All Hallows Church

All Hallows Parish, South River, was one of the original thirty parishes created by law in 1692 when the Anglican Church was established in Maryland. The present Georgian church was built c. 1730. Several prominent London Town merchants are buried in the churchyard. Mason Locke Weems, rector from 1784 to 1790 and an early biographer of George Washington, originated the legend of the cherry tree.

Maryland · United States