The earliest Sherwood in Maryland (who was possibly related to the Th omas of Connecticut appears to have been Francis Shwerwood who was there as early as 02 Jan. 1646 (when he took the "Oath of Fidelity" to the government of the Province). It is believed that he was the father of Hugh Sherwood, wh o was born 1632, arrived from London in 1661, and died in 1710 at his home " Huntington" in Miles River Neck, Talbot Co., Annapolis, Md. Chancery Court re cords, Vol. P.C., pg 572, lists 1707, but also says after 1707.

