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unknown). DAUGHTERS: Rachel (1767-1844), who
married Adam Forney; Mary (1773-?); and Su-
sanna, who married Samuel Frey (1782-?). PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: German Reformed, St. Benjamin's
(sometimes known as Kreider's) Church, Pipe
Creek, Frederick County. Shriver was an over-
seer for the men's Sunday class, 1774. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., by 1782. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: farmer. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: 9th Convention, Frederick
County, Middle District, 1776; Lower House,
Frederick County, 1777 (elected to the 2nd ses-
sion), 1781-1782 (Manufactories 1,2), 1782-1783,
1783, 1784, 1789, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1799, 1800,
1801, 1802, 1803; Senate, Western Shore, Term
of 1801-1806: 1804 (elected on November 20,
1804, to fill vacancy), 1805, Term of 1806-1811:
1806, 1807, 1808-1809, 1809, 1810. OTHER
STATE OFFICE: Maryland Senate elector, 1801.
LOCAL OFFICES: Committee of Observation,
Frederick County, elected 1775; justice, Fred-
erick County, appointed 1777, 1789, 1796, 1798,
and 1799. MILITARY SERVICE, lieutenant colonel,
Linganore Battalion, Frederick County, 1776.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Along With
his three sons, Shriver created a strong German
political unit in his neighborhood in the early
nineteenth century, supporting the Republican
party. He stipulated in his will that all of his slaves
be manumitted, and made financial provisions for
the very young, the elderly, and the infirm.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
6 slaves, 1790; 11 slaves, 1800; 14 slaves, 1810.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 308 acres in Frederick
County, plus lot 27 (one-fourth acre) in West-
minster, Frederick County, held on lease (300
acres charged on debt books 1769, 1771, 8.75
acres patented). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired
936 acres in Montgomery and Frederick counties,
plus part of lot 63 in Frederick, 1779-1825. The
land in Montgomery County consisted of 502 acres,
which was a gift from his mother-in-law in 1779.
He sold ca. 885 acres in Frederick and Montgom-
ery counties, 1795-1806. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
in 1826 at Avondale, his farm on Little Pipe Creek,
Frederick County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
$6,690.49 (including 30 slaves and books); FB,
$6,433.58. LAND: at least 330 acres in Frederick
County.
SHRYOCK (SHRIOCK), HENRY (ca 1736-
1814). BORN: ca. 1736. NATIVE, probably; if so,
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second generation. The Shryock family immi-
grated from Germany to Pennsylvania and settled
in what is now Washington County, Maryland,
shortly after 1730. The four original immigrants
were brothers, all literate. RESIDED: on lot 97 in
Hagerstown, Washington County, by 1785; Han-
cock Town, Washington County, by 1798; Shen-
andoah County, Virginia, by 1814. MARRIED
Katherine. CHILDREN. SONS: Jacob (possibly 1766-
alive in 1788); Henry (1768-?); and Samuel (1780-
?). DAUGHTERS: Amilia (1783-?); Anna Barbara
(1788-?). Other children were Liberty (1782-?)
and July (1785-?), sex unknown. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION, literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA
TION: Lutheran, St. John's Church, Hagerstown.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1777;
Esq., by 1791. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: saddler,
1773-at least 1775; tavern keeper, at least 1774,
1775; officeholder after the Revolutionary War.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Washington County, 1788, 1789. OTHER
STATE OFFICES: Constitution Ratification Con-
vention, Washington County, 1788. LOCAL OF-
FICES. Committee of Observation, Washington
County, by March 1776; purchasing agent, Wash-
ington County, 1779; sheriff, Washington County,
1779-1794; justice, Washington County, com-
missioned 1781, 1782, 1787, 1789, 1793, 1795;
commissary for horses, Washington County, 1781;
commissioner of the tax, Washington County,
1782, 1786; receiver of specifics, Washington
County, 1783. MILITARY SERVICE: lieutenant-
colonel, First Maryland Battalion of the Flying
Camp, July to December 1776; lieutenant-colo-
nel, Sixth Maryland Regiment, December 1776,
resigned April 17, 1777; assistant deputy quar-
termaster general of the Continental Army,
Washington County, commissioned June 2, 1778.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: was said to be
a political follower of George Washington. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed
value £702.6.8, including 1 slave and 28 oz. plate,
1783; 7 slaves, 1790. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 5
lots in Hagerstown, Washington County, plus 221
acres in Washington County. SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND
DEATH: purchased 1 lot in Hagerstown in 1789
and 1 lot in Hancock Town, Washington County,
1798; purchased 234 acres in Washington County,
1790-1793; patented 359 acres in Washington
County, 1799; sold 5 lots in Hagerstown between
1795 and 1798, and 243 acres between 1791 and
1803, all in Washington County. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: May 19, 1814 at his residence in Shenan-
735
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