Charles Calvert (1637 - 1715)

Born 27 Aug 1637 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Lowe) Calvert — married about 1666 in Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1715 at age 77 in England

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Cecilius Calvert The 2nd Lord Baltimore

Proprietor of Maryland 1675-1689

Benedict Leonard Calvert The 5th Lord Baltimore

Cecilius Calvert

Baron Baltimore 1675-1715

Benedict Leonard Calvert

Biography

Charles Calvert migrated from England to Colonial America.

Charles Calvert is Notable.

Charles was a Roman Catholic

Birth

Charles Calvert was born on August 27, 1637, the son of Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, and Anne Arundel.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Immigration

At 24 years old, in 1661, Charles was sent to the colony at Maryland as his father's Deputy Governer.^[2][3][6][7]

Secular Life

Charles inherited Maryland and the Baltimore Baronetcy upon his father's death in 1675.^[8][9]

A serious dispute arose with William Penn over territory to the north, after King Charles II granted Penn land there. In 1684, he returned to England to defend his charter and territorial jurisdiction. The dispute lasted for eighty years, outliving both Calvert and Penn.^{[1][3][8][10][11][12][13]}

In Maryland, religion and politics were intermixed and power shifted from Catholic to Protestant, with Charles trying to keep Catholics in positions of control.^[14] Charles served as Proprietor of Maryland until the Protestant Revolution (Maryland) in 1689, led by John Coode.^{[3][10][14][15]}

In 1694, Charles petitioned King William III for disallowance from an act passed in Maryland in 1692. The act would, as he stated; “put an end to my property in the province”.^[12]

In 1698, though the royal charter to the colony of Maryland had been withdrawn from him (1689), Charles, his agents, and dependents were accused of spreading the word that the governorship would revert back to him. The Protestants had valid concerns about their influence in the colonial government being repressed. A request was made from the Council of Maryland to order a proclamation disputing the reports, “to quiet the minds of the people”.^[15][16]

His property in Maryland was ransacked and burned in 1699.^[17]

1706 sees more religious unrest in Maryland. Charles wrote to the leading Jesuits "calling upon them to moderate their zeal". Their "proselytizing and abuse of the government" caused the Assembly to pass a bill "to curb their extravagancy".^[18]

In 1711, Charles petitions Queen Anne for the governorship to be returned to him.^[19][20]

Charles held the following provincial offices in Maryland; Receiver General, Governor, Secretary, Collector of Patuxent and Proprietor of Maryland.^{[3][11][16][21]} In 1704, he was promoted from Brigadier General to Major General.^[10]

Family Life

In 1656, he married Mary Darnell, daughter of Ralph Darnall of Loughton, Herefordshire.^[1][2][3] She died in childbirth in Maryland before 1667.^[1][2][4]

In 1666, he remarried to Jane (Lowe) Sewall, widow of Dr. Henry Sewall, daughter of Vincent Lowe and Anne Cavendish.^[1][2][3][4] They produced four offspring; all born in Maryland. ^[2] Jane died in 1700.^[1][2][3]

1. Cecil Calvert b. 1667/68 d. 1681^[2][3]
2. Clare Calvert b. 1670 d. b 1694^[2][3]
3. Anne Calvert b. 1673 d. 10 Feb 1731^[2][3]
4. Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore b. 21 Mar 1679 d. 16 Apr 1715^[2][3][4]

In 1701, Charles remarried to Mary (Bankes) Thorpe.^[1][2][3][4] She died in 1710.

In 1712, he remarried last to Margaret Charleton, daughter of Thomas Charleton.^[1][2][3][4] She survived him and remarried to Lawrence Eliot.^[1][2][3][4]

Religious Life

Though at least three generations of Calverts were Roman Catholic, his son, Benedict, married into a Protestant family and converted to that religion. This conversion was a source of disagreement between father and son.^[3][4][22]

Death/Will

Charles died on February 21, 1714/5, and was buried on the 29th at St Pancras Old Church, Middlesex.^{[1][3][4][23][24]} His will dated July 29, 1714, was proved May 20, 1715, by his widow.^[4]

