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and Charles Hammond (1692/93-1772). Her
brothers or half brothers were Thomas Heath
Franklin (?-1794); Benjamin Franklin (?-1794);
and James Franklin (?-1792). Her sister or half
sister was Sarah Franklin. Her half sister was Ruth
Ingram (?-by 1794). Her first cousins were John
Hammond (1735-1784); Rezin Hammond (1745-
1809); Matthias Hammond (1740-1786); Nathan
Hammond (173l-1811), Rezin Hammond (?-1783);
and Ann Hammond (1716-1785), who married
second, William Govane (1716/17-1768). MAR-
RIED second, by 1777, Hellen (Helen) (?-by 1820),
daughter of Dr. Richard Tootell (?-1782) of An-
napolis and wife Elizabeth Frazier. Her brother
was Richard, Jr., a merchant of Annapolis and
the West Indies. CHILDREN. SONS: John (ca. 1781-
?); William (ca. 1785-?). DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth
(by 1777-?), who married in 1797 Samuel H.
Baker; Priscilla (ca. 1779-?), who married Rich-
ard B. Dallam; Ann (ca. 1782-?), who married
(first name unknown) Guest; and Frances (ca.
1786-?), who married John Josias Middlemore
Dallam, son of Richard Dallam (1743-1820). PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: Academy and Charity
School of Philadelphia, enrolled 1752. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., by 1778; third gen-
eration legislator. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter; owned warehouse at Otter Point, Har-
ford County, until 1785; continued his father's
development of Abingdon, and by 1786 had laid
off lots adjoining the original bounds of the town.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: 3rd Con-
vention, Harford County, 1774. OTHER STATE OF-
FICE: Executive Council, 1784 (elected August 4,
1784, to fill vacancy), 1784-1785. LOCAL OFFICES:
justice, Harford County, 1774-1775, appointed
1779 (removed from county), Anne Arundel, 1786;
Committee of Observation, Harford County, 1775;
justice, Orphans' Court, Harford County, 1777-
1778, appointed 1779, Anne Arundel County,
1786. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 2nd Maryland
Battalion of the Flying Camp, commission dated
July 24, 1776, served until December 1776; It.
colonel, 23rd Battalion, Harford County Militia,
commissioned April 9, 1778, served until at least
June 16, 1781. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES.
signed Bush Declaration, March 22, 1775. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY, inherited
1 slave and a silver tankard from his grandmother
Martha Paca, 1746; assessed value £642.0.0, in-
cluding 17 slaves, Anne Arundel and Harford
counties, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: prob-
ably 220 acres and 1 lot at Otter Point, Harford
County, plus 1 lot in Annapolis held by his wife
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or her mother (at least 210 acres in Harford in-
herited from his father, whose land had appar-
ently been divided in accordance with his will
prior to his death); may also have had control of
the rest of his anticipated inheritance from his
father, amounting to ca. 550 acres and lots in
Abingdon and Washington, Harford County. SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: sold his lot at Otter Point in
1785, and 10 lots (inherited from his father) in
Abingdon, 1785-1787 (some of these Abingdon
lots adjoined the original town land); purchased
ca. 220 acres in Harford County, 1787. From late
1783 until only a few days before his death, Aquila
was involved in litigation with the heirs of his
second cousin, Aquila Paca, Jr. (1753-1783), son
of John Paca, Jr. (1725-1757), over lands devised
and entailed by Aquila Paca (ca. 1703-1743/44).
When the case was finally settled, Aquila had
gained title to a 680-acre plantation on Delph
Creek, Harford County. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
on February 26, 1788, in Abingdon, Harford
County. PERSON AL PROPERTY: TEV, £9,791.10.7
current money (including 33 slaves, 3 books, 97
oz. plate, and 17 oz. old silver); FB, £1,263.15.3
current money. LAND. ca. 1,600 acres in Harford
County, plus at least 21 lots in Abingdon and 58
lots in Washington, Harford County, and 1 lot in
Annapolis by right of his wife.
PACA, JOHN (ca. 1712-1785). BORN: ca. 1712,
in Baltimore County; younger son. NATIVE: third
generation. RESIDED, on Bush River, Baltimore
(later became Harford) County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Aquila Paca (ca. 1676-1721).
MOTHER: Martha Phillips (?-1746). UNCLE: James
Phillips (?-1720). HALF UNCLE: John Hall (ca.
1658-1737). AUNT: Mary Phillips (?-1738), who
married first, John Carvile (ca. 1670-1709).
BROTHERS. James; Aquila Paca (ca. 1703-1743/
44). SISTERS: (first name unknown) (?-1709); Mary
(1701-?); Susannah (1705-?); and Priscilla (?-
ca. 1742). NIECES: Martha Paca (1732/33-?), who
married Robert Adair (?-1768). MARRIED on No-
vember 2, 1732, Elizabeth (?-ca. 1766), daughter
of William Smith (?-1731/32) of Baltimore County,
formerly of Calvert County, and wife Elizabeth
Martin, widow of Richard Dallam (?-1714). Her
brothers were William Smith (?-1777); Winston
(?-ca. 1752), who married first, Priscilla Paca (?-
ca. 1742), daughter of Aquila Paca (ca. 1676-
1721), and second, Susanna (1718-1806), widow
of George Stokes (?-1741), daughter of James
Phillips (?-1720). Her half brothers were William
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