Stafford in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Mary Kittamaquund

Photographed by Kathy Walker, April 19, 2011

1. Mary Kittamaquund Marker

Inscription. Mary was the only child of Kittamaquund, paramount chief of the Piscataway tribes when Lord Baltimore's settlers arrived in Maryland in 1634. In 1641, seven-year-old Mary became the ward of Maryland governor Leonard Calvert and his sister-in-law Margaret Brent. Three years later Mary was married to Margaret Brent's 38-year-old brother, Giles Brent, who likely intended to gain control of Piscataway lands through the alliance. The Brents moved to Virginia to lands near here in 1647, where Giles and Mary had at least three children. Giles Brent remarried in 1654, but there is no record of Mary's death.

Erected 2010 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number E 90-a.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • Women. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1634.

Location. 38° 27.001′ N, 77° 24.151′ W. Marker is in Stafford, Virginia, in Stafford County. It is at the intersection of Richmond

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Highway (U.S. 1) and Foreston Woods Dr, on the right when traveling north on Richmond Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stafford VA 22554, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area,

in Northern Virginia,

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Peyton’s Ordinary (approx. 0.2 miles away); Government Island (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Government Island (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fleurries (approx. one mile away); John Peyton of Stony Hill (approx. one mile away); Aquia Church

Photographed by Kathy Walker, April 19, 2011

2. Mary Kittamaquund Marker

(approx. one mile away); The Robertson Quarry (approx. 1.1 miles away); Site Selection / Architectural Features (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stafford.

Photographed by Kathy Walker, April 19, 2011

3. Mary Kittamaquund Marker

View looking North on Route 1. There is no place to pull over. Post office is on the right in this photo. Best to park in the shopping center lot just south at Foreston Woods Dr.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2011, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 3,624 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 19, 2011, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.