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162-557: A Puritan trader based in Virginia, earlier established a trading post at what is now known as Garrett Island at the mouth of the Susquehanna River near what became Perryville. Bohemian immigrant Augustine Herman lobbied for Cecil County's creation, and drew the 1674 maps, in exchange for which Herman received extensive land grants, including one developed as Bohemia Manor , where he eventually died. Another early developer

243-780: A boating route that was re-opened in 1993. The Woodford River is also known in English as the River Gráinne or the Graine River. Part of the Woodford River at Ballyconnell has been canalised ; this small section is known as the Woodford Canal. Ballyconnell sits at the foot of Slieve Rushen mountain and is a mile from the border between County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and County Cavan in

324-640: A canal to connect the Elk River to Christiana, Delaware (connecting the Chesapeake and Delaware watersheds) failed within two years. However, between 1824 and 1829, with financial support from the states of Maryland, Delaware , and Pennsylvania , over 2600 workers built the 14 miles long Chesapeake and Delaware Canal , which became for a while the busiest canal in the new nation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still operates it today, and Chesapeake City, Maryland , which had been Bohemia Manor until 1839, has

405-399: A household in the county was $ 50,510, and the median income for a family was $ 56,469. Males had a median income of $ 40,350 versus $ 28,646 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 21,384. About 5.4% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over. Maryland state planning data suggest that

486-542: A judge, before moving to Washington D.C. to help President Lincoln, who later named him to the United States Supreme Court. Slavery's abolition affected many local property owners, as well as their slaves. After the war, Perryville again became a railroad town, and later received business from interstate highway travelers crossing the Susquehanna bridges. Although Cecil County had once been one of

567-600: A large cement factory (formerly owned by former billionaire businessman, Sean Quinn ), a plastics factory and an animal feeds plant. Tourism is an important part of the town's economy with cabin cruisers using it as a stopping place when navigating the Shannon-Erne Waterway . The town has a proud record in the National Tidy Towns Competition, winning the overall award in 1971 & 1975, together with many County winner awards through

648-429: A museum explaining the canal's importance. Railroads and bridges also proved economically important to Cecil County and surrounding region. The New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad began service in 1831. Railroads crisscrossed Cecil county within three decades, although they ultimately greatly reduced its importance as a trading center. Cities such as Philadelphia and Baltimore could achieve economies of scale impossible for

729-619: A northeastern part of a much larger Baltimore County, Maryland , in the northeastern portion of the Province . This had included present-day Baltimore and Baltimore County , and Harford , Carroll , eastern Frederick , and portions of Howard and Anne Arundel counties. At the time of its founding, Cecil County also included modern Kent County and the border on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay went as far south as

810-492: A solidly Republican county. The last Democrat to carry the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976. Prior to December 3, 2012, Cecil County was governed by county commissioners, the traditional form of county government in Maryland. On that date, Cecil County began governance under a new charter approved via voter referendum in November 2010, which authorized an elected County Executive and a five-member County Council, which separates

891-751: A steamboat which he demonstrated to George Washington, before traveling to London to secure patents against competition from John Finch. Rumsey died there in 1792, but his lawyer brother Benjamin Rumsey moved south to Joppa, Maryland and served as Maryland's Chief Justice for 25 years. Steamboats, using technology such as by Robert Fulton , came to dominate travel on the bay during the following decades. The Eagle, built in Philadelphia in 1813, transported travelers between Baltimore and Elkton , where they connected with stagecoaches to travel to Wilmington, Philadelphia and other points north. An 1802 attempt to build

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972-448: A strong defensive wall called a bawn , which was a square measuring 100 feet (30 m) along each side and 12 ft high, with two flanking towers. Within the bawn was erected a strong castle of lime and stone three stories high which " stands in a very good and convenient place for the strength and service of the country ". In August 1622 another survey found that- Walter Talbot has 1,500 acres called Ballyconnell, upon which there

1053-503: A strong timber house and two other wattled houses (Site number 1798, Annagh townland, Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan , Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, p. 228). He had also felled 40 trees but did no other work. By 1613 Talbot had progressed with building work. Sir Josias Bodley reported on 6 February 1613- Proportion No. 29: 1,500 acres. On the proportion undertaken by Capt. Culme and Walter Talbot, there are 3 or 4 handsome Irish houses by them built, and some provision made towards

