Thomas Claggett
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Thomas John Claggett
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| Born | October 2, 1743 White's Landing Nottingham, Maryland |
| Died | August 2, 1816 (aged 72) Croom Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Known for | First Episcopal (Anglican) bishop consecrated on American soil, 1792 |
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Thomas John Claggett (October 2, 1743 – August 2, 1816) was the first bishop of the newly formed American Episcopal Church, U.S.A. (also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.) to be consecrated on American soil and the first bishop of the recently established (1780) Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
Thomas Claggett, born October 2, 1743, was the son of the Reverend Samuel Clagett, an Anglican priest of the Church of England from Charles County, Maryland, and Elizabeth Gantt. He was the great grandson of Captain Thomas Clagett who emigrated from England and settled on St. Leonard's Creek in Calvert County, Maryland in 1671.
Captain Clagett at one time owned more than 3,700 acres (15 km2) in central and northeastern Maryland in Calvert, Prince George's, Baltimore and Kent Counties. He was a Justice and Coroner of Calvert County and an opponent of Maryland Governor John Coode, (1648-1709), who was a leader of Coode's Rebellion (also known as the "Protestant Rebellion" in 1689 against the Lord Proprietor of the Province of Maryland, the third Lord Baltimore, Charles Calvert, [1637-1715]). Thomas John Claggett was the first to use the double "g" in spelling his family's name.
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