MATILDA P. BADGER. COMPILER AND EDITOR GENEALOGY OF THE LINTHICUM AND ALLIED FAMILIES 61 When I want to read a good book, I write on~." In urging the graduates of Goucher College to write books and magazine articles, Dr. Edgar Johnson Goodspeed, of the University of Chicago, used the above quotation in his address, "Adventures with Books" at their Commencement at the Lyric, Baltimore, Md., June 4, 1934 Compiled and edited by MATILDA P. BADGER Daughter of Ozelah M. Linthicum, mar. Chas. W. Jones of J. 1111 Edmondson Avenue Baitimore, 1\-f d. "If you ever catch the fever of Genealogy, you 'Will never be cured." -Dr. Thomas E. Sears. LINTHICUM FAMILY A record of some descendants of THOMAS LINTHICUM, SENIOR transported from England or Wales, by Capt. Edward Selby, prior to July 23, 1658 Old Settlers of Maryland, Liber Q, Folio 71 Settled on South River, Md., was a member of Friends Meeting at West River, later a member of All Hallows Parish Church, in which the birth of many of his children and grandchildren, and his own death are recorded. ''A good and free housekeeper in his lifetime." -Rector of All Hallows P. E. Church in 1701. ALLIED FAMILIES-THIRTY-THREE ALLERTON MULLIKIN BENSON PITCHER BUDD ROBINSON DEVEREUX SEXSMITH DORSEY SHERWOOD DUNCAN (,vith Henkle) SHIPLEY EDWARDS SPRINGER FOWLER STEWART HAMl\fOND STOCKETT HENKLE SWEETSER ( with Roger Williams) HIGGINS TERRY HODGES THOMAS HOPKINS WELLES, WELLS HOWARD WILLIAMS, RoGER (with Sweetser) JACOB (Jacobs) YEWELL (with Lewis) LEWIS ( and Yewell) ZIEGLER ( with Henkle) MAYO COATS OF ARMS-THIRTY-ONE Families: ADAMS JACOB (Jacobs) ARNOLD LEE BADGER LEEKE RATE:\1:AN ODELL BENSON PHILIPPS CHAPPELL RICE (with Thomas} CHEYNEY ROBINSON CLAGETT SHIPLEY CRISP SKIRVEN DORSEY SNOWDEN EDWARDS SPRINGER HAMMOND STOCKETT HENKLE TERRY HODGES THOMAS-RICE HOPKINS WELLES, WELLS HOWARD LIFE Ptruse these pages if thou 'Wouldst set, The growth of the centuries in you and mt, Steadfast and earnest, 'With heart set trut, And mind that leaps to action due. The door stands open rwide,- H erein 'Wt gaze at our kinsfolk dear, Those of today and those of yesteryear, Ourselves tlze i11ca,-11ation real Of their sternness of purpose and high ideal, We inherit their ur_qe to overcome, And hope and joy of life's full sum. The door stands open :wide. Life is a net'Work of marvelous design, Wrought in a pattern, intricate, divine! 1934 -M. P. B. FOREWORD Were the object of this writing the recalling of the period of old Colonial days in its newly found freedom, the pre- or post-Revolutionary days, ,vith its broadening outlook upon life, or the Antibellum days of crinoline, furbelows and stateliness, of the leisure-taking, pleasure-loving, heme-guarding lives of our forefathers, of the lure of living on the old manorial estates, of increasing beauty in architecture and fine furniture­ building, the theme being ,vorthy of the most facile pen, the result should be a delightful narrative. But this work deals ,vith people, their names, whom married, their descendants, and dates. Staunch hearts rode the waves, and tackled new problems in the new world, and here in Maryland, they found a country conducive to health, home and happiness. The cradle of the Linthicum family was in Anne Arundel County, the land of flowers, Anne "Arannel" strawberries, green trees and grasses, ,vaving grain, and all manner of fruits and vegetables. We can well understand the inspiration of the poet who wrote "Maryland, My Maryland." From this entrancing environment, descendants have gone to nearly every state in the Union. They have blessed the ne,v home, as they them­ selves have developed with the ne,v life encountered. Thirty-three hundred names of descendants of Thomas Linthicum, Sr., including those married, are here given; more than that number could still be preserved if other names could be procured. _Among the descendants of Thomas Linthicum, Sr., are many prom­ inent families ;-the names in the text being indexed. For further study, by reason of intermarriage, a section of Allied Families has been added, from ,vhich some branch of the Linthicum family is descended, or otherwise connecte~ The individual names in this department are not listed 1n the Index, though one may be made later. That you may find a long-sought ancestor ,vithin these pages, and that you ,vill send the compiler the names of those whose birth entitles them to a place in this enrollment, this volume is sent forth to fill what is thought to be a long-felt ,vant. MATILDA p. BADGER. 1111 Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore, l\tid. December 15> 1934. POSSIBLE ENGLISH CONNECTION In an endeavor to connect "'·ith the English or vVelsh family, Mr. Hill C. Linthicum secured from his English genealogist the following names spelled in a similar style to that found in American early records:- A. D. 1558-78 Lynsecombe, John, brings suit at law against Bartholomaw Hayles concerning Snitterton manor, Derbyshire. 