Godfrey Harmer, born about 1640; died in 1674 - Gunpowder River, Baltimore County, Maryland. He was an Indian trader and interpretor. He was supposedly a nephew of Peter Minuit, founder of New Sweden colony on the Delaware River (I have no documatation on any relation of Harmer's with Minuit). Not sure if he was from Holland or Germany... working on it. Godfrey Harmer was part of a mass naturalization that took place in 1661, of a couple of dozen people who appear to have come into Maryland from the Dutch colonies on the Delaware. For various reasons in the 1657-1661 era, the Dutch were losing many settlers to Maryland. See Denizations in Maryland in 1661: Maryland Archives Vol. III, pp 428, 429, 430 He was married before 1658 to Mary Sprye, a daughter of Oliver Sprye, Chirurgeon, and Johanna. On May 23, 1658, Oliver Sprye wrote a letter to a "Mr. Clarke" mentioning "my son Godfrid." Godfrey Harmer was one of the first settlers of the place on the upper Chesapeake, west side, where Havre De Grace is now. See article, "Early Settlers of the Site of Havre De Grace" by William B. Marye in "Maryland Historical Magazine Vol. XIII, No. 3 (September 1919), starting p. 197. Ellen already sent a link for that article. Harmer owned several large properties near site of Havre De Grace, and also owned land in Cecil County, Maryland. These below were in Cecil County: Harmers Mount, 150 Acres; Certificate Developer/Owner: Harmer, Godfrey 1658 Patent Record Q, p. 296 MSA S 1586-1332 Harmers Mount, 150 Acres; Patent Developer/Owner: Harmer, Godfrey 1658 Patent Record Q, p. 297 MSA S 1586-1333 Mount Harmer, 200 Acres; Certificate Developer/Owner: Harmer, Godfrey 1658 Patent Record Q, p. 296 MSA S 1586-2251 Mount Harmer, 200 Acres; Patent Developer/Owner: Harmer, Godfrey 1658 Patent Record Q, p. 297 MSA S 1586-2252 Mt Harmon was located on the peninsula on the north side of Back Creek, a branch off the Sassafras River. Deed. Cornelius Urimson and Ellinor Urimson of Cecil Co., to William Ward of the same place, 50 acres of land, part of a tract called Mt Harmon by the Sassafras River formerly sold to Neales Urimson by Godfrey Harmer. Made 13 Mar 1675. Wit: John Cosyns, John Wheeler. Ackn: 22 Mar 1675/6 before Augustin Herman and Henry Ward by William Galloway and Andrew Powlson, attorneys for Cornelius Urimson and Elinor Urimson. Power of Attorney. Elinor Urimson appoints her son Andrew Powlson to be her attorney to acknowledge and deliver to William Ward the land she now lives on. Made 23 Mar 1675/6. Wit: Axel Still, John ___. [both p. 5, Abstracts of Cecil County Land Records 1673-1751, by June D Brown] This will abstract is missing citation, should be in MD Calendar of wills. Harmer, Godfrey, Gunpowder River, Baltimore Co., 12th Feb., 1673; 20th May, 1674. To wife Mary, execx., all real estate during life. To child., viz., Sarah, Eliza:, and Mary, sd. land equally at death of wife afsd. Test: John Watterton, Chas. Jones. 1. 613. Nathaniel Utie was a political figure in the 1660's in Maryland. Nathaniel Utie lived near there ("Spesutia" island). He visited the Dutch directors of the Delaware in the late 1650's (correct date available, I just don't have it handy) to tell them the English would be taking over soon, that the English were the rightful owners. Apparently Utie was host to several "runaway" Dutch colonists who wished to move permanently to Maryland. Nathaniel Utie was another licensed Indian trader. He transported some three dozen people to Maryland, obtaining large tracts of land through headrights. His son John died young; George Utie, his nephew, inherited the manor of Spesutia. Nathaniel Utie married 1668 to Elizabeth Carter (his second marriage). She married second to Hendrick Jansen (van Jeverin) aka Johnson, also from the Dutch colony, and she maried third to Edward Boothby. There should be a great deal available to read about this family. Probably the best place to start would be the article in the MD Historical Magazine that Ellen referenced. Liz J