Homework required to put forth this site, created a vision for me of my early
ancestors. I will present it here.
Some of
this theory is
absolutely correct, some is pure imagination on my part, some is somewhere in
between. I am well aware that there are various other ideas about who all
my ancestors were and where they all came from. My take on it all is not
to be taken as a quarrel with any one or any other ideas. I'm sure I'm
dead wrong about some or even much of what I have here. I intend to start
here and tweak it as my ideas about it all change. In any event, here is;
My
Theory
by
D Butt
William
Butt was born in 1637 in Bristol, Glocester-Shire County, England.
He came to
Portsmouth, New Hampshire in about 1660 when he was about 23 years old.
He almost immediately moved to Dutchess County, New York, where he met
and also in 1660 married Elizabeth whose maiden name is unknown.
Elizabeth was born in 1638 in Dutchess County, New York.
William and Elizabeth then moved to Prince Georges County, Maryland.
William died in
Prince George’s County, Maryland in 1715.
William
and Elizabeth had a son named Richard who was born in about 1670. One source says
Richard was born in Dutchess County, New York, another says Darnell’s Grove,
Prince George’s County, Maryland. In
about 1700 in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Richard married Mary, whose
maiden name is unknown. Mary
was born about 1680, and died after 1767 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
After Richard’s death, Mary married Mr. Metcalf.
Hence she is sometimes erroneously referred to as Mary Metcalf.
George
Green along with son Thomas (born in England), emigrated from Farmingdon,
Berkshire, England to Pennsylvania – now Kent County, Delaware - in July,
1683. They came to this continent
on the ship “Liver” out of Liverpool. This
George Green, while it's doubtful that he was a Quaker, was granted 2,000 acres
of land by William Penn.
A
Thomas Green, who I think was George Green’s son, is in Kent County, Maryland
in 1696. "Old"
William Green, son of Thomas and unknown wife is born in 1695 in either Kent
County, Pennsylvania - now Delaware - or Kent County Maryland.
In 1723, in Prince George's County, Maryland, "Old" William
Green marries Dinah Butt, b. 2/5/1707/8, in Queen Ann's Parish, Prince George's
County, Maryland, daughter of Richard Butt, b. 1670 and wife Mary.
Here
are two maps that show these locations in England with respect to London and the
rest of England and Wales about 100 years after William Butt was born.
I
have placed a red arrow on this map to point out the locations of Glocester-Shire
and Berk-Shire Counties and Liverpool which is in Cheshire County.
Here
are two migration maps that bring the the Green and Butt people from England to
this continent and then together
in Prince George's County, Maryland. They are Thumbnails. Click on
them to enlarge them. Then when you're finished viewing them, to return
here, click the
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Richard Butt, b. 1670 is the only known child of William and Elizabeth.
Notes
for RICHARD
BUTT:
January 3, 1700 Richard Butt of Anne Arundel Co, Maryland purchased 206-1/4 acres of land called "Batchelor's Delight" which was part of
"Darnell's Grove" from Robert Tyler** who had recently purchased it from
Richard Marsham. This land was on the side of Collington Branch (See map
below) and had been in Calvert County, but at the time of the transfer was in
Prince George's County. It was bounded by the remainder of Darnell's Grove
and the land of Samuel Duvall* and Robert Bradley. Robert Tyler and his
wife Susanna** acknowledged the deed. It was witnessed by Richard Duckett
and Lewis Duvall****. Richard was "of Anne Arundel County" and was
named as a "planter"*. Purchase price was 69 pounds sterling.
Deed recorded February 25, 1700, volume A page 349.
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*About
DUVALL, Samuel
Will probated:
Duvall, Samuel, Sr., planter,Prince George`s Co.,11th Jan., 1741;
24th March, 1741.
To daus. Elizabeth Tyler, Susannah Falconar, and Esther West, 5s. each.
To dau. Sarah Beck, lot in Queen Ann`s Town.
To dau. Lucy Forrest, 100 A. lying next to land of Henry Odell and Richard
Butt at her death to pass to her dau. Elizabeth; should she die without
hrs. to next hr. of Lucy, afsd., and in event of her death to grandson
Samuel Dewall Beck son of James Beck, William Forrest husband of Lucy,
afsd. to have life int. in this.
To grandson Samuel Dewall Beck, 212 A. dwell. plan.
To dau. Rachel Butts***, £10.
Exs.: Grandsons Samuel and Edward Tyler***** and son-in-law James Beck.
Test: David Watson, Joseph Peach, Robert Kunstuble (Konstable). 22. 442.
Note: James and Edward Tyler, renounces ex.ship of will.
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**Robert
Tyler was married to Susannah Duvall. Susannah was
a sister of Benjamin Duvall, the father of Sophia Duvall who married Thomas
Butt, b. 1705. Mary Butt, daughter of Thomas Butt and wife Sophia Duvall
married another Robert Tyler. This Robert Tyler was the son of Edward
Tyler*****, son of the above mentioned Robert Tyler and wife Susannah Duvall, making
Robert Tyler, the husband of Mary Butt, the grandson of Robert Tyler and wife
Susannah Duvall. Rachel Duvall*** who married Richard Butt, b.1703 was the
daughter of Samuel Duvall. Samuel Duvall and Susannah were
half-siblings. Lewis Duvall****
was the brother or half-brother of Susannah. Thomas Butt and Richard Butt were brothers and sons of
Richard Butt, b.1670, and wife Mary, the owners of Bachelor's Delight.
