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Henry Darnall II (1682-1759) was a wealthy Roman Catholic planter in Colonial Maryland. He was the son of the politician and planter
Henry Darnall Colonel Henry Darnall (1645 – 17 June 1711) was an Irish-born planter, militia officer and politician who served as the chancellor of Maryland from 1683 to 1689. He was also appointed as the proprietary agent for Charles Calvert, 3rd Bar ...
, who was the Proprietary Agent of
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore (August 27, 1637 – February 21, 1715) was an English colonial administrator. He inherited the province of Maryland in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. He had been his ...
, and served for a time as Deputy Governor of the Province. During the Protestant Revolution of 1689, Henry Darnall I's proprietarial army was defeated by the Puritan army of Colonel John Coode, and he was stripped of his numerous colonial offices. After his father's death, Henry Darnall II did not enjoy political power in Maryland, but he remained wealthy thanks to his family's extensive estates. He married twice, fathering many children. His eldest son
Henry Darnall III Henry Darnall III (c. 1702 – c. 1783) was a wealthy planter in Colonial Maryland. He was the son of the politician and planter Henry Darnall II, and the grandson of Henry Darnall who was the Proprietary Agent of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Balt ...
(c1702-c1783) inherited the bulk of what remained of his estates, and one of his grandchildren,
Daniel Carroll Daniel Carroll Jr. (July 22, 1730May 7, 1796) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a Maryland politician, and a plantation owner. He supported the American Revolution, served in the Confederation Congress, was a delegate to ...
, would become one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A small portion of Darnall's former property, now called
Darnall's Chance Darnall's Chance, also known as Buck House, Buck-Wardrop House, or James Wardrop House, is a historic home located at 14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It is named after Colon ...
, can still be visited today.


Early life

Henry Darnall II was born in 1682 in Maryland, the son of the wealthy Roman Catholic planter and politician
Henry Darnall Colonel Henry Darnall (1645 – 17 June 1711) was an Irish-born planter, militia officer and politician who served as the chancellor of Maryland from 1683 to 1689. He was also appointed as the proprietary agent for Charles Calvert, 3rd Bar ...
(1645 – 17 June 1711) and his wife Eleanor Hatton Brooke (1642–1725). During the Protestant Revolution of 1689 Darnall was defeated in battle by the
Puritan The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should b ...
John Coode, who seized power in the Province and barred Roman Catholics from holding public office.


Career

Henry Darnall I died in 1711, leaving his eldest son the bulk of his extensive estates. However, being a Roman Catholic, Henry Darnall II could not hold public office in Maryland. Worse, despite being born to great wealth, by the 1720s Henry Darnall II was in financial trouble, and sometime between 1727 and 1730 he had sold much of his property, including 6,700 acres of
His Lordship's Kindness His Lordship's Kindness, also known as Poplar Hill, is a historic plantation estate on Woodyard Road east of Clinton, Maryland. It was built in the 1780s for Prince George's County planter Robert Darnall. The five-part Georgian mansion retain ...
. In 1729 Henry Darnall II transferred around 1,500 acres of land to his son,
Henry Darnall III Henry Darnall III (c. 1702 – c. 1783) was a wealthy planter in Colonial Maryland. He was the son of the politician and planter Henry Darnall II, and the grandson of Henry Darnall who was the Proprietary Agent of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Balt ...
, including 300 acres of His Lordship's Kindness.


Family life

Henry Darnall II married twice. In 1702 he married Anne Digges, daughter of
William Digges Colonel William Digges (24 July 1697) was a prominent planter, soldier and politician in the Colony of Virginia and Province of Maryland. The eldest son of Edward Digges (1620-1674/5), who sat on the Virginia Governor's Council for two decades but ...
, born around 1685 in
Prince George's County Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, making it the second-most populous ...
, Maryland. They had two children. *
Henry Darnall III Henry Darnall III (c. 1702 – c. 1783) was a wealthy planter in Colonial Maryland. He was the son of the politician and planter Henry Darnall II, and the grandson of Henry Darnall who was the Proprietary Agent of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Balt ...
, was born in 1702 in
Prince Georges County Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, making it the second-most populous ...
, Maryland *
Eleanor Darnall Carroll Eleanor Darnall Carroll (1703–1796) was a prominent heiress in colonial Maryland. She married Daniel Carroll, a wealthy planter, and together they became the parents of two notable figures in American history: Daniel Carroll, a Founding Father ...
(1703-1796), married Daniel Carroll, of
Upper Marlboro, Maryland Upper Marlboro, officially the Town of Upper Marlboro, is the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population within the town limits was 652, although Greater Upper ...
, in about 1727. Daniel Carroll was a politician and wealthy planter; their son
Daniel Carroll Daniel Carroll Jr. (July 22, 1730May 7, 1796) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a Maryland politician, and a plantation owner. He supported the American Revolution, served in the Confederation Congress, was a delegate to ...
would become one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. In around 1710 he commissioned the painter
Justus Engelhardt Kühn Justus Engelhardt Kühn (unknown-c1717) a German man, was a portrait painter active in colonial Maryland in the early part of the eighteenth century. He was the earliest professional artist to work in the Middle Atlantic colonies. A number of his ...
, the earliest known professional artist to work in the Middle Atlantic colonies, to paint portraits of his two children. Henry Darnall's second marriage was to Elizabeth Lowe (born c1702) in about 1720 in St. Mary's Co., Maryland. The couple had six children * Susanna Darnall (b 1723 in Prince George, Md.) * Anne Darnall, born around 1728 * Henrietta Maria Darnall, born around 1732 * Nicholas Lowe Darnall, born around 1733–37, deponent in the case of Mahoney v Ashton * Richard Darnall, was born around 1740 in Portland Manor,
Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel County (; ), also notated as AA or A.A. County, is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 588,261, an increase of just under 10% since 2010. Its county seat is Annapolis, wh ...
, Maryland. Richard inherited from his father almost 1,000 acres of land, part of Portland Manor, as well as "300 pounds sterling and negroes; and also 20 head of cattle; 20 head of sheep; 20 head of hogs and 5 work horses". Richard Darnall was a deponent in the case of Mahoney v Ashton. * Robert Darnall, married a wealthy widow Sarah Ryder Nevett Fishwick and purchased his father's former estate, then known as Poplar Hill, from the Carroll family, on March 6, 1773. The couple had no children. Robert Darnall built the mansion known as
His Lordship's Kindness His Lordship's Kindness, also known as Poplar Hill, is a historic plantation estate on Woodyard Road east of Clinton, Maryland. It was built in the 1780s for Prince George's County planter Robert Darnall. The five-part Georgian mansion retain ...
, which still stands today.


Death and legacy

Henry Darnall II died in 1759, aged around 77. A small portion of Darnall's former property, now called
Darnall's Chance Darnall's Chance, also known as Buck House, Buck-Wardrop House, or James Wardrop House, is a historic home located at 14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It is named after Colon ...
, can still be visited today. No portrait of him survives.


See also

*
History of Maryland The recorded history of Maryland dates back to the beginning of European exploration, starting with the Republic of Venice, Venetian John Cabot, who explored the coast of North America for the Kingdom of England in 1498. After European settlement ...
*
Colonial families of Maryland 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. Founders and scions See also * F ...


References


Roark, Elisabeth Louise, ''Artists of Colonial America''
p. 78, Retrieved 20 July 2018


Notes


External links


Darnall at RootsWeb
Retrieved 20 July 2018

Retrieved 16 August 2018

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