1st Lieutenant John E. Buffington

Historical marker location:

Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Taneytown, Maryland

( Memorial is on Roberts Mill Road east of Pump House Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.