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An American Family History

Mary Harmer Gundry Maxwell

Marylandwas established with religious freedom for Catholics. The colonial economy was based on tobacco cultivated by Africans who had been enslaved.

Mary Harmer Gundry Maxwell was born about 1665 in St. George's County, Maryland. Her parents were Godfrey Harmer and Mary Sprye.

Her first husband was Benjamin Grundry. Benjamin and Mary had a son named Sprye Godfrey Gundry.

She married Colonel James Maxwell about 1700. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on James and Mary Maxwell.

She died about 1707.

Children of James Maxwell and Mary Harmer:
  • James, the Elder, Maxwell
  • Eliza Ann Maxwell Ricketts

  • Children of James Maxwell and Anne Groome:
  • Ashael Maxwell
  • Elizabeth Maxwell
  • James, the Younger, Maxwell
  • Ann Maxwell Matthews
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