| {13265} ♂ David Hellen Beruf - profession: Wohnort - place of residence: ✱ Richard Hellen left his estates to his son David, listed on the Tax List of 1782 as te owner of Milton's Lot, Persia, Trueswell, and Rich Level. This David Hellen is believed to have been the builder of the fine old plantation house previously mentioned. (History of Calvert County, Maryland by Charles Francis Stein, 1960) "There were numerous marriages between the Hellens and the Johnson family of St. Leonard's Creek. Benjamin Johson, the second son of Thomas Johnson II, married a daughter of David Hellen. Their daughter Mary married Walter Hellen. Joshua Johnson, the youngest brother of Governor Thomas Johnson, had a daughter Nancy, who was the wife of the second Walter Hellen. Their son, Johnson Hellen, 1800-1867, settled in Washington, D. C., and became one of the leading men of that City. The Hellen family has resided in Calvert County for three centuries. Mr. Halvor H. Hellen was one of the founders of the Calvert County Historical Society in 1954 and was its third President. Ref. - Will of David Hellen-1718. Mackenzie, 'Colonial Families, Vol. II, pp. 384-385, 'Hellen." |