![]() In 1764, Winchester located Westminster on one of the three main western-bound routes in what we now know as Carroll County. The community changed its name to Westminster in 1768 because the mail was too often mistakenly delivered in nearby Winchester, in Frederick County, Virginia. In 1764 Winchester originally named his planned community "Winchester's Town." Winchester served in the French and Indian war in 1757 and was active in the support of the American Revolution. Frederick County was not formed from Prince George's County until 1748 and Carroll County was subdivided from Baltimore and Frederick Counties in 1837. ![]() It may be of interest for many to know that until 1748, this part of Maryland that included White's Level was in Prince George’s County. Charles Carroll, (1737-1832), a signer of the American Declaration of Independence and Carroll County's namesake, lobbied Maryland Governor Samuel Ogle that tax relief, road-building, and agricultural business stimulation would encourage the settling of the area now know as Carroll and Frederick Counties. It was in this time period, 1731, that Dr. This parcel was first granted to John White in 1733 and was called "White’s Level."įor some additional background, let's go to Nancy Warner's "Carroll County Maryland – A History 1837-1976." Several of the original land grants which would be later included in the city of Westminster were: "'White's Level,' 169 ½ acres, to John White in 1733, 'Fanny's Meadow,' to James Wells in 1741 'Bond’s Meadow,' 1,915 acres, to John Ridgely, and 'Brown's Delight,' 350 acres to George Brown, both in 1753." While still living in "Dug Hill," Winchester purchased a little more than 167 acres located at Patapsco Falls and Little Pipe Creek on Jfor 150 Pounds. ![]() This resulted in the founders of the three fledgling communities, Westminster, Manchester, and Hampstead, being intermarried. Subsequently, the Richards family also married into one of the founding families of Hampstead located along the Patapsco - Conewago Road in what is currently Carroll County. On July 22, 1747, Winchester married Lydia Richards, the daughter of a Quaker by the name of Edward Richards. He had moved there several years after he had successfully fulfilled his obligations as an indentured servant to Dr. He established himself as a farmer in "Dug Hill," now known as Manchester, which was at the time, still part of Baltimore County. William Winchester was born in Westminster, England on Decemand arrived at Annapolis, Maryland in 1731 as an indentured servant. Westminster was founded in 1764 by William Winchester of England.
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