Charles James
MSA SC 3520-723
Biography
Born: In England.
Died: Inventory
dated June 17, 1698, in Cecil County.
Immigrated: 1661, as a free adult from London.
Resided: Baltimore County; Cecil County
by 1676.
Married: By 1670, Elizabeth, daughter of
Leonard Strong (?-by 1659).
Children
Son: Charles
(?-by 1709) of Cecil County, a planter.
Daughter: Elizabeth (?-?), who married first, William Bailey (?-by 1708); second, in 1708, Philip
Kennard (?-1732); and third, John Mowell of Kent
County, a cooper.
Private Career
Education:Literate.
Religious Affiliation: Protestant;
probably Anglican, Shrewsbury Parish,
Cecil County.
Social Status and Activities: Transported five others on arrival; variously called
Mr., merchant, and Gent., on arrival.
Occupational Profile: Formerly merchant of London;
planter; merchant.
Public Career
Legislative Service: Associators' Convention, Cecil County,
1689-1692; Grand Committee of Twenty, 1690-1692.
Local Offices: Deputy surveyor, Baltimore County, 1671, Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties, 1674-1676; coroner, Cecil County,1674-1676, Baltimore County, 1676; sheriff, Cecil County, 1676 (dismissed after one month);
justice, Cecil County, 1690-1694; deputy commissary, Cecil County, 1692-1694.
Military Service: Captain, 1689-1694.
Stands on Public/Private Issues: Impeached by Assembly from
posts as sheriff, coroner, and deputy surveyor for
perjury and false imprisonment and ruled ineligible to hold public office again, 1676; revolution
in 1689 brought reentry into political office;
countless disputes with other Cecil County officials, 1689-1692; removed from offices by Gov.
Francis Nicholson, 1694.
Wealth During Lifetime
Land at First Election: ca. 1,000 acres.
Wealth at Death
Personal Property: Total Estate Value, £213.14.9 (including 1 servant,
1 slave, and books); Final Balance, £85.3.10.
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