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AT DEATH. DIED: administration bond granted on
April 27, 1787, in Baltimore County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £1,759.9.2 current money (in-
cluding 42 slaves and plate); FB, estate overpaid
£355.16.6. His debts included over £1,800 current
money owed to Daniel Dulany, Jr. (1722-1797) as
executor of the estate of Ann Tasker, widow of
Benjamin Tasker (ca. 1690-1768). LAND: ca. 2,064
acres in Baltimore County, plus 2 lots in
Baltimore Town.
FRANKLYN, JOHN (?-1727). IMMIGRATED, by
1687. RESIDED: in All Hallow's Parish, Somerset
County. CHILDREN. SON. Ebenezer (?-1728).
DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth, who married (first name
unknown) Wallon; Mary, who married William
Collins; and (first name unknown), who married
William Fassitt. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION.
literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant, pos-
sibly a Presbyterian. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Gent., 1726/27. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Somerset County, 1701-1704,
1708A, 1708B-1711. LOCAL OFFICES. Snow Hill
Parish Vestry, Somerset County, 1696/97; justice,
Somerset County, 1697-1715 (quorum, 1705-
1715). MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 1701-1711;
major, 1711-1715; lieutenant colonel, 1715-1727.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,225 acres in 1709. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated on November 24,
1727. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £70.7.6. LAND:
1,425 acres.
ERASER (FRAZER, FRAZIER), GEORGE (?-
1764). BORN, probably after 1709. NATIVE, second
generation. RESIDED: at "Bowplains" on the Poto-
mac River, Prince George's County, opposite Al-
exandria, Virginia. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER. Rev. John Fraser (?-1742), who immigrated
from Virginia in 1701; rector of Durham Parish in
Charles County from 1705 to 1710, and King
George's Parish in Prince George's County by
1733 to 1742. MOTHER: Ann (?-after 1764),
daughter of Giles Blyzard and wife Mary.
BROTHER. John (?-1742). SISTERS: Mary (by 1709-
?), who married William Magruder (?-1765), son
of Samuel Magruder (1654-1711) and brother of
John Magruder (1694-1750); Susannah (?-by
1746), who married John Hawkins, Jr. (1713-
1757); Anne (1718-1779), who married in 1748
Allen Bowie; and Verlinda. NEPHEW: George Fra-
ser Hawkins (ca. 1741-1785). NIECE: Susanna Fra-
ser Hawkins, who married William Bayly (ca.
1742-1824). OTHER KINSHIP: his stepgrandfather
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was James Smallwood (ca. 1639-ca. 1714/15). PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican, King George's Parish,
Prince George's County. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Mr., 1739; Gent., 1742; Esq., 1764.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE probably a planter. PUB-
LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Prince George's County, 1752-1754 (elected to the
2nd session to fill vacancy), 1754-1757 (Arms and
Ammunition 1-6; Bills of Credit 5), 1757-1758
(Arms and Ammunition 1, Cv, 2), 1758-1761
(Arms and Ammunition 2, 3, Cv 3). LOCAL OF-
FICES: King George's Parish Vestry, Prince
George's County, in office 1741-1743, 1747-1750,
1752-1755, 1760-1763; justice, Prince George's
County, 1741-at least 1757 (quorum, 1752-at
least 1757). WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION 2,190 acres in Prince George's
and Frederick counties (1,170 acres in Prince
George's County, part of which was deeded as a
gift by his father the remainder inherited from his
father and brother; 355 acres in Prince George's
County by purchase; and 665 acres in Frederick
County by patent). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH:
acquired an additional 300 acres in Prince
George's County to add to his 500-acre dwelling
plantation between 1753 and 1761; acquired a
house and lot in Georgetown, Frederick County,
by 1764. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: in December
1764 at his seat in Prince George's County. LAND:
2,490 acres in Prince George's and Frederick
counties, plus a house and a lot in Georgetown,
Frederick County. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: His
principal heirs were his mother, his sister Verlinda,
and his nephew George Fraser Hawkins (ca. 1741-
1785).
FRAZIER (FRAIZER, FRASER, FRAZER),
ALEXANDER (?-1790). BORN: between 1756 and
1763, probably in Calvert County. NATIVE: at least
second generation. RESIDED: at "Sterlings Nest,"
Calvert County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Alexander Frazier (?-1779), of Calvert County.
BROTHER: John, a minor in 1790. MARRIED never.
CHILDREN. Died without progeny. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: planter; ran a blacksmith shop on his prop-
erty with James Patison as his partner. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Calvert County, 1784 (Elections), 1785, 1788,
1789. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: assessed value £711.10.0, including 18
slaves, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: charged
with at least 740 acres in Calvert County in 1783,
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