Compiled by Joe Leger
Current owner of Archer's Hays House
11806 Rivershore Drive
Dunkirk, MD 2075
| 1706 | Town and Port of Upper Marlborough or Marlboro was laid out and surveyed by Thomas Truman Greenfield |
| 1725 | County seat moved from Battletown to Prince Frederick, named after the son of King George I |
| 1725 | Sotterley Mansion and plantation established |
| 1733 | Tax list of 1733 shows land to be in possession of William Sansbury, Son of John |
| 1733 | 25 miles of river north of Queen Anne's Landing had to be cleared of silt, trees, etc. |
| 1733(?) to (?) | Archer's Hays owned by Richard Sansbury (Son of John Sansbury) - listed on the Rent Rolls as possessor of Archer Hays |
| (?) to (?) | Archer's Hays owned by William Sansbury (Son of John Sansbury) |
| 1747 | Pig Point designated as a tobacco inspection station for Anne Arundel County |
| 1748 | Middleham Chapel in Lusby, MD, established (Bell dates to 1699). |
| 1753 | Tax list of 1753 shows Archer's Hays continues to be in the possession of William Sansbury |
| 1759 | Western Branch is so choked with rubbish, dead trees, and sediment that the town of Upper Marlboro used a lottery to raise funds to construct a new wharf and clear the passage |
| 1763 to 1765 | William Paca house in Annapolis was built by an original signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a governor of Maryland. |
| 1774 | Started building current All Saints Church building in Prince George's County, Croome. |
| 1776 | Revolutionary War |
| 1777 | Construction completed on current All Saints Church. |
| 1781 | British actively engage in looting homes along the Patuxent as far north as Upper Marlboro |
| 1782 | Tax list of 1782 shows land to belong to William Sansbury, son of William Sansbury -- 40 acres, $15 land assessment, 3 horses and 4 cattle for a total assessment of $44; 9 white inhabitants with 2 males over 16. Another listing for Archer Hays includes 239 acres, $419 land assessment, 4 slaves, 31 oz. of "Plate", 8 horses, 20 cattle, and a total assessment of $727; 6 white inhabitants with 3 males over 16. Also shown is James Crosby as owner of 80 acres. The first crosby to own part of Archer's Hays was Burton Crosby who bought 30 acres from William Smith in 1729. |
| 1 Feb 1782 | British attack, loot and burn buildings and homes in Benedict |
| 1782(?) to (?) | Archer's Hays owned by William Sansbury (Son of William Sansbury) |
| Late 1700s | Original house expanded to south side, after 1770, but surely before 1800 |
| 1793 | Historian/Archivist Edward C. Papenfuse reports that streams and rivers of the Patuxent are so silted up that there is no recovery possible. |
| Pre-1800s | Woodlawn house built. Strengthening rods for house supposedly came from British ship sunk in war of 1812. Cannon ball remains embedded in brickwork, part of house burned during War, kitchen still shows burn marks on beams. House now (1994) owned by Lissits, former residents and neighbors of Shores of Calvert. |