Colonial families of Maryland
The colonial families of Maryland were the leading families in the Province of Maryland. Several also had interests in the Colony of Virginia, and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies.
Founders and scions
| Family name | Related | Family members | Notes |
| Adams Charles County | Francis Adams | early settler | |
| Adams Charles County | John Adams | early settler | |
| Adams Charles County | Francis Adams II | revolutionary, planter and gentleman | |
| Adams Charles County | Charles Adams | carpenter | |
| Bowie Prince George's County | John Bowie, Sr. | early settler | |
| Bowie Prince George's County | Oden Bowie | 34th governor of the state of Maryland | |
| Bowie Prince George's County | Robert Bowie | 11th governor of Maryland | |
| Bowie Prince George's County | Thomas Fielder Bowie | politician | |
| Bowie Prince George's County | Walter Bowie | slave owner, racehorse owner and politician | |
| Bowie Prince George's County | Captain William Bowie | revolutionary, member of the Assembly of Freemen, and Annapolis Convention delegate | |
| Bowie Prince George's County | William Duckett Bowie | politician | |
| Brent St. Mary's County, Queen Anne's County, Kent County | Margaret Brent | first woman in the English colonies to appear before court | |
| Brent St. Mary's County, Queen Anne's County, Kent County | Mary Brent | early settler and plantation owner, sister of Margaret | |
| Brent St. Mary's County, Queen Anne's County, Kent County | Giles Brent | Catholic early settler, married Mary Kittamaquad, the daughter of the Piscataway Tayac | |
| Brice Anne Arundel County | Brice III | lawyer and mayor of Annapolis | |
| Brice Anne Arundel County | John Brice Jr. | settler and Loyalist politician | |
| Brice Anne Arundel County | James Brice | governor of Maryland | |
| Brooke Old Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, Montgomery County | Robert Brooke, Sr. | early settler, planter | |
| Brooke Old Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, Montgomery County | Thomas Brooke, Sr. | lawyer, planter, High Sheriff and Chief Justice | |
| Brooke Old Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, Montgomery County | Thomas Brooke, Jr. | politician, planter | |
| Brooke Old Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, Montgomery County | Thomas Brooke III | politician, planter | |
| Brooke Old Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, Montgomery County | Richard Brooke | politician, planter | |
| Burgess Anne Arundel County, Frederick County | William Burgess | planter, merchant, politician | |
| Burgess Anne Arundel County, Frederick County | John Burgess | planter | |
| Burgess Anne Arundel County, Frederick County | Edward Burgess | planter, captain, First Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | politician, peer and lawyer, first proprietor of Maryland | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Leonard Calvert | first proprietary governor of the Province of Maryland | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Phillip Calvert (governor) | , fifth Governor of Maryland | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore | English peer and colonial administrator | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore | English peer and politician | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Charles Calvert Lazenby | British Army officer, colonial administrator, planter and Proprietary Governor of Maryland | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore | British nobleman and Proprietary Governor of Maryland | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Benedict Leonard Calvert | 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Benedict Swingate Calvert | illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, planter, slave owner, politician and Loyalist | |
| Calvert, Barons Baltimore St. Mary's County, Ann Arundel County | Henry Harford | , illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, namesake of Harford County, last proprietary owner of the British colony of Maryland | |
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | Charles Carroll the Settler | ||
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | Charles Carroll of Annapolis | ||
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | Charles Carroll (barrister) | ||
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Carrollton Manor, Mount Clare | |
