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£759.18.7 current money (including 8 slaves, 1
servant, and books); FB, £50.13.10 current money.
LAND: 1,885 acres in Baltimore County, plus a
house and lot in Joppa.
TOLLEY, WALTER (?-1783). NATIVE: at least
third generation. RESIDED: in Middle River Lower
Hundred, Baltimore County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Thomas Tolley (?-1732).
MOTHER: Mary Freeborn (?-1733). BROTHERS:
Thomas (?-1734); James (?-1744). SISTERS: Mary;
Elizabeth. MARRIED first, in 1735, Mary Garrett-
son (1715-1749). MARRIED second, in 1751, Mar-
tha (1720-1801), daughter of Edward Hall (1697-
1738), a justice in Baltimore County from 1721-
1732, and wife Avarilla Carvile. Martha was the
granddaughter of John Hall (ca. 1658-1737) and
John Carvile (ca. 1670-1709). She was the niece
of John Hall (1701-1774). Her brother was John
Hall (1718-1799), of "Cranberry." Her first cousins
were Blanche Hall, who married John Beale How-
ard (by 1739-1799); Sophia White (?-1780), who
married Aquila Hall (1727-1779); and Aquila Hall
(1727-1779). CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas (1738-
1743); Walter Tolley (1744-1776); James (1746-
1768), a student-at-law; Thomas Garrettson (1748-
?); and Edward Carvil (1753-ca. 1796), who
married first, Cordelia Hall (1758-1783), and
second, in 1784, Elizabeth Worthington (1763-
1785), daughter of John Worthington and wife
Mary Todd. DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth (1736-1785),
who married in 1756 George Gouldsmith Pres-
bury (1737-1823); Mary (1740-1777), who mar-
ried in 1759 Samuel Worthington (1734-1815);
Sophia (1742-?), who married in 1764 William
Allender (?-1796); Martha (1755-1755); Martha
(1758-?); and Ann (1756-1830), who married
Aquila Hall (?-1815). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican,
St. John's Parish, Baltimore County. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1752. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Baltimore County,
1751 (elected to the 3rd session of the 1749-1751
Assembly to fill vacancy, but did not attend; dis-
charged on June 1, 1751, for serving as a tobacco
inspector), 1754-1757; 5th Convention, Balti-
more County, 1775 (elected, but did not attend).
LOCAL OFFICES: St. John's Parish Vestry, Balti-
more County, 1736-1739, 1744-1747, 1749-1752,
1761-1764, 1765-1768, 1769-at least 1772;
churchwarden, St. John's Parish, Baltimore
County, 1739-1740, 1743-1744; tobacco inspec-
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tor, Baltimore County, in office 1751; justice,
Baltimore County, 1754-at least 1773 (quorum,
1768-at least 1773); Committee of Observation,
Middle River Lower Hundred, Baltimore County,
elected 1774. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by 1756.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: 1,878 acres in Baltimore County (992 acres
inherited from father and brothers, 886 acres
through patent and purchase). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND
DEATH: acquired 1,556 acres in Baltimore and
Harford counties (including 580 acres inherited
by his wife Martha; Tolley controlled this prop-
erty but was not able to sell it because it was
entailed to his wife's heirs), 1751-1782; sold at
least 392 acres in Baltimore County, 1756-1781;
consolidated several smaller tracts into one large
holding by resurvey and patent, 1765. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: on March 29, 1783, in Baltimore
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed Value
£768.6.8, including 16 slaves and 56 oz. plate,
1783. LAND: as much as 3,000 acres in Baltimore
and Harford counties.
TOLLEY, WALTER, JR. (1744-1776). BORN: in
1744 in Baltimore County; second son. NATIVE:
at least fourth generation. RESIDED: in Baltimore
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Walter
Tolley (?-1783). MOTHER: Mary Garrettson (1715-
1749). STEPMOTHER. Martha Hall (1720-1801).
BROTHERS: Thomas (1738-1743); James (1746-
1768); and Thomas Garrettson (1748-?). HALF
BROTHER: Edward Carvil (1753-ca. 1796). SIS-
TERS: Elizabeth (1736-1785); Mary (1740-1777),
who married in 1759 Samuel Worthington (1734-
1815); and Sophia (1742-?). HALF SISTERS: Mar-
tha (1755-1755); Martha (1758-?); and Ann
(1756-1830). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: lit-
erate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. John's
Parish, Baltimore County. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERV-
ICE: Lower House, Baltimore County, 1773-1774
(Accounts Cv); Conventions, Baltimore County,
1st, 1774, 2nd-3rd, 1774, 4th, 1775, 5th, 1775,
6th-8th, 1775-1776 (Claims 6-8). LOCAL OF-
FICES: churchwarden, St. John's Parish, Balti-
more County, qualified 1767; justice, Baltimore
County, 1774-1776; St. John's Parish Vestry,
Baltimore County, in office 1776. MILITARY SERV-
ICE: colonel, by 1776. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 216 acres in Baltimore
County (all by purchase). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
on September 21, 1776, in Baltimore County; size
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