NOTES ON SOME NOTABLE DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN ROSIER (DIED 1681) HIMSELF A 
DESCENDENT OF WILLIAM JOSEPH ROSIER OF DEVON ENGLAND WHO LIVED BEFORE 1501

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Submitted by Lawrence Rosier Oct 30, 1997

(1)Col. Benjamin Rozer (Rosier) "Planter who moved up in society".  A 
descendant of William Joseph Rosier.  A grant was given in 1672 from 
Caecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore) to Benjamin Rozer for Rozer's Refuge, a 
part of St. Thomas Manor.  At his death he owned 69  workers on his 
plantations.

(2) Notley Rozer (1) (Rosier), (a descendant of William Joseph Rosier) (Land 
documents pertaining to St. Thomas Manor  includes the Indenture (1711) 
between Notley Rozer and  Rev. Father William Hunter owner of St. Thomas 
Manor, Charles co. Md.  He inherited Cerne Abby Manor from his god father 
Thomas Notley.  (Raised by his Grand mother Lady Baltimore at Notley Hall)

1st. spouse Jane Digges (born 1674 or 1698; daughter of Col. William Digges 
son of Edward Digges Governor of Md.; sister of Edward Digges Esquire (d. 
1714) and Ann Digges wife of Henry Darnall Esquire)	

(3) Anne Rozer (Rosier)
spouse Daniel Carroll of Duddington Manor (1707-1734) (his sister married the 
Daniel Carroll Merchant  who signed the constitution)

(4) Notley Young (completed sale of Carrollsburg to U.S. government as part 
of the District of Columbia. He was assisted by his uncle Henry Rozer (2)) 
2nd spouse Mary Carroll  (daughter of Daniel Carroll of Upper Marlborough 
sister of  John Carroll the Archbishop.)
		
(3) Henry Rosier (1) (a descendent of William Joseph Rosier) (elected to the 
Committee of Observation for St. George's Co. during the American Revolution)
				
NOTES:

note a.	Charles Sewall, Gentleman aged 29 years, sailed to Maryland 
	on the ship "Industry" for "employment".  

	Henry Sewall b. 1630 of "Mattapany-Sewall Manor" and one time 
	secretary of Maryland. Was the son of Richard Sewall of Nuneaton, 
	Warwickshire. In 1652 he claimed an estate of his elder 
	brother, Richard, at Corkeym Warwickshire, which had been sequestered 
	in 1644, as his brother	had fought with the Rebels under Cromwell.

note b. Walter Notley of  Gent. Ireland, received 20,000 acres of land from 
	the Lord Proprietary for transporting  or promised to transport 100 
	men into Maryland and to enjoy  the privileges of Court Leet and 
	Court Barn to him and his heirs forever.  Nov 5, 14 year of the reign 
	of Charles I.

	Thomas Notley,  St. Mary's co., died 1679.  He was deputy governor of 
	Md. until his death in 	1679.  Bowie references an unsupported claim 
	in "vol. 16, p.24 Records of the Columbia Historical Society" which 
	has a chart indicating Thomas Notley died in 1683, that his daughter 
	(Mary from other sources) married Henry Rozer (1) and had a son 	Notley, that he Notley was the father of Anne Rozer.

note c.	The Digges family of Maryland is directly descended from Sir Dudly 
	Digges of Chiham Castle, Co., Kent, who was knighted on April 29, 
	1607, during the reign of James I.  The ancestry in the direct male 
	line can be traced to the reign of King John (1199-1296) of Magna 
	Carta fame.

note d.	John Whetenhall of St. Mary's Co. from East Peckham, Co., Kent  
	a descendent of Sir Henry Whetenhall, knighted 1609 by James I,  had 
	interest in the project of Charles Carroll (2) to receive a grant 
	from the king of  France in Louisiana embracing what is now the 
	state of Arkansas and over-lapping territory.  They  were to 
	establish a sovereign State restricted only to members of the 
	Catholic faith subject to the King of France.  Carroll expected to 
	receive a French title of nobility and be made absolute ruler of the 
	State.

note e. Duddington Manor included Carrollsburg which became part of 
	Washington D. C..  The land was sold to the U.S. government by 
	Notley Young, son of Ann Rosier Carroll Young.  His uncle Henry 
	Rosier assisted in the sale. Cerne Abbey Manor was on the site of 
	the present Capital building.

note f. Dr. Richard Tilghman emigrated from Snodland, Co. Kent was granted 
	Canterbury Manor calling his home "The Hermitage" in Queen Anne's Co. 
	He was the son of Oswald Tilghman. 

	Samuel Tilghman was appointed Admiral of Maryland in 1659 and was 
	granted the manor "Tilghman's Fortune".


REFERENCES:
Effie Gwynn Bowie. ACROSS THE YEARS in Prince George's County; Garrett and 
Massie Inc. Richmond Va. 1947.  This is an excellent reference going back to 
original documents. It also shows many of the original families in Prince 
George's county.

The information above by a search of the LDS CD.  Most  of  the above persons 
were noted as related to William Joseph Rosier .  The LDS records show all 
surnames as Rosier however according to Bowie the original Documents use the 
name Rozer.

Louise Joyner Hienton. PRINCE GEORGE'S HERITAGE; Sidelights on the Early 
History of Prince George's County Maryland from 1696 to 1800.   The Maryland 
Historical Society c1972. DDC#975.2 HIE

TO MARYLAND FROM OVERSEAS by Harry Wright Newman, Baltimore genealogical 
Publishing Co., Inc. 1986