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | Daniel Carroll | ||
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | John Carroll (bishop) | ||
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | Thomas King Carroll | ||
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | Anna Ella Carroll | ||
| Carroll St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Cecil County | James Carroll (Maryland politician) | ||
| Chase Somerset County, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County | Samuel Chase | signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence | |
| Chase Somerset County, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County | Jeremiah Chase | lawyer, jurist, and land speculator | |
| Chew Anne Arundel County, Cecil County | Samuel Chew | early settlers of Herring Bay beginning in 1650, colonists and plantation owners | |
| Chew Anne Arundel County, Cecil County | John Chew Thomas | politician, member of the House of Representatives for Maryland's 2nd district | |
| Contee Prince George's County | Thomas Contee | militia man, politician and planter | |
| Contee Prince George's County | Benjamin Contee | priest and member of the House of Representatives | |
| Key Cecil County, Montgomery County | Philip Barton Key | , loyalist and judge | |
| Key Cecil County, Montgomery County | Philip Key | congressional representative | |
| Key Cecil County, Montgomery County | Barnes Compton | politician and Treasurer of Maryland | |
| Key Cecil County, Montgomery County | Francis Scott Key | lawyer and author of author of the national anthem | |
| Cresap Allegany County | Thomas Cresap | settler and trader, served Lord Baltimore as an agent in Cresap's War | |
| Cresap Allegany County | Michael Cresap | frontiersman immortalized in Logan's Lament, owned the Michael Cresap House | |
| Darnall Prince George's County, Calvert County | Henry Darnall | planter, military officer and politician, proprietary agent for Lord Baltimore | |
| Darnall Prince George's County, Calvert County | Henry Darnall II | planter and landowner | |
| Digges Prince George's County | William Digges | planter, soldier and politician | |
| Dent St. Mary's County, Charles County | Thomas Dent Sr. | , justice, sheriff, and member of the Maryland General Assembly | |
| Dent St. Mary's County, Charles County | George Dent | planter, served in the House of Representatives | |
| Dorsey Anne Arundel County, Calvert County | Edward Dorsey | boat-wright and patriarch | |
| Dorsey Anne Arundel County, Calvert County | Hon. John Dorsey | colonial settler | |
| Dorsey Anne Arundel County, Calvert County | Major Edward Dorsey | colonial settler | |
| Dulany Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | Daniel Dulany the Elder | lawyer and land-developer | |
| Dulany Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | Daniel Dulany the Younger | loyalist politician, mayor of Annapolis and lawyer | |
| Dulany Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | Walter Dulany | politician and mayor of Annapolis | |
| Duvall Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County | Mareen Duvall | French Huguenot and early settler | |
| Duvall Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County | Gabriel Duvall | politician and jurist | |
| Eden baronets St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County | Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland | colonial administrator and last colonial governor of Maryland | |
| Eden baronets St. Mary's County, Anne Arundel County | Caroline Calvert Eden | namesake of Caroline County | |
| Fendall Charles County, Prince George's County | Josias Fendall | colonial administrator, planter and proprietary governor | |
| Goldsborough Dorchester County, Talbot County | Robert Goldsborough | lawyer, Burgess, statesman and delegate to the Continental Congress | |
| Goldsborough Dorchester County, Talbot County | Nicholas Goldsborugh | Justice of Talbot County, Burgess, Ferry manager | |
| Goldsborough Dorchester County, Talbot County | John Goldsborough | Managed a ferry, Freeman, General Assembly of state Talbot County | |
| Goldsborough Dorchester County, Talbot County | Colonel Nicholas Goldsborough | plantation owner, politician | |
| Goldsborough Dorchester County, Talbot County | Charles Goldsborough | 16th Governor and federalist politician | |
| Goldsborough Dorchester County, Talbot County | William Goldsborough | plantation owner, politician | |
