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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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BIOGRAPHIES DUL

rietta Maria (?-1766), widow of Samuel Chew
(1704-1736/37); daughter of Philemon Lloyd (ca.
1674-1732/33); granddaughter of Philemon Lloyd
(1646-1685); niece of James Lloyd (1679/80-
1723), Edward Lloyd (1670-1718/19), Anna Ma-
ria Lloyd, who married Richard Tilghman
(1672/73-1738/39), and Margaret Lloyd (1683-?),
who married Matthew Tilghman Ward (ca. 1676-
1741); half niece of Susannah Bennett (1666-
1714), who married first, John Darnall (?-1684)
and second, Henry Low (?-171 7). Her first cous-
ins were Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770); Henrietta
Maria Lloyd (ca. 1711-1748), who married sec-
ond, Samuel Chamberlaine (1698-1773); Margaret
Lloyd (1714-?), who married William Tilghman
(1711-1782); Ann Lloyd (1723-1794), who mar-
ried Matthew Tilghman (1717/18-1790); Edward
Lloyd (1711-1770); Richard Lloyd (1717-1786);
William Tilghman (1711-1782); Edward Tilgh-
man (1713-1786); James Tilghman (1716-1793);
Matthew Tilghman (1717/18-1790); Henrietta
Maria Tilghman (1707-1771), who married first,
George Robins (1697-1742), and second, William
Goldsborough (1709-1760); Anna Maria Tilghman
(1709-1763), who married first, William Hemsley
(1703-1736), and second, Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-
1770); Mary Tilghman (1702-1736), who married
James Earle, Jr. (ca. 1694-1739); Dorothy Blake,
who married Charles Carroll (1691-1755). Hen-
rietta Marie Lloyd Chew Dulany's other relatives
included great-grandfathers Edward Lloyd (ca.
1620-1696) and James Neale (ca. 1615-1684); and
second cousins Michael Earle (1722-1787) and
Richard Tilghman Earle (1728/29-1788). CHIL-
DREN. SONS. Daniel Dulany, Jr. (1722-1797); Den-
nis (1730-1779), the clerk of Kent County from
1754 to 1777, who died unmarried, leaving his
estate to Mary, widow of his brother Walter; Wal-
ter Dulany (?-1773); Richard (?-died young);
Lloyd (1742-1782), who married Elizabeth,
daughter of John Brice and wife Sarah Frisby.
Lloyd died in London, England, of wounds re-
ceived in a duel with Rev. Bennett Allen, former
rector of St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel
County. His widow later married Maj. Walter
Dulany, Jr., son of his half brother Walter Dulany
(?-1773). STEPSONS: Philemon Lloyd Chew (?-
1770); Bennett Chew (?-1793), who married Anna
Maria, daughter of Edward Tilghman (1713-
1786); and Samuel Chew (by 1734-1786). DAUGH-
TERS: Rebecca, who married first, James Paul
Heath (?-1746), and second, William Hedges, of
Cecil County, planter; Rachel, who married first,
on November 7, 1741, William Knight, and sec-
ond, Rev. Henry Addison; Margaret, who married

first, Alexander Hamilton (1712-1756), and sec-
ond, William Murdock (?-1769); and Mary. STEP-
DAUGHTERS: Henrietta Maria Chew (1731-1762),
who married Edward Dorsey (1718-1760); Marga-
ret Chew (?-1773), who married John Beale Bord-
ley (1726/27-1804); and Ann Mary Chew (1736-
1774), who married William Paca (1740-1799).
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: University of Dub-
lin; law clerk in the office of Col. George Plater;
admitted to Gray's Inn, London, England, on
February 20, 1716/17. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Anglican, St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr.,
1722; Esq., 1731; Hon., at time of death. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: servant/law clerk; planter; of-
ficeholder; lawyer, admitted to the following
courts: Charles County in August 1709 and sworn
in again in March 1709/10; Prince George's
County in June 1710; Provincial Court by July
1711; Anne Arundel County in June 1712;
Baltimore County in November 1719; Court of
Appeals; Chancery Court; Calvert County; St.
Mary's County. A land speculator, who invested
in warrants that he held until the demand for
plantations in the unsettled back country justified
the expenses of surveying the land. He was a
founder of the Baltimore Ironworks Company,
along with Benjamin Tasker (ca. 1690-1768),
Charles Carroll (1691-1755), Charles Carroll, Sr.
(1702-1782), and Daniel Carroll, of Duddington.
His initial investment of £700 in 1731 increased in
value to £10,000 by the time of his death. A mon-
eylender by 1730, he was in the loan business on a
large scale, dealing in all three types of money,
sterling, current money, and tobacco. Most of his
debtors were small tradesmen and planters.
Dulany also invested in the slave trade, which of-
fered the attraction of double profits, first on the
sale of the slaves, and second on loans made to the
planters who purchased them. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Annapolis,
1722-1724 (Laws 1-3), Anne Arundel County,
1727 (elected to the 4th session to fill vacancy;
Laws 4), 1728-1731 (Laws 1-5), 1732-1734 (Laws
1-Cv; discharged during the convention for ac-
cepting an office "of trust and profit" from the
government), 1734/35-1737 (elected speaker of
the 1st session, but declined for reasons of health;
Laws 1, Cv, 2-4), 1738 (elected for both Anne
Arundel County and Annapolis, he chose to repre-
sent Anne Arundel County; Laws), Annapolis,
1739-1741 (Laws Cv-3), 1742 (Laws 1; appointed
to the Council during the 1st session); Upper
House, 1742-1744 (appointed during the 1st ses-
sion), 1745, 1745/46-1748, 1749-1751, 1751-1753

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