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1703/4. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 969 acres in Anne
Arundel County (438 acres inherited from his
father and augmented by resurvey, ca. 90 acres
acquired through his wife's inheritance, 441 acres
as his share of a 883-acre tract patented with his
brother Benjamin). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: The 883-
acre tract was entailed to Richard's and Benja-
min's daughters, 1718; inherited one-half interest
in 380 acres from Benjamin in 1718 and gave both
this and his deceased wife's 90 acres to his son
Alexander in 1725 and 1729; gained by patent
and later resurvey 826 acres, of which he gave
200 acres to each of his three sons-in-law during
the 1730s; purchased ca. 252 acres, 1737-1745.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED, on February 23, 1755,
of pleurisy at his plantation on the Patapsco Road
in Anne Arundel County. PERSONAL PROPERTY.
TEV, £39.5.7 sterling, £1,065.7.2 current money;
FB, £33.6.2 sterling, £804.12.9 current money,
after payment of legacies. The legacies included
2 slaves not mentioned in the inventory of his
estate. LAND: 876 acres in Anne Arundel County.
WARING, FRANCIS (1715-1769). BORN: in 1715
in Prince George's County; third son. NATIVE:
fourth generation. RESIDED, at "Martha's Gift,"
which was part of the tracts "Mazonscon and Ad-
dition," in Prince George's County. In later years
the property was called "Waring's Farm," and
was located close to Nottingham. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Capt. Basil Waring (1683-1733)
of Prince George's County; justice; member of
St. Paul's Parish; commissioned a captain of the
Dragoons in 1715; inherited large tracts from his
grandfather Richard Marsham; son of Basil War-
ing (1650-1688); grandson of Sampson Waring
(ca. 1618-1670/71). MOTHER: Martha (?-ca. 1758),
daughter of Thomas Greenfield (ca. 1649-1715)
and wife Martha Trueman. UNCLE: Thomas True-
man Greenfield (1682-1733). AUNT: Jane Green-
field, who married Henry Holland Hawkins (1683-
1751). BROTHERS: Thomas (1710-?), who mar-
ried first, on December 12, 1734, Jane Orford
(Offut), and second, Lucy Brooke; James Had-
dock (1713-?), who married Edith Orchard; Basil
(1717-1776), who married Elizabelt Belt; and
Samuel. SISTERS: Martha, a minor in 1734; Sarah
Haddock (1721-?), who married by 1751 John
Duckett; Martha; and probably Elizabeth (1720-
?), who may have married Richard Burgess. FIRST
COUSINS: Marianne Greenfield, who married by
1728 John Stoddert (?-1767); Josias Hawkins (ca.
1735-1789); and Eleanor Hawkins, who married
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George Dent (?-1785). MARRIED ca. 1740 Mary,
daughter of Col. Leonard Hollyday (1691-1741),
a vestryman of St. Paul's Parish, Calvert County,
and his wife (first name unknown) Smith. Mary
was the stepdaughter of Eleanor (ca. 1700-1750),
who was the widow of Marsham Waring (?-1732)
and the daughter of Clement Hill and wife Eleanor
Darnall; Eleanor subsequently married Dr. Wil-
liam Murray of Dorchester County. Mary was the
granddaughter of Thomas Hollyday (ca. 1661-1702/
3). Her brothers were Thomas; Leonard; and
Clement, all minors in 1739. Her sister was Eliz-
abeth, who married Francis Lee (?-1749). CHIL-
DREN. SONS: Leonard (1746-1806), a vestryman
of St. Paul's Parish, Prince George's County, who
married ca. 1770 Elizabeth, daughter of Benja-
min Lane; Clement Hollyday (1743-?), who was
killed by pirates at sea; Thomas (1760-1818),
who married Lydia, daughter of Roger Walton
of Philadelphia, and who immigrated to Kentucky
in 1783 and became a justice there; James Had-
dock Waring (?-1839), who married Anna,
daughter of Capt. John Boone, and who emi-
grated to Kentucky by 1798; and Basil, who served
in the Revolutionary War and married Elizabeth
Wheatly of St. Mary's County. DAUGHTERS. Ann,
who married Josias Hawkins (ca. 1735-1789);
Margery, who married on January 28, 1779,
Thomas Compton; Martha, who married (first
name unknown) Wheatly; Elizabeth, who mar-
ried (first name unknown) Wheatly; and Mary,
who married (first name unknown) Hawkins. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION, literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Paul's Parish, Prince
George's County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Gent., by 1749. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. Although not a surveyor by occupation,
he was requested in 1744 to resurvey the newly
named town of "Upper-Marlborough" to con-
form as nearly as possible to the original survey
of the town. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERV-
ICE: Lower House, Prince George's County, 1762-
1763 (Accounts 1, 2), 1768 (elected, but did not
attend; died before the 2nd session of the 1768-
1770 Assembly). LOCAL OFFICES: churchwarden
and vestryman, St. Paul's Parish, Prince George's
County, 1740-1746, 1748-1751, 1754-1761; jus-
tice, Prince George's County, 1743-1769 (quo-
rum, 1759-1769). MILITARY SERVICE: captain,
1749; major, by 1769. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: 7 slaves, 1758. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 902 acres in Prince George's and
Frederick counties (599 acres by patent, 57 acres
by purchase, 246 acres from his mother by a deed
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