1666, Aug. 22. Somerset County established by order in council; named for Lady Mary Somerset, sister of Lady Anne Arundell, who was the wife of Cecilius Calvert ...

The county was named for Mary, Lady Somerset, the wife of Sir John Somerset and daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560–1639). History · Demographics · Politics and government

Pre-1890: Prior to and during European colonization and the founding of the Maryland Colony, what would one day become Somerset laid at the nexus of several ...

History. The land that would become Somerset was originally a part of the 3,124-acre Friendship Tract patented by Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, to Col ... History · Geography · Demographics

On August 22, 1666, Cecil Calvert, Lord proprietor of the province of Maryland, authorized legislation creating. Somerset County, and 350 years later in ...

Somerset County was created 22 Aug 1666 and was named for Mary, Lady Somerset, the wife of Sir John Somerset and daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell ...

Now that we have grants of land being made along the rivers in Somerset county and a movement of settlers from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, let us have them ...

1831. First Courthouse at Princess Anne destroyed by fire. 1833. Second Courthouse at Princess Anne completed. 1866. Eastern Shore Railroad reached Crisfield.

Copy of "They Lived in Somerset County, Maryland: 1700-1725", a book of names compiled by Wilmer O. Lankford, published by Salisbury State University in ...

The Town of Somerset has a long history, dating back to the late 1800s when it was primarily farmland in Norwood Park. In the past 125+ years, our Town has ...