Editing Charles County, Maryland (section)

===Colonial and Revolutionary Periods===
*[[Robert Brooke Sr.#Second family|Charles Brooke]] (1636–1671) English immigrant & first Southerner to graduate from [[Harvard College]], Class of 1655; Sheriff, [[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert County]] 1665<ref name=Morison>{{cite journal |last=[[Samuel Eliot Morison|Morison]]|first=Samual Eliot |date=January 1933 |title=Virginians and Marylanders at Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1922830 |journal=William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=2–9 |doi=10.2307/1922830 |jstor=1922830 |quote=Mr. [Charles] Brooke of [[Harvard College|Harvard]] was one of the sons of [[Robert Brooke Sr.|Robert Brooke]] of Whitechurch, Hampshire, a graduate of [[Wadham College, Oxford]] (B.A. 1620, M.S. 1624), and a wealthy and prominent planter of Charles County, Maryland… [After] arrival of the Brooke family in Maryland, Mr. Brooke entered [[Harvard College]] June 3, 1651. |access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Gustavus Richard Brown]] (1747–1804) [[Edinburgh]]-educated doctor; served in [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]; physician to [[George Washington]], attended [[George Washington#Final days and death|his death]] 
*[[James Craik]] (1727–1814) Scottish immigrant; Physician General of the [[Continental Army]]; friend & physician to [[George Washington]], attended [[George Washington#Final days and death|his death]]
*[[John Hanson]] (1721–1783) born [[Port Tobacco Village, Maryland|Port Tobacco]]; [[Founding Father of the United States|Founding Father of United States]]; Signer, [[Articles of Confederation]]; [[President of the Continental Congress#Relationship to the president of the United States|President]], [[Confederation Congress]]
*[[Robert H. Harrison]] (1745-1790), judge; officer in the Continental Army; [[George Washington]]'s military secretary.<ref name="RHH">{{cite web |title=Robert Hanson Harrison |url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/robert-hanson-harrison |website=George Washington's [[Mount Vernon]] |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>
*[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]] (1723–1790) born [[Port Tobacco Village, Maryland|Port Tobacco]]; [[Founding Father of the United States|Founding Father of U.S.]]; Delegate, [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]]; Signer, [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]] 
*[[James Neale|Capt. James Neale]] (1615–1684) born in London, immigrated around 1635; [[Maryland General Assembly#History|Member, Maryland Council]]; founded Wollaston Manor & [[Cobb Island (Maryland)|Cobb Island]]
*[[Leonard Neale]] (1746–1817) born [[Port Tobacco Village, Maryland|Port Tobacco]]; [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] President of [[Georgetown University|Georgetown]]; [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore|Archbishop of Baltimore]]; first [[Bishops in the Catholic Church#Consecration of bishops and eparchs|U.S.-consecrated]] Catholic [[prelate]] (1800)
*[[William Smallwood]] (1732–1792) Officer, [[Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars#Maryland|Provincial Troops]]; Major General, [[1st Maryland Regiment]] of the [[Continental Army]]; [[Governor of Maryland]]<ref name=Smallwood>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001100/001134/html/1134bio.html |title=William Smallwood (1732-1792) |author=<!--not stated--> |date=December 20, 2002 |website=msa.maryland.gov |series=Biographical Series |publisher=Maryland State Archives |location=Annapolis|quote=Although Smallwood 'waited on [[George Washington|Washington]] and urged the Necessity of attending [his] Troops,' Washington 'refused to discharge' them… Smallwood was therefore absent during the early portions of the [[Battle of Brooklyn]] on August 27, 1776. British soldiers outflanked the American soldiers under [[Mordecai Gist|[Major Mordecai] Gist’s]] command in a surprise attack. The Marylanders retreated, fighting their way toward the [[Gowanus Canal|Gowanus Creek]]… Smallwood arrived later in the battle and provided covering fire for the retreating American soldiers with two cannons and some reinforcements… and subsequently faced a deadly British onslaught. The Marylanders led several charges against the British, holding them at bay for a crucial period of time that saved Washington’s army… On October 28, 1776… in the [[Battle of White Plains]], [Gen.] Smallwood’s soldiers once again saved Washington’s army… Positioned on Chatterton’s Hill, the Marylanders charged British soldiers, pushing them back briefly. A series of British counterattacks forced the Marylanders to retreat, but prevented the destruction of the entire [[Continental Army]]. The [[1st Maryland Regiment]] suffered greatly in the battle. Smallwood himself received two 'slight' wounds during the orderly retreat, receiving one in his wrist and another in his hip.}}</ref>
*[[Benjamin Stoddert]] (1751–1813) Captain of [[Cavalry]] in the [[Continental Army]]; first [[United States Secretary of the Navy|U.S. Secretary of the Navy]] in the [[John Adams]] administration
*[[Thomas Stone]] (1743–1787) born at [[William Stone (Maryland governor)#Restoration, land grant, and death|Poynton Manor]] near [[Port Tobacco Village, Maryland|Port Tobacco]]; [[Founding Father of the United States]]; Signer, [[United States Declaration of Independence|U.S. Declaration of Independence]]
*[[Andrew White (Jesuit)|Andrew White]] (1579–1656) born in [[London]]; [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] with [[Province of Maryland#Early settlement|first colonists]] arriving on [[The Ark (English ship)|''Ark'']] & [[Maryland Dove|''Dove'']]; established [[:File:St_Thomas_Manor_Historic_Marker_Sept_09.JPG|mission]] to the [[Potapoco]] at [[St. Thomas Manor|Chapel Point]] (1641)