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Robert Goldsborough IV (1740-1798); Howes
Goldsborough (1747-1797); William Goldsborough
(1750/51-1801); and Robert Goldsborough (1733-
1788). NIECES. Elizabeth Greenberry Golds-
borough (ca. 1731-1820), who married William
Ennalls (?-1785); Elizabeth Goldsborough (ca.
1735-ca. 1786), who married second, Benson
Stainton (?-ca. 1781); and Mary Goldsborough
(1755-1796), who married Benedict Brice (1749-
1786). MARRIED first, on January 23, 1734/35,
Elizabeth (1710-1746), daughter of Thomas Ro-
bins (1672-1721); half niece of Robert Golds-
borough (1660-1746). Her brothers were Thomas
(1705-1718); William (1707-?); John (1707-?);
Lambert (1712-1718); and Standley (1715-1742).
Her half brother was George Robins (1697-1742).
MARRIED second, on September 2, 1747, Henrietta
Maria (1707-1771), widow of George Robins
(1697-1742); daughter of Richard Tilghman
(1672/73-1738/39); granddaughter of Philemon
Lloyd (1646-1685); niece of Edward Lloyd (1670-
1718/19), Philemon Lloyd (ca. 1674-1732/33),
James Lloyd (1679/80-1723), Rebecca Tilghman
(?-1725), who married Simon Wilmer (ca. 1656-
1699), and Margaret Lloyd (1683-1747), who
married Matthew Tilghman Ward (ca. 1676-1741);
half niece of Susanna Bennett (1666-1714), who
married first, John Darnall (?-1684), and second,
Henry Lowe (?-1717). Her brothers were Philemon
(1704-1724); Richard (1705-1768); William
Tilghman (1711-1782); Edward Tilghman (1713-
1786); James Tilghman (1716-1793); and Matthew
Tilghman (1717/18-1790). Her sisters were Mary
(1702-1736), who married James Earle, Jr. (ca.
'1694-1739); Anna Maria (1709-1763), who mar-
ried first, William Hemsley (1703-1736), and sec-
ond, Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770). Her first cous-
ins were Matthew Tilghman Ward (ca. 1676-
1741); Lambert Wilmer (1682-1732); Simon
Wilmer (1686-1737); Edward Lloyd (1711-1770);
Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770); Richard Lloyd
(1717-1786); Henrietta Maria Lloyd Chew (?-
1765), who married second, Daniel Dulany (1685-
1753); Henrietta Maria Lloyd (ca. 1711-1748),
who married Samuel Chamberlaine (1698-1773);
Margaret Lloyd (1714-ca. 1785), who married
William Tilghman (1711-1782); and Anne Lloyd
(ca. 1723-1794), who married Matthew Tilghman
(1717/18-1790). Her nephews were Michael Earle
(1722-1787); Richard Tilghman Earle (1728/29-
1788); William Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Richard
Tilghman (1740-1 809); Matthew Tilghman (1760-
ca. 1801); James Tilghman (1743-1809); Peregrine
Tilghman (ca. 1741-1807); James Tilghman, Jr.
(ca. 1748-1796); and William Tilghman (1756-
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1827). Her nieces were Anna Maria Earle (1725-
1795), who married Thomas Ringgold (1715-
1772); Henrietta Maria Earle (1730-1767), who
married William Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Debo-
rah Lloyd, who married Peregrine Tilghman (ca.
1741-1807); Margaret Tilghman (1742-1817),
who married Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-
1783); Anna Maria Tilghman, who married Wil-
liam Hemsley (1736/37-1812); and Elizabeth
Tilghman, who married James Lloyd (1745- 1820).
CHILDREN. SONS: Greenbury (?-died young); Wil-
liam (?-died young). STEPSON: Thomas Robins
(1740-1762). DAUGHTERS: Henrietta Maria (?-
died young); Elizabeth H. (1743-died young).
STEPDAUGHTERS: Anna Maria Robins (1732-
1806), who married Henry Hollyday (ca. 1725-
1789); Margaret Robins (1734-1808), who mar-
ried William Hayward (?-1791); Henrietta Maria
Robins (1736-1791), who married James Lloyd
Chamberlaine (1732-1783); Susannah Robins
(1738-?), who married first, Thomas Chamber-
laine (1731-1764), and second, Robert Lloyd Ni-
cols; and Elizabeth Robins (1742-by 1764). PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Peter's Parish, Talbot
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent.,
1740; Esq. and Hon. at death. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: attorney, but actively practiced law only
briefly; admitted to the bar to practice law in No-
vember 1733; admitted to the following courts:
Dorchester County by November 1733; Queen
Anne's County in November 1733; Somerset
County in November 1733; Talbot County in No-
vember 1733; Provincial Court in October 1734.
Planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Upper House, 1755-1757 (appointed during the
2nd session), 1757-1758, 1758-1760 (died before
the 3rd session). OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES:
justice, Provincial Court, 1754-at least 1757;
judge, Assize Court, Eastern Shore, appointed
1754; Council, 1755-1760 (appointed and quali-
fied on March 11, 1755); judge, Court of Vice-
Admiralty, appointed 1756. LOCAL OFFICES: clerk
of Indictments, Somerset County, sworn 1733; St.
Peter's Parish Vestry, Talbot County, elected 1743
and 1747; trustee, charity work school, St. Peter's
Parish, Talbot County, elected 1750. MILTIARY
SERVICE: colonel, militia, 1755. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: his father left
William and his brother Charles Goldsborough
(1707-1767) £146.4.6 sterling, then in the hands
of John Hanbury, a London merchant, to be
equally divided according to the terms of his will,
1746. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION. 2,013 acres in
Talbot, Queen Anne's, and Dorchester counties
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