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HALF BROTHER: Edward Beedle Garrett (1738-
1739). SISTER: Ruth (172£-?). MARRIED on August
23, 1744, Frances (1727-by 1786), daughter of
George Drew (?-1735) and wife Hannah Lisbury
(?-1733); stepdaughter of Johannah Phillips
(1720-?), who subsequently married Jacob Giles.
Her brother was Anthony (1726-?). Her sisters
were Mary Ann (172S-?); Druscilla (1733-?). Her
half sister was Susannah (1736-?). ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS: Her stepmother's son was James Giles
(1749/50-?). CHILDREN. SON: Bennett (1745/46-
by 1786). DAUGHTERS: Cassandra (1750-?), who
married Isaac Penrose (ca. 1747-?), of Harford
County; Milcah (1756-?), who married Benedict
Edward Hall (ca. 1744-1822); and Frances (ca.
1763-?). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. George's
Parish, Baltimore County (later became Harford
County). SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr.,
1744; Gent., by 1786. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Convention, Harford County, 3rd, 1774. LOCAL
OFFICES: St. George's Parish Vestry, Baltimore
County, in office 1757-1760, 1770-1773, 1779-
1781; coroner, Baltimore County, appointed 1765
and 1773; justice, Baltimore County, 1769-1773
(quorum, 1772-1773), Harford County, 1773-at
least 1774 (quorum, 1773-at least 1774). WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 36
slaves, 1776; assessed value £319.0.0, including 6
slaves, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 786.5
acres in Harford County. SIGNIFCANT CHANGES
IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH:
sold 29 acres in 1776 and probably 122 acres by
1783; assessed with 659 acres, 1783; gave all his
land and personal property to his daughter Milcah
and son-in-law Benedict Edward Hall (ca. 1744-
1822) in 1786. In exchange Hall was to pay Gar-
rett's debts and honor his bequests to his grand-
daughters. Garrett retained a life estate in the
property. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated
on February 2, 1789, in Harford County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least £329.3.6 (includ-
ing 9 slaves).
GARRETT, NATHANIEL (?-1688) IMMI-
GRATED by 1671. RESIDED: in Cecil County. MAR-
RIED never. CHILDREN. Died without progeny.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION, literate. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: no title on arrival; will
mentioned his "good friend" John Thompson (?-
1701). OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Cecil County, 1676-1682. LOCAL OFFICE: justice,
Cecil County, 1676-1688 (quorum, 1685-1688).
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WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 650 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
will probated on April 27, 1688. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: TEV, £95.15.0 sterling (including 2 ser-
vants), plus 9,692 pounds of tobacco in debts
owed to his estate. LAND: 650 acres.
GASSAWAY, JOHN (1707-1762). BORN, on Sep-
tember 16, 1707, in All Hallow's Parish, Anne
Arundel County; eldest son. NATIVE: third genera-
tion. RESIDED: on his plantation on the South
River, Anne Arundel County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Thomas Gassaway (1683/84-
1739), son of Nicholas Gassaway (1634-1691/92).
MOTHER: Susanna Hanslap (1682/83-?). BROTH-
ERS: Thomas (ca. 1710-1745); Nicholas (?-1775);
Hanslap (?-1717); and Henry (1723-1776). SIS-
TERS: Anne (1705-1717); Elizabeth (?-1707); and
Elizabeth (ca. 1712-?), who married Capt. John
Howard, of Baltimore County. NEPHEW: John
Beale Howard (by 1739-1799). MARRIED on De-
cember 5, 1727, his first cousin Sarah (1701/2-?),
daughter of William Cotter (?-1702) and wife Jane
Gassaway; granddaughter of Nicholas Gassaway
(1634-1691/92); niece of Thomas Gassaway
(1683/84-1739). Her brothers were John (?-by
1736); William. Her sister was Ann (?-by 1736).
CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas (1730/31-ca. 1774),
who married Mary Cowman; John (1732-1752),
of Frederick County, who married Rachel; Wil-
liam (1734-ca. 1735); William (1736-?); Nicholas
(1738-?); Henry (1740-1756); and Isaac (1742-?).
DAUGHTER: Anne (1728/29-1755), who married
first, Isaac Johns, second, William Chapman, and
third, Gassaway Rawlings. PRIVATE CAREER. EDU-
CATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Angli-
can. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent.,
1742. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Anne Arundel County, 1753-1754 (elected to the
3rd session to fill vacancy), 1754-1757 (Bills of
Credit 5), 1757-1758 (Accounts 1, Cv, 2), 1758-
1761 (Accounts Cv 1, 1, Cv 2, 2, 3, Cv 3; Griev-
ances Cv 1, 1, Cv 2, 2, 3, Cv 3). LOCAL OFFICES:
justice, Anne Arundel County, in office 1742-
1747, 1752-1762 (quorum, 1746-1747, 1752-
1762); sheriff, Anne Arundel County, 1748-1751.
MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by 1754. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION:
1,128 acres in Anne Arundel County (552 acres
probably inherited from his father, 1739). SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: acquired an additional 232
acres in Anne Arundel County by 1761. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: on June 15, 1762, at his planta-
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