Dear David. My uncle Clyde Harbin married a woman by the name of Berry. There is a town in Loudon Co, VA, called Berryville. I had assumed that the Bery family had lived in that area previously. It is great that you have such fond memories growing up in MD. I have seen the name Edelen name in KY among the catholic families that settled there. I have a Margaret Harbin who married a Henry Cambron in MD. They left MD for KY. Their son Zachariah Cambron helped to build St Rose Church in the first settlement of Mary-landers to KY. I can not recall the name of the area at the moment. If anyone has any info on a Margaret Harbin who married a Henry Cambron I would appreciate hearing from you. Betty Harbin Garbers > Yep, that land was a part of me. I loved it as I love family. I reckon > because I spent so much time listening to the absolutely fascinating tales > and stories of family, heroes, land, etc, from my grandmother Edelen and > her > sisters (their maiden name was Berry). > Take care, > DAve > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:50 PM > Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? > > >> Unfortunately, David, your story is not unusual. It is sad, indeed, >> because someone such as yourself would have treasured and loved the land >> for decades to come. >> Mur >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 8:35 PM >> Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? >> >> >> Hello dgolds, >> I am not from up there, I grew up in Alabama and have never >> heard of Nanjemoy Creek. The land I speak of is along Highway 228 I >> think >> in a community called "Berry", not far from Waldorf. It lay along >> Mattawoman Creek and on the other side of the creek was Pr. Georges >> County >> and the land of my gr. gr. grandfather Dr. Alexius Llewellyn Middleton. >> In case you are curiouis about who has the land now, in 1994 >> my >> grandmother died and per her wishes the land was sold by her son and >> executor and the money was to be divided among her heirs. We were all >> very >> close to her although we grew up in Alabama. In the years before her >> death >> whenever I would go up and visit her I would always go out to her land >> and >> walk and hike around it. I begged her to sell me just five acres right >> where the old house had stood but she would not do it and adhered to her >> original plan of it being sold and split between her heirs. I knew what >> would happen, with my dad dead and we kids scattered around the Deep >> Douth. >> My uncle, her exectutor, did as she wanted, but sold the land to himself >> and >> some partners, "E., K., Edelen & Farms" I think and developed it. I think >> that stands for "Eichner, Kennedy, and Edelen". They developed it and >> now >> it is a fancy subdivision. It was like 93 acres. My uncle sold it to >> himself and his partners for one million, at least that is what we were >> told. Other relatives up there told me that land should have sold for 4-6 >> million or even more. Heck, Walmart paid a family 8 million for roughly >> the >> same amount of land on the outskirts of little Prattville, Alabama. I can >> imagine the true value of 93 acres on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.. >> None of us had the money to look into it and hire a lawyer. One sister >> who >> lived up there talked with the district attorney and the DA agreed that >> it >> was indeed fishy and seemed unethical. But alas, why did she not do >> anything about it if she felt that way?!? Our little portions were doled >> out in bits and pieces over the years, with a lump at the end of a >> certain >> time. The lawyers we talked to said it would eat up anything we had >> coming >> to try to dig into it and fight it. >> So, I don't know if anything shady took place or not, although >> I >> remember hearing something about my uncle getting rid of my grandmother's >> lawyer and using his own during this, and the DA thought that was sort of >> odd if not wrong. She, the DA at the time, said that as the executor >> that >> all that looked fishy. My uncle and I were pretty tight as far as I knew >> (he >> is dead now too, dying of cancer a few years ago). So I just don't think >> about it. But if it should have indeed sold for say 6 million, then we >> were >> just screwed. >> I used to love to walk those woods and that land and imagine >> my >> ancestors. There was a lot of history there. I am sad it is gone now, >> under >> concrete and asphalt. I heard that the beautiful land across the creek is >> now some sort of golf course and old Middleton or Berry road crossing >> Mattowoman Cr. there by my grandmother's land is not more. Sad. >> Well let me go. I did not mean to ramble on. >> DE >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body >> of >> the message >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free >> from AOL at AOL.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

CHARLES COUNTRY HISTORIC SITES SURVEY PHASE 1&2: Site Summaries Sunnyside Farm Circa 1868; 1920 CH-214 Bryantown vic. Private Once consisting of 750 acres near the village of Bryantown, Sunnyside Farm contains an array of historic buildings from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. Standing as a centerpiece is a large 2 ½ story front gable frame dwelling built c. 1868 and extensively renovated between 1915-1920. This dwelling is surrounded by several typical outbuildings grouped in four areas including a domestic yard, a farmyard, and barn clusters in the rear and south fields barn. Contributing outbuildings include a smokehouse, milkhouse and brooder house in the domestic yard; a carriage house, stable, equipment shed, and a granary with an attached workshop in the farmyard; a dairy barn and tobacco barn in the rear field; and three tobacco barns, a stripping shed and a tenant house in the south field. Sunnyside Farm is a good example of an evolving farmstead in Charles County from the mid-19th to early 20th century. First established by Benjamin Marcellus Edelen in 1868, Sunnyside is believed to stand on land that was once part of the Boarman Manor grant of 1696. During the first half of the 19th century, Benjamin Marcellus Edelen (1834-1915) acquired property from his father George Edelen and, just after the Civil War began constructing the dwelling house that is the centerpiece of the farm today. After his death, the property eventually descended to Benjamin's son Edward George Edelen (1880-1915) who is responsible for the construction of many surviving outbuildings and who oversaw a substantial renovation of the dwelling during the 1920's. Sunnyside Farm is recognized by the Maryland Department of Agriculture as a Century Farm, having operated as a working farm by the same family for over 100 years.

