miles west of the Patuxent River. Many wagon- 
loads of this marl was removed from this pit and 
spr^M out on the fields. The*?&Si is light gray- 
islitrn color and contains shells of many species 
of molluscs, including Pec ten . From this pit, it 
is supposed that the fossil hones which were sent 
to^Prof esso r Cope were obtained, "his^was on the 
..estate, butjfiatfer to Dr. 
Billy Thomas' and he named it the "Cremona*’ estate 
The hanks of the marl pit have now slid down and 
underbrush has grown up so that one would never 
discover the spot without a guide. It lies south 
Of the bark-wire fence,west of the rail fence,and 
north of the old road which goes through the pine 
woods. 77e were also show^ a ravine at the bottom 
of which a shell layer was formerly exposed. 
Late in the afternoon we returned to Charlotte 
Hall and again visited Clarence Thomas. He informe 
us that "Dr."Jim" Thomas signed his name "Jas. 
Thomas" and that he used a quill pen with consid¬ 
erable flourish. 
Distance travelled-1^8 miles [3753-3605] 
a 
rr 
T AXE ELTONHEAD. who is set 
" down; as the second wife of Cuth- 
bert Fenwick, was a daughter of Rich¬ 
ard Eltonhead, and she had a brother 
William. Outhbert Fenwick's will was 
doted 1654, but I have not the date of 
his death. I am told that his home 
plantation, St. Cuthbert’s Manor, ad¬ 
joined the plantation Della. Brpolve, 
patented to TEobefctL Bro oke m 1 if50, and 
that the h emvick and Brooke families 
intermarried. I have a record that 
Col. Richard Fenwick, a grandson of 
Cuthbert Fenwick, married Dorothy 
of Resurrection 
Fenwick, a cousin 
Fenwick, married 
descendant of t '• 
» ? 
Flow den 
Ignatius 
Richard 
■’Neal, a i 
Neal, a pioneer in Maryland. 
Manor, 
of Col. 
Eleanor 
James 
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