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Francis, and second, Samuel Young (1662-1736);
Elizabeth Clarkson. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant
with Quaker leanings; two of his sons were Quak-
ers. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: transported
by John Cisson, possibly as his servant; became a
leading figure in Anne Arundel County, and had
one of the most active legislative careers in seven-
teenth-century Maryland; Gent., by 1675/76. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter, 1676; ordinary
keeper; merchant engaged in trade with England
and Guinea. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SER-
VICE: Lower House, Anne Arundel County, 1681-
1682 (elected to the 3rd session), 1682-1684 (Ac-
counts 2; Laws 3), 1686-1688, 1694-1697 (Laws
3, 5, 8, chairman 5), 1697/98-1700 (Laws 1, 4).
OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: special agent to
New York to negotiate regarding Indian affairs,
1681; justice, Provincial Court, 1694-1696, 1696-
1700 (quorum, 1697-1700; chief justice, 1699-
1700); naval officer, Annapolis, 1694-1696; Coun-
cil, special writ, 1698 (never officially commis-
sioned). LOCAL OFFICE: justice, Anne Arundel
County, 1674-1689 (quorum, 1676-1689; presi-
dent, 1685-1689). MILITARY SERVICE: captain,
1675-1689, 1694-1698; colonel, 1698-1700.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: an adamant
opponent of the revolution of 1689, he was forced
to flee to Virginia; from Virginia he went to En-
gland where he testified against rebel government;
he was brought back into public office by Gov.
Francis Nicholson, who bestowed considerable
patronage on him. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: over 1,700 acres by
1681. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on
November 5, 1700. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£1,103.8.9 sterling (including 9 slaves and 4 ser-
vants). LAND: over 1,721 acres.
HINDMAN, JACOB (by 1713-1766). BORN: be-
tween 1705 and 1713, probably in Queen Anne's
County; only son. NATIVE: second generation. RE-
SIDED: in Dorchester County; Talbot County, ca.
1744. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Rev. James
Hindman (?-1713), who immigrated from England
ca. 1710 and was rector of St. Paul's Parish in
Queen Anne's County from May 1710 until death.
STEPFATHERS Hugh Eccleston, Jr. (?-by 1717),
son of Hugh Eccleston (?-1710/11); Francis Allen
(?-1745). MOTHER Mary, daughter of Jacob Lock-
erman (1652-1730) and wife Elinor Ketin; step-
daughter of Dorothy Lockerman. UNCLE Covert
Lockerman (ca. 1681-1728). HALF BROTHERS:
Moses Allen; William Allen (?-1792); and Joseph
Allen. STEPBROTHERS: John Allen (?-ca. 1738);
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Francis Allen (ca. 1715-?), of Worcester County, a
planter who married Mary, the widow of William
Brady. SISTER: (first name unknown) (ca. 1713-?).
HALF SISTERS: Mary Allen, who married in 1759
Rev. John Rosse, of Snow Hill, Worcester
County; Eleanor Allen; and Elizabeth Allen. FIRST
COUSIN. Sarah Lockerman (?-by 1745), who mar-
ried Joseph Cox Gray (?-1764). MARRIED on Janu-
ary 29, 1739, Mary (?-1782), daughter of Henry
Trippe (?-ca. 1723/24); stepdaughter of John Ec-
cleston; granddaughter of Henry Trippe (1632-
1697/98); stepniece of John Brooke (by 1646-
1692/93). Her brothers were Edward (?-1772);
Henry Trippe (?-1744); and John. Her sisters were
Sarah (?-1755); Elizabeth, who married second,
Bartholomew Ennalls (ca. 1700-1783). Her nieces
were Mary Emerson Trippe (ca. 1739-1811), who
married Robert Goldsborough IV (1740-1798);
Ann Trippe, who married John Dickinson (ca.
1726-1789). CHILDREN. SONS: James Hindman
(1741-1830); William Hindman (1743-1822); Ja-
cob Henderson (?-1781), ordained in 1769, rector
of St. Peter's Parish in Talbot County from 1772
to 1780 and Great Choptank Parish in Dorchester
County from 1773 to 1783; Edward (?-1781), who
married in 1775 Ann, widow of Andrew Mein, of
Talbot County, daughter of Rev. Philip Walker
(?-1776), of Caroline County; and Col. John (?-by
1794), a physician, who married Esther, daughter
of Elizabeth Nicholson. DAUGHTERS: Mary, who
drowned at the age of 12; Elizabeth (?-by 1788),
who married William Perry (1746-1799); and Sa-
rah (?-ca. 1782), who never married. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Anglican, St. Peter's Parish Church, Talbot
County; St. Michael's Parish Church, Talbot
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent.,
by 1741; Esq., by 1758. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
farmer; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, Dorchester County, 1741
(elected to the 3rd session to fill vacancy), 1742-
1744. LOCAL OFFICES: sheriff, Dorchester County,
1737-1740, Talbot County, 1745-1748, 1755-
1758; St. Michael's Parish Vestry, Talbot County,
in office 1745, 1749, 1759, and 1764; justice, Tal-
bot County, 1749-1766. MILITARY SERVICE: cap-
tain, by 1741. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE IS-
SUES, as a justice of the peace of Talbot County,
Hindman joined the other Talbot County justices
in refusing to meet in court to carry out the provi-
sions of the Stamp Act, 1765. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 484 acres in
Dorchester, Queen Anne's, and Talbot counties
(184 acres inherited from his father; 200 acres by
purchase). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
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