Samuel Hanson (1716-1794)
MSA SC 3520-590
Biography:
BORN: on December 20, 1716, in Port Tobacco Parish, Charles County;
second son.
NATIVE: third generation.
RESIDED: at "Green Hill," Port Tobacco Upper Hundred, Charles County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND
FATHER. Samuel
Hanson (ca. 1685-1740).
MOTHER: Elizabeth (ca. 1688-1764), widow of Benjamin Warren (?-1706);
daughter of Walter Storey (ca. 1666-1726).
UNCLE: Robert Hanson (ca. 1680-1748).
BROTHERS: Walter Hanson (1711/12-1794); William (1718/19-1721); John
Hanson, Jr. (1721-1783); and William (1726-?).
SISTERS: Elizabeth (1707-?); Mary (1709/10-?); Sarah (1714-?); Jane
(1721/22-?); Charity (1724-?), who married second, Arthur Lee (?-1760);
and Chloe.
FIRST COUSINS: Dorothy Hanson (1721-1752), who married Richard Harrison
(?-1780); Mary Hanson, who married Daniel Jenifer (?-1795).
NEPHEW: Alexander
Contee Hanson (1749-1806).
NIECE Jane (1747-1781), who married Philip Thomas (1747-1815).
MARRIED first, Anne, daughter of Thomas Hawkins and wife Sarah.
MARRIED second, wife Anne Brown (1732-ca. 1800), daughter of Dr. Gustavus
Brown (1689-1762) and his first wife Frances Fowke (1690/91-1744). She
was the stepdaughter of Margaret Black Boyd. She was the granddaughter
of Gerard Fowke (1662/63-1734/35). Her brothers were Gustavus (1711-1712);
Gustavus
(1722-1722); Richard (1725-?), who married first, Helen Bailey, second,
(first name unknown) Key, and third, (first name unknown) Hawkins; and
Gustavus Richard (1727-1727). Her half brother was Dr. Gustavus Richard
(1747-1804). Her sisters were Frances (1713-?), who married Rev. John Moncure;
Sarah (1715-?), who married Rev. John Scott; Mary (1717-1801), who married
first, Matthew Hopkins, and second, Henry Threlkeld; Elizabeth (1723-?),
who married Dr. Michael Wallace; Jean (1728-1784), who married Rev. Isaac
Campbell; and Cecilia (1730/31-ca. 1797), who married first, Dr. John Key
(?-1755), and
second, Thomas Bond (?-ca. 1797). Her half sister was Margaret (1749/50-1787),
who married Thomas Stone (1743-1787). Her nephew was Gustavus Scott (1753-1800).
CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas Hawkins (1750-1810), who married Rebecca, daughter
of Walter Dulany (?-1773); Samuel
Hanson, of Samuel (ca. 1752-
1830).
DAUGHTERS: Chloe (ca. 1743-?), who married George Lee (ca. 1736-?); Mildred
(ca. 1746-by 1796), who married William Baker (ca. 1749-
1812); Sarah Hawkins (1750-1822), who married Dr. William Beans (1748/49-1828);
Nancy, who married John Addison, son of John Addison (1713-1764); Eleanor
(?-1796), who married Henry Henley Chapman (?-1821); Anne, who married
Nicholas Lingan; and Elizabeth, who married John Anderson. STEPSONS Samuel
Clagett; Gustavus Brown Horner; William Horner (ca. 1765-?); and John Horner.
PRIVATE CAREER
EDUCATION: literate.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1744; Gent., by 1746; Esq., by
1783.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant, by 1764; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Conventions, Charles County, 2nd, 1774, 4th 1775
(elected, but did not attend), 5th, 1775 (elected, but did not attend);
Lower House, Charles County, 1778-1779 (Elections 2; Laws to Expire 3),
1779-1780 (Manufactories 1); 1780-1781 (elected to the 1st session to fill
vacancy; Grievances 1; resigned on May 25, 1781).
LOCAL OFFICES sheriff, Charles County, 1744-47, 1749-1750; justice,
Charles County, 1755-at least 1778 (quorum, 1769-at least 1778); justice,
Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, Charles County, commissioned
1772; justice, Orphans' court, Charles County, commissioned 1777 and 1778;
judge,
court of appeals, appointed under the Act to Procure Troops for the
American Army, Charles County, appointed 1778; subscription officer, Continental
Loan Office, Charles County, appointed 1779.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: provided for the care, schooling,
and manumission of his slaves in his will.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £1,321.0.0, including 25 slaves
and 69 oz. plate, 1783.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 5,225 acres in Charles and Frederick counties
(ca. 370 acres inherited from his father).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: gave
at least 283 acres in Charles County to his son Thomas in 1776, and 1,770
acres in Charles County to his son Samuel Hanson, of Samuel (ca.1752-1830)
between 1776 and 1779. Hanson purchased approximately 227 acres in Charles
County and sold 423 acres in Charles County. He apparently also divested
himself of his land in Frederick and Montgomery counties prior to his death.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on November 25, 1794, in Charles
County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY TEV, £3,498.8.5 current money (including 26
slaves); FB, £439.1.8.
LAND: 2,005 acres in Charles County.
IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS.
The legislative service and officeholding attributed to Samuel Hanson
(1716-1794) was the result of an analysis of records pertaining to the
six men of that name living in Charles County during the period 1774-1784.
However, these conclusions cannot be positively verified. See also the
profiles of Samuel
Hanson, Jr. (?-1817) and Samuel
Hanson, of Samuel (ca. 1752-1830).
[Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. 2 Vols. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979, 1985), 407-8, 945.]
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