Thomas Stone

Historical marker location:

Port Tobacco, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Hawthorne Road and Ropse Hill Road, on the right when traveling east on Hawthorne Road.)

Marker installed: 1932

Born 1744-Died 1787.

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.