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****
Lewis Duvall.
Mareen DUVALL
Marriage(s)/Children
Born: Abt. 1625 - Place: Nantes, FRANCE
Died: Abt. 1694 - Place: Middle Plantation, Anne Arundle Co., Maryland
Burial: ............. - Place: ..................
Father:Massoit DUVALL
Mother: Margaret ORBIN
!"Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties" p104-107
Immigrant from Nantes, about 1650. He came as one of the 150 adventurers
brought over by Colonel William Burgess. Settled near Col. Burgess in Anne
Arundel Co., on the South side of the South River and became a successful
merchant and planter of that favored section.
He left his third wife a such vast estate that she became the third wife
of Col. Henry RIDGELY, and later the wife of Rev. Mr. HENDERSON, the
commissary of the Church of England.
Mareen's will was probated in 1694; about the time of the removal of the
Capitol from St. Mary's to Annapolis. It is not known who were his first
wives. His heirs, in order mentioned in his will were: his wife, Mary, who
inherited a life interest in "Middle Plantation" with the
remainder at the death of his stepmother; Elizabeth, who received 150
pounds sterling and 375 acres call "Bowdels Choice" in Calvert
County; Benjamin, who received 150 pounds sterling and 200 acres, which
was one-half of "Howertons Range"; Mareen the younger, who
received 150 pounds sterling and 300 acres called "The Plains"
in Calvert County; Mary who received 150 pounds sterling and 320 acres
called "Morleys Grove" and 370 acres called "Morleys
Lott"; Johanna, who received 150 pounds sterling and 311 acres called
"Larkins Choice" and 200 acres called "Duvalls Range",
both located in Anne Arundel Co.; John who received 5 shillings, all
wearing apparel and a silver tobacco box. John was appointed co-executor
with his brother, Lewis, and his brother-in-law Robert TYLER; Samuel, who
received 5 shillings; Mareen the elder, who received 5 shillings; and
Susanna, who received a silver tankard. It has been suggested that Mareen
might have been partial to some of his children. In view of the holdings
of his other children, it is preferred to think that he was insuring the
security of the younger children. Mareen;s widow, Mary, married second
Colonel Henry Ridgely Sr.
One wife was closely allied to John LARKIN, a neighbor and enduring friend
of Mareen. Five of his 12 children were married during his lifetime.
"Mareen the Elder" also called "Marius", by his
mother-in-law, married Frances STOCKETT, daughter of Thomas. He was
ancestor of John P. DUVALL (Virginia Legislature member). Capt. John
DUVALL, who held a large estate, married Elizabeth JONES, daughter of
William JONES, Sr., of Anne Arundel Co. Their daughter Elizabeth, married
Benjamin WARFIELD, youngest son of Richard, the immigrant. Her sister,
Comfort, married William GRIFFITH, of Frederick Co.
Eleanor DUVALL, of Mareen, married John ROBERTS, of Virginia. Samuel
DUVALL married Elizabeth CLARK, in 1687; Susannah married Robert TYLER and
was the ancestress of General Bradley T. JOHNSON; Lewis DUVALL married
Martha RIDGELY, only daughter of the Honorable Robert RIDGELY, of St.
Inigoes, in 1699.
Judge Lewis DUVALL[1]
1663 -
Title Judge
Birth Abt
1663
Gender Male
Person ID
I6269 Pitards and Lansdales
Last Modified
25 Jan 2005 00:00:00
Father Mareen
DUVALL, "The Emigrant", b. Abt 1625, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique,
France
Mother Mary
Family ID
F4415 Group Sheet
Family Martha
RIDGELY
Married 5 Mar
1699 [2]
Family ID
F6894 Group Sheet
Sources
1. [S17] Anne Arundel
Gentry: A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arundel Co.,
Maryland, (Rpt. Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2003.), 3.92
2. [S125] Anne Arundel
County: Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, F. Edward Wright,
(Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books), 13
Another Lewis:
Lewis Duvall and Margaret Driscal. Lewis Duvall was born pre 1740 possibly
VA or PA. He died pre 28 Aug 1780 Fayette VA. Lewis married Margaret
Driscal ca1765 Fayette Co. PA.
Penni Brough
I think Marin, as spelled in SKORDAS' Early Settlers of MD (from land
records), was the ancestor of all the early DUVAL(L) families in Maryland.
I've seen two possible places of origin for Marin, b. ca. 1630, Remiremont,
Lorraine; or Laval, Mayenne, France. He had will pr. 13 Aug. 1694, AA, MD.
Here are some clues to narrow your search a bit.
