Descendants of George Calvert Generation No. 1 1. George1 Calvert was born 1525 in Satron, Yorkshire, England, and died Unknown. He married Dorothy Leonard. She was born Abt. 1530, and died Unknown. Child of George Calvert and Dorothy Leonard is: + 2 i. Leonard2 Calvert, born 1550 in Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, England; died Unknown. Generation No. 2 2. Leonard2 Calvert (George1) was born 1550 in Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, England, and died Unknown. He married Alice Grace Crossland Abt. 1575 in Bolton Castle, Yorkshire, England, daughter of Thomas Crossland and Joanna Hawksworth. She was born Abt. 1557 in Crossland Hill, Yorkshire, England, and died Unknown. More About Leonard Calvert and Alice Crossland: Marriage: Abt. 1575, Bolton Castle, Yorkshire, England Child of Leonard Calvert and Alice Crossland is: + 3 i. George3 Calvert, born Abt. 1580 in Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, England; died 12 Apr 1632 in London, Middlesex, England. Generation No. 3 3. George3 Calvert (Leonard2, George1) was born Abt. 1580 in Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, England, and died 12 Apr 1632 in London, Middlesex, England. He married Anne Mynne 22 Nov 1604 in Yorkshire, England, daughter of George Mynne and Elizabeth Wroth. She was born 10 Nov 1579 in Bexley, Hertfordshire, England, and died 12 Aug 1621 in Hertfordshire, England. Notes for George Calvert: George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, b. 1580, M.P. successively for Bossiney, Yorkshire and Oxford University, who, having served as secretary to Sir Robert Cecil when Secretary of State, and afterwards as Clerk to the Privy Coucil, received a knighthood 1617 and was appointed, in 1618, Secretary of State to the King, who employed him in the most important affairs, and settled, in 1620, a pension of L1,000 a year upon him beyond his salary. Sir George, however, becoming a Roman Catholic, voluntarily resigned his post. The King continued him, nevertheless in the Privy Council, and having made him large grants of land in Ireland, raided him to the peerage of that kingdom, in 1624, as Baron Baltimore, in the County of Longford. Whilst Secretary of State, his lordship obtained a grant in the province of Avalon, in Newfoundland, with the most extensive privileges, and expended L25,000 in the settlement thereof. This place he visited thrice in the reign of King James I, but on account of the French encroachments, and also because of the very severe climate in winter, he abandoned it altogether; whereupon he obtained from King Charles I, a patent of Maryland, to him and his heirs for ever, with the same title and royalties as in Avalon, to hold in common soccage as of the manor of Windsor, paying yearly as acknowledgement to the Crown, two Indian Arrows at Windsor Castle, upon Easter Tuesday, and the fifth part of the gold and silver ore. His lordship did not live, however, to see the grant pass the great seal, and his son, Cecil, the succeeding Lord Baltimore, had it made out in his own name, bearing date 20 June 1632. His Lordship m. 1st, 22 Nov 1604, anne dau. of George Mynne, of Hertingfordbury in the County of Hertford, by whom, (who d. 8 Aug 1622) he had issue. The baron m. 2ndly, 1627, Joan, who predeceased him, and d. 15 April 1632, and was s. by his eldest son, by his first wife, Cecil..." [alford1.FTW] George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, b. 1580, M.P. successively for Bossiney, Yorkshire and Oxford University, who, having served as secretary to Sir Robert Cecil when Secretary of State, and afterwards as Clerk to the Privy Coucil, received a knighthood 1617 and was appointed, in 1618, Secretary of State to the King, who employed him in the most important affairs, and settled, in 1620, a pension of L1,000 a year upon him beyond his salary. Sir George, however, becoming a Roman Catholic, voluntarily resigned his post. The King continued him, nevertheless in the Privy Council, and having made him large grants of land in Ireland, raided him to the peerage of that kingdom, in 1624, as Baron Baltimore, in the County of Longford. Whilst Secretary of State, his lordship obtained a grant in the province of Avalon, in Newfoundland, with the most extensive privileges, and expended L25,000 in the settlement thereof. This place he visited thrice in the reign of King James I, but on account of the French encroachments, and also because of the very severe climate in winter, he abandoned it altogether; whereupon he obtained from King Charles I, a royalties as in Avalon, to hold in common soccage as of the manor of Windsor, paying yearly as acknowledgement to the Crown, two Indian Arrows at Windsor Castle, upon Easter Tuesday, and the fifth part of the gold and silver ore. His lordship did not live, however, to see the grant pass the great seal, and his son, Cecil, the succeeding Lord Baltimore, had it made out in his own name, bearing