| Greenberry Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | Nicholas Greenberry | 4th Royal Governor and military commander | |
| Greene St. Mary's County, Charles County | Governor Thomas Greene | early settler and second Provincial Governor | |
| Hammond Anne Arundel County, Howard County | Major Philip Hammond | planter, politician and landowner | |
| Hammond Anne Arundel County, Howard County | Mathias Hammond | revolutionary | |
| Hammond Anne Arundel County, Howard County | Rezin Hammond | revolutionary, patriot and planter | |
| Hammond Anne Arundel County, Howard County | John Hammond Maj.Gen. | Tombstone from 'Mountain Neck' plantation to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis | |
| Hanson Charles County, Prince George's County | John Hanson | merchant, politician and delegate to the Continental Congress | |
| Hanson Charles County, Prince George's County | Alexander Contee Hanson | lawyer, publisher, and statesman | |
| Hanson Charles County, Prince George's County | Alexander Contee Hanson Sr. | attorney and Chancellor of Maryland | |
| Hatton St. Marys County | Thomas Hatton Sr. | early settler, secretary, provincial justice | |
| Hatton St. Marys County | Thomas Hatton | early settler | |
| Howard Baltimore County, Howard County | Matthew Howard Sr | early settler | |
| Howard Baltimore County, Howard County | John Eager Howard | soldier, plantation owner and politician, Howard County is named after him | |
| Howard Baltimore County, Howard County | George Howard (Governor of Maryland) | 22nd governor of Maryland | |
| Howard Baltimore County, Howard County | Benjamin Chew Howard | politician and lawyer | |
| Howard Baltimore County, Howard County | William Howard | engineer who worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | |
| Jenifer Charles County, Anne Arundel County | Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer | politician and Constitution signer | |
| Jenifer Charles County, Anne Arundel County | Daniel Jenifer | lawyer and statesman | |
| Lee Prince George's County, Frederick County | Philip Lee | , planter, naval officer and member of the Maryland General Assembly | |
| Lee Prince George's County, Frederick County | Thomas Sim Lee | American planter, patriot, and politician who served as Maryland Governor | |
| Lloyd | Edward Lloyd (Colonial Governor of Maryland) | ||
| Lloyd | Edward Lloyd (delegate) | ||
| Lloyd | Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland) | ||
| Lloyd | Henry Lloyd (governor) | ||
| Lloyd | James Lloyd (Maryland) | politician | |
| Ogle Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County | Samuel Ogle | 16th, 18th and 20th Proprietary Governor of Maryland | |
| Ogle Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County | Benjamin Ogle | ninth Governor of Maryland | |
| Paca Queen Anne's County, Anne Arundel County | William Paca | signatory to Continental Association and Declaration of Independence | |
| Peale | Charles Willson Peale | ||
| Peale | James Peale | ||
| Peale | Raphaelle Peale | ||
| Peale | Rembrandt Peale | ||
| Peale | Rubens Peale | ||
| Peale | Titian Peale | ||
| Peale | Anna Claypoole Peale | ||
| Peale | Charles Peale Polk | ||
| Peale | Margaretta Angelica Peale | ||
| Peale | Sarah Miriam Peale | ||
| Ridgely Howard County, Baltimore County | Henry Ridgely | ||
| Ridgely Howard County, Baltimore County | Henry Ridgely III | ||
| Ridgely Howard County, Baltimore County | Charles Ridgely II | planter, politician, justice, merchant | |
| Ridgely Howard County, Baltimore County | Charles Ridgely III | planter, iron monger, builder of Hampton Mansion | |
| Ridgely Howard County, Baltimore County | Charles Carnan Ridgely | politician, 15th Governor of Maryland | |
| Riggin Somerset County | Teague Riggin | Founder; Planter, Golden Lyon Plantation, Pocomoke Sound | |
| Riggin Somerset County | Darby Riggin | Founder; Planter, Annemessex, later moved to Accomack County, Virginia | |
| Riggin Somerset County | John Riggin | Planter, Marumsco, Pocomoke Sound | |
| Riggin Somerset County | John Riggin | Planter, Annemessex | |
| Riggin Somerset County | Isaac Riggin | Corporal, Maryland Militia, War of 1812. | |
| Riggin Somerset County | Elisha Riggin | shipbuilder | |
| Riggin Somerset County | John Riggin | Deputy clerk of the court, Worcester County; father of Brig. Gen. John Riggin, Jr. | |
