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

1779-1780, 1786. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £903.0.0, in-
cluding 22 slaves and 90 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 474 acres in Kent County, plus
2.5 lots in Chestertown. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN

LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH, leased

for 99 years a 1-acre lot from Washington Col-
lege, Chestertown, 1784. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
administration bond executed on December 27,
1790, in Kent County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£912.16.4 current money (including 15 slaves and
145 books); FB, £802.13.4. LAND: 474 acres in
Kent County, plus 2.5 lots in Chestertown and 1
acre of leased land close to Chestertown.

SELBY, EDWARD (?-1688). IMMIGRATED: ca.
1650 as a free adult. RESIDED: in Anne Arundel
County. MARRIED by 1658 Elinor Matthews. CHIL-
DREN. SON: Edward. DAUGHTERS: Elinor, who
married John Cross; Tamar, who married first,
James Hackett, and second, ca. 1692, Benjamin
Clarke. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.

LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne
Arundel County, 1669. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: probably 800 acres.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on Sep-
tember 17, 1688, in Anne Arundel County. LAND.
512 acres.

SELBY, JOHN (?-1754). BORN: in Somerset (later
became Worcester) County; only son. NATIVE:
third generation. RESIDED: in Worcester County.

FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: William Selby

(1683-1762), son of Daniel Selby, the Elder (?-
1696). MOTHER: Sarah. STEPMOTHER: Martha (?-
1780), widow of John Purnell (?-ca. 1742). She
married William Selby by March 3, 1742/43. SIS-
TERS: Sarah, who married Thomas Martin; Mary
Ann, who married Elisha Purnell, son of Thomas
Purnell (?-1723). FIRST COUSIN: Parker Selby (?-
ca. 1746/47). MARRIED Sarah, daughter of Parker
Selby (?-1773). Sarah subsequently married by
1758 Samuel Atkinson (?-1767), and by 1770
William Drummond (?-1776) of Accomack
County, Virginia. CHILDREN. Died without prog-
eny. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION, literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: probably planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower House, Worcester
County, 1749-1751, 1751-1754 (died before the
fifth session of the 1751-1754 Assembly). MILI-
TARY SERVICE: major, by 1749; colonel, by 1753.

WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: 556 acres in Worcester County (a gift from
his father). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased 100

acres in Worcester County, 1749. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED, administration bond passed April
4, 1754; will probated in Worcester County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £988.13.7 (including 11
slaves and half-ownership of a sloop); FB,
£597.11.4. LAND. 656 acres in Worcester County.

SELBY, JOHN (?-1790). BORN: at "Bantry,"
Mattapany Hundred, Worcester County; eldest
son. NATIVE, fourth generation. RESIDED: at
"Bantry" in Mattapany Hundred, Worcester

County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Parker

Selby (?-ca. 1746/47). STEPFATHER. Daniel Selby
(?-1770). MOTHER: Mary Watts (?-1776).
BROTHERS: Parker Selby (?-1773); Col. William
(?-1793) of Accomack County, Virginia; Za-
dock; James; and Micajah, alias William II (?-
1766). SISTER: Tabitha Bailey (?-1752). MARRIED
Anne, daughter of Capt. Richard Drummond (?-
1732) of Accomack County, Virginia, and wife
Ann (?-1799). Anne was the stepdaughter of
Alexander Buncle (?-1757) of Snow Hill,
Worcester County. Her brothers were Richard;
Spencer; William; and George. Her sister was
Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SONS. James, who married
Mary (Polly) Sturgis, daughter of Outten Sturgis
(?-1796); Daniel; William; and John (?-by 1780),
who married Leah. DAUGHTERS: Anne (Nancy)
(?-1796), who married first, her first cousin Par-
ker Selby (?-1789), son of Parker Selby (?-1773),
and married second, ca. 1790, John Gunby (?-
1801); Polly; and Betty (Betsy, Elizabeth), who
married her first cousin William Selby, Jr. (?-
1821) of Accomack County, Virginia. PRIVATE

CAREER. EDUCATION, literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION: Anglican; All Hallow's Parish, Worcester
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent.,
by 1758; Esq., by 1783. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
probably planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, Worcester County, 1777.
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Worcester County, 1756-
1789 (quorum, 1768-1777); All Hallow's Parish
Vestry, Worcester County, 1773; justice, Or-
phans' Court, Worcester County, 1777-1789;
commissioner of the tax, Worcester County, 1779,
1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1788, 1790;
subscription officer, Continental Loan Office, 1779;
judge of elections, Worcester County, 1776;
Committee of Observation, Worcester County,

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