Thanks y'all. But I just got back both e-mails to those addresses subscribing. The accompanying statement said the addresses had permenent fatal errors or some such. I will try again. DE ----- Original Message ----- From: "marianne dillow" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:00 AM Subject: [MDCHARLE] Pr George list? >I typed it in on my email to Dave so he can click on it and just type in >subscribe. I told him then he will receive an email from them giving him >instruction son how to post his query. > Marianne Dillow > > [email protected] wrote: > Maybe I should have sent it this way...... > How to Subscribe: {Type only and exactly what is in RED} > List Format Digest Format To: [email protected] > Subject: {Will be ignored} > Message: subscribe To: [email protected] > Subject: {Will be ignored} > Message: subscribe > Warning: If you have anything else in the message box in addition to the > single command "subscribe," the mailing list program will reject your > command. > Click _here_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdpgeorg/text/mdpgeorg.html#howto) > to > see how to address a message to the list. > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks y'all, I want to join that list because I have some questions for it too. My line of Edelens were from the Piscataway district, and like I said my Middletons were from Pr. Georges Co also. My gr. gr. grandfather Dr. Alexius Llewellyn Middleton had a 1600 acre farm on the other side of Mattawoman Creek from my grandmother's Berry land. In fact one of his wives was the daughter of Judge Berry if I am not mistaken. Sincerely, David Middleton Edelen II Alabama ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Pr George list? > Maybe I should have sent it this way...... > How to Subscribe: {Type only and exactly what is in RED} > List Format Digest Format To: [email protected] > Subject: {Will be ignored} > Message: subscribe To: [email protected] > Subject: {Will be ignored} > Message: subscribe > Warning: If you have anything else in the message box in addition to the > single command "subscribe," the mailing list program will reject your > command. > Click _here_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdpgeorg/text/mdpgeorg.html#howto) > to > see how to address a message to the list. > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Betty, Thanks for your thoughts. I do have very, very fond memories of Maryland as a kid and young man. But I did not grow up there. I grew up in Alabama but my grandmother Edelen (maiden name Berry) used to come visit us regularly and we would always go visit her for a few days in the summer when we were out of school. She and her sisters were so very interesting the way they told the old stories of family, homes, dear old Southern Maryland, etc.. They used to take us around to the old family spots when we were kids, etc.. It is from them I get my love of Old Maryland and an interest in history, family, etc.. They were the last of a dying breed it seemed to me, the last of the old "Blue-blooded Landed Gentry" of Old Southern Maryland. It seems to me when I remember back on them that more fairer, genteel, fine Christian Southern ladies ever existed. So many of today's younger generations have no comprehension of such things, having grown up either on the street, or raised up by baby sitters, Nintendo and X-box and other TV video games, with little contact and love with their old folks. Let me go, I am rambling on again. Take care, DE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty H. Garbers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? > Dear David. > > My uncle Clyde Harbin married a woman by the name of Berry. There is a > town > in Loudon Co, VA, called Berryville. I had assumed that the Bery family > had > lived in that area previously. > > It is great that you have such fond memories growing up in MD. I have > seen > the name Edelen name in KY among the catholic families that settled there. > I have a Margaret Harbin who married a Henry Cambron in MD. They left > MD for KY. Their son Zachariah Cambron helped to build St Rose Church in > the first settlement of Mary-landers to KY. I can not recall the name of > the area at the moment. If anyone has any info on a Margaret Harbin who > married a Henry Cambron I would appreciate hearing from you. > > Betty Harbin Garbers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Yep, that land was a part of me. I loved it as I love family. I reckon >> because I spent so much time listening to the absolutely fascinating >> tales >> and stories of family, heroes, land, etc, from my grandmother Edelen and >> her >> sisters (their maiden name was Berry). >> Take care, >> DAve >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? >> >> >>> Unfortunately, David, your story is not unusual. It is sad, indeed, >>> because someone such as yourself would have treasured and loved the land >>> for decades to come. >>> Mur >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 8:35 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? >>> >>> >>> Hello dgolds, >>> I am not from up there, I grew up in Alabama and have never >>> heard of Nanjemoy