Wye Island

USA / Maryland / Grasonville /
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Patented to Col. Philemon Lloyd as “Lloyd’s Insula” 1682, a combination of four earlier patents. Henrietta Maria Lloyd married Samuel Chew and their daughters married William Paca 3rd Governor of Maryland and John Beale Bordley, who inherited the island half to each from Philemon Lloyd Chew in 1770.

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Coordinates:   38°53'7"N   76°8'50"W

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  • This island is the subject of Boyd Gibbon's book Wye Island.
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