3. John Leeds of Talbot County (Prot.), entered office 7 March 1754
(Ibid., b. 816, r. 1061); served to end of colonial period (Md. Hist. Mag.,
XXVII, 239); died in 1790.

d. Riding Surveyors.

1) Riding Surveyor of Bohemia Sassafras.

1. Daniel Pearce of Cecil County (Prot.), com. by Governor, 5 March
1695/6 (AM, XX, 389); commission vacated, 30 Dec. 1697 (AM, XXIII, 356).

2. William Wyvill of Cecil County (Prot.), com. by Edward Rudolph,
24 Dec. 1697 (AM, XXIII, 356); died 5 Aug. 1702.

3. William Dyer of ---- County (Prot.), com. by Pres. Tench, 12 Oct.
1702 (AM, XXV, 130); transferred to office of Surveyor and Searcher of Dela-
ware Bay, 10 May 1704 (Audit Office, b. 779, r. 943).

4. Capt. Thomas Seymour (Prot., brother of Gov. John Seymour), succeeded

Dyer, 10 May 1704; transferred to Collectorship of North Potomac at Christmas,
1705 (Ibid., b. 778, r. 940; b. 779, r, 946).

5. Thomas Wood of Cecil County (Prot.), succeeded Seymour at Christmas,
1705 (Ibid., b. 779, r. 946).

6. Stephen Knight of Cecil County (Prot.), entered office 15 March 1706/7
(Ibid., b. 780, r. 949); resigned in December, 1743; died in 1744/5.

7. Col. Benjamin Tasker, Jr. of Annapolis (Prot.), succeeded Knight at
Christmas, 1743 (Ibid., b. 810, r. 1049, 1050); died 17 Oct. 1760.

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