sentences:  On June 20, 1632, Charles I of England (ignoring Native American land claims) gave of land covering most of what is now the modern U.S. state of Maryland to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore as a proprietary colony.The charter had originally been granted to Calvert's father, George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, but the 1st Baron Baltimore died before it could be executed, so it was granted to his son instead.On September 4, 1663, a land patent was issued to Thomas Dent, Sr. for a tract known as "Gisbrough".