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- According to Culver, "William Cromwell arrived in Maryland in 1667, according to his own statement. He appears first in Calvert County, but soon removed to Anne Arundel County, taking up land the south side of the Patapsco, River, on the west side of Curtis Creekn. He possessed lands also in old Baltimore County, where he resided, being known as William Cromwell 'of Baltimore County.' According to the records, on 8 Co. 1679, 'came William Cromwell of Baltimore County, and proved his right to 50 acres of land for transporting himself to the Province twelve years hence.' A land warrant was issued to him the same day" (387-88).
A friend (William Ball) d. in 1685, and in the will dated 10 Apr. 1684 bequeathed property to Elizabeth Cromwell, widow of William (390).
Culver notes that he had brothers named John, who was living in Calvert Co. in 1670, and Richard, named in William's will in 1684; and a sister Edith, who married (1) Christopher Gist, (2) Joseph Williams, and (3) John Beecher.
Culver's theory, only a theory, is that the Cromwells were related to a family in Wiltshire.
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