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William Stone's great-great-grandsons made major contributions to the foundation of Maryland as an American state: Thomas Stone signed the Declaration of Independence, Michael Jenifer Stone represented Maryland in the First United States Congress, John Hoskins Stone was Governor of Maryland 1794–97, and William Murray Stone was the Episcopal ...
The governor of Maryland is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maryland and is the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [1] The governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and the constitutional powers of Maryland's governors make them among the most powerful governors in the United States.
William Stone: 1649 March 28, 1652 4 Rev. Robert Brook Sr. March 29, 1652 July 3, 1652 5 William Stone: July 4, 1652 1656 6 Lieutenant-General Josias Fendall: 1657 1660 7 Phillip Calvert: 1660 1660 8 Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore: 1661 1676 9 Jesse Wharton: 1676 1676 10 Thomas Notley: 1676 1679 11 Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore ...
William Stone, 3rd Colonial Governor of Maryland. Following the death of Leonard Calvert in 1647, Cecil Calvert named William Stone as governor in 1649. [7] Stone's appointment was carefully made, as he was a Protestant – as were the majority of the members of his council – and a friend of Parliament.
William Stone (MP for Salisbury), member of parliament (MP) for Salisbury William Stone (Maryland governor) (1603–1660), governor of the colony of Maryland William Stone (Tennessee politician) (1791–1853), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
In 1655, William Stone (c. 1603–1659), the third proprietary governor of Maryland, was resisting the commissioners of Parliament for the government of that province. Stone commissioned Fendall, to be one of his officers, along with William Eltonhead, Esq. (c. 1616–1655) and twenty men, to seize some arms and ammunition at Patuxent , for the ...
Thomas Stone (1743 – October 5, 1787) was an American Founding Father, planter, politician, and lawyer who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate for Maryland. He later worked on the committee that formed the Articles of Confederation in 1777.
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