Wickliffe
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Wickliffe Maj. Joseph Wickes, who settled on Eastern Neck Island c. 1658, was Chief Justice of Kent County. Before 1674 the court met at Wickliffe, his home here (no longer standing.) By 1680 he had acquired 864 acres. The southern half of the island, which he held until his death in 1692. His great-grandson Capt. Lambert Wickes, who spent his early years here, served with distinction in the Continental Navy, was lost at sea with his sloop-of-war Reprisal Oct. 1, 1777.
Captain Lambert Wickes Foundation and Maryland Historical Society
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