Creek. The land I speak of is along Highway 228 I >>> think >>> in a community called "Berry", not far from Waldorf. It lay along >>> Mattawoman Creek and on the other side of the creek was Pr. Georges >>> County >>> and the land of my gr. gr. grandfather Dr. Alexius Llewellyn Middleton. >>> In case you are curiouis about who has the land now, in 1994 >>> my >>> grandmother died and per her wishes the land was sold by her son and >>> executor and the money was to be divided among her heirs. We were all >>> very >>> close to her although we grew up in Alabama. In the years before her >>> death >>> whenever I would go up and visit her I would always go out to her land >>> and >>> walk and hike around it. I begged her to sell me just five acres right >>> where the old house had stood but she would not do it and adhered to her >>> original plan of it being sold and split between her heirs. I knew what >>> would happen, with my dad dead and we kids scattered around the Deep >>> Douth. >>> My uncle, her exectutor, did as she wanted, but sold the land to himself >>> and >>> some partners, "E., K., Edelen & Farms" I think and developed it. I >>> think >>> that stands for "Eichner, Kennedy, and Edelen". They developed it and >>> now >>> it is a fancy subdivision. It was like 93 acres. My uncle sold it to >>> himself and his partners for one million, at least that is what we were >>> told. Other relatives up there told me that land should have sold for >>> 4-6 >>> million or even more. Heck, Walmart paid a family 8 million for roughly >>> the >>> same amount of land on the outskirts of little Prattville, Alabama. I >>> can >>> imagine the true value of 93 acres on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.. >>> None of us had the money to look into it and hire a lawyer. One sister >>> who >>> lived up there talked with the district attorney and the DA agreed that >>> it >>> was indeed fishy and seemed unethical. But alas, why did she not do >>> anything about it if she felt that way?!? Our little portions were >>> doled >>> out in bits and pieces over the years, with a lump at the end of a >>> certain >>> time. The lawyers we talked to said it would eat up anything we had >>> coming >>> to try to dig into it and fight it. >>> So, I don't know if anything shady took place or not, >>> although >>> I >>> remember hearing something about my uncle getting rid of my >>> grandmother's >>> lawyer and using his own during this, and the DA thought that was sort >>> of >>> odd if not wrong. She, the DA at the time, said that as the executor >>> that >>> all that looked fishy. My uncle and I were pretty tight as far as I knew >>> (he >>> is dead now too, dying of cancer a few years ago). So I just don't >>> think >>> about it. But if it should have indeed sold for say 6 million, then we >>> were >>> just screwed. >>> I used to love to walk those woods and that land and imagine >>> my >>> ancestors. There was a lot of history there. I am sad it is gone now, >>> under >>> concrete and asphalt. I heard that the beautiful land across the creek >>> is >>> now some sort of golf course and old Middleton or Berry road crossing >>> Mattowoman Cr. there by my grandmother's land is not more. Sad. >>> Well let me go. I did not mean to ramble on. >>> DE >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >>> body >>> of >>> the message >>> ________________________________________________________________________ >>> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free >>> from AOL at AOL.com. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

David, I was hoping someone would find something of interest--thanks for telling me. My Maryland ancestors were the Philpotts and others with whom they intermarried. Shirley Warren

Hey y'all, Does anyone know what the list like this one for Prince Georges County is? I would like to get on it too. Thanks, Dave

Yep, that land was a part of me. I loved it as I love family. I reckon because I spent so much time listening to the absolutely fascinating tales and stories of family, heroes, land, etc, from my grandmother Edelen and her sisters (their maiden name was Berry). Take care, DAve ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? > Unfortunately, David, your story is not unusual. It is sad, indeed, > because someone such as yourself would have treasured and loved the land > for decades to come. > Mur > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? > > > Hello dgolds, > I am not from up there, I grew up in Alabama and have never > heard of Nanjemoy Creek. The land I speak of is along Highway 228 I think > in a community called "Berry", not far from Waldorf. It lay along > Mattawoman Creek and on the other side of the creek was Pr. Georges County > and the land of my gr. gr. grandfather Dr. Alexius Llewellyn Middleton. > In case you are curiouis about who has the land now, in 1994 my > grandmother died and per her wishes the land was sold by her son and > executor and the money was to be divided among her heirs. We were all very > close to her although we grew up in Alabama. In the years before her death > whenever I would go up and visit her I would always go out to her land and > walk and