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1751 Will

From https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s500/s538/html/s538-30.html -

Liber 30, folio 61
12 Sept. 1751

NOWLAND, DENNIS, Cecil Co., planter.

To son Silvester Nowland, negro men Jack &Tom, horse Gray, the part of Dayleys Desire he lives on, all the stock, & an oval table.
To dau. Rachel Cradock, L 10, a bed, 1000-wt. tob., 50 bu. wheat, 10 brl. corn, 4 young cattle, 1/2 the hitching furniture, horse Prince, & an old saddle.
To dau. Ann Lilly, L 5, mare Pleasure, a table, the bed upstairs, the other of the hitching furniture, & negro woman Nan.
To grddau. Christiana Lilly, negro girl Priscilla.
To son-in-law Joseph Lilly, a young stallion, my saddle, & a black steer.
The house where Bryan Riley lived is to be rented out for 6 years & the profits, equ. div., to daus. Rachel & Ann.
To son James Nowland, the plntn. I live on, being part of Bandenbridge Wodbridge Wessel Manor or Coxes Forrest & Vulcans Rest, for life, & then to grdson Dennis Nowland, s. o. sd. James, & for want of heirs, to Daniel Nowland, bro. of the sd. Dennis.
To son James, the residue, & he is to take good care of his bro. Stephen.
Extrs: son James Nowland & Joseph Lilly.
Witn: John Jackson, Barnet Vanhorne, Edward Rumsey, Jr.
15 Jan. 1756, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence of Silvester Nowland, heir at law.

Dennis's Family in WikiTree

Children/grandchildren listed for Dennis abstracted from his 1751 will. WikiTree has a lot of poorly sourced profiles for a James [Nowland/Nowlin/Noland], making it difficult to determine whether or not he has a profile at this time; there are no profiles for a Dennis or Daniel who could be his sons named in the will. ~ Noland-165, 15 September 2022.
As of 15 September 2022, only a "possibly him" profile for father Darby exists. That the father of Dennis was named Darby is based on information from an 1881 History of Cecil County...[1] (see next section).
Darby Noland - possibly Darby Noland (abt.1656-1727) - father of
Dennis Nowland (adult in or before 1731 - see next section; Dennis, son of Darby, sold land to James Heath & James died 10 November 1731), died between 12 September 1751 and 15 January 1756 (will written 1751/proved 1756), father/grandfather of
  • son Silvester Nowland (heir at law)[2]
  • son James Nowland
    • grandson Dennis Nowland[3]
    • grandson Daniel Nowland (implied: "brother of sd. Dennis" following entry for grandson Dennis, son of James)
  • son Stephen Nowland (implied: "son James... to take good care of his bro. Stephen" - also implied is that Stephen is not capable, mentally or physically, of taking care of himself)
  • daughter Rachel Cradock
  • daughter Ann Lilly, wife of Joseph Lilly
    • granddaughter Christiana Lilly

Dennis's Mother

Anne, relict and admx. of Darby Noland, married Thomas Browning by February 1695 (INAC 13B:19).[4]
From AK's Genealogy Research, comments to the 22 December 2017 blogpost "Maryland Browning Research":
  • Hi Annette, I'm researching my Nowland family and I'm curious about the bond document where Anne Browning signs a bond for the Darby Nolan estate. Where could I find the full document for that? I've run across a couple of Browning mentions in the rent rolls for the Nowland land in Cecil County. The rolls for Bandon Bridge and Woodbridge mention that they were paid by Tho. Browning. Anne Browning is also mentioned in a land transaction for Dennis Nowland in 1714. It says that Ann Browning, mother of Dennis has the Right of Dower on the land he is selling. Thanks!
    ~ Kathryn - http://kathrynsquest.blogspot.com/ - April 26, 2021 at 11:58 AM
  • Just adding that I found the bond record on Family Search and I think you are correct that Ann Browning was the widow of Darby Nolan. The land transaction in 1714 says that Ann is the mother of Dennis Nowland. I'm a bit confused as to why she still had dower rights if she had remarried, but I'm still sorting this out!
    ~ Kathryn - http://kathrynsquest.blogspot.com/ - April 26, 2021 at 1:01 PM

Records for Dennis's Family

"On May 1, 1744, Phillip Cazier Sr. sold 5 and 3/4 acres of land for 12 pounds and 18 shillings to Dennis Nowland. (Deed Book 6, Page 478 and 479, Cecil County Maryland. GS#013823). Witnesses were Phillip Cazier Jr. and Richard Cazier."[5]

Darby Noland: Father of Dennis[1] (date and place... could be this Dennis; mention in will of "Wodbridge Wessel Manor" makes it probable).

