Bennett’s Point Farm

Originally called Morgan’s Neck, this farm was surveyed in 1658 for Henry Morgan of the Isle of Kent as two tracts of 150 acres each, granted to him for transporting two indentured servants into the province. The tracts passed to Morgan’s wife Frances in 1663 and to his daughter Frances Sayer, wife of Col. Peter Sayer, in 1676. In 1698 the farm passed to Elizabeth Rousby, granddaughter of Henry Morgan and wife of Richard Bennett III. It left the ownership of Morgan descendants in 1793 when it was sold to Col. James Hindman, and in 1801 it was acquired by Major Richard Tilghman, whose heirs owned it until 1871. Richard and Elizabeth Bennett are buried nearby in the partially restored chapel.

Maryland · United States