Howard family of Maryland
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The Howard family of Maryland is a prominent colonial-era American lineage known for its influential roles in the political, military, and social life of Maryland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard family of Maryland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19311350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard family of Maryland Context triple: [Cornelius Howard, memberOf, Howard family of Maryland]
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A.
Carroll family of Maryland
The Carroll family of Maryland was a prominent colonial and early American Catholic family known for its significant political influence, including Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Calvert family
The Calvert family was an influential English noble lineage that held the title of Lords Baltimore and served as the proprietors and rulers of colonial Maryland.
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C.
Jones family of Virginia
The Jones family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era Virginia lineage known for producing influential figures such as planter and politician Orlando Jones.
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Harrison family of Virginia
The Harrison family of Virginia is a prominent American political dynasty whose members played significant roles in colonial leadership and early United States history, including producing two U.S. presidents.
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E.
Lewis family of Virginia
The Lewis family of Virginia was a prominent colonial American lineage influential in the political and social life of early Virginia and connected by kinship to other notable families such as the Washingtons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard family of Maryland Target entity description: The Howard family of Maryland is a prominent colonial-era American lineage known for its influential roles in the political, military, and social life of Maryland.
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A.
Carroll family of Maryland
The Carroll family of Maryland was a prominent colonial and early American Catholic family known for its significant political influence, including Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Calvert family
The Calvert family was an influential English noble lineage that held the title of Lords Baltimore and served as the proprietors and rulers of colonial Maryland.
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C.
Jones family of Virginia
The Jones family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era Virginia lineage known for producing influential figures such as planter and politician Orlando Jones.
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D.
Harrison family of Virginia
The Harrison family of Virginia is a prominent American political dynasty whose members played significant roles in colonial leadership and early United States history, including producing two U.S. presidents.
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E.
Lewis family of Virginia
The Lewis family of Virginia was a prominent colonial American lineage influential in the political and social life of early Virginia and connected by kinship to other notable families such as the Washingtons.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.