Biographies of County

Published by The Baltimore County Historical Society

Single Copy $1.00 Part II HISTORY TRAILS EXTRA PUBLICATION NO. 2 July 1976

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Since our first group of biographical sketches was published in December the number of Revolutionary era individuals whose biographies have been filed at the Society Headquarters has increased to over 800. As in the first group of sketches, space has permitted the publication of only the bare facts of names, dates, relationships, and activities in the Revolutionary War. The sheets on file at the Society headquarters contain the references documenting the statements. Anyone wishing fuller information on any individual is urged to send a SASE to the chairman of the committee, Robert Barnes, 9219 Snyder Lane, Perry Hall, Md., 21128. The third installment will concentrate on family group sheets filed by people who are not members of the committee. If anyone is interested in seeing if a particular individual will be published, he or she should contact the chairman of the committee.

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT. Students of Hampton Elementary School re-enact signing of the Declaration of CORRECTIONS TO PART I Independence on the courthouse steps, July 5, 1976. The script followed was that of the musical play, "1776."

Despite proofreading, typographical errors did creep into the possible for them to point out the errors and/or supply additional in- biographies in Part I. We are indebted to a number of people who formation. pointed these errors out, and who also supplied additional information.

No. 2 (line 3) should read "married Thomas Anderson on 26 March 51. ROBERT ABERCROMBIE died in Baltimore County in 1784. He 1744..." married Salathiel or Sarah, daughter of Jarvis and Mary (---) Biddison. No. 8 Joseph Bosley. Dr. Richard B. Miller points out that the daughter Salathiel died testate in Baltimore County some time after 20 May 1802. Delilah Bosley only married once, to Benjamin Barney. The Delilah who She may have married as her first husband Henry Eaglestone, son .of married John Helm and Arthur Chenoweth was a daughter of Joseph's Abraham and Charity (Johnes) Eaglestone. Henry is known to have had younger brother William Bosley. two daughters, Charity and Mary, and when Jarvis Biddison made his No. 10 John Chamberlain. His son Thomas was born 19 Feb. 1739/40, will in 1772 he named his daughter Salathiel Abercrombie and her two not 1720. daughters Mary and Charity Eaglestone. No. 35 Dutton Lane, Sr. Dr. Richard B. Miller states that Dutton and Robert and Salathiel (Biddison) Abercrombie were the parents of: a. Dinah had a son John who died in 1769, and that their daughter Dinah John; b. Mary, married —Fattier; c. Robert; d. Elizabeth, married married Peter Gosnell, Jr. Joseph Manus on or about 12 October 1791; and e. Charles. No. 37 (line 4) should read: "married Rachel Cottrell, widow of..." No. 46 Thomas Pearce. Additional data sent by Mrs. Margaret Cameron: 52. Dr. ANDREW AITKEN was born 18 February 1755 in Paisley, daughter Sarah married James Barton; daughter Elizabeth married Scotland, and died 9 April 1809 in Baltimore, Md. He married Elizabeth Abraham Slade. Houston, born 1762, died 4 November 1811. Both are buried at No. 47 William Pearce. His wife Elizabeth was born 1748 not 1784. Greenmount Cemetery. During the Revolutionary War, Andrew Aitken was a Regimental The Chairman of the Committee on Genealogy regrets the errors, and Surgeon. thanks those people whose specialized studies of these families made it Andrew and Elizabeth Aitken attended First Presbyterian Church, in Page 8 Revolutionary Biographies July 1976 Baltimore, where the-births of their