1134-475: Is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland at the northeastern corner of the state, bordering both Pennsylvania and Delaware . As of the 2020 census , the population was 103,725. The county seat is Elkton . The county is part of the Mid-Eastern Shore region of the state. The county was named for Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), the first Proprietary Governor of

1215-480: Is builded a strong castle of stone and lyme, with two flanckers at each cross corner. This castle and ye flanckers are three stories and a half high and standeth in a very good place and convenient for the strength and defence of that parte of the country which is an obscure and bordering corner of the countie. Mr Walter Talbott, his wife and familie are now dwelling there. There are severall Palemen estates, some in fee farm, some for lives and some for yeares, upon part of

1296-572: Is mostly 7a. The county operates Cecil Transit , which provides fixed-route bus and demand responsive transport service throughout Cecil County. The northern terminus of MARC 's Penn Line commuter rail service to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. is in Perryville, Maryland . Recently, the Wilmington Area Planning Council conducted a study on the travel patterns of residents in the county, and they suggested that

1377-626: Is part of the Delmarva Peninsula as well as Maryland's " Eastern Shore ." Topographically, Cecil County straddles the border between the rolling hills of the Piedmont Plateau north of U.S. Route 40 and the flatlands of the Atlantic Coastal Plain to the south. The highest and most rugged hills are found in the northwestern and north-central parts of the county, reaching 534 feet (163 m) just south of

1458-423: Is the current County Executive. In addition, Cecil County is an area that has some home rule in its towns, in places such as Perryville and North East , who have town governments, and hence have minimal county reliance. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 418 square miles (1,080 km ), of which 346 square miles (900 km ) is land and 72 square miles (190 km ) (17%)

1539-528: Is water. Cecil County is in the northeast corner of Maryland, bounded on the north and east by the Mason–Dixon line with Pennsylvania and Delaware . The western border is defined by the lower reaches of the Susquehanna River and the northernmost coves, flats and tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay . On the south, the county is bounded by the Sassafras River and Kent County, Maryland . The county

1620-564: The Cecilton area that was founded in 1999. Amish families moved to the area from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania because of increasing costs and the declining amount of farmland there. There are 17 elementary schools, six middle schools, five high schools, and the Cecil County School of Technology, which specializes in career and technology education, all operated by Cecil County Public Schools . Cecil County schools acts as

1701-766: The Chester River , until its later formation in 1706. The Piscataway traded with the Susquehannocks near Conowingo , and with Lenape of the Delaware valley and their Nanticoke allies near the Elk River and Elk Neck Peninsula . A southern tribe sometimes called the Shawnace also moved into what later became North East, Maryland . Captain John Smith visited the area in 1608. William Claiborne ,

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1782-762: The Declaration of Independence , and still operates today (though disaffiliated from the Presbyterian church and with additional buildings). The Principio Furnace , founded in 1719, became an important exporter of pig iron. During the American Revolution both British and colonial troops traveled through Cecil County, although no major battles occurred within its borders. The Battle of Cooch's Bridge occurred in nearby Delaware, and both General Howe and General George Washington stopped in Elkton during

1863-523: The Elk River . The canal passes through the town of Chesapeake City , where a high-level bridge facilitates the passage of large ships beneath Maryland Route 213 . Cecil County is also bisected east-to-west by Interstate 95 , known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway in Maryland. The highway provides a major artery for traffic between the Baltimore-Washington area to the southwest and

1944-795: The Irish Rebellion of 1641 , James Talbot's estate in Ballyconnell was confiscated because he was a Catholic and instead he was granted an estate in 1655 at Castleruby townland, Baslick parish, County Roscommon . He died in 1687. By 1652 the Irish rebels in the Ballyconnell area had been defeated and the area was put under the control of the Cromwellian captain Thomas Gwyllym. He was a native of Glenavy , County Antrim , where his father, The Rev. Meredith Gwyllym (wife Miss Peers),

2025-540: The Mason–Dixon line near Nottingham, Pennsylvania and just east of U.S. Route 1 . The lowest elevation is sea level along the Chesapeake Bay . Cecil County is primarily rural, with denser development around the county seat of Elkton and along U.S. Route 40. The county is bisected from east to west by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal , which connects the Delaware River to the Chesapeake Bay by way of

2106-614: The Philadelphia and New York and New Jersey regions to the northeast. The Office of Management and Budget has designated Cecil County as part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan area . Cecil County has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) except in higher northern areas where a hot-summer humid continental climate ( Dfa ) exists. There are four distinct seasons and seven months average above 50 °F (10 °C).) The hardiness zone

