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BACKGROUND. FATHER: Samuel Galloway (1720-
1785), of "Tulip Hill," West River, Anne Arundel
County. MOTHER: Anne (1725-1756), daughter of
Dr. Samuel Chew and wife Mary Galloway.
BROTHERS: John (1748-1810), who married in
1786 Sarah Chew; Samuel, Jr. (1751-?). SISTERS:
Mary (1746-?), who married Thomas Ringgold
(1744-1776); Anne (1755-?), who married in 1775
James Cheston. MARRIED on October 5, 1775,
Henrietta Maria (1759-1847), daughter of Samuel
Chew (by 1734-1786); niece of Henrietta Maria
Chew (1731-1762), who married Edward Dorsey
(1718-1760); Margaret Chew (?-1773), who mar-
ried John Beale Bordley (1726/27-1804); and Ann
Mary Chew (?-1774), who married William Paca
(1740-1799). Her brothers were Samuel Lloyd
(1756-1796); John Croley (by 1767-by 1786). Her
sisters were Elizabeth (1765-?); Ann (after 1770-
?). CHILDREN. Died without progeny. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: sent to school in England.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: his family was tradition-
ally Quaker, but Galloway was married in St.
James' Parish, Anne Arundel County, and his wife
owned a pew in St. John's Protestant Episcopal
Church in Hagerstown at her death. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1783; Esq., at
death; member of a prominent southern Anne
Arundel County family. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
lawyer, 1779; planter, 1795. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne Arundel
County, 1777. OTHER STATE OFFICE: attorney
general, appointed 1778. LOCAL OFFICES: justice,
Orphans' Court, Anne Arundel County, 1782-at
least 1785; justice, Anne Arundel County, 1783-at
least. 1785. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES:
his obituary called him a "Republican from his
youth" and a "sterling Jeffersonian Republican."
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: assessed value £1,820.10.0, including 36
slaves, 1783; assessed value £702.0.0 including 16
slaves and 192 oz. plate, 1803-1804. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: none in his own name, but he
was probably living on and managing ca. 1,500
acres of his father's land in Anne Arundel County.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased 750 acres in
Montgomery County in 1779, but sold it in 1795.
In 1782 his wife received 800 acres of a large tract
in Washington County from her father Samuel
Chew (by 1734-1786). Inherited ca. 1,500 acres in
Anne Arundel County from his father in 1785. His
wife was bequeathed an additional 1,351 acres by
her uncle Bennett Chew (?-1793) in 1793. Shortly
afterwards, the Galloways moved to Washington
County, probably to live in Hagerstown where
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they purchased several lots and occasionally sold
off pieces of the large tract. He had apparently
sold about 450 acres of his land in Anne Arundel
County by 1798. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on
August 18, 1831, in Hagerstown, Washington
County. LAND: ca. 1,000 acres in Anne Arundel
County, plus 7 lots in Hagerstown and his wife's
remaining ca. 1,300 acres in Washington County.
GANTT, EDWARD (?-by 1783). BORN: by 1725
in Prince George's County; younger son. NATIVE:
third generation. RESIDED in the First District,
Calvert County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER
Thomas Gantt (?-1765). MOTHER: Priscilla, daugh-
ter of Thomas Brooke (ca. 1659-1730/31). STEP-
MOTHER: Margery (?-1764), widow of Levin Cov-
ington (?-1725), daughter of Thomas Hollyday (ca.
1661-1702/3). UNCLE: Thomas Brooke (1683-
1744). STEPUNCLE: James Hollyday (1696-1747).
AUNT: Sarah Brooke (?-1724), who married first,
William Dent (ca. 1660-1704), and second, Philip
Lee (ca. 1681-1744). HALF AUNTS: Jane Brooke,
who married Alexander Contee (ca. 1691-1740);
Margery Wight, who married second, Joseph Belt
(ca. 1680-1761). BROTHERS: Thomas Gantt (ca.
1710-1785); George (?-1779); and Fielder Gantt
(?-1807). STEPBROTHER: Leonard Covington. SIS-
TERS: Priscilla; Elizabeth; and probably Ann, who
married John Brome (1703-1748). STEPSISTER:
Elizabeth Covington. FIRST COUSINS: Richard
Brooke (1716- 1783); Eleanor Brooke, who married
Samuel Beall (ca. 1713-ca. 1778); Richard Lee (ca.
1707-1787); Arthur Lee (?-1760); Francis Lee (?-
1749); and Hannah Lee, who married Joseph
Sprigg (1736-1800). HALF FIRST COUSINS: John
Contee (1722-ca. 1796); Thomas Contee (ca. 1729-
1811); Jane Contee (1728-1812), who married
John Hanson, Jr. (1721-1783); Edward Sprigg (t-
?); Thomas Sprigg (1715-1781); and Thomas Beall,
of George (1735-1819). NEPHEWS: Thomas Gantt,
Jr. (?-1808); Erasmus Gantt (?-?). NIECES: Ann
Gantt, who married Thomas Harwood III (by
1757-by 1805); Rachel Gantt (?-1793), who mar-
ried Richard Brooke (1716-1783); and Sarah
Gantt, who married Osborn Sprigg (ca. 1741-
1815). MARRIED by 1749 Elizabeth, daughter of
Robert Wheeler, of Charles County, and wife
Mary. CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas Gantt (?-ca.
1802); Edward (?-ca. 1811), an Anglican priest
who was ordained in 1770 in London, England,
and who married Mary Crompton. DAUGHTER:
Mary, who married Bishop Thomas John Claggett
(1742-1816), the first Protestant Episcopal bishop
of Maryland, 1792-1816. PRIVATE CAREER. EDU-
CATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Angli-
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