George Calvert (1579 - 1632)

Born 22 Nov 1579 in Kipling, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Mynne) Calvert — married 22 Nov 1604 in St Peters Church, Cornhill, London, England

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1632 at age 52 in London, Middlesex, England

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Biography

George was a Roman Catholic

George Calvert is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

1578 Birth and Parents

George Calvert^[1] was son and heir of Leonard Calvert, by Alice, daughter of John Crossland. He was born at Kipling (in Bolton), Yorkshire, in 1578 or 1579. ^[2]

Little is known of George's origins, except that he came from Yorkshire the son of Leonard Calvert, born about 1579. It appears that George's father was a Roman Catholic, although his father was compelled by law to have George tutored by a Protestant. George matriculated (entered) Trinity College, Oxford, at the age of 14 in 1593/4, and received his bachelor's degree in 1597, having studied foreign languages. At some point, he would have had to swear allegiance to the Crown, which would have included a denial that the Pope had authority over the Church of England. After Oxford, he studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London for three years. ^[3]

He became the secretary and protege of Sir Robert Cecil, after whom he named his eldest son. ^[3]

He matriculated aged 14 at Trinity College, Oxford, in 1594, and received a BA degree in1597.^[2]

1604 Marriage to Anne Mynne

On 22 November 1604 at Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, George Calvert married Anne Mynne, the daughter of George Mynn, Esq, of Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire and his wife Elizabeth Wroth. ^[2]

George, gentleman of St. Martins-in-the-Field, married, by license, Anne Mynne, of Hertfordshire, daughter of John Mynne,^[3] a Protestant, on November 22, 1604 at St. Peter's, Cornhill, London.^[4]

She died 8 August 1622, and was buried at Hertingforfdbury, Hertfordshire.^[2]

His wife Anne died in 1622 and is buried at St. Martins-in-the-Fields, a Protestant church. ^[3]

1616 Danby Lenske

In 1616 King James I granted the manor of Danby Wiske to George Calvert, who subsequently became Lord Baltimore. ^[5]

Offices and Lands

George Calvert, Knt, was of Danbywiske, Yorkshire. ^[2] During his career he was

• Under Secretary of State
• Clerk of the Privy Council
• Burgess (MP for Bossiney, 1605
• Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire, 1609-11
• Secretary of State, 1620-02
• Privy Councillor, 1619-1625.

Timeline

• Fact: Christening (1579) Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, England
• Fact: Immigrated (1606) Private sec to Sir Robert Cecil
• Fact: unknown (29 SEP 1617) Knighted by King James I
• Fact: Knighted (29 September 1617)
• Fact: Land (BEF 1617) 2300 acres in Langfrod, Ireland-Manor of Baltimore
• Fact: Religion (1624) Convert to Catholic
• Fact: Occupation (1625) Retired from public life
• Fact: Burial (15 April 1632) London St John the Baptist, London, England
• Fact: George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (29 October 2013 (the last update)) This document shows that "Brother Calvert" is a significant historical figure. You've got to see this!
• Fact: baptism Great Morrshams, Parish of Skelton, Yorkshire, England
• Fact: Land 2300 acres in Langfrod,Ireland-Manor of Baltimore
• Fact: Ref # JP 5
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility 1st Lord Baltimore
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility Baron
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Calvert,_1st_Baron_Baltimore
• Fact: Children Calvert had a total of thirteen children: Cecil, who succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Baltimore, Leonard, Anne, Mary, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Grace, Francis, George, Helen, Henry, John, and Philip
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility Lord Baltimore

1624 Catholicism, Lord Baltimore and Maryland

He resigned his preferments in February 1624/5, having become a Roman Catholic. ^[2]

However, as he had received large grants of land in Ireland, he was created Lord Baltimore, of Baltimore, County Longford, Ireland, 16 Feb 1624/5.^[2]

Calvert held many high offices and was very involved in the foreign affairs of the Crown, but the political atmosphere and religious intolerance became intolerable, and in 1625 Calvert resigned his position as one of two Secretaries of State. When he resigned, the King, James I, confirmed Calvert's position on the Privy Council, and George was appointed Baron Baltimore in county Longford, Ireland. He converted to Catholicism, probably in late 1624. ^[3]

The Calvert's were known for their religious tolerance, allowing Catholic refugees as well as others, to settle in Maryland. ^[3]

1627 Marriage to Joan

In or before 1627 he married Joan. They had one son^[2]

Avalon

George was very involved in the colonization of the New World. He invested in the Virginia Company, then in the East India Company. He purchased land in at Ferryland on the Alvan Peninsula, Newfoundland and established a colony there called Avalon. You can read about the settlement at Ferryland, Newfoundland and about the Avalon Peninsula at Wikipedia.

