Joanne, I am not disagreeing with the origin in Flanders. However, There is some indication that John was Born in Wales. Which would indicate that William at least traveled there or held some sort of office there or had land in Wales. I will pick up Foster's work next. You gave me some good reference material. I am aware of his work and that he was instrumental in taking a new direction on the research. This needs to be done on a continuous basis until we have gathered as much of extant doc and reference material as possible. Any time you wish to direct my attention to any documentation, book or reference, would be greatly appreciated. David --- Joanne Yundt Calvert <ladybaltimore@comcast.net> wrote: Well then, you don't subscribe to the general notion that the Calvert family originated in Flanders, weavers or merchants attracted to the area of Yorkshire which was becoming noted for its wool. I can give you a zillion references to George 1st LB if you wish or need them. However, I would recommend Foster's biography, such that it is simply because of the following statement in Richard Cox's introductory essay in Foster's book: "Indeed, his interest in Calvert as a topic of research extended over two decades, dating from his writingof the 1942 pamphlet for the dedication of the Lords Baltimore portraits presented to the Enoch Pratt Library. the production of this rather unremarkable publication certainly introduced hiim to the extant literature on George Calvert and planted the seeds for anb attempt at a fuller biography. Keenly aware of the dificiencies of the literature, Foster realized that its flaws resulted from the lack of sources on Calvert's life and the lack of research in the English repositories. In 1956, he spent nine weeks n Europe, part of theis time devoted to research on the Calvert family. Three years later, armed with a grant from the American Philsophical Society and leave time and sme additional financial support fom the Maryland Historical Society, Foster spent three monts in Englalnd concentration on the extant traces of George Calvert's life. James Foster was the first historian to attempt to use mostly European sources for the biography of George Calvert......" There was an article in London Magazine, June 1768 entitled "Memoirs of the Baltimore Family:" I know of the one transcipt that at one time was in the Philadelphia branch of the Calvert family, and have never been able to locate another copy, let alone the original. I always wondered what it would have to offer; I would guess that it might have significant info on the 18th century Calvert and not a whole lot on early generaltions. R. Winder Johnson who referes to this in his "The Ancestry of Rosalie Morris Johnson" mentions only that George's father was Leonard, son of John, Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, a country gentleman who owned land and raised cattle. Happy reading, Joanne Calvert ==== CALVERT Mailing List ==== Any list problems or questions can be sent to the listowner, Christi Calvert Brogan at calvert-admin@rootsweb.com