William Claiborne

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William Claiborne was a 17th-century English colonist and trader in North America, best known for his role in early Chesapeake Bay settlement and his long-running territorial disputes with the Maryland colony.

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instanceOf English colonist ⓘ
colonial official ⓘ
politician ⓘ
trader ⓘ
activeIn Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
areaOfTrade fur trade in the Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
tobacco trade in the Chesapeake region ⓘ
birthYear c. 1600 ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
conflict territorial dispute over Kent Island with Maryland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathYear 1677 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Claiborne ⓘ
founded trading settlement on Kent Island ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hadConflict armed clashes with Maryland forces in the 1630s ⓘ
influenced political development of colonial Virginia ⓘ
knownFor conflict with the Calvert proprietors of Maryland ⓘ
founding a trading post on Kent Island in Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
laterLife retired to his plantation in Virginia ⓘ
legacy early figure in Virginia–Maryland boundary disputes ⓘ
legalAction petitioned the English Crown regarding Maryland’s charter ⓘ
loyaltyShift aligned with Parliamentary commissioners during the Interregnum ⓘ
notableFor early settlement of the Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
territorial disputes with the Maryland colony ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
planter ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
opponent Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Leonard Calvert ⓘ
partOf early English colonization of North America ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kent, England ⓘ
positionHeld Secretary of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Treasurer of Virginia ⓘ
deputy governor of Virginia (during the Commonwealth period) ⓘ
member of the Virginia Council ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Virginia Colony ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Butler ⓘ
supported Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War ⓘ

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Kent Island → foundedBy → William Claiborne ⓘ