Category:Fendall family

Fendall family, a prominent political family that had it's roots started when Josias Fendall (ca. 1628-1687), immigrated to Maryland in the early 1650's. He was appointed the 4th proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1656-1660.

• Gov. Josias Fendall, Lt. Gen., Esq. (ca. 1628-1687), fourth proprietary and colonial Governor of Maryland. He was born in England, and came to the Province of Maryland. He was the proginator of the Fendall Family in America.
  • Col. John Fendall I, Esq. (1672-1734), Planter, Justice of and member of the Lower House.
    • Benjamin Fendall I, Esq. (1708-1864) of "Potomack", high sheriff and clerk of Charles Co., Maryland. Benjamin married Eleanor Lee (1710-1759), of the "Blenheim Lee's".
      • John Fendall (1730-1763) of "Cedar Point".
        • Dr. Benjamin Fendall (1753-1818), first native born American Dentist, only dentist to be paid for his services during the American Revolution.
          • Dr. Thomas Hanson Marshall Fendall I (1782-1823) "of Augusta", a surgeon's mate during the Tripolitan War.
          • Col. John W. Fendall, Dr. (1784-1842), midshipmen during the Tripolitan War and Lieutenant during the War of 1812.
          • Dr. Edward Fendall (1786-1834) of "Woodlawn", who served in the War of 1812, was a magistrate in Baltimore, and a prominent early surgeon dentist of that town.
            • Charles Edward Fendall (1821-1894) who immigrated to Oregon in 1843, and was one of the early pioneers in Yamhill County.
              • Elbridge Gerry Fendall (1860-1926) early pioneer of West Chehalem, Oregon.
      • Sarah Fendall (1732-1793), who married Col. Thomas Contee (1729-1811), of "Brookefield". Thomas was a member of the House of Burgesses, and a prominent American Patriot.
        • Rev. Benjamin Contee, Capt., Hon. (1755-1815), An American Episcopal priest and statesman from Maryland.
          • Alice Lee Contee (1803-1868), who married Gov. Joseph Kent, Sr., Col., Dr. (1779-1837).
        • Eleanor Lee Contee (1758-1786), who married Dr. Michael Wallace, Jr., Esq. (1749-1794).
          • Eleanor Lee Contee Wallace (1782-1826), who married Gov. Joseph Kent, Sr., Col., Dr. (1779-1837).
        • Jane Contee (1761-1825), who married William Worthington (1747-1820) of "The Valley", near Nottingham, P.G.'s Co., Maryland.
          • Gen. Thomas Contee Worthington (1782-1847), officer of the Maryland State Militia, and member of the Maryland State House of Representatives.
          • Gov. William Grafton Delaney Worthington IV, Hon. (1785-1856), lawyer, Judge, Governor and Secretary of the Territory of East Florida.
          • Walter Brooke Cox Worthington (1795-1845), member of the Maryland House of Representatives.
      • Philip Richard Fendall I (1734-1805), an office holder, lawyer, merchant, and builder of the Lee-Fendall House in Alexandria, Virginia.
        • Matilda Lee (1766-1790) of Stratford Hall, who married Maj. Gen. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee II (1756-1818).
        • Flora Lee (1771-1795), who married Col. Ludwell Lee, Esq. (1760-1836), son of Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794).
        • Philip Richard Fendall II (1794-1867), District Attorney of Washington, D.C.
          • Maj. Philip Richard Fendall III (1832-1879), a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Civil War.
            • Marion Fendall (1870), who married Jacob Wendell III (ca. 1869-1911).
              • Anne Catherine Tredick "Catherine" Wendell (d. 1977), who married Lt. Col. Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (1898-1987), son of George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923). Anne married secondly, Lt. Geoffrey Seymour Grenfell (1898-1940).
                • Col. Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, Hon. (1924-2001).
                  • George Reginald Oliver Molyneaux Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (1956).
              • Philippa Fendall Wendell (d. 1974), who married Sir Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart, 12th Earl of Galloway (1892-1978), son of Randolph Henry Stewart, 11th Earl of Galloway (1836-1920).
                • Antonia Marian Amy Isabel Stewart, Lady (1925-1971), who married Sir Charles Mark Dalrymple Fergusson, 3rd Baron Dalrymple (1915-1979).
                • Randolph Keith Reginald Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway (1928).
          • Clarence "Claude" Fendall (1836-1868), a member of the U.S. Geodetic Survey during the Civil War.
          • Lt. James Robert Young Fendall (1838-1869), a Lieutenant in the Confederate States Marine Corps during the Civil War.
      • Benjamin Fendall II (1739-1786) of "Pomonkey".

• Fendall, Douglas Allen. The Descendants of Governor Josias Fendall (for a detailed list of references click the link).