Hi Folks: Sent this note out to the rootsweb calverts a day or two ago, and thought I'd better stay in touch with the Bealls as well, though I've seen almost no traffic here since the New Year. For some time now, I've been trying to work out the relationship between one of my ancestors, Col. Ninian Beall (Bell) of Maryland, and the Calverts (Lords Baltimore etc.) who employed him as an Indian fighter and military leader in the last half of the 17th century. Those of you who have looked into Ninian's ancestry probably know he was born in Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland in 1625, the eldest son of Dr. James Bell and a mysterious woman named Anne Maria Calvert. Anne does not pop up in any Scottish records I've been able to find so far. At first I suspected she may have been born into the Calvert family in Yorkshire or Northumberland -- an immigrant to Scotland. But then I started reading about the Calverts and discovered there was at least one branch of the family in Scotland that had been there for some time before Anne's birth, circa 1600, though nobody seemed to have anything on the Scottish Calverts. I went hunting on Origins and turned up the following Calverts -- the earliest listed in the Scottish records, and all of them in Fife: Calverts in Fife, Scotland Georg Calvert - (born ca. 1615 died ?) married Barbara Walker ca. 1636. His Wife: Barbara Walker (born ca 1620 died ?) Their Children: 1. Son - James Calvert (christened Dec. 14, 1638 Anstruther Wester parish, died ?) ---------- Thomas Calvert (born ca. 1700 died ?) married Margaret Carmichael Nov. 28, 1728 St. Andrews & St. Leonards parish. His Wife: Margaret Carmichael (born can 1705 died ?) Their Children: 1. Son - Thomas Calvert (christened Sept. 21, 1729 St. Andrews & St. Leonards parish died ?) 2. Daughter - Margaret Calvert (christened May 9, 1731 St. Andrews & St. Leonards parish died ?) Alexander Calvert - (born ca. 1705 died ?) Married Margaret Hutcheon ca. 1729. His wife: Margaret Hutcheon (born ca. 1710 died ?) Their Children: 1. Son - William Calvert (christened Jan. 1, 1731 St. Andrews & St. Leonards parish, died ? ----- Anstruther Wester and St. Andrews are both within a few miles of Lower Largo, so it makes sense to conclude that Anne Maria Calvert is from one of these Calvert families. I also suspect that they retained their Catholicism despite the Church of Scotland Reformation onslaught, which began in 1559. That would explain why Anne is missing from the Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers, along with most of her family. The above list of Calverts are probably Church of Scotland Protestant converts. All of this might also explain why Ninian was named after Scotland's earliest Catholic saint rather than his grandfather, Alexander Bell, as was the Scottish naming custom for eldest sons. A family falling out over Anne's religion between James and his own father Alexander? Ninian is the only one of thousands of Bell males born in Fife over the centuries given that first name, at least from 1559 through to 1897. I'm wondering if anybody else out there has looked into the Scottish Calverts, their relationship to the Lords Baltimore, and to Col. Ninian Beall. I'll take all the info I can get, with thanks. Dennis Bell (of the Largo, Fife Bells) Burnaby, B.C. Canada