. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. an, according to the chronicles of the went to St. Marys, the seat of the government ofMaryland, to carve out his fortunes with his sword, andwas a conspicuous figure in those troublous times. Hisdaughter Barbara married Thomas Hatton, Gentleman,a grandnephew of Sir Christopher Hatton, of HattonHall, England, Lord High Chancellor of England andfamous courtier of the circle of Queen Elizabeth. William, the third son, accompanied Randolph toSt. Marys, but returned to Kent Island, where he diedin 1684, leaving only his loving wife Alice. Colone
. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. an, according to the chronicles of the went to St. Marys, the seat of the government ofMaryland, to carve out his fortunes with his sword, andwas a conspicuous figure in those troublous times. Hisdaughter Barbara married Thomas Hatton, Gentleman,a grandnephew of Sir Christopher Hatton, of HattonHall, England, Lord High Chancellor of England andfamous courtier of the circle of Queen Elizabeth. William, the third son, accompanied Randolph toSt. Marys, but returned to Kent Island, where he diedin 1684, leaving only his loving wife Alice. Colonel John, the youngest son, removed to Mary-land in 1653, and, after a short sojourn on Kent Island,went to St. Marys. Finally, about 1656, he settled inCharles County, where he lived until his death. In hiswill, dated December 12, 1713, he styles himself aplanter of Charles County, and mentions seven chil-dren, forming a lusty line of descent—Robert, Benja-min, Mary (the wife of the Rev. William Maconchie),Anne, Sarah, John, and Samuel. 178. ENTRANCE TO BELMONT BELMONT Of these, Robert had children: Samuel, William,Dorothy, Mary, Sarah, Violetta, and married Richard Harrison. Mary marriedJohn Briscoe. Samuel became the father of JohnHanson, progenitor of the branch of the family con-nected with Belmont, and of Samuel—revolutionarypatriots both—Judge Walter, William, Elizabeth,Charity, Jane, and Chloe. Elizabeth married BenjaminDouglas, who was buried at Equality, an estate ownedby his son-in-law, David Stone, a lineal descendant ofWilliam Stone, Governor of Maryland, 1649-1654. John Hanson, son of Samuel, born in CharlesCounty, Maryland, in 1715, was president of the Con-tinental Congress, which assembled in Philadelphiaduring the Revolution, and is sometimes spoken of asthe first President of the United States, as his titlewas President of the United States in Congressassembled. His statue has been placed by Marylandin Statuary Hall, in the Capitol at Was
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