children are recorded. They were the Zachariah, born 20 August 1780; d. Sarah, born 30 December 1782, parents of: a. Ann, born 4 August 1785, married George Monk, mer- married 1 January 1817 John Litchfield; e. John, born 5 July 1785, chant, on 19 May 1812; b. Andrew, born 17 July 1787, died 6 June 1808; married Jane Connor, and moved to , Indiana, and Nebraska; c. Elizabeth, born 1 June 1789; d. Robert, born 31 Aug. 1790; e. George, f. Nancy, born 3 January 1788, married Zachariah Poulter on 14 April born 11 June 1792; f. Maria, born 1 Jan. 1794; g. Eliza, born 18 Feb. 1804. 1795; h. James, born 23 Sept. 1796; i. Rebecca, born 28 Jan. 1799, died 1879. 59. JOSHUA EARP was born c. 1760, and died 1811 in Baltimore County. He married Eleanor McKinsey on 21 April 1785. 53. CHARLES BAKER died in Baltimore County about 1790. His wife's Joshua Earp took the Oath of Fidelity in Anne Arundel County on 2 name is not known. March 1778. The children of Joshua and Eleanor were: a. Honour; b. Charles Baker, Sr., and Charles Baker, Jr., both took the Oath of Eleanor; c. Elizabeth; d. Mary; e. William, born 1792, married Ann Fidelity before John B. Howard. Read; f. Joshua; g. Ananias; h. Nancy; i. Joseph; j. Daniel. The children of Charles Baker, named in his will, were: a. Elizabeth, wife of a Mr. Towson; b. James (father of Providence and Sarah); and c. 60. Dr. MOORE FALLS of Baltimore, was born in 1754 and died in Charles (father of Ann). 1834. He married first, in December 1785, at Chatsworth, the seat of George Lux, Abigail, daughter of the Hon. Edward Biddle. Abigail died 54. MESHACK BAKER, was born 27 April 1733 in Baltimore County, in January 1789 in her 23rd year. Dr. Falls married second, on 24 according to one source. He may be the Mesha Baker, son of Zebediah September 1796, Mrs. Rebecca Neilson Wilson, widow of Stephen and Keturah Baker who was born 27 September 1733 in St. Paul's Wilson. Parish. Meshack died between 1778 and 1790. His wife's name was In November 1785, Dr. Falls was one of the petitioners for a Health Elizabeth. Office in Baltimore, ans he asked that John Kirwan be made Health Meshack Baker took the Oath of Fidelity to the State of in Officer. 1778. The children of Moore and Rebecca (Wilson) Falls were: a. Stephen The children of Meshack and Elizabeth were: a. Samuel, born 1764; b. Wilson, born 26 July 1797; b. Rebecca, born 1 September 1798; c. Jan, Jacob, born 1766; c. Maurice, born 1768; d. Ephraim, born 1770, born 4 September 1799; d. Sarah, born 27 April 1801; e. Maria, b. 3 July married Stacey Reimey. 1803; f. Moore Neilson, born 19 November 1804, died 7 April 1876, President of the Bay Line Steamship Company. 55. THOMAS BOND son of Barnet and Alice Bond, was born c. 1739/40, and died 23 May 1795 in St. James Parish, Baltimore County. 61. ADAM FARVER died in Burntwoods Hundred, Baltimore County, On 7 February 1768 he married Sarah Bond, daughter of Benjamin and in 1783. His wife's name was Elizabeth. It is possible that this couple Clemency (Taylor) Bond. Sarah was born 13 June 1748 and died 11 were the Adam Farver and Elizabeth Keplar who were married in September 1830. Frederick County on or about 21 June 1779, but if this is true, then Adam The children of Thomas and Sarah (Bond) Bond were: a. Thomas; b. may have been married previously since his will names four children: a. Elizabeth, married Daniel Reese on 28 July 1790 (license); c. Barnet; d. John; b. Catherine; c. Rebecca; d. Mary. Alice, married James Thomas; f. Ann/or Nancy, married Hugh Hughes on 6 November 1794 at Zion Lutheran Church; g. Tobias; h. Joshua, 62. HENRY FEATHER died in Baltimore County in 1785. His will does born 1789; i. Mary, married Aaron Helken. not name any wife and only one child: a. Philip.

