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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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1682). CHILDREN. STEPSONS: Charles Ballard (ca.
1670-ca. 1724/25); Henry Bailard (1666-1697);
and Jarvis Bailard (?-1765). STEPDAUGHTERS:
Sarah Bailard (1668-?), who married Randall
Revell, son of Randall ReveU (1613-1686/87);
Elizabeth Bailard, who married first, John King,
second, Thomas Wilson, and third, Peter Dent
(ca. 1665-1710/11). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protes-
tant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: no title on

arrival; marriage brought upward mobility. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE, merchant of Bristol, Eng-
land, 1676; attorney to John Boyles, merchant,
of Shastone, Dorsett County, England; mer-
chant. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:

Lower House, Somerset County, 1686-1688. LO-
CAL OFFICES: justice, Somerset County, 1687-1690;
sheriff, Somerset County, 1690-1692. MILITARY
SERVICE: captain, 1687-by 1689. STANDS ON PUB-
LIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: supported Revolution of
Protestant Associators in 1689. WEALTH DURING

LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: probably 300

acres owned in wife's right. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: by November 4, 1693, in Somerset County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least £47.8.0 (in-
cluding 1 servant and 1 slave). LAND: ca. 300 acres.

LUSTHEAD, RICHARD (?-ca. 1642). BORN:
probably in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1633/34 as
an indentured servant. RESIDED: in Mattapanient
Hundred, St. Mary's County. MARRIED Elizabeth
(1618-?), daughter of Richard Gardiner (?-ca.
1651) and wife Elizabeth. Her brothers were Luke
Gardiner (1622-1614)- Richard (1616-?); and John
(1633-?). Her nephew was Richard Gardiner (?-
1687). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: illiterate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: probably Catholic. SO-
CIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: arrived as a servant
to the Jesuits, was free by 1637/38; no record of
officeholding except that of burgess; no known
descendants. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: servant;
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Assembly, present 1637/38, Mattapanient
Hundred, St. Mary's County, 1640-1641 (did not
attend the 2nd session). WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: none. WEALTH AT

DEATH. DIED, inventory dated August 23, 1642.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: items inventoried, but not
appraised (included 1 servant).

LUX, DARBY (ca. 1698 -1750). BORN: ca. 1698.
IMMIGRATED: probably, if so by the early 1720s.
RESIDED: called "of Great Britain," 1722, and "of

Anne Arundel County" by 1724-1742 (although
he is termed "of London" in 1732 and 1734 by
his correspondents in England); moved to Bal-
timore Town in 1743 and lived there until his
death. FAMILY BACKGROUND. There are several
men with the name Lux in Maryland records dur-
ing the early 1700s. At least two others in addition
to Darby Lux were ship captains in the tobacco
trade between Anne Arundel County and Great
Britain. Capt. William Lux, commander of the
ship Concord, transported tobacco from Anne
Arundel almost every year between 1713 and 1729.
A Capt. John Lux, of the ship Owner's Good
Will, appeared in Anne Arundel only in 1721, but
may have been the John Lux, mariner, of Prince
George's County who died in 1727/28 and whose
estate Darby Lux administered. Another John
Lux (alias Jan Luyex) died in Kent County in
1732, leaving a will that mentioned property
(probably money) due him in Brussels. While no
obvious family connection between any of these
men has been found, it could probably be as-
sumed. MARRIED on May 16, 1722, Ann Sanders
(ca. 1705-1785), daughter of Robert Sanders (?-
1755) of Anne Arundel County and wife Re-
beckath Groome (?-1752). Ann was the grand-
daughter of James Saunders (?-1707). Her broth-
ers were Robert (1702/3-1775); William (1699-
?); James (1700/1-?); and Moses (ca. 1710-?).
Her sisters were Ann (1700/1-1702); Rebekah
(ca. 1707-?), who married in 1732 Thomas Jen-
nings (?-1759); Agnes (1716/17-?), who married
Thomas Baldwin (?- 1762); and Elizabeth (ca.
1720-?). Her nieces were Anne Jennings (1745-
1794), who married Thomas Johnson, Jr. (1732-
1819); Ann Baldwin, who married Samuel Chase
(1741-1811); and Hester Baldwin (?-1832), who
married Jeremiah Townly Chase (1748-1828).
CHILDREN. SONS: William Lux (by 1730-1778),
Darby Lux (?-1795); and Robert (?-1796).
DAUGHTERS: Mary (by 1730-?); Sarah (?-ca.
1734); Elizabeth, who married Daniel Bowley (?-
1745); Ann, who married in 1751 Nicholas Rux-
ton Gay (?-1770); Sarah, who married (first name
unknown) Stewart; Rebecca (?-by 1780), who
married Col. Daniel Hughes (?-1818); Frances,
who married William Russell; and Jane. PRIVATE

CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION: Anglican, St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore
County, 1743-1750. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIV-
ITIES: Gent., by 1743; member of the South River
Club, Anne Arundel County, before 1742. De-
scribed by his daughter-in-law, Agnes, in 1778 as

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