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Richard Tilghman, Jr. (1740-1809); James (1742-
probably ca. 1773). DAUGHTERS: Anna Maria
(1737-1768), who married in 1764 Charles (1740-
1769), son of Charles Goldsborough (1707-1767);
Margaret (1744-1779), who married Richard
(1746/47-1805), son of Matthew Tilghman (1717/
18-1790); Henrietta Maria (1749-1787); and Mary
(1753-?), who married Edward Roberts of Tal-
bot County. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: liter-
ate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., by 1782. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Queen Anne's
County, 1734/35-1737 (Bills of Credit 1, Cv, 2-
4). LOCAL OFFICES: justice. Queen Anne's County,
commssioned 1734, 1735, 1737, 1739 (did not serve
any of these terms; no records 1743-1744), com-
missioned 1744-1749, 1754-1758, 1760 (quorum
1737, 1739, no records 1743-1744, 1744-1749,
1754-1758, 1760; presiding justice, 1755-1760);
St. Paul's Parish Vestry, Queen Anne's County,
1736-1739, 1743-1746, 1749-1757; deputy com-
missary, Queen Anne's County, in office January
1738/39-by February 1758; deputy commissary,
Talbot County, in office April 1764- by March
1771; justice, Especial Court of Oyer, Terminer,
and Gaol Delivery, Queen Anne's County, ap-
pointed 1739; St. Michael's Parish Vestry, Talbot
County, qualified 1766. MILITARY SERVICE: ma-
jor by 1744. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: received one slave from his father,
1738/39. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 340 acres in
Queen Anne's County (probably gift from father).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: inherited 1,990 acres in
Queen Anne's County and 1 lot in Ogletown,
Queen Anne's County, from father; acquired 191
acres in Queen Anne's County, 1742; patented
28 acres in Queen Anne's County, 1747; received
138 acres in Talbot County from his mother, 1748;
sold 341 acres in Queen Anne's County, ca. 1755;
purchased 400 acres in Queen Anne's County by
1754 and sold off all except 66 acres of it over
the next ten years; acquired an additional 412
acres in Talbot County by 1756; sold 140 acres in
Queen Anne's County by 1758; bought 150 acres
in Talbot County by 1761 and 84 acres in Queen
Anne's County by 1763; charged with 2,218 acres
and 1 lot in Ogletown, Queen Anne's County, in
1769, and 700 acres in Talbot County in 1772.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated On OctO-
ber 31, 1782, in Talbot County. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: TEV, at least £4,539.3.1 current money
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(including 68 slaves and books). His estate was
charged with 108 oz. plate, 1783. LAND: probably
at least 2,800 acres in Queen Anne's and Talbot
counties.
TILGHMAN, WILLIAM (1756-1827). BORN: on
August 12, 1756, in Talbot County; fourth son.
NATIVE: fourth generation. RESIDED: in Talbot
County until 1764; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1764-ca. 1777; Chestertown, Kent County, ca.
1777-1793; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1793-
death. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: James
Tilghman (1716-1793), son of Richard Tilghman
(1672/73-1738/39). MOTHER: Ann (1727-?),
daughter of Tench Francis (1701-1758). UNCLES:
William Tilghman (1711-1782); Edward Tilghman
(1713-1785); 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); 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 (1746-1 796) James Tilgh-
man, Jr. (ca. 1748-1796); Philemon (1760-1797);
and Thomas Ringgold (1765-1789). SISTERS: Anna
Maria (?-1817), who married William Hemsley
(1736/37-1812); Henrietta Maria (1763-1796);
Elizabeth, who married James Lloyd (ca. 1756-
1830); and Mary (?-by 1793). FIRST COUSINS: Mi-
chael 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 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
Hayward (?-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.
(1740-1809); Matthew Tilghman (1760-1801); and
Margaret Tilghman (1742-1817), who married
Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-1783). MARRIED
on July 1, 1794, Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of
James Allen of Philadelphia. CHILDREN. DAUGH-
TER: Elizabeth (?-1817), who married in 1816
Benjamin Chew (1793-1864). PRIVATE CAREER.
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