56. ABRAHAM COLE, son of Thomas and Sarah, was born 10 January 63. JOHN GARDNER was born in Baltimore County in 1741, and died 1727/8 in Baltimore County, Md., and died there in 1822. His wife's there on 12 February 1799. His wife's name was Priscilla. She may have name has not been discovered. been a daughter of William Hamilton who estate was administered on 5 Abraham Cole took the Oath before James Calhoun. October 1787, naming "the wife of John Gardner" as one of the heirs. The children of Abraham Cole, according to a chart of the Cole family John Gardner took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Maryland in by Wilson Miles Carey at the Maryland Historical Society, were: a. 1778, and in June 1779 was in the First Maryland Line. Sarah, married Gideon Bosley on 9 January 1772; b. Ann, married The children of John and Priscilla (Gardner) were: a. Rachel Gardner, Thomas Donovan; c. Ruth; d. Edith, married—Hall; e. Belinda, married Thomas Buckingham on 21 September 1785; b. William married William Stansbury; f. Eleanor; g. Abraham, Jr.; h. James. Gardner; c. Mary Gardner, married a Mr. Peacock; d. Priscilla Gardner, born c. 1767, married Joseph Brooks on 28 August 1786. 57. JOHN DICKEY died in Baltimore County in 1792. He married Anne Thompson, daughter of John Thompson of Muchamore, Co. Antrim, Ireland, and sister of Hugh Thompson of Baltimore. 64. The children of John and Anne (Thompson) Dickey were: a. John; b. JOHN GILL, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Haubert) Gill was born Elizabeth; c. James; d. Robert; e. Mary Ann, married — Nelthropp; and 2 October 1709 and died on 15 January 1797 in Baltimore County. He f. Anna. married on 26 February 1730 Mary Rogers, born in 1712, daughter of Nicholas and Eleanor Rogers. John Gill, Sr., took the Oath of Allegiance before Andrew Buchanan. 58. CHARLES DORSEY, son of Nicholas and Sarah (Griffith) Dorsey, The children of John and Mary (Rogers) Gill were: a. Elizabeth, born 4 was born in 1744, and died 12 September 1814. On 25 March 1775 he March 1731; b. Sarah, born 1733, died 1744; c. Eleanor, born 15 married Anne Dorsey, widow of Owen Elder who died in 1774, and January 1735, married John Pindell on 6 November 1757; d. John, born daughter of Michael and Ruth (Todd) Dorsey. Anne Dorsey Elder Dorsey 4 February 1737, married Sarah Gorsuch on 20 July 1758; e. William, was born 29 January 1748 in Anne Arundel County, and died 30 Sep- born 12 May 1739, married Ruth Cromwell on 27 November 1760; f. tember 1806 in Baltimore County. Stephen, born 1 January 1741, married Cassandra Cole in 1772; g. The children of Charles and Anne were: a. Hezekiah, born 12 July 1776, Edward, born 2 July 1744; h. Sarah, born 2 January 1747; i. Nicholas, married Mary Talbot on 8 December 1798; b. Charles, born 30 April born 25 March 1750; j. Joshua, born 7 July 1753; k. Elizabeth Rogers, 1778, died 1843, married Catherine Welsh on 3 February 1807; c. born 13 June 1755. July 1976 Revolutionary Biographies Page 9

65. TILLEY HAILE, son of Matthew and Rebecca (Robinson) Haile, was a farmer who died in Baltimore County, c. 1811-1812. He married Hannah (Bailey?) who is known to have been the mother of his son Thomas, but it is not known if she was the mother of his other children or if he was married to someone else. Tilley Haile took the Oath of Allegiance in Baltimore County. He was the father of: a. John, born 1773/5, died 1852, married Martha Mays; b. Rebecca; c. Deborah, married John Parsonham c. 1817; d. Joshua, married c. 1807 Mary Parsonham; e. Thomas. 66. JOHN HARRYMAN died in Baltimore County in 1784, having married twice: first on 1 May 1752 to Elizabeth Clark; and second to Ann-. John Harryman took the Oath of Allegiance to the state of Maryland before Thomas Sollers. The children of John Harryman, probably by his first wife, Elizabeth Clark, were: a. John; b. Jemima; c. Alice, married -Davis; d. Sarah, married- Mattocks.

