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Wilkinson (1700/1-ca. 1758); Elizabeth Turbutt
(?-ca. 1760), who married by 1742 Thomas Harris
(?-1760); Anna Maria Turbutt (?-by 1749), who
married Edward Tilghman (1713-1785); and Mary
Lowe (?-by 1739), who married Edward Oldham
(1709-1773). MARRIED Britchet Stone (?-1719).
CHILDREN. SON: Henry (ca. 1703-?). DAUGHTERS:
Sarah (1706-1773), who married Nicholas Golds-
borough (ca. 1689-1766); Elizabeth (ca. 1708-
?), who married in 1724 Tench Francis (1701-
1758); Mary Ann (1711-1794), who married first,
in 1730, John (1709-1740/41), son of Thomas Ro-
bins (1672-1721), and second, Robert (ca. 1704-
1777), son of Robert Goldsborough (1660-1746);
Mary (1713-?); Ann (1715-1766), who married
John Goldsborough (1711-1778); and Rachel
(1718-?), who married in 1735 Thomas Bullen
(?-1750). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Peter's
Parish, Talbot County. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Talbot County, 1715 (Laws). LO-
CAL OFFICES, justice, Talbot County, by 1707-by
1710; St. Paul's Parish Vestry, 1708-1710, 1717;
sheriff, Talbot County, 1710-1712; clerk, Talbot
County, 1714-1720/21. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,075 acres in
Queen Anne's and Talbot counties (all through
inheritance). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased 230
acres in Talbot County, 1720-1720/21. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: on March 18, 1720/21, in Talbot
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,464.14.11
current money (including 5 servants and 15 slaves).
LAND: 1,305 acres in Dorchester, Queen Anne's
and Talbot counties. At the time of his death,
Turbutt was in the process of buying more land.
He bequeathed money to his children to be used
to purchase tracts named in his will.
TURBUTT, WILLIAM (1683/84-1739). BORN:
on February 18, 1683/84, probably in Kent County.
NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED: in Kent
County; Talbot County by 1687; Queen Anne's
County by 1716-1739. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Michael Turbutt (?-1696), who immi-
grated probably in the late 1660s, and who was
clerk of Kent County, 1686/87-1689, and a jus-
tice of Talbot County, 1687-1689. STEPFATHER.
Jacob Covington (?-1726). MOTHER: Sarah,
daughter of Seth Foster (?-1674/75) of Talbot
County and wife Elizabeth. HALF UNCLE: John
Hawkins (ca. 1657-1717). AUNT: Elizabeth Foster
(1658/59-1726), who married first, Vincent Lowe
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(?-1692), and second, by 1694, William Coursey
(?-ca. 1717/18). BROTHERS: Foster Turbutt (1679-
1720/21); Richard (1681-?); Samuel, who mar-
ried Rachel (1692-?), daughter of Nicholas
Goldsborough (1662-1705); and Nathaniel. SIS-
TERS: Mary, who married first, John (?-1713),
son of Henry Coursey (ca. 1629-1695), and sec-
ond, Thomas Hynson Wright (1688-1747); Sarah,
who married Arthur Emory, of Queen Anne's
County; and Margaret (?-1756), who married by
1726 Nicholas Lowe (1697-1745), of Talbot
County. NEPHEW: Thomas Wright (?-ca. 1784).
NIECES: Mary Coursey, who married Solomon
Wright (?-1729); Elizabeth Coursey, who mar-
ried Thomas Wilkinson (1700/1-ca. 1758); Mary
Anne Wright (?-1747), who married William
Hopper (1707-1772); Anne Wright (?-by 1754),
who married Edward Oldham (1709-1773), Sarah
Turbutt (1706-1773), who married Nicholas
Goldsborough (ca. 1689-1766); Elizabeth Turbutt
(ca. 1708-?), who married in 1724 Tench Francis
(1701-1758); Ann Turbutt (1715-1766), who
married John Goldsborough (1711-1778); and Mary
Lowe (?-by 1739), who married Edward Oldham
(1709-1773). MARRIED Elizabeth (ca. 1694-?),
daughter of Michael Earle (?-1709), of Talbot
County, and wife Anne Carpenter (?-ca. 1709).
Her uncle was James Earle, Sr. (?-1734). Her
nephews were Michael Earle (1722-1787); Rich-
ard Tilghman Earle (1728/29-1788); and Joseph
Earle (1739-1777). Her nieces were Anna Maria
Earle (1729-1795), who married Thomas Ring-
gold (1715-1772); and Henrietta Maria Earle
(1730-1767), who married William Hemsley (1736/
37-1812). Her first cousin was Jane Lillingston
(?-by 1746), who married first, John Wells (by
1675/76-1714), and second, Thomas Hammond
(1693-?). CHILDREN. SON: Michael. DAUGHTERS:
Anna Maria (?-by 1749), who married Edward
Tilghman (1713-1785); Mary, who married first,
Nathan Wright (?-1767), and second, Thomas
Bruff (?-1772), of Talbot County; and Elizabeth
(?-ca. 1760), who married by 1742 Thomas Harris
(?-1760). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican; occupied pew
27 in Wye Chapel, St. Paul's Parish, Queen Anne's
County, 1729. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., by 1739. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: sur-
veyor; planter; called merchant, 1720. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Queen
Anne's County, 1716-1718, 1719-1721/22 (Ag-
grievances 1; Accounts 1, 3-5), 1728-1731 (Ac-
counts 1-5). OTHER PRO VINCI AL OFFICES: justice,
Provincial Court, commissioned 1732; judge, As-
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