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WAUGHOP, JAMES (?-ca. 1750). BORN: prob-
ably in St. Mary's County. NATIVE: third gener-
ation. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: Thomas Waughop (ca.
1659-1700). STEPFATHER: Thomas Palmer of St.
Mary's County. MOTHER: Katherine Coustaneau
(?-ca. 1726). BROTHERS: John; Thomas Waughop
(?-1735). SISTERS. Ann; Katherine. MARRIED
Mary. CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas Palmer; William
Coustaneau; and James (?-1781). DAUGHTERS:
Katherine; Eleanor. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. Protes-
tant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by
1742. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, St.
Mary's County, 1735/36-1737 (elected to the
Convention of the 1734/35-1737 Assembly to fill
vacancy), 1738, 1739-1741, 1742-1744. LOCAL
OFFICES: justice, St. Mary's County, 1736-at least
1749 (quorum, 1746-at least 1749); coroner, St.
Mary's County, appointed 1737 and 1742. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least
340 acres in St. Mary's County (inherited from
his mother ca. 1726); had previously sold 900 acres
in St. Mary's and Worcester counties acquired
through inheritance and purchase. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED. ca. 1750 in St. Mary's County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £523.15.10 (including 20
slaves and books); FB £7.15.6. LAND: at least 340
acres in St. Mary's County.
WAUGHOP (WAHOP, WAGHOP), THOMAS (ca.
1659-1700). BORN: ca. 1659, in St. Mary's County.
NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED: in
St. Mary's County (in St. George's Hundred by
1684, later moved to St. Mary's City). FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: John Waughop (? -1677/
78), who immigrated by 1654; planter of "Piney
Point" by 1658; owned at least 800 acres; illit-
erate. MOTHER: Jane (Joane), widow of John
Gosse. SISTERS: Elizabeth, who married Thomas
(ca. 1642/43-1675), son of Thomas Hatton (?-
1654/55); Rebecca, who married James Jones of
Northumberland County, Virginia; and Frances,
who married Henry Hyde. MARRIED Katherine
(?-ca. 1726), daughter of John Coustaneau of
Virginia. She subsequently married Thomas Pal-
mer of St. Mary's County. CHILDREN. SONS: John;
James Waughop (?-ca. 1750); and Thomas
Waughop (?-1735). DAUGHTERS: Ann; Kather-
ine, who married William Canady, stepson of Wil-
liam Watts (1660-1723/24). PRIVATE CAREER. ED-
UCATION: probably literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Protestant. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
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FILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERV-
ICE: Lower House, St. Mary's City, 1694-1697,
1697/98-1700. LOCAL OFFICES: alderman, St.
Mary's City, 1689; councilman, St. Mary's City,
1694; justice, St. Mary's County, 1694-1700
(quorum, 1696-1700); coroner, St. Mary's County,
1694. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 1694-1700.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: supported the
Protestant Associators' Revolution in 1689.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: at least 800 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
administration bond dated December 21, 1700,
in St. Mary's County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£59.8.4; FB, estate overpaid £36.4.0. LAND: at
least 800 acres.
WAUGHOP, THOMAS (?-1735). BORN: proba-
bly in St. Mary's County. NATIVE: third genera-
tion. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: Thomas Waughop (ca.
1659-1700). STEPFATHER: Thomas Palmer of St.
Mary's County. MOTHER: Katherine Coustaneau
(?-ca. 1726). BROTHERS John; James Waughop
(?-ca. 1750). SISTERS: Ann; Katherine. MARRIED
first, by 1719, Mary, daughter of Peter Watts (by
1675-1719). Her sister (first name unknown)
married George Clarke, (ca. 1692-1753) the son
of Philip Clarke (?-1699). MARRIED second, Kath-
erine. CHILDREN. SON: Thomas (?-ca. 1733).
DAUGHTERS: Johanna (Joann), who married
Robert Graves; Ann, who married Robert Chesley
(?-1768); Katherine; Elizabeth; and Mary, who
married (first name unknown) Gwyther. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Gent., 1725. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1716-1718,
1719-1721/22, 1722-1724, 1725-1727, 1728-1731,
1732-1734, 1734/35-1737 (died during first ses-
sion). LOCAL OFFICES: school visitor, St. Mary's
County, appointed 1723; justice, St. Mary's
County, 1723-at least 1733 (quorum, 1727-at
least 1733); commissioner to buy land for the lay-
ing out of Leonardtown, appointed 1728. MILI-
TARY SERVICE: captain, by 1727. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: patented 138
acres in St. Mary's County, 1725; acquired 750
acres in St. Mary's County (probably inherited
ca. 1726). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between April
1 and April 7, 1735, in St. Mary's County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £296.16.0 (including 4
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