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liens and judgments against Sim's property.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on November 27, 1793,
in Frederick County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
at least £1,234.14.9 current money (including 29
slaves). LAND, possibly 148 acres in Prince George's
County.
SKINNER, ADDERTON (ca. 1677-1756). BORN:
ca. 1677, in Calvert County. NATIVE: second gen-
eration. RESIDED in Calvert County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: Robert Skinner (?-1686),
who immigrated ca. 1658 from Bristol, a mer-
chant and large landowner. MOTHER: Ann (?-
1714), widow of James Trueman (?-1672),
daughter of Arthur Storer and wife Katherine.
BROTHERS: Clarke (?-ca. 1713); William, who
married Elizabeth (1665-?), daughter of James
Mackall (ca. 1630-1693). HALF BROTHER. Robert
Skinner (?-ca. 1712/1713). SISTER OR HALF SIS-
TER: Mary, who married Joseph (?-1713), son of
Thomas Letchworth (?-1668). HALF SISTERS: Mar-
tha Trueman, who married Thomas Greenfield (ca.
1649-1715); Elizabeth Trueman, who married
Charles Greene, an apothecary of Kings Lynn,
Norfolk County, England; Ann Trueman, who
married John Bigger (ca. 1654-1714); and Mary
Trueman, who married Thomas Holly day (ca. 1661 -
1702/3). MARRIED Rebecca (?-1760). CHILDREN.
SONS: Henry; Maryland; Major; and Robert.
DAUGHTERS: Sarah (?-1766); Dorcas; and Ann.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: Gent., by 1734. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: planter; surveyor. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Calvert County,
1725-1727, 1728-1731, 1732-1734, 1734/35-1737.
LOCAL OFFICE deputy commissary, Calvert
County, 1716/17-1722; deputy surveyor, Calvert
County, 1734-at least 1747. MILITARY SERVICE.
colonel, by 1752. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: 253 acres in Calvert County
(inherited 183 acres, purchased 70 acres). SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH acquired by patent and pur-
chase 855 acres in Calvert County. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: between September 4 and Novem-
ber 20, 1756, in Calvert County. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: size of estate unknown. LAND: 1,108 acres
in Calvert County.
SKINNER, ROBERT (?-ca. 1712/13). BORN: in
Calvert County, of age by 1686; eldest son. NA-
TIVE: second generation. RESIDED: in Calvert
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Robert
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Skinner (?-1686), who immigrated ca. 1658 from
Bristol, England; a merchant and large land-
owner. MOTHER: Alice. STEPMOTHER: by 1676,
Ann (?-1714), widow of James Trueman (?-1672),
daughter of Arthur Storer. BROTHERS OR HALF
BROTHERS. Clarke (?-ca. 1713); William, who
married Elizabeth Mackall (1665-?). HALF
BROTHER: Adderton Skinner (ca. 1677-1756). SIS-
TER: Mary, who married Joseph Letchworth (?-
1713), son of Thomas Letchworth (?-1668). STEP-
SISTERS: Martha Trueman, who married Thomas
Greenfield (ca. 1649-1715); Mary Trueman, who
married Thomas Hollyday (ca. 1661-1702/3);
Elizabeth Trueman, who married Charles Green,
an apothecary of Kings Lynn, Norfolk County,
England; and Anne Trueman, who married John
Bigger (ca. 1654-1714). MARRIED Ann (ca. 1661-
?), widow of both Andrew Tannehill (?-1694)
and John Taney, daughter of James Mackall (1630-
1693) and wife Mary (by 1649-1718). Her broth-
ers were John Mackall (1669-1739), James Mack-
all (1671-1717); and Benjamin Mackall (1675-
1761). Her sister was Elizabeth (1665-?), who
married William Skinner. Ann Mackall Tannehill
Taney Skinner married fourth, (first name un-
known) Bruse. CHILDREN. SONS: Benjamin; Mack-
all; Nathaniel; and Robert (?-1736). STEPSONS:
John Tannehill; Andrew Tannehill. DAUGHTER.
Anne. STEPDAUGHTERS: Elizabeth Tannehill;
Mary Taney (?-1712). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION, literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI ATION: Protes-
tant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: from a
prominent family and related by marriage to the
strongest political families in Calvert County. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Calvert
County, 1704-1707 (Elections and Privileges 5),
1708A, 1708B-1711 (Laws 1). LOCAL OFFICE:
justice, Calvert County, 1700-ca. 1712/13. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca.
820 acres in Calvert county (790 acres inherited
from father). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: adminis-
tration bond dated January 26, 1712/13, in Cal-
vert County. PERSON AL PROPERTY: TEV, £861.19.8
(including 10 slaves); FB, £708.14.9. LAND: prob-
ably ca. 820 acres in Calvert County.
SLUBY (SLUBEY), WILLIAM (?-1799). BORN:
of age by 1766. NATIVE: at least second genera-
tion. RESIDED, in Chestertown, Kent County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: probably William
Sluby of Kent County. BROTHER: Nicholas, a
Loyalist, who resided in Kent County except for
the Revolutionary War years when he moved to
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