Leonard Calvert arrives with
the ships, Ark and Dove,
establishing the Maryland
colony and St. Mary’s City as
its first capital. He becomes
Maryland’s first colonial
governor.
SOTTERLEY COLONIAL PERIOD TIMELINE
James Bowles purchases 2,000 acres
of Resurrection Manor to grow
tobacco and trade goods and slaves. A
parcel of the land is later renamed,
Bowles Preservation.
The capital of Maryland
is moved to Annapolis.
Bowles adds a new room
onto his plantation house.
William Penn
establishes the
colony of
Pennsylvania.
1634
1650
1682
Bowles marries
Jane Lowe and has
a daughter, Jane.
1695
c. 1680
1699
c.1715
c.1703
James Bowles is born
in Kent, England.
1708
1719
Leonardtown
becomes St. Mary’s
County seat.
Bowles builds a two-room
hall and chamber house.
A 4,000 acre English land
patent is granted on the
Patuxent River and named,
Resurrection Manor.
1727
1720
Jane Lowe dies. James Bowles marries
Rebecca Tasker Addison. They have two
daughters, Eleanor and Mary.
They
1735
1729
Generous Jenny arrives to
James Bowles Sept. 21. Capt.
Lamberth reports 29 slaves
dead of small-pox. By Oct.,
Bowles ships 218 slaves on the
GJ to Virginia to be sold.
The slave ship, Generous Jenny,
leaves London bound for Cape
Coast Castle to fill an order of 260
slaves for James Bowles on the
Patuxent River.
1732
George Plater III
is born.
1738
1754
1760
1755
1762
1763
1765
Rebecca Bowles marries
George Plater II. They have three
children, Rebecca, Elizabeth, and
George III.
George Plater III inherits
the plantation. It becomes
known as Sotterley, for the
Plater ancestral home in
Suffolk, England.
French and Indian
War begins.
George Washington
leases Mt. Vernon
from his brother
Lawrence’s widow.
1769
1764
French and
Indian War ends.
Two Plater slaves, Judy and
Pompey, are accused of
poisoning the overseer and
gardener. They are tried and
hanged for the crime.
c War breaks out
at Lexington
and Concord,
Massachusetts.
The British
form an alliance
with the slaves
of Patriots.
Stamp Act
is passed.
King George III
ascends to the
throne of England.
c.1750
c
George Plater III
marries Hannah Lee.
She dies 11 months
later.
The plantation
expands to almost
7,000 acres.
George Washington
is born.
1718
Thomas Jefferson
begins Monticello.
George Plater II adds a
dining room with a passage
to the plantation house.
James Bowles travels to England in
order to claim his father’s estate. He
dies and is buried in London. His
widow, Rebecca, and his three
daughters inherit his land and property,
including 41 slaves.
George Plater III installs a
drawing room and
entryway with a grand
Chinese Chippendale
staircase in the plantation
house. c. 1767-1770
1771
Plater joins
Governor’s
Council.
1775
1774
The Tea Act
is passed by
Parliament.
The Sugar Act is
passed by Parliament.
George Plater III
marries
Elizabeth Rousby
from Calvert County.
They have five
children, Ann,
Rebecca, Thomas,
George IV, and
John Rousby.