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value £1,296.19.8, including 35 slaves and 221 oz.
plate, 1798; assessed value £1,560.9.2, including
49 slaves and 221 oz. plate, 1804; gave 3 slaves to
his son William, 1809; assessed value $4,445.00,
including 46 slaves and 220 oz. plate, 1817; as-
signed all slaves, livestock, and other effects in
trust to his son William to be sold to pay his
debts, 1819; 11 slaves sold at public auction to pay
a debt, but they were purchased by his son Wil-
liam, 1820; several articles sold at public sale to
pay a debt, but again they were purchased by his
son William, ca. 1828; assessed value $345.00, in-
cluding 220 oz. plate, 1832. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: at least 709 acres in Talbot County (200
acres acquired as a gift from his uncle; at least 509
acres obtained through his first marriage). SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: Hayward and h«s wife received
life estates in 393 acres in Talbot County, plus a
moiety of 2 lots in Easton, Talbot County, from
his mother-in-law, 1791. He purchased at least
1,371 acres in Talbot County between 1796 and
1811, but sold 26 acres of it in 1806. He owned a
total of 2,816 acres in Talbot County, 1817. Hay-
ward mortgaged 1,013 acres in Talbot County to
the president and directors of the Farmers Bank of
Maryland at Easton in 1817. Apparently in finan-
cial difficulty, Hayward assigned all of his land,
including that mortgaged to the bank, to his son
William in trust to be sold to pay his debts, 1819.
After William discharged this trust, he was to
transfer any remaining land back to Hayward or
his heirs. In ca. 1825 the sheriff of Talbot County
put 550 acres of Hay ward's Talbot County land
up for public sale. It was purchased by Hay ward's
son William. By 1832 Hayward was assessed for
1,298 acres in Talbot County, all of which were
probably still held in trust by his son. The Farm-
ers Bank continued to hold the 1,013 acres in Tal-
bot County and to pay the taxes on it until 1834
when Hayward, having defaulted on his mortgage
payments, relinquished all of his rights to the
land. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on November 11,
1834, in Talbot County; size of estate unknown,
although he probably had little of significance.
HEATH, JAMES (?-1766). BORN: in Cecil
County, of age by 1758; younger son. NATIVE, at
least third generation. RESIDED: in Cecil County;
moved to Baltimore County between December
1759 and May 1761. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER: James Paul Heath (?-1746), of Cecil
County. STEPFATHER. William Hedges. MOTHER
Rebecca, daughter of Daniel Dulany (1685- 1753),
and wife Rebecca Smith (ca. 1695-1737). UNCLES:
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Daniel Dulany, Jr. (1722-1797); Walter Dulany
(?-1773). STEPUNCLE Samuel Chew (by 1734-
1786). AUNT: Margaret Dulany, who married first,
Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1712-1756), and second,
William Murdoch (?-1769). STEPAUNTS: Margaret
Chew (?-1773), who married John Beale Bordley
(1726/27-1804); Ann Mary Chew (1736-1777),
who married William Paca (1740- 1799); and Hen-
rietta Maria Chew (1731-1762), who married Ed-
ward Dorsey (17 18- 1760). BROTHER: Daniel. FIRST
COUSIN Benjamin Tasker Dulany (1752-1816).
MARRIED on October 25, 1759, Susannah, daugh-
ter of John Hall (1722-1768), of Swantown,
Baltimore County, and wife Cordelia Holland;
niece of Aquila Hall (1727-1779). Her brothers
were William (1749-?); Parker (1765-?); and
Aquila. Her half brother was Francis Holland (ca.
1745-1795). Her sisters were Cordelia (1758-?);
Sarah (1760-?). Her half sister was Frances Hol-
land (ca. 1747-?). Her first cousins were Charlotte
Hall (1758-1838), who married Nathaniel Ramsay
(1741-1817); Sophia Hall (1765-?), who married
Philip Key (1750-1820). CHILDREN. Died without
progeny. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate;
served in the counting house of William Allen, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1754. His father's
will directed that Heath be sent to the Jesuit Col-
lege of St. Omer in France, but his training in the
Philadelphia mercantile firm was arranged by his
uncle Daniel Dulany, Jr. (1722-1797). RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: his father's will directed that James
be brought up as a Catholic. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES. Gent., 1785; Esq. at death; his father
and paternal grandfather owned extensive land-
holdings in Cecil and Kent counties; the executors
of his father's estate included Richard Bennett
(1667-1749), Daniel Dulany, Jr. (1722-1797), and
probably Charles Carroll, Sr. (1702-1782). OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE; merchant; planter. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower House,
Baltimore County, 1765-1766 (died during the 4th
session). WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 5,202 acres in Cecil, Kent,
Baltimore, and Anne Arundel counties, plus 3 lots
in Chestertown, Kent County, and other lots in
Warwick, Cecil County (at least 5,100 acres inher-
ited from his father). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on
November 27, 1766, in Baltimore County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £4,430.16.2 gold (includ-
ing 42 slaves); FB, £462.9.5. LAND: 5,185 acres in
Cecil, Kent, and Baltimore counties, plus lots in
Chestertown, Kent County, and Warwick, Cecil
County. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: he named as his
principal heirs the children of his uncles Daniel
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