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40-627: Patuxent may refer to: People [ edit ] Patuxent people , an Algonquian people indigenous to what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States Places and geological features [ edit ] Patuxent, Maryland , an unincorporated community in Charles County Patuxent Ice Stream , between the Patuxent Range and Pecora Escarpment Patuxent Range ,

80-556: A palatinate , giving Baltimore and his descendants rights nearly equal to those of an independent state, including the rights to wage war, collect taxes and establish a colonial nobility . In questions of interpretation of rights, the Charter would be interpreted in favour of the proprietor. Supporters in England of the Virginia colony opposed the Charter, as they had little interest in having

120-500: A competing colony to the north. Rather than going to the colony himself, Baltimore stayed behind in England to deal with the political threat and sent his next younger brother Leonard in his stead. He never travelled to Maryland. While the expedition was being prepared, Baltimore was busy in England defending the 1632 Charter from former members of the Virginia Company . They were trying to regain their original Charter, including

160-576: A fountain. It is the site of annual " Maryland Day " (25 March) ceremonies which continue inside the elaborate lobby and ceremonial courtrooms. Harford County is named for Henry Harford , the illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore . Although precluded by his birth status from inheriting the peerage , he inherited the Lord Proprietorship, only to lose it later during the American Revolution . The Flag of Maryland uses

200-655: A mountain chain in Antarctica Patuxent River , Maryland Patuxent Wildlife Research Center , a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility in Beltsville, Maryland Naval Air Station Patuxent River , an installation of the United States Navy in St. Mary's County, Maryland Calvert County, Maryland , once known as Patuxent County Woodwardville, Maryland , an unincorporated community known as Patuxent from 1927 to

240-597: A result, the Puritans and Separatists began to emigrate to New England in Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony . Catholics began to see Maryland as a possible English-speaking place of refuge. Lord Baltimore, a Catholic , struggled to maintain possession of Maryland during the English Civil War by trying to convince Parliament of his loyalty; he appointed a Protestant , William Stone , as his governor. It

280-583: A trading station on Kent Island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay off the eastern shore . It also claimed that the Charter was so broad as to constitute a violation of the liberties of the colony's subjects. At this point, there were few Marylanders yet in residence. The first expedition consisted of two ships that had formerly belonged to Baltimore's father George, Ark and Dove . Both ships departed from Gravesend, Kent with 128 settlers on board, but were intercepted and forced to return to port by

320-568: A vast land grant from King Charles I (1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649). Young Calvert proceeded to establish and manage the Province of Maryland as a proprietary colony for English Catholics from his English country house of Kiplin Hall in North Yorkshire . As a Catholic, he continued his father's legacy by promoting religious tolerance in the colony. He also was involved in the establishment of

360-525: Is accepted he did this exclusively to maintain possession of the colony during the civil war, as his loyalties were with King Charles. In 21 April 1649, Maryland passed the Maryland Toleration Act , also known as the "Act Concerning Religion", mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians only (those who profess faith in the " Holy Trinity " – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, excluding Nontrinitarian faiths). Passed on 21 September 1649 by

400-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Patuxent people Living along the Patuxent River , they were among the first people taught by Andrew White . The first European to explore the river was Capt. John Smith who sailed 40 miles of it in 1608, writing: “On the west side of the Bay were five faire and delightful navigable rivers

440-722: The Atlantic Ocean in Europe , overturning King James II and the Stuart royal dynasty of England and Scotland , and ended Roman Catholic control (and temporarily that of the Calvert family and the Lords Baltimore ) of the Province of Maryland colony (including the other original Thirteen Colonies along the East Coast of British America ), and established Protestant supremacy. Calvert

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480-665: The Church of England . Calvert entered Trinity College , Oxford , in 1621. His mother died the following year. In 1625, his father, George Calvert, was created the first Baron Baltimore , of Baltimore , County Longford , in the peerage of Ireland , which did not give him a seat in the English House of Lords . He formally converted to Roman Catholicism the same year, and it is likely that his children followed him; at least his sons did. In 1628, Cecil Calvert accompanied his father, along with most of his siblings and his stepmother, to

520-604: The General Assembly of the Maryland colony, it was the first law establishing religious tolerance in the British North American colonies. The Calvert family sought enactment of the law to protect Catholic settlers and Nonconformist Protestants who did not conform to the established Church of England . However, this act was repealed shortly after its passage. Lord Baltimore's family also had title to Ferryland and

560-657: The Newfoundland Colony and the Province of Avalon . Maryland quickly became a haven for English Catholics in the Americas , particularly due to rising religious persecution in England . Governing Maryland's affairs since its founding for 44 years, Calvert died in England in 1675. After his death, the Protestant Revolution along the Chesapeake Bay ("Glorious Revolution") of 1689, matched events occurring overseas across

