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"worthy and respectable." OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: mariner, 1720-1742; merchant, 1743-1750.
Lux was commander of the ship Gilbert, 1720-
1722, the ship Jonathan, 1723-at least 1724, the
ship Patapsco Merchant, 1732, and the ship Genoa
Galley, 1738. All of these vessels transported to-
bacco from Anne Arundel County to Great Brit-
ain on general consignment or specifically con-
signed to Jonathan Forward, merchant, of London.
Lux acted as attorney in Maryland for other mar-
iners and for Jonathan and James Forward of
London, merchants. When he moved to Balti-
more, Lux became a merchant importing goods
from England and shipping Maryland products
from his wharf on Light Street in Baltimore Town.
He may also have owned a ropewalk in Balti-
more. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Baltimore County, 1749-1750 (Bills
of Credit 1; Arms and Ammunition Cv-2; died
before the 3rd session of the 1749-1751 Assem-
bly). LOCAL OFFICES: churchwarden, St. Paul's
Parish, Baltimore County, 1743-1744, 1749-1750;
St. Paul's Parish Vestry, Baltimore County, in
office 1744-1747, 1750; commissioner, Baltimore
Town, 1745-1750; justice, Baltimore County,
1749-1750. MILITARY SERVICE, captain by 1743.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: at least 989 acres in Anne Arundel, Balti-
more, Frederick, and Dorchester counties, plus
2 lots in Baltimore Town (367 acres in Anne
Arundel and Baltimore counties received as gift
from his father-in-law, 320 acres in Baltimore and
Fredeick counties by patent, 302 acres in Fred-
erick, Baltimore, and Dorchester counties and 2
lots in Baltimore Town by purchase). Lux also
held mortgages on at least 400 acres in Baltimore
and Anne Arundel counties. SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND
DEATH: Patented 10 acres in Baltimore County
and 100 acres in Frederick County, 1749; sold 67
acres in Anne Arundel County to his brother-in-
law shortly before his death; obtained at least 100
acres in Baltimore County through defaults on
mortgages. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED, on October
14, 1750, of pleurisy, in Baltimore Town. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £555.9.1 sterling,
£3,489.16.0 current money, and 1,683 pounds to-
bacco (including 4 servants, 11 slaves, "sundry
European goods," books, the sloop Baltimore
Town, the schooner Polly, and a vessel under
construction); FB, £2,156.4.5 current money.
Debts included £994.0.4 sterling paid to Syden-
ham and Hodgson of London, merchants. LAND:
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ca. 1,252 acres in Baltimore, Frederick, and Dor-
chester counties, plus 2 lots in Baltimore Town.
LUX, DARBY (?-1795). BORN: in Anne Arundel
County, of age by 1753; younger son. NATIVE:
second generation. RESIDED: in Baltimore Town,
1743-at least 1754; Barbadoes until ca. 1765; Bal-
timore County until death. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Darby Lux (ca. 1698-1750). MOTHER:
Ann (ca. 1705-1785), daughter of Robert Sand-
ers (?-1755) of Anne Arundel County and wife
Rebeckath Groome (?-1752). BROTHERS: Wil-
liam Lux (by 1730-1778); Robert (?-1796). SIS-
TERS: Mary (by 1730-?); Sarah (?-ca. 1734);
Elizabeth; Ann; Sarah; Rebecca (?-by 1780);
Frances; and Jane. FIRST COUSINS: Anne Jennings
(1745-1794), who married Thomas Johnson, Jr.
(1732-1819); Ann Baldwin, who married Samuel
Chase (1741-1811); and Hester Baldwin (?-1832),
who married Jeremiah Townly Chase (1748-1828).
NEPHEW: Daniel Bowley (1745-1807). NIECE: Anne
Hughes (1771-?), who married William Fitzhugh,
Jr. (1761-1839). MARRIED on November 15, 1764,
Rachel (ca. 1736-1813), daughter of Charles
Ridgely (by 1705-1772) and wife Rachel Howard.
Rachel's stepmother was Lydia, widow of Dr.
Samuel Stringer (?-1747), daughter of Richard
Warfield (ca. 1677-1755). Her brothers were
Charles Ridgely (1733-1790); John Ridgely (by
1724-1771). Her stepbrothers were Richard
Stringer; Samuel Stringer. Her sisters were Ach-
sah; Pleasance. Her stepsisters were Ann Stringer;
Lucy Stringer. Her nephew was Charles Ridgely,
of John (ca. 1749-1786). Her nieces were Mary
Ridgely (?-1804), who married Benjamin Nich-
olson (?-1792); Deborah Ridgely (1749-1817),
who married John Sterett (1750/51-1787); Rachel
Goodwin, who married second, Jesse Holling-
sworth (1732/33-1810); and Prudence Carnan
(1755-1822), who married Harry Dorsey Gough
(ca. 1745-1808). Her half first cousins were Henry
Griffith (ca. 1720-1794); Charles Greenbury Grif-
fith (ca. 1744-1792). CHILDREN. SONS: William;
Darby (ca. 1772-1812), who married in 1798 Mary,
daughter of Benjamin Nicholson (?-1792).
DAUGHTERS. Ann, who married first, George
Risteau, and second, Thomas Deye Cockey:
Rachel, who married in 1798 James McCormick.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION. Anglican, St. Paul's Parish, Balti-
more County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr. ,
by 1764; Esq., by 1778. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
merchant in Barbadoes, ca. 1764; partner in firm
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