Grace Of St. Mary's County

About the Book

“Grace of St. Mary’s County” reveals some little-known factual events and important occurrences in the lives of the English Catholics from County Durham, England. As the beheading of King Charles, I, approached, a number of parents sent their precious children to the land given them by the King, in Maryland, in order to protect them from the Protestants’ vengeance against the Catholics. Purchasing two sailing ships, to transport them, they hired two captains with their crews. They then assigned two young priests, to accompany, and watch over the children in the New World. With long and arduous work, they established St. Mary’s County, in Maryland. The ten-year-old son of the Duke of Stobilee, whose incredible intellect and sensitivity, led these fi fty-six children, in part, to help create the fi rst viable English speaking Catholic colony in North America.

About the Author

A Historical Novel closely gathered around the Greenwell Family The Author is a member of that massive Genealogy. He spent forty years combing through archives both here and abroad in England tracing its history. Due to the antiquity of the family much of the history could not be found with the documentation. Therefore, it was necessary to improvise in order to keep the time line consistent. It is presented here, for the story, while basically true, could not be documented. During that period records were not collected in a central repository and were often destroyed by the ravages of time, natural disasters ,wars and civil disturbances.