9. John Stokes, resumed office 5 Aug. 1718; died in August, 1732.

10. Humphrey Wells Stokes, succeeded his father in August, 1732; re-
signed 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 to 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), ap-
pointed 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. He
died 11 Sept. 1798.

g. Clerk of Talbot County, 1662.

1. Col. Moses Stagwell of Kent County (----), com. temporarily, as Clerk

and Sheriff, 18 Feb. 1661/2.

2. John Morgan (----), com. Clerk and Sheriff, 23 April 1662.

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