Archives of Maryland
Historical List
Receivers, 1691-1715

Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland, Historical List,
new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1990.

Receiver was a revenue collection position established during Royal, rather than Proprietary, rule of Maryland. Position
abolished by Governor John Hart in 1715.

See Donnell M. Owings, His Lordship's Patronage: Offices of Profit in Colonial Maryland, pps. 92-95.
 

Receivers
Receivers of North Potomac and Pocomoke
1691/92-1693		Col. Nehemiah Blakiston	St. Mary's County
1693/94-1709		George Muschamp	St. Mary's County
1709-1715		John Dansey	St. Mary's County
Receivers of Patuxent
1691/92-1707		Col. George Plater, I	St. Mary's County
1707/08-1715		Col. John Rousby, II	Calvert County