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Gateway Family Gateway Family HistorianA PUBLICATION OF THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Vol. 11, No. 1, 2011 ETHNIC SPOTLIGHT— elcome to the twenty-ninth issue Free Blacks in Antebellum ofW the Gateway Family Maryland Historian. is issue’s focus lavery was not formal law when the colony is a state that furnished of Maryland was rst settled in 1634. ere were some slaves, but most black people were many immigrants to indentured servants who were contracted to an employer for a speci ed time, after which they were Missouri – Maryland. Sconsidered free men and women. As the demand for tobacco rose, the need for slaves also increased and the institution of slavery was codi ed into the legal system. PLEASE NOTE: Gateway A 1664 law made black people and their children “servants Family Historian is now a bi- for life.” Under the law, slaves were considered property annual publication. and could be bought and sold like any other commodity. Slaves had very few avenues of legal redress in cases of abuse. Sadly, life in Maryland was not much easier for free blacks. In Prince George’s County, African Americans were considered free men and women only if they were: 1. Born free WHAT’S INSIDE 2. Manumitted by their owners Page 2 Venerated Ancestors 3. Purchased by a free family member 4. Freed by order of a judge/court Page 3 Did You Know? Free black men and women in Maryland had to carry legal proof of their free status Page 4 Site Seeing: or risk being sold into slavery. In Prince George’s County, they also had to carry proof that Useful Websites they were employed and had to obtain a license to sell any goods they produced. If they could not produce such documents on demand, they could be jailed and/or sold into slavery. Visits by black relatives or friends from outside the county were limited to ten days. If a black Page 5 New Arrivals resident left Maryland for more than thirty days without rst informing local authorities, he or she was not allowed to return. Page 6 They Came From... Maryland e children of a free black man who married a slave woman were born slaves, while the children of a free black woman and a male slave were born free. Any child of a free black Page 7 Help!! couple had to nd employment as soon as possible or risk being apprenticed to a master chosen by the Maryland Orphan’s Court. Page 8 Contact Visit e Legacy of Slavery in Maryland at www.mdslavery.net/. Venerated Ancestors continued from page 2 8. Skordas, Gust. The Early Settlers Members and Record of Services sudden death in 1632, his son, Cecil, of Maryland: An Index to Names of and Ancestors. 1 vol. Baltimore: The inherited the land and charter for Venerated Ancestors Immigrants Compiled From Records Society, 1905. H/G 929.3752. the settlement of “Maria Terra,” of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Contains family charts of Society of or Maryland (named for Henrietta Maryland Hall of Records. Baltimore: Colonial Wars members, many of Maria, wife of Charles I). Cecil thus Genealogical Publishing Company, which begin in the 1600s in Maryland, became the colony’s Lord Proprietor The St. Louis Maryland Hall of Records. Also situation whenever possible (names 1968. H/G 929.3752. Massachusetts, Virginia, and England. and the second Lord Baltimore. Public Library’s includes records on fi le from some of properties can also be obtained Immigrants are listed alphabetically Notations are made under the names He offered free land and religious genealogical county courts and individual ministers’ from bibliography items 1 and 3 by surname with the source and year of ancestors who served in Colonial freedom to persons who would collections registers. Listings are alphabetical above). of immigration provided along with an Wars and/or the American Revolution. help settle his colony (they had to provide by groom (with a bride’s index by indication of whether the person was Unit in which the ancestor served is be Christians, but didn’t need to be researchers with surname in the back of each volume). 5. Maryland Historical Magazine. involuntarily transported or paid his often provided. Catholic). A passenger list of these a wide variety Baltimore: Maryland Historical or her way. Notes sometimes indicate fi rst settlers of Maryland arriving on of published 3. Coldham, Peter Wilson. Settlers Society, 1 vol. 1906-current. ST-P. the county of origin in England and 10. Society of the Ark and the Dove. the ship Ark and the Dove in 1634 records, histories, of Maryland, 1679-1783. 