"The Chilcotes came to America from England, where CHILCOTE JohnChilco te was a land owner. He became involved in the politicaldisturbances o f the day, lost his property by confiscation, andeither fled or was ba nished from England. He caine to this country,where he was soon after j oined by his brother James. They settled inthe province of Maryland, p urchasing from Lord Baltimore one hundredacre tracts of land, now cove red by the
streets and buildings of Baltimore. In the second, third and fourthgen erations the name is variously spelled Chilcoat, Chilcott andChilcote. "
