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cancy; seated on December 29, 1806), 1807-1809,
1809-1811, 1811-1813; representative, U.S.
Congress, 1817-1819, 1822-1823 (elected to fill
vacancy after successfully contesting the election
of Jeremiah Conden; seated on March 19, 1822).
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
5 slaves, 1790. COMBINED PERSONAL AND REAL
PROPERTY: total assessed value $1,227.00, 1804;
$3,524.00, 1815; $4,632.00, 1827; $4,137.00, 1828.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 787 acres in Kent and
Harford counties (all by purchase). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND
DEATH: purchased 138 acres in Kent County, 1788,
and sold 141 acres that same year; mortgaged 642
acres in 1789; purchased a soldier's lot in addition
to the four lots he obtained in his own right for
his military service, Washington County, 1789;
purchased 821 acres in Kent County between 1808
and 1829 (mortgaged 420 acres of this in 1822).
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: admininstration bond
executed on December 12, 1829, in Kent County;
buried at Christ Church, Chester Parish, Ches-
tertown. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least
$4,234.49 current money (including 29 slaves,
books, and 55 oz. plate). LAND: ca. 1,600 acres
in Kent and Harford counties, plus 5 soldiers' lots
in Washington County.
REEDER (READER), JOHN, JR. (ca. 1732-1780)
BORN: ca. 1732, in St. Mary's County. NATIVE:
fourth generation. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Thomas Reeder (by
1715-1773). MOTHER: Susannah (1711-1771).
BROTHERS: Henry (?-ca. 1787), a physician;
Thomas Attaway (1741-1806). SISTERS: Draden;
Elizabeth Attaway; Elizabeth; and Henrietta.
MARRIED first, Dicandia, daughter of Charles
Somerset Smith (1698-1738/39) of Charles County.
Smith married twice. Dicandia's mother was either
Jane, daughter of Thomas Crabb (?-1719/20), or
Margaret, daughter of William Smith. Her broth-
ers or half brothers were Richard (1733-1759)
and Charles Somerset Smith (1733-1781), twins.
Her sisters or half sisters were Jane, who married
(first name unknown) Forbes; Ann, who married
Samuel Parran (1717-?); Mary; Elizabeth, who
married first, Francis Wilkinson, Jr. (?-by 1738),
and second, Young Parran (1711-1772). Her
nephew was Richard Parran (?-ca. 1782). MAR-
RIED second, Catherine. She subsequently mar-
ried by 1784 Nathaniel Ewing. CHILDREN. DAUGH-
TER: Susannah, who married first, Dr. John
Ireland, and second, Dr. Gustavus Brown (1751-
1801). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE-
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LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., by 1772. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1756-
1757 (elected to the 4th session of the 1754-1757
Assembly), 1757-1758, 1771, 1773-1774 (Griev-
ances 2, 3); Conventions, St. Mary's County, 4th,
1775, 5th, 1775, 6th-8th, 1775-1776. LOCAL OF-
FICES: All Faith Parish Vestry, St. Mary's County,
1763-1765, 1775, 1779; justice, St. Mary's County,
1764-at least 1777 (quorum, 1773-at least 1775);
justice, Court of Oyer, Terminer, and Gaol De-
livery, St. Mary's County, commissioned 1772;
trustee for the poor, St. Mary's County, 1773;
Committee of Observation, St. Mary's County,
1775; justice, Orphans' Court, St. Mary's County,
appointed 1777-at least 1778; commissioner of
the tax, St. Mary's County, appointed 1777;
churchwarden, All Faith Parish, St. Mary's County,
1779. MILITARY SERVICE: commissioned lieuten-
ant colonel. Upper Battalion, St. Mary's County
Militia, January 6, 1776. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: no evidence of
land ownership. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired
2,317 acres in St. Mary's County, 400 acres of
which were inherited from his father. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: in 1780, in St. Mary's County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY. TEV, £1,032.16.6 current
money. LAND: 2,317 acres in St. Mary's County.
REEDER (READER), THOMAS (by 1715-1773)
BORN: between 1711 and 1715 in St. Mary's County.
NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in St. Mary's
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Benja-
min Reeder (1666-1720). STEPFATHER. Ralph
Bagley. MOTHER: Elizabeth Attaway. BROTHERS:
Simon (1696-1754); Benjamin (1699-1769), who
married Margaret (1698-1795), daughter of
Richard Robins and wife Lydia; John (1705-1777);
and (name unknown). SISTERS: Ann, who mar-
ried (first name unknown) Davis; Elizabeth, who
married (first name unknown) Allston. MARRIED
ca. 1730 Susannah (1711-1771), whose last name
was probably Graves. CHILDREN. SONS: John
Reeder, Jr. (ca. 1732-1780); Thomas Attaway
(1741-1806), who married Catherine Vemere; and
Dr. Henry (?-ca. 1787), who married first, Judith
Townley (1744-1771), and second, Elizabeth (?-
1802), daughter of John Cummingham. DAUGH-
TERS: Draden, who married Thomas (?-ca. 1807),
son of John Reeder (1705-1777); Elizabeth At-
taway, who married first, Rev. John Stephen
(1741-1784), and second, Thomas Bond; Eliza-
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