5 vols. The Library owns a complete run the county of settlement in Maryland. The Ark and the Dove Adventurers. has been reconstructed in this work. indexes, and Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., of this magazine, which contains Occupation, reason for immigration, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Genealogies of their descendants to more covering 1966 and 1995. H/G 929.3752. genealogical and historical and relationship to other immigrants Company, 2005. H/G 929.3752. the fi fth generation (if any) are also the state of The author has abstracted and information. It is indexed by PERSI may also be provided. In 1632, Catholic King Charles I of included. Maryland, its 27 indexed land grants recorded at the (Periodical Source Index) and can be England granted George Calvert counties, and Maryland Land Offi ce. The calendars accessed via the HERITAGEQUEST 9. Society of Colonial Wars in the State (a Catholic convert) a huge tract the independent of the Maryland Land Registers are database. The Library also owns the of Maryland. Genealogies of the of land in Virginia. Upon George’s city of Baltimore. virtually complete from the earliest Maryland Genealogical Society’s Here is a years of the province and provide Bulletin (Baltimore: The Society, sampling: a clear picture of its settlement. In Vol. 6, 1965-current), which is also 1680, the headright system was indexed in PERSI. 1. Barnes, Robert W. British Roots of done away with; thereafter, land was Maryland Families. 2 vols. Baltimore: usually obtained only by purchase or 6. McIntire, Robert Harry. Annapolis, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1999. H/G as an award from the Proprietor. Each Maryland Families. 2 vols. Baltimore: Did You Know? } 929.3752. volume lists landowners alphabetically Gateway Press, Inc., 1980. H/G Under each surname, the author by surname; county where property 929.3752. Maryland Death has some burial records for early has copies of these records from notes the original location of the was located; name of property; Contains information abstracted Maryland counties from 1654-1720 1898-1972. family in Great Britain plus the number of acres; date surveyed or from thousands of birth and marriage Records and some church death and burial source where the information was patented; and reference. Marylanders records; records from churches Availability varies widely by county. indexes from 1686-1958. The State Department of Vital uncovered. A brief genealogy usually named their property. For of several denominations; plus The Maryland State Archives (MSA) of the immigrant ancestor and example, tracts belonging to Mr. cemetery, newspaper, and military Records consolidated the recording his descendants is provided Thomas Holliday have names such as records from the Annapolis area. Maryland experimented with an of city and county death records for along with a description of any “Holliday’s Choice” and “Tewksbury.” Families are listed alphabetically by attempt to record deaths and burials Maryland in 1972. MSA has copies progenitor’s coat-of-arms. Tracts This custom generally makes the progenitor with an every-name index by county between 1865 and 1884. of these records from 1972-2001. of surveyed land belonging to tracing of a particular piece of in each volume. Compliance was poor, but MSA family members in Maryland are property much easier and can also has a copy of the records that were The Guide to Government Records described by property name. Over give clues to the person’s background 7. O’Rourke, Timothy J. Maryland compiled. MSA also has copies of is the aid created by the MSA to 500 families are covered in Volume and European origins. Notes regarding Catholics on the Frontier: The Baltimore City Death Records from assist users in their quest to fi nd I; an additional 203 families (plus transported persons, guardianship, Missouri and Texas Settlements. additions and corrections to the fi rst subsequent marriages, or other legal Parsons, KS: Brefney Press, 1973. 1875-1972. Some of those records specifi c records. It describes record volume) are found in Volume II. matters are often included. H/G 929.3752. now exist only as a microfi lm copy; series that have been created by Although most pioneer families the original paper records were state agencies, whether at the state, 2. Barnes, Robert W. Maryland 4. Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland mentioned in this book settled destroyed after fi lming. county, or municipal level. You can Marriages, 1634-1777. Also, Calendar of Wills. 16 vols. Baltimore: in Perry County, Missouri, and browse record listings by series, Maryland Marriages, 1778-1800; Genealogical Pub. Co, 1968–1995. various areas in Texas, all trace their The Maryland General Assembly agency, or record type. If you choose Maryland Marriages, 1801- and H/G 929.3752. colonial roots to southern Maryland. mandated the keeping of death record type, you can then search the 1820. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Contains abstracts of Maryland Genealogies of over 15,000 Catholic records at the county level in 1898. county agency series (arranged by Pub. Co., 1975, 1993, and 1978. All wills from the Prerogative Courts settlers are included, which traces located in H/G 929.3752.
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