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Fendall (?-?); Alice Lee (?-1789), who married
John Weems (1737-1813); Hannah Lee, who mar-
ried George Plater (1735-1792); and Philip Rich-
ard Fendall (?-?). CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas
(1760-1780); John Mackall (1762-1811), who
married in 1798 Mary Sprigg, widow of (first
name unknown) Hermance; Benjamin (1764-
1808), who moved to Georgia; Richard (1767-?),
who married Sarah Allen and later moved to
South Carolina; Daniel (1770-?), who moved to
Virginia; Charles (1773-?), who married (first
name unknown) Parran; and Thomas (1783-?).
DAUGHTERS: Betty Heighe (1756-?); Mary (1765-
?), who married in 1791 James Newbern; Ann
(1771-?), who married Peter Wood; and Sarah
Eleanor (1787-?), who married (first name un-
known) Beall. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: liter-
ate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITlES: Gent., by 1778, Esq.,
1784. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter, 1778;
farmer, 1783. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SER-
VICE: Conventions, Prince George's County, 2nd,
1774, 4th, 1775, 5th, 1775; Lower House, Prince
George's County, 1778-1779 (Laws to Expire 3),
Frederick County, 1784. LOCAL OFFICES: King
George's Parish Vestry, Prince George's County,
1764; constable, New Scotland Hundred, Prince
George's County, 1767; justice, Prince George's
County, 1773-1782 (out of county), 1787-at least
1800, Frederick County, commissioned 1784
(moved); Committee of Observation, Prince
George's County, elected 1775. STANDS ON PUB-
LIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: attended meeting in Prince
George's County that appointed committees to
support the association against the Townsend
Acts, 1770. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: mortgaged his personal prop-
erty and crops in Frederick County for £70.0.0,
1783; assessed value $785.00, including 30 slaves
and 48 oz. plate, 1793; assessed value $825.00,
including 29 slaves and 40 oz. plate, 1807. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 1,660 acres in Frederick
and Prince George's counties (1,550 acres in Fred-
erick County received from his father in exchange
for 452 acres in Prince George's County). SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH purchased 400 acres in Prince
George's County, but sold it in 1778. Gantt prob-
ably inherited 682 acres in Prince George's County
from his father, 1785. He purchased 605 acres in
Prince George's County in 1787 and sold a 1,550-
acre tract in Frederick County in 1787 and 1788.
He gave 320 acres in Prince George's County to
his son John and sold 605 acres in Prince George's
County by 1796. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will
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probated on May 30, 1808, in Prince George's
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: inventories totaled
$1,754.03 (including 8 slaves and 4 books). LAND:
621 acres in Prince George's County. IDENTIFICA-
TION PROBLEMS. There was a problem identifying
the Thomas Gantt who served in Frederick
County in 1784. The Frederick County service has
been assigned to this Thomas Gantt on the basis
of a careful study of land records and family his-
tory. This Thomas Gantt had land in Frederick
County from 1773 on, but he, according to the
land records, was living in Prince George's County
until at least March 1781. There was no Thomas
Gantt in the 1776 or 1778 Census or Oaths of Fi-
delity lists from Frederick County, nor was there
any Thomas Gantt living in Frederick County
mentioned in that county's deeds until October
1781. From October 1781 to October 1784, there
are four entries in the Frederick County and Pro-
vincial Court deeds for a "Thomas Gantt, Jr.," a
"Thomas Gantt, farmer," and a "Thomas Gantt,
Jr., Esq.," all of Frederick County. There are no
Prince George's County land transactions for a
Thomas Gantt, Jr., during these three years. The
records for justice of the peace appointments show
Thomas as "out of county" in Prince George's
County after 1782 and "removed" from Frederick
County after 1784. Unfortunately no definite link
can be made using land transactions between the
Thomas Gantt of Frederick County and the
Thomas Gantt of Prince George's County. How-
ever, after 1784 there are no further entries in the
Frederick County deed books for a Thomas
Gantt, of Frederick. The Thomas Gantt described
in this biography must be the man who married
Sarah Eleanor Potts in Frederick County in 1782.
He names children Thomas and Sarah Eleanor in
his will and there are no other known Thomas
Gantts of age in Prince George's or Frederick
counties at this time. Thomas Gantt (?-ca. 1802) is
always referred to as "Dr. Thomas Gantt of Cal-
vert County" in the Frederick County land re-
cords.
GARDINER, LUKE (1622-1674). BORN: in 1622,
probably in England; second son. IMMIGRATED: in
1637 as a minor with parents from Virginia. RE-
SIDED: in St. Mary's County; returned briefly to
Virginia during Ingle's Rebellion. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER. Richard Gardiner (?-ca. 1651),
served in three unelected assemblies, but not a
man of great wealth. MOTHER: Elizabeth. BROTH-
ERS: Richard (1616-?); John (1633-?). SISTER:
Elizabeth (1618-?), who married Richard Lust-
head (?-1642). MARRIED Elizabeth, daughter of
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