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Men's Career Files
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Jowles, Henry ( 1640 - 1700 )

Wife: 1. by 1663, Rebecca, daughter of John Allen, 2. by 1678, Sybil, widow of William Groome. Children (division amongst wives unknown): John, Rebecca; (wife#2): Henry, Sybil. Groome step-children: William, Richard. Local Offices: justice of peace (Calvert County), 1677-1681, 1685-1692; sheriff (Calvert County), 1681-1685; appraiser, 1685; clerk (Calvert County), 1692-1694. Provincial Offices: Burgess (Calvert County), 1686-1688; Associators Convention (Calvert County), 1689-1692; Grand Committee of Twenty, 1690-1692; justice, Provincial Court, 1691-1692; Council, 1691-1692, 1694-1700; Upper House, 1692, 1694-1697; chancellor, 1694-1699; judge, Admiralty Court, 1694. Military Offices: major, 1676-1679; colonel, 1679-1692, 1694-1701. Land at death, 2100 a.: Gillingham, Baltimore County, 400 a.; Johns Dorp, Calvert County, 400 a.; Colonels Brigade, freshes of Patuxent, 300 a.; The Grange, Prince Georges County, 500 a.; Group Hurst, Prince Georges County, 500 a.

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