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served as agent for the state during the Revolu-
tion: procured supplies and vessels, superintended
the construction and outfitting of vessels for the
Maryland navy, arranged for the transport of
troops and supplies, was involved in exporting
goods from Baltimore Town for the state. LOCAL
OFFICES: commissioner to make roads leading to
Baltimore Town, appointed 1774; agent to pur-
chase provisions, Baltimore County, appointed
1778; Board of Commissioners, Baltimore County,
in office ca. 1781; councilman (first branch),
Baltimore City, elected 1797. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY, store or ware-
house on "Hollingsworth's Wharf," Baltimore
Town, which burned in 1794. Built a large brick
warehouse at the head of his dock before his
death. His marriage contract with Rachel Parkins
provided that each partner would hold his or her
property individually and choose his or her heirs.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 456 acres in
Washington and Anne Arundel counties, plus 16
lots in Baltimore Town (8 owned outright, 5 held
by lease, 3 leased out for ground rent). SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: sold his land in Anne Arundel
and Washington counties and bought a house and
lot in Alexandria, Virginia. During the 1790s he
sold or leased out almost all of his lots in
Baltimore City, reserving ground rents on at least
4 lots (as well as the leases he already held on 3
others). By the early 1800s he mortgaged or sold
additional lots and leases to pay the creditors of
his son Zebulon. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will
probated on October 6, 1810, in Baltimore City.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: included stock in the Bank
of Maryland, Bank of Baltimore, Frederick Turn-
pike Road, Reisterstown and York roads, 2
houses on Calvert Street and 2 houses on East
Street, Baltimore City. Requested no appraisal of
his estate. LAND: 2 lots in Baltimore City, plus
ground rents on 3 more lots in Baltimore City and
1 lot in Baltimore City leased to him; also a house
and lot in Alexandria, Virginia.
HOLLYDAY (HOLLIDAY), HENRY (ca. 1725-
1789). BORN: on March 9, ca. 1725, at "Wye
House," Talbot County; younger son. NATIVE:
third generation. RESIDED: in Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, ca. 1739; Queen Anne's County, after
1747; "Ratcliffe Manor," Talbot County, by 1768.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: James Hollyday
(1696-1747), son of Thomas Hollyday (ca. 1661-
1702/3). MOTHER: Sarah (1683-1755), widow of
Edward Lloyd (1670-1 718/19); daughter of Nehe-
miah Covington (?-ca. 1713), of Somerset County,
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and wife Rebecca Denwood. AUNTS: Margery Hol-
lyday Covington (?-1764), who married second,
Thomas Gantt (?-1765); Elizabeth Covington, who
married Benjamin Wailes (?-ca. 1729); and Pris-
cilla Covington, who married Robert King (1689-
1755). BROTHER. James Hollyday (1722-1786).
HALF BROTHERS: Philemon Lloyd (1709-1729);
Edward Lloyd (1711-1770); James Lloyd (1715-
1738); and Richard Lloyd (1717-1786). SISTER.
Sarah (1727-1729). HALF SISTER: Rebecca Lloyd
(1713-ca. 1776). FIRST COUSINS: Mary King
(1715-1739), who married Abraham Barnes (?-ca.
1778); Elizabeth Hollyday, who married Francis
Lee (?-1749); and Mary Hollyday, who married
Francis Waring (1715-1769). MARRIED on Decem-
ber 9, 1748, Anna Maria (ca. 1732-1804), daugh-
ter of George Robins (1697-17 42); stepdaughter of
William Goldsborough (1709- 1760); granddaugher
of both Thomas Robins (1672-1721) and Richard
Tilghman (1672/73-1738/39); niece of William
Tilghman (1711-1782), Edward Tilghman (1713-
1786), James Tilghman (1716-1793), Matthew
Tilghman ( 1717 /18- 1790), Mary Tilghman
(1702-1736), who married James Earle, Jr. (ca.
1694-1739), and Anna Maria Tilghman (1709-
1763), who married first, William Hemsley (1703-
1736), and second, Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770);
half niece of Elizabeth Robins (1710-1746), who
married William Goldsborough (1709-1760). Her
brother was Thomas (1740-1762). Her sisters were
Margaret (1734-1808), who married William Hay-
ward (?-1791); Henrietta Maria (1736-1791), who
married James Lloyd Chamberlaine (1732-1783);
Susanna (1738-?); and Elizabeth (1742-by 1764).
Her first cousins were Richard Tilghman (1740-
1809); Michael Earle (1722- 1787); Richard Tilgh-
man Earle (1728/29-1788); Peregrine Tilghman
(ca. 1741-1807); James Tilghman (1743-1809);
William Tilghman (1756-1827); Matthew Tilgh-
man (1760-ca. 1801); James Tilghman, Jr. (ca.
1748-1796); William Hemsley (1736/37-1812);
Margaret Tilghman (1742-1817), who married
Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-1783); Anna Ma-
ria Earle (1725-1795), who married Thomas Ring-
gold (1715-1772); Henrietta Maria Earle (1730-
1767), who married William Hemsley (1736/37-
1812); Deborah Lloyd, who married Peregrine
Tilghman (ca. 1741-1807); Anna Maria Tilghman
(?-1817), who married William Hemsley
(1736/37-1812); and Elizabeth Tilghman, who
married James Lloyd (1745-1820). Her niece was
Henrietta Maria Chamberlaine (?-1804), who mar-
ried William Hayward, Jr. (ca. 1758-1834). CHIL-
DREN. SONS: Henry, who died at age two; James
Hollyday (1758-1807); Thomas (1760-1823), who
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