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1865), a member of the Maryland Senate from
1838 to 1844, who married Ann, daughter of
George Murdoch (ca. 1742-1805). CHILDREN. SONS:
William H. (1786-1829), a presidential elector (for
Andrew Jackson), who married Mary, daughter of
Samuel Hughes; Dr. Daniel, one of the wealthier
men of western New York, who married Ann
Dana; Samuel, a judge in New York, who married
Ann Addison; James, of Kentucky; Henry, of
New York, who married (first name unknown),
daughter of Charles Carroll, of "Bellevue," Wash-
ington County, who was a cousin of Charles Car-
roll of Carrollton (1737-1832); Richard, who mar-
ried Mary Jones, of Livingston County, New
York, and who died in a railroad accident; Robert,
who married Maria, daughter of Daniel Carroll, of
Duddington (?-1849). DAUGHTERS, (first name
unknown), who married Rev. (first name un-
known) Backus; (first name unknown), who mar-
ried in 1841 James Birney (1792-1857), an anti-
slavery leader and Abolition candidate for the
presidency; (first name unknown), who married
(first name unknown) Tallman, of Rochester, New
York; Ann Carroll, who married Gerritt Smith
(1797-1874), a philanthropist and abolitionist, of
Petersboro, New York; and (first name unknown),
who married Comdr. (first name unknown) Swift,
of Geneva, New York. One of these daughters was
named Rebecca Ann. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: his great-
grandmother was a Catholic; his grandfather was
Protestant. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE, probably a
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Calvert County, 1786-1787, 1787-
1788, 1788. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by 1783;
colonel, period of set vice unknown. WEALTH DUR-
ING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY 16 slaves
inherited from his father, 1798. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: although he appeared to own no land
in his own right, he probably had control of at
least part of his aging father's vast holdings. SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired a total of 2,646
acres in Washington County between 1787 and
1807, of which 500 acres were a deed of gift from
his father, 1787; 2,000 acres were inherited from
his father, 1798; and 146 acres were purchased and
patented in 1792 and 1807. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: in 1839 in New York; size of estate un-
known.
FORBES, JAMES (ca. 1731-1780). BORN: ca.
1731, near Benedict, Charles County. NATIVE:
probably second generation. RESIDED: in St.
Mary's County, 1766; Charles County, 1770. FAM-
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ILY BACKGROUND, FATHER. John Forbes, Gent.
(?-by 1732); probably emigrated from Scotland;
he resided in St. Mary's County and was in debt
at the time of his death. MOTHER: Dryden (1687-
1760), widow of Henry Peregrine Jowles (1681-
1720); daughter of Kenelm Cheseldyne (1640-
1708). UNCLES: Kenelm Cheseldyne (1683-1719);
Thomas Trueman Greenfield (1682-1733). STEP-
BROTHERS: Henry Greenfield Jowles; Kenelm
Jowles. STEPSISTERS: Mary Jowles; Sybill Jowles;
and Rebecca Jowles. CHILDREN. SON: John (1757-
1804), who married Elizabeth and in his will sum-
marized his "wordly transactions" as "both intri-
cate and numerous." PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1759;
Hon., 1780. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE merchant,
in partnership with George Maxwell, 1757-1762.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Lower
House, Charles County, 1777-1778 (Grievances 1,
3; Claims 1, 3). LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Charles
County, commissioned 1770 and 1777; commis-
sioner of tax, Charles County, appointed 1777.
OUT OF STATE SERVICE: delegate, Continental
Congress, 1777-1780 (elected on December 22,
1777, to fill vacancy, but did not attend until Jan-
uary 1778; reelected in November 1778 and De-
cember 1779; died while in office). WEALTH DUR-
ING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least
2 lots in Charles County; possibly ca. 1,000 acres
in St. Mary's County. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED
on March 25, 1780, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
buried at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church; size
of estate unknown.
FORD, ATHANASIUS (ca. 1728-?). BORN: ca.
1728 in St. Mary's County. NATIVE: fourth genera-
tion. RESIDED: on Beaverdam Manor, St. Mary's
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: possibly
John Ford, son of Robert Ford. BROTHER: possi-
bly John, Jr. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION liter-
ate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Catholic. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES Gent., 1782. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: planter; retail merchant, trading
with Christopher Court, a London merchant,
1772. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Conventions, St. Mary's County, 7th-8th, 1776;
Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1777, 1777-
1778 (Loan Office 1), 1778-1779 (Elections 2),
1782-1783, 1784 (elected, but did not attend).
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,447 acres in St. Mary's County (63
acres that his father was leasing for the lifetime of
his two sons, but which Athanasius possessed; 191
acres by purchase; 1,193 acres by patent). He was
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