Archives of Maryland
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John Gresham (?-1723)
MSA SC 3520-14722

Notes on Sources:

1. "John Gresham." Supplement to the Early Settlers of Maryland, Carson Gibb, compl. Maryland State Archives: Annapolis, MD, 1997; LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Liber 1, p. 80, MdHR 17,332-2 [MSA S11-2, 1/23/1/2].

2. See, for example, Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, January 1637/8 - September 1664, p. 120 (Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 1).

3. PREROGATIVE COURT (Inventories and Accounts) Inventory of John Gresham, Sen., 21 July 1713, vol. 34, 1712-1713, pps. 27-28, MdHR 1271 [MSA S536-45, 1/11/2/47]; "John Gresham," Historic Annapolis Index Files Collection, Series 1, Residents of Anne Arundel County, no. 60,566 [MSA SC 1393-1-2, 0/10/4/33].

4. ibid.

5. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Judgment Record) 1703-1705, Liber G, MdHR 861 [MSA C91-1, 1/1/8/17]; 1705-1706, Liber TB 1, MdHR 862-1 [MSA C91-2, 1/1/8/18]; 1708-1712, Liber TB 2, MdHR 863 [MSA C91-4, 1/1/8/20].

6. Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7-1698, p. 19 (Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 23).

7. Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, 1700-1724, p. 9, All Hallows Parish Collection [MSA SC2458-1-2, 0/8/2/3]; letter, John Gresham to [unknown], 4 May 1713, Letterbook, Sprinkle Collection [MSA SC1999-1-4, 0/11/7/21].

8. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Judgment Record) 1703-1705, Liber G, MdHR 861 [MSA C91-1, 1/1/8/17]; 1705-1706, Liber TB 1, MdHR 862-1 [MSA C91-2, 1/1/8/18]; 1708-1712, Liber TB 2, MdHR 863 [MSA C91-4, 1/1/8/20].

9. Account Book, Sprinkle Collection [MSA SC1999-1-1, 0/11/7/21].

10. LAND OFFICE (Warrant Record) 1715-1722, Liber BB, p. 344, MdHR 17,526-2 [MSA S23-8, 1/24/3/25].

11. Donnell M. Owings, His Lordship's Patronage: Offices of Profit in Colonial Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1953, p. 86-87.

12. PROVINCIAL COURT (Judgment Record) 1722-1724, Liber PL 7, p. 269, MdHR 767 [S551-36, 1/16/4/25].

13. Owings, pps. 67-71.

14. ANNAPOLIS MAYORS COURT (Proceedings) Indenture from John Gresham to Thomas Humphries, 2 May 1722, Liber B, pps. 92-93, MdHR 7833 [MSA M44-1, 1/22/1/49].

15. "John Gresham," Historic Annapolis Index Files Collection, Series 1, Residents of Anne Arundel County, no. 60,806 [MSA SC 1393-1-2, 0/10/4/34]; Vestry Minutes, St. Anne's Parish, 1713-1767, 13 April 1713, p. 65, St. Anne's Church Records Collection [MSA SC15-1-5, 0/8/3/5].

16. Vestry Minutes, St. Anne's Parish, pps. 93, 120-121.

17. MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Black Books) Deposition of William Cumming, 1719, vol. 3, no. 21-2, MdHR 4622 [MSA S987-4, 1/6/3/18]; MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Black Books) Deposition of John Beale, 1719, vol. 3, no. 25, MdHR 4622 [MSA S987-4, 1/6/3/18]; MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Black Books) Deposition of Thomas Larkin, 1719, vol. 3, no. 27, MdHR 4622 [MSA S987-4, 1/6/3/18]; MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Black Books) Governor's Council, Journal of Proceedings, 26-27 February 1719, vol. 3, no. 29, MdHR 4622 [MSA S987-4, 1/6/3/18].

18. Franklin Robinson, Jr., Faith and Tobacco [draft manuscript], p. 153.

19. Governor's Council, Journal of Proceedings, 26-27 February 1719.

20. Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, 1669-1721, p. 1, All Hallows Parish Collection [MSA SC2458-1-1, 0/8/2/3].

21. PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills, Original) Will of Sarah Gresham, 1756, G no. 72, MdHR 1330-32 [MSA S540-32, 1/12/3/4].

22. Letter, Sarah Gresham to William Lance, 1720, Letterbook.

23. Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, 1669-1721, p. 1.

24. Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, pps. 20, 28; Letter, Sarah Gresham and John Gresham to Priscilla Gresham, 5 May 1713; Letter, Sarah Gresham to parents, 5 May 1713, Letterbook.

25. Account Book, p. 105; "John Gresham," A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Vol. 1. Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., eds. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979, 1985, p. 376.

26. Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, 1669-1721, p. 30.

27. Account Book; Biographical Dictionary, p. 376.

28. Biographical Dictionary, p. 376.

29. Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, 1669-1721, p. 34; Biographical Dictionary, p. 376.

30. Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, 1669-1721, p. 40; Register, 1711-1857, p. 17 [MSA SC2458-1-3, 0/8/2/8].

31. Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, 1700-1724, p. 7; Register, 1711-1857, p. 17.

32. PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills, Original) Will of Sarah Gresham, 1756, G no. 72, MdHR 1330-32 [MSA S540-32, 1/12/3/4].

33. PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills, Original) Will of John Gresham, 1723, G no. 71, MdHR 1330-32 [MSA S540-32, 1/12/3/4].

34. Biographical Dictionary, p. 376.

35. Will of John Gresham.

36. Ibid.; PREROGATIVE COURT (Inventories) Inventory of John Gresham, 1724, Liber 9, pps. 427-433, MdHR 1116 [S534-9, 1/11/4/43]; "John Gresham," Historic Annapolis Index Files Collection, no. 60,806.

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