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ter County, Virginia, by 1652-1669; in Baltimore
County, 1669-1676. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Jeffrye (Geffrye) Todd (?-1637/38) of Denton,
Durham County, a yeoman. MOTHER: Margaret.
BROTHERS: Christopher (?-1680) of Denton,
Durham County, who married in 1636 Jane Bur-
den; John (1613-?). SISTER: Margaret, who mar-
ried in 1625 George Runthwait. MARRIED proba-
bly by 1657 Anna (ca. 1638/39-by 1703), daughter
of Rev. John Gorsuch (?-ca. 1647), rector of
Walkhorne, Hertford, England, from at least 1633
until 1642, and wife Anne Lovelace (?-1652).
Anne Lovelace Gorsuch emigrated to Virginia
with seven of her children after her husband's
death. Anna's brothers were Daniell (ca. 1629-
?); John (ca. 1630-?); William (ca. 1631-?);
Robert (ca. 1635-?); Richard (ca. 1637-?), who
married Elizabeth Roe of Talbot County; Charles
(ca. 1642-?), who married first, Ann Cole, and
second, Ann Hawkins; and Lovelace (?-ca. 1703),
who married first, in 1679, Rebecca, daughter of
Richard Preston (ca. 1618-ca. 1669/70), and sec-
ond, in 1696, Hannah Walley (?-1705). Her sis-
ters were Katherine (1633-?), who married Wil-
liam Whitby (?-by 1655) of Virginia; Elizabeth
(ca. 1641-?), who married by 1662 Mowell Pow-
ell; and Frances. Anna Gorsuch Todd married
second, ca. 1678, David Jones (?-1686/87), and
third, by 1694, John Oldton (Ouldton) (?-1709).
CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas (ca. 1660-1724/25), of
Virginia, who married Elizabeth Bernard; John;
Robert; and James (ca. 1670-1709), who married
first, Elizabeth (last name unknown), and second.
Penelope Scudamore. DAUGHTERS: Anne, who
marned ca. 1677 Miles Gibson (ca. 1646-1692);
Johanna; Frances; and Averilla. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate, was apprenticed in England
at the time of his father's will, 1637. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: probably Protestant. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., upon arrival; sons
held no known public office in Maryland. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE merchant; planter. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Baltimore County. 1674/75 (elected to the 4th
session of the 1671-1674/75 Assembly). MILI-
TARY SERVICE: captain, by 1669-death. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: held a
share in the ship Augustine. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: at least 1,700 acres in Maryland. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: in 1676, after April 11, possibly
aboard a ship bound for England, or shortly after
reaching England. PERSON AL PROPERTY: TEV, at
least 95,419 pounds of tobacco (including 4 serv-
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ants, 4 slaves, and books), plus at least £570.0.0
sterling in England mentioned in his will but not
included in the inventories. LAND, at least 1,700
acres in Baltimore and Queen Anne's counties,
plus land in England.
TOLLEY, THOMAS (?-1732). BORN: possibly in
Kent County; of age by 1699. NATIVE: at least
second generation. RESIDED: in Kent County by
1699-at least 1716; in Baltimore County by 1720.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Walter Tolley (?-
1699), a planter of Kent County. MOTHER: Eliz-
abeth. BROTHERS: William; Walter; John; and
George. SISTERS: Mary; Elizabeth. MARRIED by
1722 Mary (?-1733), daughter of Richard Free-
born (?-ca. 1719) of Baltimore County. Her sis-
ters were Priscilla, who married in 1720 Samuel
Howell; Elizabeth, who married in 1702 Garrett
Garrettson; and Jane, who married in 1704 Rob-
ert Thomas. ADDITIONAL COMMENT: by 1709
Thomas Tolley was living with, but not married
to, Mary Freeborn. He was repeatedly admon-
ished for this by the vestry of St. Paul's Parish,
Kent County, during the years from 1709 to 1716.
Deponents in a later court case stated that all the
children of Thomas Tolley and Mary Freeborn
were born out of wedlock, except their youngest
child James. CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas (?-1734);
Waller Tolley (?-1783) ; and James (?-1744), who
married Mary Watkins. DAUGHTERS: Mary; Eliz-
abeth, who married Michael Miller. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION. Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES.
Gent., by 1709. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Baltimore County, 1722-1724, 1728-1731.
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Baltimore County, 1720-
1732 (quorum, 1729-1732); coroner, Baltimore
County, by 1723-at least 1724; commissioner,
Joppa, appointed 1724; commissioner, Baltimore
County, appointed to purchase land upon which
Baltimore Town was to be built, 1729. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 885
acres in Baltimore County (all by purchase). Be-
fore he moved to Baltimore County, Tolley sold
966 acres in Kent County (at least 220 acres were
inherited). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: bought 1,553
acres in Baltimore County, plus a house and lot
in Joppa, 1722-1732; sold 553 acres in Baltimore
County, 1723-1731. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: be-
tween September 12 and October 9, 1732, in Bal-
timore County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
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