date 20 June 1632. His Lordship m. 1st, 22 Nov 1604, anne dau. of George Mynne, of Hertingfordbury in the County of Hertford, by whom, (who d. 8 Aug 1622) he had issue. The baron m. 2ndly, 1627, Joan, who predeceased him, and d. 15 April 1632, and was s. by his eldest son, by his first wife, Cecil..." More About George Calvert: Burial: 15 Apr 1632, St. Dunstan's, London, Middlsex, England More About George Calvert and Anne Mynne: Marriage: 22 Nov 1604, Yorkshire, England Child of George Calvert and Anne Mynne is: + 4 i. Leonard4 Calvert, born 21 Nov 1610 in London, Middlesex, England; died 09 Jun 1647 in St. Mary's, Maryland. Generation No. 4 4. Leonard4 Calvert (George3, Leonard2, George1) was born 21 Nov 1610 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 09 Jun 1647 in St. Mary's, Maryland. He married Anne Brent 1642 in England, daughter of Richard Brent and Elizabeth Reed. She was born Abt. 1622 in Illmington, London, England, and died Abt. 1646 in St. Mary's City, St. Mary's, Maryland. Notes for Leonard Calvert: Second son of George Calvert , brother to Cecil , and governor of Maryland from 1633 to 1647. He led the first expedition from England to the new colony; established good relations with the local Indians; selected the site of the capital at St. Mary's City; and attempted to execute the orders and designs of his brother amidst the almost constant hostility of the Virginians. He was out of the colony for almost two years following Richard Ingle's invasion of Maryland in 1645, but finally restored proprietary authority and died soon after. He made Margaret Brent, his sister-in-law, his executrix. CALVERT, LEONARD (ca. 1606-1647) BORN: ca. 1606 in England; second son. IMMIGRATED: in 1633/34 as a free adult. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Sir George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore (1578/79- 1632). MOTHER: Anne (1579-1622), daughter of George Mynne. BROTHERS: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore (1605-1675); George (1613-1634); Francis; Henry; and John (1618-1618/19). HALF BROTHER: Philip Calvert (1626-1682). SISTERS: Anne; Dorothy; Elizabeth; Grace 1614-?); and Helen (1615-1655). MARRIED probably Anne Brent. CHILDREN. SON: William Calvert (ca. 1642/43-1682), who married in 1661/62, Elizabeth, daughter of William Stone (ca. 1603-ca. 1659/60). DAUGHTER: Anne (1644-ca. 1714), who married first in 1664, Baker Brooke (1628- 1678/79), second, ca. 1680, Henry Brent (?-1693), and third, Richard Marsham (?-1713). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate, probably had considerable schooling. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Catholic. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Sailed to Maryland as governor with the first two ships of immigrants, 1633; returned to England in 1641/42 and 1643/44, during which time he fathered his two children, who were probably illegitimate. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: placeman; planter; engaged in some trade with the Indians. PUBLIC CAREER. PROVINCIAL OFFICES: governor, 1633-1647. OUT OF COLONY SERVICE: prothonotary and keeper of writs in Connaught and Thomond, Ireland, 1621. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Calvert had a very difficult task in the initial years of settlement of steering a middle ground between the demands of various groups in colony, especially the Jesuits, and his responsibilities as chief executive officer for his brother; he was generally more lenient to special interest groups in Maryland than his brother wished. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 3,000 acres in 1634. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on June 11, 1647. LAND: patents or certificates for ca. 9,000 acres. Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Vol. I, A-H, (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979), p. 190. Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 1634-1647, born in England, 1607; died in Maryland, 9 June, 1647. He was the second son of George Calvert, first to protect the colony of Avalon against the depredations of French cruisers. In 1633, his brother, the second Lord Baltimore, appointed him Governor of Maryland and sent him in charge of an expedition to make a settlement. Two vessels, the Ark and Dove, carrying over 300 settlers sailed from the harbour of Cowes, 22 November, 1633, arriving at point Comfort, Virginia, 24 February, 1634. On 27 March they landed at what is now St. Mary's, then the site of an Indian village, and they began the work of establishing a settlement. The Indians received them kindly and sold them the land. Clayborne of the Virginia colony had established a trading post on Kent Island, which was in the domain of Maryland. After the settlement at St. Mary's this trade was continued. Trouble arose and Clayborne went to England to lay is claims before the king, but was informed that the island belonged to Lord Baltimore.