697311]]. Digitized by BYU Family History Archives, [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH19&CISOPTR=7261&CISOSHOW=6739 Vol. 1], [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH19&CISOPTR=50058 Vol. 2]. Unusually detailed history including lists of settlers and document transcripts mentioning citizens.<br> | ||
*J. Thomas Scharf, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/444161&referer=brief_results ''History of Western Maryland: Being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men''], 2 vols. (1882; Reprint Baltimore: Regional Pub., 1968). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=231288&disp=History+of+western+Maryland%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2s 1968; fiche 6046813]]. Several indexes have been published.<br> | *J. Thomas Scharf, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/444161&referer=brief_results ''History of Western Maryland: Being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men''], 2 vols. (1882; Reprint Baltimore: Regional Pub., 1968). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=231288&disp=History+of+western+Maryland%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2s 1968; fiche 6046813]]. Several indexes have been published.<br> | ||
*Raphael Thomas Semmes, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2351809&referer=brief_results ''Captains and Mariners of Early Maryland''] (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1937). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=258230&disp=Captains+and+mariners+of+early+Maryland%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2sr ; fiche 6049133]]. <br> | *Raphael Thomas Semmes, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2351809&referer=brief_results ''Captains and Mariners of Early Maryland''] (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1937). [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=258230&disp=Captains+and+mariners+of+early+Maryland%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 975.2 H2sr ; fiche 6049133]]. <br> | ||