Davidsonville near Gambrills in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Middle Plantation

Photographed by F. Robby, December 30, 2003

1. Middle Plantation Marker

Inscription. 600 acres patented in 1664 to Mareen Duval, Esq., great Hugenot and native of France. Appointed Commissioner for Advancement of Trade 1683, he died here 1694. The plantation remained the ancestral seat of a junior branch of the Duvall family for many years.

Erected 1959 by Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1664.

Location. 38° 57.972′ N, 76° 39.813′ W. Marker is near Gambrills, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It is in Davidsonville. It is on Davidsonville Road (Maryland Route 424) half a mile north of John Hanson Highway (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2620 Davidsonville Rd, Davidsonville MD 21035, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

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

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Watkins Slave Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Linthicum Walks (approx. 2.3 miles away); Melford and Cemetery (approx. 2½ miles away); Williams Plains (approx. 3.2 miles away); White Marsh Plantation (approx. 3.2 miles away); A Community of Descendants (approx. 3.2 miles away); Sacred Ground (approx. 3.2 miles away); Sacred Heart Chapel (approx. 3.2 miles away).

Also see . . . Mareen Duvall (1664 - 1694). 9th great-grandfather of President Barack Hussein Obama ... (Submitted on June 18, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)

Additional keywords. Duvall descendants: Harry S. Truman; Dick Cheney; Barack Obama ....

Middle Plantation house image. Click for full size.

Maryland Historical Trust (Historic Sites Inventory), March 1975

2. Middle Plantation house

Maryland Historical Trust (Historic Sites Inventory), March 1975

3. Middle Plantation house

Maryland Historical Trust (Historic Sites Inventory), March 1975

4. Middle Plantation house

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 9,341 times since then and 273 times this year. Last updated on June 18, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on October 12, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 3, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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