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in Somerset County; patented 360 acres in Som-
erset County (now Sussex County, Delaware);
probably purchased ca. 250 acres in Prince
George's County. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: peti-
tion to probate will filed in Prince George's County
on February 14, 1728/29. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
TEV, £424.14.9 current money (including 8 slaves,
3 indentured servants, and 60 oz. plate); FB, es-
tate overpaid £79.1.7. LAND. 1,280 acres in Som-
erset County and ca. 250 acres in Prince George's
County.
WALKER, PHILIP (?-1791). BORN, after 1740,
probably in Dorchester (later Caroline) County.
NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED: in Dor-
chester (later Caroline) County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Philip Walker (?-1776), an
Anglican minister who was licensed to Maryland
on March 25, 1756. He received the bounty on
April 8, 1756, and was appointed to All Hallow's
Parish, Anne Arundel County, on May 4, 1760.
On October 12, 1760, he was appointed to St.
Mary's, Whitechapel Parish, Dorchester County.
Walker was also a merchant. MOTHER: Elizabeth
(?-by 1756), widow of Anthony Richardson,
daughter of James Dickinson (?-1738) and wife
Hannah Coale. AUNTS: Mary Dickinson (?-by
1765), who married Pollard Edmondson (ca. 1718-
1794); Ann Dickinson (?-ca. 1774), who married
Samuel Bowman (?-1768). HALF BROTHERS: An-
thony Richardson; Thomas Dickinson Richard-
son (1740-?). SISTERS: Anne (?-by 1787), who
married first, Andrew Mein, second, Edward
Hindman (?-1781), and third, Henry Dickinson
(?-1789); Elizabeth (?-1783), who married He my
Dickinson (?-1789). FIRST COUSIN: (first name
unknown) Edmondson, who married Christopher
Birckhead (by 1740-1788). MARRIED first, (first
name unknown) Dickinson, daughter of William
Dickinson (?-1754), Gent., of Talbot County and
wife Mary Ann Bozman (ca. 1715-1775). She
was the stepdaughter of Thomas Loveday and the
granddaughter of Thomas Bozman (ca. 1693-1752).
MARRIED second, on December 5, 1780, Mar-
garet, daughter of Charles Dickinson (?-1779)
and wife Sophia Richardson. Her brothers were
Henry Dickinson (?-1789); John Dickinson (ca.
1726-1789). Her sister was Sidney, who married
Thomas Loockerman (?-1753). Her first cousin
was William Richardson (1735-1825). Her nephew
was Thomas Wynn Loockerman (?-1801). CHIL-
DREN. DAUGHTERS. Nancy (Anne), who married
John Dickinson. WARD: Andrew Mein. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
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ATION: probably Anglican. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERV-
ICE. Lower House, Caroline County, 1786-1787,
1787-1788, 1790. LOCAL OFFICES: coroner, Car-
oline County, 1778-1791; commissioner of the
tax, Caroline County, commissioned 1782, 1783,
1785, 1786, and 1790. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
PERSON AL PROPERTY: assessed value £623.0.0, in-
cluding 15 slaves and 71 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 800 acres in Caroline and Talbot
counties (700 acres inherited from his father).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased 120 acres in
Caroline County, 1786-1790. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: between January 21 and May 5, 1791, in
Caroline County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£2,197.4.8 current money (including 23 slaves and
books); FB, £1,690.6.0. LAND. 920 acres in Car-
oline and Talbot counties.
WALLACE, CHARLES (1727-1812). BORN: on
April 27, 1727, in St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arun-
del County. NATIVE: at least second generation.
RESIDED: in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County
(in the Tasker/Dulany mansion on Market Street,
1793 to at least 1804); also maintained a country
estate in Anne Arundel County by at least the
early 1800s. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: John
Wallace of Annapolis. MOTHER: Anne. SISTERS:
probably at least two, including Mary (?-1797),
who married Cornelius Howard (1728-1771).
NIECE: Rebecca Howard (1758-1806), who mar-
ried Alexander Contee Hanson (1749-1806). MAR-
RIED first, Catherine (ca. 1731-1795), sister of
Mary, who probably married (first name un-
known) Cummings. MARRIED second, on April 26,
1798, Mary (ca. 1747-1834), widow of George
Rankin (?-ca. 1783), daughter of Constantine
Bull of Norwich, Norfolk County, England, and
wife Catherine Walker of Northrop Hall, near
Dallam, Yorkshire, England, A Constantine Bull
resided in Maryland from at least 1748 until at
least 1772, and could have been either Mary's
father or brother. Mary Bull Rankin was living
in Annapolis by 1784, when she advertised for
pupils to learn reading, needlework, and lace-
work. In 1788 she declared herself an insolvent
debtor. Mary and Charles Wallace signed a mar-
riage agreement on April 25, 1798, in which Mary
agreed to give up her right of dower to Wallace's
property in return for his house, plate, furniture,
slaves, £2,000.0.0, and an allowance of £200.0.0
per year for life if she survived him. CHILDREN.
SONS: possibly included Charles, who married in
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