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George's County and 400 acres in Frederick
County, 1741-1748; sold 846 acres in Prince
George's County and 75 acres in Frederick County,
1741-1748; gave 825 acres in Prince George's
County to his son Richard before 1746; resur-
veyed two tracts in Frederick County in 1749 and
1751 for a net gain of 4,134 acres; sold 492 acres
in Prince George's County, 1750. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: on November 30, 1751, in Prince
George's County, after an illness of only 20 hours.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. TEV, at least 18,760 pounds
of tobacco, £1,165.2.11 current money (including
33 slaves, 54 oz. plate, medicines and surgeon's
instruments, and books); FB, not calculated due
to discrepancies in accounts, the last of which was
filed in 1785. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Sprigg's
debts included over £1,051.0.0 sterling owed to
William Black, a merchant of London. His will
directed that 785 acres in Prince George's County,
including his 502-acre home plantation, be sold
to pay his creditors. LAND: ca. 6,000 acres in Prince
George's and Frederick counties.
SPRIGG, EDWARD (ca. 1721-1790). BORN: ca.
1721, in Prince George's County; third son. NA-
TIVE: fourth generation. RESIDED, in Prince
George's County; Anne Arundel County by 1750;
Prince George's County, probably by 1757-1764;
St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County, 1764-
1768; Prince George's County, 1768-death. FAM-
ILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Thomas Sprigg (?-
1725), son of Thomas Sprigg (by 1670-by 1739).
STEPFATHER: Joseph Belt (ca. 1680-1761).
MOTHER: Margery (?-1783), daughter of John
Wight (?-1705) and wife Ann (?-1726). UNCLES:
Edward Sprigg (1697-1751); Osborn Sprigg (ca.
1707-1749/50). HALF UNCLE: Thomas Gantt (?-
1765). AUNTS: Priscilla Sprigg, who married Ralph
Crabb (?-1733/34); Elizabeth Sprigg (?-1787),
who married Turner Wootten (ca. 1695-1760).
BROTHERS: Thomas Sprigg (1715-1781); John (ca.
1716-1787) of Prince George's County, a phy-
sician. HALF BROTHER: Humphrey Belt. STEP-
BROTHERS: John Belt (ca. 1707-?); Joseph Belt,
Jr. (1717-1761), who married Anne Sprigg; To-
bias Belt (1720-1785); Jeremiah Belt (1724-1784),
who married Mary Sprigg; and James Belt (1726-
?). SISTERS: Anne (by 1726-?), who married Jo-
seph Belt, Jr. (1717-1761); Mary (1723-?), who
married Jeremiah Belt (1724-1784). HALF SIS-
TER: Margery Belt. STEPSISTERS: Anne Belt (1708V
9-?); Rachel Belt (1711-?), who married Osborn
Sprigg (ca. 1707-1749/50); and Mary Belt (1722-
?), who married first, Edward Hall (?-ca. 1741/
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42), second, Edward Sprigg (1697 -1751), and third,
Thomas Pindell (?-1779). FIRST COUSINS: Edward
Sprigg (1723-1758); Margaret Sprigg (ca. 1726-
1804), who married William Bowie (1721-1791);
Joseph Sprigg (1736-1800); Osborn Sprigg (ca.
1741-1815); Thomas Sprigg (ca. 1747-1809), Henry
Wright Crabb (1722/23-1764); Francis King (1724/
25-1771); and Thomas Sprigg Wootten (?-1789).
NIECE. Elizabeth Belt (?-1808), who probably
married Thomas Sprigg (ca. 1747-1809). CHIL-
DREN. SON: Richard (ca. 1769-1806), who was
elected to the Lower House in 1792, and served
as chief justice of the First Judicial District of
Maryland, 1802, and as associate judge of the
General Court. DAUGHTER: possibly Ann. PRI-
VATE CAREER. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., by 1750; Esq., by 1770. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Conventions, 2nd-3rd, 1774 (declined
election to 4th Convention, January 1775, be-
cause of ill health). LOCAL OFFICES: chairman.
Upper Marlborough, Prince George's County,
Committee to Support Non-Importation Asso-
ciation, April 1770; trustee of the poor. Prince
George's County, in office January 1772; Com-
mittee of Observation, Prince George's County,
elected December 1774; Committee of Corre-
spondence, Prince George's County, in office
January 1775; commissioner of the tax, Prince
George's County, appointed April 1778, Decem-
ber 1779, January 1781, January 1782, January
1783, December 1783; judge, Court of Appeals
for Tax Assessments, Prince George's County,
appointed June 1778. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: valued in excess of £300.0.0,
by 1757. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: probably 539
acres in Prince George's County (450 acres from
his brother Thomas Sprigg (1715-1781); 80 acres
by purchase; 9 acres by patent). WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: in 1790; administration bond dated April
10, 1790, in Prince George's County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, at least £8,781.3.11 current
money (including £392.6.0 in gold and silver
money, 6 books, 53 oz. plate, and 67 slaves).
LAND: probably ca. 519 acres in Prince George's
County.
SPRIGG, EDWARD (1723-1758). BORN: on June
12, 1723, in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's
County; second son. NATIVE: fourth generation.
RESIDED: in Prince George's County; Frederick
County by November 1751-death. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Edward Sprigg (1697-1751), son
of Thomas Sprigg (by 1670-by 1739). MOTHER:
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