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able Congress to conduct the operations in Can-
ada," 1776; county lieutenant, Queen Anne's
County, in office 1777; loan officer, Continental
Loan Office, Queen Anne's County, appointed
1777 and 1779; justice, Queen Anne's County,
commissioned 1777 and 1778 (did not qualify);
justice, Orphans' Court, Queen Anne's County,
commissioned 1778 (did not qualify); purchasing
agent, Queen Anne's County, appointed 1779;
judge, Court of Appeals for Tax Assessment,
Queen Anne's County, appointed 1786. MILITARY
SERVICE: major, by 1760; colonel, Twentieth Bat-
talion, Queen Anne's County Militia, commis-
sioned 1777. OUT OF STATE SERVICE: delegate,
Continental Congress, 1782-1783 (elected on June
15, 1782, to fill vacancy; reelected in November
1782; resigned on May 7, 1783). WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 44 slaves, 1776;
assessed value £8,182.10.0, including 49 slaves and
142 oz. plate, 1783; 49 slaves, 1798. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 3,395 acres in Queen Anne's
County and 750 acres in Delaware (formerly
Queen Anne's County) (3,331 acres from his
brother; 650 acres from his maternal grandfather;
31 acres by patent; 133 acres by purchase). SIGNIF-
ICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: sold 650 acres in Caroline
County (formerly Queen Anne's County), 1777;
owned 2,465 acres in Queen Anne's County, 1783;
owned 2,959 acres in Talbot and Queen Anne's
counties, 1798 (including 1,309 acres from his sis-
ter); by 1804 his son Philemon was assessed as
owning 570 acres of his father's land in Talbot
County; purchased at least 143 acres in Queen An-
ne's and Caroline counties between 1803 and
1812; owned 5,451 acres in Green County, Penn-
sylvania, his part of over 40,000 acres of land that
had formerly belonged to Edward Tilghman, and
that was held in trust by William Cooke for
Hemsley and others, by 1807; sold 754 acres in
Delaware (formerly Queen Anne's County), 1808.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on June 5, 1812, at
"Cloverfields," Queen Anne's County; buried in
the "Cloverfields" cemetery. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: TEV, $101,212.79 current money (including
138 slaves, 270 oz. plate, books, 78 shares of stock
in the Farmers Bank at Easton, and 10 shares in
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company);
FB, $90,258.17. LAND at least 2,289 acres in
Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Caroline counties, plus
town lots in Washington, D.C., and 5,451 acres in
Green County, Pennsylvania.
HENLEY (HENLY), ROBERT (ca. 1617-1684)
BORN: ca. 1617, probably in England. IMMI-
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GRATED: in 1648 as a free adult. RESIDED: in
Charles County. MARRIED in 1664 Sarah, widow
of Francis Batchelor. CHILDREN. DAUGHTER:
Charity, who married first, John Courts (1655/56-
1702), and second, John Contee (?-1708). PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION, illiterate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION: probably a Protestant. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: planter; perhaps some mercantile activ-
ity. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower
House, Charles County, 1659/60, 1676-1682 (Ac-
counts 1). LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Charles
County, 1658-1660, 1672-1684 (quorum, 1676-
1684). STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: prob-
ably supported Fendall's Rebellion in 1659/60,
which cost him his justiceship and kept him out of
public office for a decade. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 275 acres in
1660; 875 acres in 1676. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: will probated on March 31, 1684. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £558.2.2 sterling (including 9
slaves and 6 servants). LAND. 875 acres.
HENRY, FRANCIS JENKINS (?-1796). BORN:
prior to 1750, probably in Worcester County; sec-
ond son. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in
Buckingham Hundred, Worcester County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: John Henry (ca. 1714-
1781). MOTHER: Dorothy (1725-by 1781), daugh-
ter of John Rider (1686- 1739/40). UNCLE: Robert
Jenkins Henry (ca. 1712-1766). STEPAUNT: Ann
Hicks, who married Henry Travers (?-1765).
BROTHERS: Charles Rider; Rider; John Henry, Jr.
(ca. 1750-1798); and Robert. ADDITIONAL COM-
MENTS: Brothers Charles Rider and Rider may
possibly be the same person. SISTERS: Charlotte,
who married William Winder, Jr. (?-1808); Nitu-
rah; Dorothy (Dolly), who married Isaac Henry
(?-ca. 1802); Nancy; and Sarah. FIRST COUSIN:
Ann Billings, who married Henry Steele (ca. 1718-
1782). OTHER KINSHIP: his great-uncle was Robert
King (1689-1755); his great-aunt was Eleanor
King, daughter of Robert King (?-1697) who mar-
ried Charles Ballard (ca. 1670-ca. 1724/25); his
second cousin was Mary Elizabeth King (1715-
1739), who married Abraham Barnes (?-ca. 1778).
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1786. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: probably a planter. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower House,
Worcester County, 1786-1787, 1787-1788. ADDI-
TIONAL COMMENTS It is presumed that Francis
Jenkins Henry was the full name of the delegate
serving in the 1786-1787 Assembly, although the
proceedings refer only to "Jenkins Henry." No
individual by the name of Jenkins Henry could be
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