Carpenter's Point is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. Carpenter Point was the site of the first permanent settlement in Cecil County, established on July 20, 1658, when William Carpenter patented of land called Anna Catherine Neck, abutting Bay Head Creek, now Principio Creek;The Cecil Historical Trust, Inc.: At The Head of The Bay, A Cultural and Architectural History of Cecil County, Maryland, Maryland Historical Trust Press, Crownsville, Md., 1996. Simon Carpenter was assigned this tract of land in 1662.George Johnston: History of Cecil County, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 1989, pp. 27-28. On June 7, 1674, a court was held at the house of Francis Wright at Carpenter’s Point.Maryland Historical Society: “Baltimore and its Defences, Past and Present” in ‘’Maryland Historical Magazine’’, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1906, p. 45. A painting by the noted painter James Peale titled “The Ramsay-Polk Family at Carpenter’s Point, Cecil County, Maryland”:File:James Peal's painting 'The Ramsay-Polk Family at Carpenter’s Point, Cecil County, Maryland'.jpg shows the landing in the background in the 18th century.
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