2187-620: The Province (colony) of Maryland . With the eastern part of the county closer to Philadelphia than Baltimore , it is part of the Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington, PA–NJ–DE–MD Metropolitan Statistical Area . The county is located in Wilmington 's Radio Market and Baltimore's Designated Market Area. The area now known as Cecil County was an important trading center long before the county's official organization in 1674 by proclamation of Lord Baltimore . It had previously been

2268-461: The Republic of Ireland . The town has an altitude of 55 metres above sea level. The mean daily January temperature is 4.5 degrees Celsius and the mean daily July temperature is 15 degrees Celsius. The average annual rainfall is 1,000 mm. The average annual hours of sunshine are 1,250. Ballyconnell railway station opened on 24 October 1887, but finally closed on 1 April 1959. It was part of

2349-713: The Sassafras River , and, meeting resistance, destroyed Georgetown, Maryland and Fredericktown, Maryland . Avoiding Port Deposit which rumors called heavily defended, the British destroyed the Principio Iron Works, an important military target. Port Deposit boomed after the Susquehanna Canal opened in 1812. Engineer James Rumsey , who grew up in Bohemia Manor before moving to Bath, Virginia (or Berkeley Springs, West Virginia ), invented

2430-668: The anti-Treaty IRA in February 1923, a large Irish Free State column was sent to the area to suppress the republican guerrillas operating in the nearby Arigna Mountains, leading to further loss of life and disruption until the ceasefire of May 1923. The town lies astride the Woodford River ( Irish : Sruth Gráinne , meaning 'the Gravelly Stream' or 'the Gravelly River'), part of the Shannon–Erne Waterway ,

2511-484: The census of 2000, there were 85,951 people, 31,223 households, and 23,292 families living in the county. The population density was 247 inhabitants per square mile (95/km ). There were 34,461 housing units at an average density of 99 per square mile (38/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 93.4% White , 3.9% Black or African American , 0.3% Native American , 0.7% Asian , <0.1% Pacific Islander , 0.5% from other races , and 1.2% from two or more races. 1.5% of

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2592-422: The narrow gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway . Leydon's Coaches operate route 930 linking Ballyconnell to Belturbet , Cavan , Bawnboy and Swanlinbar . Enniskillen is also served on Saturdays. Bus Éireann local route 465 serves the town on Tuesdays only providing a link to Cavan , Arvagh , Ballinagh , Killeshandra and Carrigallen . The industry in the area is mainly agricultural, but it also has

2673-752: The school district for the entire county. Cecil College has four campuses in Cecil County. There are 7 branches of the Cecil County Public Library and the Library also does significant outreach throughout the county. The 2017 census accounted a population of 102,746 people. On a scale of one, being low crime, to 100, being high crime, these statistics compare Cecil County's crime rates to US crime averages. In regards to violent crime, which includes murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault,

2754-697: The 1660 Hearth Money Ordinances. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 Thomas Gwyllym has five hearths in Bellaconell . The other Hearth Tax payers were John Squire, Henry Jordan and Denis Alarne , all of whom had one hearth. After the restoration of King Charles II to the throne in 1660, James Talbot tried to have the Ballyconnell Estate restored to him but a final grant was made to Thomas Gwyllym in August 1666 and

2835-466: The Ballyconnell estate aged just 10 years. James Talbot married The Hon. Helen Calvert (born 1615), the daughter of The 1st Baron Baltimore , in 1635 and had a son, Colonel George Talbot, who owned an estate in Cecil County , Maryland , which he named Ballyconnell in honour of his native town in County Cavan . George Talbot was appointed Surveyor-General of Maryland in 1683. In the aftermath of

2916-597: The Ballyconnell estate to his nephew George Leslie who then assumed the name George Leslie Montgomery . George Leslie Montgomery was M.P. for Strabane , County Tyrone , from 1765 to 1768 and for County Cavan from 1770 to 1787, when he died and left the Ballyconnell estate to his son George Montgomery (b. 1754), whose estate was administered by the Court of Chancery as he was a lunatic . George Montgomery died on 20 March 1841 and his estate went to his Enery cousins of Bawnboy . The Montgomery Estate Papers for Ballyconnell are in

