Note-Ann (Anne) Notley Maddox after the death of her husband, Samuel (Madoc) Maddox 1 married again 1695 to John Calvert of Maryland. Their death dates and place of burial are unknown.
Samuel (Madoc) Maddox 1 was born in Wales and he was the first to travel from Wales to America, landing in St. Marys County, Maryland in 1665, we do not know the name of the ship that he arrived on, but his friend, Thomas Notley also came on the same ship with Samuel. Thomas Notley went on to become Maryland’s eighth Governor. It was assumed that both Samuel and Thomas were from families of standing and means in the old world. In 1669, Samuel married Ann (Anne) Notley who was the daughter of Walter Notley and the niece of Thomas Notley. The very first recorded record of Samuel, was in a county ledger book (St. Marys County, Maryland) in 1667, this ledger, was handwritten and contained the names of the residents of St. Marys County.
Samuel settled on a 300 acre farm called the “Green Springs Farm” on the banks of the Wicomico River located in Southern St. Marys County, Maryland and he owned 100 acres called the “Indian Fields”. The type of houses that were built in St. Marys County, Maryland were like those in the old country, stone, brick and frame style, they didn’t build log cabins. You must remember that America at that time was part of England, under the control of England and everything had been planned out, including the style of homes.
Samuel served as a Lieutenant under the command of Captain Gerrard in the expedition against the Susquehanna Indians in 1675; this expedition was a success in running the Indians out of the area.
Samuel died in 1684 in St. Marys County, Maryland and it is believed that he is buried at the Christ Church located in Chaptico, St. Marys County, Maryland. No actual record of his burial has been located and no grave marker or stone has been located. Inside of this church is a very large stained glass leaded window. On this window is the following: To the Glory and Honor of God In Memoriam Samuel Maddox 1666 Samuel Maddox and Lydia Turner his wife 1798 Samuel Maddox and Sarah Fowler his wife 1842 By Thomas Maddox—Samuel Maddox and Thomas J. C. Maddox 1882. The first Samuel Maddox is Samuel (Madoc) Maddox and this window was prepared by Thomas, Samuel and Thomas J. C. Maddox in 1882. So, after seeing the connection to this church we believe that Samuel (Madoc) Maddox is more than likely buried there. During the War of 1812 the British camped in the graveyard next to the church, built their fires on top of the graves, and committed outrages acts to the church, but the British were driven from America once again in failure in their attempt to re-gain control of the American lands they lost after the American Revolutionary War.
The house that Samuel and his family lived in was a wooden frame style structure, two stories with a shed type porch on the back. The house was built on a stone foundation. The house is no longer there, just the rock foundation, the house burned several years ago. The last to live in the house was George William (Captain Willie) Maddox, born 21 June 1863, died 25 August 1947 and his wife, Lucy Virginia (Lancaster) Maddox, born 25 November 1868, died 22 February 1949. Both are buried in the cemetery at the Christ Church, Chaptico, St. Marys County, Maryland. We feel that Captain Willie was in our Maddox lineage, but to date his lineage is not known and his parents are not known to us. We do know that Thomas J. C. Maddox was Thomas John Claggett Maddox, born 12 December 1852 in St. Marys County, Maryland, he died 19 December 1885 in New Mexico, he was a surgeon in the U. S. Army, his father was James Thomas Notley Maddox, his father was Samuel Maddox, his father was Samuel Maddox and his parents were John Maddox and Mary (Dyson) Maddox. This Thomas J. C. Maddox was one of the names on the stained glass window in the Christ Church.
There is a town in Southern Maryland, which bears the name of Maddox, Maryland. This town and its name came from Samuel Maddox and the Maddox family. There was a U. S. Post Office in Maddox, Maryland, it was established in 1892 and the first Post Master was George William Maddox, appointed on 23 August 1892. Officially, it was discontinued by the U. S. Postal Service in 1960.
When Samuel (Madoc) Maddox died, he left a will dated 18 January 1684. In this will Samuel conducted business in the style of the old world (Wales) in that all was left to the male heirs, the female heirs were not given anything and the first born male was given the bulk of the estate. Samuel gave to his eldest son, Notley Maddox, the three hundred acre farm, “The Green Springs Farm”, a fourth part of his cattle, horses, hogs and a fourth part of his household goods, it being fourteen-thousand pounds of tobacco. Notley was only 12 years of age at the time and the will stated that he was to take possession of the above property at the age of 16. To his son, Samuel Maddox, his second born son he left one hundred acres of land called the Indian Fields and a fourth part of his cattle, horses, hogs and all other goods. To his son, William Maddox, his third son, he left a fourth part of his cattle, horses, and hogs and all other goods. To his son, John Maddox, his fourth son, he left a fourth part of his cattle, horses, and hogs and all other goods.
Samuel (Madoc) Maddox left instructions in the will that one Negro woman and child and three English hands, unto my four sons after named, that is to say, that each of them shall have an equal share of these laborers; and furthermore it is my will and desire that Captain Justian Gerrard, John Hilton, Ralph Foster and John Smith do look after my children in their minority that they may be brought up to learn to read and write if possible and to instruct so that they live in fear of God; and to look after their estate that it be not molested or made away with.