Maryland

After the settlement at Avalon failed in 1629 due to an unusually harsh winter, Calvert tried to get a charter to establish a new colony in a warmer climate. He was denied a colony in Virginia, but he was final granted a charter for lands in Maryland. Unfortunately, it was too late, as Calvert had died five weeks earlier. His son Cecil, 2nd Baron Baltimore, inherited his father's title and lands. Cecil's younger brother, Leonard, was the first Proprietary Governor of the Maryland. Although George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, never actually set foot in Maryland, he is considered its founder.^[3]

He received a grant of Maryland from King Charles I, but never visited Maryland.^[2]

1632 Death

Sir George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, died 15 April 1632, and was buried at St. Dunstan's in the West, London.^[2]

George Calvert died on April 15, 1632, at the age of 54.^[6] He is buried at St Dunstan-in-the-West Church, Fleet Street, City of London Greater London, England.

Issue

George and Anne had six sons and six daughters:^[2]

1. Cecil
2. Leonard
3. George
4. Francis
5. Henry
6. Mary, wife of Philip Darnell
7. John
8. Anne, wife of William Peasley
9. Dorothy
10. Elizabeth
11. Grace, wife of Robert Talbot, knight
12. Ellen or Helen, wife of James Talbot, Esq.

George and Joan had one son,

1. Philip

Sources

1. ↑ Calvert, George - A1313; born 1578-9 Yorkshire, England, buried 15 April 1632 London, England: (Stockholder Virginia Company). accessed 13 September 2021
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Richardson, Douglas: Royal Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2013), 5 vols, Volume 2. George Calvert's first wife Anne Mynne is #21 on page 63.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Hall, Clayton Colman. The lords Baltimore and the Maryland palatinate. J. Murphy Co., Baltimore, 1902. OpenLibrary.org (http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23316185M/The_lords_Baltimore_and_the_Maryland_palatinate : accessed 11 Mar 2021)
4. ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries, Archives. London Metropolitan Archives, St Peter Cornhill, Composite register: baptisms 1538 - 1774, marriages 1538/9 - 1754, burials 1538/9 - 1774, P69/PET1/A/001/MS08820.
5. ↑ Wikipedia: Danby_Wiske
6. ↑ Musgrave's Obituary. Harleian Society, 1899, OCLC 2163918, Vol. 44, Page 94. OpenLibrary.org (https://openlibrary.org/books/OL20452294M/Obituary_Prior_to_1800_(as_Far_as_Relates_to_England_Scotland_and_Ireland) : accessed 11 Mar 2021)

See also:

• Please see the extremely well documented biography at the Dictionary of National Biography, except that the Dictionary erroneously has George's marriage to Anne Wynne, not Anne Mynne.
• Please see the biography in the Archives of Maryland Biographical Series for George Calvert.
• For more information, see the extensive biography of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore at Wikipedia.
• HoP. Mentions a 3rd wife, Mary Wynne, citing an obscure source.
• DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Macmillan, New York, 1886, Vol. 8, Page 269. OpenLibrary.org (http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7187636M/Dictionary_of_national_biography : accessed 11 Mar 2021)
• Chalmers, Alexander. The General Biographical Dictionary (London, 1813) Vol. 8, Page 87
• "Family Tree," database,Lord George Calvert of Baltimore

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LBL3-MDR

• The Calvert Papers, ed. Lee, Number One (1889).
• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61175/records/16796
• London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812,London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812; Reference Number: P69/PET1/A/001/MS08820, https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1624/records/7893995
• Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889,Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. I, https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61360/records/1664
• The history of the Calverts who were Quakers, by Buckey, J. Richard (John Richard), 1923, https:\\www.archive.org

Publication: date 1991 Topics: Calvert family, Quakers -- Virginia -- Genealogy, Virginia -- Genealogy Publisher: Fairview Park, Ohio (4267 W. 212th St., Fairview Park 44126) : Chenoweth Pub. Co. Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; bostonpubliclibrary; americana Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library Contributor: Boston Public Library Call number: CS71.C175 1991, https://archive.org/details/historyofcalvert00buck

• Kiplin Hall - George Calvert History,Kiplin Hall Website, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xBHGmK3QAAc&list=PLkYGopdin13k3TWghBFuZNlyTwd-Oq5XD&index=2
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVN-GD14 : 1 June 2022), George Calvert, ; Burial, Fleet Street, City of London, Greater London, England, St Dunstan in the West Burial Ground; citing record ID 22637987, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.