Governor Leonard Calvert

1606 - 1647  (41 years)

• Name	Leonard Calvert  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Governor
  Birth	1606	England   [1, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1628	Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  	The Avalon colony ultimately failed due to disease, extreme cold and attacks by the French and the family returned to England
  Immigration	1633	Chesapeake, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	Departed Cowes, England, on 22 Nov 1633 aboard "Ark" or "Dove"
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  _ELEC	1634	Maryland, USA
  	First Governor of Colonial Maryland
  _MILT	15 May 1637	Maryland, USA   [6]
  	Commander-in-chief of all armed forces by land and sea in Colonial Maryland. When the English war in the 1640's came to Maryland he fled to Virginia where he controlled Maryland's armies
  Death	9 Jun 1647	St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Trinity Church Cemetery, St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I22469	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	1st Lord Baltimore, Under-Secretary and Secretary of State George Calvert,   b. 22 Nov 1579, Bolton (near Spittal), Yorkshire, England d. 15 Apr 1632, London, England (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Anne Mynne,   b. 20 Nov 1579, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, England d. 8 Aug 1622, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, England (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Nov 1604	St Peter Cornhill, London, England   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F8673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Brent,   b. 1608, England d. 1646, St Mary's County, Maryland, USA (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1641	Gloucestershire, England   [7]
  Children	1. William Calvert, Esq,   b. 4 Jul 1643, Yorkshire, England d. 10 Jan 1682, Charles County, Maryland, USA (Age 38 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F8538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1606 - England Arrival - The Avalon colony ultimately failed due to disease, extreme cold and attacks by the French and the family returned to England - 1628 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Immigration - Departed Cowes, England, on 22 Nov 1633 aboard "Ark" or "Dove" - 1633 - Chesapeake, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA _ELEC - First Governor of Colonial Maryland - 1634 - Maryland, USA _MILT - Commander-in-chief of all armed forces by land and sea in Colonial Maryland. When the English war in the 1640's came to Maryland he fled to Virginia where he controlled Maryland's armies - 15 May 1637 - Maryland, USA Marriage - 2 Dec 1641 - Gloucestershire, England Death - 9 Jun 1647 - St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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