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Sarah (1721-?). Her half sisters were Mary Hold-
sworth (1713-?), who married Benson Bond (1710-
1750); Betty Holdsworth (1715-?), who married
James Height (?-1757). Her first cousin was James
John Mackall (1717-1772). OTHER KINSHIP: Bar-
bara was the great-granddaughter of both Richard
Smith (?-ca. 1690) and Henry Morgan (ca. 1616-
1663), and the great-niece of Walter Smith (?-
1711). Her second cousins were Lucy Smith (1688-
1770), who married Thomas Brooke (1683-1744);
Eleanor Smith (1690-1761), who married Thomas
Addison (1679-1727); and Rebecca Smith (1696-
1737), who married Daniel Dulany (1685-1753).
CHILDREN. SON: William Mackall Wilkinson (1751 -
1799). DAUGHTERS Ann; Susanna; Sarah; and
Mary. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, All Faith Parish,
St. Mary's County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Gent., by 1755. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
probably planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, Charles County, 1742-
1744 (Elections 1), 1745, 1745/46-1748. LOCAL
OFFICES: justice, Charles County, 1732-1739;
churchwarden, All Faith Parish, St. Mary's County,
1734; All Faith Parish Vestry, St. Mary's County,
1737. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: at least 250 acres in Charles County
(150 acres inherited from his grandfather, 100
acres by purchase). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased
ca. 2,100 acres in Prince George's and Charles
counties, 1742-1743. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
between September 29, 1754, and April 24, 1755.
PERSONAL PROPERTY TEV, at least £1,228.14.4
current money (including 24 slaves, books, a water
mill, and plate). LAND: ca. 2,300 acres in Charles
and Prince George's counties.
WILKINSON, WILLIAM MACKALL (1751-
1799). BORN: on September 13, 1751. NATIVE:
fourth generation. RESIDED: in Benedict Hundred,
Charles County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
William Wilkinson (?-1755). MOTHER: Barbara
(1722-1757), daughter of Benjamin Mackall (1675-
1761) and wife Barbara Smith (1693-1764). Bar-
bara Smith married first, Thomas Holdsworth (ca.
1692-1718). UNCLE: Benjamin Mackall, Jr. (ca.
1723-1795). AUNT: Susannah Wilkinson (?-1774),
who married John Addison (1713-1764). HALF
AUNTS: Mary Holdsworth (1713-?), who married
Benson Bond (1710-1750); Betty Holdsworth
(1715-?), who married James Heighe (?- 1757).
OTHER KINSHIP: great-grandfather, Walter Smith
(?-1711). MARRIED on February 24, 1774, Ann
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Herbert Dent (1756-1813), daughter of John Dent,
of George (ca. 1733-1809) and wife Sarah Mar-
shall (1735-1795). Ann was the granddaughter
of George Dent (1690-1754). She was the niece
of George Dent (?-1785); Elizabeth Dent, who
married second, Richard Harrison (?-1780); Re-
becca Dent (1735-1770), who married Thomas
Hanson Marshall (1731-1801); and Thomas Han-
son Marshall (1731-1801). Her brothers were
George Dent (ca. 1758-1813); Thomas M. (1761-
1823). Her sister was Elizabeth (1754-died young).
ADDITIONAL COMMENT: Ann resided in Adams
County, Mississippi, at death. CHILDREN. SONS:
George Francis; William. DAUGHTERS: Jane;
Barbara, and Sarah. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: parents
were Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., by 1778; Esq., by 1786. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE. Lower House, Charles County, 1782-
1783. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, Lower Battal-
ion, Prince George's County Militia, 1777. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed
value £828.0.0, including 14 slaves and 12 oz.
plate, 1783; 29 slaves, 1790; 30 slaves, 1798. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,813 acres in Charles and
Prince George's counties (1,313 acres inherited
from his father, 500 acres by purchase). ADDI-
TIONAL COMMENT: At age nineteen, William ap-
plied to have his guardianship changed from his
uncle, Benjamin Mackall, Jr. (ca. 1723-1795), to
Thomas Truman. Mackall then paid £209.0.0 to
William as fourteen years' profits from 1,313 acres,
William's inheritance from his father that had been
administered by Mackall. This sum was less than
William thought was due him, and the court agreed.
In 1790 the court ordered Mackall to pay a final
judgment of £1,624.4.9 to his nephew. SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: purchased 130 acres in Charles
County, 1784; mortgaged 1,592 acres in Charles
County to pay his debts, 1790; sold 348 acres in
Prince George's County, 1784, and 646 acres in
Charles County, 1798; owned 948 acres in Charles
County in 1798. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on March
12, 1799; will probated in Charles County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY. TEV, £2,110.19.6 current
money (including 31 slaves and a water mill); FB,
estate overpaid £753.1.0. LAND: 948 acres in
Charles County.
WILLAN, RICHARD (ca. 1622-1663). BORN. ca.
1622, probably in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1638,
probably as a free adult. RESIDED: in St. Mary's
890
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