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1741, Elizabeth (?-1749), daughter of Edward
Dorsey and wife Sarah Todd. MARRIED second, on
June 3, 1751, Ruth, daughter of John Hammond
(?-1753) and wife Anne Dorsey. Her brothers
were John (1739-?); Charles (?-1796). Her sisters
were Hannah (1723-?), who married John Welsh;
Ann, who married Francis Davis; Hamutel, who
married Benjamin Welch, of John; and Rachel,
who married John Mackelfresh. CHILDREN. SONS:
Henry (1744/45-1809), who married first, Sarah
Warfield, and second, Sarah Davis; Samuel (1752-
?), who married first, Rachel Warfield, and sec-
ond, Ruth Berry; John Hammond (1754-?), who
married Elizabeth Ridgely; Philemon (1756-?),
who married Eleanor Jacob; Charles (1758-?); and
Joshua (1764-?), who married Elizabeth Ridgely.
DAUGHTERS: Sarah (1741/42-?), who married Re-
zin Todd; Ruth (1747-?), who married Amon
Riggs; Rachel (1749-?), who married Samuel
Welsh; Ann (1762-?), who married in 1779 Nicho-
las Hall; Eleanor (1766-?), who married John Bur-
gess; Elizabeth (1768-?); and Ruth, who married
Joab Waters. PRIVATE CAREER. RELIGIOUS AFFIL-
IATION Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Gent., 1757. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter; merchant; land speculator. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne
Arundel County, 1768-1770 (Arms and Ammuni-
tion 1-3; Public Offices 2, 3), Frederick County,
1773-1774 (Arms and Ammunition 2,3; Public
Offices 1, Cv, 2, 3; Accounts Cv, 2, 3); Conven-
tions, Frederick County, 1st, 1774, 2nd-3rd, 1774,
4th, 1775, 5th, 1775, 6th-8th, 1775-1776. LOCAL
OFFICES: tobacco inspector, Queen Caroline Par-
ish, Anne Arundel County, appointed 1749, 1750,
1753, and 1755; justice, Anne Arundel County,
1755-at least 1760, Montgomery County, 1777;
Queen Caroline Parish Vestry, Anne Arundel
County, in office 1757-1761; constable,
Huntington Hundred, Anne Arundel County, ap-
pointed 1758; commissioner to examine evidence
to prove boundaries of land, Anne Arundel
County, appointed 1761; commissioner for the
formation of Montgomery County, in office 1776;
commissioner of tax, Montgomery County, 1777-
at least 1792. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by
1768. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: sup-
ported Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832)
in his newspaper debate with Daniel Dulany, Jr.
(1722-1797) concerning Governor Eden's Fee Bill,
1773. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: assessed value £823.0.0 current money,
including 18 slaves and 4.5 oz. plate, 1783. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: 6,957 acres in Anne Arundel
and Frederick counties (6,549 acres by patent).
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SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH, most of Griffith's land
transactions were speculative in nature. He pa-
tented or purchased large tracts of land and then
subdivided them and sold the smaller parcels.
However, in at least one case in which a tract of
ca. 1,900 acres in Frederick County was sold in at
least 20 parcels betwen ca. 1784 and 1794 he made
very little profit. By 1789 he had sold or agreed to
sell most of his speculative land. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated October 10, 1794, in
Montgomery County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£4,329.5.2 (including 19 slaves, 3 oz. plate, and an
"electrical machine" ); FB, estate overpaid
£194.18.2. LAND: ca. 1,325 acres in Anne Arundel,
Montgomery, Frederick, and Allegany counties.
GRIFFITH (GRIFFEN, GRIFFIN,
GRIFFETH), JOHN (?-?). RESIDED: in St.
Mary's County. MARRIED by 1735 Elizabeth,
widow of both Darby Morris (?-by 1727), of St.
Mary's County, and John Downe (Downie, Dow-
ney) (?-by 1735). CHILDREN. STEPSONS: John Mor-
ris; Darby Morris; David Downey (?-1764), who
married Elizabeth; and John Downey (?-1774).
STEPDAUGHTERS: Elizabeth Morris; Rachel Mor-
ris. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, St. Mary's County, 1742-1744. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION:
110 acres in St. Mary's County (all by patent);
surveyed but never patented an additional 188
acres in St. Mary's County. SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: sold 110 acres in St. Mary's County,
1743.
GUIBERT, JOSHUA (?-1713). BORN: in Rheims,
France. IMMIGRATED: by 1667 as a free adult from
France. RESIDED: at "Lukeland," Chaptico Hun-
dred, St. Mary's County. MARRIED first, by 1673
Elizabeth, daughter of Luke Barber (?-1668). MAR-
RIED second, Elizabeth (?-1716), widow of both
Nehemiah Blakiston (?-1693) and Ralph Rymer;
daughter of Thomas Gerard (1608-1673). CHIL-
DREN. SONS: Thomas; Matthew; and Joshua.
DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth; Ann, who married John
Blakiston, son of Nehemiah Blakiston (?-1693).
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Protestant, probably a Huguenot.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: naturalized by
an Act of Assembly, 1678. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: planter, by 1669; attorney, 1677; merchant,
1682. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE.
Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1708A (election
voided), 1708B-1711. LOCAL OFFICE: justice, St.
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