67. GILBERT ISRAEL died in Baltimore County in 1788. His wife's name was Prudence. TAYLOR CHAPEL on Hillen Road, burial place of the Taylor Family, The children of Gilbert Israel were named in his will, and in the ad- was in Baltimore County until the last extension of the city limits in 1918. ministration accounts of his estate filed 11 December 1790. They were: a. Robert; b. Ely, married Ann Golsin on or about 5 Feb. 1785; c. John; d. Gilbert; e. daughter married Richard Parrish; f. daughter married 72. THOMAS KELSO was born 7 March 1764/5 in Baltimore County, Edward Parrish; g. daughter married John Clark; h. Jemima. and died 29 January 1847 in Shelby Co., Kentucky. On or about 25 January 1789, he married Penelope Rutledge, born 9 May 1765. 68. ABRAHAM JACKSON died at Fell's Point, Baltimore County, in Thomas Kelso enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in March 1780, 1787. His wife's name has not been discovered. under Daniel Shaw and Colonel Joshua Gist. Kelso was the On 10 October 1775 the name of Abraham Jackson appears on the brother-in-law of a Captain Standiford. roster of the Baltimore Artillery Company. The children of Thomas and Penelope were: a. Jane, born 25 February The children of Abraham Jackson, named in his will were: a. William; 1790; b. Elijah, born 18 November 1791; c. Ann, born 14 June 1793; d. b. Sarah, married James Biays on 10 June 1784; c. Maria; d. Elizabeth; William, born 8 Septeniber 1795; e. Abraham, born 31 May 1797; f. e. Anna; f. Rosanna, married John Smith on or about 9 December 1797; Penelope, born 4 March 1799; g. Ruth, born 17 January 1802; h. g. Frances. Thomas, born 18 March 1804; i. Russell, born 8 April 1806; j. Elizabeth, born 18 August 1807; k. James, born 18 July 1811. 69. GEORGE JAMES died in Baltimore County in 1791. His-wife's name was Rachel -. 73. MICHAEL KERSHNER was born in Germany in 1752 and died in The children of George James, named in his will, were: a. Samuel; b. Maryland 25 April 1823. He married Mary Motter. Diana, married Edward Parkinson on or about 16 July 1785; c. Hannah, In July 1776 Michael Kershner was enlisted by Captain Philip Graybell. married William Slater; d. Sarah, married - Davis; e. John. Michael and Mary had at least one child: a. Mary Katherine.

