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3. EDWARD WILLIAMS (——), com. 18 April 1674. He was
also Clerk of Cecil County.

4. Capt HENRY JOHNSON, succeeded Williams prior to 4
Dec. 1677.

5. THOMAS HEDGE, succeeded Johnson prior to 3 June 1679;
continued in office by act of the Convention, 4 Sept. 1689; died in
Aug., 1698.;

6. HENRY WRIOTHESLY, succeeded Hedge in Aug., 1698; died
in June, 1709.

7. JOHN STOKES, succeeded Wriothesly in June, 1709; re-
signed to be Sheriff in March, 1715/6.

8. GEORGE MIDDLETON, sworn 7 March 1715/6; served dur-
ing Stokes's shrievalty.

9. JOHN STOKES, resumed office 5 Aug. 1718; died in August,
1732.

10. HUMPHREY WELLS STOKES, succeeded his father in
August, 1732; resigned in 1740/1; died in 1744.

11. *THOMAS BREREWOOD, SR., succeeded Stokes prior to 3
March 1740/1; died in office, 22 Dec. 1746, His son, Thomas
Brerewood, Jr., the poet, had married the Hon. Charlotte Calvert,
but the two families were not very friendly. It was said that
Brerewood had been put in by Lt. Gov. Ogle, rather than by
Deputy Sec. Dulany, and that he was required to pay a portion of
his income to Ogle in discharge of debts owed by his son.

12. TALBOT RISTEAU, sworn 3 March 1746/7; died 23 Nov.
1753. He married Catherine Stokes, related to the previous clerks
of that name,

13. JOHN BEALE BORDLEY (stepson of Deputy Sec. Edmund
Jenings), appointed in Nov., 1753; resigned in 1768 when he
became a member of the Council; died 26 Jan. 1804.

14. * ALEXANDER LAWSON, JR. (cousin of Deputy Sec. Daniel
Dulany, Jr.), succeeded Bordley, 5 Jan. 1769; replaced by William
Gibson in May, 1777. From 22 March 1774 to 1 July 1776 he
was also Clerk of Harford County. Me died 11 Sept. 1798.

g. Clerk of Talbot County, 1662.

1. Col. MOSES STAGWELL of Kent County (——), com. tem-
porarily, as Clerk and Sheriff, 18 Feb. 1661/2.