This seems the most likely Sary/Sarah. WRIGHT's Anne Arundel Church
Records, All Hallows: John DUVALL & Eliz. had dau. Sary, b. 24 July
1697, & dau. Comfort, b. 17 Mar. 1700/1; & had bpt. 27 Mar. 1706:
Sarah, Comfort, Lewis, & Rachell. They also had twins Murrene &
Mounttillion, b. 10 Mar. 1698/9, both bu. 21 Mar. 1698/9.
Marin DUVALL had five sons old enough to have had a Sarah who married in
1720.
1. Marin the Elder, aka Mareen & Marius (ca. 1661 - 1734/5?) m.
Frances STOCKETT by 1687, when they had son Murrene {sic}
2. (Capt.) John (ca. 1664 - bef. 8 Je. 1711, inventory, AA, MD), m. ca.
1686, Elizabeth [JONES?]
3. Samuel, m. 18 Je. 1697, All Hallows, AA, Elizabeth [IJAMS], wid/o Danl.
CLARKE
4. Lewis, (ca. 1678 - 1724, SC) m. 5 Mar. 1699,
All Hallows, AA, Martha RIDGELY, d/o Robert
5. Marin the Younger (ca. 1680 - 1741) m. 21 Oct. 1701, All Hallows, AA,
MD, Eliz. JACOB, d/o Capt. John
{Benjamin, m. 1713, Sophia GRIFFITH, d/o Wm. [Obviously, you can rule out
Benj., as he married too late.]}
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You can also probably rule out these because of their wills:
3. Samuel DUVALL, PG Co., Will pr. 24 Mar. 1741. To daus. Eliz. TYLER,
Susannah FALCONAR, Esther WEST, Sarah BECK, Rachel BUTTS, Lucy FORREST
(& her dau. Eliz.) Exs. grsons Saml. & Edward TYLER &
son-in-law Jas. BECK.
5. Mareen the Younger left a will as Mareen, Sr., pr. 9 Je. 1741, AA: To
wf. Eliz. & ch. Mareen, Samuel, John, Jacob, Lewis, Benjamin; daus.
Susanna FOWLER, Eliz. DENUNE, Ann CARRICK, & Mary.
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Garrett may also have been spelled Ger(r)ard, and the one that married
Sarah DUVALL might have been son of the first.
Garrett TOPPIN and Elizabeth had a son Peter TOPPIN, bpt. 2 May 1708, St.
Anne's.
Elizabeth TOPPING m. 24 July 1718, St. Anne's, Edward HALL.
Rachel TOPPING m. 17 N 1719, St. Anne's, John SEWEL.
Anne TOPPING m. 22 Dec. 1750, St. Anne's, John SENHOUSE.
Peter TOPPIN & Mary had son John, bpt. 26 Je. 1727, All Hallows. [WRIGHT's
AA Church Records]
MD Rent Rolls, Middle Neck H., AA, 1707, "Boyds Chance," 60
acres surveyed 26 Je. 1684 for John BOYD in the wood between South and
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This
is from a Chaney family web site.
ELIZABETH3 IIAMS (ELIZABETH2 CHEYNEY, RICHARD1) She married (1)
CAPT. DANIEL CLARK. He died October 1696 in All Hallows Parish, Anne
Arundel Co, Maryland. She married (2) SAMUEL DUVALL June 18, 1697.
He was born Abt 1667.
Children of ELIZABETH IIAMS and CAPT. CLARK are:
- THOMAS4 CLARKE, b. September 28, 1688.
- WILLIAM CLARKE, b. September 11, 1691.
- RICHARD CLARKE, b. July 30, 1694.
Children of ELIZABETH IIAMS and SAMUEL DUVALL are:
- ELIZABETH4 DUVALL, b. Abt 1697; m. EDWARD TYLER.
- SUSANNAH DUVALL, b. Abt 1699; m. ALEXANDER FALCONER.
- RUTH DUVALL, b. July 31, 1703.
- ESTER DUVALL, b. October 04, 1705; m. WILLIAM WEST.
- SARAH DUVALL, b. August 28, 1708; m. JAMES BECK, April 01, 1733.
- LUCY DUVALL, m. WILLIAM FORREST, July 01, 1735.
- RACHEL DUVALL, m. RICHARD BUTT.
Here's
a relationship chart of these people and others.
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Here
is some information I received on May 21, 2008 from Polly Horn and Howard
Butts. It is the estate of Edward Butt who was thought to be the son of
the above, Thomas Butt and Sophia Duvall. This information sheds new light
on these relationships and those of us who descend from them.
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This
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Acts
of the General Assembly hitherto unpublished 1694-1698, 1711-1729
http://www.mdslavery.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000038/html/am38--263.html
Volume
38, Page 263
Acts
of
April, 1720,ch. 5
An Act to Enable Benjamin Duvall of
Prince Georges County to Sell two hundred Acres of Land part of a tract of
Land called Howertons Range & for entailing other Lands in lieu thereof.
Whereas Mareen Duvall Late of Ann
arundell County by his Last Will and Testament in writing duly Executed,
proved and Recorded. Bearing the thirteenth day of August Anno Dom.
