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TUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1774; Esq., by
1789. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: subscribed £40.0.0
to Washington College, date unknown. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: merchant, Cambridge, Dor-
chester County; owned a counting house and
storehouse in Cambridge, Dorchester County;
factor for Spiers and French and Company, 1773,
1775; probably also planter. ADDITIONAL
COMMENT: owned a privateer during the Revo-
lution. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Dorchester County, 1786-1787
(Claims 2), 1787-1788 (Grievances 1; Claims 1).
LOCAL OFFICES: commissioner of the tax, Dor-
chester County, 1782-1783; justice, Dorchester
County, commissioned ca. 1784 and 1785 (did not
qualify); Great Choptank Parish Vestry, Dor-
chester County, 1788-1789. STANDS ON PUBLIC'
PRIVATE ISSUES: manumitted two slaves, 1789,
1790. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: assessed value £1,787.12.6, including 37
slaves and 25 oz. plate, 1783; sold 48 slaves and
livestock to indemnify two of his securities on a
bond, 1791. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION. 3,841 acres
in Dorchester and Baltimore counties, plus 1 lot
and part of another lot in Dorchester County and
1 lot in Somerset County (286 acres through mar-
riage; 3,555 acres, the remainder of 3,586 acres,
plus the lots, by purchase or patent). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND
DEATH: mortgaged at least 3,917 acres in Dor-
chester and Baltimore counties, plus lots in Cam-
bridge, Dorchester County, which comprised most,
if not all, of his real estate, to Archibald Mon-
creiff, a Baltimore merchant, 1790. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: between August 9 and December
30, 1791, in Dorchester County. LAND: at least
3,935 acres in Dorchester and Baltimore counties,
plus lots in Cambridge, Dorchester County; in
his will he ordered his executors to sell his real
estate to settle his debts and to transfer the res-
idue to his daughter Mary; Mary received one lot
in Cambridge, Dorchester County, from her fa-
ther's executors in 1797, but it is not known if
this was all that remained after Patison's debts
were paid.
PEAKE (PAKES), WALTER (ca. 1609-1668).
BORN. ca. 1609, probably in England. IMMI-
GRATED: in 1646 as a free adult with his wife and
son from Virginia. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County.
MARRIED Frances, who in 1652 was accused by
her husband of committing adultery with Paul
Simpson, Peake's business partner. CHILDREN. SON:
Peter, who had been captured by Indians while
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living in Virginia, and who was claimed by Peake
as his son. DAUGHTERS: Mary, who married in
1663/64 Henry Aspinall, a justice of Calvert
County, 1680/81; Margaret, who married John
Noble, a carpenter; and Ann. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
probably Protestant with close Catholic connec-
tions. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: lived in
James City, Virginia, by 1639; Mr., by 1660/61.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter; innholder, 1666;
attorney. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Assembly, present 1647/48, St. Mary's County,
1649 (Accounts). WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 100 acres; owned 600
acres in Virginia. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: by the early
1660s owned more than 5,900 acres in Maryland;
sold 1,600 acres, 1651-1663; gave 1,450 acres to
his daughter Mary between 1663 and 1666. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED. Peake was convicted of the mur-
der of William Price. He was hanged on Decem-
ber 17, 1668. LAND: 2,850 acres.
PEARCE, BENJAMIN (1711/12-1756). BORN: on
January 28, 1711/12, in Cecil County; eldest of
four sons. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in
North Sassafras Parish, Cecil County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: Col. Benjamin Pearce (ca.
1683-1734), son of William Pearce (ca. 1641-1720/
21). STEPMOTHER: Mary (1692-1753), widow of
John Hynson (ca. 1670-1708). UNCLE: Daniel
Pearce (1677-1727). AUNTS: Isabella Pearce, who
married William Blay (ca. 1681-1716); Elizabeth
Pearce, who married Henry Ward (?-1734).
BROTHERS: William (1718/19-?); Andrew (1724/
25-?); and Daniel (1728/29-?). SISTERS: Mary
(1710-?); Sarah (1720-?); and Rachel (1722/23-
?). FIRST COUSINS: Rachel Blay (1703-1746), who
married first, in 1724, Edward Scott (?-1725), and
third, Aquila Paca (ca. 1703-1743/44); James Pearce
(?-1802). MARRIED on July 31, 1734, his first cou-
sin Margaret (1716-1755), daughter of Henry Ward
(?-1734), granddaughter of both Henry Ward (?-
ca. 1683/84) and William Pearce (ca. 1641-1720/
21). CHILDREN. SONS: Henry Ward (1736-1828),
who married first, in 1759, Anna Statia (?-1770),
youngest daughter of Dominic Carroll, and sec-
ond, in 1776, Rachel (1737-1808), widow of John
Relfe of Philadelphia, youngest daughter of Tench
Francis (1701-1758); Benjamin (1739-1739);
Benjamin Ward (1740-1743); William (1742-
1743); Andrew (1744-?), who was lost at sea;
and William (1748-?). DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth
(1735-?); Mary (1751-?). PRIVATE CAREER. ED-
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