St. Mary's City
Men's Career Files
MSA SC 5094

Darnell, Henry ( 1645 - 1711 )

Wife: 1. name unknown; 2. Ellinor, daughter of Richard Hatton and Margaret Hatton Banks, widow of Thomas Brooke. Parents: Philip Darnall, sect'y to 1st Lord Baltimore, and Mary. Siblings: John, Elizabeth. Kin: Lord Baltimore. Children (wife #1): Philip (1671-1705, m. Elinor daughter of Thomas Brooke); (wife #2): Henry (1682-1759, m. Ann, daughter of William Digges), Mary (1678-1742, m. Charles Carroll), Ann (1680-1749, m. Clement Hill), Elizabeth (b.?-1704, m. Edward Digges). Brooke step-children: seven. Lived in St. Marys; later Calvert, Prince Georges; Anne Arundel at death. Local Offices: sheriff (Calvert County), 1674-1679; justice of peace (Calvert), 1679; supervisor, town officers (Calvert), 1686; appraiser, 1699. Provincial Offices: Burgess (Calvert), 1674; Council, 1679-1689; justice, Provincial Court, 1679-1689; Upper House, 1681-1682, 1682-1684, 1686-1688; joint chancellor and commissary general, 1683-1685; Board of Deputy Governors, 1684-1689; Land Council, 1684-1689; rent roll keeper, 1684-1689; receiver general, 1684-1711; keeper of forest and chief ranger, 1684; chancellor, 1685-1689. Military Offices: captain, 1676-1679; lieutenant colonel, 1679-1681; colonel, 1681-1689. Land at death: over 26,000 a.

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