... This purchase comprised the whole of a tract called St. Inigo, which had been taken up and patented by James Heath, under the name of St. Ignatius, in 1711. How or why the name had been changed does not appear. The aforesaid additional purchase of 335 acres embraced a part of Worsell Manor, which had been taken up and patented by one Colonel Saver (when, we have no means of ascertaining) and also a part of a tract called Woodbridge, which was originally taken up by David MacKenzie, by him sold to Darby Nowland, and by his son Dennis sold to James Heath, (that is to say) his part thereof, containing 75 acres, adjoining St. Inigo, and by Mr. Heath sold, as above stated, to Mr. Mansell. Some of the names of these tracts of land, as well as the names of the persons who owned them, indicate the nationality as well as the religion of the proprietors, and warrant the conclusion that the first Jesuit Father that settled at Bohemia was induced to do so from the fact that it was a settlement of Irish Catholics who were no doubt zealous members of that church. The Jesuits at this time, and for many years previous had a mission in St. Mary's County, on the Western Shore, and as the mission at Bohemia was the first one established on the Eastern Shore, there can be little doubt that Father Mansell came there from the former place. It is highly probable that he brought with him the ancient cross, which has been at Bohemia ever since. This cross is about five feet high and is said to have been brought to St. Mary's by the first settlers who came there from England. It is made of wrought iron and certainly looks ancient enough to have been brought over by the Pilgrims who came in the Ark and Dove. It has been at Bohemia from time immemorial, and save this tradition, nothing more is known of its history.[1]
Footnote about James Heath says that he was the father of John Paul Heath. James' grave "is about two miles from Warwick, in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, and is covered by a stone slab containing the following inscription: "Here lyes the body of James Heath, who was born att Warwick, on the 27th day of July, 1658, and died the l0th day of November, 1731, in the seventy-fourth year of His age." The Warwick mentioned in his epitaph is no doubt the name of his native town in England. His son, John Paul Heath, probably died in 1746. His will was proved in that year, and shows that Warwick had been laid out by him some time before. He refers to a brew-house and tavern which were in the town. He was a large landowner, and was engaged in merchandising at Warwick; and at the time of his death owned one-half of a vessel, engaged in trading between the Sassafras River and the West Indies. Daniel Delaney and Charles Carroll were two of the executors of his will. He was a 'zealous Catholic, and directed that his sons, James and Daniel, should be educated at St. Omers, and that his children should be brought up in the "Roman Catholic religion."[1]

Land Names

Dayleys Desire ("the part he [Silvester] lives on" in 1751 will)
  • Dallys Desire, Brian Dally, 500 acres, folio 301; 26 March 1736, Dennis Nowland, 115 acres from John Edwards & "ditto", 57 1/2 acres from Philip Edwards on 12 April 1738 or 1737 (images 6 & 24 of 196)[6]
[unnamed] "house where Bryan Riley lived" (1751 will - profits from 6 years' rent to go to daughters Rachel & Ann)
Bandenbridge Wodbridge Wessel Manor or Coxes Forrest & Vulcans Rest (where Dennis's plantation was: left in 1751 will to James, "the plntn. I live on", then to grandson Dennis Nowland, son of James or, for want of heirs, to James' son Daniel)
  • Bandon Bridge, Darby Nowland, 60 acres, folio 322 (image 4 & 46 of 196) - surveyed 3 May 1607 [1687? I think I've been misreading how the person wrote "8"] for Darby Nowland... for the heir of Darby Nowland[6]
  • Woodbridge (2 entries): David McKenna, 200 acres, folio 318; Dennis Nowland, 200 acres, folio 360 (images 13 & 42 of 196) - James Heath from Dennis Nowland, 17 [Dec?] 1712 & 14 June 1715 (70 acres each entry)[6]
  • Coxes Forrest, John Cox, 500 acres, folio 315 (image 6 of 196)[6]
  • Worsel Mannor, Peter Sayer, 1000 acres, folio 320 (image 13 & 44 of 196) - 20 acres 3 April 1713, Dennis Nowland from James Heath[6]
  • Vulcans Rest (2 entries): William Smith, 500 acres, 311 folio; William Douglass, 522 acres, folio 363 (image 13 of 196)[6][7]
Worsell Manor & Woodbridge (in record concerning James Heath) - "an additional [undated] purchase of 335 acres embraced...
  • "a part of Worsell Manor, which had been taken up and patented by one Colonel Saver [also undated]...
  • "a part of a tract called Woodbridge, which was originally taken up by David MacKenzie, by him sold to Darby Nowland, and by his son Dennis sold to James Heath, (that is to say) his part thereof, containing 75 acres, adjoining St. Inigo, and by Mr. Heath sold, as above stated, to Mr. Mansell."