160 I A man or woman named Linchcombe ,vas married at Amersham in Buckinghamshire. 1707 The ,vill of John Lincicombe of N e,v Windsor, Berks, gent., was proved this year. It is probable that Welshmen by the name of Linthicum had come into England, resided there and intermarried ,vith the people of that land for a number of years; so that ,vhen Thomas came to United States he ,vas an Englishman of Welsh extraction. Note the dates and shires above:- 1558, 1578, 1601, 1707 and Derby, Buckingham, and Berks. DERIVATION OF NAlfE "Linthicum is a very pretty name ·when you see it ·written." -Miss Randa, Alba, ?vlo. Lin, a waterfall or rushing stream-hlynn, a torrent. Th. a suffix as seventh or health, or ti ( thi) means "the place cf." Co~b, as the last syllable is spelled in many old records, the crest of a wave, or a valley between hills or mountains; as Wales is mountainous, the waters of a lin usually run, sometimes rush, down steep declivities, hence, Linthicum, the place at ,vhich the rushing stream or lin throws off a spray or comb. Different spellings of Linthicum in old records: 1. Lincecom 16. Linthacum 2. Lincecomb 17. Linthecom 3. Linchcombe 18. Linthicom 4. Linchicom 19. Linthicomb 5. Lincicom 20. Linthicome 6. Lincicomb 21. Linthicum 7. Lincicombe 22. Lintichom 8. Lincicome 23. Llyntecom 9. Lincicumb 2+. Lyncicomb 10. Lincocombe 25. Lyncicum 11. Linkom 26. Lynsecombe 12. Linscomb 27. Lynthecombe ( Paul Wilstach's 13. Linscombe Tide,vater Md.) 14. Linsicom 28. Lynthicom 15. Linsocom (Faris's Diary, 29. Lynthicum Md. Hist. Mag., Sept. 30. Lynthycom 1933.) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgement of important information is gratefully made to: Charles F. Linthicum, now deceased, for the use of his extensive correspondence. Several descendan!s of Archibald Linthicum: B. F. Linthicum of Romney, \V. Va. Dora Linthicum, Decatur, Ill. Hezekiah L. Shipley's record. Daniel Linthicum of Atlanta. Slaughter Linthicum of Atlanta. Hill C. Linthicum of Durham, N. C. Annie Robinson Corkran. Elma Pitcher Ryan, May Springer Escavaille. Annie Louise Fretwell Taylor. Mary Delmah Brown Linthicum and daughter Mary Delmah. Elizabeth Linthicum who died at the age of 90 years. Fannie L. Hales, Dimple Cupp Adams of Mo. Ora W. Lesh of Indianapolis. Velma Brooks of Eastern Shore, Md. Mrs. William F. Thacher of Philadelphia. Sallie L. Yewell, Jacksonville, Fla. George Linthicum, Julia Ducker Sears. Frank C. Linthicum, Gladys Higgins Hammond. Nannie B. P. Linthicum, Annapolis, Md. Matilda Dare Hopkins. Virginia Addison Alford, and Laura Tydings Garcelon for access to the Family Tree of Rev. Cyrus N. Robinson; to many for assistance in securing family groups in their braaches; to Warfield's Founders, Brumbaugh's Maryland Records, Vols. I and II. Wm. M. Marine's British Invasion of l\1aryland. Harry Wright Newman's Anne Arundel Gentry. Charles Hodges Benson. Hopkins (and Thomas) Records by J. l\1ontgomery Seaver. Encyclopedia Heraldica, Berry. Burke's Peerage, General Armory and Landed Gentry. Colonial Families of U. S., by N. 0. Rhoades. Wells and Allied Families, printed privately for Catherine J. and Frances J. Welles. Yeatman's History of the House of Arundel. Thomas Book, by Dr. L. B. Thomas. Maryland Archives. Frank H. Stockett's Pamphltt. '\Vest River Quaker Records. Maryland Historical Society for the use of their Parish Records and Mss. includin,g Wilson Miles Carey's, to Family Bibles and to Joshua S. Linthicum, d., and son A. Howell of Linthicum Heights, Md. The sending of accurate records, of individuals or families, giving names with or without dates, extending this record, vnll be greatly appreciated. WILL OF THOMAS LINTHICUM, SR., A. A. CO. 17th May, 1699-21 Jan., 1701 Vol. 2 Md. Calendar of Wills-Jane Baldwin Cotton 'fo son Hezekiah d,velling planation Acres Margarets Fields 280 Hedge Park: 94 Lintichom' s Stop 50 Lintichom's Lot 70 --Laid out for Jeremiah Haslings 200 694 To son Thomas and hrs Morley Grey 150 Davis's Rest 200 350 To dau. Mary, wife of Richard Snowden and hrs personalty (£100 stg.) To dau. Jane, wife of Thomas Rutland and hrs. Chance, laid out for Wm. Frizzell 100 Jesse's Inheritance 75 Jesse's Search 39 214 To grand-child Hezekiah Linthicum Clark personalty ( £50 stg.) at 21 yrs. of age 1258 Wife Jane extx. and residuary legatee. Test: Jas. Saunders, Jno. Gresham, Jane Coster, Rebecca Saunders, Wm. Harman, l\1argaret Cosland. IL 159. EARLY SETTLERS' LIST. D. A. R. Pub. Lib. 15, Fol. 301, L.eonard Wayman, Sr., of Anne Arundel, Service 1675. Lib. 18, Fol. 128, john-Jacob, Sr., of A. A. Co., Service 1665. Lib. 2, Fol. 74, Richard Cheyney. Immigrated 1658. Charity Cheyney wife of Richard. Immigrated 1650. All Hallows Parish Church is located south of South River, on the Davidsonville Road, Md.