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9. RICHARD BOUGHTON, sworn 6 Dec. 1682; continued in office
by act of the Convention, 4 Sept. 1689, but soon resigned. He
died in 1706.

10. CLEBORNE LOMAX (son of Thomas Lomax and nephew of
Henry Bonner), succeeded Boughton prior to 11 March 1689/90;
com. by Secretary Lawrence and sworn 6 April 1692; died in
spring of 1699.

11. EDWARD BATSON of Calvert County, succeeded Lomax
prior to 24 May 1699; soon resigned.

12. EDMUND HOWARD, succeeded Batson prior to 13 Feb.
1699/1700; died in October, 1710.

13. JOHN ROGERS, sworn 14 Nov. 1710; died in November,
1717. He married a stepdaughter of Councillor John Contee.

14. ALEXANDER CONTEE (nephew of Councillor John Contee;
married niece of Edmund Howard above), sworn 12 Nov. 1717;
transferred to Clerkship of Prince George's County in August,
1720.

15. Capt SAMUEL HANSON, SR., com. 27 June and sworn 9
Aug. 1720; died about February, 1740/1.

16. EDMUND PORTEUS, com. by his uncle, Deputy Secretary
Edmund Jenings, prior to 9 June 1741; died 28 March 1752.

17. BENJAMIN FENDALL (grandson of fromer Lt. Gen. Josias
Fendall), com. 28 March and sworn 31 March 1752; resigned in
favor of his son in June, 1756, and died in April, 1764. His first
wife was a niece of Edmund Howard and of Alexander Contee,
his second a relation of Mrs. Porteus.

18. PHILIP RICHARD FENDALL, succeded his father, 8 June
1756; replaced by John Gwinn, March Court, 1778. He married
in 1759 his first cousin, Sarah Lattice Lee, a niece of Edmund
Howard and of Alexander Contee.

f. Clerk of Baltimore County, 1660.

1. JOHN COLLETT, com. 14 June 1661; died 29 November
1669.

2. THOMAS SALMON of Cecil County (——), appointed by the
County Court in November and approved by the Council, 16 Dec.
1669; resigned in April, 1674; died about July, 1675.