During the 18th century, farming predominated, particularly of tobacco. Several of these grants embraced what is now Cabin John. Later the Piscataways, and still later, the Senecas occupied the land.īy the middle of the 17th century, Maryland was becoming a settled colony, and Lord Baltimore, proprietor of the colony, was making land grants along the Potomac River. When the first European explorers appeared in the early 17th century, the native Americans living in the area were the Susquehannahs. Based on the book Cabin John: Legends and Life of an Uncommon Place by Judith Welles The Early YearsĪs a recognized place, Cabin John emerged only in the 19th century but of course there were inhabitants long before then.
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