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thirty slaves to be set free after various terms of
service, 1788. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY assessed value £1,081.6.8, in-
cluding 25 slaves and 86 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 1,736 acres in Talbot and Caro-
line counties (1,636 acres inherited from his fam-
ily; 100 acres by purchase). WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: between March 3 and July 18, 1788, in Tal-
bot County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£1,710.2.1 current money (including 29 slaves,
probably the same ones who were manumitted
after various terms of service in 1788, 84 oz. plate,
and books); FB, £552.16.2. LAND: 1,736 acres in
Talbot and Caroline counties.
BISHOP, HENRY (?-by 1644/45). BORN: proba-
bly in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1634 as an inden-
tured servant. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: illiterate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION, probably a Catholic; close associa-
tion with the Jesuits. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
servant, free writ 1637/38; planter; partner with
Simon Demibiel, 1640. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLA-
TIVE SERVICE: Assembly, Mattapanient Hundred,
St. Mary's County, 1638/39, present 1641/42,
Mattapanient Hundred, St. Mary's County,
1642 A. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: by 1644/45;
size of estate unknown.
BISHOP, SMITH (?-1783). BORN: of age by
1771. RESIDED: in Acquango Hundred, Worcester
County. MARRIED ca. 1771 Hannah (?-1807),
daughter of James Stewart (?-1763). CHILDREN.
DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth; Esther; and Sarah. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION literate. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: physician. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Conventions, Worcester
County, 3rd, 1774, 6th-8th, 1775-1776 (did not
attend the 7th Convention), 9th, 1776 (election
voided on August 15, 1776, because voter qualifi-
cations had not been ascertained as prescribed by
the 8th Convention resolves; reelected and seated);
Lower House, Worcester County, 1777. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 9 slaves,
1771. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,060 acres in
Worcester County (wife's dower), and 1 lot in
Snow Hill, Worcester County. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED administration bond taken, August
1783 in Worcester County. PERSONAL PROPERTY
TEV, at least £947.18.9 current money (including
15 slaves). LAND 1,060 acres in Worcester
County, and one and one-third lots in Snow Hill,
Worcester County.
BISHOP, WILLIAM (?-1685). BORN: probably
in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1663 as a free adult.
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RESIDED: in Kent County; Talbot County, after
1675. FAMILY BACKGROUND. BROTHERS: Richard;
John. SISTER: Joan, who married Gregory Salter.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent, on arrival. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: planter; merchant. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Kent County, 1671-1674/75. LOCAL OFFICES: jus-
tice, Kent County, 1669-1670, Talbot County,
1675/76-1685. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION. 200 acres by 1672. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on May 9, 1685.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £478.3.9 sterling,
plus 74,068 pounds of tobacco (including 14 ser-
vants). LAND: over 1,400 acres.
BLACKISTON (BLAKISTON, BLACKI-
STONE, BLAKISTONE), EBENEZER (ca.
1684-ca. 1746/47). BORN: ca. 1684; elder son. NA-
TIVE: probably second generation. RESIDED: in
Kent County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Ebenezer Blakiston (ca. 1650-1709), probably im-
migrated in 1668 with his father, George Blakiston
(?-1669); militia captain in 1689; justice of Cecil
County in 1691, 1697-1698, and 1702; sheriff of
Cecil County in 1691; Protestant. MOTHER:
Elizabeth James. BROTHER: William Blackiston (?-
1737). SISTER: Anna Blakiston. OTHER KINSHIP:
his second cousin was Nehemiah Blakiston (?-
1693); his third cousin was Nathaniel Blakiston
(ca. 1663-1722). MARRIED by 1712/13 Sarah,
daughter of Thomas Joce (?-1712/13). She subse-
quently married John Garrett. Her brothers were
Nicholas (?-1734); Thomas. CHILDREN. DAUGH-
TER: Rosamond, who married by 1748 William
Wilmer. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION, literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Paul's Par-
ish, Kent County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Gent., 1720. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Kent County, 1724 (elected to the
3rd session to fill vacancy), 1727 (elected to the
4th session to fill vacancy), 1728-1731, 1732-
1734. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Kent County,
1733-at least 1744; justice, Court of Oyer and
Terminer and Gaol Delivery, Kent County, com-
missioned 1740; coroner, Kent County, appointed
1740. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 1724; major,
1745. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION 775 acres in Kent County. SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased 1 lot in Ches-
tertown, Kent County, 1730-1735; assumed the
administration of 550 acres in Kent County as
guardian for his nephew Pascoa Joce from 1734 to
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