Charles Calvert, Gov. of Md., 1720-1727, and Rebecca Gerrard, who was the gr. dau--of Thomas Gerrard). Benedict Calvert (gr. gr. grandfather of registrants) was Collector of Customs at Potomac, 1744-............; member of Council, 1755. Made his home at "Mt. Airey," Prince George's Co., Md., and there he died in Jan., 1788. He was the son of Charles. V Lord Baltimore. He was the son of Charles, IV Lord Baltimore; m--Lady Charlotte Lee. She was the dau--of the Earl of Litchfield and natural gr. dau--of Charles II of Eng. and the Duchess of Cleveland. He was the gr. son of Cecilus Calvert, II Lord Baltimore, who m--Lady Ann Arundel (dau--of Sir Thomas Arundel). He was son of George I, who m--Ann Mynne. It was at "Mt. Airey" that Eleanor Calvert was m--to John Parke Custis, stepson of George Washington Benedict Calvert of "Mt. Airey" m--Elizabeth Calvert, a cousin, dau--of Gov. Charles Calvert. Issue--Edward Henry Calvert m--Eliz. Biscoe, 1766. Issue--George. See Registration of Mrs. Araminta Biscoe Calvert Chew. Elizabeth Calvert m--Dr. Charles Steuart--1780. George Calvert m--Rosalie Eugenia Stier (dau--of Baron von Stier, Lord of Aertselaer and Cleydael, Antwerp, Belgium. (Gr. grandparents of registrants. Registrants under dignity of this lineage, as follows: Mrs. W. Gibson Carey--nee-Eleanor Mackubin Calvert (deceased). Issue 2 ch--Mr. W. Gibson Carey, Jr. (he was inventor of Yale locks) m--Eleanor Towne of Mt. Kisco, N. Y., gr. dau--of Mr. Calvert Carey. Chas. Balto. Calvert Carey m--Laura Towne. Mr. Richard Creagh Mackubin Calvert of Oxford, S. C., m--Zoe Davis. Issue 2 ch--Mr. Richard Creagh Mackubin Calvert, Jr., Mr. Geo. Davis Calvert, Oxford, S. C. Mrs. Henry Walter Lilly of Fayetteville, N. C. (Hester V. Calvert). Issue 6 ch--Mrs. Wm. Holt of Fayetteville; Mrs. Walter Holt of Fayetteville; Mr. Henry Walter Lilly, Jr., of Fayetteville; Mr. Richard Edward Mackubin Lilly, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Thomas Humphreys Spence of College Park, Md., nee--Charlotte Agusta Norris Calvert. Issue, 3 ch--Mrs. William D. Lescure, nee-Virginia Irving Spence, Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Craig Wilton, nee--Charlotte Calvert Spence, N. C.; Mrs. Donald Montgomery, nee--Mary Spence. All Membs. of Sou. Md. Society of Colonial Dames. Mr. George Henry Calvert, Mrs. nee--Cornelia Peyton Russell Knight of Va., 1709 P St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Issue, 2 ch--Eleanor Calvert m--Vincent Carr Thompkins (issue--infant--b--1937, Vincent C. Thompkins, Jr.); Margaret Calvert m--Ensign James Dahlman Collett, U. S. Navy, 1937. Mrs. George Calvert (Rosalie Eugenia Stier-Calvert), Fayetteville, N. C. Issue 1 ch--Rosalie Eugenia Calvert of Fayetteville, N. C. Mr. Charles Baltimore Calvert of Washington, D. C., m--2nd--Mary Agusta Macatee. Issue--1 ch--Miss Mary Mackubin Calvert. (1st m--no issue--was to Lucy Dorsey, d--1910.) Mrs. W. D. Nelson Thomas (Eliz. Steuart Calvert) b--at "MacAlpine." Address: 14 W. 25th St., Baltimore, Md. Issue, 5 ch--Mrs. Walter R. Byrd, nee--Eliz. Steuart Thomas. Address: 30 Merrymount Rd., Roland Park, Baltimore, Md. Issue, 2 ch--Eliz. Steuart Thomas Byrd and Eleanor Mackubin Calvert Byrd. Membs. of Sou. Md. Soc. of Colonial Dames. Mr. Wm. Douglas Nelson Thomas. Mr. T. Rowland Thomas. Miss Amelia Bowie Thomas. Rec. Sec. of Sou. Md. Soc. of Colonial Dames. Mr. Calvert Thomas. Gr. ch--of Benedict Calvert of "Mt. Airey," ch--of Eleanor (Calvert) Custis and John Parke Custis: Eliz. Parke Custis, 1776, m--1796 Thomas Law, nephew of Lord Ellenborough and son of Bishop of Carlisle. Martha Parke Custis, m--1795, Sir Thomas Peter. Eleanor Calvert Custis m--at Mt. Vernon, Feb. 1799, in the presence of Martha and George Washington to Col. Washington Lewis. Gen. Washington gave as a wedding gift to them 2,500 acres on the west side of Mt. Verno n estate known as "Woodlawn." George Washington Parke Custis b--1781, d--1857. He built the beautiful mansion "Arlington" on the Potomac River near Washington City. He m--Mary Lee Fitzhugh, dau--of Col. Wm. and Anne (Randolph) Fitzhugh of "Ravensworth" and "Chatam." Issue: Mary Anne Randolph Custis, b--at "Arlington," 1808, m--at "Arlington" to Lt. Robert E. Lee, U.S.A. (after-ward General, C.S.A.) Page 113 Christi Visit our homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan Visit our genealogy pages at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan/gen.html Country living at it's finest! http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/countrylife