Other Cecil County Nolands

PDF of Cecil County Register of Wills (see images 109-111 of 118).[8]

From 1675 to 1727 (just Vol 1, I think)
  • Darby Nolan, 29 (Vol 1)
  • Darby Nowland, 21, 23 (Vol 2)
  • James Nowland, 290 (Vol 3)
  • James Nowland, 138 (Vol 4)
  • Jane Nowland, 169 [149?] (Vol 5)
  • Daniel Nowland, 323 (Vol 5)
  • Dennis Nowland, 243, 244 (Vol 6)
  • Nathan Nowlin, 101, 168, 168 (Vol 8)
  • Benjamin Nowland, 407 (Vol 10)
  • Sylvester Nowland, 88, 443 (Vol 13)
  • Dennis James Nowland, 343 (Vol 14)
  • Dennis James Nowland, 420 (Vol 15)
  • Wm. Nowland, 354, 356 (Vol 17)
  • James Nowland, 386 (Vol 20)
  • John Nowland, 261, 265 (Vol 21)
  • Mary Nowland, 217, 223, 310 (Vol 24)
  • Ebenezer Nowland, 458, 482 (Vol 26)
  • Benoni Nowland, 34, 83 (Vol 34)
  • Ann Nowland, 480, 482, 548 (Vol 37)
  • James E. Nowland, 93 (Vol 45)
  • Martha Nowland, 205 (Vol 48) <- 1943, deceased (Martha F.)
  • Wm. T. Nowland, 174 (Vol 49) <- 1943, executor

From another pdf of Cecil County wills:

Name of deceased, Liber. no., folio, role/name, amount of bond and date of bond
  • Mary Nowland, 13, 314, executor Alford [Alfred?] B. Nowland, 10,000.00, 31 May 1844 (image 285 of 536)
  • additional entries (image 285 of 536) - 1943 & 1951
  • Nathan Nowland, 5, 267, adm. Gilbert Semans, ? Jo.p Harford, - 1785 (image 285 of 536)
  • Otho Nowland, 18, 420 no other info (image 286 of 536)
  • additional entries (image 286 of 536) - 1919 & 1933
  • Sylvester Nowland, 8, 66, exec. Sarah Nowland, 1796; adm. Thomas Nowland, 500, 8 Jan. 1800 (image 287 of 536)
  • William Nowland, 10, 322, adm. Francis Gillespie, 5000, 9 Feb. 1818 (image 288 of 536)
  • William Nowland, 11, 198, adm. Otho Nowland, 5000, 11 Jan. 1825 (image 288 of 536)
  • William J. Nowland, 18, 420, adm. Otho Nowland, 5,000, 21 Sept. 1827 (image 288 of 536)
  • William T. Nowland, 28, 105, adm. ex. Arnold F. Nowland, 100, 16 Nov. 1948 (image 288 of 536)
  • Darby Kooland, liber no. 1, folio 362, adm. William Rumsey, 1727 (image 230 of 536)
Of interest: 1711, Mary O'Bryan was adm. of Daniel O'Bryan - Liber. No. 1, Folio 170. (image 290 of 536)

