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KENT ISLAND. 137
that time, whose militia or fighting-men did not probably exceed twenty-five
in number, as appears from the number of voters thereon in the year preceding." 1
It is also known that the Susquehannoughs had dominion over a considerable part of the eastern and of the western shore—were the lords of some,
the allies of other tribes and confederacies—and in their treaty with the
commissioners of Maryland, in 1652, they ceded the territory, including the
site of Chestertown, Centreville and Easton.
It will not be out of place to introduce here some facts relating
to Kent Island, which, as we have seen, was occupied first by Captain
Claiborne about the year 1629. The island at this time was inhabited
by the Matapeake Indians, whose village was situated on the southeast
side of the island. The site of this village was included in a tract
of one hundred acres surveyed for Henry Morgan in 1650, and sold
by him the following year to Edward Coppedge, in whose family it
remained for several generations.2 With regard to Claiborne's station,
Mr. Davis says:
" The seat of Clayborne's settlement was at Kent Point. There also was the ' Mill,'
several of which (that is, windmills) can still be seen. There is not a single waterfall
upon the island, and the records mention the ' vane,' and other things, which prove that
wind was the motive power.
" Near the ' Mill' was Fort Kent. Fort Crayford stood near Craney Creek, now a
pond, and is frequently noticed upon the old records at Chestertown, especially in the
deeds containing the boundary lines to tracts of land. It is not named in any of our
histories; but the recorded evidence is as strong as that relating to the site of the
other fort.
" Kent Fort Manor included Kent Mill and Kent Fort. It was given by the
proprietary to Governor Calvert as a reward for his services in the conquest of the
island; but assigned to Capt. Giles Brent, whose family, for many generations, held
the title."
There was also a court house upon the island, the first on the east side of
the Chesapeake. "The Virginians," says Chalmers, "boasted, with their
wonted pride, that the colonists of Kent sent burgesses to their assembly,
and were subjected to their jurisdiction, before Maryland had a name." And
in fact the records show that in 1631-2 the island was represented by
Captain Nicholas Martin.
In 1652, Francis Hunt, who lived near the Matapeakes, was " slain by
the Indians on the Isle of Kent."3 After this, we find no other record of any
collision or act of violence; from which we may infer that the peaceful rela-
1 Page 183. The number of voters is, however, 3 This tract was owned by the late General
no guide to the number of fighting-men, which Emory, and is now a part of Captain Legg's
included servants as well as freemen, and prob- estate. On the rent-roll of a later date it was
ably young men under the voting age. From called "Indian Spring," which name it still
the position of the Susquehannoughs in refer- bears.
ence to the island, they would seem to have 3 Kent Records, 1647-1653, fol. 56.
been the invaders. What tribe the Ozinies of
Smith composed is very uncertain.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000162 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | KENT ISLAND. 137 that time, whose militia or fighting-men did not probably exceed twenty-five in number, as appears from the number of voters thereon in the year preceding." 1 It is also known that the Susquehannoughs had dominion over a considerable part of the eastern and of the western shore—were the lords of some, the allies of other tribes and confederacies—and in their treaty with the commissioners of Maryland, in 1652, they ceded the territory, including the site of Chestertown, Centreville and Easton. It will not be out of place to introduce here some facts relating to Kent Island, which, as we have seen, was occupied first by Captain Claiborne about the year 1629. The island at this time was inhabited by the Matapeake Indians, whose village was situated on the southeast side of the island. The site of this village was included in a tract of one hundred acres surveyed for Henry Morgan in 1650, and sold by him the following year to Edward Coppedge, in whose family it remained for several generations.2 With regard to Claiborne's station, Mr. Davis says: " The seat of Clayborne's settlement was at Kent Point. There also was the ' Mill,' several of which (that is, windmills) can still be seen. There is not a single waterfall upon the island, and the records mention the ' vane,' and other things, which prove that wind was the motive power. " Near the ' Mill' was Fort Kent. Fort Crayford stood near Craney Creek, now a pond, and is frequently noticed upon the old records at Chestertown, especially in the deeds containing the boundary lines to tracts of land. It is not named in any of our histories; but the recorded evidence is as strong as that relating to the site of the other fort. " Kent Fort Manor included Kent Mill and Kent Fort. It was given by the proprietary to Governor Calvert as a reward for his services in the conquest of the island; but assigned to Capt. Giles Brent, whose family, for many generations, held the title." There was also a court house upon the island, the first on the east side of the Chesapeake. "The Virginians," says Chalmers, "boasted, with their wonted pride, that the colonists of Kent sent burgesses to their assembly, and were subjected to their jurisdiction, before Maryland had a name." And in fact the records show that in 1631-2 the island was represented by Captain Nicholas Martin. In 1652, Francis Hunt, who lived near the Matapeakes, was " slain by the Indians on the Isle of Kent."3 After this, we find no other record of any collision or act of violence; from which we may infer that the peaceful rela- 1 Page 183. The number of voters is, however, 3 This tract was owned by the late General no guide to the number of fighting-men, which Emory, and is now a part of Captain Legg's included servants as well as freemen, and prob- estate. On the rent-roll of a later date it was ably young men under the voting age. From called "Indian Spring," which name it still the position of the Susquehannoughs in refer- bears. ence to the island, they would seem to have 3 Kent Records, 1647-1653, fol. 56. been the invaders. What tribe the Ozinies of Smith composed is very uncertain. |
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