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CURRER (CURRIER), WILLIAM (ca. 1739-
1784). BORN: on February 28, ca. 1739, in St.
Mary Anne's Parish, Cecil County; third son. NA-
TIVE: at least second generation. RESIDED: in Cecil
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: John
Currer. MOTHER: Sarah. BROTHERS: Thomas (ca.
1724-?); Michael (ca. 1727-?); and John (ca.
1747-?). SISTERS: Mary (1722-?); Elizabeth (ca.
1729-?); Sarah (ca. 1731-?); and Catharine (ca.
1733-?). MARRIED on July 17, 1774, Mary, daugh-
ter of Empson Bird (?-1787) and wife Susanna.
Mary subsequently married John Harford, of
Montgomery County. Her brothers were George;
Thomas, who was underage in 1786. Her sisters
were Margaret, who married (first name un-
known) Gordon; Susanna. CHILDREN. DAUGHTER
Sarah (1775-by 1783). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican,
St. Mary Anne's Parish, Cecil County. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., 1779. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: innholder, 1770; probably a
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Conventions, Cecil County, 5th, 1775, 6th-8th,
1775-1776 (elected to the 6th Convention, but did
not attend). LOCAL OFFICE: North Elk Parish Ves-
try, Cecil County, in office 1779-1782. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY assessed
value £568.0.0, including 7 slaves and 40 oz. plate,
1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 486 acres in
Cecil County (129 acres possibly inherited from
his uncle). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: sold 129
acres in Cecil County in 1775; he acquired an ad-
ditional 379 acres in Cecil County by 1783.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on March
17, 1784, in Cecil County. PERSONAL PROPERTY
TEV, at least £568.0.0 current money (including 7
slaves and 40 oz. plate). LAND: possibly ca. 736
acres in Cecil County.
DAFFIN, CHARLES (?-1794). BORN: in St.
Mary's County, of age by 1775. NATIVE: at least
second generation. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County;
Dorchester County, June 1775; Bay Hundred, Tal-
bot County, December 1775; Caroline County,
1778; River District, Caroline County, 1783. FAM-
ILY BACKGROUND. FATHER George Daffin (?-
probably by 1758), of St. Mary's County.
MOTHER: Susannah, widow of William Aisquith
(?-ca. 1741), son of William Aisquith (?-1719).
BROTHERS: Joseph Daffin (?-1796); John; and
George. HALF BROTHERS: William Aisquith (?-
1804); Thomas Aisquith (ca. 1740-ca. 1770). HALF
SISTERS: Mary Aisquith (?-by 1770), who married
(first name unknown) Piercy; Ann Aisquith, who
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married Nicholas Sherwood; and Susannah Ais-
quith, who married David Hellen. MARRIED in
1775 Mabel (?-1796), widow of both (first name
unknown) Ridgway and Risdon Bozman (?-1774);
daughter of Philip Sherwood (?-ca. 1789), of Tal-
bot County. Her brother was Nicholas. Her sisters
were Frances, who married John Stevens; Debo-
rah, who married Joseph Yates; and Elizabeth,
who married Theophilus Marshall. CHILDREN.
SONS: Capt. Thomas B., who married Rebecca (?-
1812), daughter of Henry Dickinson (?-1789); Jo-
seph G., who married Elizabeth; and Charles (?-
by 1801, in his minority). STEPSON: William Ridg-
way. DAUGHTER: Susannah, who married Francis
J. Wilson, of Queen Anne's County. STEPDAUGH-
TER Sarah Ridgway (?-1798), who married Wil-
liam Ennalls Hooper (?-1795). PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
merchant. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE
Lower House, Caroline County, 1779-1780, 1782-
1783 (elected, but did not attend). LOCAL OFFICES:
justice, Caroline County, 1779-at least 1785 (out
of the county), commissioned 1793 and 1794; jus-
tice, Orphans' Court, Caroline County, 1781 -at
least 1785. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME, PERSONAL
PROPERTY: 26 slaves, 1776; assessed value
£1,165.0.0, including 20 slaves and 60 oz. plate,
1783; 37 slaves, 1790; paid a debt of £754.0.0
owed by the estate of his wife's former husband
who had been cosecurity on an unpaid bond,
thereby attaining the right to collect from the
other two securities or their heirs. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,052 acres in Caroline and Talbot
counties (771 acres through his marriage, 281
acres by purchase), plus a 99- year lease in Dor-
chester County, acreage unknown, held with his
brother Joseph Daffin (?-1796). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH held the same 99- year lease, but in
his name only, 1786; acquired an additional 373
acres in Talbot County through his marriage, by
1783; purchased or resurveyed at least 218 acres in
Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot counties between
1786 and 1791; sold at least 12 acres in Dorchester
County between 1787 and 1790. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: administration bond granted No-
vember 19, 1794, in Caroline County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY TEV, £2,283.16.9 current money (in-
cluding 30 slaves and books); FB, £145.2.5. LAND:
at least 1,496 acres in Talbot, Caroline, and Dor-
chester counties.
DAFFIN, JOSEPH (?-1796). BORN: probably in
St. Mary's County, of age by 1775. NATIVE: at
least second generation. RESIDED: in Dorchester
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