hike around it. I begged her to sell me just five acres right > where the old house had stood but she would not do it and adhered to her > original plan of it being sold and split between her heirs. I knew what > would happen, with my dad dead and we kids scattered around the Deep > Douth. > My uncle, her exectutor, did as she wanted, but sold the land to himself > and > some partners, "E., K., Edelen & Farms" I think and developed it. I think > that stands for "Eichner, Kennedy, and Edelen". They developed it and now > it is a fancy subdivision. It was like 93 acres. My uncle sold it to > himself and his partners for one million, at least that is what we were > told. Other relatives up there told me that land should have sold for 4-6 > million or even more. Heck, Walmart paid a family 8 million for roughly > the > same amount of land on the outskirts of little Prattville, Alabama. I can > imagine the true value of 93 acres on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.. > None of us had the money to look into it and hire a lawyer. One sister who > lived up there talked with the district attorney and the DA agreed that it > was indeed fishy and seemed unethical. But alas, why did she not do > anything about it if she felt that way?!? Our little portions were doled > out in bits and pieces over the years, with a lump at the end of a certain > time. The lawyers we talked to said it would eat up anything we had coming > to try to dig into it and fight it. > So, I don't know if anything shady took place or not, although > I > remember hearing something about my uncle getting rid of my grandmother's > lawyer and using his own during this, and the DA thought that was sort of > odd if not wrong. She, the DA at the time, said that as the executor that > all that looked fishy. My uncle and I were pretty tight as far as I knew > (he > is dead now too, dying of cancer a few years ago). So I just don't think > about it. But if it should have indeed sold for say 6 million, then we > were > just screwed. > I used to love to walk those woods and that land and imagine my > ancestors. There was a lot of history there. I am sad it is gone now, > under > concrete and asphalt. I heard that the beautiful land across the creek is > now some sort of golf course and old Middleton or Berry road crossing > Mattowoman Cr. there by my grandmother's land is not more. Sad. > Well let me go. I did not mean to ramble on. > DE > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Shirley, I found some great pics of the home (Mt. Eagle in Bryantown, Md.) of another gr gr grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Montgomery. Thanks, DMEII ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Warren" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:41 PM Subject: [MDCHARLE] Historic properties Charles county > http://www.csmd.edu/Library/SMSC/VeWebsite/exhibit1/vexid1.htm > > http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MD/Charles/state.html > http://www.charlescounty.org/pgm/planning/plans/historical/properties.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I typed it in on my email to Dave so he can click on it and just type in subscribe. I told him then he will receive an email from them giving him instruction son how to post his query. Marianne Dillow [email protected] wrote: Maybe I should have sent it this way...... How to Subscribe: {Type only and exactly what is in RED} List Format Digest Format To: [email protected] Subject: {Will be ignored} Message: subscribe To: [email protected] Subject: {Will be ignored} Message: subscribe Warning: If you have anything else in the message box in addition to the single command "subscribe," the mailing list program will reject your command. Click _here_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdpgeorg/text/mdpgeorg.html#howto) to see how to address a message to the list. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

When I'm looking for a out of print book I always go to this site first to look for the book. _http://www.higginsonbooks.com_ (http://www.higginsonbooks.com) If they have the book they will print you a brand new copy but it will take about 6 weeks to get it. Hope this helps. Yvonne In a message dated 4/16/2007 8:16:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Marianne, I've had great success in finding historic - and sometimes hard to find and out of print - books on amazon.com. Just type in the title. If that doesn't work, try alibris.com; that's a site for hard to find and out of print books. Good luck! Mur -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:30 PM Subject: [MDCHARLE] BEAN FAMILY IN AMERICA Would anyone on the list know where to find a book entitled the "Bean Family In America". I don't know the author but the Dent family is included in this book. Any info would greatly be appreciated. Thank you, Marianne Dillow ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Unfortunately, David, your story is not unusual. It is sad, indeed, because someone such as yourself would have treasured and loved the land for decades to come. Mur -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? Hello dgolds, I am not from up