2997-587: The Benisons to Lord Belmore about the weather and farming in Ballyconnell and Fermanagh around 1900 is viewable on the PRONI website. An 1835 statistical report on Ballyconnell and Tomregan by Lieutenant Greatorex on behalf of the Ordnance Survey is in the PRONI. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists about 90 landlords and tenants for Doon and Ballyconnell. Further information and a detailed map showing

3078-592: The Calva ballybetagh before 1609 but the title was defective. However, in the launching of the Plantation of Ulster in 1609, Sir Arthur Chichester , the Lord Deputy of Ireland , allowed Talbot to keep his estate as he had begun bringing in settlers and building houses. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 23 June 1610, King James VI and I granted the lands forming the 'Manor of Calva' to Hugh Culme. In

3159-595: The MARC line extends from Perryville up to Newark or even Wilmington , where it meets SEPTA and Amtrak lines. The county is one of only two areas on Amtrak's Acela that does not have local services. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 101,108 people, 36,867 households, and 26,681 families living in the county. The population density was 292.0 inhabitants per square mile (112.7/km ). There were 41,103 housing units at an average density of 118.7 per square mile (45.8/km ). The racial makeup of

3240-561: The Miners'. It was also named Gwyllymsbrook between 1660 and 1702 by its then owner, Thomas Gwyllym. Ballyconnell is an anglicisation of Béal Átha Conaill which means "the entrance to Conall's ford". The ford was a shallow crossing over the River Gráinne (now known as the Woodford River) and was the ancient border crossing for travellers going between Ulster and Connacht . The ford was caused by silt and gravel washed down from

3321-622: The National Library of Ireland. In 1856 the Enerys sold the estate to take advantage of its increased value owing to the opening of the Woodford Canal through the town in the same year. The estate was split up amongst different purchasers including George Roe (who bought Ballyconnell House, a few houses in the village and a few townlands including Annagh, Corranierna and part of Rakeelan) and The 4th Earl Annesley (who purchased

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3402-418: The building of a castle in a most convenient place for occasions of service, being near a special ford or passage, by which in times past that county was much infested. The quarry of limestone and building stone is on the place, good store of lime already burnt, and of building stone digged, much timber and planks drawn thither already, and the rest provided in a wood not above a mile off, so that this next summer

3483-517: The county was 89.2% white, 6.2% black or African American, 1.1% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 1.0% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 3.4% of the population. Of the 36,867 households, 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 27.6% were non-families, and 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size

3564-567: The county's small Chesapeake ports. Even the railroad's Frenchtown section was abandoned in 1859, and the port became a ghost town, though other sections remain in use, operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway . During the American Civil War , Perryville, Maryland became an important staging ground for Union troops. It had been the halfway point of the railroad line between Wilmington and Baltimore, but damage to

3645-546: The early post- Civil War period, Cecil County, having been generally pro-secession, leaned strongly towards the Democratic Party. It was carried by the Democratic Party nominee in every Presidential election between 1868 and 1920 except that of 1896 when the Northeast was vigorously opposed to William Jennings Bryan ’s “free silver” policy. Since Dwight Eisenhower carried the county in 1952, Cecil County has become

3726-602: The famous English poet Matthew Arnold ; son of Dr. Thomas Arnold , the headmaster of Rugby Public School who appears as head master in the book Tom Brown's Schooldays and grandfather of Aldous Huxley . An account of this and Josephine's photo (Page 118, probably the earliest known photo of a Ballyconnell resident) can be seen online. Josephine's headstone in St.Brigid's R.C. graveyard in Ballyconnell reads- In loving memory of Josephine M. Arnold widow of Thomas Arnold M.A. F.R.I., died 16 January 1919, aged 87 years . Correspondence from

3807-624: The following years- 1323 Rory MacMahon, Mel O'Seagannain & MacMuldoon were slain at Ballyconnell by Cathal O'Rourke. 1457 Brian Maguire fought with Lochlann O'Rourke, the McGoverns & McKiernans at Ballyconnell. 1470 O'Donnell & O'Rourke fought with O'Reilly, the English and the McKiernans at Ballyconnell. 1475 Hugh Roe O'Donnell went to Ballyconnell to make peace with the O'Reilly. 1595 O'Donnell camped at Ballyconnell after raiding

