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bot County; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 1764;
Talbot County by 1780-death. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: James Tilghman (1716-1793),
son of Richard Tilghman (1672/73-1738/39)
MOTHER: Ann (1727-?), daughter of Tench Fran-
cis (1701-1758). UNCLES: William Tilghman (1711-
1782); Edward Tilghman (1713-1785); and Mat-
thew Tilghman (1717/18-1790). AUNTS: Mary
Tilghman (1702-ca. 1736), who married James
Earle, Jr. (ca. 1694-1739); Henrietta Maria
Tilghman (1707-1771), who married first, George
Robins (1697-1742), and second, William Golds-
borough (1709-1760); and Anna Maria Tilghman
(1709-1763), who married first, William Hemsley
(1703-1736), and second, Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-
1770). BROTHERS: Tench (1744-1786); Richard
(1746-1796); William Tilghman (1756-1827);
Philemon (1760-1797); and Thomas Ringgold
(1765-1789). SISTERS: Anna Maria (?-1817), who
married William Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Hen-
rietta Maria (1763-1796); Elizabeth, who mar-
ried James Lloyd (ca. 1756-1830); and Mary (?-
by 1793). FIRST COUSINS: Michael Earle (1722-
1787); Richard Tilghman Earle (1728/29-1788);
Anna Maria Earle (1725-1795), who married
Thomas Ringgold (1715-1772); Henrietta Maria
Earle (1730-1767), who married William Hemsley
(1736/37-1812); Peregrine Tilghman (ca. 1741-
1807); James Tilghman (1743-1809); Anna Maria
Robins (1732-1806), who married Henry Holly-
day (ca. 1725-1789); Margaret Robins (1734-
1808), who married William Hayward (?-1791);
Henrietta Maria Robins (1736-1791), who mar-
ried James Lloyd Chamberlaine (1732-1783); Wil-
liam Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Deborah Lloyd (?-
1810), who married Peregrine Tilghman (ca. 1741-
1807); Richard Tilghman, Jr. (1740-1809); Mat-
thew Tilghman (1760-1801); and Margaret Tilgh-
man (1742-1817), who married Charles Carroll,
Barrister (1723-1783). MARRIED by April 1783
Elizabeth Buley (Buely). CHILDREN. SON: James
(1792-1824). DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth (1783-1839),
who married in 1808 Thomas Hemsley, son of
William Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Maria; Ann, who
married in 1811 Robert Browne; and Margaret,
who married first, in 1825, Henry Goldsborough
(1792-1832), son of Howes Goldsborough (1747-
1797), and second, John Goldsborough. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Esq., by 1791. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: probably planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Talbot County,
1787-1788 (Claims 1, 2), 1788, 1789 (Claims),
1790 (elected, but did not attend), 1791-1792.
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LOCAL OFFICE: associate justice, 2nd District, Tal-
bot County, appointed January 17, 1791. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 6 slaves,
1790; bequeathed 2 slaves and £1,000.0.0 in gold
or silver coin by his father, 1793. ADDITIONAL
COMMENT: Tilghman had begun borrowing money
by 1791 and continued to borrow heavily until his
death. Most of his loans were for under £100.0.0,
but a few were for over £500.0.0; his creditors
numbered over 100. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: no
evidence of land owned in his own name; prob-
ably managing the land in Talbot County later
devised to him by his father. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH:
inherited probably 1,300 acres in Talbot County
from his father, 1793; purchased 634 acres in Tal-
bot County, 1793-1795. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
on November 24, 1796, in Talbot County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least £3,619.7.8 cur-
rent money (including 27 slaves, 99 oz. plate, and
books). LAND: 1,983 acres in Talbot County. AD-
DITIONAL COMMENT: Tilghman's personal estate
was insufficient to cover his extensive debts, which
with interest totaled over £4,419.0.0 current money
in 1801. As a result of a Chancery Court case
instituted by his creditors in 1799, Tilghman's real
property was sold for £5,905.9.4.
TILGHMAN, MATTHEW (1717/18-1790). BORN:
on February 17, 1717/18, at the "Hermitage,"
Queen Anne's County; youngest son. NATIVE:
third generation. RESIDED: at "Rich Neck," near
Claiborne, District 1, Talbot County, by 1733-
death. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Richard
Tilghman (1672/73-1738/39). ADDITIONAL COM-
MENT: At the age of 15 Matthew went to live with
his cousin Matthew Tilghman Ward (ca. 1676-1741)
and his aunt, Margaret Lloyd Ward (1683-1747).
MOTHER: Anna Maria (1677-1748), daughter of
Philemon Lloyd (1646-1685). UNCLES: Edward
Lloyd (1670-1718/19); Philemon Lloyd (ca. 1674-
1732/33); and James Lloyd (1679/80-1723). AUNTS:
Rebecca Tilghman (?-1725), who married Simon
Wilmer (ca. 1656-1699); Margaret Lloyd (1683-
1747), who married Matthew Tilghman Ward (ca.
1676-1741). BROTHERS: Philemon (1704-died
young); Richard (1705-1766); William Tilghman
(1711-1782); Edward Tilghman (1713-1785); and
James Tilghman (1716-1793). SISTERS: Mary
(1702-ca. 1736), who married James Earle, Jr.
(ca. 1694-1739); Henrietta Maria (1707-1771),
who married first, George Robins (1697-1742),
and second, William Goldsborough (1709-1760);
and Anna Maria (1709-1763), who married first,
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