600-593: The Potomac River and the entirety of the eastern shore (later known as the Delmarva peninsula). When the Crown realised that settlers from Virginia had already crossed the bay to begin settling the southern tip of their eastern shore, the grant was revised to include the eastern shore only as far south as a line drawn east from the mouth of the Potomac River (including the future State of Delaware ). Once that alteration

640-506: The Province of Avalon in Newfoundland . George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore administered the colony between 1629 and 1632, when he left for the Colony of Virginia and later visited the northern reaches along the Chesapeake Bay (which included the future Maryland). In 1637, however, Sir David Kirke acquired a charter giving Cecil the title to the entire island of Newfoundland , superseding

680-740: The Royal Navy so that the settlers would take an oath of allegiance to the King as required by law. They then sailed to the Isle of Wight in October 1632 to pick up more settlers. There, two Jesuit priests (including Father Andrew White ) and nearly 200 more settlers boarded before the ships set out across the Atlantic Ocean. Baltimore sent detailed instructions for the governance of the colony. He directed his brother to seek information about those who had tried to thwart

720-404: The 1980s Other [ edit ] Patuxent River stone , the state gem of Maryland USS  Patuxent  (AT-11) , sea-going tugboat in commission with the United States Navy from 1909 to 1924 USS  Patuxent  (AO-44) , an oiler in commission with the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946 USNS  Patuxent  (T-AO-201) , a fleet replenishment oiler in service with

760-570: The Calvert and Lord Baltimore's name Street names A 1908 statue of Cecil, Lord Baltimore, by sculptor Albert Weinert , for which Francis X. Bushman served as sculptor's model, stands on the steps at the west entrance of the Circuit Courthouse of Baltimore City (built 1896–1900 – renamed the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse in the 1980s) facing Saint Paul Street and a small Court Plaza with

800-594: The Crosslands by the Southern (Confederate) regiments from Maryland. The later reunification of the two squares of the colonial seal and proprietary family's coat-of-arms in the increased use of a "Maryland Flag" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries symbolised the post-war reconciliation of the two sides of the bitterly divided border state. Officially, it was adopted as the State flag in 1904. The Great Seal of Maryland , which

840-541: The United States Navy since 1995. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Patuxent . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patuxent&oldid=797525878 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Ship disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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880-558: The arms of the Cecil's along with the Calvert (father's family) black and gold paly (6 vertical bars), with a bend dexter counterchanged , and the Crossland (mother's family) red and white bottony (tre-foiled) counterchanged cross. The flag first flew on 11 October 1880, in Baltimore by the newly reorganised Maryland National Guard (state militia) at a parade marking the 150th anniversary of

920-711: The charter granted to his father George. The 2nd Lord Baltimore fought against the new Charter. Although, in 1661, he gained official recognition of the old Charter of Avalon, he never attempted to retake the Avalon colony. Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, cited the huge expense of fighting the French privateer de la Rade as one of the reasons for abandoning the Colony of Avalon in 1629. He married Anne Arundell , Reichsgräfin von Wardour , daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour , in 1627 or 1628. They had nine children. Of

960-491: The colony and to contact William Claiborne to determine his intentions for the trading station on Kent Island . He also emphasised the importance of religious toleration among the colonists, who numbered nearly equally Catholic and Protestant. With these last instructions, the expedition crossed the Atlantic and sailed through Cape Charles (headland) and Cape Henry into the large harbour and lower bay called Hampton Roads at

1000-680: The confluence of the Patuxent River and Western Branch. By the 1690s, survivors left that site and joined another group in Chaptico on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in what is now St Mary's County. This article relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August 1605 – 30 November 1675)

1040-600: The early Calverts were buried at St Giles in the Fields, Charing Cross Road , London. We cannot yet be certain whether Cecil is one of them." This is possibly due to poor record keeping of Catholic burials or numerous outbreaks of disease that overwhelmed burial staff and led to confusion in parish registers. Numerous place names honour the Barons Baltimore , including the counties of Baltimore , Calvert , Cecil , Charles , and Frederick . Cities which include variations of

1080-526: The entirety of the new Maryland colony, which had previously been included within the domains described as a part of Virginia. They had informally tried to thwart the founding of another colony for years, but their first formal complaint was lodged with the " Lords of Foreign Plantations " (Lords of Trade and Plantations) in July 1633. The complaint claimed that Maryland had not truly been unsettled, as stated in its charter, because William Claiborne had previously run

1120-553: The entrance to the Chesapeake Bay and the mouth of the James River . After meeting with the Virginians at their colony and capital of Jamestown , they continued up the Bay to the Potomac River , then further upstream and landed on 25 March 1634 at Blakistone Island (later called St. Clement's Island ). There they erected a cross and celebrated their first Mass with Father White. Several days later, they returned downstream and founded