Sixteen hundred and ninety four, gave to his son Benjamin Duvall a parcell
of Land therein mentioned in these words following viz. I give and bequeath
unto my Son Benjamin Duvall Two hundred Acres of Land it being a Moiety or
one half part of four hundred Acres of Land called and known by the name of
Howertons Range, Lieing scituate & being in the County of Calvert
aforesd & that part or Moiety that lieth on the South side of the said
four hundred Acres, it being Equally divided, To have & to hold the same
unto him my said Son Benjamin & to the heires of his Body Lawfully
begotten for ever and in Default of such Issue then my Will is that the same
Moiety or part, shall fall or goe, to the next heir or heiress, of or from
me legally descended, And forasmuch as the said Land is not only almost worn
out, but Cut down & the Timber destroyed, but involved in troublesome
Disputes, and for that the said Benjamin has made a very Advantageous
Exchange wth one Robert Tyler of Prince Georges County, of one hundred and
fifty Acres of much Valuable fresh and well timbred Land, being that part of
a tract of Land that Lies in the North West Corner of a tract Called
Darnalls Grove Lieing in Prince Georges County upon wch the said (p.480)
Benja Duvall is now making a Settlement in lieu of the aforesaid two hundred
Acres of Land, he has prayed that notwithstanding the Severall Limitations
of the Estate in and to the said Five hundred Acres of Land in the
aforementioned Will he may be enabled by an Act of Assembly to make over a
Good Estate in fee Simple of the said Land unto the said Robert Tyler and
his heires forever, the said Robert Tyler Conveying by a Good Sufficient
Deed, of Sale wth general Warranty unto the said Benja Duvall the aforesd
one hundred and fifty Acres of
Land, under the same Limitations of the Estate therein, that the said Two
hundred Acres of Land was by the aforsd Will Subjected to, To that end hath
prayed, that it may be Enacted, And Be it Enacted by the Rt Honble the Lord
Proprietary by and wth the Advice and Consent of his Lordps Governeur &
the upper & Lower houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same, that
the aforesaid Benjamin Duvall be and is hereby Empowered to sell Assign
Convey transferr & make over by deed of sale unto the aforesaid Robt
Tyler his heirs & Assignes forever a Good & Sufficient Estate in fee
Simple of and to the above mentioned two hundred acres of Land being part of
a tract of Land called Howertons Range in as full and ample manner to all
intents and purposes as if the same by the aforementioned will had been
given to him the said Benjamin & his heires forever without any
Limitation in the said Will, anything in the said Will to the Contrary
notwithstanding. Provided allways that at the same time that the aforesd
Robert Tyler his heires shall and do make over and Convey by a Good &
Sufficient Conveyance with a Generall Warranty the aforementioned one
hundred and fifty Acres of Land part of a tract of Land called Darnell's
Grove in Exchange of the aforesaid two hundred Acres of Land unto the said
Benjamin Duvall under the same Limitations & Restrictions, as the said
two hundred Acres by the aforementioned Will and Subjected to. And Be
it further Enacted that the said Benja Duvall and the heirs of his body
lawfully begotten forever, and in default of such Issue the next heir or
heiress from the said Marreen Duvall, the Testator legally Descended
henceforth shall be & they are hereby Vested with the same Estate of in
and unto the aforesaid one hundred and fifty Acres of Land part of Darnells
Grove being already laid out & in the possession of the said Benjamin at
the North west Corner of the said Land called Darnalls Grove, when so made
over and Conveyed as aforesd as was given and intended to be given in the
aforesd two hundred Acres of Land in the same manner as if the said one
hundred & fifty Acres of Land had been given to the said Benjamin Duvall
& the heires of his Body lawfully begotten for ever, and indefault of
such Issue then that the same Land shall fall or go to the next heir or
heiress, from the said Marreen Duvall Legally descended by the will of the
aforesaid Marreen Duvall Saving to the said Proprietarie his heirs
Successors and all bodies Politick & Corporate & all others not
menconed in this Act their Severall and Respective Rights.
Here's a link to
the Marietta House Museum which was built by Judge Gabriel Duvall on part of Darnell's Grove property.
http://www.pgparks.com/places/eleganthistoric/marietta_history.html
The
next section here will be devoted to some definitions and an attempt to put some
geographical boundaries around Darnell's Grove and Bachelor's Delight.
*The term "Planter" was used to designate one who had
"Indenture's". Planters had certain responsibilities with respect
to the indentures.
Collington
Branch is a component of the Patuxent River. The Patuxent River
was first named ("Pawtuxunt") on the detailed map resulting from
the 1608 voyage upriver by Jamestown, Virginia settler John Smith.
Captain Smith got as far as the rough vicinity of the present-day Lyons
Creek area, 40 miles from the Chesapeake on what is now the Anne
Arundel - Calvert - Prince George's County tripoint.
On
this map you will see Bowie, Maryland and Western Branch. The 3,800 acre
Darnall's Grove tract and within it, the 206-1/4 acre tract called Batchelor's Delight
that was purchased by Richard Butt in 1700 are very near Bowie and the North end
of Western Branch.
There
was a Gabriel Duvall, b. 12/6/1752 in Prince George's County, Maryland, d.
3/6/1844 also in Prince George's County, who served as a Supreme Court Justice
from 1811 - 1835. This can be found at the Supreme Court Historical
Society web site. The address is at the end of this document.
