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Prince George's County

Darnall's Chance House

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Darnall's Chance House in Upper Marlboro, MD, was built in 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scots tobacco merchant and entrepreneur who was a native of Edinburgh.  He married Lettice Lee, a daughter of Philip Lee, a member of the noteworthy Lee family of Westmoreland Virginia.  Philip Lee had moved to Prince George's County in 1705 where he married and established a large family.  Wardrop was a business partner of several of his in-laws, including Thomas Lee of Stratford Hall.  He also partnered with George Mason of Gunston Hall and Lawrence Washington of Mt. Vernon.  Two years after his death, his widow married Dr. Adam Thomson, also of Edinburgh, who had practiced medicine in Upper Marlboro before relocating to Philadelphia where he was one of the founders and early officers of that city's St. Andrew's Society.  He moved again to New York City where he helped found that city's St. Andrew's Society and was elected its President in 1758.  For her third husband, the widow Lettice Lee Wardrop Thomson married Joseph Sim, a merchant of this county and a son of Scots immigrant, Patrick Sim.  With this strong Scots influence, the interpretation of this house and its eighteenth century occupants includes discussion of their Scottish heritage.  Special events feature food and music of Scotland, for instance a annual Highlands Tea in February.

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