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bond filed on December 13, 1806, in Cecil County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, $5,325.87 (including
7 slaves and silver valued at $46.50); FB,
$3,650.73. LAND: 1,261 acres in Cecil County.
HYNSON (HINSON), CHARLES (1663-1711).
BORN: in 1663 in Kent County; third son. NATIVE:
second generation. RESIDED: in Kent County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Thomas Hynson
(1620-ca. 1667/68). MOTHER: Grace. BROTHERS:
John Hynson (?-1705); Thomas (?-1679). SISTERS:
Grace; Ann, who married first, Benjamin Randall,
second, Joseph Wickes (ca. 1620-1692), and third,
St. Leger Codd (ca. 1634-ca. 1707/8). MARRIED in
1686/87 Margaret, daughter of William Marns
(ca. 1644-1712). Her brother was James Harris
(1682-1743). Her sisters were Tabitha, who mar-
ried Marmaduke Tilden (?-1726); Mary. CHIL-
DREN. SONS: Thomas (1688-?); Charles Hynson
(1692-1748); and William Hynson (1708-1767).
DAUGHTERS: Dorcas (1690-?); Judith (1694-
1703); Margaret (1697-?); Jane (1700-1702); and
Jane (Joan) (1702-?). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: second genera-
tion burgess. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Kent County, 1700 (elected to the 4th ses-
sion). ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: he stood three
times as an unsuccessful candidate for burgess,
1701-1708. LOCAL OFFICES: clerk, Kent County,
1692-1694; justice, Kent County, 1694-1696,
1697-1704 (quorum, 1701/2-1704); St. Paul's Par-
ish Vestry, Kent County, 1699-1703, 1708-1710.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: inherited 11,000 pounds of tobacco from his
father's estate. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least
250 acres; 150 acres from his wife's dower.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: buried On May 24,
1711. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £432.12.7 ster-
ling (including 6 slaves); FB, £358.5.0. LAND: at
least 250 acres.
HYNSON (HINSON), CHARLES (1692-1748)
BORN: on August 27, 1692, in Kent County; sec-
ond son. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in
Chestertown, Kent County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Charles Hynson (1663-1711).
MOTHER: Margaret, daughter of William Harris
(ca. 1644-1712). UNCLES. James Harris (1682-
1743); John Hynson (?-1705). AUNT: Ann Hynson,
who married second, Joseph Wickes (ca. 1620-
1692), and third, St. Leger Codd (ca. 1634-ca.
1707/8). BROTHERS: Thomas (1688-?); William
Hynson (1708-1767). SISTERS: Dorcas (1690-?);
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Judith (1694-1703); Margaret (1697-?); Jane
(1700-1702); and Jane (Joan) (1702-?). FIRST
COUSINS: John Hynson (ca. 1670-1708); Nathaniel
Hynson (?-ca. 1721/22). NEPHEW: Matthias Harris
(1718-1773). MARRIED Francina, widow of (first
name unknown) Shippen; daughter of Matthias
Vanderheyden (?-1729) and wife Anna Margaretta
Herman, widow of Henry Ward (?-1683/84). Her
half brother was Henry Ward (?-1734). Her sisters
were Jane; Augustina, who married James Harris
(1682-1743); and Ariana, who married first, James
Frisby (1684-1719), second, Thomas Bordley (ca.
1683-1726), and third, Edmund Jennings (?-
1756). Her nephews were Matthias Harris (1718-
1773); John Beale Bordley (1726/27-1804). Her
niece was Ariana Margaretta Frisby (1717-?), who
married William Harris (1704-1748). CHILDREN.
In his will he mentioned "my dear child Marga-
ret," daughter of Mrs. Margaret (surname un-
known), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., 1723. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: a merchant.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Kent County, 1738, 1739-1741 (Elections
Cv-3; Bills of Credit 1-3). LOCAL OFFICES deputy
commissary, Kent County, 1722-1727, 1742-
1748; justice, Kent County, 1730-at least 1747
(quorum, 1733-at least 1747); justice, Court of
Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, Kent
County, commissioned 1737, 1740, 1742, 1744,
and 1746. MILITARY SERVICE: colonel, 1748.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,873 acres in Kent County, plus 2 lots
in Chestertown, Kent County (all by personal ac-
quisition). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased
at least 246 acres in Kent County, 1742-1747;
sold 859 acres in Kent County, 1741-1747. By
1747 he held his two Chestertown lots as a tenant
in common with William Murray and Bedingfield
Hands. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated
on April 11, 1748, in Kent County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, at least £1,431.10.5 current
money (including 32 slaves). LAND: 1,260 acres in
Kent County; also houses and lots in Chester-
town, Kent County.
HYNSON (HINSON), JOHN (?-1705). BORN
probably in the late 1640s, probably in Virginia, of
age by 1667; first or second son. IMMIGRATED: in
1651 as a minor with his father from Virginia. RE-
SIDED: in Kent County; Talbot County, by 1670;
Kent County again by 1674. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Thomas Hynson (1620-ca.
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