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can, All Saints' Parish, Calvert County. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE Lower House, Calvert County, 1751-
1754 (Arms and Ammunition 3), 1757-1758,
1758-1761, 1762-1763, 1765-1766 (Grievances 2-
4), 1768-1770 (Grievances 3, Public Offices 2, 3);
Conventions, Calvert County, 5th 1775, 6th-8th,
1775-1776. LOCAL OFFICES: All Saints' Parish
Vestry, Calvert County, appointed 1747 and 1751.
MILITARY SERVICE captain, by 1751. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION:
probably ca. 800 acres in Calvert County. SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: paid quitrents on 907 acres in
Calvert County, 1755; patented 12 acres in Calvert
County in 1760 and obtained a certificate of pa-
tent for 156 acres in Calvert County, 1763; paid
quitrents on 910 acres in Calvert County in 1761;
inherited one-quarter lot in Nottingham, Prince
George's County, from his father in 1765. Paid
quitrents on 826 acres in Calvert County, 1774.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. Gantt acted as security
for Fielder Gantt (?-1807) on bonds totaling over
£650 sterling given in 1768 and 1771 to cover the
debts of the Fielderia Furnace in Frederick
County. He accepted mortgages on land and per-
sonal property in Prince George's and Frederick
counties from Fielder Gantt (?-1807). The prop-
erty was then sold to pay off himself and Fielder's
other creditors. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: be-
tween mid- 1775 and 1783 in Calvert County.
LAND: probably 826 acres in Calvert County.
GANTT, ERASMUS (?-?). BORN: in Prince
George's County, of age by 1780; fifth son. NA-
TIVE: fourth generation. RESIDED, in Prince
George's County; moved to Washington County
before May 1794; lived in Berkley County, Vir-
ginia, by May 1797. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER: Thomas Gantt (ca. 1710-1785), son of
Thomas Gantt (?-1765). MOTHER: Eleanor Hillary
(?-1787). UNCLES: Fielder Gantt (?-1807); Edward
Gantt (?-by 1783). AUNT: Ann Gantt, who mar-
ried John Brome (1703-1748). BROTHERS: Levi;
Fielder (ca. 1764-1824). HALF BROTHERS: Thomas
Gantt, Jr. (?-1808); John (1740-?); and Edward
(ca. 1741-1837). SISTERS Ann; Elizabeth; Priscilla
(?-ca. 1784); and Sarah, who married Osborn
Sprigg (ca. 1741-1815). HALF SISTERS: Rachel (?-
1793), who married Richard Brooke (1716-1783).
FIRST COUSINS: Thomas Gantt (?-ca. 1802); Ann
Gantt, who married Thomas Harwood HI (by
1757-by 1805). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
literate. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., by
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1791. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: lawyer, admitted
to the Prince George's County Court in 1783;
practiced in Prince George's County in at least
1783, 1784, and 1789. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLA-
TIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Prince George's
County, 1784 (Grievances). LOCAL OFFICES: jus-
tice, Prince George's County, in office 1787-at
least 1788, 1790-at least 1792. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY. 12 slaves, 1790.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: possibly 106 acres in
Prince George's County. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH.
inherited ca. 350 acres in Prince George's County
from his father, 1785; sold all of his land in Prince
George's County in 1794; purchased 250 acres in
Washington County in 1797. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: out of state. LAND: probably none in Mary-
land.
GANTT (GAUNT, GAUNTT), FIELDER (?-
1807). BORN: of age by 1753, in Prince George's
County. NATIVE: at least third generation. RE-
SIDED. Prince George's County until 1764; Freder-
ick County, 1764 until death. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Thomas Gantt (?-1765).
MOTHER: Priscilla, daughter of Thomas Brooke (ca.
1659-1730/31). STEPMOTHER: Margery Holliday
(1688-1764), widow of Levin Covington. 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 AUNT: Jane Brooke, who married Alexander
Contee (ca. 1691-1740). BROTHERS. Thomas Gantt
(ca. 1710-1785); Edward Gantt (?-by 1783); and
George (?-1779). STEPBROTHER: Leonard Coving-
ton. SISTERS: Priscilla; Elizabeth; and probably
Ann. 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); Thomas Beall, of George (1735-
1819); Thomas Sprigg (1715-1781); and Edward
Sprigg (1-1). NEPHEWS: Thomas Gantt (?-ca. 1802);
Thomas Gantt, Jr. (?-1808); and Erasmus Gantt
(?-?). NIECES: Ann Gantt, who married Thomas
Harwood HI (by 1757-by 1805); Rachel Gantt (?-
1793), who married Richard Brooke (1716-1783);
and Sarah Gantt, who married Osborn Sprigg (ca.
1741-1815). MARRIED Susannah. CHILDREN. SON:
John (1775-1803), a lawyer. DAUGHTER: Mar-
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