The colonial families of Maryland were the leading families in the Province of Maryland. Several also had interests in the Colony of Virginia, and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies.
| Family name | Family members | Notes | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott | Simon Abbott | Founder | ||
| Madeline Abbott | Wife of Simon, Mother of Dorcas | |||
| Dorcas Abbott | Born 1651 | |||
| Adams | Francis Adams | c. 1645 (or 1626) – December 1698 | ||
| John Adams | c. 1670 – September 1740 | |||
| Charles Adams | c. 1672/3 – 1733. Carpenter. | |||
| Angiers | John Angiers | Son of John Angier | ||
| Billingsley | Francis Billingsley | |||
| John Billingsley | ||||
| Bowie | John Bowie, Sr. | [1] | ||
| Oden Bowie | ||||
| Robert Bowie | ||||
| Thomas Fielder Bowie | ||||
| Walter Bowie | ||||
| Captain William Bowie | ||||
| William Duckett Bowie | ||||
| Brent | Margaret Brent | |||
| Mary Brent | ||||
| Giles Brent | ||||
| Fulke Brent | ||||
| Brice | Brice III | |||
| James Brice | ||||
| Brooke | Robert Brooke, Sr. | |||
| Thomas Brooke, Sr. | ||||
| Thomas Brooke, Jr. | ||||
| Burgess | William Burgess | Founder, Deputy Governor | ||
| Calvert
Lords Baltimore |
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore | |||
| Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | ||||
| Leonard Calvert | ||||
| Phillip Calvert (governor) | ||||
| Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore | ||||
| Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore | ||||
| Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore | ||||
| Benedict Leonard Calvert | ||||
| Benedict Swingate Calvert | ||||
| Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore | ||||
| Henry Harford | ||||
| Eleanor Calvert | ||||
| Charles Benedict Calvert | ||||
| Charles Calvert (governor) | ||||
| Carroll | Charles Carroll the Settler | |||
| Charles Carroll of Annapolis | ||||
| Charles Carroll (barrister) | ||||
| Charles Carroll of Carrollton | ||||
| Daniel Carroll | ||||
| John Carroll (bishop) | ||||
| John Lee Carroll | ||||
| Thomas King Carroll | ||||
| Anna Ella Carroll | ||||
| James Carroll (Maryland politician) | ||||
| Samuel S. Carroll | ||||
| Causey | ||||
| Chase | Samuel Chase | |||
| Jeremiah Chase | ||||
| Clarke | ||||
| Contee | Thomas Contee | |||
| Benjamin Contee | ||||
| Compton | Henry Compton | |||
| Barnes Compton | ||||
| Cresap | Thomas Cresap | |||
| Michael Cresap | ||||
| Crossland | ||||
| Darnall | Henry Darnall | |||
| Philip Darnall | ||||
| Digges | William Digges | |||
| Dent | Thomas Dent Sr. | |||
| Dorsey | Edward Dorsey | |||
| Hon. John Dorsey | [2] | |||
| Major Edward Dorsey | [3] | |||
| Dulany | Daniel Dulany the Elder | |||
| Daniel Dulany the Younger | ||||
| Walter Dulany | ||||
| Duvall | Mareen Duvall | |||
| Gabriel Duvall | ||||
| Robert Duvall | ||||
| Eden baronets | Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland | |||
| Sir Frederick Eden, 2nd Baronet | ||||
| Fairfax | Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron | |||
| Fendall | Josias Fendall | |||
| Greenberry | Nicholas Greenberry | Governor; tombstone transferred to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis | ||
| Greene | Governor Thomas Greene | |||
| Griffith | ||||
| Hammond | Thomas Hammond (regicide) | Founder and possible Regicide of Charles I | ||
| John Hammond Maj.Gen. | Tombstone from 'Mountain Neck' plantation to St.Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis | |||
| Hanson | John Hanson | |||
| Alexander Contee Hanson | ||||
| Hatton | Thomas Hatton | MD Secretary, killed in action at the Battle of the Severn | ||
| Heydon | Francis Heydon/Hayden | |||
| Hollis | ||||
| Howard | Matthew Howard Sr | Founder | ||
| John Eager Howard | ||||
| George Howard (Governor of Maryland) | ||||
| Benjamin Chew Howard | ||||
| Jenifer | Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer | |||
| Daniel Jenifer | ||||
| Lanham | Josias Lanham | |||
