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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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of Henry Ward (?-1683/84); niece of both Cas-
parus Augustus Herman (1656-1697) and Judith
Herman, who subsequently married John Thomp-
son (?-1701). Ariana subsequently married by
1723 Thomas Bordley (ca. 1683-1726), and finally
Edmund Jennings (?-1756). Her half brother was
Henry Ward (?-1734). Her sisters were Jane;
Augustina, who married James Harris (1682-
1743); and Francina, who married second, Charles
Hynson (1692-1748). Her nephew was Matthias
Harris (1718-1773). Her first cousins were
Ephraim Augustus Herman (1683-1734/35); Rich-
ard Thompson (ca. 1680-by 1775); Augustine
Thompson (1691-ca. 1738/39); and Joseph Wood
(?-1738). CHILDREN. DAUGHTERS: Sarah (1714-
1782), who married in 1730 John Brice (1706-
1766); Ariana Margaret (1717-?), who married
William Harris (1704-1748); and Francina
Augustina (1719-1766), who married first, Dr.
William Stevenson (?-1739), and second, Daniel
Cheston. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate,
probably attended school in England. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: second generation burgess; third genera-
tion county officeholder. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
merchant; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, Cecil County, 1712-1714,
1716-1718, 1719 (died before the 2nd session).
LOCAL OFFICE: North Sassafras Parish Vestry,
Cecil County, 1718-1719. MILITARY SERVICE:
captain by 1718. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: over 1,720 acres inher-
ited from his father in 1704. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED will probated on December 30, 1719. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £896.16.0 sterling (in-
cluding 11 slaves and 1 servant). LAND: over 1,720
acres.

FRISBY, PEREGRINE (1688-1739). BORN: in
1688 in Cecil County; third surviving son. NATIVE
third generation. RESIDED: in Cecil County. FAM-
ILY BACKGROUND. FATHER James Frisby (ca.
1651-1704). MOTHER: Sarah Read. UNCLE Wil-
liam Frisby (by 1664-1713). BROTHERS: James
(1676-died young); Thomas Frisby (1681-ca.
1715/16), who married first, Frances (?-1713),
daughter of George Wells (?-1696), and second,
Augustina, daughter of Casparus Augustus Her-
man (1656-1697); James Frisby (1684-1719), who
married Ariana, daughter of Matthias Vanderhey-
den (?-1729); Jacob (1693-by 1704); Francis
(1697-?); and William (1699-1724), who married
Mary, daughter of Nicholas Sewall (ca. 1655-
1737). SISTERS: Mary (1678/79-?); Sarah (1680-
1731); Mary (1690-1704); and Frances (1696-by

1704). MARRIED Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas
Sewall (ca. 1655-1737); granddaughter of both
Henry Sewall (?-1665) and William Burgess (ca.
1622-1686/87); stepgranddaughter of Charles Cal-
vert, 3rd Lord Baltimore (1637-1714/15); niece of
Cecil/us Calvert (1667-1681), Benedict Leonard
Calvert, 4th Lord Baltimore (1679-1715), Philip
Calvert (1626-1682), Jesse Wharton (?-1676), Wil-
l/am Digges (ca. 1650-1697), Benjamin Rozer(?-
1681), and Edward Pye (?-1696). CHILDREN. SONS:
Peregrine (1713/14-?); Nicholas (?-died in in-
fancy); and James (1722-1725). DAUGHTERS:
Susanna (1718-?), who married in 1738 Richard
Tilghman (1705-1766), son of Richard Tilghman
(1672/73-1738/39); Sarah (1727-?), who married
Philemon Charles Blake (?-1761); Ann (1727-
1793), who married first, John Rousby (1728-
1750/51), son of John Rousby (1685-1744), and
second, William Fitzhugh (ca. 1722-1798); and
Elizabeth (1729/30-?), who married James Lloyd
(1716/17-1768), son of James Lloyd (1679/80-
1723). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate,
probably attended school in England. RELIGIOUS

AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND

ACTIVITIES: second generation burgess. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Cecil County,

1712-1714. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT

FIRST ELECTION: ca. 2,100 acres. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated on September 5, 1739.

PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £11.10.9 gold,

£619.6.1 sterling, £31.19.9 current money,
£1,679.12.4 paper currency (including 28 slaves).
LAND: ca. 2,100 acres.

FRISBY, THOMAS (1681-ca. 1715/16). BORN:
in 1681 in Cecil County; oldest surviving son. NA-
TIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in Cecil County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: James Frisby (ca.
1651-1704). MOTHER: Sarah Read. UNCLE: Wil-
liam Frisby (by 1664-1713). BROTHERS: James
(1676-died young); James Frisby (1684-1719),
who married in 1713/14 Ariana, daughter of
Matthias Vanderheyden (?-1729); Peregrine Frisby
(1688-1739), who married Elizabeth, daughter of
Nicholas Sewall (ca. 1655-1737); Jacob (1693-by
1704); Francis (1697-?); and William (1699-1724),
who married Mary, daughter of Nicholas Sewall
(ca. 1655-1737). SISTERS: Mary (1678/79-?); Sarah
(1680-1731); Mary (1690-1704); and Frances
(1696-by 1704). MARRIED first, in 1702/3 Frances
(?-1713), daughter of George Wells (?-1696) and
wife Blanche Goldsmith. MARRIED second, Augus-
tina, daughter of Casparus Augustus Herman
(1656-1697); niece of Henry Ward (?-1683/84),
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