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I made a trip to the Hampton National Historic Site on June 1 and 8, 2002. I was pleasantly surprised to find such a nice historic site so close to where I live.
The National Park Service received Hampton Mansion and 43 adjoining acres in 1948 with additional lands and structures acquired in 1953 and 1980. Hampton's enduring significance is keyed to two features; its architecture; and its status as an early agricultural/industrial empire and an entailed American estate, whose economic and social history remained in the hands of one family for more than 200 years.
| Ownership of the Hampton Mansion | ||
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| 1745 - 1760 | Colonel Charles Ridgely Purchased land from Ann Darnall Hill |
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| 1760 - 1790 | Captain Charles Ridgely Mansion constructed 1783 - 1790 |
1st Master of Hampton |
| 1790 - 1829 | Charles Carnan Ridgely Brigadier General of the state milita by 1796 and Governor of Maryland from 1815 to 1817 |
2nd Master of Hampton |
| 1829 - 1867 | John Ridgely | 3rd Master of Hampton |
| 1867 - 1872 | Charles Ridgely | 4th Master of Hampton |
| 1872 - 1938 | Captain John Ridgely Shared management of estate with his mother Margaretta Sophia Howard Ridgely until 1904 |
5th Master of Hampton |
| 1938 - 1948 | John Ridgely, Jr | 6th Master of Hampton |
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