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Observation, Baltimore County, in office 1774 and
1775; justice, Baltimore County,' 1774-1794; St.
Thomas Parish Vestry, Baltimore County, 1775-
1789. MILITARY SERVICE: major, Second Mary-
land Battalion, Flying Camp, July to December
1776. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: assessed value £763.10.0, including 7
slaves and 43 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 349 acres in Baltimore County (inher-
ited from his father in 1770). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: from 1786 through the 1790s Cra-
dock was heavily in debt and was finally forced to
mortgage his main estate of 338 acres in Baltimore
County shortly before his death to secure a debt of
£2,400 current money. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
on October 4, 1794, in Baltimore County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £770.18.10 current
money (including 7 slaves); FB, estate overpaid
£26.2.2. LAND: ca. 400 acres in Baltimore County
(338 acres of which were mortgaged).
CRAIK, WILLIAM (1761-?). BORN: on October
3, 1761, near Port Tobacco, Charles County;
probably only son. NATIVE: second generation.
RESIDED: in Charles County; Baltimore County;
Frederick County, 1793. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Dr. James Craik (1731-1814), graduated
from the University of Edinburgh; emigrated from
Scotland; accompanied George Washington on an
expedition against the French and Indians in 1754,
and was with Edward Braddock in 1755. He was
director-general of the hospital at the seige of
Yorktown in 1781. After the Revolution he was
invited by Washington to settle near Mount Ver-
non. Craik served as Washington's physician; he
died in Fairfax County, Virginia, on February 6,
1814. MOTHER: Marianne Ewell (1739-1815), orig-
inally from Prince William County, Virginia. MAR-
RIED on November 9, 1 796, in Allegany County to
Hannah Hall. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION liter-
ate, attended Delamere (Delameve?) school in
Frederick County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Esq., 1790. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: lawyer,
practiced in Port Tobacco, Charles County, and
Leonardtown, St. Mary's County. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Charles County, 1789 (Elections), 1790, 1791-
1792. OTHER STATE OFFICES: Constitution Ratifi-
cation Convention, Charles County, 1788; chief
justice, Fifth Judicial District of Maryland, 1793-
1796, 1801-1802. OUT OF STATE SERVICE: repre-
sentative, U.S. Congress, 1796-1797 (elected to fill
vacancy; seated on December 5, 1796), 1797-1799,
1799-1801. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
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SONAL PROPERTY: owned 23 slaves, 1790. SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: patented and purchased 264
acres in Charles County, 1793 and 1796. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: prior to 1814; size of estate un-
known.
CRAMPHIN (CRAMPPIN), THOMAS, JR.
(ca. 1740-ca. 1831). BORN: on January 26, ca.
1740, in Prince George's Parish, Prince George's
County; eldest son. NATIVE: at least third genera-
tion. RESIDED: at the "Hermitage," Lower Dis-
trict, Frederick County (later became part of
Montgomery County). FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Thomas Cramphin, Sr. (1715-1783), son
of Henry Cramphin (?-1746), of Prince George's
County, an innkeeper. MOTHER: Mary Jackson.
STEPMOTHER: Elizabeth Pottinger, widow of John
Bowie, Jr. SISTER: Ruth (1742-?), who married in
1776 her stepbrother Allen Bowie, Jr. (1737-1803).
HALF BROTHERS: Basil; Robert; and Richard Pot-
tinger (1760-1806), of Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, never married. STEPBROTHERS:
Allen Bowie, Jr. (1737-1803); James Bowie; and
John Bowie (1744-?), who married Margaret Dal-
las. MARRIED never. CHILDREN. Died without
progeny. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Conventions, Frederick County,
1st, 1774, 4th, 1775, 5th, 1775; Lower House,
Montgomery County, 1778-1779, 1779-1780
(Claims 1-3), 1780-1781 (Claims 1, 2), 1784,
1785, 1788. OTHER STATE OFFICE: Constitution
Ratification Convention, Montgomery County,
1788. LOCAL OFFICES: Committee of Observation,
Frederick County, elected 1774 and 1775; justice,
Montgomery County, commissioned 1777; com-
missioner of tax, Montgomery County, commis-
sioned 1783, in office 1792-at least 1798; Prince
George's Parish Vestry, Montgomery County, by
1790-1792, 1792-at least 1796; justice, Orphans'
Court, Montgomery County, commissioned 1791,
1794, and 1797. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE IS-
SUES: attended the protest meeting at Hungerford
Tavern, Rockville, Montgomery County, on June
11, 1774, which denounced Great Britain and rec-
ommended breaking off all commerce with the
mother country. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £2,097.0.0, in-
cluding 30 slaves, 1783; assessed value
£10,521.0.0, including 104 slaves, 1813; assessed
value £11,069.3.0, including 155 slaves, 1820; as-
sessed value in the 4th district only, $4,565.33 in-
cluding 48 slaves and 56 oz, plate, 1826; assessed
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