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of Calvert County, and James Dick of Anne
Arundel County to patent over 14,000 acres of
land in Baltimore County. Lux owned at least
one ship by 1754, and through the 1760s shipped
tobacco to various London merchants, including
James Russell and William Molleson. By 1773 he
formed a partnership with his nephew Daniel
Bowley (1745-1807). The partners, trading as Lux
and Bowley, shipped a variety of goods, including
pig iron, wheat, pitch, and Indian corn, to Lon-
don. Lux and Bowley owned a wharf and rope-
walk in Baltimore Town, and were active during
the Revolution as purchasers and suppliers of dry
goods, ammunition, salt, and cordage for the use
of Maryland troops and vessels. Lux himself owned
shares in at least two privateers operating during
the war. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Conventions, Baltimore County, 1st, 1774, 4th,
1775. OTHER STATE OFFICE: purchasing agent for
the ship Defence, 1776. LOCAL OFFICES: clerk,
Baltimore Town, by 1746-at least 1765; St. Paul's
Parish Vestry, Baltimore County, 1752-1755,
1759-1762; churchwarden, St. Paul's Parish, Bal-
timore County, 1762-1763, 1772-1773; justice,
Baltimore County, 1752-1754, 1756, 1777; man-
ager of lottery to complete the market house,
Baltimore Town, 1763; trustee for the poor, Bal-
timore County, appointed 1773; Committee of
Correspondence, Baltimore County, elected 1774;
Committee of Observation, Baltimore County,
1774-1776 (vice chairman); collector of gold and
silver coin, Baltimore County, appointed 1776;
committee for the defense of Baltimore Town,
appointed 1776. OUT OF STATE SERVICE: conti-
nental purchasing agent, 1776-1778. STANDS ON
PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Active in the promotion
of Baltimore Town as center of trade, especially
for Eastern Shore products, 1760s. Lux was allied
with Samuel Chase (1741-1811) during the Stamp
Act controversy, 1765, and was one of the or-
ganizers of the Baltimore Sons of Liberty, 1766.
A modern historian has characterized Lux as "a
man of major political importance in Baltimore
during the years 1765-1775." He was deeply in-
volved in political organization and the logistics
of supply during the early years of the Revolu-
tion. His obituary in a Baltimore newspaper termed
Lux a "patriot and philantropist." WEALTH DUR-
ING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION, probably
ca. 2,520 acres in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and
Frederick counties, plus 1 lot in Baltimore Town
(ca. 1,109 acres in Baltimore and Frederick coun-
ties and the 1 lot in Baltimore Town through
inheritance and marriage, including 950 acres
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known as "Chatsworth"; 914 acres in Baltimore
and Anne Arundel counties by patent, including
802 acres in Baltimore County patented as his
share of ca. 11,500 acres originally acquired with
Lyon, Grahame, and Dick; 497 acres in Anne
Arundel and Baltimore counties by purchase).
Lux also owned 260 acres in Baltimore County
with Daniel Chamier and 525 acres in Baltimore
County with Lyon, Grahame, and Dick. SIGNIF-
ICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: sold ca. 24 acres in Baltimore
County, 1775 and 1777. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
on May 10, 1778, in Baltimore County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, at least £43,561.7.10 current
money (including 2 servants, 41 slaves, 112 oz.
plate, books, and one-half share valued at
£2,775.0.0 in a ropewalk); FB, from accounts filed
in 1790 and 1791, £5,293.6.4 before payment of
legacies. LAND: probably ca. 2,500 acres in Bal-
timore, Anne Arundel, and Frederick counties.
LYLES, WILLIAM (?-1790). BORN: probably in
Calvert County. NATIVE: was a descendant of
William Lyles who arrived in Calvert County in
1652. RESIDED: at "Red Hall," near Lower Marl-
borough, Calvert County. MARRIED first, proba-
bly Eleanor (1723-?), daughter of Stephen West
(ca. 1682-1752) of Anne Arundel County and
wife Elizabeth Maccubbin (?-1725). Her sisters
were Mary (1714-probably by 1727); Priscilla
(1716-?), who married first, William Pearce, and
second, Richard Smith; and Elizabeth (1721-?),
who married in 1783 James Stone. Her half broth-
ers were Stephen West (1727-1790); John Henry
(1733-?). Her half sisters were Mary (1729-?),
who married by 1767 (first name unknown) Moore;
Mary Magdalene (1731-?), who married on March
29, 1752, Richard Moore; Rebecca Ann (1735/
36-?); Martha (ca. 1738-?), who married (first
name unknown) Lawrence; and Ann (1741-?).
MARRIED second, Mary (1750-1793), widow of
Alexander Hamilton Smith (ca. 1748-1784),
daughter of Richard Chew (1716-1769) and wife
Sarah Loch Chew (1721-1791). Mary was the
niece of Ann Chew (1707-1777), who married in
1124 Philip Thomas (1693/94-1762). Her brothers
were Richard (1753-1801), who married first, in
1773, Margaret (1755-1799), daughter of James
John Mackall (1717-1772), and second, in 1780,
Frances, daughter of Thomas Holland of Calvert
County; Samuel (1755-1785); Locke (1757-1793);
Francis (1760-?); and Philemon Lloyd (1765-?),
who married Ann (1767-1827), daughter of Wil-
liam Bowie (1721-1791). Her half brother was
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