there, I grew up in Alabama and have never heard of Nanjemoy Creek. The land I speak of is along Highway 228 I think in a community called "Berry", not far from Waldorf. It lay along Mattawoman Creek and on the other side of the creek was Pr. Georges County and the land of my gr. gr. grandfather Dr. Alexius Llewellyn Middleton. In case you are curiouis about who has the land now, in 1994 my grandmother died and per her wishes the land was sold by her son and executor and the money was to be divided among her heirs. We were all very close to her although we grew up in Alabama. In the years before her death whenever I would go up and visit her I would always go out to her land and walk and hike around it. I begged her to sell me just five acres right where the old house had stood but she would not do it and adhered to her original plan of it being sold and split between her heirs. I knew what would happen, with my dad dead and we kids scattered around the Deep Douth. My uncle, her exectutor, did as she wanted, but sold the land to himself and some partners, "E., K., Edelen & Farms" I think and developed it. I think that stands for "Eichner, Kennedy, and Edelen". They developed it and now it is a fancy subdivision. It was like 93 acres. My uncle sold it to himself and his partners for one million, at least that is what we were told. Other relatives up there told me that land should have sold for 4-6 million or even more. Heck, Walmart paid a family 8 million for roughly the same amount of land on the outskirts of little Prattville, Alabama. I can imagine the true value of 93 acres on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.. None of us had the money to look into it and hire a lawyer. One sister who lived up there talked with the district attorney and the DA agreed that it was indeed fishy and seemed unethical. But alas, why did she not do anything about it if she felt that way?!? Our little portions were doled out in bits and pieces over the years, with a lump at the end of a certain time. The lawyers we talked to said it would eat up anything we had coming to try to dig into it and fight it. So, I don't know if anything shady took place or not, although I remember hearing something about my uncle getting rid of my grandmother's lawyer and using his own during this, and the DA thought that was sort of odd if not wrong. She, the DA at the time, said that as the executor that all that looked fishy. My uncle and I were pretty tight as far as I knew (he is dead now too, dying of cancer a few years ago). So I just don't think about it. But if it should have indeed sold for say 6 million, then we were just screwed. I used to love to walk those woods and that land and imagine my ancestors. There was a lot of history there. I am sad it is gone now, under concrete and asphalt. I heard that the beautiful land across the creek is now some sort of golf course and old Middleton or Berry road crossing Mattowoman Cr. there by my grandmother's land is not more. Sad. Well let me go. I did not mean to ramble on. DE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

There is still a school at St. Mary's in Bryantown. Mur -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Thomas J. Grant 1880 Middletown School Teacher I have a book of 1880 Census transcribed and it includes a map of 1873 and shows the Middletown District between Pomonkey and Beantown. This would be north of Port Tobacco and West of Bryantown. It would encompass present day Waldorf. There was a catholic school in Bryantown, associated with St. Mary's Catholic Church and there was a school in the Waldorf area associated with St. Peter's Catholic Church. Either of these would be good possibilities. Of course, it could be something that doesn't exist any longer too. Hope this helps, Patty [email protected] wrote: > If it's the same Middletown that's there now, it's outside of Port Tobacco - kinda on the back way to Waldorf. I've accessed Middletown Road from Rose Hill Road to Marshall's Corner and on (I think it's Marshall's Corner - it's the road that leads to present-day McDonough High School). The closest present-day parish I can think of St. Joseph's and they don't have a school now, but I don't know about then - I'll keep looking. I'm SURE someone else knows better than I - that's the great thing about these lists: the people are terrific! And knowledgeable! > Mur > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:59 AM > Subject: [MDCHARLE] Thomas J. Grant 1880 Middletown School Teacher > > > Would anyone be familiar with this area where my great grandfather, Thomas > J. Grant, lived with his wife, Josephine in 1880? He was Catholic and a > school teacher and I'm wondering what school may have been in that area. > Perhaps, > there was a Catholic parish in the area and he taught there....just a > thought. > > Thanks so very much! > Elizabeth Culhane > Fairport, New York > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Since the first posting the correct name of the book is "The Bean Family of Maryland" by Margaret Bean Langley published in 1984. Thanks, I have emailed the company you provided in your posting. Marianne Dillow Note: forwarded message attached.