| Lee | Philip Lee | Blenheim branch | ||
| Thomas Sim Lee | Blenheim branch | |||
| Lloyd | Edward Lloyd (Colonial Governor of Maryland) | |||
| Edward Lloyd (delegate) | ||||
| Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland) | ||||
| Henry Lloyd (governor) | ||||
| James Lloyd (Maryland) | ||||
| Mason | William Mason (1757–1818) | |||
| Ogle | Samuel Ogle | |||
| Benjamin Ogle | ||||
| Paca | William Paca | |||
| Paddy | John Paddy | 17 Reg't (Beall's) Maryland Militia (War of 1812)- Drummer | ||
| Robert Paddy | 17 Reg't (Beall's) Maryland Militia (War of 1812) Private | |||
| Benjamin Paddy | c.1750 | |||
| Peale | Charles Willson Peale | |||
| James Peale | ||||
| Raphaelle Peale | ||||
| Rembrandt Peale | ||||
| Rubens Peale | ||||
| Titian Peale | ||||
| Anna Claypoole Peale | ||||
| Charles Peale Polk | ||||
| Margaretta Angelica Peale | ||||
| Sarah Miriam Peale | ||||
| Riggin | Teague Riggin | Founder; Planter, Golden Lyon Plantation, Pocomoke Sound | ||
| Darby Riggin | Founder; Planter, Annemessex, later moved to Accomack County, Virginia | |||
| John Riggin | Planter, Marumsco, Pocomoke Sound | |||
| John Riggin | Planter, Annemessex | |||
| Isaac Riggin | Corporal, Maryland Militia, War of 1812. | |||
| Elisha Riggin | Shipbuilder, Crisfield | |||
| John Riggin | Deputy clerk of the court, Worcester County; father of Brig. Gen. John Riggin, Jr. | |||
| John Riggin, Jr. | Bvt. Brig. Gen., Union Army; additional aide-de-camp, to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. | |||
| Rodgers | John Rodgers (naval officer, War of 1812) | |||
| John Rodgers (American Civil War naval officer) | ||||
| John Rodgers (naval officer, World War I) | ||||
| Calbraith Perry Rodgers | ||||
| Saffell | Samuel | Sons and daughters: John Saffell, Samuel Saffell, William Saffell, Ann Saffell, Charles Saffell, James Saffell, Elizabeth Saffell, Joshua Saffell and Sarah Saffell. At least one of Samuel's sons, likely Charles, served under Richard Montgomery in the French and Indian and the American Revolutionary Wars. | Saffell, Samuel. Born 1712, originally from Essex, England. Arrived Oct 1732 on the ship, Patapsco Merchant, captained by Capt Darby Lux. Samuel was a "King's Passenger," either a convict or volunteer indentured servant for free passage. The Patapsco Merchant departed London in April 1732.Samuel owned land and was married to Mary Saffell née Watson in 1738. When he died in 1777, his will was the second will ever probated in the newly incorporated Montgomery County. | |
| Sewall | Henry Sewall | MD Secretary; grandson and grand nephew of the Mayors of Coventry | ||
| Nicholas Sewall | Dep.Governor | |||
| Skirvin
Skirven |
George Skirvin/Skirven | Judge, Chestertown, Kent Co., Skirvin's Neglect | ||
| Francis Skirvin/Skirven | Planter, Ordinary owner, Annapolis | |||
| William Skirvin/Skirven | Physician, Queen Anne's Co. | |||
| Smallwood | Governor William Smallwood | |||
| Sparrow | Thomas Sparrow | Planter, Sparrows Point, Rhode River | ||
| Stafford | William Stafford | |||
| Steuart | George H. Steuart (planter) | Planter | ||
| George Steuart Hume | ||||
| George H. Steuart (Major General) | ||||
| Richard Sprigg Steuart | ||||
| George H. Steuart (Brigadier General) | ||||
| William Steuart (Mayor of Baltimore) | ||||
| Stone | William Stone | |||
| Thomas Stone | ||||
| Michael J. Stone | ||||
| John Hoskins Stone | ||||
| William Murray Stone | ||||
| Frederick Stone | ||||
| Tasker | Benjamin Tasker, Sr. | |||
| Benjamin Tasker, Jr. | ||||
| Vallette | Elie Vallette | |||
| Warfield | Richard Warfield Capt. | Founder; ancestor of Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor; tombstone transferred from plantation to St. Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis | ||
| Worland | John Worland of Charles County | Master of Sly Fox Plantation | ||
| Worthington | John Worthington Capt. | Founder; tombstone transferred to St. Anne's, Church Circle, Annapolis |