1662/00/00 |
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Tracts of land are patented during 1662-1663 to Nicholas Wyatt (died 1673), a 1649 emigrant from Virginia and a prominent Anne Arundel County Quaker. |
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1690/00/00 |
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A gambrel-roof dwelling is built. |
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1735/00/00 |
John Ross of Belvoir |
Home |
In the mid 1730's John Ross begins buying large tracts of land surrounding the a 1690 dwelling. Ross' principal land purchases for 1735 to 1736 include tracts patented during 1662-1663 to Nicholas Wyatt. |
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1781/09/16 |
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur |
Patriot Commander |
Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur camps with his troops at Belvoir on September 16 and 17, 1781. |
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1789/00/00 |
Francis Scott Key |
Family |
Mrs Elizabeth Ross Scott brings her great-nephew, Francis Scott Key, a student at St John's, to Belvoir to see his great-grandmother. |
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1798/00/00 |
Elizabeth Key Maynadier |
Home |
By 1798, the Maynadiers are living with Mrs Ross, Elizabeth's grandmother. Mrs Ross, blind, continues to hold title to Belvoir. |
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1805/11/28 |
Col Henry Maynadier |
Home |
Henry Maynadier makes a notation: "Belvoir Nov 28, 1805". It is the earliest recorded "Belvoir" name. |
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1809/00/00 |
Brice John Worthington |
Groom |
Ann Lee Fitzhugh marries Brice John Worthington at Belvoir. Ann Fitzhugh met Brice Worthington of Summer Hill (lost), Crownsville, during a hunt at Belvoir hosted by Colonel Maynadier. |
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1809/00/00 |
Anna Fitzhugh Worthington |
Bride |
Ann Lee Fitzhugh marries Brice John Worthington at Belvoir. Ann Fitzhugh met Brice Worthington of Summer Hill (lost), Crownsville, during a hunt at Belvoir hosted by Colonel Maynadier. |
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1811/01/05 |
Ann Ross Key |
Died |
Anne Arnold Ross Key dies at Belvoir, Anne Arundel, Maryland. She is buried in the graveyard at Belvoir. |
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1816/00/00 |
Brice John Worthington |
Owner |
Brice and Ann Worthington buy Belvoir land from John Ross' heirs including Belvoir, although they will continue to reside at Summer Hill (lost). Destroyed by fire, Summer Hill was located west of Hockley about 3 miles south of Crownsville. |
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1816/00/00 |
Anna Fitzhugh Worthington |
Owner |
Brice and Ann Worthington buy Belvoir land from John Ross' heirs including Belvoir, although they will continue to reside at Summer Hill (lost). Destroyed by fire, Summer Hill was located west of Hockley about 3 miles south of Crownsville. |
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1832/02/10 |
Elizabeth Key Maynadier |
Died |
Elizabeth Ross Key Maynadier passes away. She is buried in the cemetery at Belvoir in Anne Arundel, Maryland. |
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1837/12/00 |
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After Brice John Worthington's death in 1837, Lot Number 1 containing "the Building at Bellevoir" is devised to his son George Fitzhugh Worthington. |
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