Marianne, I've had great success in finding historic - and sometimes hard to find and out of print - books on amazon.com. Just type in the title. If that doesn't work, try alibris.com; that's a site for hard to find and out of print books. Good luck! Mur -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:30 PM Subject: [MDCHARLE] BEAN FAMILY IN AMERICA Would anyone on the list know where to find a book entitled the "Bean Family In America". I don't know the author but the Dent family is included in this book. Any info would greatly be appreciated. Thank you, Marianne Dillow ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

This Boarman's Manor is only part of the original Manor land, and not an original home, as I understand it. St. Mary's Church in Bryantown in also part of Boarman's Manor, and the church is more than a mile from that house (which for many years was owned by Benny Edelen and his family, and then a Mr. Smith; Mr. Smith just sold it, I believe, within the past 2-4 years). Seeing the "Boarman's Manor" sign is deceiving. If you google Bryantown +Maryland - as others have mentioned - you get several links. One of these transfers you to historic homes in Bryantown and that link has interesting information on several of the old homes there. If anyone needs the exact steps in that google search, post a query here and I'll retrace my steps and reply. Mur -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] HARDY ON DIVIDING RUN NEAR ZACHIAH SWAMP Rt. 5 South from Waldorf, just south of Rt. 488, you pass over a small bridge (that's Zachiah Swamp). About a mile, you're in Bryantown; turn right and there's an old home on the right marked "Boarman's Manor." All this within a mile of each other. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "marianne dillow" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:25 PM Subject: [MDCHARLE] HARDY ON DIVIDING RUN NEAR ZACHIAH SWAMP >I have, "William Hardy died 1718 that came to Maryland indentured. He >purchased his first land in 1686. He acquired his plantation called >"Dividing Run" east of Zachich Swamp, attaching to Bryantown on the north, >and was living there in 1717." > > " Dividing Run was part of Boarman's Manor, the 3,333 acres granted to > William Boarman, Esq. by Lord Baltimore in 1764, with the will of William > Harde written 4 Jan 1717 and proved 12 Aug 1718 in Charles County". > > This land description is why I decided to Google to find a map of the > area. > > There is still one map that names and shows Zachiah Swamp on the map. I > haven't been able to find that one particular map again on Google as of > today. When I do I will post it on the list. I live in Illinois and am > glad to receive the history and geographical articles on the area. Thank > you !! > > Marianne Dillow > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Here are links to two places where I search for books. They will take you to the search page of each. AbeBooks searches Amazon and several other used book places. The other is Find in a Library". You can search several different ways at both. Happy searching! http://www.abebooks.com/ http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/ -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 4/16/2007 10:16:06 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] BEAN FAMILY IN AMERICA Marianne, I've had great success in finding historic - and sometimes hard to find and out of print - books on amazon.com. Just type in the title. If that doesn't work, try alibris.com; that's a site for hard to find and out of print books. Good luck! Mur

I find this amazing (all brothers and sisters) : THE BEANES SIBLINGS : (1) Colmore Beanes married Millicent Tyler (2) Elizabeth Beanes married Luke Marbury (3) John Hancock Beanes married Henrietta (Dyer) Dent (4) William Beanes married Sarah Hawkins Hanson The surnames of Tyler, Hanson, Marbury and Beanes and Dent are associations of my Hardy family in Loudoun Co., Va. Just musing , Marianne Dillow

Hey Ken, Someone a few years ago sent me some info on a Berry who lived in Virginia. He married a woman by the name of Baker and they moved to Charles Co.. Once years and years ago I asked my grandmother about the Charles County Berrys and she commented that they were no kin. I thought that funny, but perhaps the story of the one coming up from Va makes more sense now. Perhaps we will never know. Y'all spoke of Lord Calvert. I recall my great aunt, Margaurite Berry (Mrs. Benj. Tubman) remarking that we were kin to Lord Calvert. Now I forget what all she said or what branch of the family she meant. I am sure it was one of her Berry branches. I dearly wish I had've paid attention and asked more questions back when all those dear ol' souls