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(Elections 1, 3), 1778-1779 (Grievances 3; Claims
1), 1779 (elected, but did not attend; died before
the 2nd session of the 1779-1780 Assembly). LO-
CAL OFFICES: standard keeper, Cecil County, 1759;
justice, Cecil County, 1764-at least 1774 (quo-
rum, 1773-at least 1774); chairman, Committee
of Observation, Cecil County, 1776. MILITARY
SERVICE: colonel, Bohemia Battalion, Cecil County
Militia, elected 1776. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: leased 145 acres (part
of Bohemia Manor), Cecil County, 1753; pur-
chased 328 acres in Cecil County, 1765, which he
sold in 1768. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED, testamen-
tary bond dated January 18, 1780, in Cecil County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £79,186.12.1 current
money (including 14 slaves and books); FB,
£75,813.16.1. LAND: lease on 145 acres in Cecil
County.
VEAZEY, JOHN, III (?-1777). BORN: probably
in Cecil County. NATIVE: probably, if so, fourth
generation. RESIDED: in Cecil County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: probably John Veazey, Jr.
(1722-ca. 1780). MOTHER, probably Ann.
BROTHERS: probably Edward (?-1776); Samuel;
George; Robert; and William. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
lawyer, admitted to the following courts: Balti-
more County, August 1765; Queen Anne's County,
August 1765; Cecil County, by March 1769; Har-
ford County, August 1774. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: 4th Convention, Cecil County,
1775. LOCAL OFFICES: register of wills, Cecil
County, by June-November 1777; justice, Cecil
County, 1777; justice, Orphans' Court, Cecil
County, 1777. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, Cecil
County Militia, by 1776-1777. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: no evidence
of land ownership. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: be-
tween November 25 and December 24, 1777, in
Cecil County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£276.12.11 current money (including law books);
FB, £109.16.1.
WADE, JOHN (?-1658). BORN: in England. IM-
MIGRATED, in 1648, as a free adult. RESIDED, in
Newtown Hundred, St. Mary's County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. BROTHER: William, of Cecil, War-
wickshire. MARRIED Mary. CHILDREN. SON: Ed-
ward. NATURAL SON: John (whose mother was
Anne Smith). DAUGHTER: Mary. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Wade's sons, minors at his death, held no known
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offices. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: chirurgeon.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly,
Potomac (St. Mary's County), 1654 (elected dur-
ing the session to fill vacancy). WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 100
acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: at sea; will pro-
bated on September 4, 1658, in St. Mary's County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: size of estate unknown.
LAND: at least 100 acres.
WADE, ZACHARY (ca. 1627-1678). BORN: ca.
1627, probably in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1641,
as an indentured servant. RESIDED: in Kent County;
St. Mary's County; Charles County, by 1659/60.
MARRIED Mary, daughter of Richard Hatton and
wife Margaret; stepdaughter of Richard Banks (ca.
1612-ca. 1667). Mary was the niece of Thomas
Hatton (?-1654/55). Her brothers were William
Hatton (?-1712); Richard, who married by 1674
Ann (1659-?), daughter of John Price (ca. 1607-
1660/61). Her sisters were Elinor (1642-1725),
who married first, Thomas Brooke (1632-1676),
and second, Henry Darnall (ca. 1645-1711); Eliz-
abeth, who married first, Luke Gardiner (1622-
1674), and second. Clement Hill (?-1708); and
Barbara, who married James Johnson (?-?).
CHILDREN. SONS. Richard; Robert (by 1657-1713/
14), a justice of Prince George's County, 1697-
1705, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Sprigg (1630-1704) of Calvert County. DAUGH-
TERS: Theodosia, who married William Stone
(1666-1731); Jane, who married Richard (1659-
1710), son of Joseph Harrison (ca. 1623-1673);
and Marie (1661-?). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION, literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: probably
Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: ar-
rived as a servant to Margaret Brent (ca. 1600-
1670/71); marriage brought upward mobility. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: servant, 1641; planter;
merchant. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Newtown Hundred, St. Mary's
County, 1658, Charles County, 1659/60, 1662,
1666. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Charles County,
1660, 1663-1664, 1667-1678 (quorum, 1672-
1678); sheriff, Charles County, 1664-1665.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: at least 900 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
will probated on May 25, 1678, in Charles County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY TEV, 88,762 pounds of to-
bacco (including 4 servants and 1 slave); FB, 61,510
pounds of tobacco. LAND: 4,120 acres.
WAGGAMAN, HENRY (?-ca. 1761). BORN:
probably in Accomack County, Virginia. IMMI-
851
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