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GRATED: ca. 1740 from Accomack County, Vir-
ginia. His grandfather, Hendrick Waggaman (?-
1682), probably immigrated to Virginia from Am-
sterdam by 1660. RESIDED, on "Waggaman's Pur-
chase" at the head of Great Monie Creek, Som-
erset County. Purported to have built his plantation
"Monie" there. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Jonathan Waggaman (?-1724) of Accomack
County, Virginia. MOTHER: Margaret Eliot (El-
liott), daughter of William Eliot of London. STEP-
MOTHER: Comfort. BROTHERS: William Elliott (?-
1747), a sea captain in the East India service,
who died in Calcutta; Ephraim (?-1758), sheriff
of Worcester County, 1752-1755, who married
Mary Scott; and Jacob (?-1739), Gent., of Som-
erset County, who married Eleanor (last name
unknown). MARRIED between 1739 and 1742 Mary
(?-1780), daughter of Levin Woolford (1683-
1721) and wife Sarah Jones (1691-?). Mary was
the granddaughter of Roger Woolford (?-ca. 1701/
2). She was the niece of Roger Woolford (1670-
1730); Mary Woolford, who married Henry Hooper
(ca. 1643-1720); Elizabeth Woolford (1664/65-
1739), who married first, Thomas Ennalls (?-1718),
and second, William Holland (?-1732); and Sarah
Woolford (1672/73-by 1730), who married Go-
vert Lookerman (ca. 1681-1728). Her sister was
Martha, who married Samuel Wilson (?-1748).
Her first cousins were James Woolford (ca. 1736-
ca. 1783); Thomas Woolford (ca. 1699-ca. 1750/
51); Henry Hooper (ca. 1687-1767); Mary Hooper
(1674-1745), who married Henry Ennalls (1675-
1734); Elizabeth Hooper, who married Matthew
Travers (ca. 1672-1742); Anne Hooper, who
married John Broome (1676-ca. 1738/39); Mary
Hooper (?-ca. 1757), who married second, John
Rider (1686-1739/40); and Sarah Lookerman (?-
by 1745), who married Joseph Cox Gray (?-1764).
Her nephew was Levin Wilson (1735-1791). CHIL-
DREN. SONS: John Elliott (?-by 1767); William
Elliott, a planter of Somerset County; George (?-
by 1801), Gent., of Somerset County; and Henry
Waggaman (1753-1809). DAUGHTERS: Sarah, who
married in 1770 Isaac Outten (1748-?); Eliza-
beth, who probably married (first name unknow)
Footman; and Mary (?-1760). PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate; left detailed instructions for
the education of his sons in his will. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Presbyterian, Manokin Presbyter-
ian Church, Somerset County. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1741. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
RLE: mariner, by 1742; merchant, by 1752; owned
at least one schooner, 1753. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Somerset
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County, 1749-1751 (Bills of Credit 1), 1751-1754
(Accounts 1-6), 1754-1757 (Accounts 5, 6), 1757-
1758 (Accounts 1, Cv, 2), 1758-1760 (Accounts
Cv 1, 1, Cv 2; died prior to the beginning of the
3rd Convention of the 1758-1761 Assembly). LO-
CAL OFFICES: elder, Manokin Presbyterian Church,
Somerset County, 1748, 1749, 1753; justice, Som-
erset County in office 1746-1760 (quorum 1755-
1760); justice, Court of Oyer, Terminer, and Gaol
Delivery, appointed 1753 (quorum, 1753). MILI-
TARY SERVICE: captain, by 1745; called major,
1759. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,298 acres in Somerset County (1,061
acres by patent, of which 384 acres had been in-
herited by his wife from her mother; 237 acres
through purchase). Inherited 500 acres of land in
Accomack County, Virginia, from his father in
1724, but it had been sold by 1746. SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND
DEATH: purchased 1,010 acres, plus lot 14 in Prin-
cess Anne Town, all in Somerset County, 1750-
1758; patented 1,112 acres, 1753-1754, and sold
300 acres, 1756, all in Somerset County. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: between December 11, 1760, and
April 15, 1761, in Somerset County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £5,738.17.4 current money (in-
cluding 13 slaves, 73 books, and 49 oz. plate);
FB, £5,634.19.2. LAND: 3,120 acres and lot 14 in
Princess Anne Town, all in Somerset County.
WAGGAMAN, HENRY (1753-1809). BORN: in
1753 in Monie Hundred, Somerset County. NA-
TIVE: second generation. RESIDED: maintained
residences at "Monie," at the head of Great Monie
Creek, Monie Hundred, Somerset County, until
at least 1788, and at "Fairview," Upper District,
Dorchester County, from ca. 1785 until death.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Henry Waggaman
(?-ca. 1761). MOTHER: Mary Woolford (?-1780).
BROTHERS: John Elliott (?-by 1767); William El-
liott; and George (?-by 1801). SISTERS: Sarah;
Elizabeth; and Mary (?-1760). FIRST COUSIN: Levin
Wilson (1735-1791). MARRIED on May 3, 1780,
Sarah (1761-1842), daughter of Thomas Ennalls
(?-by 1783) and wife Mary Sulivane. Sarah was
the niece of Daniel Sulivane (1745/46-1799); Henry
Ennalls (ca. 1741-by 1788); and Margaret En-
nalls (?-by 1795), who married William Mayna-
dier (1747-1795). CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas En-
nalls (1782-1832), who married Martha Jefferson,
daughter of Judge John Tyler (1747-1813), a gov-
ernor of Virginia, and his wife Mary Armistead;
Henry (1784-1784); George Augustus (1790-
1843), a lawyer of Caroline County, and a U.S.
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