3888-539: The ford of Conall') is a town in County Cavan , Ireland . It is situated on the N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands: Annagh , Cullyleenan , Doon (Tomregan) and Derryginny in the parish of Tomregan , Barony of Tullyhaw . Ballyconnell won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1971 and was also the winner in 1975. According to the 2022 census , the population of

3969-468: The grounds of the group's hotel, The Slieve Russell Hotel, to serve as a tourist attraction. In ancient times, Ballyconnell lay on the eastern part of Magh Slécht named Maigin ("the little plain"), so called because it was a narrow strip bounded on the north by Slieve Rushen mountain and on the south by the River Graine. Maigin was the birthplace of Saint Dallán Forgaill . In medieval times

4050-675: The heavily traveled northeast corridor brought new opportunities and change to the county. By June 1941, the final segment of the Philadelphia Road, the new dual highway designated as Route 40 was completed across the center of Cecil County. In 1943, the dual highway was dedicated as the Pulaski Highway, to honor the Polish patriot and friend of Revolutionary American, according to The Baltimore Sun . Soon new motels, restaurants, and gas stations started sprouting up along what

4131-594: The land. The rest are leased to natives of the country. The said Walter Talbott and all his tenants are recusants. Armes in the castle are 11 pikes, 3 callivers, 5 head peeces, 3 targetts and 1 halbert . The castle was destroyed in a fire in 1688 and Ballyconnell House was erected on its site in Annagh townland. However, some of the ruins are still visible and a section of the bawn wall was recently uncovered in an archaeological excavation. Walter Talbot died on 26 June 1625 at Ballyconnell and his son James Talbot succeeded to

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4212-419: The legislative and executive functions of local government (unlike the old "board of commissioner" system). Cecil County thus joined most of the other larger, increasingly urban and complex county governments in central Maryland with county executive-county council forms, such as Baltimore, Harford, Anne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's, and Montgomery counties. Elected on November 3, 2020, Danielle Hornberger (R)

4293-406: The location of each holding can be seen online. After the Partition of Ireland in 1920–22, Ballyconnell found itself cut off from its hinterland with County Fermanagh, which was now behind the new border with Northern Ireland. The town also during the Irish Civil War of 1922-23 when it was raided repeatedly by both sides. After an incident in which two civilians were shot dead in Ballyconnell by

4374-409: The nearby Slieve Rushen mountain by the Tanyard Stream, which flows into the Grainne about 20 yards upriver from Ballyconnell Bridge on the western outskirts of the town. Conall was the great Ulster Hero and Red Branch knight Conall Cernach , who was killed at Ballyconnell by the three Ruadhcoin sent by Queen Maeve of Connacht to avenge the slaying of her husband Ailill by Conall. The area

4455-424: The only notable buildings in Ballyconnell were the Catholic church at the top of Church Street (Site number 1815, Doon townland, Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan , Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, p. 230) and an old McGovern fort. The rest of the buildings were mud huts belonging to the Irish natives. In September 1611, a survey by Lord Carew (later created The 1st Earl of Totnes ) found that Talbot had built

4536-409: The poll book either meant a resident did not vote or, more likely, was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Ballyconnell. Another well-known family in the town were the Benisons of Mount Pleasant and Slieve Russell who owned a flax mill in Ballyconnell. Miss Josephine Benison, a daughter of James Benison, married (9 January 1890) Tom Arnold who was brother of

4617-407: The population of the county could double in the next thirty years, reaching 160,000 by 2030. As of the 2010 Census, the racial makeup of Cecil County was 87.4% Non-Hispanic white, 6.2% black, 0.3% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.1% Non-Hispanics of some other race, 1.8% Non-Hispanics of two or more races and 3.4% Hispanics. Cecil County is home to a small Amish community in

4698-481: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 17.9% were of German , 16.1% Irish , 13.8% English , 13.8% American and 6.5% Italian ancestry. There were 31,223 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who

4779-406: The rate is 40.8 compared to the U.S. average of 31.1. In property crime, including offenses being burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson, the rate is 39.3 compared to the U.S. average of 38.1. 39°34′N 75°57′W  /  39.57°N 75.95°W  / 39.57; -75.95 Ballyconnell Ballyconnell ( Irish : Béal Átha Conaill , meaning 'entrance to