1160-806: The fifth river is called Pawtuxent.” The Algonquians migrated here 2,000 years ago. Capt. Smith noted 17 Indian villages along the Patuxent River. English historians asserted that the Indians were not very settled, but—as asserted by archaeologist Wayne Clark—they actually had extensive agricultural fields and raised corn, beans, squash, sunflowers and tobacco; the Indian ‘old fields’ were much in demand because they were already cleared. As European settlements grew and tobacco plantations took over, surviving Indians moved on. By 1674, some Pawtuxent Indians lived on 700 acres of land set aside for them by Lord Baltimore at Billingsley Point, now public park land near Upper Marlboro at

1200-524: The first settlement at St. Mary's City (in the future St. Mary's County ), on 27 March 1634, on land purchased from the native Yaocomico tribe, a branch of the Piscataway Indians. From England, Baltimore tried to manage the political relations with the Crown and other parts of government. Claiborne, the trader on Kent Island, resisted the new settlement and conducted some naval skirmishes against it. Calvert attempted to stay closely involved in

1240-670: The founding of Baltimore Town (1729–1730). It also flew on 25 October 1888, at Gettysburg Battlefield for ceremonies dedicating monuments to the Maryland regiments of the Army of the Potomac and of the Confederate States Army . During the Civil War, the black and gold chevrons were used as a symbol on uniforms and flags by the Northern (Union) Maryland soldiers and units and the bottony cross from

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1280-556: The governance of the colony, though he never visited it. During his long tenure, he governed through deputies: the first was his younger brother Leonard Calvert (1606–1647), and the last was his only son Charles . The enterprise took place in the context of serious unrest in England. In 1629, King Charles I had dissolved Parliament and governed for the next eleven years without consultation from any representative body. William Laud , Archbishop of Canterbury , and his Star Chamber campaigned against both Puritans and Catholics. As

1320-506: The new colony of Maryland , to be named for the Queen Consort , Henrietta Maria (wife of King Charles I). This was shortly after the death, in April 1632, of his father, George who had long sought the charter to found a colony in the mid-Atlantic area to serve as a refuge for English Roman Catholics. The original grant would have included the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay as far south as

1360-433: The newly settled Colony of Newfoundland . The colony failed due to disease, extreme cold and attacks by the French, and the family returned to England. Cecil Calvert succeeded as the second Baron Baltimore upon his father's death in April 1632. On 8 August 1633, the new Lord Baltimore was called to the bar as a barrister from Gray's Inn . Lord Baltimore, as Cecil now was, received a Charter from King Charles I for

1400-530: The nine, only three, including Charles, 3rd Baron Baltimore , survived to adulthood. Later, her name became the inspiration for the naming of one of the earliest counties to be "erected" (founded), namely Anne Arundel County, Maryland . Anne's father built Hook Manor, a country house near Semley , Wiltshire for her in 1637 and gave the house (which still stands) to the couple in 1639. Cecil, 2nd Lord Baltimore, died in Middlesex , England, on 30 November 1675. He

1440-562: Was an English peer, politician, and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland . Born in Kent , England in 1605, he inherited the proprietorship of overseas colonies in Avalon ( Newfoundland ) (off the eastern coast of the North America continent), along with Maryland after the 1632 death of his father, George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1580-1632), for whom it had been originally intended in

1480-433: Was born on 8 August 1605 in Kent , England, to George Calvert , a young English lawyer and assistant to Lord Cecil (1563–1612), Secretary of State to King James I , and was christened "Cecilius" in honour of his father's employer. His mother, his father's wife, was Anne Mynne (or Mayne), and he was the first of several sons. At the time, his father was under pressure to conform, and all ten children were baptised into

1520-574: Was made, the final charter was confirmed on 20 June 1632. This charter would be heavily contested by the 2nd Lord Baltimore's heirs and the Penn family in the Penn–Calvert Boundary Dispute . Baltimore's fee for the Charter, which was legally a rental of the land from the King, was one-fifth of all gold and silver found and the delivery of two Native American arrows to the royal castle at Windsor every Easter. The Charter established Maryland as

1560-510: Was stolen in 1645, was replaced by a similar seal by Cecil. The seal features the Calvert arms and motto, which is still used in the Government of Maryland. The black and gold quarters were the arms of the Calverts themselves, while the red and silver were for the Crosslands, the family of the 1st Baron's mother, Alice. Shield: Crest: Out of a ducal coronet 2 pennants flying, the dexter Or,

1600-454: Was succeeded by his son and heir, Charles. He died in England on 30 November 1675, aged 70 years. Parish records state that he is buried at St. Giles-in-the-Fields Church, London, UK, though the exact location of his grave is unknown. A plaque commemorating Cecil Calvert was placed in St. Giles's in 1996 by the Governor of Maryland . However, genealogists for Kiplin Hall state, "A number of

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