Mr. Hurley's Our Maryland Heritage Series continues with this book, which investigates the Waters Families, being principally the descendants of John Waters (c. 1648). The family descendants are primarily from Montgomery and Frederick Counties in Maryland

According to an article in the Baltimore Sun of February 12, 1905 titled "Maryland Heraldry," "the Griffith family contributed more soldiers to the War of the American Revolution than any other family in the state." While Griffith is a proud name througho

Mr. Hurley's Our Maryland Heritage series continues with this book, which investigates the Benson family. It begins with a brief description of the Benson grants of arms in England; moves to the earliest colonial records, which feature indentured Bensons;

Focuses on the this family of Frederick County, Maryland, but include family members found in other locations such as Washington county. Begins with David Stottlemyer (b. Munich, Germany) who reportedly arrived in the colonies in 1750 and left twelve chil

Primarily a study of the Montgomery county descendants of John Duckett King (1778-1858), but it includes references to numerous other Maryland King family members. The earliest King families lived primarily in the Broad Creek area of Prince George's Coun

Most of the individuals recorded are presumed to descend from Thomas Ricketts, Jr. (born c.1685 in Anne Arundel Co.) Chapters are also included on the descendants of Jeremiah and Verlinda, through whom the Ricketts are connected to the Trail families of M

This study began with the goal of providing information about the Shaw families generally found in Montgomery County, as listed in the various census returns from 1850 to 1900, and expanded to include information from a number of other sources. The Shaw

The Hollands are notable for intermarrying with a number of Montgomery Co.'s long established families. They are presumed to have first settled in VA, either as indentured servants or freemen. Although data on the early history of the family is scarce, th

William Hurley continues to excavate quality research materials for those readers interested in their family origins in this volume devoted to the progeny of the Rabbitt name. Though he found that the Rabbitt clan was not as large as the subjects of his p

This work is the first in a series of books about Maryland families. It concentrates primarily on the descendants of Joseph Fry of Maryland (1656-1694) in Maryland and North Carolina, and includes records of other members of Fry and allied families of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. The book first discusses some early arrivals of the Fry family in Maryland, with emphasis on Prince George's County, which was the parent county of both Frederick and Montgomery Counties, where members of the family are found to the present day. Next the book deal with the immigrant Joseph (the progenitor...