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in office 1637/38; coroner, appointed 1637/38.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Langford Wrote
a pamphlet, "A Just and Clear Refutation of a
False and Scandalous Pamphlet Entitled Baby-
lon's Fall in Maryland," in defense of the pro-
prietor against his Puritan critics, 1655. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND: surveyed 1,500 acres in
Kent County, 1658 (probably granted as a reward
from the proprietor for writing the pamphlet in
his defense in 1655); sold the land in 1666.
LANGFORD, JOHN (?-by 1651). IMMIGRATED:
by 1642. RESIDED: in St. Michael's Hundred, St.
Mary's County. PRIVATE CAREER. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: carpenter, planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, St. Michael's
Hundred, St. Mary's County, 1642A. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 100
acres in St. Mary's County. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: by October 1651. LAND. 100 acres in St.
Mary's County.
LANGWORTH, JAMES (ca. 1630-ca. 1660/61).
BORN: ca. 1630, probably in England. IMMI-
GRATED: by 1641 as an indentured servant. RE-
SIDED, in St. Mary's County; in Charles County
by 1660/61. MARRIED Agatha (ca. 1615-?), sister
of William Johnson (?-ca. 1656) of "St. Wyn-
efred's," St. Mary's County. CHILDREN. SONS:
William (?-1694), a justice of St. Mary's County,
1686-1689, who married first, Mary, daughter of
Thomas Hussey, and second, Anne; John.
DAUGHTERS: Mary; Elizabeth. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION.
Catholic. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: arrived
as a servant to James Neale (ca. 1615-1684); com-
pleted his service with Margaret Brent (1600-
1670/71) in 1644/45; Gent., at death. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: servant, free by 1644/45; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County,
1658, St. Mary's County, 1659/60 (election voided,
subsequently reelected). LOCAL OFFICES: justice,
St. Mary's County, 1658-1660, Charles County,
1660/61. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 1660-1660/
61. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Supported
Lord Baltimore against the Parliamentary Com-
missioners in the 1655 rebellion. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 800
acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will written on
August 18, 1660; died between February 12, 1660/
61, and April 24, 1661, in Charles County. LAND:
at least 1,000 acres.
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LARRAMORE (LARAMORE, LARRIMORE),
ROGER (?-1721). BORN: in North Sassafras Par-
ish, Cecil County. NATIVE: possibly; if so, third
generation. RESIDED: at "Hazell Branch," Cecil
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: possibly
Edward Larremore (1657- 1710/11). MOTHER: pos-
sibly Elizabeth Eldesley (Eldezly). BROTHER:
possibly Joshua (1697-?). SISTER: possibly Eliz-
abeth. ADDITIONAL COMMENT: His father peti-
tioned the Assembly in 1701 to pass a bill of di-
vorcement declaring the children of Elizabeth, his
wife, to be illegitimate and "begotten during her
elopement." MARRIED first, on February 7, 1707,
Margaret (?-1718), daughter of William Dare (?-
1719). Her brother was William Dare (?-ca. 1721/
22). Her sister was Mary. MARRIED second, on
December 22, 1719, Augustina, widow of Thomas
Frisby (1681-ca. 1715/16), daughter of Casparus
Augustine Herman (1656-1697). Augustina was
the niece of Anna Margretta Herman, who mar-
ried first, Henry Ward (?-ca. 1683/84), and sec-
ond, Matthias Vanderheyden (?-1729); Judith
Herman, who married John Thompson (?-ca. 1701/
2). Her brother was Ephraim Augustine Herman
(1683-1734/35). Her first cousins were Richard
Thompson (ca. 1680-1775); Augustine Thompson
(1691-1738/39); Henry Ward (?-1734); Joseph
Wood (?-1738); Francina Vanderheyden, who
married second, Charles Hynson (1692-1748);
Augustina Vanderheyden, who married James
Harris (1682-1743); and Ariana Vanderheyden,
who married first, James Frisby (1684-1719), sec-
ond, Thomas Bordley (ca. 1683-1726), and fi-
nally, Edmund Jennings (?-1756). After Larra-
more's death, Augustina married on November
30, 1723, Henry Rippen. CHILDREN. SONS Ed-
ward (1710-?); Roger. DAUGHTERS: Rachel (1708-
?); Margaret (1712-?); twins Mary and Sarah
(1715-1716); and Augusteen (1720-?). ADDI-
TIONAL COMMENT: At the time his will was drawn,
Larramore's wife was expecting a child. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION. Anglican, St. Stephen's Church, North
Sassafras Parish, Cecil County. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., 1714; Gent., 1719. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: planter; owned a water mill.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Cecil County, 1719-1721 (died prior to
the 5th session of the 1719-1721/22 Assembly).
LOCAL OFFICES: sheriff, Cecil County, 1715-1717;
North Sassafras Parish Vestry, Cecil County, in
office 1719; justice, Cecil County, 1720-1721.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: at least 609 acres in Cecil County (inherited
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