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Cal Ripken, Jr.

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Cal Ripken, Jr.

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    Matthew Howard

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    • 10th Great-grandfather of Cal Ripken, Jr. — 13th Generation
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    • James E. Moss, in his book Providence Ye Lost Towne at Severn in Maryland makes the claim that Matthew Howard was the son of Sir John Howard and Elizabeth Locke, and therefore a descendant of the 1st Duke of Norfolk. Other sources, while not outright saying he's wrong, dispute that he proved his case with one stating, "He failed to find all the desired proof" and , "This is heady stuff . . . what a pity absolute proof cannot be found!" (see Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families, Vol. 1, published 1998, p. 354)

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  • Sources for Matthew Howard

    • 1 Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, 1992, Vol. 33, No. 4, p. 787.
    • 2 Doliante, Sharon J., Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families, Vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted in 2 vols. for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co. (1998), 353-378.
    • 4 Warfield, Joshua Dorsey, The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Kohn and Pollock (1905), 67-68.