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quired almost 3,600 additional acres in Montgom-
ery County. Most of this land adjoined his previ-
ously held 400 acres in Lower Newfoundland
Hundred (later became the 5th District) and on it
he built a large dwelling house. Although some of
the 3,600 acres were acquired through small pa-
tents and purchases, Holmes made two major pur-
chases, ca. 900 acres in 1794 and 1,678 acres in
1816. He sold 295 acres in 1816. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED buried on August 29, 1825, in
Prince George's Parish, Prince George's County;
size of estate unknown. LAND: probably ca. 4,000
acres in Montgomery County.
HOMEWOOD, JOHN (?-1682). IMMIGRATED
ca. 1649 as a minor with his father or brother. RE-
SIDED: in Anne Arundel County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: possibly James Homewood, a
justice of Anne Arundel County in 1650 (or this
may have been his brother). BROTHER: Thomas.
MARRIED by 1664 Sarah, daughter of Thomas
Metres (ca. 1602-ca. 1674). She subsequently mar-
ried John Bennett. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Quaker. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne Arundel
County, 1663-1664, 1676-1682 (Elections and
Privileges 2). LOCAL OFFICE: justice, Anne Arun-
del County, 1674-1679. STANDS ON PUBLIC /PRI-
VATE ISSUES active in the 1670s with his fellow
Quakers in seeking relief from taking legally re-
quired Oaths. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: 470-1,000 acres. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated on September 28,
1682. PERSONAL PROPERTY: at least 1 servant.
LAND: 1,970 acres.
HOOD, JOHN, JR. (?-ca. 1795). BORN: of age by
1765. NATIVE: fourth generation. RESIDED in Up-
per Fork Hundred or Bearground Hundred, Anne
Arundel County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
John Hood (1712-1786), of Elk Ridge, Anne
Arundel County. MOTHER: Elizabeth Shipley (?-
1795). MARRIED first, Hannah Poole. MARRIED
second, after 1772 Rachel, daughter of Cornelius
Howard (1717-1772), of Queen Caroline Parish,
Anne Arundel County, and wife Rachel Wor-
thington. Her brothers were Joseph; Thomas Cor-
nelius; and Brice. Her sisters were Elizabeth, who
married (first name unknown) Davis; Sarah. MAR-
RIED third, in 1785 Elizabeth (1746-1807), daugh-
ter of Henry Gaither (1724-1783), of Montgomery
County, and wife Martha Ridgely (?-1797). Her
brothers were Beale (?-1839); William; Henry;
Ephraim; Gerrard; Benjamin; Daniel; and Freder-
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ick. Her sisters were Ann; Deborah; Mary; and
Amelia. CHILDREN. SONS: James; Joshua (?-by
1795); John; Benjamin, who married in 1797 Sally
Wayman; Thomas; and Henry Gaither. DAUGH-
TERS. Hannah, who married Jesse Owings; Sarah
(1772-1833), who married Walter Tolley Wor-
thington, son of Samuel Worthington (1734-1815);
and Elizabeth, who married in 1797 Nicholas
Merriweather. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: lit-
erate. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE, planter; farmer, by
1782. Maintained extensive apple orchards. Hood
had approximately 1,300 fruit-bearing trees on his
and his sons' land at the time of his death. His
leases to tenants stipulated that they plant apple
trees. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Conventions, Anne Arundel County, 1st, 1774
(appointed, but did not attend), 2nd, 1774.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY, assessed value £880.0.0, including 24 slaves
and 1.5 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: ca. 1,524 acres in Anne Arundel and
Baltimore counties (ca. 1,300 acres obtained as
gifts from his father). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: as
his father's only heir, Hood's lands were closely
tied with those of his father. When John Hood,
Sr., died in 1786 he devised ca. 3,500 acres to his
grandchildren, but since most were minors his son
controlled the land. Hood acquired ca. 1,300 acres
in Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties by pur-
chase and patent and an additional 221 acres in
Hampshire County, Virginia, through his marriage
to Elizabeth Gaither. In 1782 he leased some of
his land in Baltimore County for £12 per year, and
prior to his death he gave ca. 1,100 acres in
Baltimore County to two of his sons. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated on February 10, 1795,
in Anne Arundel County. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
TEV, £5,333.11.8 current money (including 12
slaves); FB, £2,316.6.6. LAND: 2,708 acres in Anne
Arundel and Baltimore counties.
HOOE, ROBERT TOWNSHEND (ca. 1743-
1809). BORN: ca. 1743; second son. NATIVE: at
least second generation. RESIDED: in Charles
County; Alexandria, Virginia, by 1781. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. MOTHER: Tabitha (?-1758), daugh-
ter of Joseph Harrison (1687-1727) and wife Ver-
linda. UNCLES: Richard Harrison (?-1780); Joseph
Hanson Harrison (?-1785). BROTHER: Joseph (?-
1760). SISTERS. Verlinda Harrison; Mary Town-
send; and Sarah (?-1769). PRIVATE CAREER. EDU-
CATION: literate. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: sur-
veyor, 1766; merchant; his firm of Hooe &
Harrison, of Alexandria, Virginia, owned priva-
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