| Rodgers Cecil County, Harford County | Colonel John Rodgers Sr. | early settler, naval officer | |
| Rodgers Cecil County, Harford County | Commodore John Rodgers | naval officer | |
| Rodgers Cecil County, Harford County | Admiral John Rodgers III | naval officer | |
| Rodgers Cecil County, Harford County | George Washington Rodgers | naval officer | |
| Saffell Frederick County Montgomery County | Samuel Saffell | early settler, landowner, second probated will in Montgomery County | |
| Saffell Frederick County Montgomery County | Joshua Saffell | revolutionary soldier | |
| Sewall St. Mary's County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County | Henry Sewall | early settler, founder of Mattapany, My Lady Sewall's Manor | |
| Sewall St. Mary's County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County | Nicholas Lewis Sewall | planter, slave owner | |
| Sewall St. Mary's County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County | Charles S. Sewall | politician, served in the Maryland State Senate, House of Delegates and House of Representatives | |
| Smallwood Anne Arundel County, Charles County | Governor William Smallwood | planter, soldier and politician, fourth Governor of Maryland | |
| Sparrow Anne Arundel County | Thomas Sparrow | Goldsmith, engraver jeweler, created the dies for the 1788 Chalmers shilling, the first coin minted in the Republic | |
| Steuart Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | George H. Steuart (planter) | Planter | |
| Steuart Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | George H. Steuart (politician) | physician, tobacco planter, and Loyalist politician | |
| Steuart Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | George Steuart Hume | ||
| Steuart Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | George H. Steuart (Major General) | ||
| Steuart Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | Richard Sprigg Steuart | physician and pioneer of the treatment of mental illness | |
| Steuart Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | George H. Steuart (Brigadier General) | planter and Confederate military officer | |
| Steuart Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County | William Steuart (Mayor of Baltimore) | stonemason and mayor of Baltimore | |
| Stone Charles County, Anne Arundel County | William Stone | English-born merchant, planter and proprietary governor of Maryland | |
| Stone Charles County, Anne Arundel County | Thomas Stone | planter, politician, and lawyer who signed the Declaration of Independence, namesake of the SS Thomas Stone | |
| Stone Charles County, Anne Arundel County | Michael J. Stone | American planter and statesman | |
| Stone Charles County, Anne Arundel County | John Hoskins Stone | planter, soldier, and 7th Governor of Maryland | |
| Stone Charles County, Anne Arundel County | William Murray Stone | clergyman | |
| Stone Charles County, Anne Arundel County | Frederick Stone | lawyer and Congressman from Maryland's fifth district | |
| Tasker Prince George's County | Benjamin Tasker, Sr. | 21st Proprietary Governor of Maryland | |
| Tasker Prince George's County | Benjamin Tasker, Jr. | politician, slave trader and Mayor of Annapolis | |
| Tilghman Talbot County | James Tilghman | lawyer and public servant | |
| Tilghman Talbot County | Tench Tilghman | Continental Army officer and aide-de-camp to George Washington | |
| Vallette Anne Arundel County | Elie Vallette | early settler, loyalist and clerk | |
| Vallette Anne Arundel County | Elie Augustus Frederick La Vallette | naval officer | |
| Warfield Howard County Anne Arundel County | Richard Warfield Capt. | early settler | |
| Warfield Howard County Anne Arundel County | Charles Alexander Warfield | planter, militia member, revolutionary | |
| Warfield Howard County Anne Arundel County | Henry Ridgely Warfield | politician, U.S. Representative | |
| Worthington Prince George's County, Baltimore County | John Worthington Capt. | Founder; tombstone transferred to St. Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis | |
| Worthington Prince George's County, Baltimore County | Walter Brooke Cox Worthington | member of Maryland House of Delegates | |
| Worthington Prince George's County, Baltimore County | Thomas Contee Worthington | U.S. Representative from Maryland | |
| Worthington Prince George's County, Baltimore County | William Grafton Dulany Worthington | lawyer, statesman, member of Maryland House of Delegates |