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EDMONDSON (EDMUNDSON, EDMON-
STON, EDMONSON), JOHN (1692-1743).
BORN: in December 1692, probably in Talbot
County; probably eldest son. NATIVE: third gener-
ation. RESIDED, in Talbot County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: James Edmondson (1670-
1702), son of John Edmundson (?-1697/98). STEP-
FATHER: Jacob Loockerman, Gent. (1678-1731),
of Talbot County; son of Jacob Lockerman (1652-
1730). MOTHER: Magdalen (1679-1739), daughter
of John Stevens (?-1692). UNCLE: Thomas Ed-
mondson (?-ca. 1721/22). BROTHERS: James (?-by
1731); William, who married Susanna Blaney,
stepdaughter of William Clayton (ca. 1682-
1728/29). SISTER: Sarah, who married in 1718
Howell Powell. FIRST COUSIN: Sarah Stevens, who
married Thomas Woolford (ca. 1699-ca. 1750/51).
MARRIED by 1718 Margaret (?-by 1729), daughter
of Tobias Pollard (ca. 1669-1749); granddaughter
of John Pollard (?-1702); niece of Hager Robson,
who married John Meekins(ca. 1674-1734). MAR-
RIED second, by 1730 Margaret (?-by 1767),
daughter of Capt. William Finney (?-ca. 1723) and
wife Rachel Clayton (?-1749); granddaughter of
William Finney (ca. 1637-1696); niece of William
Clayton (ca. 1682-1728/29), Solomon Clayton
(1685-1739), and Alice Clayton, who married Ed-
ward Wright (?-1740/41). Margaret Finney Ed-
mondson subsequently married by 1762 William
Thomas (1705- 1767). Her brothers were William;
Vincent. Her sister was Katherine, who married
Dr. John Jackson. CHILDREN. SONS: Pollard Ed-
mondson (ca. 1718-1794); John; James (?-by
1747), who married Ann; and Samuel (?-1751).
DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth, who married Hugh Hope-
well; Rachel, who married William Hanson, of
Talbot County, a merchant. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: An-
glican, St. Peter's Parish, Talbot County. His par-
ents were Quakers. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Gent., 1729. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Talbot County, 1728-1731, 1732-
1734, 1734/35-1737. LOCAL OFFICE: St. Peter's
Parish Vestry, Talbot County, in office 1724,
1729-1732. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 2,524 acres in Talbot and Dor-
chester counties (2,356 acres inherited from his
father; 168 acres by patent). WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: in July 1743 in Talbot County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £1,112.6.11 current money (in-
cluding 13 slaves, 4 servants, and books); FB,
£316.4.11. LAND: at least 2,340 acres in Talbot
County.
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EDMONDSON (EDMUNDSON, EDMUN-
SON), PETER (ca. 1753-1819). BORN: ca. 1753,
probably in Dorchester County; possibly only son.
NATIVE: fourth generation. RESIDED: in Great
Choptank Hundred, Caroline County, 1778; Tal-
bot County, 1795. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER: Peter Sharpe Edmondson (1702-after 1784),
son of William Edmondson (1677-1702), a mer-
chant, and wife Sarah Sharpe (?-1702). OTHER
KINSHIP: his great-grandfather was John Edmund-
son (?-1697/98). MARRIED on May 5, 1791,
Elizabeth (by 1777-?), daughter of Matthew Driver
(1740-1798); stepdaughter of Esther Casson; step-
granddaughter of Henry Casson (?-ca. 1788); step-
niece of Joshua Clarke (?-1781). Her brother was
Joshua (1767-?). Her sister was Margaret. Her
first cousins were Elizabeth Baynard Tillotson
(1748-1809), who married second, Philemon
Downes (ca. 1741-ca. 1796); Margaret Baynard
(1752-by 1788), who married Henry Downes (ca.
1748-1816). CHILDREN. DAUGHTERS Maria (?-
1817), who married Dr. John Rogers; Rachel, who
married Alexander Hands, Esq.; and Elizabeth.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION literate. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1782; Esq., 1789.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: farmer. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Caroline
County, 1788. OTHER STATE OFFICE: Constitution
Ratification Convention, Caroline County, 1788.
LOCAL OFFICES: sheriff, Caroline County, elected
1782, appointed January 1791, elected October
1791; collector of tax, Caroline County, 1783-at
least 1785; justice, Caroline County, 1786-at least
1791; justice, Orphans' Court, Caroline County,
1786-at least 1789; trustee to build schoolhouse,
Talbot County, 1799. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRI-
VATE ISSUES: manumitted several slaves in his will.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: 14 slaves, 1790; 25 slaves, 1798; his wife's
inheritance, which was received in 1798, consisted
of £1,000 in £100 annual payments. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 804 acres in Caroline County
(457 acres from his father, 347 acres by purchase).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: inherited the remainder of
Andrew Mein's estate, which he resurveyed for
423 acres in Talbot County, 1792-1797. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: on Tuesday, October 21, 1819, at
Dover Bridge, Talbot County. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: will mentioned 38 slaves (all but 2 to be
manumitted after a period of years), capital stock
in the Bank of Caroline, and stock in the Dover
Bridge. His executors did not return an inventory
or an account. LAND: 2,600 acres in Caroline and
Talbot counties.
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