were alive! DE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Wedding" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] MDCHARLE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 168 > BERRY > > My records have a Samuel Berry, b. about 1664 in England and died > before 1753 in Charles County, MD > > About 1689, in Charles Co., he married Ann Cawood, who was born about > 1675 > > In my records, they had 2 daughters > Mary Berry, born about 1718 > and > Sarah Berry, born about 1717, died 22 May 1777 > > Mary Berry married John Robey IV before 1734 in Charles Co. > (John Robey IV, b. 1714 in Charles Co., d. 1804 in Iredell Co., NC) > this couple had 9 children > > Sarah Berry married John Wynn, 24 Aug. 1738 > (John Wynn, b. 1720) > This couple had 15 children > > None of this gets you closer to Judge Berry, but the Berry name was > present in Charles Co. Perhaps Samuel Berry and Ann Cawood had more > children than just the two daughters. > > Ken Wedding > Northfield, MN > > > > On Apr 16, 2007, at 2:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> From: "David Middleton Edelen II" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 5:34 AM >> Subject: [MDCHARLE] Friendship or Mt. Friendship? >> >> >>> Hello, >>> I have a couple of questions: I am David Middleton Edelen >>> II and my >>> family were all among some of the original people in Charles and Pr. >>> Georges >>> Counties, Md.. Upon her death in 1994 my grandmother, Mrs. David >>> Middleton >>> Edelen (maiden name: Eloise Gilmore Berry) still owned like 90 acres >>> of land >>> in the "Berry" community along Mattawoman Creek which she always said >>> had >>> always been known as "Friendship". My dad and Uncle both said that >>> at one >>> time it was several thousand acres, etc.. I have also heard it was >>> also known >>> as Mt. Friendship. On the other side of the creek lay my gr gr >>> grandfather >>> Alexius Llewellyn Middleton's land (back in Civil War or post CW >>> days). >>> Anyway, my grandmother always said that land had always >>> been in her >>> family. That her grandfather Judge Thomas Baker Berry owned it at >>> one time >>> and her father and his siblings were born there. But I have heard >>> that >>> originally that it was Edelen land. Does anyone know the history of >>> that land >>> and that area, or anything about Judge Thomas Baker Berry or their >>> line of >>> Berrys? I can't even find out who Thomas Baker Berry's parents were. >>> I have >>> my Edelen line back to like 1500, my Middletons back to the 16 or >>> 1700s, but >>> only have my Berry line back to Judge Thomas Baker Berry, my gr gr >>> grandfather. I have a lot of info on him personally, his wife's >>> family back to >>> British Parliament, etc, but none on his folks. My dad met my mom in >>> WWII and >>> moved to Alabama with her after the war. So I grew up in Alabama and >>> never >>> knew any Edelen, Middleton, or Berry cousins other than my two Edelen >>> first >>> cousins in Silver Springs, Md.. >>> Any info on that Berry land or my gr gr grandfather Judge >>> Thomas >>> Baker Berry would be greatly appreciated. >>> Sincerely, >>> David Middleton Edelen II >>> Millbrook, Alabama > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The one I was speaking of was Thomas Baker Berry who married a Jane Marshall Lancaster. I have read where her middle initial was "L", but my grandmother said her middle name was Marshall and she was the daughter of Sarah Marshall of Marshall Hall. That is confusing to me too. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Boyer Bjorkman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 6:12 PM Subject: [MDCHARLE] Thomas Edelen and Comfort Barnes Dyer > Is this the Thomas Edelen who m. Comfort Barnes Dyer ca. 1720? If it is, > he did have step-daughters > that he named in his will. > > Gwen Boyer Bjorkman > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Norma Lundgren > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Judge Thomas Baker Berry (1806--1880s)? > > > David, one of the grand-daughters to whom Richard Edelen left "Friendship" > was > Mary Lancaster. This is the line in his will abstract: > To grand-daus. Elizabeth (no comma) Corry and Mary Lancaster, each of them > 200 > A. land, pt. of Lawrel's Branch, pt. of Run At A Venture, and pt. of > Friendship, > lying in Charles Co. on Mattawoman Run. > > To Anne Neal, my grand-dau., and daus. of Thomas Edelen, to be equally > divided > between them, and to the hrs. of their body, the remaining pt. of 3 tracts > at > Matawoman, and when divided, Ann Neal take her choice. > > (NJL note: As far as I can determine, Thomas Edelen didn't have any > daughters.) > > - > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message