40 Members of the Col. John Addison Family

40 Members of the Col. John Addison Family. . Here is the final resting place of 40 members of the Col. John Addison family, some of Maryland's earliest colonial settlers. Their story began when Col. John Addison, the Emigrant (1634 – 1706) arrived on Maryland shores from England (1667). He settled on land later known as Oxon Hill, on a hill above the Potomac River; which was developed and renamed National Harbor in 2010. , , The first five generations of Addisons resided at Oxon Hill from 1685 to 1810. The manor house built in 1710 was a commanding brick mansion lost to fire in 1895. The Addisons established a tobacco plantation and became one of the most influential families on the frontier of colonial Maryland. They accrued their wealth as sea merchants, bringing colonists to the new country, as well as tobacco farmers exporting to England, land speculators, and traders with Native Americans. Many of them served in Maryland county and state governments and in the militia in many capacities. Among them were founders and rectors of Episcopalian parishes and Schools. , , Prominent Addison figures include : , , Col. John Addison (1634-1706). Member the Council of Maryland. Captain (1692); Colonel, commanding the Militia of Charles County (1696-1699) and placed in command of the Militia of Prince George's County (1705) In 1696 Col. Addison purchased the land to build a wooden church that became St. John's Parish of Broad Creek, He also served on the first vestry there. , , Col. Thomas Addison (1679 -1727). A merchant and land speculator. Col. Addison more than doubled the family land holdings and in 1710 built what became known as Oxon Hill Manor. He served as Prince George's County's first county surveyor (1696), High Sheriff (1705), judge, and militia colonel (1714). , , Rev. Henry Addison (1717-1748) Second rector of St. John’s Parish of Broad Creek (1742-1789). Today's brick church building was constructed during his tenure (1768). His portrait is displayed in the parish hall. , , Rev. Walter Dulany Addison (1769 , 1848). Ordained as the first Episcopal, priest by the first Episcopal Bishop of Maryland, Bishop Thomas J. Claggett, in 1793. He served as St. John's Parish of Broad Creek (1801 , 1809) and as founder and rector of St. John's Church, Georgetown, Washington D.C. He was one of four clergy officiating at George Washington's funeral on Dec, 18, 1799. Rev. Addison was a staunch opponent of dueling and of slavery, freeing the slaves he inherited. He was the last owner of Oxon Hill Manor. In 1810 he sold it to Zachariah Berry of Concord Plantation, Maryland. , , John Addison (1769 - 1835). Brother to Rev. Walter D. Addison lived at Gisborough Manor now known as Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. John was appointed by President John Quincy Adams as Navy Chaplain (1825). , , The Addison family graveyard located at Oxon Hill Manor for approximately 350 years, was moved on October 26, 2017 to their family church; St. John's Episcopal Church of Broad Creek, to lie in perpetual care. , , May They Rest in Peace , , To learn more about the Addison family please visit: Prince George's County Historical Society, Upper Marlboro, MD. Prince George's County Genealogical Society Library, Bowie, MD, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, MD.