5. Col. Thomas Brooke II and Col. John Contee of Charles County (Prot.),
com. jointly by Gov. Seymour, 1 Dec, 1704 and sworn 20 Feb. 1704/5 (Ibid, , 1.
19b, f. 1). Contee had just married one Mary Townley, Seymour's favorite cou-
sin.

6. Col. John Contee, com. sole Commissary General, 5 Sept. 1706 (Ibid.,
1. 190, f. 93); died in office, 3 Aug. 1708.

7. Col. William Bladen of Annapolis (Prot., wife Cath.), com. 16 Aug. and
sworn 18 Aug, 1708 (Ibid., 1. 21, ff. 48, 50); died in office, 7 Aug. 1718.

8. Thomas Bordley of Annapolis (Prot.), com. 16 Aug. 1718 (Ibid., 1. 23,
f. 224); dismissed in September, 1721; died 11 Oct. 1726.

9. Col. William Holland of Anne Arundel County (Prot.), com. 1 Sept. and
sworn 19 Sept, 1721 (Ibid., 1. 25, f. 32).

10. Col. William Holland, Col. Thomas Addison of Prince George's County
(Prot., son of John Addison above), and his brother-in-law, Daniel Dulany, Sr.
of Annapolis (Prot. com. jointly, 6 Nov. 1721 (Ibid., 1, 25, f, 53).

11. Col. William Holland, Daniel Dulany, Sr., Col, Thomas Addison and his
half brother-in-law, Col. Thomas Brooke II, com. jointly, 20 Oct. 1722 (Ibid.,
1 26, f. 71). Dulany resigned in July, 1724.

12. Col. William Holland, Col. Thomas Addison, and Col. Thomas Brooke II,
com. jointly, 15 July 1724 (Ibid., 1. 27, f. 63), Addison died in June, 1727.

13. Col. William Holland , Col. Thomas Brooke II, and his former
Philip Lee of Prince George's County (Prot., wife Prot. convert), com. jointly,

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