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THOROWGOOD, THOMAS (?-?). IMMI-
GRATED: in 1663, as a free adult with wife. RE-
SIDED: in Charles County. MARRIED Frances.
CHILDREN. No known descendants. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate; taught William Hun-
gerford to write and cast accounts, 1670. RELI-
GIOUS AFFILIATION: probably Protestant. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: no title on arrival; Mr.,
by 1666; called Thomas Thorowgood, Jr., 1668;
Gent., by 1669; last appears in records on June
29, 1671. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: probably
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Charles County, 1666 (Laws), 1669.
LOCAL OFFICE: coroner, Charles County, 1667.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND: proved rights tO
400 acres, 1669, but no evidence of patent or
deed.
THURSTON, THOMAS (ca. 1622-1693). BORN:
ca. 1622, in Gloucestershire, England. IMMI-
GRATED: in 1658 from Virginia; settled in Mary-
land permanently in 1663 with his wife and two
daughters. RESIDED: in Baltimore County. FAM-
ILY BACKGROUND. BROTHER: Samuel, of Thom-
berry, Gloucestershire, England. MARRIED first,
Bridget. MARRIED second, Mary. CHILDREN. SON:
Thomas, Jr. DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth (daughter of
Bridget) (?-1709/10), who married first, by 1676,
George Skipwith (?-1684), second, William Coale
(?-1700), and third, ca. 1704, Samuel Chew (ca.
1660-1718); Ann (?-ca. 1677), who married ca.
1676 Miles Gibson (ca. 1646-1692); Elizabeth
(daughter of Mary), who married first, John
Waller, and second, Charles Rumsey; and Sarah,
who married ca. 1693 Robert Love. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION. Quaker, though considered a "renegade"
by 1690; involved in the John Perrot controversy
with the Quaker community. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Thurston traveled to Boston in 1656,
to Virginia in 1657, and to Maryland in 1658 as
a Quaker missionary. Persecuted in all three col-
onies, he was released from arrest in Maryland
on the condition that he leave the province. He
then went to New Amsterdam, New England,
and England before returning to Maryland in 1663
with his family and twenty servants. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: trader; shoemaker; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Baltimore County, 1686-1688; Associa-
tors' Convention, 1689-1692. MILITARY SERVICE:
colonel, probably 1690-1692. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 2 slaves, 1692.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION, probably 2,500 acres.
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WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on April
13, 1693, in Baltimore County. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: TEV, £194.19.2 (including 1 black servant
with 12 years to serve and books); FB, £3.16.3
before payment of legacy. LAND: ca. 2,000 acres
in Baltimore County.
TILDEN, JOHN (1725-1764). BORN: on July 1,
1725, in Shrewsbury Parish, Kent County; second
of three sons. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED:
in Kent County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
John Tilden (?-1746) of Kent County, son of
Charles Tilden (?-1699), who immigrated to Kent
County by 1677; justice, Kent County, 1685-1687,
1694; sheriff, Kent County, 1693; St. Paul's Par-
ish Vestry, 1693, 1696-1697; juror, Provincial
Court, 1698. MOTHER: Catherine, daughter of
William Blay (ca. 1681-1716). UNCLE: Marma-
duke Tilden (?-1726). AUNTS: Martha Tilden (?-
1723), who married in 1702 Edward Scott (?-1725);
Rachel Blay (1703-1746), who married first, in
1724, Edward Scott (?-1725). BROTHERS: Charles
(1723-?); William Blay. SISTERS: Mary (1727/28-
?); Catherine. FIRST COUSIN: Martha Tilden (?-
1766), who married Stephen Hyland (1744-1806).
MARRIED Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SON: John. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: parents were Anglicans, wife was a
Quaker. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent.,
by 1750. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: probably
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Kent County, 1757-1758 (Ac-
counts 1), 1758-1761. LOCAL OFFICE: justice, Kent
County, 1756-at least 1760 (quorum, 1760).
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: 1,042 acres, 2 lots in Georgetown, and 188
acres patented with Peregrine Brown (all in Kent
County). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired 233
acres in Kent County by purchase and patent,
1758-1761; sold 100 acres in Kent County, 1758-
1759. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between January
4 and February 23, 1764, in Kent County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY. TEV, £1,188.13.1 current
money, as calculated (including 15 slaves and 42
books); FB, estate overpaid £205.8.1. LAND: 1,175
acres, 2 lots in Georgetown, and 188 acres pat-
ented with Peregrine Brown (all in Kent County).
TILDEN, MARMADUKE (?-1726). NATIVE
second generation. RESIDED: in Kent County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Charles Tilden (?-
1699), who immigrated to Kent County by 1677;
justice, Kent County, 1685-1687, 1694; sheriff,
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