9. Michael Howard of Talbot County (Prot.), appointed by Calvert shortly
before 10 June 1726 (Ibid., 1. IL #A, f. 66); died in office in August, 1737.

10. Col. James Harris of Kent County (Prot.), com. 3 Aug. 1737 and
again 29 Sept. 1742 (Commission Book No. 82, ff. 50, 96); died in office in
Nov. 1743.

11. *Benjamin Young, Sr. of Prince George's County (Prot. wife Cath,),
com. 30 Sept. 1745 (Ibid., f. 116), resigned in 1747 after he was appointed a
Judge of the Land Office.

12. Col. Benjamin Tasker, Jr. of Annapolis (Prot., brother-in-law of
Lt. Gov. Ogle), appointed shortly before 10 Oct. 1747 (Patent Record, 1. LG
#E, f, 464). He was merely a nominal incumbent, for he paid all profits
first to *David Graham (who had married Baltimore's cousin Charlotte Hyde)
and after his death, about June, 1754, to Mrs. Graham's brother-in-law,
Charles Graham of Calvert County, who supported her (AM, VI, 75).

13. *Col. Benjamin Young, Jr. of Baltimore County (Prot., mother Cath.),

appointed early in May, 1755; recom. 29 April 1773 (Md. Gazette, 5 June); in
Nov. 1776 his office was abolished. An indolent but agreeable man, Col. Young
first obtained this post by marrying Mrs. Graham and, after her death in 1757,
retained it by marrying at once Daniel Dulany's sister (AM, VI, 207, 209;
Black Books, XI, 31).

4. Examiner General.
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