Colonies, the canton on the upper left-hand corner bearing the British Union Flag, the red cross of St. George of England with the white cross of St. Andrew of Scotland. The flag was first flown on December 2, 1775, by John Paul Jones (then a Continental Navy lieutenant) on the ship Alfred in Philadelphia). Place names Alabama Birmingham after Birmingham, England Connecticut Essex, Connecticut after Essex, England Greenwich, Connecticut after Greenwich, England Manchester, Connecticut after Manchester, England New London, Connecticut after London, England Norfolk, Connecticut after Norfolk, England Delaware Dover after Dover, England Kent County, Delaware after Kent, England Wilmington named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain. Maryland Aberdeen, Maryland after Aberdeen, Scotland Chester, Maryland after Chester, England Chestertown, Maryland after Chester, England Essex, Maryland after Essex, England Glencoe, Maryland after Glencoe, Scotland Hereford, Maryland after Hereford, England Kensington, Maryland after Kensington, England Manchester, Maryland after Manchester, England Olney, Maryland after Olney, England Westminster, Maryland after Westminster, England Salisbury, Maryland after Salisbury, England Massachusetts Attleboro, Massachusetts after Attleborough, England Bedford, Massachusetts after Bedford, England Boston after Boston, England Cambridge after the City of Cambridge, England Charlton, Massachusetts after Charlton, London, England Chelsea, Massachusetts after Chelsea, England Falmouth, Massachusetts after Falmouth, England Gloucester after Gloucester, England Hampshire County, Massachusetts after Hampshire, England Mansfield, Massachusetts after Mansfield, England Middlesex County, Massachusetts after Middlesex, England Plymouth, Massachusetts after Plymouth, England Somerset, Massachusetts after Somerset, England Southampton after Southampton, England Suffolk County, Massachusetts after Suffolk, England Swansea, Massachusetts after Swansea, Wales Taunton, Massachusetts after Taunton, England Weymouth, Massachusetts after Weymouth, Dorset, England Worcester, Massachusetts after Worcester, England Michigan Birmingham after Birmingham, England Plymouth after Plymouth, England New Hampshire New Hampshire state (after Hampshire) Derry, New Hampshire after Derry, Northern Ireland Durham, New Hampshire after Durham, England Exeter, New Hampshire after Exeter, England Londonderry, New Hampshire after Londonderry, Northern Ireland Manchester after Manchester, England New London, New Hampshire after London, England Plymouth, New Hampshire after Plymouth, England Portsmouth, New Hampshire after Portsmouth, England New York State New York (state) and New York City after York, England North Carolina Durham, North Carolina and Durham County, North Carolina after Durham, England Halifax, North Carolina and Halifax County, North Carolina after Halifax, England Brunswick County, North Carolina after House of Brunswick New Hanover County, North Carolina after House of