Elizabeth Calvert
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Elizabeth Calvert was the daughter of Maryland Governor Captain Charles Calvert and wife Rebecca Gerard, and a wealthy heiress in colonial Maryland. Her parents died when she was young, leaving her th
Portrait by John Wollaston, 1754
Elizabeth's probable grandfather, Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore.
Elizabeth's father, Governor Charles Calvert
Elizabeth's husband, Benedict Swingate Calvert, painted by John Wollaston c. 1754.
Benedict Swingate Calvert
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Benedict Swingate Calvert was an American planter, politician, and judge from Maryland who was a Loyalist during the American Revolution. He was the son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, the th
Elizabeth Calvert
…heiress in colonial Maryland. Her parents died when she was young, leaving her their substantial fortune. In 1748, aged 17, she married her cousin Benedict Swingate Calvert, a Loyalist politician and planter and the illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. Benedict's connections to the ruling Calvert family…
Calvert's father, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Benedict Swingate Calvert, painted by John Wollaston c. 1754.
John Parke Custis, Calvert's son-in-law