17. Benjamin Fendall (grandson of former 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 Mr. Porteus.

18. Philip Richard Fendall, succeeded 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 April,

1674; died about July, 1675.

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

4. Capt. Henry Johnson, succeeded William 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; resigned to be
Sheriff in March, 1715/6.

8. George Middleton, sworn 7 March 1715/6; served during Stokes's shrievalty.

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