Person:Thomas Lamar (6)

Thomas and Peter Lamar, brothers,are said to have come from Wicre, a small village in Flanders, not far from Lille, France. The two brothers first appeared in Virginia. It is believed that they came with the Hugenot settlers written of by Bishop Meade about 1660.

Thomas and Peter Lamar, afgter a stay in Virginia, moved to Maryland, and there, on November 17, 1663, obtained from Lord Baltimore, a certificate of denization or naturalization in whitch it is recited:

Whereas, Thomas and Peter Lamare, late of Virginia and subjects of the Crown of France, having transported themselves into this province here to abide, have besought us to grant them leave to here inhabit as free denizens and freedom land to them and their heirs to purchase . . ..

At the time of his arrival in Maryland, Thomas Lamar I appears to have been married. On November 24, 1665, he made application for the transportation of himself and Mary, his wife, into the colony under provisions of the law at that time in effect by which 50 acres of land was awarded for the transportation of each new resident into the colony.

The brothers prospered in the new country. Thomas and Peter Lamar became the owners of 350 acres of land in Calvert County, Maryland on November 8, 1664 through purchase from William Tennehill. On March 6, 1676, James Thompson, deputy surveyor, issued a certificate of survey that he had laid off for Thomas Lamare of Calvert County, "Planter", 50 acres of land, called "The Fishing Place" situated in Calvert County on the West side of the Patugent River and the North side of Trent Creek, adjoining lands on Trent Creek already occupied by him. In 1696, that part of the county West of Patuxent River, including "Fishing Place" became part of Prince George County.

Peter became the father of three daughters. Thomas married Mary Pottenger and had a son, Thomas Jr. His wife died and he married Ann Pottinger and had another son, John, about 1690 or 1695.

John Lamar married Susannah Tyler of Prine George, Co. Maryland on January 21, 1714. Susannah was born July 14, 1700, being 13 years old when she married. They became the parents of Johyn Lamar II, Thomas, Robert, Mareen Tyler (named after his mother's brother), Richard, Susannah, Ann, Rachel, Priscilla, Mary, Elizabeth.

John Lamar died in 1758.

Thomas Lamar Will http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=b63f0492-02a4-4b91-ad6e-0502a5b49697&tid=7870267&pid=-1024171966

1. ↑ Patron sheets, 1969-1991. (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970-1991, IGI Batch Number 8935401)
   IGI Batch Number F513478.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. (Name: Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;)
   Database online.

   Record for Thomas Lamar

3.   LeMar, Harold Dihel. History of the Lamar or Lemar family in America. (Omaha: Cockle, 1941).