Research Notes

• Illegitimate Child: There are claims that he was the father of Charles Calvert Lazenby (1688-1734) (14th Proprietary Governor of Maryland).^[2][25][26] Perhaps due to his "older relative" gifting him Maryland lands he used to purchase a position in the Grenadier Guards as Charles Calvert (dropping his surname).^[27]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Page 394 Person 18 Google Books - Snippet View See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} Mosby, James H. Heritage of faith: the Calvert, Green, and Alvey family histories (Unigraphic 1976 Evansville, Indiana (reproduction)) Chapter II. The Crosslands and Calverts Ancestry (subscription required) Free to view Page 12 and Free to view Page 13
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16} Papenfuse, Edward C. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979, Baltimore, Maryland. Volume 426, Page 187-188 Maryland State Archives
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1910-) New Edition Vol. I Page 394 Baltimore Barony, Person III Internet Archive
5. ↑ Wagner, Anthony Richard. England Genealogy Clarendon Press 1972 Oxford Internet Archive
6. ↑ Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1667 Volume 3, Page 439 (aomol.msa.maryland.gov : accessed 9 Jun 2020) Maryland State Archives
7. ↑ Browne, William Hand. George Calvert and Cecilius Calvert, barons Baltimore Dodd, Mead and Co. 1890 Baltimore, Maryland Page 173 Internet Archive
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "America and West Indies: 1675-1676", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 9, 1675-1676 and Addenda 1574-1674, ed. W Noel Sainsbury (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1893) pp 435-446 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020) 1675 August: 2 Croyden #1005
9. ↑ "America and West Indies 1685-1688," in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 12 1685-1688 and Addenda 1653-1687 ed. J W Fortescue (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1899), pp 114-123 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020) 1685 November: 13 #456
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Brugger, R. J. Maryland, a Middle Temperament: 1634–1980. Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 1996 Baltimore, Maryland
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "America and West Indies: 1681-1685", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 11, 1681-1685 ed. J W Fortescue (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1898) pp 191-201, 379-385, 440-452, 462-473, 581-601, 726-740 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020), 1682 February: 6 Mount Paradise, Virginia #397, 8 Whitehall #403; 1683 February: 8 #934; 1683 June: 11 Patuxent #1117, 12 #1118; 1683 August: 6 Philadelphia #1179; 1684 February: 12 #1534; 1684 November: 26 Virginia #1963
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} "America and West Indies: 1693-1696," in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 14, 1693-1696, ed. J W Fortescue (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1903) pp 244-254, 429-434 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020), 1694 February: 22 Whitehall # 895; 1695 Febrary: 13 Kensington #1676
13. ↑ "Journal, January 1709: Journal Book M", in Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 1, April 1704 - January 1709, ed. K H Ledward (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920), 571-585. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020), British History Online.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} "America and West Indies: 1689-1692," in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 13, 1689-1692, ed. J W Fortescue (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1901), pp 4-11, 276-291, 347-367, 375-384 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020), 1689 February: 18, 20, and 27; 1690 June: 2 #920, 3 Sergeants' Inn #923, 24 #965, June Talbot Country, Maryland # 975 and June #976; 1690 November: 20 Whitehall #1195, 22 #1201, #1204, #1205, #1206, and 30 #1218; 1691 January: 1 #1278, 3 #1281, 14 #1287, 15 #1289, and 29 Whitehall #1307
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} "America and West Indies: September 1689", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Addenda For 1688-1696 (London, 1969), pp. 5-12 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020) 1689 August: 28 #9, 28 #10, 31 #11; 1689 September: #12, 2 St Mary's #13, 4 #16, 12 #17, 20 #19, 25 St Mary's #21, 27 #22
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} "America and West Indies: May 1698", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 16, 1697-1698, ed. J W Fortescue (London, 1905), pp v-xxxiv, 191-206, 244-259, 468-470 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020), Preface; 1698 May: 9 #435; 1698 May: 28 #518. IV.; 1698 October: 4 Whitehall #869
17. ↑ "America and West Indies: February 1708, 16-28", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 23, 1706-1708, ed. Cecil Headlam (London, 1916), pp 675-680 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020) 1708 February: 20 #1346
18. ↑ "Preface", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 23, 1706-1708, ed. Cecil Headlam (London, 1916), pp vii-lviii, 29-52 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020) Preface Zeal of the Jesuits and Quakers; 1706 February: 4 Whitehall #84
19. ↑ "America and West Indies: February 1711, 1-10", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711, ed. Cecil Headlam (London, 1924), pp. 351-361 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020) 1711 February: 5 Whitehall #636
20. ↑ "America and West Indies: July 1711, 21-25", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 26, 1711-1712, ed. Cecil Headlam (London, 1925), pp 22-50 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020) 1711 July: 21 #38
21. ↑ "Entry Book: November 1676, 16-30", in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 5, 1676-1679, ed. William A Shaw (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1911), 372-391. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ accessed June 17, 2020), British History Online
22. ↑ "Preface", in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 28, 1714-1715, ed. Cecil Headlam (London, 1928), pp v-xlvi (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020) British History Online
23. ↑ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P90/Pan1/001 (http://www.ancestry.com : 9 June 2020). View Ancestry Record 1624 #1799796 (requires subscription). Free to view image

    Name: Charles Calvert
    Gender: Male
    Record Type: Burial
    Death Date: abt 1714
    Burial Date: 1714
    Burial Place: St Pancras Old Church, Camden, Middlesex, England
    Register Type: Parish Register

24. ↑ "Additional Burial Grounds", in Survey of London: Volume 24, the Parish of St Pancras Part 4: King's Cross Neighbourhood, ed. Walter H Godfrey and W McB. Marcham (London: London County Council, 1952), 147-151. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ : accessed June 17, 2020, British History Online.
25. ↑ Papenfuse Volume 426, Page 937 Maryland State Archives
26. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. "Charles Calvert (governor)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 4 Mar. 2018. Web. 10 Jun. 2020.
27. ↑ Yentsch, Anne E. A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves: A Study in Historical Archaeology Cambridge University Press, May 12, 1994 Page 53 Google Books Preview

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. Vol. II Page 64 See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore on Wikipedia
• Wikidata: Item Q5076057, en:Wikipedia
• 3rd Lord Baltimore, Charles Calvert (1637-1715) Digital Maryland (http://www.digitalmaryland.org/ : accessed 17 Jun 2020) Portraits of the Six Lords Baltimore - Enoch Pratt Free Library

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was revised by Magna Carta Project member Azure Robinson, finishing on 3 July 2020. It was reviewed/approved for the Project by Michael Cayley on 3 July 2020.

Charles Calvert is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Huntingfield (vol. I, pages 392-394 CALVERT). This trail was project-approved/badged in July 2015 by a Magna Carta Project member and was re-reviewed in 2021. This trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Leonard Calvert's profile.

Charles' wife Jane Lowe is also a Gateway Ancestor in a trail to surety baron Richard de Clare.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".