Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Robert Philpott (?-by 1650/51)
MSA SC 3520-987
Freeman in Attendance, 1637/8

Biography:

PHILPOTT, ROBERT (?-by 1650/51).
IMMIGRATED: by 1637, probably as a free adult.
RESIDED: on Kent Isle.
FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: (name unknown), referred to as keeper of Hyde Park in 1638.
CHILDREN.
SON. Thomas.
PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: probably Protestant.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1637/38.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: probably employee of William Cloberry & Co., 1637; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, Kent Isle, 1637/38. Philpott, along with Thomas Bradnox (ca. 1599-1661) and Edward Beckler (?-?), was elected to this Assembly to represent the freemen of Kent Island.
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Kent Isle, 1637/38; commander of Kent Isle, 1638.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: made early submission to Baltimore authority on Kent Isle.
WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: by 1650/51.
LAND: 350 acres on Kent Isle.

Source:  Edward C. Papenfuse, et al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789.  Vol. 2  (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985),  646.  

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