#4: Maryland

Maryland was founded in 1633. It was a haven for Catholics, who were unwelcome in New England and Virginia.

It was not until the 1700s that my ancestors began calling Maryland home. The Cunninghams and Treadways arrived about that time, perhaps a generation earlier.

Maryland was a stopover for Quaker families like the Ballingers and Wrights during the 1720s.

Levin Hubbard was born in Maryland in 1769 and stayed there until relocating to Delaware between 1810-1817.

Zachariah and Perry Rhodes called the port city of Baltimore home from about 1810-1815.

My Pralls called Harford Co., MD home. Edward Prall had lived iin Harford from the early 1760s until his death in 1803. Brother Cornelius Jr. moved to Cecil Co., MD then to Harford Co. for the decade of the 1820s. Cornelius married his 2nd wife Bathia Cunningham Parter there in 1827 and son Isaac married Bathia's niece Ann Bethia Rhodes there in 1828. The families were in York Co., PA by 1830.

John Cawby called Maryland home during the 1760s, 1770s and 1780s before settling in North Carolina.