green hill church

SIRMON FAMILY GENEALOGY

Early History-USA: Wicomico County, Maryland

Places of Interest


The photos appearing on this page were taken during 2005. The photos are of the Wicomico area which was cut from Somerset, Maryland, where Edward (1638/40) and his family lived. These photos will be of particular interest to Edward's descendants in the USA. (Photos provided by one the descendants of Job Sirman who moved from Wicomico to Delaware)

Green Hill Church

A special note should be made here about the Green Hill Church. Stepney Parish records contain many references to the descendants of Edward Sermoner (1638), the immigrant to Virginia about 1648, who moved about 1662 to Somerset County, Maryland, where he married Anne Frowin about 1663/4 and where their four sons, Thomas (1663), Edward (1666), Edward (1669), and Peter (1672) were born.

green hill church marker
Green Hill Church Historical Marker
Old Green Hill Church

Now St. Bartholomew's Episcopal
Church. Parish Church of Stepney
Parish, which was laid out in 1692.
This building was erected in 1733
replacing the first building. A
log church erected about 1694,
which stood about 150 yards north
of the preseent site.

[Maryland Historical Society]

green hill church plaque
Green Hill Church Historical Marker
"OLD GREEN HILL CHURCH"
Now
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
Parish Church of Stepney Parish
which was laid out in 1692 built in 1733
replacing first building which stood about 150 yards
north of present site.

This Tablet Placed by
THE SAMUEL CHASE CHAPTER D.A.R.
SALISBURY, MARYLAND

St. Bartholomew's Day August 24, 1934

green hill church front view
Green Hill Church Front View
"OLD GREEN HILL CHURCH"
Exterior Views
green hill church side view
Green Hill Church Side View
green hill church back view
Green Hill Church Back View

Whitehaven

The family of Col. George Gale, mentioned below, were neighbors of Edward and Anne's descendants.

whitehaven marker
Whitehaven Historical Marker
WHITEHAVEN

Chartered by
Charles Calvert 3rd Lord
Baltimore, c. 1685. Town Incorporated c. 1702.
Ferry operated here as early as 1692.
Settlers were led by Col. George Gale of
Whitehaven in the North of England. His
first wife, Mildred Warner Washington, who
by previous marriage was George Washington's
grandmother, lived nearby before her death
in 1701. "WHITEHAVEN COMPANY" of Somerset
County Militia fought with the Maryland Line in Revolutionary War.

[Society of Colonial Wars
and
Maryland Historical Society]
white haven ferry
Whitehaven Ferry Crossing
Whitehaven Ferry crossing the Wicomico River

white haven ferry
Bed and Breakfast
Two hundred year old hotel at the north side of Whitehaven Ferry crossing.

Monie

Edward and Anne's descendants are in the records as being from Monie.

monie point
Monie Bay
Monie Point at Monie Point

asbury methodist church
Asbury Methodist Church
Asbury Methodist Church near Monie Point.

Map of Eastern Shore, MD

The map below is a current road map of the Chesapeake Bay side of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

map
Map of Eastern Shore, MD
 Notice the Manokin River south of the Wicomico River. Manokin is were the four children of Edward and Anne were born.

Worcester County, Maryland was formed in 1742 from the eastern part of Somerset County.

Wicomico County, Maryland, was formed in 1867, taken from the northern section of Somerset County and the northwest part of Worcester Couny.