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slaves and 5 servants); FB, £1,359.8.11. LAND:
3,096 acres.
BIGGS, SETH (?-1708). BORN: probably in Bris-
tol, England. IMMIGRATED: in 1680 as a free adult
from Bristol. RESIDED, briefly in Calvert County
before moving to Anne Arundel County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. SISTER: Sarah, who married William
Webb. MARRIED Mary, who subsequently married
by 1710 Dr. William Lock. PRIVATE CAREER. ED-
UCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Angli-
can. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: arrived with
capital and mercantile connections. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: merchant of Bristol, 1679; mer-
chant in Maryland, probably in partnership with
William Holland (?-1732) and others. PUBLIC
CAREER. PROVINCIAL OFFICES: justice, Provincial
Court, 1702-1704, 1705-1706; Council, 1708. LO-
CAL OFFICES: justice, Anne Arundel County,
1694-1702; St. James' Parish Vestry, Anne Arun-
del County, 1695-1708; deputy commissary, Anne
Arundel County, 1697. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: owned the ship Provi-
dence Galley, 1708. LAND: 2,500-3,000 acres, by
1708. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: buried on August
2, 1708. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,481.4.3
sterling (including 21 slaves and 2 servants); much
of his estate was in the hands of Isaac Milner, a
London merchant. LAND: 2,500-3,000 acres.
BILLINGSLEY, FRANCIS (?-1695) IMMI-
GRATED: in 1652 as a free adult with his wife and
son. RESIDED: in Calvert County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND, BROTHER: Thomas (?-1674); probably
John (?-by 1659), a major. MARRIED Susannah.
CHILDREN. SONS James (?-by 1664/65), who mar-
ried Susannah, daughter of Richard Ewen (?-
1660); John (?-by 1695). DAUGHTER: Rebecca
(1677-?), who married in 1690 Abraham Birk-
head. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELI-
GIOUS AFFILIATION: Quaker. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: no title on arrival in the colony; ac-
quired a servant in 1653 and another in 1657. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Lower House, Calvert
County, 1678-1682 (elected to the 2nd session).
LOCAL OFFICE: constable, Clifts, Calvert County,
1654. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: active
in the effort by the Quakers to receive a dispensa-
tion from taking legally required oaths in the
1670s and the 1680s. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,250 acres. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: On August 10, 1695. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £139.13.10 sterling (including an
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unspecified number of Negroes and servants).
LAND: 1,250 acres.
BIRCKHEAD (BIRKHEAD, BURKHEAD,
BURKETT, BRICKHEAD), CHRISTOPHER
(by 1740-1788). BORN, between 1730 and 1740 in
Talbot County. NATIVE: fourth generation. RE-
SIDED: in Talbot County; Third District, Talbot
County, 1783. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER
Christopher Birckhead (?-by 1740). MOTHER: Ann
(?-1758), daughter of William Harrison (?-1719),
of Talbot County, a planter. STEPFATHERS: Samuel
Sharp (1713/14-1748); William Brooke (?-
1754/55); and Daniel Powell. BROTHER: Solomon
(?-ca. 1753). HALF BROTHERS: Peter Sharp (1746-
1768), who married Hannah; William Harrison
Brooke (?-1771). SISTERS: Ann (1730-by 1768),
who married William Troth, Jr.; Rachel (by 1740-
1818), who married first, Philip McManus, and
second, in 1765 Pollard Edmondson (ca. 1718-
1794). MARRIED his stepniece, either Lucretia,
Mary, or Ann, one of three daughters of Pollard
Edmondson (ca. 1718-1794); stepdaughter of Ra-
chel Birckhead McManus (by 1740-1818); grand-
daughter of John Edmondson (1692-1743); niece
of Ann Dickinson (?-ca. 1774), who married Sam-
uel Bowman (?-1768). Her brothers were James
(?-ca. 1774), who married Rachel Leeds Bozman;
Pollard. Her first cousins were Philip Walker (?-
1791); Elizabeth Walker (?-1783), who married
Henry Dickinson (?-1789); Ann Walker Mein
Hindman (?-by 1787), who married third, Henry
Dickinson (?-1789). MARRIED second, Henrietta
(?-1791), daughter of (first name unknown)
Trippe. Her brother was Capt. William Trippe.
CHILDREN. SONS: Solomon, of Cambridge, Dor-
chester County, a physician; Christopher (?-1799);
James (?-ca. 1800); John Trippe (?-1796); William
(ca. 1775-?); Levin; Edward; and Henry. DAUGH-
TER: Ann (?-1791), never married. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Anglican; his parents were Quakers. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1758. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Talbot County,
1779-1780. LOCAL OFFICES: churchwarden, St.
Peter's Parish, Talbot County, elected 1766;
county lieutenant, Talbot County, appointed 1777;
justice, Talbot County, 1777-1779 (did not qual-
ify); justice, Orphans' Court, Talbot County, ap-
pointed 1777; St. Peter's Parish Vestry, Talbot
County, elected 1779. JURY SERVICE: grand jury,
Talbot County, 1765. MILITARY SERVICE: colonel,
Fourth Battalion, Talbot County Militia, 1776.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES manumitted
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