From the online genealogy of the Maddox Family https://sites.google.com/site/maddoxfamilywebsite/maddox-maryland/many-notleys:
'The name Notley Maddox was to become a familiar one in Maddox lineage because progenitor Samuel Maddox was a very close friend of Thomas Notley, the seventh Maryland Governor.Samuel married Governor Notley's niece Ann, beginning a successive line.In fact, there were five Notley Maddoxes in a row - and even today, Notley Maddox can be found in modern telephone directories.It h as been regarded as heritage that Notley be given as a name to both boys and girls -- an honor begun by Samuel Maddox toward his good friend. Notley Maddox, Sr. was the first born to Samuel and and Ann Notley. He was godson of Governor Notley who later bequeathed 14,000 pounds of tobacco in his will date d April 3, 1679. At the age of only twelve, Notley inherited the home planta tion of 300 acres "The Green Springs Farm."
Notley married Margaret Goldsmith in 1694. She was the daughter of John Goldsmith and Judith Gerrard Gol mith.Judith was reportedly the daughter of the early settler Thomas Gerrard of St. Clement's Manor.The Gerrards were a very important family in early Maryland because of their landholdings as well as the fact Margaret's Uncle Richard, the "gentleman adventurer" sailed from England to Maryland in 1634. Notley died March 26, 1716 at about the same age as his father. His will gave the home plantation to his eldest son Samuel Maddox, then fourteen. To his second son, Notley, Jr., he bequeathed100 acres in Picawaxon Parish, Charles County, Maryland.'