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(refused to serve), 1719, 1720, 1733, and 1741;
justice, Talbot County, by 1720-at least 1745
(quorum, 1727-at least 1745); justice, Court of
Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, Talbot
County, commissioned 1720; tobacco inspector,
Fourth Precinct, Talbot County, appointed 1729
(refused to serve). STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE
ISSUES: In 1744 Joshua George (ca. 1695-1748)
reported to the Council a conversation he had had
with Goldsborough. George had told Golds-
borough that he thought it "a very hard Affair"
that sheriffs and others were not being compen-
sated for the trouble and money they expended on
Indians who were committed to their custody.
Goldsborough responded that he thought it "a
very cruel Affair on the Indians" who had been
given passes by Governor Ogle to meet, but were
then molested by the sheriffs of the various
counties. His defense of the Indians was taken by
George to be an offense against the governor. The
Council ordered the attorney general to prosecute
Goldsborough in the Provincial Court, although
apparently no action was taken. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,934 acres
in Talbot, Queen Anne's, and Dorchester counties
(1,234 acres inherited from his father; 700 acres
acquired through his marriage). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: resurveyed 300 acres of the land he
had inherited from his father, resulting in a new
total of 821 acres in Dorchester County, 1728; his
wife inherited her father's dwelling plantation con-
taining 730 acres in Talbot County after the death
of her brother, by 1738; purchased 630 acres in
Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Dorchester counties
between 1738 and 1749; purchased at least 74
acres in Talbot County in 1751, but he gave all of
it to his son Thomas Goldsborough (ca. 1728-
1793) by deed of gift, 1753. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: in September 1766 in Talbot County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £3,638.3.8 as calculated
(including 40 slaves, 5 servants, 67 oz. 8 dwts.
plate, and books); FB, £3,592.15.9. LAND: 3,848
acres in Talbot, Dorchester, and Queen Anne's
counties.
GOLDSBOROUGH (GOULDESBOROUGH),
ROBERT (1660-1746). BORN: in 1660 in Dorset,
England; oldest son. IMMIGRATED: in 1677 as a
free adult with his brother, probably from En-
gland. RESIDED: in Dorchester County; Talbot
County, by 1690. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER
Nicholas Goldsborough (ca. 1640-1670), a mer-
chant of Blandford, Dorset, England in 1659, who
went to Barbados in 1669, then to New England,
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and finally to Maryland in 1670. MOTHER: Marga-
ret, daughter of Abraham Howes. She subse-
quently married in 1671 George Robins (1635-
1674). BROTHER: Nicholas (1662-1705), who mar-
ried first, Ann, daughter of Thomas Powell, and
second, Elizabeth, daughter of John Sargent. HALF
BROTHER: Thomas Robins (1672-1721). SISTER:
Judith, who married first, John Standley, and sec-
ond, Robert Grundy. MARRIED in 1697 Elizabeth
(1678-1719/20), daughter of Nicholas Greenberry
(1627-1697). Her brother was Charles Greenberry
(1672-1713). Her sisters were Katherine, who
married Henry RJdgely (1669-1699/1700), son of
Henry Ridgeley (?-1710); Ann, who married John
Hammond (ca. 1665-1742/43). Her niece was
Elizabeth Ridgely (?-1734), who married Thomas
Worthington (ca. 1691-1753). CHILDREN. SONS
Robert (ca. 1704-1777), who married first, Sarah
(?-1740), daughter of Henry Nichols, and second,
Mary Anne (1711-1794), widow of John Robins
and daughter of Foster Turbutt (1679-1720/21);
Nicholas (ca. 1704-1756), who married Jane,
widow of James Banning; Charles Goldsborough
(1707-1767), who married first, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Joseph Ennalls (?-1709), and second,
Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Dickinson; William
Goldsborough (1709-1760), who married first in
1734/35 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Robins
(1672-1721), and second, in 1747 Henrietta Maria
(1707-1771), widow of George Robins (1697-
1742) and daughter of Richard Tilghman
(1672/73-1738/39); John Goldsborough (1711-
1778), who married Ann (1715-1766), daughter of
Foster Turbutt(1679- 1720/21); Greenberry (1713-
ca. 1716); and Howes (1715-1746), who married
Rosanna, daughter of Michael Piper. DAUGHTERS:
Ann (1698-ca. 1708); Elizabeth (ca. 1700-ca.
1708); and Mary (1702-ca. 1742), who married
(first name unknown) Mooney. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate, probably had considerable
schooling. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: lawyer, admitted to the
following courts: Talbot County in 1687; Provin-
cial Court in 1693. Planter; merchant. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Tal-
bot County, 1704-1707 (Elections and Privileges
1; Laws 1). OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: clerk,
Committee of Aggrievances, 1695; clerk, Commit-
tee of Laws, 1696. LOCAL OFFICES: clerk of Indict-
ments, Talbot County, 1692, 1716-1717/18; jus-
tice, Talbot County, 1695/96-1697 (quorum);
chief justice, Talbot County, 1699-1705, 1719-
1738. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Op-
posed the government of Protestant Associators in
1689. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
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