Between 1668 and 1710, Oxford emerged from land traded by Edward Lloyd to William Stephens, Jr., a Quaker from Dorchester County, into a colonial town and port. Its name first appeared on a 1670 map of Maryland and Virginia drawn by Augustin Hermann. In 1673, Stephens donated 100 acres for the town's establishment, Talbot County authorized ferry service across the Tred Avon River at Oxford, and the community was already engaged in shipbuilding and commerce with England. In 1684, the first commissioners proposed a town plan, dividing the 100-acre parcel into building lots while reserving land for commercial use, bonded warehouses, and pasture. In 1694, the Maryland General Assembly officially established Oxford as a Port of Entry for British shipping. After Annapolis became Maryland's capital in 1695, replacing St. Mary's City, Oxford's name was briefly changed to Williamstad in honor of King William III, and one of its first houses, Byberry, was built. In 1702, the streets were laid out again, with the park designated as ye Market Place, Morris Street as ye High Streett, Market St. as ye Cross Streett, and Tilghman St. as ye Back Streett. In 1707, the earliest surviving plan of Oxford was drawn on goat skin. By 1710, while more than 1,600 enslaved Africans and 300 indentured European servants worked on Maryland's Eastern Shore plantations, Oxford had become a colonial shipbuilding center, and Skillington's yard at the mouth of Trippe Creek was the largest shipyard in Maryland.