Here's
part of an endnote from that site.
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Duvall
was born at "Darnell's Grove," his father's property in central
Maryland. By purchase and land trades, Gabriel Duvall established
his large "farm," which he named "Marietta," in Prince
George's County. After Duvall's death, his two grandsons divided the
property. "Marietta"; the family graveyard was included in
the other parcel, known as "The Wigwam." The main house is
still standing and is located about 2_ miles west of Bowie, Maryland on
Bell Station Road, 0.3 miles north of State Highway #450. The Duvall
family graveyard is 0.6 miles further north on Bell Station Road, then 0.3
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Here's
a map of Collington Branch, Bowie, Maryland, the Northern part of the Western
Branch and Marietta.
Below is a map showing Collington Branch, the Southern end of the Western
Branch, St.
Barnabus Episcopal Church and the town of Leeland, Maryland where Samuel Butt,
the Planter, husband of Elizabeth Swearingen was born. These two maps
include all of Collington Branch and all of the Western Branch. I have merged these two maps and
included the merged map below.PGCF12.GIF
Below
is a map, which locates Collington Branch and Darnall's Grove. In the center there is a
"+" sign just to the right of Upper Marlboro. Note Andrews Air
Force Base to the left of Collington Branch and Upper Marlboro. Darnall's
Grove is the red square at the top, just below the Goddard Space Flight Center
and just to the left of Bowie.
Here
are some documents acquired from the Maryland State Archives. The first is
the cover letter.
These
two pages - 8 and 9 - are from the "Land Office" Patent Record dated 1683
- 1684.
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Land Office Patent
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This is a partial transcription from Howard Butts of Martinsburg of the above
two pages.
This is four pages from the Prince George's County Court Land Records dated 1696
- 1702.
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Prince George's
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These
were received on March 19, 2008. Here are partial transcriptions of the
above along with some other corresponding information from Howard Butts of
Martinsburg.
Below is a much larger map showing Collington Branch, Western Branch, St.
Barnabus Episcopal Church and the town of Leeland, Maryland where Samuel Butt,
the Planter, husband of Elizabeth Swearingen was born. This part of
Collington Branch is South of the area shown above in the map that includes
Bowie, Maryland, and Marietta, home of the Supreme Court Justice, Gabriel
Duvall. As mentioned above, this map along with the one above showing the
location of Bowie, and the home of Justice Duvall together include all of
Collington Branch. I've not been able to define the boundaries of
Darnell's Grove, or Bachelor's Delight but they had to be somewhere in these two
maps. Collington Hundred is also on these two maps somewhere. PGCG12.GIF
Here are some notes from the Net about Darnell's Grove, Collington, Maryland,
the Hundreds, and other information that helps determine where Bachelor's Delight might have been.
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Walter
Bowie
(October
15, 1748
– November
9, 1810)
was an American politician.
Born in Mattaponi,
near Nottingham, Prince Georges County. Maryland, Bowie attended Reverend
John Eversfield's School near Nottingham, the common schools in Annapolis,
and Craddock’s School near Baltimore. His father bought him a
large farm near Collington, Maryland, known originally as "Darnell's
Grove" and later as "Locust Grove" and "Willow
Grove". (See photo's below.) He served as one of four members of the Maryland
constitutional convention from Prince George's County in November 1776.
Collington,
Maryland is a now defunct settlement in Prince Georges County,
Maryland dating from colonial times. Collington has been subsumed by
the city of Bowie, Maryland.
Originally
referred to as "Collington Hundreds", the settlement was more
recently known as "Collington". As the city of Bowie has
expanded, the term has fallen into largely cultural usage, used in street
names such as Collington Road, shopping centers and housing developments.
(The term
"hundred" originated in England as an area which could produce
100 fighting men in time of war.)
One of the
earliest references to Collington, is in the proceedings of the Council of
Maryland from 1696:
"An Accot
of the Hundreds in the Severall Counties of the Province Vizt ...
Prince Georges County is divided into Six Hundreds Vizt
Mattapany
Petuxant
Collington
1 Hundreds.
Mount Calvert
Piscattoway
New Scotland
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an Algonuquian people indigenous to what is now the Mid-Atlantic,
United States.
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River in Maryland, named for the people |
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Here
are photo's of the Bowie house along with an except from an e-mail I received
from Susan G. Pearl, Historian for the Prince George's County Historical
Society, in response to my request for information.
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: My 7th great grandfather was
this Richard Butt.
Dear Mr. Butt,
Yes, in the 18th/19th century, there was a plantation known as Willow
Grove (and sometimes Locust Grove) of the family of Walter Bowie in
the northcentral part of the Darnall's Grove tract. The
beautiful house burned to the ground in 1974, taking with it many
records of the Bowie family. But the larger D.G. tract of course
included several other plantations and farms in addition to Willow/Locust
Grove.
Susan G. Pearl, Historian
Prince George's County Historical Society
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This
is from the following posting on the web..
