Ann Dare (b. ? - d. circa 1828)
MSA SC 5496-050695
War of 1812 Claimant, Calvert County, Maryland
Biography:
Ann B. Dare was the daughter of Dr. John Dare of Calvert County.1 Her mother was either Elizabeth Brooke, who died in 1805, or Dare's second wife, Margaret Mackall Wilkinson, whom Dare had married in 1810.2 Ann Dare had at least two siblings, Susan and Nathaniel.3
In July 1814, two of Ann Dare's slaves William Mitchel and Richard Cornelius, fled to a British vessel in the Patuxent River.4 Another slave, William Dare, who belonged to Ann's father John, also escaped to a British Vessel. Following the war many Maryland residents filed a claim to receive compensation for the loss of their property which included slaves and household goods. Ann Dare and her father both filed a claim. However, John Dare died in 1826, before his claim was completed, so Ann represented the claim.5
Ann Dare passed away around 1828, and her brother, Nathaniel, served as the
administrator of her estate. He also took over their father's claim for
the escaped slaves, with John Dare's estate receiving $280—compensation
for one slave—in 1828.5
1. GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Laws),
1826-1827. Available through Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 437.
3.
Patricia Wilkinson Weaver Balletta, The Wilkinson Book: Being the Ancestry
and Descendants of Major General James Wilkinson of Calvert Co., MD
(Published by the author, 1994) 483.
2. Maryland Historical
Society,
Maryland Historical Magazine (Vol. 1. Baltimore, MD: J.
H. Furston Company, 1906) 287.
3.
Helen W. Ridgely,
Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia
(New York, NY: Grafton Press, 1908) 49.
3.
Ailene W. Hutchins, compl., Calvert County, Maryland, Early Land Records
(Printed by the compiler, 1982) 77.
3.
Balletta 90.
3.
CHANCERY COURT, (Chancery Papers), 1830-1831, [MSA S512-20]. Farmers Bank
of Maryland vs. Samuel Chew, et al, March 29, 1831, Calvert County, Case
No. 10427.
3.
U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for Margaret Dare, 1850, Calvert County, District
2, Page 12, Line 24 [MSA SM61-132, M 1492-1].
3. GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Laws),
1826-1827. Available through Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 437.
3.
Balletta 483.
4. Balletta 90.
3.
Claim of Dr. John Dare, Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting
the period ca. 1814 - ca. 1828. *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI
177 190*. National Archives, College Park.
5.
Claim of Ann Dare, Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting
the period ca. 1814 - ca. 1828. *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI
177 190*. National Archives, College Park.
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