Editing Talbot County, Maryland (section)

===White Marsh Church===
In 1691, [[William III of England|King William]] and [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary]] appointed Sir Lionel Copely as the first [[Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies|royal governor]] and told him that the [[colonists]] needed to become more religious. The Establishment Act of 1692 divided Talbot County into three parishes to serve the [[Church of England]], and Old White Marsh was one of them. The location of the church was to be in Hambleton, with the decision based upon the trade routine of the time. It was between the two ports in Oxford and Dover (small town on the Choptank near where Dover Bridge today sits).
The original church is believed to have been built between 1662 and 1665; however, the first mention of the church is in 1690,<ref name="Weeks-p44">{{Cite book |last=Weeks |first=Christopher |title=Where Land and Water Interwine |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |year=1984 |location=Baltimore |page=44}}</ref> although the Talbot County Court House has a record of repair made to the road to Old White Marsh Church in 1687.

In 1751, repairs were made to the church, and it was doubled in size due to the fact the membership was so large.<ref name="Weeks-p44" /> Reverend [[Thomas Bacon (priest)|Thomas Bacon]] was the cause of the large membership. Reverend Bacon was the writer of the Bacon's Laws. Membership decreased when Reverend Bacon left to assume leadership of Maryland's largest parish (at that time), [[All Saints Church (Frederick, Maryland)|All Saints Church]] in [[Frederick, Maryland]], and services alternated between White Marsh and the new [[Christ Church (Easton, Maryland)|Christ Church]] in the growing county seat of Easton.<ref name="Weeks-p44" /> Services finally ended at White Marsh, and the church was abandoned after it burned in brush fire during a cleanup operation in 1897.<ref>Arthur Pierre Middleton, Tercentenary Essays Commemorating Anglican Maryland 1692-1792 (Virginia Beach, The Donning Company 1992) p. 73</ref> A few of the original items used at the church rest at the St. Paul's Church in Trappe: White Marsh's Bible, communion items and the old wooden alms box.<ref name="Weeks-p44" /> The remaining brick wall can still be seen from U.S. Route 50 between Trappe and Easton.

The first rector, Reverend Daniel Maynadier, and his wife are buried in the floor of the church. Robert Morris Sr., merchant and father of founding father [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]], is buried just outside the church to the left. Plaques show the graves of all three individuals.<ref name="Weeks-p44" />