Benjamin Nowland - Benjamin Nowland (1731-bef.1800), son of Daniel Nowland (abt.1695-abt.1768). Benjamin's profile includes a summary of Nowlands in the 1790 Cecil County census & also the following:

Further research shows that there is a IGI record for Benjamin Nowland being born 1 May 1731 at St. Stephen's Parish in Cecil County, MD with his father's name being Daniel Nowland and his mother Mary. There is a marriage IGI record for Daniell Nowland being married on 6 Jan 1317 at St. Stephens to Mary Hill. Another IGI record shows Daniel being born in Cecil County, MD around 1695.
Daughters of the American Revolution
... ... ... is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A066686.

John Knowland (c1753-1815), married Lydia Welden; son Benoni married Margaret Miller.[9]

Benoni Nowland, born c1805, died 19 July 1876, married Margaret Miller on 12 February 1829. She was born c1807 and died c1850. They married on 12 February 1829 and their son William Cloud Nowland was born in Cecil County on 5 November 1834. Benoni's father John died 15 February 1815; his mother Lydia was born in 1769 and died 24 August 1857. They had married 11 August 1788. (Births/deaths all Cecil County; marriage locations not given.)[10]

Nowland's Store, Cecilton (1842-1850)[11]

The notes were addressed to "Dear Mr." or "Dear Col." for Alfred C. Nowland—often spelled Noland by unknowing, but not necessarily untutored, patrons. Other vagaries of spelling are sprinkled about the correspondence. Notes were addressed to him at two locations. The majority dealt with store at Cecilton, but some were addressed to Elkton, pointing to the possibility that Mr. Nowland operated stores at both of these locations.

Lambert D. Nowland, American politician, Member of Maryland State House of Delegates from Cecil County, 1834-36[12]

Stephen-Daniel Line

James Noland (abt.1707-bef.1733) of Charles County,[13] inventory names administrators Daniel and Stephen Noland; his FindAGrave memorial[14] names them children of Stephen Noland (1682-7 March 1732) of Charles County[15]

James Noland (1740-1833): He married Barbara on 26 December 1774 in Loudoun County, Virginia, where he was living when he enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War.[16] Barbara's maiden name was Saunders.[17] His WikiTree profile is attached as son of Daniel Noland (1712-1761) and Henrietta (Smallwood) Noland (1718-1780), both of Charles County, Maryland.

James A Nowlin (abt.1754-abt.1809), married Sarah Webster (grandson of Stephen of Goochland County, according to WikiTree connections as of 16 September 2022).

Other James Nolands

This Noland/Nowlin/etc website lists a ton of Jameses, including one on Beaver Dam Creek (which is mentioned elsewhere, but I can't just now recall where) & other entries of interest:

HENRICO COUNTY VIRGINIA DEED ABSTRACTS.
1727 - JAMES NOWLING of St. James Parish, Henrico County, gave son CONSTANTINE NOWLING 130 acres next to JAMES NOWLING on Beaver Dam Creek.
HENRICO COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS, 1707-1737.

P. 138 Amos Ladd of St. James Parish, Henrico Co., for love and affection to my son Constantine Ladd, land on lower Beaver Dam Creek, next to JAMES NOWLING and Amos Ladd, Jr., 130 acres 29 Sept 1727 Wit: Amos (A) Ladd, Jr., John (IL) Ladd, Joseph Ashlin Signed: Amos (A) Ladd Recorded: 2 Oct 1727.

