THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND;

NOTES ILLUSTRATIVE OF

THE MOST ANCIENT RECORDS OF KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND,

AND OF THE

PARISHES OF ST. PAUL'S, SHREWSBURY AND I. U.

AND

GENEALOGICAL HISTORIES OF OLD AND DISTINGUISHED FAMILIES
OF MARYLAND, AND THEIR CONNECTIONS BY MARRIAGE, &c.,

WITH

AN INTRODUCTION,

BY

GEORGE A HANSON, M. A.

Corresponding Member of the Maryland Historical Society, &c.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by

GEORGE A. HANSON,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

PRESS OF KELLY, PIET & COMPANY.

ΤΟ

THE MEMORY

OF

THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND,

ΤΟ

THEIR DESCENDANTS WHERESOEVER DISPERSED,

AND TO

THE PEOPLE OF KENT, MY NATIVE COUNTY,

THESE PAGES

ARE REVERENTLY AND AFFECTIONATELY

INSCRIBED.