Morgan's Neck
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"Morgan's Neck" "Morgan's Neck" (300 acres) was patented by Cecil Calvert on January 26, 1658, to "Henry Morgan, of the Isle of Kent, Gentleman," for transporting into the province Francis Malyn and Francis Ash. The tract descended to his daughter Francis Sayer, in 1674; and to Elizabeth Rousby, his granddaughter, in 1698.
Elizabeth Rousby married Richard Bennett III, grandson of the Puritan Governor of Virginia. Their dwelling nearby was excavated in 1973. Queen Anne's County Historical Society Maryland Historical Society
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