Major Richard Ewen

   Another name for Richard was Richard Ewen Major.

  Research Notes:

http://www.tcarden.com/tree/ensor/ensorances.html (Ancestors of Christine Ensor) #2082

FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #88 Pin #5334 (Rod Blackman)

http://www.srdunn.net/Steve%20Dunn.pdf has Major Richard Ewen, d. 1658 in West River.

From http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=3037 :
Maryland (Anne Arundel County), West River - Overlooking West River Cedar Park Patented to Richard Ewen in 1666 as "Ewen upon Ewenton." Brick house built c.1697 by Richard Galloway II around earlier frame structure possibly dating back to 1656. Known as "West River Farm" in 18th Century. Home and burial place of John Francis Mercer, 10th Governor of Maryland (1801-1803.) Tulip Hill Patented 1659 to Richard Talbott as "Poplar Knowle." Brick house built c.1756 by Samuel Galloway, Quaker merchant. George . . . - Map (db m3037)

Source: Baltimore: Its History and Its People by various contributors, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1912, Vol. III pp. 794-5 (from http://books.google.com):
"Major Richard Ewen, who came to Maryland in 1649, demanded and received from the government a grant of one thousand acres of land for transporting himself, his family, and three other persons to the colony 'at his own expense'. He was a prominent man, having been appointed and served on several commissions, was for many years a member of the House of Burgesses, during a part of which time he acted as its speaker. He married Sophia ___________, who survived him and married (second) Colonel William Burgess, also a prominent man in the community. They had one child, Susanna, who married Major Nicholas, son of Hon. Henry and Jane (Lowe) Sewall, of Mathapany, on the Pautuxent. Jane (Lowe) Sewall married (second) Charles, third Lord Baltimore. Dr. Christopher Johnson was a descendant of Major Nicholas and Susanna (Ewen) Sewall."

Source: Side-Lights on Maryland History with Sketches of Early Maryland Families by Hester Dorsey Richardson, Vol. 2 (Baltimore, 1913), p. 427:
"...Major Richard Ewen, one of the commissioners to govern Maryland under Oliver Cromwell. .. Major Richard Ewen, father-in-law of William Richardson, was one of the Council of War after the battle of the Severn, which condemned Governor Stone and others to die."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Removed to: Maryland, 1649. with his wife, Sophia, five children and three servants.

• Received: Patent for 1000 acres in Maryland, 1650.

Richard married Sophia Scarborough about 1625 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States. (Sophia Scarborough was born about 1613 and died before 1685 in Maryland, United States.)