COLONIAL WILLS OF HENRICO COUNTY VIRGINIA, 1677-1737.
1728 - 1 September, JAMES NOWLIN and Amos Ladd of Henrico County took Inventory of Roger Carrel, dec'd. Benjamin B. Weisiger HI, Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia, Part 1: (1677-1737), 168.
GOOCHLAND COUNTY ROAD ORDERS, 1728-1744.
1728 - Goochland County was formed from Henrico. JAMES NOWLIN was appointed surveyor of the road from the river road up the Back road to the Bridge over Beaver Dam Creek below Major Boiling's Mill. Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Historic Roads of Virginia: Goochland County Road Orders 1728-1744 (Charlottesville: Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council, 1975): 5 [Note: It is significant that at no time does THOMAS NOLUN appear in the road orders. This would relate to his escheated land].
JAMES NOWLIN.
GCOB 2: 69, February Court 1730. Tithables in the precinct of JAMES NOWLIN and David Walker to jointly assist in repairing the bridge over Beaver Dam Creek on the Middle Road.
GOOCHLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS AND DEEDS, 1728-1736.
P. 449, Deed: 16 July 1733, Amos Lead and Constant Lead, son of said Amos, of Goochland Co., to John Bolling of Henrico Co., for 50 [pounds] 216 acres bounded by the mill belonging to the said Bolling on Horse Pen Creek, a branch of Beaver Dam Creek, and next to JAMES NOWLING Wit: John Fleming, Leon'd Ballowe, Jos. (+) Price, James (I) Westbrook Signed: Amos (AL) Lead, Constantine (L) Lead; Recorded: 15 Jan 1733.
GOOCHLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS AND DEEDS, 1736-1742.
1740 - JAMES NOWLIN, Sr., of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., to John Hinson of same, for Ł40,366 acres on branches of Byrd Creek, bounded by Ebenezer Adams. Wit: Henry (0) Lanceford, STEPHEN NOWLIN, Thos. Murrell. Signed: JAMES NOWLIN. Recorded 20 May 1740. Benjamin B. Weisiger III, comp. Goochland County, Virginia Wills and Deeds 1736-1742 (Richmond: Pub. by author, 1984): 41.
GOOCHLAND COUNTY ROAD ORDERS.
1742 - Last mention of JAMES NOWLING in the Goochland County Road Orders. Pawlett, Op. Cit., p. 45.
GOOCHLAND COUNTY DEED BOOK VI.
1749 - Last Will of JAMES NOWLING of Goochland County, written 5 October 1749: Wife SARAH NOWLIN, son DAVID NOWLIN, daughter MARY NOWLIN, son JOHN NOWLIN, daughter MARTHA HENSON, son JAMES NOWLIN, daughter JUDITH FALLWELL, son DANIEL NOWLIN... Executors, wife SARAH and sons STEPHEN NOWLIN & JNO. NOWLIN. Wit: Thomas Murrell & Philemon Perkins. Recorded: 20 March 1749, GCDB 6 (1748-1755): 34-35.

James Nowlin (abt.1715-abt.1808) of Virginia, husband of Martha Collins,[18] son of James Edmund Nowlin (1685-1751) of Ireland (died in xx.

James Nolen (abt.1750-bef.1810) of North Carolina, married Patience Horn on 26 October 1784 in Granville, NC.[19] From his profile, under "Notes":

"Some researchers have linked this James as the son of James Nowlin (1715-1808) and wife Martha Collins"...
"Some have linked James Nowlin (1750-1816) who died in Patrick, Virginia, as their son, but he made his will naming wife Ursula."

James Nowlin (1750-1816), married Ursula.

James Noland (unsourced)

attached as son of Philip and brother of Mary:
Text: "He is the son of Philip Noland and Bridget Carroll.[20]
Comment on sister Mary's profile: this Mary Noland (Noland-118) shouldn't be listed as a daughter of Bridgett Caroll (Caroll-5), wife of Philip Noland (Noland-120). Mary Noland-138 [sic] is their daughter. This Mary - Noland-118 - is the daughter of Philip Noland-112 and ?.

James Noland (-aft.1796), attached as a son of Peter Noland and his wife Anne Wilcoxen, but was likely created because of a misreading of Peter's will, dated 16 April 1796:

"I will that my crop of small grain be equally divided between my sons Henry, Moses, and James Carroll, except five bushels to William Davis if he will assist to take care of said grain."[21]

Miscellaneous

From this page, A History of Maryland - apparently recorded c1812 but discussing unrest in Baltimore in July [1776?]:

