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(1703-1736), and second, Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-
1770); and Mary Carroll, who married Michael
Earle (1722-1787). BROTHER: Benjamin (1764-
ca. 1784). HALF BROTHERS: Richard; Edward
(1750/51-1815); Benjamin (?-died young). SIS-
TERS. Mary; Susanna. HALF SISTERS: Anna Maria;
Elizabeth; Anna Maria. FIRST COUSINS: Michael
Earle (1722-1787); Richard Tilghman Earle (1728/
29-1788); Anna Maria Earle (1725-1795), who
married Thomas Ringgold (1715-1772); Hen-
rietta Maria Earle (1730-1767), who married
William Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Peregrine Tilgh-
man (ca. 1741-1807); James Tilghman (1743-
1809); Anna Maria Robins (1732-1806), who
married Henry Hollyday (ca. 1725-1789); Mar-
garet Robins (1734-1808), who married William
Hay ward (?-1791); Henrietta Maria Robins (1736-
1791), who married James Lloyd Chamberlaine
(1732-1783); William Hemsley (1736/37-1812);
Deborah Lloyd (?-1810), who married Peregrine
Tilghman (ca. 1741-1807); Richard Tilghman, Jr.
(1723-1783); JamesTilghman Jr. (ca. 1748-17%);
William Tilghman (1756-1827); Anna Maria
Tilghman (?-1817), who married William Hem-
sley (1736/37-1812); Elizabeth Tilghman, who
married James Lloyd (ca. 1756-1830); and Mar-
garet Tilghman (1742-1817), who married Charles
Carroll, Barrister (1723-1783). MARRIED probably
by January 1786 Sarah, daughter of Thomas Smyth
(1730-1819). Sarah was the granddaughter of
Thomas Smith (ca. 1710-ca. 1741/42) and prob-
ably also of Richard Gresham (?-ca. 1773). Her
brothers were probably Richard Gresham (?-by
1795); Thomas Smyth, Jr. (1757-1807). Her
brothers or half brothers were William; James;
and Henry (?-by 1818). Her sisters or half sisters
were Elizabeth (?-by 1818); Maria (1784-1823).
CHILDREN. SONS: Edward, who married Anna Maria
Tilghman; Henry, who married Martha Hall.
DAUGHTER: Sarah, who married Francis Hall.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: His father's will,
written in February 1781, directed that Matthew,
who was away at school at the time, be bound to
study law in May 1781. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: Gent., by 1786; Esq., at death. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower House, Kent County,
1789 (Claims), 1792, 1793, 1794 (speaker; re-
signed on November 21, 1794, to enter the Sen-
ate), 1798. 1799; Senate, Eastern Shore, Term of
1791-1796: 1794 (elected November 21, 1794, to
fill vacancy), 1795. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Kent
County, appointed 1791, 1792; justice. Orphans'
Court, Kent County, appointed 1791, resigned
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1792. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: 12 slaves, 1790. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION:
probably 4,115 acres in Kent County and Kent
County, Delaware, plus 1 lot in Chestertown, Kent
County (3,333 acres in Kent County, Delaware,
and 649 acres in Kent County, Maryland, re-
ceived from his brother Edward in exchange for
lands in Queen Anne's County devised to Mat-
thew by their father; 133 acres in Kent County
by purchase; 1 lot in Chestertown as a gift from
his father-in-law). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased
62 acres in 1789, 234 acres in 1790, 57 acres in
1795, and 50 acres in 1800, all in Kent County;
sold 2 one-half acre lots near Georgetown Cross-
roads, Kent County, 1790. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
administration bond dated March 14, 1801, in
Kent County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£5,400.16.3 current money (including 49 slaves,
82 oz. plate, and books); FB, £116.6.1 current
money. LAND: 1,184 acres and 1 lot in Chester-
town, Kent County, plus unknown acreage in
Delaware.
TILGHMAN, PEREGRINE (ca. 1741-1807)
BORN: on January 24, ca. 1741, in Queen Anne's
County; second son. NATIVE: fourth generation.
RESIDED: in Queen Anne's County; moved to
Talbot County after his marriage and lived at the
plantation on the St. Michael's (Miles) River which
he and his wife later named "Hope." FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER Col. Richard Tilghman
(1705-1766) of Queen Anne's County, a justice
of the Provincial Court from 1746 to 1766, and
the son of Richard Tilghman (1672/73-1738/39).
MOTHER: Susanna (1718-?), daughter of Pere-
grine Frisby (1688-1739) and wife Elizabeth Se-
wall. UNCLES. William Tilghman (1711 -1782) Ed-
ward Tilghman (1713-1785); James Tilghman
(1716-1793); and Matthew 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 Goldsborough (1709-1760); Anna
Maria Tilghman (1709-1763), who married first,
William Hemsley (1703-1736), and second, Robert
Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770); and Anne Frisby (1727-
1793), who married second, William Fitzhugh (ca.
1722-1798). BROTHERS. Richard (1739-1810), who
married Elizabeth (1748-1767), daughter of Ed-
ward Tilghman (1713-1785); James Tilghman
(1743-1809); Edward; and William (ca. 1745-
1800), who married first, Ann Kent, second, Anna
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