Thanks, Mary Alice, for your fine reference to our Eastern Shore--where folks do not believe anyone lives west of the Chesapeake Bay! HA!! Joe D from M(Eastern Shore, that is) Home of my father`s family-me, I was 'borned' in Baltimore City in St. Joseph`s Hospital-guess that is why I was named Joseph! ----- Original Message ----- From: <maryalice@frontiernet.net> To: <wynne-genealogy-society@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [WGS] Submission and fairy tales-PATUXENT RIVER > Hi, Becky and all cousins-in-law, > > I lived in Southern MD for 21 years -- the very foot of MD. It is where I > met my Wynne X-husband. > > Southern MD is bordered on the South by the Potomac R and on the East by > the Patuxent, both of which flow into the Chesapeake. The big water is > the Chesapeake Bay. It is so huge you cannot see across it at some > places. The Patuxent is NOT a large river. > > Sounds like the ship came into the Chesapeake, stopped along the Patuxent > R, probably around Solomons Island, which is a very trendy sailing area > (and which is not truly an island). Solomons is right at the mouth of the > Patuxent R into the Chesapeake Bay. Then they likely slipped back into > the Chesapeake Bay and went on north. They would have passed Annapolis on > the left (west) before coming to Rock Hall on the right (east). > > This area is home to the finest blue crabs and crab cakes and oysters > anywhere! Yum! > > There is a huge Navy base named Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center > (called Pax River) where the Navy trains all of its test pilots and many > who go on to be astronauts, where your Wynne cousin Chris Shaw, a retired > USAF colonel, was a professor and director of the Florida Institute of > Technology. > > We were in St. Mary's County, MD on the west side of the Patuxent R. As > an interesting aside, in Maryland, when you ask where someone lives, they > always tell you what county they live in. This anomaly I found no where > else I ever lived. Every Marylander knows ever county's name and what is > there --what it is famous for, its cities, colleges, whether it is a rich > or poor county, what the education system is like there, crime level, etc. > > That Eastern Shore is very quaint. I think it is Kent Island that has > made some claim to being where Maryland's first settlers arrived. > However, the folks where I lived, went to college, and where my Wynne > X-husband was a professor (St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's > City) would argue strongly that it is there where those early settlers > first came. > > Annapolis is such a lovely town. It is going to be a wonderful place for > a reunion. The Eastern Shore amongst other things is where Assateague > State Park and the wild ponies are -- not far from Virginia's more famous > Chincoteague ponies. Both are on the ocean. At the end of MD (on that > Eastern Shore) is a bridge that is about 26 miles long, which connects MD > to VA at the Virginia Beach/Norfolk area. Quite a drive! > > I love keeping up with you all by reading what you are doing! > > Cousin Mary Alice > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "incoming.verizon.net" <joebeaches@verizon.net> > To: wynne-genealogy-society@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 2:34:10 PM > Subject: Re: [WGS] Submission and fairy tales-PATUXENT RIVER > > This river is on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, whereas, the > Eastern Shore is where all this activity , i. e. Choptank, Easton, Trappe, > Rock Hall are located. How in the world did that get in this discussion? > It > is south of Choptank River. Apparently the man just did not know the > difference between the Patux and the Choptank. We`ll never know. The > Choptank flows past Cambridge and terminates not far from Choptank, MD > > Joe D from MD > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ttg-inc@tx.rr.com> > To: <wynne-genealogy-society@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 2:40 PM > Subject: Re: [WGS] Submission and fairy tales > > >> Dear Cuz Joe, >> Ok.. where is Patuxent River... from the map I find it is across the >> bay >> from where they went up that inlet to Choptank....is All that water the >> Patuxent River??? >> [Knows nothing about water!!] >> Hugs Cuz B >> ttg-inc@tx.rr.com >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ >> "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to >> dance in the rain " >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <ttg-inc@tx.rr.com> >> To: <wynne-genealogy-society@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:30 PM >> Subject: [WGS] Submission and fairy tales >> >> >>> Note in Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA by John W. Jordan >>> Pg 284 >>> .. According to the original terms between the passengers and the master >>> of >>> the "Submission," they were to have been transported to the "Delaware >>> river, or elseware in Pennsylvania, to the best conveniency of >>> freighters." >>> But through fraud on the master's part, as it is claimed, or perhaps on >>> account of a severe storm which they are known to have encountered, they >>> sailed up Chesapeake bay, arrived in the Patuxent river, on 8 mo. >>> [October] >>> 30, 1682, and disembarked at Choptank, Maryland, on 9mo. 2, and James >>> Harrison and Phineas Pemberton proceeded thence to Bucks county, >>> Pennsylvania, as detailed above, in the account of Phineas Pemberton. >>> >>> Just had to add a bit more... >>> Hugs Cuz B >>> ttg-inc@tx.rr.com >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ >>> "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to >>> dance in the rain " >>>> >>> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WYNNE-GENEALOGY-SOCIETY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message