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brothers were Richard Hopewell (?-ca. 1745);
Francis; Hugh; and Joseph. MARRIED second, Eli-
nor (Eleanor), who subsequently married Robert
Watts. CHILDREN. SONS: George; John. ADDI-
TIONAL COMMENTS: His wife was pregnant when
Aisquith made his will in December 1760. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITES: Mr., 1729. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
probably a planter; probably engaged in mercan-
tile activities, because his inventory mentioned
"goods in the store" and he and his brother
George patented a 4-acre tract called "Thomas &
George & Company." His father was also a mer-
chant. Officeholder. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1738,
1739-1741. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, St. Mary's
County, 1723-1761 (quorum, 1736-1761); deputy
commissary, St. Mary's County, 1724-1761; All
Faith's Parish Vestry, St. Mary's County, elected
1729. MILITARY SERVICE, called colonel, by 1760.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 750 acres in St. Mary's County (at least
200 acres inherited from his father). WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated on March 5, 1761, in
St. Mary's County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£1,911.7.11 (including 26 slaves, 1 servant, 64 oz.
17 dwt. 15 gr. plate, and books); FB, £1,888.1.7.
LAND: 733 acres in St. Mary's County.
AISQUITH, WILLIAM (?-1719). IMMIGRATED:
by 1677 as a free adult. RESIDED: in St. Mary's
County. MARRIED Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SONS
Thomas Aisquith (?-1761); William (?-ca. 1741),
who married Susannah; and George. DAUGHTER:
Elizabeth. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: in the province twelve years
before obtaining his first minor office; Gent., by
1693. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, St. Mary's County, 1704-1707 (Elections
and Privileges 4). LOCAL OFFICES: common coun-
cilman, St. Mary's City, 1689, 1694; justice, St.
Mary's County, 1693-1696, 1708-1710; clerk, St.
Mary's County, 1698-1705; deputy commissary,
St. Mary's County, 1705-1710. MILITARY SER-
VICE lieutenant, 1691; major, 1704-1706; lieuten-
ant colonel, 1706-1708; colonel, 1708. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION:
700-900 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: by June
8, 1719. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £314.17.6;
FB, £205.1.2. LAND: 700-900 acres.
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ALEXANDER, AMOS (1729-1780). BORN: in
1729 in Cecil County. NATIVE: third generation.
RESIDED: in Cecil County. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: James Alexander (1693-1779), a yeoman,
son ol Joseph Alexander and wife Abigail
McKnitt. MOTHER: Margaret (?-by 1745), a
cousin of her husband, daughter of John McKnitt.
STEPMOTHER. Abigail. BROTHERS: Theophilus
(1714-1768), a blacksmith who married Catherine;
Hezekiah (1728-1801), who moved to North Car-
olina, studied law, and married Mary Sample
(Temple); Josiah; Ezekial; and John McKnitt
(1733-1817), who moved to North Carolina, be-
came a tailor and surveyor, and married ca. 1760
Jane Bane. SISTERS: Jemima, who married (first
name unknown) Sharp; Elizabeth, who married
(first name unknown) Semple; Abigail, who mar-
ried (first name unknown) Bradley; and Margaret,
who married (first name unknown) McCoy. MAR-
RIED Sarah Sharp. CHILDREN. SONS: Walter (?-by
1779), who married Priscilla; James; Amos; and
Mark. DAUGHTERS: Rachel; Ruth; Mary, who
married John Evans, son of Robert Evans, owner
of the rolling mill on Big Elk Creek, Cecil County;
Dorea; Sarah; and Margaret. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Presbyterian, elder of Rock Church, Cecil County.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., 1779. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: cooper, 1768; mill owner.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Cecil County, 1777-1778. LOCAL OFFICE:
justice, Cecil County, commissioned 1774, 1777,
and 1778. MILITARY SERVICE: a colonel during the
Revolution in the Continental service in John Pat-
terson's Brigade of Wagons under the direction of
Col. Francis Wade, Esq.; deputy quartermaster
general, Delaware, from November 29, 1779, to at
least February 1780. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 110 acres in Cecil
County. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between Feb-
ruary 16 and May 1, 1780, of wounds received in
the war; buried at Head of Christiana Creek, Dela-
ware. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,735.2.0 cur-
rent money (including 5 slaves, books, and mills);
FB, £1,212.17.10. LAND: at least 110 acres in Cecil
County. His wife was charged with 247 acres in
Cecil County on the 1783 tax assessment.
ALEXANDER, MARK (?-by 1797). BORN: by
1731 in Cecil County; fifth son. NATIVE: at least
third generation. RESIDED: in Baltimore Town, by
1756; lived with his sister Mary Cox in Baltimore
Town from ca. 1770 to 1790. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Moses Alexander (?-1762), of
Cecil County. BROTHERS: Nathaniel; Abraham;
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