"The Federal Republican, thus driven from Baltimore, was re-established at Georgetown, where, in spite of threats from both Baltimore and Washington, it was published until July 26, when Mr. Hanson, with several of his friends,[1] came to Baltimore and took possession of a house on South Charles street, lately the residence of Mr. Wagner."
[1] These friends were : General Jas. M. Lingan, Ephraim Gaither, and John Howard Payne (the General Henry Lee, Captain Richard Crabh, Dr. actor).
Philip Warfield, Charles J . Kilgour, Otho Sprigg, [need to consult image - this is from the full text version & probably has OCR errors] ...
"In the course of the same day it was known to many persons that Mr. Hanson, one of the editors, was in the house, and from the preparations for defence that were observed to be making therein, it was conjectured that he expected to be attacked.... [A] gun was fired from the house, which killed a Doctor Gale in the street about twelve feet from the house...." [this appears to have been part of a news story... perhaps from The Federal Republican ]
The occupants of the house subsequently surrendered to the military (unclear whose - requested by the Mayor). "They were Alexander C. Hanson, Gen. Henry Lee, James M. Lingan, William Schroeder, John Thompson, William B. Bend, Otho Sprigg-, Henry Kennedy, Robert Kilgour, Henry Nelson, John E. Hall, George Winchester, Peregrine Warfield, George Richards, Edward Gwinn, David Hoffman, Horatio Bigelow, Ephraim Gaither, William Gaither, Jacob Schley, Mark U. Pringle, Daniel Murray, and Richard S. Crabb. • After the removal of the persons, the interior of the house was greatly injured, and the furniture in it destroyed and dispersed."
"The Mayor, with the aid of a few persons, succeeded for some time in preventing the prison door from being forced open. They being overpowered by the increased numbers and violence of the assailants, the Mayor was forced away  ; and the door having been previously battered, and again threatened, was opened by the turnkey. Upon the entry of the assailants they forced the inner doors, and pressed into the room in which the persons above-mentioned were confined. Here a scene of horror ensued which the Committee cannot well describe. The result was that one of the persons (General Lingan) was killed, eleven others dreadfully beaten, eight of whom were thrown together in front of the jail, supposed to be dead."

So, what does this have to do with Dennis Nowland? Apparently, he was son-in-law of the owner of the house [apparently in Baltimore] - considering the name of the son, Mr. White, the owner was apparently not the run-off Mr. Wagner. This comes out in testimony given 12 August 1812 "before John Fleming, Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County, the following persons, — Peregrine Warfield,^ Richard J. Crabb, Charles J. Kilgour, Henry Nelson, Ephraim Gaither, Robert Kilgour, John H. Payne, H. C. Gaither, and Alexander C. Hanson..."

"That these deponents are some of the surviving persons who were devoted, or meant to be devoted, to the brutal and murderous fury of the mob in the late massacre in the jail at the City of Baltimore. That these deponents having seen the following statement submitted to them of that horrid atrocity, and the proceedings connected with it, do swear, that as far as their individual sufferings or particular opportunities of observation may enable them to testify, they believe the facts and circumstances detailed in the following statement to be truly and accurately stated — these deponents not intending hereby to preclude themselves from a further narrative or disclosure of such other circumstances and special injuries and sufferings as are within the particular knowledge of each of them respectively, or which they may have individually experienced and endured."
"State of Maryland, Montgomery County... I hereby certify, that John Fleming, gent, before whom the aforegoing affidavit appears to have been made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid... UPTON BEALL, Clerk of Montgomery County Court."
"On the night of the 22d of June, the entire printing apparatus of the Federal Republican was demolished by a mob in Baltimore, in the presence of the Mayor, the Judge of the Criminal Court, and several other magistrates and police-officers, whose authority was not exerted to save it and preserve the peace of the city. One of the editors (Mr. Wagner) narrowly escaped with his life, after being pursued by ruffians who avowed their fell purpose of assassination. Mr. Hanson, the other proprietor of the paper, heard of the depredations committed by the mob the evening after, and went to Baltimore the next day, accompanied by his friend. Captain Richard J. Crabb, to make arrangements for re-establishing the paper. Finding it impossible to render any service, the laws being effectually silenced, and his friends unanimously urging his departure, he left town in a few hours, having first walked the streets as usual, and made all the arrangements that could be made in conjunction with his friends and agents, for reviving the paper with all possible dispatch. Upon his return home to Rockville, Montgomery

