Ann Jennings Johnson (1745-1794)
MSA SC 3520-2228
First Lady of Maryland, 1777-1779

The preceding essay was taken from the Master's thesis of Maryland State Archives' Archival Research Intern, Emily A. Oland. This thesis, entitled Running Mates: A Biographical Study of First Ladies and Official Hostesses of Maryland, 1777-1995, is copyright protected by Emily A. Oland and was submitted to the University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore in August 1996 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a M.A. degree.

1.  Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (St. Anne's Church Records Collection) Parish Register, 1708-1785: May 8, 1745 [MSA SC 15] M143.

2.   McIntire, Robert Harry. Annapolis Maryland Families: Volume I. (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1979), 365.

3.  Ibid.

4.  Ibid.

5.  Ibid.

6.  Delaplaine, Edward S. The Life of Thomas Johnson (New York: The Grafton Press, 1927), 17-18.

7.  Ibid., 12-13, 15-16.

8.   Brand, Barbara A. "A Historic Interpretation of Rose Hill Manor: 1788-1837." (Frederick: Children's Museum Advisory Board, 1995), 7.

9.  Delaplaine, Edward S. The Life of Thomas Johnson (New York: The Grafton Press, 1927), 18.

10.  Brand, Barbara A. "A Historic Interpretation of Rose Hill Manor: 1788-1837." (Frederick: Children's Museum Advisory Board, 1995), 7.

11.  White, Frank F., Jr. The Governors of Maryland: 1777-1970 (Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 3.

12.  Brand, Barbara A. "A Historic Interpretation of Rose Hill Manor: 1788-1837." (Frederick: Children's Museum Advisory Board, 1995), 5.

13.  Ibid.

14.  Delaplaine, Edward S. The Life of Thomas Johnson (New York: The Grafton Press, 1927), 492.

15.  White, Frank F. The Governors of Maryland: 1777-1970 (Maryland: The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 3-4.

16.  Ibid., 6.

17.  Delaplaine, Edward S. The Life of Thomas Johnson (New York: The Grafton Press, 1927), 346-347.

18.  White, Frank F., Jr.  The Governors of Maryland: 1777-1970 (Maryland: The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 7-8.

19.  Delaplaine, Edward S. The Life of Thomas Johnson (New York: The Grafton Press, 1927), 492.

20.  Ibid., 492, 509;  Brand, Barbara A. "A Historic Interpretation of Rose Hill Manor: 1788-1837." (Frederick: Children's Museum Advisory Board, 1995), 8);  Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (The Evening Capital) November 24, 1913 [MSA SC 3547] M116.

21.  White, Frank F., Jr. The Governors of Maryland: 1777-1970 (Maryland: The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 9.

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