Catholic Families of Southern Maryland: Records of Catholic Residents of St. Mary's County in the Eighteenth CenturySt. Mary's residents played a key role in the development of the Catholic Church throughout the whole of America, providing the spearhead of the westward expansion of Catholicism. In 1785, for example, the first of many Catholic families from St. Mary's crossed the mountains to find land in Kentucky, while a few years later, driven by economic necessity, others migrated to Georgia, Missouri, Louisiana, and Texas. Mr. O'Rourke has collected many of the earliest surviving records of the Catholic families of St. Mary's County, Maryland. The most significant portion of the work contains the marriages and baptisms from the Jesuit parishes of St. Francis Xavier and St. Inigoes, which, in the case of baptisms (1767-1794), give the names of children, parents, and godparents, and the date of baptism; and in the case of marriages (1767-1784), the names of the married partners and the date of marriage. |
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Marriages St Francis Xavier and St Inigoes Congregations | 33 |
Presumed Catholic Births Recorded at St Andrews Episcopal Church | 52 |
Oath of Allegiance Subscribers in St Marys County 1778 | 71 |
Census St Marys Congregation Bryantown Maryland prior to 1800 | 93 |
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