Excerpt from Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia: With the Inscriptions Appearing on the Tombstones in Most of the Counties of the State and in Washington and Georgetown In the private burying ground at Wye House, Talbot county, the only one where the dead of two centuries repose side by side with their descendants of the present generation, Col. Philemon Lloyd, a well-known dignitary, was buried in 1685, and his wife, a namesake of the unfortunate Queen Henrietta Maria, in 1697. The inscription on her tomb is fragmentary. This was erected by Richard Bennett, her son by a former marriage, who died in 1749 and was buried at Bennett's Point. The stones at Wye show many a well executed escutcheon; only the boast of heraldry is usually accompanied. By the inevitable skull and cross bones. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The facts collected in this book are the result of an investigation set on foot by the Maryland society of the Colonial Dames of America, with a view to promote a more general knowledge of such things and to quicken an interest in the preservation of our ancient monuments and places of burial.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... T N the history of the early settlements along the Chesapeake DEGREES - - and its tributaries, there is found a continuity of English customs adapted to new conditions; and during the sixty years that elapsed between the arrival of the first colonists and the historic period of church building in Maryland, manorial customs in modes of sepulture prevailed. In fact, the burial of the dead on the home plantation -- or near the chapel of the Lord of the Manor, as we have reason to believe was the habit among the Catholics-- continued even after the enactment of laws for the building of churches or the walling in of churchyards. Some of the most interesting monuments of bygone days have been found on out-of-the-way farms, and even where monuments are wanting, tradition often indicates the spot where some manor lord or Colonial Governor lies buried. The various stones, tablets and traditions, still remaining serve to revive much of Maryland's primitive social life. Had it not been for the vandalism of some and the ignorance of others, much more might be found to supply missing links in county records, or to fill the gaps in carelessly kept parish registers. The facts collected in this book are the result of an investigation set on foot by the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America, with a view to promote a more general knowledge of such things, and to quicken an interest in the preservation of our ancient monuments and places of burial. Isolated stones have been found in fields, by the roadside and beneath dwellings, also in use as doorsteps or as flag 192798 stones with the inscriptions turned under. By the efforts of a committee known as the Memorial Committee some of these have been removed to the nearest churchyard, where they stan

A meticulously researched survey of historic graves in Maryland and the District of Columbia, featuring detailed descriptions and illustrations of tombstones, monuments, and other funerary art. Helen West Ridgely's book is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the history and culture of the region. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The major part of this work is an alphabetically arranged and cross-indexed list of some 20,000 Maryland families with references to the sources and locations of the records in which they appear. In addition, there is a research record guide arranged by county and type of record, and it identifies all genealogical manuscripts, books, and articles known to exist up to 1940, when this book was first published. Included are church and county courthouse records, deeds, marriages, rent rolls, wills, land records, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, directories, and other data sources.