Nicholas Gwither/Gwyther, MSA SC 3520-541

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Nicholas Gwither/Gwyther (c. 1626-c. 1665/66)
MSA SC 3520-541

Biography:

BORN: in ca. 1626.
IMMIGRATED: in 1639 as a indentured servant to Thomas Cornwaleys (ca. 1605-1675/76); free by 1647/48.
RESIDED: in St. Inigoe's Hundred, St. Mary's County.
MARRIED by 1650 Mary, a servant in 1649 to Cuthbert Fenwick (1614-1655).
CHILDREN. SONS: John; Owen; William; and Nicholas (1651-1680).

PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: servant; planter.

PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1663.
LOCAL OFFICES: sheriff, St. Mary's County, 1650-1653, 1657/58-1662, Charles County, 1658-1661.
MILITARY SERVICE: lieutenant, 1650; captain, by 1657/58.

STANDS ON PUBLIC/ PRIVATE ISSUES: supported Lord Baltimore against the Puritans in 1655.

WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 100 acres; obtained a 21-year lease on 700 acres in partnership with Thomas Jackson in 1647/48, which he sold to Jackson in 1652; patented 900 acres in 1658, which he sold in 1662.

WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: by March 24, 1665/66.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, 31,888 pounds of tobacco (including 1 slave and 2 servants).

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