Bennett's Adventure
- Also Known As: Bryan's Manor
- Also Known As: Dashiell's Lot
- Also Known As: Dr Paul Jones Farm
- Also Known As: Westfield
- Address: 25505 Collins Wharf Rd
- Vicinity: 3 mi W of Allen, off Clifford Cooper Rd
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1665/00/00 | Gov Richard Bennett | Architect | Major Richard Bennett patents Bennett's Adventure, 2500 acres on the north side of Wicomico Creek. It is one of the few grants issued in what later became Somerset County that contained the required acreage to become a manor. | |||
| 1665/00/00 | Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | Proprietor of Maryland | With a plan to establish a landholding aristocracy based on feudal England, Lord Baltimore grants Richard Bennett a 2500 acre manor with rights emulation a medieval fief. Few manors will be actually established and feudalism will not prosper. | |||
| 1721/00/00 | Col George Dashiell | Home | One of Richard Bennett's grandchildren, sells George Dashiell "Bennett's Adventure" who has the land resurveyed and patented at 1740 acres as "Dashiell's Lot". | |||
| 1734/00/00 | Col George Dashiell | Home | The patent for Dashiell's Lot is issued based "a marked pine standing west from the aforesaid Dashiell's dwelling house." Additional research on the ownership indicates that the house, probably built by George Dashiell, is the current building. | |||
| 1791/00/00 | Col John Stewart | Owner | John Stewart, a Colonel in the Salisbury Battalion during the American Revolution, acquires Dashiell's Lot on Wicomico Creek. | |||
| 1798/00/00 | John Stewart's son, Alexander, is listed in tax records as the owner and occupant of 2 acres on Wicomico Creek with a 1 story brick, 52x22ft, dwelling, Hep'd roof with an Ell, a Milk house, Smoke House, Poultry house and carriage House valued at $1200. |
| Particulars for Bennett's Adventure: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Property Attribute | English Manor |
| Government System | Feudalism |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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