Kent County, Maryland
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*Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," ''The Genealogist'', Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of residents of Chester Town [Chestertown] and Kent County with the following surnames: Ringold and Wilmore.] Available at [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=94040&disp=The+Genealogist+%28American+Society+of+G%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL]. | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," ''The Genealogist'', Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of residents of Chester Town [Chestertown] and Kent County with the following surnames: Ringold and Wilmore.] Available at [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=94040&disp=The+Genealogist+%28American+Society+of+G%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL]. | ||
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- This article is about a county in the state of Maryland. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation).
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County Courthouse
http://www.kentcounty.com/
Government Center
400 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
(410) 778-7435
History
- By 1631, William Clayborne was appointed Commander of the settlers of the Isle of Kent which he named for his home, the County of Kent.
Parent County
- Created 30 December 1637 from the Colonial lands.
Boundary Changes
- 19 February 1661, Talbot County was set off.
- For a time much of Cecil County was attached to Kent County until 1659 then attached to Baltimore County.
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Towns
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Communities
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Neighboring Counties
Anne Arundel | Baltimore | Cecil | Harford | Queen Anne's | Delaware counties: Kent | New Castle
Resources
Cemeteries
Cecil Burial Ground, near Lynch
Olivet United Methodist Cemetery, Galena
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Chestertown
St. Paul's Methodist Church Cemetery, Earleville
Westminister Presbyterian Cemetery, Georgetown
Census
Federal Census reports available 1790-1930 including slave and veterans schedules.
Church
Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Kent County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.
Court
Residents Appearing at the Provincial Court, 1647-1656
Residents Appearing at the Provincial Court, 1656-1660
Residents Appearing at the Provincial Court, 1662-1670
Residents Appearing at the Provincial Court, 1670-1676
Family Histories
- [de Hinojosa] Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.
- [Elena] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60.
- [Elenor] See Elena.
- [Holman] See Rue.
- [Rue] Utermohlen, William J. "The Ancestry of Richard Rue and His Holman and Vansant Connections," The American Genealogist, Vol. 69, No. 4 (Oct. 1994):235-245.
- [Vansant] See Rue.
Gazetteers
Immigration
Kent County Immigration Index 1663-1667
Act of Naturalization of Several Individuals
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of residents of Chester Town [Chestertown] and Kent County with the following surnames: Ringold and Wilmore.] Available at FHL.
- List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Kent County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.
Land
Maryland State Archives has uploaded free images and indexes to the complete series of Kent County Deed Books (1648-present). Visit their site to find the land records that interest you: MDLandRec.Net: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Free registration is required.)
Other Kent County land resources include:
Land Records (scroll over half way down the page)
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Private Papers
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of residents of Chester Town [Chestertown] and Kent County with the following surnames: Ringold and Wilmore.] Available at FHL.
Probate
Wills and Estate Records (scroll to bottom of page)
Taxation
Vital Records
Birth
Marriage
Death
Societies and Libraries
Societies
The Historical Society of Kent County, Maryland
Libraries
Web Sites
- The Kent County MDGenWeb Project, a member of The MDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kent County.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kent County. (Backup site)
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Kent County
References
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