b. Receiver of North Potomac and Pocomoke.

1. Col. Nehemiah Blakiston of St. Mary's County (Prot., wife Cath.),
appointed by William and Mary, presumably at the time Plater was appointed
Receiver of Patuxent, 8 Jan. 1691/2 (cf. Cal. of Treas. Bks., X, pt. 3, 1186,
119l); died in December; 1693. Plater then began acting as Receiver in these
districts. Col. Blakiston was also Collector of North Potomac, September,
1685 until his death, and Commissary General from October, 1692 to October,
1693.

2. George Muschamp of St. Mary's County (Prot.), succeeded Blakiston as
Collector of North Potomac only by commission of 14 Feb. 1693/4; obtained
royal letters patent as "Collector and Receiver of Potomac, "8 Oct. 1695 and
again as Receiver only, 9 Aug. 1703 (Ibid., X, pt. 3, 1191; XVIII, 363);
ordered by Governor and Council to act as Receiver of Pocomoke as well, 23
Oct. 1697 (AM, XXIII, 275, 288); died in November, 1709. Muschamp was also
Collector of North Potomac from 1694 until his transfer to the Collectorship
of Patuxent, in 1700, which latter office he retained until his death.

3. John Dansey of St. Mary's County (Prot.), appointed for the time
being by Pres. Lloyd and the Council, 7 Nov. 1709; never commissioned by the
crown (AM, XXVII, 396; XXX, 47); office suppressed by Gov. Hart as a measure
of economy soon after May, 1715 (AM, XXX, 150; XXXIII, 410). Dansey was
also Collector of Patuxent from November, 1709 until his death in September,
1716.

c. Deputy Auditor and Surveyor General.

1. Edward Randolph (Prot.) the well-known British administrator, com.

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