Notes for Leonard Calvert

Leonard was his fathers second son. He is first mentioned in Lord Baltimore's will, he is placed with the three younger sons to whom he left "monies to be paied unto them att theire severall ages of One and Twenty....respectively." At the end of the will he says:"MEMORANDUM upon further Consideracon my will and pleasure is That my sonne Leonard Calvert in reguard that he is allreadie a man and my second sonne, he shall have Nyne hundred pounds to be paide him within sixe monethes after my death."
The baptisms of St. Martins in the Feilds carries the following: Josiah Caulford fil Mr. George, Nov. 21, 1610. It is not the first time that an "L" has been called a "J" and a poorly written "Leonard" might easily be mistaken for "Josiah." Leonard accompanied his father to Newfoundland, and in Aug. 1628, with his brother-in-law, William Peasley, returned to England where he petitioned the king that his father might have a share in certain prizes taken from the French by the ships Benediction and Victory. After the death of his brother Cecilius, Second Lord Baltimore, appointed him Governor of Maryland. The Calvert papers state that he sailed from Gravesend, Eng. for Maryland with his brother George and other colonists, Oct. 18,1633. (See The First Settlement of Maryland, Part 1.) Proceeding to Cowes, Isle of Wight, they took on Fathers White and Altham, and lay there at Cowes until Nov. 22, 1633, when they weighted anchor and sailed for the Needles, the southwest point of Isle of Wight, and began their adventurous voyage across the Atlantic in two ships the Ark and the Dove. They reached Maryland Mar.3, 1634, and landed founding the city of St. Mary's, Mar. 27, 1634, which was named in honor of the Virgin Mary, it being the Feast of the Annunciation.(Spark's American Biography, 2nd Series, Vol.9. states:" The intended name for Maryland was Crecentia, but in compliment to the Queen, Henrietta Maria, a Catholic, daughter of Henry 4th of France, the name was changed to Maryland"

!Nuncupative Will of Leonard Calvert; Dated June 9, 1647; Proved June 14, 1647: (Margaret Brent and Mary Brent swore that Leonard Calvert appointed Thomas Greene his successor.)
"Then came Margaret Brent & desyred the testimony of the Pr'nt Governor, Mr. Tho. Green concerning the last will & Testam't of the late Governor Leonard Calvert Esq'r. And the s'd Governor did authorize Giles Brent Esq'r one of his Lo'ps Council to administer and oath unto him the sd Government the foresd business.
"The sd Governor Thos Green Esq'r answered upon oath concerning the last will & Testam't of Leo. Calvet Esq. aforesd. That he the said Leo. Calvert lying upon his death bed, some six hours before his death, being in perfect memory directing his speech to Mrs. Margaret Brent sayd in pr'nce of him the sd Mr. Green & some others. I make you my sole Executrix. Take all and pay all. After w'ch words hee the sd Leon. Calvert desyred every one to depart the room & was fr some space in private conference with Mrs. marg. Brent aforesd. Afterwards the sd Mr. Green coming into the room again he heard the sd Mr. L. Calvert appoint certain Legacies in manner following viz. I doe give my waring clothes to James Linsay and Richard Williams my servants, specifying his cloath suit to Richard Williams and his black suit to James Linsay, and his waring Linnen to be divided between them/allso I give a mare colt to my God sonne Leon Greene also he desyred th't his Exequutrix should give the first mare colt th't should foul this year (& if none fall in this yeare, then the first th't shall hereafter fall) unto Mrs. Temperance Pippet of Virginia and further he deposeth not.
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