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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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Maria, daughter Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770),
and third, Eleanor Hall Rozer. SISTERS: Elizabeth
(1749-1836), who married in 1771 William Cooke
of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County; Susanna
(1751-?); and Anna Maria (1759-1834), who
married Henry Pearce Ward of Cecil County. 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); Anna
Maria Robins (1732-1806), who married Henry
Hollyday (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); Richard Tilghman,
Jr. (1740-1809); Matthew Tilghman (1760-1801);
James Tilghman, Jr. (ca. 1748-1796); William
Tilghman (1756-1827); Anna Maria Tilghman (?-
1817), who married William Hemsley (1736/37-
1812); Elizabeth Tilghman, who married James
Lloyd (ca. 1756-1830); Margaret Tilghman (1742-
1817), who married Charles Carroll, Barrister
(1723-1783); Elizabeth Rousby (?-1789), who
married George Plater (1735-1792); William Fitz-
hugh, Jr. (1761-1839); and Henrietta Maria Lloyd
(?-1822), who married William Hayward, Jr. (ca.
1758-1834). NIECE: Susanna Tilghman (1774-
1849), who married James Hollyday (1758-1807).
MARRIED probably by April 1775 his first cousin
Deborah (?-1810), daughter of Robert Lloyd (ca.
1712-1770) and wife Anna Maria Tilghman
Hemsley (1709-1763). Deborah was the grand-
daughter of James Lloyd (1679/80-1723) and
Richard Tilghman (1672/73-1738/39). She was the
niece of Edward Tilghman (1713-1786); James
Tilghman (1716-1793); William Tilghman (1711-
1782); Matthew Tilghman (1717/18-1790); Hen-
rietta Maria Lloyd (ca. 1711-1748), who married
Samuel Chamberlaine(1698-1773); Margaret Lloyd
(1714-ca. 1785), who married William Tilghman
(1711-1782); Anne Lloyd (ca. 1723-1794), who
married Matthew Tilghman (1717/18-1790); Mary
Tilghman (1702-ca. 1736), who married James
Earle, Jr. (ca. 1694-1739); and Henrietta Maria
Tilghman (1707-1771), who married first, George
Robins (1697-1742), and second, William Golds-
borough (1709-1760). Her brother was Richard
(?-died young). Her half brother was William
Hemsley (1736/37-1812). Her sister was Anna
Maria. Her first cousins were Henrietta Maria
Lloyd (?-1822), who married William Hayward,
Jr. (ca. 1758-1834); James Lloyd Chamberlaine

(1732-1783); Samuel Chamberlaine (1742-1811);
Anne Chamberlaine (1734-1786), who married
Richard Tilghman Earle (1728/29-1788); Richard
Tilghman, Jr. (1740-1809); Jeremiah Nichols
(1748-1806); Margaret Tilghman (1742-1817),
who married Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-
1783); Michael Earle (1722-1787); Richard Tilgh-
man 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); James
Tilghman (1743-1809); Anna Maria Robins (1732-
1806), who married Henry Hollyday (ca. 1725-
1789); Margaret Robins (1734-1808), who mar-
ried William Hayward (?-1791); Henrietta Maria
Robins (1736-1791), who married James Lloyd
Chamberlaine (1732-1783); Matthew Tilghman
(1760-ca. 1801); James Tilghman, Jr. (ca. 1748-
1796); William Tilghman (1756-1827); Anna Maria
Tilghman (?-1817), who married William Hem-
sley (1736/37-1812); and Elizabeth Tilghman, who
married James Lloyd (ca. 1756-1830). CHILDREN.
SONS: Robert Lloyd (1778-1823), who married
in 1807 Henrietta Maria Foreman; Tench (1782-
1827), who married in 1807 Ann Margaretta
Tilghman; and William Hemsley (1784-1863), who
married Maria Lloyd Hemsley. DAUGHTERS: Anna
Maria, who married James Earle; Elizabeth, who
married in 1807 John Custis Wilson of Somerset
County. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION, literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Michael's
Parish, Talbot County. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: Esq., by 1772. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Conventions, Talbot County, 4th, 1775, 5th, 1775;
Senate, Eastern Shore, Term of 1786-1791: 1786-
1787 (elected on December 2, 1786, to fill va-
cancy; qualified on December 29, 1786), 1787-
1788, 1788, 1789, 1790 (did not attend). OTHER
STATE OFFICE: agent for purchasing provisions for
Continental Army, appointed March 1778, re-
signed April 1778. LOCAL OFFICES: St. Michael's
Parish Vestry, Talbot County, elected 1772, 1779-
1780; justice, Talbot County, 1777-1778; justice,
Orphans' Court, Talbot County, appointed 1778;
commissioner of the tax, Talbot County, ap-
pointed 1778, in office 1780, commissioned 1781-
1786. MILITARY SERVICE: called colonel by March

1778. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-

ERTY: assessed value £2,979.18.9, including 75
slaves, 146 oz. plate, Talbot and Queen Anne's
counties, 1783; 73 slaves, 1790; 96 slaves, 214 oz.
plate, 1804. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: probably
1,660 acres Talbot and Queen Anne's counties

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