The colonial families of Maryland were the leading families in the Province of Maryland. Several also had interests in the Colony of Virginia, and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies.
See also: American gentry and Tobacco colonies.
| AdamsCharles County | Francis Adams | (c. 1645 – 1698)[1] early settler | |
| John Adams | (c. 1670 – 1740) early settler[2] | ||
| Francis Adams II | (1680 – 1766) revolutionary, planter and gentleman | ||
| Charles Adams | (c. 1672 – 1733) carpenter[3] [4] | ||
| BowiePrince George's County | See also: Bowie, Maryland, Mattaponi (John Bowie Jr. House) and Fairview Plantation is the plantation home of the Bowie family. | John Bowie, Sr. | (1688 – 1759) early settler[5] |
| Oden Bowie | (1826 – 1894) 34th governor of the state of Maryland | ||
| Robert Bowie | (1750 – 1818) 11th governor of Maryland[6] | ||
| Thomas Fielder Bowie | (1808 – 1869) politician | ||
| Walter Bowie | (1748 – 1810) slave owner, racehorse owner and politician[7] | ||
| Captain William Bowie | (c 1721 – c 1791) revolutionary, member of the Assembly of Freemen, and Annapolis Convention delegate[8] | ||
| William Duckett Bowie | (1803 – 1873) politician | ||
| BrentSt. Mary's County, Queen Anne's County, Kent County | See also: Margaret Brent Middle School, Margaret Brent Middle School, named after Margaret Brent and Kent Fort Manor, home to the Brent Family. | Margaret Brent | (c 1601 – c 1671) first woman in the English colonies to appear before court[9] [10] |
| Mary Brent | early settler and plantation owner, sister of Margaret[11] | ||
| Giles Brent | (c1600 – 1672) Catholic early settler,[12] married Mary Kittamaquad, the daughter of the Piscataway Tayac[13] [14] | ||
| BriceAnne Arundel County | See also: Brice House (Annapolis, Maryland). | Brice III | (1738–1820) lawyer and mayor of Annapolis |
| John Brice Jr. | (1705–1766) settler and Loyalist politician[15] | ||
| James Brice | (1746–1801) governor of Maryland[16] | ||
| BrookeOld Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, Montgomery County | See also: Fair Hill, Maryland, Fair Hill Training Center and Fair Hill, the former estate of Richard Brooke. | Robert Brooke, Sr. | (1602–1655) early settler, planter[17] |
| Thomas Brooke, Sr. | (1632 – 1676) lawyer, planter, High Sheriff and Chief Justice[18] [19] | ||
| Thomas Brooke, Jr. | (1659 – 1730/31) politician, planter | ||
| Thomas Brooke III | (1683 – 1744) politician, planter[20] | ||
| Richard Brooke | (1736 – 1788) politician, planter[21] | ||
| BurgessAnne Arundel County, Frederick County | William Burgess | (c 1622 – 1686/87) planter, merchant, politician[22] | |
| John Burgess | (1696 – 1774) planter[23] | ||
| Edward Burgess | (ca. 1733 – 1809) planter, captain, First Maryland Battalion of theFlying Camp[24] | ||
| Calvert, Barons BaltimoreSt. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | (1605 – 31675) politician, peer and lawyer, first proprietor of Maryland | |
| Leonard Calvert | (1606 – 1647) first proprietary governor of the Province of Maryland | ||
| Phillip Calvert (governor) | (c. 1626 - c. 1682), fifth Governor of Maryland | ||
| Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore | (1637 – 1715) English peer and colonial administrator | ||
| Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore | (1679 – 1715) English peer and politician | ||
| Charles Calvert Lazenby | (c. 1688 – 1734) British Army officer, colonial administrator, planter and Proprietary Governor of Maryland | ||
| Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore | (1699 – 1751) British nobleman and Proprietary Governor of Maryland | ||
| Benedict Leonard Calvert | (1700 – 1732) 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland | ||
| Benedict Swingate Calvert | (1722 – 1788) illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, planter, slave owner, politician and Loyalist | ||
| Henry Harford | (1758 – 1834), illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, namesake of Harford County, last proprietary owner of the British colony of Maryland | ||
| CarrollSt. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | See also: Doughoregan Manor and St. Thomas Manor. | Charles Carroll the Settler | |
| Charles Carroll of Annapolis | |||
| Charles Carroll (barrister) | |||
| Charles Carroll of Carrollton | |||