From:
JBLomax@aol.com
Subject: [MDCHARLE-L] Re: MD maps
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:47:52 EST
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Robert
Bowie of Prince George's County Maryland has the distinction of having
been the first Democratic Governor of the State. His brother
Walter, also a Revolutionary War patriot, owned the farm Collington,
then known as Darnell's Grove, later as Locust Grove and still later
as Willow Grove.
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Early
Maryland had two geographic subdivisions within its counties; the "hundreds" were designed to make
political administration within the counties more efficient
and were laid out by the counties. The "parishes",
on the other hand, were laid out by the Province and were self-governing
units for the supervision of the churches. The hundreds and
parishes were completely independent of each other. Origin of the use of hundreds goes back to Anglo-Saxon times and for many years
the constable was the only officer and was responsible for
keeping of the peace. If a person was appointed Constable and
refused to serve, he was subject to a fine of five hundred
pounds of tobacco or two months imprisonment. As new settlers
came and the population grew, new counties, hundreds and
parishes were created and boundaries changed. The
system of hundreds lasted in Prince George County up to 1848 when it gave way to the use of election districts.
William HARBIN was in attendance at Prince George Parish when they
met on September 18, 1719 to decide where to locate a new
chappel (sic). Their decision was apparently based on
the fact that Piscataway and New Scotland hundreds had 791
taxables with an expected yield of 31,640 pounds of tobacco
per annum so that area became St. John's Parish. Meanwhile
the Eastern Branch, Rock Creek and Potomack (sic) hundreds had 545
taxables with an expected yield of 21,800 pounds of tobacco and would
become a new parish described as running "from the mouth of the Eastern Branch to the fork thereof and so up with the NE branch
that makes the said fork unto the head thereof, thence
continuing the course of the said branch by a straight line
til it strike Patuxent". The vestry house was to be 16'
long and 12' wide, "overjetted", with an inside
chimney, 8' pitched roof, and iron hinges. The cost was 2,500# tobacco
- if not done on time, there was a forfeit of 5,000# tobacco. There were to be 14 pews. All payments were to be made in tobacco.
The land was part of a tract called Generosity on the Piney
Branch of Rock Creek. William continued to be mentioned as a member of
this parish through 1731. In December 1726 he was chosen
church warden, and in April 1727 he was chosen vestryman and
replaced as warden. He was voted out though in April 1728. In
April 1731 he was paid 120# tobacco "for wine for the
sacrament and mending the lock & key for the church door".
(All of the above information came from reading the Vestry
Proceedings on a microfilm from the LDS Library.)
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In
Prince George County the hundreds were as follows:
1695 P.G. County established & divided into 19 hundreds:
Prince Frederick, Washington, Mattawoman, Mt. Calvert,
Patuxent, Upper Marlborough, Charlotte, Horsepan, King
George, Piscataway, Hanson, Oxen, Bladens, East Branch, Rock
Creek, West Branch, Collington, Grubb & New Scotland (from "The Hundreds of P.G. County" by Hienton, MD
Historical Society, 1970, Vol 65, p55).
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1696
Mattapany Hundred (from Swanson's Creek to Mattapany Branch) which split to Prince Frederick in 1741. Formerly in Calvert County.
Mount Calvert Hundred (from Mattapany Branch to the western branch
of Patuxent). Split again in 1707 & included Western
Branch Hundred. Formerly in Calvert County. Collington
Hundred (from Western Branch to Collington Branch) Chapel of St. Paul's Parish on Collington Hundred became St. Barnabas,
built on tract called 'Something' (known as "brick
church"). [At
the very bottom of the map that shows the location of Darnell's/Darnall's
Grove you will find the tract called "Something". I
have outlined it in red. Also see map below of Collington Branch and Western Branch] Patuxent Hundred (from Collington to
Patuxent) Piscataway Hundred (from Mattawoman to Oxon Run)
which split to King George's in 1741. Formerly in
Charles County. New Scotland (from Oxon Run to the
falls of the Potomac) which split in 1715 at Eastern
Branch of Potomac & north side was called Rock Creek Hundred
- which split in 1722 into 3 parts: Potomac Hundred (land beyond Rock
Creek); Eastern Branch Hundred (land between NE & NW branches of Eastern Branch); and Rock Creek Hundred (land between NW branch
& Rock Creek). Split again in 1745 into Midle Hundred;
again in 1795 Rock Creek became 13th District.
1728 Monocacy Hundred established (land beyond Seneca Creek) &
split into Lingamore & Seneca in 1741
1739 Antietam & Concocheaque established from land beyond
Shenandoah Mtns
1744 Newfoundland Hundred established & Marlborough Hundred
& Pipe Creek Hundred.
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This is the map I made by
merging the two maps included above into one. It is 3/4 the size of the
above maps so some detail is lost. But one can still get a very good
bearing on this location from this map. It shows the entirety of
the Collington Branch, the confluence of it and the Western Branch, the entirety
of the Western Branch, Bowie,
Maryland, Leeland, Maryland, St. Barnabas Church and Marietta. The red
line is the county line between Prince Georges and Anne Arundel.
