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gift to his brother William Hindman before his
first election; received at least 300 acres by deed of
gift from Edward Lloyd, which he then resur-
veyed). SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased
355 acres in Queen Anne's County and sold 530
acres in Talbot County, 1793; sold at least 452
acres in Queen Anne's and Dorchester counties,
1801; bought and sold tracts and lots in Baltimore
City and Baltimore County, 1793-1827. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED, on February 18, 1830, in
Baltimore City. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
$75,094.42 (including extensive stockholdings,
with at least 881 shares in several banks and road
companies, over $10,000 in U.S. government stock
issued in 1814 and 1815 bearing 6 percent interest,
and $3,700 in city corporate stock bearing 5 per-
cent interest; and at least 4 slaves, 1 of whom he
manumitted in his will); FB, $82.13. LAND: 1
dwelling house and a lot on North Calvert Street,
Baltimore City. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: his prin-
cipal heirs were his nephews Archibald Hindman
Campbell, William Hindman Campbell, William
Hindman, and Henry Hindman, and his nieces
Maria Winchester, Elizabeth Augusta Goodwin,
Sophia Campbell, and Elizabeth Barney.
HINDMAN, WILLIAM (1743-1822). BORN: on
April 1, 1743, in Dorchester County; second son.
NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in Talbot
County, by 1744. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Jacob Hindman (by 1713-1766), stepson of Fran-
cis Allen (?-1745). MOTHER: Mary (?-1782),
daughter of Henry Trippe (?-ca. 1723/24). UNCLE:
Henry Trippe (?-1744). HALF UNCLE William
Allen (?-1792). AUNT: Elizabeth Trippe, who mar-
ried second, Bartholomew Ennalls (ca. 1700-
1783). BROTHERS: James Hindman (1741-1830);
Jacob Henderson (?-1781); Edward (?-1781); and
John (?-by 1794). SISTERS: Elizabeth (?-by 1788),
who married William Perry (1746-1799); Sarah
(?-ca. 1782); and Mary (?-died young). FIRST
COUSINS: Mary Emerson Trippe (ca. 1739-1811),
who married Robert Goldsborough IV (1740-
1798); Ann Trippe, who married John Dickinson
(ca. 1726-1789). MARRIED never. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: attended the University of
Pennsylvania from May 1758 to 1761, but was a
nongraduate; entered the Inns of Court, London,
England, and graduated in 1765; subscribed to
Washington College, Chestertown, Kent County.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Michael's
Parish, Talbot County; Methodist, by 1795; gave
land to the trustees for the meetinghouse of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, Wye Chapel, to
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erect a place of public worship, 1795. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1771; Esq., 1783;
Hon., 1795. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: lawyer, ad-
mitted to the following courts: Queen Anne's
County in June 1765; Somerset County in June
1765; Talbot County in June 1765; Dorchester
County by November 1772. Land speculator;
planter after he retired from politics, ca. 1801.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Conven-
tions, Talbot County, 4th, 1775, 5th, 1775; Senate,
Eastern Shore, Term of 1776-1781: 1777 (elected
on April 12, 1777, to fill vacancy in the 1777 As-
sembly; qualified on June 17, 1777), 1777-1778,
1778-1779, 1779-1780, 1780-1781, Term of 1781-
1786: 1781-1782, 1782-1783, 1783, 1784, 1785
(did not serve), Term of 1791-1796: 1791-1792,
1792, 1793 (resigned on November 15, 1793, after
his election to the U.S. Congress), Term of 1796-
1801: 1798 (elected on January 12, 1799, to serve
during the last week of the 1798 Assembly), 1799,
1800. OTHER STATE OFFICES, treasurer, Eastern
Shore, 1775-1777 (resigned); clerk, Eastern Shore
branch of the Council of Safety of Maryland, in
office 1775; Executive Council, 1789-1790, 1790-
1791. LOCAL OFFICES: St. Michael's Parish Vestry,
Talbot County, in office 1771-1772, 1773, 1779-
1780, 1784-1785; secretary, Committee of Obser-
vation, Talbot County, elected 1775; justice, Tal-
bot County, appointed 1778 (did not qualify),
1779; justice, Orphans' Court, Talbot County,
appointed 1778 (did not qualify), 1779; board of
visitors, Washington College, Chestertown, Kent
County, in office 1782; board of visitors, Talbot
County School, in office 1783. OUT OF STATE SER-
VICE: delegate, Continental Congress, 1784-1786
(elected on December 17, 1784, to fill vacancy, but
did not attend until February 1785; reelected in
November 1785 and December 1786; no record of
attendance after November 1786); representative,
U.S. Congress, 1793 (elected to fill vacancy; seated
on January 30, 1793), 1793-1795, 1795-1797,
1797-1799; senator, U.S. Congress, 1800-1801
(elected to fill vacancy; seated on December 15,
1800), 1801 (reappointed to fill vacancy caused by
the failure of the legislature to elect his successor;
seated on March 5, 1801). ADDITIONAL COM-
MENTS: During a heated campaign for a U.S. Sen-
ate seat in 1798, Hindman's opponent, Joshua
Seney (1756- 1798), accused him of falling asleep in
Congress. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES:
opposed confiscating British property, 1779, 1781;
supported Jay's Treaty and the Alien and Sedition
Acts; represented the Federalist party in his un-
successful campaign for the U.S. Senate, 1798. In
his will Hindman manumitted all of his slaves giv-
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