4860-839: The same year Culme surrendered his interest to Walter Talbot. It was regranted to Talbot as the 'Manor of Calva'. The lands granted were the town of Ballyconnell and the surrounding townlands of Derrogeny, one poll; Killog, one poll; Gortulleran, one poll; Mucklagh, one poll; Skeagh, one poll; Gortewey, one poll; Rathkillin, one poll; Downe, one poll; Enagh, one poll; Townaciateragh, one poll; Cowlynan, one poll; Cloughan, one poll; Cavan, 2 polls; Mullaghduffe, 2 polls; Kilcloghan, 2 polls; Carraghmore, 4 polls; Nahownee, 2 polls; Ardagh, one poll; Rosbreassell, one poll; Crosse, 2 polls; Kildannagh, 2 polls; Kiltragh, one poll; Knocks, one poll; Killenawe, one poll; Dowerhannagh, one poll; Uzren, one poll; Nidd, one poll; Bartony, 2 polls; Dromyne, one poll; Cavanickehall, one poll and Barrin, 2 polls. When Talbot arrived

4941-458: The section into Baltimore caused Union troops to embark ferries at Perryville. No Civil War battles occurred in Cecil County, but residents had strongly divided loyalties. Slavery had declined from 3,400 slaves in the county in 1790 to just 800 in 1850. The Underground Railroad had crossed through Cecil County, perhaps assisted by the 'Fighting Quaker,' former Congressman and U.S. Marshall John Conard , who moved to North East between 1834 and 1851 and

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5022-417: The summer of 1777. Robert Alexander , the area's delegate to the Continental Congress of 1776, spoke with both sides but ultimately decided to go into exile in England without his wife. She remained a loyal Marylander and received a life estate in some of Elkton property that Maryland confiscated. The War of 1812 caused Cecil County considerable damage. Not only did British Admiral George Cockburn blockade

5103-439: The superhighway, without one light halting the fast trip, a corridor that would yield major dividends to the county had opened. It spurred business growth along the route, as commercial, industrial, and residential development clustered near the interchanges in the decades ahead. In 2013, the county became a Second Amendment sanctuary . Cecil County has a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places . In

5184-512: The throne of England on 6 February 1685, the Catholics began to take power and in 1688 they occupied Ballyconnell Castle and burned it to the ground, causing the Gwyllyms to go and live in Cloverhill (also known as Drumcassidy), County Cavan, until the war was over. The Gwyllym estate was sold for £8,000 in 1724 to Colonel Alexander Montgomery (1686-1729) of Convoy House in Convoy , East Donegal , M.P. for Donegal Borough, 1725 to 1727, and for Donegal County, 1727 to 1729. He died in 1729 and left

5265-406: The time, with no roadways. The easiest way to travel would have been by boat via the river and the lakes and streams in the area. The only other known megalith in the parish is a wedge tomb dating from 2000 B.C. on the side of Slieve Rushen mountain in Aughrim townland. However, it was dug up in 1992 by the Quinn Group to enable them to mine sand deposits from the mountain. It was relocated to

5346-462: The town belonged to the McGovern chiefs who had a fort there. Ballyconnell was situated in one of the ballybetoes of Tullyhaw named Calmhagh (Calva), which basically means almost the same as Maigin, the narrow plain. As it was on the border between Fermanagh and Breifne, Ballyconnell was a flash-point for the wars between the Maguires, O'Rourkes, O'Reillys, McGoverns, McKiernans and their allies. The Annals of Ireland record incidents at Ballyconnell in

5427-524: The town of Cavan. About 1606, Captain Richard Tyrrell , of Tyrrellspass Castle , County Westmeath, bought the Derryginny and Snugborough parts of the Calva ballybetagh from Cormac Magauran. He then exchanged his lands at the start of the Ulster Plantation for more property in Tullygarvey barony where he lived. Walter Talbot, a recusant servitor and a burgess of Cavan Corporation, whose parents were James Talbot and Margaret Brett of Agherskeethe (now Augherskea ), County Meath , purchased another part of

5508-456: The town was 1,422. The earliest surviving mention of the name Ballyconnell is an entry in the Annals of the Four Masters for the year 1323 A.D., which states " Rory Mac Mahon, son of the Lord of Oriel, Melaghlin O'Seagannain, and Mac Muldoon, were slain by Cathal O'Rourke at Bel-atha-Chonaill ". Before being named Ballyconnell it was named Maigen which means 'The Little Plain' with the local ford called Áth na Mianna which means 'Ford of

