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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

of gift). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN

FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: patented 150 acres
in Prince George's County, 1763; added 205 acres
onto an existing tract, by 1769. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED; will probated on February 27, 1769, in Prince
George's County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£415.14.1 (including 7 slaves, 15 oz. plate, and
books); FB, £182.5.6. LAND: 1,257 acres in Prince
George's and Frederick counties.

WARING (WAREING, WARRING, WARREN),
SAMPSON (ca. 1618-1670/71). BORN: ca. 1618.
IMMIGRATED: by 1651, as a free adult, from Vir-
ginia. RESIDED: "of the Clifts," Calvert County.
MARRIED by 1650 Sarah (1627-?), possibly the
widow of Richard Young, possibly the daughter
of (first name unknown) Leigh. Her brother was
possibly Francis Leigh (?-1676). Sarah subse-
quently married by February 1674/75 John Hance.
CHILDREN. SON: Basil (1650-1688), a justice of
Calvert County in 1685, who married first, (first
name unknown), daughter of John Hance, and
second, Sarah, daughter of Richard Marsham (?-
1713). STEPSONS possibly Richard Young (?-1665);
William Young. STEPDAUGHTER possibly Eliza-
beth Young. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: liter-
ate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant, a Puri-
tan. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE carpenter; planter.

PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly,

Patuxent (Calvert County), 1654; Parliamentary
Commission, 1655-1657/58; Lower House, Cal-
vert County, 1659/60. OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICE:
justice. Provincial Court, 1654-1657/58. LOCAL
OFFICES: sheriff, Patuxent (Calvert), St. Mary's
and "Potomack" counties, 1655; justice, Calvert
County, 1658-ca. 1660. MILITARY SERVICE: cap-
tain. Calvert County Militia, 1655; commander,
Herring Creek area, 1655. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRI-
VATE ISSUES: in 1660/61 fined 2,000 pounds of
tobacco and barred from office and elections for
7 years for his participation in Fendall's Rebel-
lion; released from his bond for good behavior

in 1661. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST

ELECTION: 150 acres in Anne Arundel (later be-
came Calvert) County. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN

LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: pat-
ented 200 acres in Calvert County, 1661. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED between February 1670/71 and
March 18, 1670/71, in Calvert County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, 58,179 pounds of tobacco (in-
cluding 5 servants); FB, 34,472 pounds of to-
bacco. LAND: probably 350 acres in Calvert County.

WARNER (WARDNER), GEORGE (by 1657-
1703). BORN: by 1657, probably in Maryland; first
son. NATIVE: probably second generation. RE-
SIDED: on Still Pond Creek in Cecil (later became
Kent) County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Andrew Warner (?-1661/62), who immigrated
ca. 1650 with his wife and daughter. STEPFATHER:
by 1664, Richard Gaines. MOTHER. Mary. SISTER:
Isabella. MARRIED first, by 1679, Elizabeth,
daughter of Godfrey Bayley (?-ca. 1670/71). Her
sister was Rosamond. MARRIED second, by 1691,
Anne (?-1705), daughter of Joseph Hopkins (?-
1686). Her brother was Joseph Hopkins. CHIL-
DREN. SONS: Godfrey (1682-1703); George (1692-
1725), who married Sarah; and Joseph (?-1730,
who married Anne Coale. DAUGHTERS: Sarah
(1691-?); Ann (1694-?); and Mary (1697-?).

PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS

AFFILIATION: Protestant, in 1689; Quaker, by 1692.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter, by 1678; mer-
chant. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:

Lower House, Cecil County, 1692 (dismissed dur-
ing the 1st session of the 1692-1693 Assembly
because, as a Quaker, he did not subscribe to
required oaths). LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Cecil
County, 1681-1687 (omitted from list of new
commissioners on June 9, 1687, when the Council
made alterations in the commissions after taking
into consideration "the ill state of the County of
Cecil at present"), 1688-1691/92. STANDS ON
PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: delayed taking oaths as
justice under the Protestant Associators' govern-
ment following the revolution in 1689; a Quaker,
and therefore ineligible for office after 1692.

WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: at least 1,200 acres in Cecil (later became
Kent) County (600 acres acquired from first wife,
600 acres by patent). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED, on
October 8, 1703; will probated in Cecil County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,181.14.7 (inven-
tory included 5 servants and 11 slaves); FB,
£1,079.3.7. LAND: 2,400 acres in Cecil (later be-
came Kent) County.

WARREN, HUMPHREY (ca. 1632-ca. 1670/71).
BORN: ca. 1632, in England; probably second son.
IMMIGRATED: ca. 1661, as a free adult with family.
RESIDED, in Charles County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER, probably Edward Warren,
Gent., of Stockport, Cheshire, England. MAR-
RIED first, name unknown. MARRIED second,
Eleanor (Ellen) (?-by 1677), possibly the daugh-
ter of Thomas Smoot. Eleanor married second,

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