HIST 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Leonard Calvert, Admington, Margaret Dreier Robins
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Landowner, once executor for maryland"s colonial governor, and perhaps the first american woman to apply for suffrage, margaret reed brent was born in or about 1601 in gloucester, england to elizabeth reed brent and. Richard brent, the lord of admington and lark stoke. She and her sister mary and two brothers, giles and fulke, arrived in maryland on 22 november 1638. Margaret and mary received the first female land grant in maryland, seventy-a-half acres, which became known as "sisters freehold. " Margaret brent expanded her wealth and became one of the influential landowners in maryland. In the course of her business dealings, she filed suits with the provincial court whenever necessary and sometimes appeared in court on behalf of others. When the piscataway indian chief"s daughter mary kitomaquund arrived in maryland for an education, governor leonard calvert and margaret. Brent helped calvert collect troops during the armed protestant offensive on the catholic government of maryland (1644 46).
