St. Mary's City
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MSA SC 5094

Addison, John ( ? - 1705 )

Wife: by 1676, Rebecca, daughter of Rev. Wm. Wilkinson, widow of Thomas Dent. Siblings: Henry, Thomas. Children: Thomas (b. 1679). Dent step-children: Thomas, William, Peter, Margaret, Barbara; probably George. Additional occupation: Indian trader. Moved to New Scotland Hundred, Charles County, in 1687 or 1688 (after 1696, Prince George's County). Local Offices: appraiser, 1682, 1684, 1685; justice of peace (Charles County), 1687-1692; coroner (Charles County), 1691; Piscattaway Parish Vestry (Charles County), 1693-1705. Provincial Offices: juror, Provincial Court, 1679; grand jury foreman, Provincial Court, 1686; Associators' Convention (Charles County), 1689-1692; Grand Committee of Twenty, 1690-1692; Upper House, 1692-1705; Council, 1692-1705; justice, Provincial Court, 1692-1694; judge, Court of Chancery, 1693; associate chancellor, 1696; associate commissary general, 1699-1700. Military Service: captain (Charles County), 1689-1694; colonel (Charles and Prince George's Counties), 1694-1705. Land at death: 6,478 acres.

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