Somewhere on this map is where Darnell's Grove and Bachelor's Delight must have
been. I've added to this map on the left side, a mileage ledged and
another from St. Barnabas Church to Leeland. The approximate length of
Collington Branch from it's origin at the Western Branch to it's end near
Marietta is 10 miles. It's about 3/4 of a mile from the St. Barnabas Church
to Leeland.
From the information above
about the boundaries of the Hundreds (Collington
Hundred (from Western Branch to Collington Branch) Chapel of St. Paul's Parish on Collington Hundred became St. Barnabas,
built on tract called 'Something' (known as "brick
church"), one
can be certain that the Collington Hundred was between the Western Branch and
Collington Branch and that it stretched at least as far North as the St. Barnabas
Church. It's almost as certain, that it stretched North to the ends of the
Western and Collington Branches.
This is from "Historical
Information, Founding of the Society" of the Duvall Society web
page. "St. Barnabas Church was built on land given by John and
Elizabeth Duvall in 1708. Here's another copy of the above relationship
chart. Note, as with the above chart, it includes this John and Elizabeth Duvall.
Richard Butt acquired the 200+
acre Bachelor's Delight in 1700. His son Samuel Butt the Planter was born
in Leeland, Maryland in 1712.
Darnell's/Darnall's
Grove was surveyed in 1683. It amounted to 3,800 acres. This is
from "Prince George's County Circuit Court Land Survey, Subdivision, and
Condominium Plats MSA S1596: (Patents, PG, Tract Index). From their site
it appears that this survey is downloadable. A user name and password is
required, which I have requested. I'm hoping I've struck paydirt
here. I'll just have to wait to see what happens. In any event, this
survey exists. It's a matter of figuring out how to get my hands on it.
One square
mile is 640 acres. 3,800 acres would amount to almost 6 square miles.
This is a square that is 2.44 mile by 2.44 miles.
Here's
a map I received from the
above mentioned Susan G. Pearl,
Prince George's County Historical Society Historian. It shows the
exact 3,800 acre Darnell's/Darnall's Grove tract. I have outlined in red,
the tract called "Something" where the St. Barnabas church was
built. I've also underlined some other notable locations. This can
be compared to the next map which shows all the same notable locations only from
a different view.
This map shows the location of Darnall's
Grove with respect to all the other places mention to this point. I have
included in the Darnall's Grove area on this map, approximations of the relative
size of the 206-1/4 acre Bachelor's Delight, both in a square and rectangle
area. This gives us another idea about the area Bachelor's Delight might
have covered. We know for the information from the Maryland Archives that
Batchelors Delight was on the West side of Collington Branch. You will
note from this map that we now know the approximate location of Batchelors
Delight but that the exact location is very hard to discern. PGCF12 and PGCG12 with Darnall's Grove.GIF
This
is all I have at the moment on the exact location of Bachelor's Delight.
Here
are some survey's from the early- to mid-1700's that are interesting.
This
one is for Richard Marsham on November 26, 1731. It is not very
helpful in determining the exact location of the 206-1/4 acre Batchelors Delight
of Richard Butt, b. 1670. It reads in part; "Beginning at the
Northernmost corner of the _ Warring land called Mount Pleasant and running
thence East three hundred & Eighty Seven...". The only place I
can find a Mount Pleasant, near Darnalls Grove is in the far right map from
the National Park Service, U S Department of Interior. They refer to it
elsewhere as "Mount Pleasant Landing". It doesn't help locate
Batchelors Delight but it does help to verify the location of Darnalls Grove.
This
is a 1745, Prince George's County survey for a 100 acre tract called Batchelors
Delight It was executed on November 1 for Joseph Chaplin. It's not
much help in determining where Batchelors Delight was located as it started with
" the beginning from a bounded White Oak tree standing by the side of Fe_
_y _roves (illegible) Spring Run." I have not been able to determine
what these words are, nor have I been able to find any location on any map that
might be this "Fe_ _y _roves Spring Run". Any help determining
what these words are will be much appreciated.
This
one was done June 23, 1713 for William Ray, ETAL., for 413 Acres called Bealls Hunting
Quarter. Bealls Hunting Quarters can be seen on the above map that outlines
the 3,800 acres of Darnalls Grove within which was the 206-1/4 acre Batchelors
Delight of Richard Butt. It adjoined the land called
"Something", upon which St. Barnabas Church was built. Further,
one would have to think that William Ray was somehow related to Mary Ray, the
mother of Elizabeth Swearingen the wife of Samuel Butt, b.
October. 10, 1712.
July
19, 1708, Richard Butt witnessed the will of Thomas Swearingen of Prince
George's County, Maryland.
St.
Barnabus Episcopal Church, Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland
Church and Land
Records:
Richard and Mary Butt had the following children:
Richard
b. 11-11-1703
- in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George County, Maryland, and died Before
November 28, 1744 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He married RACHEL
DUVALL
About
1740.
Thomas
b. 12-29-1705
- in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George County, Maryland, and died before May
20, 1757. He married SOPHIA
DUVALL
before
1732. She was born about 1710.
Rachel
and Sophia Duvall were 1st cousins.
