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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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WAR BIOGRAPHIES

16% Ruth Gaither; Richard Warfield (ca. 1677-
1755); and Benjamin (1680-1717/18), who mar-
ried in 1703 Elizabeth Duvall. SISTERS: Mary (?-
by 1703/4), who married Capt. John Howard (ca.
1667-1704); Rachel (1681-1709), who married
George Yates (1674-1717); and Elinor (1683-
1752), who married in 1704 Caleb Dorsey (ca.
1684-1742), son of John Dorsey (ca. 1645-1714/
15). MARRIED Sarah, daughter of Henry Pierpont.
Her brothers were Amos (?-1718); Jabez (?-
1721), and Charles. Her sisters included Sydney;
Elizabeth; and Mary. CHILDREN. SONS: John (?-
1721/22); Samuel, who married Sarah Walsh;
Alexander; Absolute; and Richard (?-1752), who
married Sarah Gaither. DAUGHTERS: Rachel, who
married in 1735 Lance Todd; Sarah; and Kath-
erine. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Anne's Par-
ish, Anne Arundel County; wife's family was
Quaker. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE, planter. PUB-
LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,

Anne Arundel County, 1714 (elected to the 4th
session of the 1712-1714 Assembly), 1715, 1716-
1718. LOCAL OFFICES: overseer of highways, Anne
Arundel County, 1702/3; constable, Middleneck
Hundred, Anne Arundel County, 1708/9; justice,
Court of Oyer and Terminer, Anne Arundel
County, appointed 1715 (quorum, 1715); church-
warden, St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County,
1715-1716; St. Anne's Parish Vestry, Anne
Arundel County, 1728-1730. MILITARY SERVICE:
captain at death. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 300 acres inherited
from his father. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND

BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: inherited

312 acres and 1 lot in Londontowne, Anne Arun-
del County, from his wife's brother, 1718; sold
207 acres and the Londontowne lot, 1719; pat-
ented 1,336 acres in Anne Arundel County in
1720, 402 acres of which he gave to two cousins
in 1733; patented 50 acres in Anne Arundel
County, 1727; purchased 380 acres in Anne Arun-
del County, 1729. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will
probated on June 11, 1740, in Anne Arundel

County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £605.3.10

(including 6 slaves); FB, £605.3.10 before distri-
bution to heirs. LAND: probably 1,769 acres in
Anne Arundel County.

WARFIELD, RICHARD (ca 1677-1755) BORN:
ca. 1677, in Anne Arundel County; probably sec-
ond son. NATIVE, second generation. RESIDED: in
Anne Arundel County, about nine miles from
Annapolis. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Rich-

ard Warfield (?-1703/4) of Anne Arundel County,
who was transported to Maryland in ca. 1662 and
owned over 1,400 acres at death. MOTHER: Eli-
nor, daughter of Capt. John Browne, a mariner
of London. BROTHERS: John (1675-1718), who
married in 1696 Ruth Gaither; Alexander Warfield
(1678-1740); and Benjamin (1680-1717/18), who
married in 1703 Elizabeth Duvall. SISTERS: Mary
(?-by 1703/4), who married Capt. John Howard
(ca. 1667-1704); Rachel (1681-1709), who mar-
ried George Yates (1674-1717); and Elinor (1683-
1752), who married in 1704 Caleb Dorsey (ca.
1684-1742), son of John Dorsey (ca. 1645-1714/
15). NEPHEW. Edward Dorsey (1718-1760). NIECES.
Mary Dorsey (1725-ca. 1786), who married John
Ridgely (by 1724-1771); Rachel Howard (?-1750),
who married Charles Ridgely (by 1705-1772).
MARRIED Ruth (ca. 1683-1713), daughter of
Thomas Crutchley (?-1710), of Anne Arundel
County, and wife Margaret Baldwin. Ruth was
the granddaughter of John Baldwin (?-1684), a
Quaker. Her brother was Thomas. Her sisters
were Lydia, who married (first name unknown)
Metcalf; Bederso. Her first cousins were John
Baldwin (?-1752); Hannah Howard, who mar-
ried first, Charles Hammond (ca. 1670-1713), and
second, Edmond Benson (1687-1734). CHILDREN.
SON: Alexander (?-1773), who married in 1723
Dinah Davidge. DAUGHTERS: Ruth, who married
Joseph Hall; Rachel, who married in 1726 Robert
Davidge; and Lydia, who married first, Dr. Sam-
uel Stringer (?-1747), and second, Charles Ridgely
(by 1705-1772). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. Anglican; of-
fered to build a pew at his own expense in St.
Anne's Parish Church, Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, 1727. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Esq., by 1723; described in his obituary as a
"gentleman of upright and unblemished charac-
ter." OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE, planter, possibly
also a merchant on a small scale. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne
Arundel County, 1716-1718 (Elections 3), 1719-
1721/22 (Aggrievances 3-5), 1722-1724 (Ag-
grievances 1-3), 1725-1727 (Aggrievances 1-4),
1728-1731 (Aggrievances 1-5), 1732-1734 (Ag-
grievances 1-Cv), 1734/35-1737 (Aggrievances
1, Cv, 2-4). LOCAL OFFICES, justice, Anne Arun-
del County, 1712-1723, 1732-1737 (quorum,
1732-1737); justice. Court of Oyer and Termi-
ner, Anne Arundel County, 1720; St. Anne's Par-
ish Vestry, Anne Arundel County, 1714-1716,

1729- 1732. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL

PROPERTY: inherited one slave from his father,

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