| Daniel Carroll | |||
| John Carroll (bishop) | |||
| Thomas King Carroll | |||
| Anna Ella Carroll | |||
| James Carroll (Maryland politician) | |||
| ChaseSomerset County, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County | See also: Impeachment of Samuel Chase, SS Samuel Chase and Chase–Lloyd House. | Samuel Chase | |
| Jeremiah Chase | (1748 – 1828) lawyer, jurist, and land speculator | ||
| ChewAnne Arundel County,Cecil County | See also: Tulip Hill, Maidstone (Owings, Maryland) and Warfield's Range. | Samuel Chew (I-V) | early settlers of Herring Bay beginning in1650, colonists and plantation owners[25] [26] |
| John Chew Thomas | |||
| ConteePrince George's County | See also: Clivedon Hall and Oaklands (Laurel, Maryland). | Thomas Contee | (c. 1729–1811) militia man, politician and planter |
| Benjamin Contee | (1755 – 1815) priest and member of the House of Representatives | ||
| KeyCecil County, Montgomery County | See also: Terra Rubra and Terra Rubra, Key Family plantation. | Philip Barton Key | (1757 – 1815), loyalist and judge |
| Philip Key | (1750 – 1820) congressional representative | ||
| Barnes Compton | (1830 – 1898) politician and Treasurer of Maryland | ||
| Francis Scott Key | (1779 – 1843) lawyer and author of author of the national anthem | ||
| CresapAllegany County | See also: Cresaptown, Maryland, Cresaptown-Bel Air, Maryland and Dans Mountain. | Thomas Cresap | (c.1702—c.1790) settler and trader, served Lord Baltimore as an agent in Cresap's War |
| Michael Cresap | (1742 – 1775) frontiersman immortalized in Logan's Lament, owned the Michael Cresap House | ||
| DarnallPrince George's County, Calvert County | See also: Darnall's Chance, Portland Manor and His Lordship's Kindness. | Henry Darnall | (1645 – 1711) planter, military officer and politician, proprietary agent for Lord Baltimore |
| Henry Darnall II | (1682–1759) planter and landowner | ||
| DiggesPrince George's County | See also: Warburton Manor. | William Digges | (c. 1651— 1697) planter, soldier and politician |
| DentSt. Mary's County, Charles County | See also: , Fendall-Dent-Worthington family political line and Whitehaven, the Dent Family plantation is now the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. | Thomas Dent Sr. | (1630–1676), justice, sheriff, and member of the Maryland General Assembly |
| George Dent | (1756 – 1813) planter, served in the House of Representatives[27] [28] | ||
| DorseyAnne Arundel County, Calvert County | See also: Dorsey Hall, Howard Lodge and Waverly (Marriottsville, Maryland). | Edward Dorsey | (c. 1615 – 1659) boat-wright and patriarch |
| Hon. John Dorsey | (before 1646 – 1714) colonial settler[29] | ||
| Major Edward Dorsey | (before 1646 – 1705) colonial settler[30] | ||
| DulanyAnne Arundel County, Baltimore County | See also: Frederick, Maryland, founded by Daniel Dulany in honor of Lord Baltimore's son. | Daniel Dulany the Elder | (1685–1753) lawyer and land-developer[31] [32] [33] |
| Daniel Dulany the Younger | (1722 – 1797) loyalist politician, mayor of Annapolis and lawyer[34] [35] | ||
| Walter Dulany | (died 1773) politician and mayor of Annapolis | ||
| DuvallPrince George's County, Anne Arundel County | See also: Middle Plantation, home of the Duvall family patented in 1664. | Mareen Duvall | (1625–1694) French Huguenot and early settler[36] |
| Gabriel Duvall | (1752 – 1844) politician and jurist | ||
| Eden baronetsSt. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County | Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland | (1741 – 1784) colonial administrator and last colonial governor of Maryland[37] | |
| Caroline Calvert Eden | (c. 1737 – c.1773) namesake of Caroline County | ||
| FendallCharles County, Prince George's County | See also: Fendall-Dent-Worthington family political line, Blenheim (Maryland) and Marshall Hall, Maryland. | Josias Fendall | (c. 1628 – c. 1687) colonial administrator, planter and proprietary governor |
| GoldsboroughDorchester County, Talbot County | See also: Myrtle Grove, plantation country home of the Goldsboroughs and Goldsborough House. | Robert Goldsborough | (1711 – 1788) lawyer, Burgess, statesman[38] and delegate to the Continental Congress[39] |
| Nicholas Goldsborugh | (1732 – 1750) Justice of Talbot County, Burgess, Ferry manager[40] | ||