Dinah
b. 2-5-1707/8
- (Bill Richardson had 1707.) in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince Georges County,
Maryland, and died about 1802 in Berkeley County, Virginia. She married WILLIAM
GREEN
(“Old” William) about
1723 in probably Prince Georges County, Maryland. He was born about 1695
probably in Maryland, and died about 1779 in Berkeley County, Virginia.
“Old”
William Green and wife Dinah Butt had a daughter named Sarah Green, b. 1730 who
married Richard Butt, b. 11/21/1747, who was the son of the above mentioned
Richard Butt and wife Rachel Duvall making Richard and Sarah 1st
cousins, their common ancestors being Richard Butt, b. about 1670, and
wife Mary. This Richard and Sarah
Butt would go on to found Buttstown, Virginia.
Mary
b. 3-2-1709
Samuel
b. 10-10-1712
- in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George County, Maryland, and died before
September 6, 1786 in Montgomery County, Maryland. He married ELIZABETH
SWEARINGEN
August
1, 1734 in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland, daughter of VAN
SWEARINGEN
and
ELIZABETH
WALKER.
She was born July 4, 1715, and died 12 May 1796 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Samuel
and Elizabeth had at least 14 children, four of whom were:
John, Richard, Rignal and Bazil.
A
study of this family by Polly Horn follows.
Nicholas
b. 10-20-1714
- in
Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George County, Maryland; m. ?
METCALFE,
about 1741.
Notes
for NICHOLAS
BUTT:
1733
taxed in Collington Hundred, Maryland along with brothers Richard and Samuel.
1741
married ---- Metcalfe, daughter of Mary Metcalfe in Prince George's County,
Maryland.
Will
of Richard Butt of Prince Georges Co., MD: Pages 79-80; Date 9 Jan 1714/5:
This is the entry from MANUEL's Marriage Licenses of Montg. Co., MD, 1798 -
1898, BUTT: Nicholas, 9 Jan. 1840, Lucretia BURRISS
To
return to the Summary Page DNA Statistics click here.
Marriages
and Births – Queen Anne’s Parish (1700s), Prince George’s County, Maryland
Salt Lake FHC Film No. 0014304, Item 3
Richard
Butt wife Mary ??
Richard Butt Born November 11, 1703
Thomas Butt Born December 29, 1705
Diana Butt Born February 05, 1707/08
Mary Butt Born March 02, 1709/10
Samuel Butt Born October 10, 1712
Nicholas Butt Born October 20, 1715?
Richard
Butt wife Rachel?? Rachel Butt Born July 28, 1741
Samuel
Butt wife Elizabeth Swearingen August 1, 1734 Jacob Henderson
Here's
some further information and references from the Maryland State Archives.
http://plato.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/cfm/dsp_
unitlist.cfm?county=pg&qualifier=s&series=1596&vref=BC%20and%20GS%2021&vlabel=Patent%20Record&vtype=B
Prince
George
's
County
Circuit
Court
;
Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats; MSA S1596: (Patents, PG,
Tract Index) Index by Reference
“Patent
Record
BC
and GS 21, p. 429 1763
Enlargement Of
Tylers
Discovery
( The ), 184 1/2 Acres; Certificate 0
0 MSA S
1596-1530
”
http://www.msa.md.gov
DARNAL,
NICHOLAS LOWE from HENRY DARNALL.
Lib.
B.T. No. 1 (17263), Deed, p. 370.
DARNALE,
HENRY from WILLIAM THORNTON. Lib.
E.I.
No. 8 (17258), Deed, p. 152.
DARNALL,
ANNE. Lib. P.L. No. 8 (17256), Men., pp. 14, 24.
DARNALL,
BENNETT AND RICH, to ROBERT
DIXON
.
Lib.
D.D. No. 3 (17266), Deed, p. 674.
DARNALL,
ELEANOR. Lib. B.T. No. 1 (17263), Men., pp.
132,
135, 137, 146, 148, 151.
DARNALL,
ELIZABETH. Lib. S (17244), Dep., p. 488. Lib.
P.L.
No. 8 (17256), Men., pp. 166,176. Lib. B.T. No. 1 (17263),
Men.,
pp. 132, 135, 137, 146.
DARNALL,
HENRY. Lib. B.B. (17245), Wit., p. 316. Lib. F.F.
(17246),
Sum., p. 59. Lib. M.M. (17248), Sheriff, p. 530. Lib.
N.N.
(17249), Agreement, p. 476. Fined, p. 339. Pet., p. 372.
Wit.,
p. 115. Lib.
W.R.C. No. 1 (17250), Com., p. 396. Pet.,
p.
828.
Report, p. 378. Lib. P.L. No. 3 (17252), Wit., p. 148. Lib.
P.L.
No. 8 (17256), Deeds, pp. 14, 24, 41, 42, 140, 143, 166,
176,
415, 417, 472, 474. Wit., pp. 238, 240, 532, 534. Lib. E.I.
No.
9A (17259), Com., p. 571. Men., p. 140. Wit., pp. 59, 244.
Lib.
B.T. No. 1 (17263), Deeds, pp. 367, 369, 370. Men., pp.
132,
135. Wit, pp. 27, 137, 147, 164, 171, 177, 324. Lib.T.B.H.
