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1737; insolvent ca. 1739 when a large shipment of
his furs was taken by the French. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 3,727 acres in Baltimore, Prince
George's, and Frederick counties, plus one-
twentieth, or 25,000 acres, of a 500,000-acre grant
on the Ohio River that he received as a founder of
the Ohio Company in 1749. SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: sold 1,505 acres in Frederick and
Washington counties, 1760-1783; deeded as a gift
25,000 acres (his share of the Ohio Company) to
his son Daniel and his grandsons James and Mi-
chael in 1783. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: letters of
administration granted on April 26, 1788, to Mar-
garet Cresap, but will was not probated until Jan-
uary 21, 1790, in Allegany County. LAND: at least
1,210 acres in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylva-
nia.
CROMWELL, RICHARD (1749-1802). BORN
on December 30, 1749, in St. Thomas Parish,
Baltimore County; youngest son. NATIVE: fourth
generation. RESIDED: in Baltimore County; Wash-
ington County, ca. 1780. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Joseph Cromwell (1707-1769). MOTHER.
Comfort (1710-1787), daughter of John Dorsey
(ca. 1682-?) and wife Comfort Stimpson. UNCLE:
John Hammond Dorsey (1718-1774). BROTHERS:
Philomen (?-1767); Nathan (1731-1813), who
married Phoebe; Joseph (1741-1782), who married
Anne Orrick; and Stephen (1747-1783), a member
of the Baltimore County Committee of Observa-
tion and a major in the Gunpowder Upper Battal-
ion, Baltimore County. SISTERS: Ruth (1738-?),
who married Ezekiel Towson; Chloe (1746-1823),
who married Capt. John Cockey; and Comfort.
OTHER KINSHIP: his great-uncle was Richard Gist
(1683-1741). MARRIED on February 4, 1772, Ra-
chel (1748-1806), daughter of William Cockey and
wife Constance (Constant) Ashman; granddaugh-
ter of both John Cockey and wife Elizabeth Slade,
and John Ashman and wife Constance Wilmott.
CHILDREN. SONS: William (1773-1809); Oliver
(1775-1857), who died in St. Louis, Missouri;
Richard (1777-?), who married Susan McLaugh-
lin; Philomen (1780-1804); Nathan (1785-?), an
adjutant in the First Maryland Regiment during
the War of 1812; John Cockey (1787-?); Stephen
(1790-?); and Joseph Frederick (1792-?). DAUGH-
TERS: Constant (1782-1851); Chloe (1783-?). PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: Mr, 1788; Gent., 1791; Esq., 1794. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: farmer, 1775. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
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Washington County, 1786-1787, 1792, 1795,
1800, 1802. LOCAL OFFICES: Committee of Obser-
vation, Baltimore County, elected 1775; justice,
Baltimore County, 1777-1780 (moved residence),
Washington County, 1791-at least 1800. MILI-
TARY SERVICE: 1st lieutenant, Baltimore County
Militia, 1777; captain, 1780. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed value
£784.0.0, including 11 slaves and 1 oz. plate, 1783.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 1,811 acres in
Washington, Baltimore, and Anne Arundel
counties, plus 1 lot in Baltimore East Hundred,
Baltimore County (ca. 400 acres inherited from his
father; purchased 590 acres of confiscated British
property). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired by
purchase and patent 1,127 acres in Washington
County, 1791-1802. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on
December 25, 1802; buried in St. Anne's Church-
yard, Annapolis. His funeral was attended by
members of both houses of the legislature and a
"large concourse of respectable citizens....." PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £3,034.4.0 (including 12
slaves and more than 6 books); FB, £2,703.11.0.
LAND: probably ca. 2,938 acres in Washington,
Baltimore, and Anne Arundel counties.
CROOKE, ROBERT (?-1697) BORN: probably in
England. IMMIGRATED: by 1665 as an indentured
servant to Thomas Howell (?-1675). RESIDED: in
Cecil County. MARRIED never. CHILDREN. Died
without progeny. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
illiterate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: servant, 1665; a planter,
who also engaged in some mercantile activity.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Cecil County, 1692-1693 (elected to the
1st session to fill vacancy). LOCAL OFFICES: North
Sassafras Parish Vestry, Cecil County, 1693-1697;
justice, Cecil County, 1694-1697. MILITARY SER-
VICE: officer, 1696. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE
ISSUES: opposed the revolution of 1689. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION 4
tracts of unspecified acreage. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: will probated on June 9, 1697. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £414.7.0 sterling (including 1
slave and 6 servants); £176.2.6 in debts owed to
his estate. LAND: 4 tracts, 1 containing at least 100
acres.
CUMMING (COMMINGS, CUMMINGS),
WILLIAM (ca. 1696-1752). BORN: ca. 1696. IM-
MIGRATED: arrested ca. 1716 as a Jacobite rebel in
Lancaster, Great Britain, and transported to
Maryland on the ship Friendship from Belfast, Ire-
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