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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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PEM BIOGRAPHIES

(?-1749), who married first, John Pemberton
(1685-1722), and second, by 1724, John Hawkins
(?-1745). NEPHEW: Grundy Pemberton (?-1768).
ADDITIONAL COMMENT: During part of his nephew
Grundy's minority, Benjamin acted as his guard-
ian and was trustee of his estate until at least 1729/
30. MARRIED on December 22, 1726, Elizabeth,
daughter of Nicholas Lurtey (?-1727/28) of Tal-
bot County, an innholder, and wife Sarah. Her
brother was John. Her sisters were Mary, who
married Richard Dawson; Sarah, who married
(first name unknown) Skinner. CHILDREN. SON:
John (1727-1793), of Queen Anne's County,
planter. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Peter's
Parish, Talbot County; later attended St. Paul's
Parish, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties. SO-
CIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1718; Gent.,
by 1722. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: called a mer-
chant of Talbot County in 1720; planter. PUBLIC

CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,

Talbot County, 1725-1727. LOCAL OFFICES: St.
Peter's Parish Vestry, Talbot County, 1724-1726;
St. Paul's Parish Vestry, Queen Anne's and Tal-
bot counties, 1729-1730. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 570 acres in Queen

Anne's and Talbot counties, 1 lot in Kingstowne
and 2 lots in Oxford, Talbot County (inherited
570 acres and lot in Kingstowne; bought 2 lots in

Oxford). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired by
warrant of escheat and probable inheritance 1,106
acres and a house and lot in Queen Anne's and
Talbot counties, 1726-1733/34. Sold 806 acres in
Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, 1728-1733.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between September 17,
1733, and February 4, 1733/34, in Queen Anne's

County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £460.17.8

(including 11 slaves, 1 servant with 2 months to
serve, books, and 75 oz. plate); FB, estate o-
verpaid £0.0.2. LAND. 870 acres in Queen Anne's
County, 1 lot in Kingstowne, 2 lots in Oxford,
and a dwelling house and lot, location unknown,
all in Talbot County,

PEMBERTON, GRUNDY (?-1768). BORN: prob-
ably in Queen Anne's County; a minor in 1729/
30. NATIVE: at least third generation. RESIDED:
in Queen Anne's County; Talbot County at death.

FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: John Pemberton

(1685-1722), son of John Pemberton (?-ca. 1701)
and wife Margaret Matthews (?-by 1718), of
Queen Anne's County. Margaret married sec-
ond, in 1703, Col. Robert Grundy (?-1720).

STEPFATHER: John Hawkins (?-1745). MOTHER:
Deborah (?-1749), daughter of Col. Robert
Grundy (?-1720) and his first wife Deborah
Shrigley (Sprigley) Impey. UNCLE: Benjamin Pem-
berton (ca. 1698-1733/34). AUNT: Anne Grundy
(1690-1732), who married James Lloyd (1679/80-
1723). BROTHER. Joseph (by 1720-by 1727). HALF
BROTHER. Robert Hawkins. HALF OR STEPBROTH-
ERS. John Hawkins; Matthew Hawkins. HALF SIS-
TER: Deborah Hawkins, who married in 1743/44
William Banckes (?-1766), a merchant of Queen
Anne's County. HALF OR STEPSISTERS. Frances
Saulsbury; Mercine. FIRST COUSINS: Robert Lloyd
(ca. 1712-1770); Henrietta Maria Lloyd (ca. 1711-
1748), who married Samuel Chamberlaine (1698-
1773); Margaret Lloyd (1714-ca. 1785), who
married William Tilghman (1711-1782); and Anne
Lloyd (ca. 1723-1794), who married Matthew
Tilghman (1717/18-1790). OTHER KINSHIP. His half
nephew was William Banckes (?-1806). MARRIED
name unknown. CHILDREN. DAUGHTER: Mary, who
married first, James Nichols (?-by 1774), an at-
torney of Talbot County, and second, Charles
Crookshanks. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: lit-
erate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Paul's
Parish, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties; later
attended St. John's Parish Church, Queen Anne's
and Talbot counties. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIV-
ITIES: Gent., by 1734. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Queen Anne's County, 1737
(elected to the 3rd session of the 1734/35-1737
Assembly to fill vacancy), 1738 (Aggrievances),
1739-1741 (Aggrievances 3; Bills of Credit 1-3),
1742-1744 (Elections 2; Aggrievances 1, 2; Bills
of Credit 1, 2), 1745 (Aggrievances; Bills of Credit),
1745/46-1748. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Queen
Anne's County, in office 1734-1739, 1743 (quo-
rum, 1737-1739, 1743); St. Paul's Parish Vestry,
1735-1738; St. John's Parish Vestry, elected ves-
tryman of newly erected St. John's Parish in 1752,
served at intervals until 1763. WEALTH DURING

LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,040 acres

in Queen Anne's County (860 acres inherited, 180
acres purchased). In 1720 Pemberton inherited
an additional 200 acres near Dover, Delaware, a
house and storehouses in Oxford, Talbot County,
plus unspecified acreage in Maryland and Penn-
sylvania. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired

through purchase and inheritance 2,894 acres in
Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, 1738-ca. 1752.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between May 14 and
July 6, 1768, in Talbot County. PERSONAL PROP-

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