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which he was later criminally charged; he was dis-
missed from all of his offices on October 2 and 3,
1693; he died much indebted to the crown for cus-
toms fees previously collected but not paid to the
government, which led to extended controversy
and litigation over the settlement of his estate.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: ca. 550 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: in December 1693. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
TEV, £1,586.2.0 sterling (including 14 slaves, 4
servants, and numerous books); FB, estate over-
paid £14.3.5. LAND: ca. 550 acres.
BLANCKENSTEIN (BLAKISTON), WILLIAM
(1660-by 1721). BORN: in 1660 at "Hofstein." IM-
MIGRATED: in 1678 as an indentured servant to
William Dare (?-1719). RESIDED: in Cecil County;
St. Mary's County, by the mid- 1680s. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
naturalized by an Act of the Assembly, 1682;
Gent., by 1684; went to England in 1692, with no
mention of him found thereafter in Maryland re-
cords. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: servant, free by
1681/82; planter; Indian trader. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Associators' Convention,
St. Mary's City, 1689-1692. OTHER PROVINCIAL
OFFICE: agent to New York on Indian affairs,
1690-1691. LOCAL OFFICES: alderman, St. Mary's
City, 1689; probably a justice, St. Mary's County,
1692. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: over 1,200 acres. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: by 1721. LAND: over 1,200 acres.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: land escheated for want
of heirs, 1721.
BLAY, EDWARD (ca. 1653-1713). BORN: ca.
1653 in Anne Arundel County; first son. NATIVE:
second generation. RESIDED: in Anne Arundel
County; Cecil County, by 1685; Kent County, by
1707. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: William
Blay (?-ca. 1661), who was probably transported
to Virginia as a servant in 1636, but was in Mary-
land by 1652 when he surveyed 600 acres in Anne
Arundel County. MARRIED first, Barbara, daugh-
ter of Josias Lanham. MARRIED second, by 1695
Anne (?-1712/13), widow of Robert Burnan.
CHILDREN. SON William Blay (ca. 1681-1716),
who married Isabella, daughter of William Pearce
(ca. 1641-1720/21). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES Gent., by 1697.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE planter; merchant. PUB-
LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Cecil County, 1697 (elected to the 7th session),
1704-1707, Kent County, 1712-1713 (died before
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the 3rd session). LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Cecil
County, 1685-1687, 1690-1692, 1694-1702 (quo-
rum, 1702), Kent County, 1693 (refused to take
the required oath), 1707-1713 (chief justice, 1708-
1713); Shrewsbury Parish Vestry, Cecil County,
1695-1696, 1704-1709, 1712. MILITARY SERVICE:
captain, by 1696; lieutenant colonel, by 1707.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: probably over 1,000 acres. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: in November 1713. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: TEV, £1,318.17.10 sterling (including 15
slaves); balance in London of £394.16.1. LAND:
over 1,000 acres.
BLAY, WILLIAM (ca. 1681-1716). BORN: ca.
1681 in Cecil County, of age by 1702; only son.
NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in Cecil
County; Kent County, by 1702. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Edward Blay (ca. 1653-1713).
MOTHER: probably Barbara, daughter of Josias
Lanham. STEPMOTHER: probably Anne (?-
1712/13), widow of Robert Burnan. MARRIED Isa-
bella, daughter of William Pearce (ca. 1641-
1720/21). She subsequently married by 1722 John
Johnson. Her brothers were Daniel Pearce (1677-
1727); William, Jr. (?-1703); and Benjamin (1683-
1734), who married Mary, widow of John Hynson
(ca. 1670-1708). Her sisters were Elizabeth, who
married Henry Ward (?-1734); Sarah. CHILDREN.
SONS: Edward (1707-?); William (1714-?). DAUGH-
TERS: Rachel (1703-?), who married first, in 1724
Edward Scott (?-1725), second, by 1727 John
Brown, and third, Aquila Paca, son of Aquila
Paca (early 1670s- 1721); Catherine, who married
John Tilden; and Isabella, who married Robert
Wetherhead. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: liter-
ate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: second generation bur-
gess; did not become a justice or burgess until af-
ter his father's death; Mr. at death. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Kent
County, 1714 (elected to the 4th session), 1715.
LOCAL OFFICES: Shrewsbury Parish Vestry, Kent
County, 1710-1711, 1715-1716; justice, Kent
County, 1714-1716. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 1,000 acres.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: by September 25, 1716.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,620.17.0 (includ-
ing 19 slaves); FB, £1,429.9.8. LAND: probably
2,600 acres.
BLOUNT (BLUNT), WILLIAM (?-?). IMMI-
GRATED in 1642 as a free adult. RESIDED: in Kent
County, St. Mary's County; left Maryland in
1643. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. SO-
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