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identified in Worcester County. LOCAL OFFICE:
justice, Worcester County, commissioned 1794
and 1795. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: assessed value £1,204.5.0, including 32
slaves, 1783; 50 slaves, 1790. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: ca. 2,244 acres in Worcester and Dor-
chester counties (2,008 acres inherited from his
father; 236 acres purchased as confiscated British
property). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will pro-
bated on June 8, 1796, in Worcester County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY. TEV, $6,011.14 current money
(including 40 slaves and books); FB, $4,453.76.
LAND: ca. 2,100 acres in Worcester and Dorchester
counties.
HENRY, ISAAC (?-ca. 1802). BORN: of age by
1775; probably eldest son. NATIVE: at least second
generation. RESIDED: in Rewastico Hundred, Som-
erset County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Rev. Hugh Henry (?-1762/63), A.B. in 1748 from
the College of New Jersey (later became Princeton
University); ordained a Presbyterian minister at
Pocomoke Church, Rehobeth, Somerset County,
1751, and resided at Rehobeth from 1751 to 1763;
was minister to the following churches, Wicomico
Church, Salisbury, Dorchester County; Manokin
Church, Princess Anne, Somerset County; and
Laurel, Delaware. He died in Rehobeth. STEPFA-
THER: John Darby, of Dorchester County.
MOTHER: Sarah, daughter of Isaac Handy (?-
1762). UNCLE: John Handy (ca. 1724-1756).
BROTHERS: James; William Blair; and Hugh. SIS-
TER: Nancy. OTHER KINSHIP: his great-
grandfather was Thomas Dashiell (1666-ca. 1756);
his great-uncle was George Dashiell (1690/91-
1748). MARRIED by 1781 Dorothy (Dolly), daugh-
ter of John Henry (ca. 1714-1781); granddaughter
of John Rider (1686-1739/40); niece of Robert
Jenkins Henry (ca. 1712-1766). Her brothers were
Francis Jenkins Henry (?-1796); John Henry, Jr.
(ca. 1750-1798); Charles Rider; Rider; and Ro-
bert. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: brothers Charles
Rider and Rider may possibly be the same person.
Her sisters were Charlotte, who married William
Winder, Jr. (?-1808); Niturah; Nancy; and Sarah.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION, literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Presbyterian. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Esq., 1793. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Somerset County, 1779-1780
(Manufactories 2). LOCAL OFFICE: trustee, Wash-
ington Academy, Somerset County, 1779-1801.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: assessed value £679.5.0, including 22 slaves
and 15 oz. plate, 1783; assessed value £575.0.0,
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including 21 slaves and 7 oz. plate, 1793. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: 253 acres in Somerset
County (all inherited from his father). SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: resurveyed inherited lands and
some purchased lands into 1 tract of 464 acres in
Somerset County, 1786. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: between October 1801 and November 17,
1802. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, $3,314.92 cur-
rent money (including 15 slaves, 20 oz. plate, law
books, and "English books" ); FB, $1,151.55.
LAND: at least 420 acres in Somerset County.
HENRY, JOHN (ca. 1714-1781). BORN: between
1713 and 1715 in Somerset County; second son.
NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED: in Worcester
County; Dorchester County, by 1765; Somerset
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER Rev.
John Henry (?-1717), who immigrated from Ire-
land in 1710; resided in Pocomoke, Somerset
County; a Presbyterian minister of Pocomoke
Church, Somerset County from 1710 to 1717.
GUARDIAN: Robert King (1689-1755). STEPFA-
THER AND GUARDIAN: Rev. John Hampton (?-
1721/22), Presbyterian minister of Snow Hill
Church, Somerset County from 1707 to 1718,
Pitts Creek Church, Somerset County from 1709
to 1717, Pocomoke Church, Somerset County
from 1717 to 1722. Rev. Hampton left his wife,
Mary, his entire estate in America and one-third
of his estate in Europe. MOTHER: Mary (1674-
1744), widow of Francis Jenkins (ca. 1650-1710);
daughter of Robert King (?-1697). UNCLE: Robert
King (1689- 1755). AUNT: Eleanor King, who mar-
ried Charles Bollard (ca. 1670-ca. 1724/25).
BROTHER: Robert Jenkins Henry (ca. 1712-1766).
SISTER (first name unknown) (?-1722). FIRST
COUSIN: Mary Elizabeth King (1715-1739), who
married Abraham Barnes (?-ca. 1778). MARRIED
Dorothy (1725-by 1781), daughter of John Rider
(1686-1739/40); stepdaughter of Mary Hooper
Hicks; granddaughter of Capt. Thomas Hicks
(1659-1722); stepgranddaughter of Henry Hooper
(ca. 1643-1720); niece of both Henry Hooper (ca.
1687-1767) and Ann Hooper, who married John
Broome (1676-ca. 1738/39); half niece of both
Mary Hooper (1674—1745), who married Henry
Ennalls (1675- 1734) and Elizabeth Hooper, who
married Matthew Travers (ca. 1672-1742). Her
brothers were John (1708-1733); Charles (1716-
1741); and Hutchins (1718-1732). Her sisters were
Ann; Sarah. Her stepsister was Ann Hicks, who
married Henry Travers (?-1765). Her niece was
Ann Billings, who married Henry Steele (ca. 1718-
1782). Her other relatives included great-
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