5589-439: The town was renamed Gwyllymsbrook in his honour. Thomas Gwyllym died in 1681 and his son, Colonel Meredith Gwyllym, inherited the Ballyconnell Estate. In 1683 he married Margery Sheridan, the sister of Sir Thomas Sheridan , Secretary of State for Ireland, and they had one child, Meredith Gwyllym, junior, who died unmarried in 1728. In 1687 they built an extension to Ballyconnell Castle at a cost of £500 but when King James II came to

5670-599: The townlands of Carrowmore, Gortoorlan, Moher, Mullanacre and Snugborough). In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there were twenty people registered to vote in Ballyconnell in the Irish general election, 1761 . Each person was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough ), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County . The losing candidates were George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham . Absence from

5751-448: The upper Chesapeake Bay, in response to musket fire from colonials at Welch Point, his troops destroyed a trading post known as Frenchtown . They tried to sail further up the Elk River to the county seat at Elkton, but turned back under fire from Fort Defiance , also hindered by a cable across the navigation channel. British troops also destroyed most of Havre de Grace in nearby Harford County, Maryland . Cockburn's ships then traveled up

5832-420: The wealthiest in Maryland and has worked hard recently to attract industry as well as tourist dollars, the average income of residents is now near that of Americans as a whole . From the start, Cecil County's future was shaped by its strategic location between the growing cities of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. , and New York City . In the 20th century, as modern highways arrived its placement along

5913-550: The west and tobacco from the south. St. Francis Xavier Church (Warwick, Maryland) begun as a Jesuit mission in 1704 and rebuilt in 1792, is one of Maryland's oldest churches, though now a museum. St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church , authorized in 1706 and rebuilt in 1742 is another (and still in use, as well as maintaining a historic graveyard). West Nottingham Academy , founded by Presbyterian Rev. Samuel Finley in 1744, educated Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton , both of whom signed

5994-552: The whole work, I suppose both of castle and bawn will be perfected . There was no bridge at Ballyconnell in 1613 but it appears on the 1656 Down Survey map so the first bridge must have been built between 1613 & 1656. The present bridge was erected in the 1830s. In 1617 Connor and Terence O'Sheridan were granted a licence to make and sell spirituous liquors in Balliconnell and throughout Tullagha barony . By 1619 Pynnar's Survey of Land Holders found that Talbot had built

6075-531: Was George Talbot , appointed Surveyor-General of Maryland in 1683, who came from Ballyconnell , County Cavan, Ireland. Talbot's original grant of land in Susquehanna, Cecil County is viewable online. Its subsequent history is told in the Crofton Papers, page 153. Until the American Revolution , Cecil County was an important shipping center, both within the colonies and abroad. It exported not only its own agricultural products but also animal skins from

6156-465: Was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.13. The median age was 38.9 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 64,886 and the median income for a family was $ 75,742. Males had a median income of $ 54,379 versus $ 39,933 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 28,640. About 6.3% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over. As of

6237-434: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.12. In the county, 27.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males. The median income for

6318-615: Was once rural fields and woods. On November 14, 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited Cecil County to formally open and dedicate the Northeastern Expressway ( I-95 ). Motorists were relieved to be "on the clear new road" one editor noted in The Baltimore Sun . After President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas , I-95 was rededicated as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. As traffic started zipping along

6399-470: Was reburied at St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church there after his death in Philadelphia in 1857. Frederick Douglass crossed Cecil County on his road to freedom in 1838. While Jacob Tome made his fortune in the area and stayed, other Cecil County natives left in search of economic opportunity. David Davis moved to Illinois upon graduating from Yale Law School in 1835, where he became Abraham Lincoln 's law partner and later served in that legislature as well as

6480-407: Was settled at an early date, as evidenced by the double-court tomb in the town dating from c. 3,500 B.C. and a ring barrow in the same field. The ford would have been a logical place to erect a settlement and it probably dates from the time of the court tomb. The earliest inhabitants lived by fishing, hunting wild game and foraging for berries and nuts. This area would have been thickly wooded at

6561-539: Was vicar of the parishes of Glenavy, Camlin, Tullyrusk, Ballinderry & Magheragall in County Antrim and Baronstown & Kene in County Louth from 1622 until sometime after 1634. Gwyllym's name first appears in the area as the owner of the Ballyconnell Estate in the 1652 Commonwealth Survey and as a Commissioner ( Thomas Guilliams ) for the 1654 Assessment of Tax. He also appears as a Cavan Commissioner in

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