John Hatch (ca. 1614-1681)
MSA SC 3520-616

Biography:

BORN: ca. 1614, probably in England. 
IMMIGRATED: in 1637 as an indentured servant to Cloberry & Company. 
RESIDED in Kent County; St. Mary's County, by1641; Charles County, by 1658. 
MARRIED Alice.
CHILDREN. 
DAUGHTERS: Mary, who married Josias Fendall (?-by 1688); Mary, who married John Dent (?-1712), probably a nephew of Thomas Dent (ca. 1630-1676). 

PRIVATE CAREER. 
EDUCATION literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: servant to Cloberry & Company, 1637; farm laborer, 1642; often an attorney in the Provincial Court, 1644/45-?; planter. 

PUBLIC CAREER. 
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, present, 1647/48 (Defense); Lower House, St. George's Hundred, St. Mary's County, 1650-1650/51 (Laws 1; Accounts 1); Parliamentary Commission, 1654-1657/58; Assembly, Potomac (St. Mary's County), 1654; Lower House, Charles County, 1658, 1659/60.
OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES, justice, Provincial Court, 1654-1657/58; Council, 1660.
LOCAL OFFICES: sheriff, St. Mary's County, 1646-1648; justice, Charles County, 1658-1660.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES:  supported the rebellion led by his son-in-law Josias Fendall (?-by 1688) in 1659/60; in 1660/61 he was fined, bonded, and ordered to leave the province within one year for his role in rebellion, but the sentence of banishment was remitted in November 1661; held no offices thereafter.

WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. 
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 450 acres. 

WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: in 1681. LAND: ca. 450 acres.

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