| John Goldsborough | (1742 – 1770) Managed a ferry,[41] Freeman, General Assembly of state Talbot County[42] | ||
| Colonel Nicholas Goldsborough | (c 1787 – c 1858) plantation owner, politician[43] | ||
| Charles Goldsborough | (1765 – 1834) 16th Governor and federalist politician[44] | ||
| William Goldsborough | (1750–1801) plantation owner, politician[45] | ||
| GreenberryAnne Arundel County, Baltimore County | See also: Whitehall (Annapolis, Maryland), Greenbury Point Light and Newtowne Neck State Park, public park on the former landholdings of the Greenberry family. | Nicholas Greenberry | (c.1627 – 1697) 4th Royal Governor and military commander |
| GreeneSt. Mary's County, Charles County | See also: Green's Inheritance. | Governor Thomas Greene | (1610 – 1652) early settler and second Provincial Governor[46] |
| HammondAnne Arundel County, Howard County | See also: Howard's Adventure, Hammond–Harwood House and Burleigh Manor, historic home built by Rezin Hammond. | Major Philip Hammond | (1697–1760) planter, politician and landowner |
| Mathias Hammond | (1740–1786) revolutionary | ||
| Rezin Hammond | (1745–1809) revolutionary, patriot and planter | ||
| John Hammond Maj.Gen. | Tombstone from 'Mountain Neck' plantation to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis | ||
| HansonCharles County, Prince George's County | See also: Statue of John Hanson, John Hanson Highway and Belmont Estate. | John Hanson | (1721 – 1783) merchant, politician and delegate to the Continental Congress |
| Alexander Contee Hanson | (1786 – 1819) lawyer, publisher, and statesman | ||
| Alexander Contee Hanson Sr. | (1749 – 1806) attorney and Chancellor of Maryland | ||
| HattonSt. Marys County | Thomas Hatton Sr. | (d 1655) early settler, secretary, provincial justice[47] [48] | |
| Thomas Hatton | (1642 – 1675) early settler[49] | ||
| HowardBaltimore County, Howard County | Matthew Howard Sr | early settler | |
| John Eager Howard | (1752 – 1827) soldier, plantation owner and politician, Howard County is named after him[50] | ||
| George Howard (Governor of Maryland) | (1789 – 1846) 22nd governor of Maryland | ||
| Benjamin Chew Howard | (1791 – 1872) politician and lawyer | ||
| (1793–1834) engineer who worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | |||
| JeniferCharles County, Anne Arundel County | See also: Ellerslie, Maryland, Retreat (Port Tobacco, Maryland) and Sunnyside (Aquasco, Maryland). | Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer | (1723 – 1790) politician and Constitution signer |
| Daniel Jenifer | (1791 – 1855) lawyer and statesman | ||
| LeePrince George's County, Frederick County | See also: Blenheim (Maryland), Melwood Park and Melwood Park, an estate that came into possession of the Lee family by marriage. | Philip Lee | (1681–1744), planter, naval officer and member of the Maryland General Assembly |
| Thomas Sim Lee | |||
| Lloyd | Edward Lloyd (Colonial Governor of Maryland) | ||
| Edward Lloyd (delegate) | |||
| Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland) | |||
| Henry Lloyd (governor) | |||
| James Lloyd (Maryland) | (1756 – 1830) politician | ||
| OglePrince George's County, Anne Arundel County | See also: Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland) and Belair, home to the Ogle family. | Samuel Ogle | (c. 1694 – 1752) 16th, 18th and 20th Proprietary Governor of Maryland |
| Benjamin Ogle | |||
| PacaQueen Anne's County, Anne Arundel County | See also: Wye River (plantation) and Paca House and Garden. | William Paca | (1740 – 1799) signatory to Continental Association and Declaration of Independence[51] [52] |
| Peale | Charles Willson Peale | ||
| James Peale | |||
| Raphaelle Peale | |||
| Rembrandt Peale | |||
| Rubens Peale | |||
| Titian Peale | |||
| Anna Claypoole Peale | |||
| Charles Peale Polk | |||
| Margaretta Angelica Peale | |||
| Sarah Miriam Peale | |||
| RidgelyHoward County, Baltimore County | See also: Hickory Ridge, home of the Ridgely's, Ridgely, Maryland and Ridgely's Delight, Baltimore. | Henry Ridgely | (1640–1710) |
| Henry Ridgely III | (1690–1749) | ||
| Charles Ridgely II | (1702–1772) planter, politician, justice, merchant | ||
| Charles Ridgely III | (1733–1790) planter, iron monger, builder of Hampton Mansion | ||
| Charles Carnan Ridgely | (1760 – 1829) politician, 15th Governor of Maryland | ||
