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LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY inherited ca.
£300 from his father and £250 from his brother;
received £80 through his marriage. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: probably ca. 300 acres, inherited
from father. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: by April 3,
1730. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £779.15.7 cur-
rent money (including 9 slaves, 2 servants, and 34
books); FB, £693.15.10. LAND: at least 250-300
acres.
COLEGATE, RICHARD (?-ca. 1721/22). BORN
in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1697 as a free adult,
probably from London, England. RESIDED: in
Baltimore County. MARRIED by 1707 Rebecca,
possibly the daughter of William Harbert(?-1718)
and wife Elinor Pattison (?-1743). She subse-
quently married in 1722 James Powell. CHILDREN.
SONS: Richard; John; Thomas, who married Cas-
sandra Cockey Deye (?-by 1777), sister of Thomas
Cockey Deye (ca. 1728-1807); and Benjamin.
DAUGHTERS: Temperance; Prudence, who married
John Talbott; and Patience, who married William
Buckner. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1710; Gent., by
1715. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: his children were
all minors when he died; his sons held no known
provincial offices. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: factor
for Thomas Yoakley & Pettett, London mer-
chants, 1697; merchant, 1701-1721/22; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Baltimore County, 1707 (elected to the 5th
session), 1708A (Elections and Privileges), 1708B-
1711, 1712-1714 (election voided for the 1st ses-
sion; reelected to the 2nd session; Laws 1, 3, 4),
1715 (Laws), 1716-1718 (Laws 1-3), 1719-1721
(Elections and Privileges 1-4; Aggrievances 1;
Laws 2, 3; died before the 5th session). LOCAL
OFFICES: justice, Baltimore County, by 1703-
1721/22; deputy commissary, Baltimore County,
1713; land commissioner, Baltimore County, ap-
pointed 1718. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by
1706; major, 1716; colonel at death. WEALTH DUR-
ING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: Over
1,300 acres; over 2,500 acres by 1715. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated on February 16,
1721/22. PERSONAL PROPERTY TEV, £3,792.17.8
(including 18 slaves); FB, £1,195.13.11. LAND:
over 5,000 acres.
COLLINS, SAMUEL (ca. 1647-1707/8). BORN:
ca. 1647. IMMIGRATED: in 1678 as a free adult.
RESIDED: in Pocomoke Hundred, Somerset
County. MARRIED first, in 1680 Margaret Hodson.
MARRIED second, Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SONS:
Samuel (1683/84-ca. 1713/14), who married
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Katherine; John (1689-ca. 1708/9), who married
Mary. DAUGHTERS: Sarah (1681-?), who married
(first name unknown) Clifton; Anne (1687-ca.
1713/14), who married (first name unknown)
Adams; and Mary (1692-1713). PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: held
no known offices except one term as a burgess; his
sons held no known offices. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: bricklayer; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Somerset County,
1697/98-1700. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will
probated on March 9, 1707/8. LAND: 1,023 acres,
plus 2 tracts of unspecified acreage.
COLVILL (COLVIL), THOMAS (ca. 1688-
1766). BORN: ca. 1688. IMMIGRATED: after 1708
from London, England. RESIDED: in Cecil County
until ca. 1755; Fairfax County, Virginia, 1755-
1766. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Richard
Colvill, Esq. (1665-?), of London, England, a
member of the Inner Temple. MOTHER: Frances
(1680-?), daughter of Thomas Carter (1634-ca.
1688), alderman of York, England. BROTHER:
John (?-1755), of Fairfax County, Virginia, who
was in considerable debt to his brother Thomas at
the time of his death. MARRIED Frances. CHIL-
DREN. Probably died without progeny. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., 1737. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant;
owned a storehouse in Shrewsbury Parish, Kent
County, 1730. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SER-
VICE: Lower House, Cecil County, 1738 (Bills of
Credit), 1739-1741 (Bills of Credit Cv-3; Laws 1-
3), 1742-1744 (Bills of Credit 1, 2; Laws 1, 2),
1745 (Bills of Credit; Laws), 1750-1751 (elected to
the 2nd session to fill vacancy; Bills of Credit 2,
3). LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Cecil County, 1730-at
least 1751 (quorum, 1732-at least 1751); justice,
Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery,
Cecil County, commissioned 1742, 1749, 1750,
and 1752. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by 1730;
colonel, by 1739. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 290 acres in Cecil
County. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: leased an
additional 400 acres in Cecil County, 1744.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: ca. October 1766 at
"Clish," near Alexandria, Virginia; size of estate
unknown. George Washington (1731/32-1799)
was named as one of the executors of his estate,
which was not settled until 1793.
COMEGYS, CORNELIUS (ca. 1758-1817).
BORN: ca. 1758. NATIVE: probably fourth genera-
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