[2] It is said that the father of Dr. Warfield was Crabb was the son of General Crabb, one of the the first citizen in Maryland who openly pro- heroes of the Revolution. [need to look at image - apparently footnote is in two columns & jumbled here]

County, Mr. Hanson communicated to some of his most intimate friends his determination to recommence the paper in Baltimore, and declared he never would visit Baltimore again until he could go prepared to assert his rights and resist oppression. He was aware that the execution of this plan would be accompanied with much difficulty and danger, but his friends admired and approved it the more on that account, and .volunteered to accompany him to Baltimore, to participate his dangers or successes, in maintaining the rights of person and property and defending the liberty of the press. They were in number : General James M. Lingan (murdered). General Harry Lee, Captain Richard J. Crabb, Dr. P. Warfield, Charles J. Kilgour, Otho Sprigg, Ephraim Gaither, and John Howard Payne. Several others were to have gone, but were prevented ; and on the night of the attack, the party was joined by three other volunteers from the country, who were not fully apprised by Mr. Hanson of his determination, but received their information in confidence from others. Major Musgrove, Henry C. Gaither, and William Gaither. On the evening of the attack they were joined by about twenty gentlemen living in Baltimore, one or two only of whom were invited to the house by Mr. Hanson. When the office was first demolished, Mr. Wagner, one of the proprietors, lived in a house on Charles street. On that event he removed his family from the house, but did not relinquish it or remove his furniture. In this situation it remained until the 26th of July, when the paper having been re-established in Georgetown, and the proprietors having resolved to attempt its re-establishment in Baltimore, one of them, Mr. Hanson, came and occupied this house (having first taken a lease), as a place from which the distribution of the paper might be made. He was attended by the friends before mentioned, who were to remain as his guests until their business called them home. They thought it probable that an attempt would be made to prevent the distribution of the paper, and they might even be attacked in the house for that purpose ; but they hoped, by the appearance of determined resistance, to deter the assailants from actual violence, till the civil authority should have time to interpose and prevent mischief. Should they be disappointed in this hope, and find them- selves in danger from the unrestrained violence of a mob, they were resolved, and were prepared, to stand on the defensive, and to repel force by force. Reliance upon the civil authority they early perceived to be fruitless, for on application to the Mayor by the owner ■of the house, he peremptorily declined all interference, and left town, as it was understood, to prevent his repose from being disturbed. The civil authority refusing to interfere when applied to by Mr. White, the son, and Mr. Dennis Nowland, the son-in-law of the owner of the house, there was nothing left but to resist the mob in the house  ; and while this resistance was made with a mildness and forbearance scarcely ever equaled, and which excited the wonder of the spectators, several messages were sent to Brigadier-General Strieker to disperse the mob and prevent the effusion of blood, which would otherwise be unavoidable. If it be objected that the scheme was rash or imprudent, all must admit it was strictly and clearly lawful. Mr. Hanson had an undoubted right to distribute the paper in Baltimore, from this or any other house in his occupation, and to defend his person and property by force in case they were assailed by unlawful violence and left unprotected by the civil authority."

From another version (here):
"The grandfather of Mr. Hanson was appointed by the Maryland Legislature a member of the Revolutionary Congress, and afterwards became president of Congress, then the first magistrate of the country, being the third elected under the old confederation. Mr. Hanson's father was high in the confidence of Washington, resided a long time in his family, was for several years his private secretary, and was afterward chosen by the General as one of his aides; but sickness prevented him from accepting the offer, although the place was several months kept open for him. When the war ended, the father of Mr. Hanson was appointed judge of the general court, and afterwards Chancellor of Maryland, which situation he retained until his decease. The father of Dr. Warfield was the first citizen of Maryland who openly proposed a separation from the parent-country, He also directed the celebrated burning of the tea in 1774, at Annapolis. Captain R. J. Crabb is the son of Gen. Crabb, one of the heroes of the Revolution. The other gentlemen are worthy to be ranked with the patrician youth of ancient republics; they were men of the first respectability."
"Presentments were found against many individuals of each party, but all were acquitted and discharged; those who defended the house in Charles street, at Annapolis, where their trial was removed from Baltimore, the others in the city."
"The Federal Republican continued to be published at Georgetown. Numerous public meetings, as well within as without the State, expressed their indignation at the atrocities of the Baltimore mob, which loft a stigma on the city, which bore for a long time the name of “mobtown.” These outrages, no doubt, contributed not a little to the political revolution which, within three months, gave the Federalists a very large majority in the Maryland Assembly; large enough, notwithstanding a Senate unanimously Democratic, chosen the previous year, to secure them a majority on joint ballot, and the choice of a Federal Governor, Council and United States Senator. Hanson himself was chosen at the same time a member of Congress..."

