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Elizabeth (1740-?); and Rachel (1748-?), who
married Jacob Howard of Frederick County. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Barnabus Church,
Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County. SO-
CIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1747; Gent.,
by 1752. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: tobacco planter,
who shipped his tobacco to John Buchanan, Port
of London, England; forced by ill health in 1761
to give up the strenuous livelihood of planter for
the more sedentary one of innholder; his inn was
located in Bladensburg, then a port of entry for
English merchant vessels. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Frederick
County, 1749-1751 (Prather's charge that the
sheriff of Frederick County had conducted an il-
legal election was upheld; Daniel Dulany, Jr. (1722-
1797) was unseated and Prather declared the win-
ner). LOCAL OFFICES: constable, Prince George's
County, appointed 1733; justice, Frederick County,
1748. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 986 acres in Prince George's County
(inherited 166 acres from his father, purchased
820 acres). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: gave 200 acres
in Frederick (formerly Prince George's) County
to his son Jeremiah by 1762; before his death gave
200 acres, possibly in both Prince George's and
Frederick counties, to two of his daughters.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between July 14 and
September 3, 1763; will probated in Prince
George's County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£808.2.5 current money (including 2 servants, 6
slaves, 31 books, and 17 oz. plate); FB, £104.1.6.
LAND: 586 acres in Prince George's and Frederick
counties.
PRESTON, RICHARD (ca. 1618-ca. 1669/70).
BORN: ca. 1618, in England. IMMIGRATED: prob-
ably in 1649, definitely by 1650, as a free adult
with his wife and seven children from Virginia.
RESIDED: in Calvert County; Dorchester County
by 1669. MARRIED Margaret. CHILDREN. SONS:
Richard (?-by 1669), who married Margaret (?-
1688), daughter of Thomas Marsh (ca. 1615-ca.
1656); James (?-by 1673/74); and Samuel.
DAUGHTERS: Naomi (?-1663), who married Wil-
liam Berry (ca. 1636-1691); Margaret; Rebecca,
who married Lovelace Gorsuch (?-ca. 1703); and
Sarah, who married first, William Ford (?-1678/
79), and second, Edward Pindar (?-ca. 1692/93).
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Protestant, with Puritan leanings;
converted to Quakerism sometime in the 1650s.
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SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: resident of Up-
per Norfolk, Virginia, by 1636; transported 10
servants on arrival in Maryland; came to Mary-
land with other religious dissenters from Virginia;
had considerable wealth and status on arrival;
called the "Great Quaker" by Charles Calvert in
1663; had one of the longest and most active leg-
islative careers in seventeenth-century Maryland.
OCCUPATION AL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Parliamentary Commis-
sion, 1654-1657/58; Assembly, Patuxent (Calvert
County), 1654 (speaker); Lower House, Calvert
County, 1658, 1659/60 (in England and did not
attend), 1661 (speaker), 1662 (speaker), 1663-
1664, 1666, Dorchester County, 1669 (Aggriev-
ances). OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: Council of
Parliamentary Commissioners 1652-1653; jus-
tice, Provincial Court, 1652-1653, 1654-1657/58;
temporary secretary of the province, 1655/56.
MILITARY SERVICE: commander, north side of Pa-
tuxent, 1652. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES:
prominent leader of the Puritan forces in Mary-
land during the commonwealth period. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca.
2,300 acres; probably owned over 4,000 acres in
late 1650s. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between De-
cember 2, 1669, and January 8, 1669/70, probably
in Calvert County. LAND: ca. 2,400 acres.
PRICE, JOHN (ca. 1607-1660/61). BORN: ca. 1607,
probably in England. IMMIGRATED: ca. 1636, as
a free adult. RESIDED: in St. Michael's Hundred,
St. Mary's County. MARRIED Alice, widow of
Thomas Bushell (or Bullet). CHILDREN. DAUGH-
TER: Ann (1659-?), who married by 1674 Rich-
ard Hatton. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: illit-
erate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: PrOtCStant. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: TOSC tO high Office de-
spite humble origins, illiteracy, and a relatively
low economic status. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Assembly, present 1637/38, St. Michael's Hundred,
St. Mary's County, 1638/39, present 1647/48 (Ac-
counts), special writ 1649; Upper House, 1650-
1650/51 (Laws 1; Accounts 1), 1658, 1659/60.
OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: mustermaster gen-
eral, 1648; Council, 1648-1660; justice, Provin-
cial Court, 1648-1654, 1658-1660; Parliamen-
tary Commission, 1652-1653. MILITARY SERVICE:
captain, by 1646/47; colonel, 1659-1660/61.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: faithful sup-
port of the proprietor brought Price extensive
patronage, especially when Lord Baltimore came
under pressure to appoint Protestants; fined 30,000
660
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