| RigginSomerset County | See also: Nelson Homestead, also known as the Elisha Riggin House. | Teague Riggin | Founder; Planter, Golden Lyon Plantation, Pocomoke Sound[53] |
| Darby Riggin | Founder; Planter, Annemessex, later moved to Accomack County, Virginia | ||
| John Riggin | Planter, Marumsco, Pocomoke Sound[54] | ||
| John Riggin | Planter, Annemessex | ||
| Isaac Riggin | Corporal, Maryland Militia, War of 1812. | ||
| Elisha Riggin | shipbuilder[55] | ||
| John Riggin | Deputy clerk of the court, Worcester County; father of Brig. Gen. John Riggin, Jr. | ||
| RodgersCecil County, Harford County | See also: Rodgers Tavern and Sion Hill. | Colonel John Rodgers Sr. | (b 1726) early settler, naval officer |
| (1772 – 1838) naval officer | |||
| Admiral John Rodgers III | (1812 – 1882) naval officer | ||
| (1787–1832) naval officer | |||
| SaffellFrederick CountyMontgomery County | Samuel Saffell | (1712–1777) early settler, landowner, second probated will in Montgomery County[56] | |
| Joshua Saffell | revolutionary soldier[57] | ||
| SewallSt. Mary's County,Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County | See also: Mattapany-Sewall Archeological Site. | Henry Sewall | (d 1665) early settler, founder of Mattapany,[58] My Lady Sewall's Manor[59] [60] |
| Nicholas Lewis Sewall | planter, slave owner[61] [62] | ||
| Charles S. Sewall | (1779 – 1848) politician, served in the Maryland State Senate, House of Delegates and House of Representatives | ||
| SmallwoodAnne Arundel County, Charles County | See also: Smallwood State Park and Fort Smallwood Park. | Governor William Smallwood | |
| SparrowAnne Arundel County | See also: Sparrows Point, Maryland. | Thomas Sparrow | (1746–1784) Goldsmith, engraver jeweler, created the dies for the 1788 Chalmers shilling, the first coin minted in the Republic[63] [64] [65] |
| SteuartAnne Arundel County, Baltimore County | See also: Maryland Square and Dodon (farm). | George H. Steuart (planter) | Planter |
| George H. Steuart (politician) | (1700–1784) physician, tobacco planter, and Loyalist politician | ||
| George Steuart Hume | |||
| George H. Steuart (Major General) | |||
| Richard Sprigg Steuart | (1797–1876) physician and pioneer of the treatment of mental illness | ||
| George H. Steuart (Brigadier General) | (1828 – 1903) planter and Confederate military officer | ||
| William Steuart (Mayor of Baltimore) | (1780 – 1839) stonemason and mayor of Baltimore | ||
| StoneCharles County, Anne Arundel County | See also: Thomas Stone National Historic Site and Peggy Stewart House. | William Stone | |
| Thomas Stone | |||
| Michael J. Stone | (1747 – 1812) American planter and statesman | ||
| John Hoskins Stone | (1749 – 1804) planter, soldier, and 7th Governor of Maryland | ||
| William Murray Stone | (1779 – 1838) clergyman | ||
| Frederick Stone | |||
| TaskerPrince George's County | See also: Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland) and Selima, Tasker Jr.'s prized mare that became a foundational dam for thoroughbreds in the United Staes. | Benjamin Tasker, Sr. | |
| Benjamin Tasker, Jr. | |||
| TilghmanTalbot County | See also: Sherwood Manor (St. Michaels, Maryland) and Hope House (Easton, Maryland). | James Tilghman | (1716–1793) lawyer and public servant |
| Tench Tilghman | (1744 – 1786) Continental Army officer and aide-de-camp to George Washington | ||
| ValletteAnne Arundel County | Elie Vallette | (1744 – 1786) early settler, loyalist and clerk[66] [67] | |
| Elie Augustus Frederick La Vallette | (1790 – 1862) naval officer | ||
| WarfieldHoward CountyAnne Arundel County | See also: Paternal Gift Farm, Maryland, Warfield's Range and Oakdale Manor. | Richard Warfield Capt. | (b.1646) early settler[68] |
| Charles Alexander Warfield | (1751–1813) planter, militia member, revolutionary | ||
| Henry Ridgely Warfield | |||
| WorthingtonPrince George's County, Baltimore County | See also: Worthington's Quarters. | John Worthington Capt. | Founder; tombstone transferred to St. Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis |
| Walter Brooke Cox Worthington | (1795 – 1845) member of Maryland House of Delegates | ||
| Thomas Contee Worthington | (1782–1847) U.S. Representative from Maryland | ||
| William Grafton Dulany Worthington | (1785–1856) lawyer, statesman, member of Maryland House of Delegates[69] [70] |