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| | William Claiborne, Or Clayborne |
 | | Claiborne's boats and traders plied in and out of the estuaries of the Chesapeake, and the Indian allies of the Calverts at St. Mary's began to show signs of restiveness. |
 | | Claiborne, so the Indians said, declared that the new settlers at St. Mary's were Spaniards, who of necessity were papists and people of despicable traits, and were to be watched and guarded against. |
 | | CLAIBORNE, or CLAYBORNE, William, colonist, known as "The Evil Genius of 3iaryland," born in Westmoreland, England, about 1589; died in Virginia about 16760 He was a younger son of a distinguished Westmoreland family, and in 1621 was appointed surveyor of the plantations of Virginia, under the London company. |
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