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1799), who married by May 1770 Emory Sudler
(1725-ca. 1797); and Mary, who married Thomas
Garnett. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION, literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. Anglican, St. Paul's Par-
ish. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE, planter. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower House, Kent
County, 1738. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by 1738.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: 1,438 acres in Kent County. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated on January 9, 1741/
42, in Kent County. PERSONAL PROPERTY. TEV,
at least £1,182.4.1 (including 20 slaves, 100 oz.
plate, 43 books). LAND: 1,438 acres in Kent County.
SMITH, WALTER (?-1711). BORN: after 1651,
in Calvert County; probably second son. NATIVE:
second generation. RESIDED: in Calvert County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Richard Smith (?-
ca. 1690). MOTHER: Eleanor. BROTHER: Richard
(?-1714), surveyor general of both shores, 1693-
1697. NEPHEW: Walter Smith (ca. 1693-1748).
NIECE. Barbara Smith (1693-1764), who married
first, Thomas Holdsworth (ca. 1692-1718), and
second, Benjamin Mackall (1675-1761). MARRIED
in 1686 Rachel (1671-1730), daughter of Richard
Hall (?-1688). Her brothers were Elisha Hall
1727); Walter (ca. 1692-1734), who married Su-
sannah, daughter of Clement Brooke. DAUGH-
TERS: Lucy (1688-1770), who married Thomas
Brooke (1683-1744); Eleanor (1690-1761), who
married Thomas Addison (1679-1727); Anne
1724). CHILDREN. SONS: Richard (?-1732), who
married Elinor, daughter of Thomas Addison (1679-
1727); Walter (ca. 1692-1734), who married Su-
sannah, daughter of Clement Brooke. DAUGH-
TERS. Lucy (1688-1770), who married Thomas
Brooke (1683-1744); Eleanor (1690-1761), who
married Thomas Addison (1679-1727); Anne
(1694-1759), who married first, Francis Wilkin-
son, and second, Thomas Trueman Greenfield
(1682-1733); Rebecca (1696-1737), who mar-
ried Daniel Dulany (1685-1753); Elizabeth, who
married first, Thomas Jennings, and second,
Humphrey Batt; and Mary. PRIVATE CAREER. ED-
UCATION: literate; probably well educated. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, All Saints' Par-
ish, Calvert County; wife was a Quaker. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: second generation bur-
gess; his family was well established before 1689
and his position was further strengthened through
important marriages of his brothers and sisters
and his own children. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
merchant; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, Calvert County, 1696-
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1697 (elected to the 7th session of the 1694-1697
Assembly; Accounts 7, 8), 1697/98-1700 (Ag-
grievances 2, 3; Elections and Privileges 3), 1701-
1704, 1708A (Elections and Privileges), 1708B-
1710 (Elections and Privileges 1-3, chairman;
Aggrievances 1-3, chairman; died before the 4th
session of the 1708B-1711 Assembly). LOCAL OF-
FICES: justice, Calvert County, 1694-1698, 1699-
1711 (quorum, 1696-1698, 1699-1711; president,
1699-1711); All Saints' Parish Vestry, Calvert
County, 1693-1711. MILITARY SERVICE: captain,
1689; major, 1695-1702; It. colonel, 1702-
1706; colonel, 1706-1711. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRI-
VATE ISSUES: opposed Revolution of Protestant
Associators in 1689; proprietary loyalties pre-
vented him from receiving appointments to public
office until governorship of Francis Nicholson
(1655-1727/28); investigated in 1698 for charges
of Jacobite tendencies. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION, at least 3,500 acres (of
which 700 acres were probably his wife's dowry,
and 200 acres inherited from her father) in Anne
Arundel, Baltimore, and Calvert counties. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: will probated June 4, 1711, in
Calvert County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£1,612.5.8 (including 19 slaves and a sloop); FB,
£1,439.2.8. LAND: more than 2,600 acres in Anne
Arundel, Baltimore, and Calvert counties.
SMITH, WALTER (ca. 1693-1748). BORN: ca.
1693, near St. Leonard's Creek, Calvert County;
second son. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED
near St. Leonard's Creek, St. Leonard's Hundred,
Calvert County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER
Capt. Richard Smith (?-1714), son of Richard
Smith (?-ca. 1690). Capt. Smith married first.
Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Brooke (1602-1655).
MOTHER: Barbara (?-by 1697), widow of John
Rousby (?-1685/86), daughter of Henry Morgan
(ca. 1616-1663). Barbara was the stepdaughter
of Jonathan Sybray (?-1684). STEPMOTHER: Maria
Johanna Somerset, widow of Col. (first name un-
known) Lowther. UNCLE: Walter Smith (?-1711).
HALF BROTHERS: Richard, who married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Francis Hutchins (?-1698);
Charles S. (1698-1738); and John Rousby (1685-
1744). SISTERS: Frances (by 1698-by 1714); Su-
sanna (by 1698-by 1714); Barbara (1693-1764),
who married first, Thomas Holdsworth (ca. 1692-
1718), and second, Benjamin Mackall (1675-1761).
HALF SISTERS: Ann; Elizabeth; Gertrude Rousby;
and Elizabeth Rousby (1682-1740), who married
Richard Bennett (1667-1749), son of Richard
Bennett (ca. 1639-1667). FIRST COUSINS: Rebecca
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