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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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BAR BIOGRAPHIES

bot County, appointed 1776; justice, Orphans'
Court, Talbot County, appointed 1778; judge, Sec-
ond Election District, Talbot County, appointed
1800. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, Thirty-eighth
Battalion, Talbot County Militia, by May 1776;
discharged from the Lower House for serving as a
field officer, February 12, 1777; captain, Oxford
Company, Thirty-eight Battalion, Talbot County
Militia, commissioned April 1778, still serving in
December 1779. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE IS-
SUES: manumitted twelve slaves, 1786; manumitted
nine slaves in his will, 1818. WEALTH DURING

LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 15 slaves, 1776;

assessed value £884.1.8, including 11 slaves and 20
oz. plate, 1783; assessed value £396.6.8, 1793; as-
sessed value £375.5.10, including 3 slaves, 1798;
assessed value £384.3.4, 1800; assessed value
£402.5.0, 1804; assessed value $1,265.00, 1813;
assessed value $811.00, 1817. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 208 acres in Talbot County (inherited
from stepfather, then resurveyed). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: purchased at least 777 acres in Tal-
bot, Caroline, and Queen Anne's counties between
1784 and 1816; sold 110 acres, partly in Queen
Anne's County and partly in Caroline County,
1793; listed in tax assessments as owning 558 acres
in Caroline County, 1798. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED on Wednesday, August 19, 1818, in Talbot
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least
$4,753.65, plus $1,200.13 debts owed to him (in-
cluding 5 slaves, 1 servant, 30 shares in the Farm-
ers Bank, 30 shares in the Bank of Caroline
County, and books). LAND: at least 892 acres in
Talbot and Caroline counties; possibly 558 addi-
tional acres in Caroline County.

BARBER, LUKE (?-1668). BORN: probably in
England. IMMIGRATED: in 1654/55 as a free adult
from England. RESIDED: in Newtown, St. Mary's
County. MARRIED Elizabeth, who subsequently
married in 1669 John Bloomfield (?-1692). CHIL-
DREN. SONS: Luke; Edward (?-1694); and Thomas.
DAUGHTERS Mary; Elizabeth, married Joshua
Guibert (?-1713); and Ann. PRIVATE CAREER. ED-
UCATION literate; probably well educated. RELI-
GIOUS AFFILIATION: almost certainly Protestant.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: arrived with
high status; apparently returned briefly to En-
gland in 1655; transported thirteen servants by
1659; usually called "Doctor." OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: servant in the household of Oliver Crom-
well prior to 1654/55; doctor; planter. PUBLIC

CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Upper House,
1658 (did not attend), 1659/60. OTHER PROVIN-

CIAL OFFICES: Council, 1656-1660; justice, Pro-
vincial Court, 1656-1660; deputy Governor, 1657-
1657/58. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES:
provided important testimony to Oliver Cromwell
in 1655 against the Parliamentary Commissioners
and was sympathetic to proprietary party; he was
rewarded with an appointment to Council. His
position on Fendall's Rebellion in 1659/60 is un-
clear because he left the Assembly before the ac-
tual overthrow of proprietary government, but
was not reappointed to the Council after the rebel-
lion. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 2,000 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
by November 1668. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
£196.6.4 sterling (including 82 books in English,
as well as 50 in Latin and 43 in French), plus his
will mentioned £200.0.0 in England; FB, £159.1.9.
LAND: 2,000 acres ("Micham Hall" and "Luke-
land").

BARNES, ABRAHAM (?-ca. 1778) IMMI-
GRATED: between 1740 and 1744 from Virginia.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: immigrated to Virginia
from England. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County.
MARRIED first, Mary Elizabeth (1715-1739),
daughter of Robert King (1689-1755); grand-
daughter of Robert King (?-1697); niece of Mary
King (1674-1744), who married first, Francis Jen-
kins (ca. 1650-1710), Eleanor King, who married
Charles Ballard (ca. 1670-ca. 1724/25), Sarah
Covington (1683-1755), who married first, Ed-
ward Lloyd (1670-1718/19), and second, James
Hollyday (1696-1747), and Elizabeth Covington,
who married Benjamin Wailes (?-ca. 1729). Her
brothers were Robert (?-1752); Nehemiah (?-
1766). Her first cousins were Robert Jenkins Henry
(ca. 1712-1766); John Henry (ca. 1714-1781); Ed-
ward Lloyd (1711-1770); Richard Lloyd (1717-
1786); James Hollyday (1722-1786); and Henry
Hollyday (ca. 1725-1789). Her nephew was
Thomas King (?-?). MARRIED second, by 1743
Elizabeth, daughter of John Rousby (1685-1744);
granddaughter of John Rousby (?-1685/86); half
niece of both Walter Smith (ca. 1693-1748) and
Barbara Smith (1693-1764), who married first,
Thomas Holdsworth (ca. 1692-1718), and second,
Benjamin Mackall (1675-1761). Her brother was
John (1728-1750/51). Her stepbrother was George
Plater (1695-1755). Her sisters were Anne (1721-
1769), who married Edward Lloyd (1711-1770);
Gertrude, who married Robert Jenkins Henry (ca.
1712-1766). Her half first cousins were Mary
Holdsworth (1713-?), who married Benson Bond
(1710-1750); Betty Holdsworth (1715-?), who
married James Height (?-1757); Benjamin Mack-
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