In this section, you will find a list and description of places associated with our family history, which you can visit.

A green check mark next to the name of a site means that I have personally visited it.

MARYLAND

Baltimore County

PATERNAL

Near Sparks

• Gunpowder Friends Meeeting House and Cemetery, 14934 Priceville Road, Sparks, Maryland 21152 See GOOGLE MAP

Harford County
(The portion that was part of Baltimore County until 1770.)

PATERNAL and MATERNAL

Aberdeen and Perryman

• St. George's Parish Church, a.k.a. Spesutia Church, and Cemetery, 1504 Perryman Rd, Perryman, MD 21130 See GOOGLE MAP
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• John Miles, Sr.'s 1685 Land Grant "Stepney" (200 acres) See GOOGLE MAP
• John Miles, Sr.'s 1695 Land Grant "Addition" (200 acres) See GOOGLE MAP
• John Whitaker's (or Whitacre's) 1702 Land Grant "Whitaker's (or Whitacre's) Ridge" (250 acres) See GOOGLE MAP

Between Aberdeen and Havre de Grace

• Samuel Howell's 1730 Land Grant "Lofton's Neglect & Howell's Contrivance" (52 acres) See GOOGLE MAP
• Samuel Howell's 1730 Land Grant "Garrison's Neglect & Joshua Wood's Mistake" (50 acres) See GOOGLE MAP
• Samuel Howell's 1739 Land Grant "Howell's Dream" (10 acres) See GOOGLE MAP

Abingdon or Near Abingdon

• John Miles, Jr.'s 1700 Land Grant "Miles' Forest" (252 acres) See GOOGLE MAP
• Alexander MacComas' 1734 Land Grant "Horse Range" (100 acres) See GOOGLE MAP

Near Ady

• Francis Jenkins [1]'s 1742 Land Grant "Frankfort" (54 acres) See GOOGLE MAP
• Francis Jenkins [1]'s 1742 Land Grant "Jenkins' Range" (247 acres) See GOOGLE MAP

Near Bel Air

• Alexander MacComas' 1729 Land Grant "Edinbrough" or "Edenborough" (100 acres) See GOOGLE MAP

North of Bel Air

• William Grafton's 1725 Land Grant "Grafton's Lott" (200 acres) See GOOGLE MAP
• William Grafton's 1725 Land Grant "Grafton's Gift" (100 acres) See GOOGLE MAP
• William Grafton's 1729 Land Grant "Bidmost" (150 acres) See GOOGLE MAP

Near Kingsville

• Gunpowder Falls State Park (Central Area)
  See GOOGLE MAP SOUTH OF KINGSVILLE
  Popular "Pot Rocks" falls and swimming hole is about a mile down trail from the parking lot.
• Gunpowder Falls State Park HQ (Central Area) and Jerusalem Mill Historic Village 2813 Jerusalem Road, Kingsville, MD 21087
  NORTH OF KINGSVILLE See GOOGLE MAP

Near Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District

• John Miles, Jr. or Sr. 1704 Land Grant "Margaret's Mount (300 acres)
  See GOOGLE MAP
• John Miles, Jr. 1724 Land Grant "Margaret's Mount" (400 acres)
  See GOOGLE MAP

Near Darlington

• John Miles, Jr. 1724 Land Grant "Miles' Improvement" (100 acres)
  See GOOGLE MAP

Near Fallston

• Thomas Miles, Sr.'s 1739 Land Grant "Miles' Enlargement" (40 acres)
  See GOOGLE MAP

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Prince George's County

MATERNAL

Beltsville

• Orme-Shaw House, 11601 Caverly Avenue.The Orme-Shaw House is an unusual example of a modest eighteenth century log dwelling, expanded in the 1890's by the construction of a larger wing. Originally owneed by Archibald Edmonston, who deeded it to daughter, Priscilla, who with her husband, Robert Orme, sold it.

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