Kent County, Maryland Genealogy

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 * This article is about a county in the state of Maryland. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation).



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.

Neighboring Counties
Anne Arundel | Baltimore | Cecil | Harford | Queen Anne's | Delaware counties: Kent | New Castle

Census
Federal Census reports available 1790-1930 including slave and veterans schedules.

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.

Immigration

 * 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.

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.

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