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School Teachers of Early Maryland
by Robert Barnes
MSA SC 5300

Linthicum, Hezekiah, AA

Property: His father is said to have left him one-half of his dwelling plantation, Morley Gray.
Financial affairs: On 9 May 1764 Linthicum was listed as a debtor in the admin. account of Samuel Gaither of AA Co. (MDAD 51:40).
Estate: He died by 3 April 1769, when Sarah Linthicum, admx., filed an account of his estate. She cited inventories of £176.15.4 and £18.9.1, and made payments of £74.15.9 (MDAD 61:258). Another account, showing payments of £38.17.9, was filed by Sarah Linthicum on 9 March 1770 (MDAD 62:424).
Family: He was a son of Hezekiah and Milcah [-?-] Linthicum, and grandson of Thomas and Jane [-?-] Linthicum, and was b. 7 Nov 1723. He m. Sarah Bateman, b. 11 May 1713, d. 1778, dau. of Henry and Sarah (Powell) Bateman ("The Linthicum Family of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and Branches," MG 2:160). He or another Hezekiah Linthicum m. by 23 Nov 1752, Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. John Welsh of AA Co. (MDAD 33:186). "The Linthicum Family" shows that Hezekiah Linthicum was the father of (MG 1:180): RACHEL, probably the Miss Linthicum, dau. of Hezekiah Linthicum, drowned Sunday, on the South River (AMG 2 July 1767); ELIZABETH, m. William Bateman; JOHN; ARCHIBALD, d. in infancy; SLINGSBY, d. 28 June 1848, married twice; ABNER, b. 7 July 1763, d. 1847. Member of the Maryland Legislature 1812 to 1826, and Capt. in the 22nd Regiment during the War of 1812. He m. Rachel Jacob; MARGARET; and AMASA, m. 1790, Sarah Johnson.