11. Thomas Sim Lee (Prot., wife of Cath,; son of Thomas Lee and nephew of
Joseph Sim), gave bond 24 March 1767; succeeded about January, 1777 by John
Reade Magruder, who had married his cousin, Jane Contee, daughter of Alexander
Contee. Lee was subsequently twice Governor of Maryland; he died 9 Nov. 1819,

1. Clerk of Queen Anne's County, 1706.

1. Evan Thomas, entered office prior to 1 July 1707; resigned about June,

1714, and died the following year.

2. James Knowles, succeeded Thomas prior to 22 June 1714; gave bond 4

Dec. 1716; resigned in June, 1728, and died in 1729/30.

3. *Col. Richard Tilghman III (Prot;, wife's mother Cath.), gave bond

26 June 1728, resigned in favor of his son, November, 1763; died 9 Sept. 1766.

4. *Col. Richard Tilghman IV, gave bond 22 Nov. 1763; succeeded by Solomon

Wright in November, 1777. Tilghman died in 1810.

m. Clerk of Worcester County, 1742.

1. Robert King III, gave bond 8 June 1743; died in April, 1752.

2. Henry Johnson, gave bond 6 June 1752; succeeded in April, 1777, by

Robert Dennis, as Clerk pro tem, who in June gave place to John Done.

n. Clerk of Frederick County, 1748.

1. *John Darnall (Prot. convert; wife and family Cath.), appointed just

before 14 Dec. 1748; died 29 Jan. 1768.

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