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chant of Scotland; Francina, who married first,
(first name unknown) Shippen, and second, Charles
Hynson (1692-1748); Augustina, who married
James Harris (1682-1743); and Ariana (1690-
1741), who married first, James Frisby (1684-
1719), second, Thomas Bordley (ca. 1683-1726),
and third, Edmund Jennings (?-1756). STEP-
DAUGHTER: Rebecca Ward (?-1645). PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
naturalized by act of Assembly, 1692. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: merchant of New Castle, Del-
aware, 1684; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLA-
TIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Cecil County, 1701-
1704 (Laws 1), 1708A, 1708B-1711, 1712-1714,
1715, 1716-1718. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Cecil
County, 1689-1697, 1700-1708, 1709-1719/20;
North Sassafras Parish Vestry, Cecil County, 1693-
1703, 1709-1711; naval officer of Cecil County,
1701-1711 (resigned); deputy commissary, Cecil
County, by 1704, in office 1714, 1719; justice,
Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1715. STANDS ON
PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: delayed one year before
taking oath of office under Protestant Associa-
tors' government, 1689. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 1 ,486 acres
in Cecil County (including 1,366 acres his wife
received from her father). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
will probated June 10, 1729, in Cecil County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least £714.17.4
(including 11 slaves, plate valued at £41.13.0, and
gold valued at £20.3.9). LAND: over 2,366 acres
in Cecil County.
VANHACK(VANHECK), JOHN (?-1675) BORN:
in Virginia, of age by 1660; probably only son.
IMMIGRATED: by 1651, as a minor with his mother
and stepfather from Virginia. RESIDED: in St. Mi-
chael's Hundred, St. Mary's County; in Baltimore
(later became Cecil) County by 1668. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: Oliver Vanhack (1600-by
1645), householder in Elizabeth City County,
Virginia, by 1637. STEPFATHER: George Mee (?-
1662). MOTHER: Catharine (1601-?). MARRIED
Sarah (?-ca. 1677), daughter of Thomas Howell
(?-1675) and wife Elizabeth, stepdaughter of
Jonathan Sybray (?-1684). Her brothers were John
(ca. 1658-ca. 1683); Nathaniel (?-1688). CHIL-
DREN. DAUGHTER: Sarah (1676-?), who married
ca. 1691/92 Stephen Coleman (?-by ca. 1702) and
moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by ca. 1702.
Sarah was involved in a lengthy court case as a
result of Coleman's attempt to marry her in 1688.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
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AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: Mr., by 1662; Gent., by 1664; natural-
ized by Act of Assembly in 1669 because he was
not of British or Irish descent. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: planter; merchant; factor to Peter De-
vitt, merchant of London. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Baltimore
County, 1669, 1671-1674 (Laws 3, represented
Cecil County after the 3rd session of the 1671-
1674/75 Assembly); Cecil County, 1674/75 (elected
to the 4th session of the 1671-1674/75 Assembly
as a delegate for newly established Cecil County).
LOCAL OFFICE: justice, St. Mary's County, 1664-
1666, Baltimore County, 1672, Cecil County, 1674-
1675. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: at least 1,550 acres in Baltimore County
and possibly 1,100 acres in Somerset County.
Vanhack had sold 400 acres in St. Mary's County
prior to his move to Baltimore County in 1668.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between November 17
and December 13, 1675, in Cecil County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, 71,974 pounds of to-
bacco (including 4 servants, plate valued at 800
pounds of tobacco, and a boat valued at 1,500
pounds of tobacco); FB, 16,445 pounds of to-
bacco. LAND: ca. 1,550 acres in Cecil County and
possibly 1,100 acres in Somerset County.
VAUGHAN, ROBERT (1597-ca. 1668/69). BORN:
in 1597, probably in England. IMMIGRATED: in
1634, as an indentured servant. RESIDED: in St.
George's Hundred, St. Mary's County; Kent
County, by 1638/39; St. Clement's Hundred, St.
Mary's County, in 1640; Kent County, by 1642.
MARRIED Mary. She subsequently married sec-
ond, Thomas Ingram, and third, Jeremy Eaton.
CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas (?-1684), who married
Susannah (?-1699), probably the daughter of John
Beard of Talbot County; Charles (1655-1685);
and William (1656-1684). DAUGHTER: Mary, who
married first, Edward Burton, and second, James
Ringgold (ca. 1637-1686). PRIVATE CAREER. ED-
UCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Prot-
estant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: arrived as
servant to Leonard Calvert (ca. 1606-1647), was
free by 1637/38; claimed rights to 50 acres in 1640;
Gent., by 1647. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: servant,
free by 1637/38; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, present 1637/38, St.
Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County, 1640-
1641 (attended only the 1st session), Kent Isle,
1642A (Accounts, Laws), present 1647/48 (Ac-
counts), special writ 1649; Lower House, Kent
County, 1650 (appointed to the Upper House
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