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is, the traditions suggest their heroism and zeal, but
unfortunately they left no records of their labors.
Historical students have searched in vain… but so far
the patient investigator is compelled to admit that
the dawn of Catholicity in this part of Maryland is
set forth in no known document.
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NCLOSURE
In 1667 Colonel Ninian Beall, Scottish-dissident-
become-English-prisoner-of-war and sentenced to servitude,
gained his freedom in the Colony of Maryland. Colonel Beall
went on to a distinguished public life in the colonies and
became a large landowner in western Maryland. In 1687,
Beall became the original patentee of Inclosure, 1040 acres in
Haddock Hills, next to the land patented to Samuel Queen in
1657. Richard Marsham purchased the Inclosure from Beall
and in 1713 bequeathed the land to his five Queen
grandchildren—240 acres to Samuel Queen, Jr., the oldest
grandson, and 200 acres each to the other four
grandchildren, Marsham, William, Katherine and Margaret.
Meanwhile…
In 1704, a series of anti-Catholic laws were passed in
Maryland: Acts to prevent the growth of popery within this
province.