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 George Johnston, History of Cecil County, Maryland, and the early settlements around the head of Chesapeake Bay and on the Delaware River, with sketches of some of the old families of Cecil County (1881), page 198.
  2. ↑ Same Silvester Nowland who witnessed a will in 1778? See this pdf (image 18 of 56), accessed 16 September 2022. Same Silvester in 1790? (same source, image 25 of 56):
    • 137. Silvester Nowland (p. 239), 06 may 1790, sons Jesse, Thomas, Silvester, wife Sarah, daughters Birdget Council, Sarah, Elizabeth. Executor his wife. Witnesses John Mercer, Joseph Pennington, James Fulton. Proved 22 jun 1790.
  3. ↑ Perhaps the Dennis James Nowland with an 1806/7 will?
    • 258. Dennis James Nowland (p. 479), 25 jul 1807, wife Mary, children not named. Witnesses
    William Mathews, James Scanlan, William Woodall. Proved 02 oct 1807. ~pdf (image 52 of 56), accessed 16 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Robert W. Barnes, Maryland Marriage Evidences, 1634-1718, page 48 (accessed 17 September 2022).
  5. ↑ http://cazier.org/histories/cecil-county-maryland/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Maryland State Archives, (pdf, accessed 16 September 2022). Multiple title pages makes it difficult to determine what the list is from, but it appears to be Rent Rolls for Cecil County, 1658-1776.
  7. ↑ Early Colonial Settlers: Entry for William Douglass, names a Nowland as a witness in 1750:
    • Archibald Douglas 28.115 A CE £66.13.9 £44.15.6 Jun 8 1750 - Payments to {from estate of William Douglas): Edward Jones (in Pennsylvania currency), Sidney George for negro mortgaged by John Hodgson & appraised in estate of Mary Douglas, John Cazier, Sidney George (executrix of Joshua George), Dennis Nowland, Philip Cezier, Jr. paid by William Ellis. Administrator: John Jackson (gentleman).
  8. ↑ Cecil County Register of Wills, pdf (accessed 17 September 2022).
  9. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 September 2022), "Record of Private John Knowland", Ancestor # A066686.
  10. ↑ DAR descendant record (unvetted).
  11. ↑ https://www.cecildaily.com/our_cecil/nowland-s-store-had-something-for-everyone/article_1ae92105-bcb6-50a7-bd13-fb9d2f0478c1.html
  12. ↑ https://www.houseofnames.com/nowland-family-crest#cite_note-5 - citing The Political Graveyard, which added that he was "of Cecil County" and that his burial location was unknown.
  13. ↑ Film # 105435317 Screen# 369-70 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C397-5338-Z?i=368&cat=2025384 - April 1733 Inventory, James Noland of Charles County, Maryland
  14. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #42046298 for James Noland (no sources or images, accessed 16 September 2022).
  15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #42046164 for Stephen Noland (no sources or images, accessed 16 September 2022).
  16. ↑ Pension application (pdf) of James Noland transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 13 July 2019.
  17. ↑ DAR descendant record, Patriot Ancestor James Noland:
    • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 13 July 2019), "Record of Captain James Noland", Ancestor # A084218.
  18. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 September 20222), "Record of James Nowlin", Ancestor # A205359.
  19. ↑ Footnote citations for his marriage:
  20. ↑ Entered by Sharon Winsatt, Aug 22, 2011
  21. ↑ Peter Noland's 1796 Will, transcription posted by Sharon Noland (accessed 17 September 2022).

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