Mike, I don't know that I can help you with your question, but I would like to know more about Mary Olive Jenkins. I have been doing some research for a family member on the Jenkins family who were around the time of your gg-grandparents marriage living in Charles County probably what likely was near the Roman Catholic, Mattawoman, Charles County. Have you heard of Llewelyn Jenkins married 1st to Lucinda and second to Mary M Freeman. Llewellyn Jenkins believed to be the son of William E Jenkins and Eleanor Wilcox. Any of these names ring a bell? Now, for the little bit I know about the churches of Charles County. When it says Mattawoman, that could conceivable cover a large area. What we have now is called the Mattawoman and covers a good part of the county. So, do you have any idea where they lived, possibilities could be Waldorf, Middleton, Bryantown to name a few. There is a church at Bryantown, Charles County, MD that was Roman Catholic and would have been around during that time. Unforturnately, if that is the one, the church had a fire in the 1960's I believe and all the records were destroyed. That church is now called St Mary's Catholic Church, Bryantown. Then there is another church a little closer to Waldorf called St. Peter's Catholic church that has been around since the 1700's. It is still an active church. I do not know anything about their records. Of course, they could have been married in a church that no longer exists. Don't know if any of this helps but it might give you some leads. Patty On 2/27/2011 9:30 AM, mike marshall wrote: > > My name is Mary and I am trying to find a marriage record for my > gg-grandparents. > > I have been trying to find a record for the following. > > Ben Walhen (Actual name Aloysius Benedict Wathen) > Married > Mary Olive Jenkins > on January 17,1854 > Roman Catholic, Mattawoman,Charles Co. Maryland. > Do you know where I can find these records either on the internet or an address > I can write to > > to request a copy of their marriage license? > > I would really appreciate any help you can give. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 did some research to produce a booklet about historic churches in Southern Maryland for the 2010 "Maryland-to-Kentucky" Reunion held last July in Leonardtown. The most likely church - if in Charles County - would be the present St. Peter's R. C. Church near Waldorf. This church has had a number of names over its history. It began as St. Ignatius of Upper Zekiah ca. 1700 & was located a mile or two east of the current church at what is now Old St. Peter's Cemetery. This location is on Poplar Hill Road. Frequently it was called "Upper Zekiah Church" or "Zechia Church." Zekiah - spelled lots of ways - refers to Zekiah Swamp, which runs thru' the middle of Charles County. Jesuit priests from St. Thomas Manor, Chapel Point, served the parish in the early days. It was removed from the Jesuits in 1792 by Bishop John Carroll, but returned to the Jesuits in 1808. For many years, Upper Zekiah was joined to Lower Zekiah, now St. Mary's, Bryantown. During the 1830s, it was joined to the Catholic church at Piscataway, Prince George's County. Finally, in 1851, it became an independent parish - served by diocesan priests. That might be a clue to where you'd find the records for 1854. Either w/ the parish itself or with either the Archdiocese of Baltimore - to which this area belonged at the time - or the Archdiocese of Washington - current diocese. A man named Thomas Reeves had died in 1825 & left some land to the church. Fr. Lanahan, the priest at St. Ignatius of Upper Zekiah, decided to use Reeves's land to built a new church - to replace the 100+ year old church still in use at the time. The new church, at the present site, was dedicated in 1860, as "St. Peter the Apostle." It was more commonly called "Reeves Chapel" for a time, but that was not its official name. It was at this church that John Wilkes Booth met Dr. Samuel Mudd in the summer/fall of 1864. The 1860 church was replaced in 1972 with the present church. Until 1941, the parish cemetery was at the old church site - now called "Old St. Peter's Cemetery." A new cemetery opened at the present church site in 1941. I can't see any other Roman Catholic church that might be called "Mattawoman" yet located in Charles County. The now-closed St. Charles Borromeo in Glymont in western Charles County was near the Mattawoman Creek, but the area called Mattawoman is closer to present-day Waldorf. St. Mary's, Bryantown, is a bit too far south to be called Mattawoman & St. Mary's, Piscataway is in P. G. County. According to our booklet: St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church 3320 St. Peter's Church Road Waldorf, MD 20601 301-843-8916 http://www.stpeterswaldorf.org/ I would start with them, first - to see if they have any records. David David Roberts 2nd Vice President & "Generator" Editor St. Mary's County Genealogical Society -------------------------------------------------- From: "Patty" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 10:21 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Aloysius Benedict Wathen & Mary Olive Jenkins > Mike, > > I don't know that I can help you with your question, but I would > like to know more about Mary Olive Jenkins. I have been doing some > research for a family member on the Jenkins family who were around the > time of your gg-grandparents marriage living in Charles County probably > what likely was near the Roman Catholic, Mattawoman, Charles County. > Have you heard of Llewelyn Jenkins married 1st to Lucinda and second to > Mary M Freeman. Llewellyn Jenkins believed to be the son of William E > Jenkins and Eleanor Wilcox. Any of these names ring a bell? > > Now, for the little bit I know about the churches of Charles > County. When it says Mattawoman, that could conceivable cover a large > area. What we have now is called the Mattawoman and covers a good part > of the county. So, do you have any idea where they lived, possibilities > could be Waldorf, Middleton, Bryantown to name a few. There is a church > at Bryantown, Charles County, MD that was Roman Catholic and would have > been around during that time. Unforturnately, if that is the one, the > church had a fire in the 1960's I believe and all the records were > destroyed. That church is now called St Mary's Catholic Church, > Bryantown. > > Then there is another church a little closer to Waldorf called St. > Peter's Catholic church that has been around since the 1700's. It is > still an active church. I do not know anything about their records. Of > course, they could have been married in a church that no longer exists. > > Don't know if any of this helps but it might give you some leads. > > Patty > > > On 2/27/2011 9:30 AM, mike marshall wrote: >> >> My name is Mary and I am trying to find a marriage record for my >> gg-grandparents. >> >> I have been trying to find a record for the following. >> >> Ben Walhen (Actual name Aloysius Benedict Wathen) >> Married >> Mary Olive Jenkins >> on January 17,1854 >> Roman Catholic, Mattawoman,Charles Co. Maryland. >> Do you know where I can find these records either on the internet or an >> address >> I can write to >> >> to request a copy of their marriage license? >> >> I would really appreciate any help you can give. >>