600 acres patented in 1664 to Mareen Duval, Esq., great Hugenot and native of France. Appointed Commissioner for Advancement of Trade 1683, he died here 1694. The plantation remained the ancestral seat of a junior branch of the Duvall family for many years.

Marker is on Davidsonville Road (Maryland Route 424) ½ mile north of John Hanson Highway (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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