70. RICHARD JONES, son of Richard, died in Baltimore County in 74. CORNELIUS LEARY was born in 1756 and died in Baltimore 1791. His wife's name was Alice. County in 1785. He married Catherine Litzinger. In October 1782 Richard Jones of Richard was one of those who The DAR Patriot Index lists Leary as having rendered patriotic service petitioned that the sale of My Lady's Manor be postponed. from Maryland. The children of Richard Jones were: a. Samuel; b. Richard; c. William; Cornelius and Catherine were the parents of: a. Catherine; b. Julian; c. d. Joseph; e. Sarah; f. Cassandra, married -Coe; g. Rachel, married - Peter; d. William. Talbott; h. Lucy married Stephen Owings, Jr., on or about 13 June 1781; i. Abraham. 75. PARKER HALL LEE was born in Baltimore County on 14 July 1759 and died in Harford County in 1829. He married Elizabeth Dallam. 71. THOMAS JONES was born in Baltimore County on 12 March 1735 During the Revolution he was a first lieutenant in the Fourth Maryland and died 27 September 1812. His first wife was Elizabeth daughter of Battalion in 1778 and resigned his commission in 1780. Col. James and Elizabeth (--) Baxter. They were married on 14 The children of Parker Hall and Elizabeth (Dallam) Lee were: a. December 1761. Thomas Jones married as his second wife Elizabeth Richard; b. Samuel; c. William, born August 1785, married Ann McClure, born 25 November 1755, died 12 April 1848. Willson; d. Mary, married Zack Bond; e. Priscilla, married Dr. Thomas Jones was commissioned as a Second Major in the Baltimore Wakeman; f. Fanny, married - Hall; g. Baneke (?), married - Hall. Town Battalion of Militia on 25 May 1776. Thomas Jones had two children by his first wife and seven by his second 76. RICHARD MARSH was born in Baltimore County in 1760 and died wife. His children were: a. Henrietta M. Jones, married Josiah Dallam; 13 December 1797. He married Barbara Loudenslager. b. Elizabeth Waugh Jones, married Lloyd Beall in May 1785; c. Philip Richard Marsh was commissioned a second lieutenant in Soldiers Jones married Mary Beam; d. Thomas Sprigg Jones, married Susanna Delight Battalion in the Baltimore County militia, on 6 June 1776. Trotten; e. Anna Barbara Jones, married Jacob Schley; f. Richard The children of Richard and Barbara were: a. Richard; b. Solomon; c. Sprigg Jones; g. Rachel Jones; h. Henry Jones; i. infant. Andrew, born 30 November 1786; d. Mary, married John Hager; e. Page 10 Revolutionary Biographies July 1976 Elizabeth, married John Sykes; f. Henry; g. Catherine; h. George, born born 1772, married Levin Lawrence Owings on 23 July 1805; h. Israel, 1794, married Sarah Griffith; i. Philip, born 12 October 1797, married born 30 June 1778; i. George, born 30 June 1778, died 30 March 1864, Sarah McComull. married Sarah Mummy on 16 December 1802.

77. BENJAMIN MERRYMAN, son of John and Sarah (Rogers) 82. JOHN POCOCK died in Baltimore County in 1791. He may be the Merryman, was born 1739 and died 30 May 1814. He married Mary Bell John Pocock who married Ruth Gott on 3 November 1757. on 2 February 1762. John Pocock took the Oath of Allegiance in Baltimore County before This Benjamin may be the Benjamin Merryman that Samuel Baxter Jesse Bussey. referred to in January 1777 when he wrote to the Council of Safety that John Pocock was the father of: a. Sutton; b. Susanne; c. George; d. Benjamin Merryman was the "only other man in the settlement who Thomas; e. Joshua; f. John; g. Ashel; h. Diley; i. Elizabeth. [ would] do anything to support the government." The children of Benjamin and Mary (Bell) Merryman were: a. Ben- 83. PHILIP PORTS died in Baltimore County in 1801. His wife's name jamin, died 1796; b. John; c. Joshua; d. Nicholas; e. William; f. was Elizabeth Margaretha —. Philemon; g. Sarah; h. Catherine, born 2 March 1766, died 7 August The children of Philip and Elizabeth were: a. John, born 1772, died 19 1799, married John Buck of Benjamin on 19 November 1795; i. Mary, July 1854, married Catherine Wentz on 6 April 1798; b. Jacob; c. Adam; married Thomas Talbott on 29 January 1804; j. Eleanor, married Thorns d. Magdeline, married Francie Loutenschlager; e. Ann Mary, born 30 Henry Harland; k. Elizabeth, died unmarried; Martha, died 1801, unm.; September 1766, married John Brown; f. Philip, married Anna Hays on 1. Ann, married Nicholas Merryman, Jr.; m. Milcah, married Thomas 23 July 1801. Carr on 27 February 1806; n. Rebecca, married Lee Tipton. 84. GEORGE ROBINSON died in Baltimore County in 1784. His wife's name as given in his will was Rebecca, but when the administration 78. SEPTIMUS NOEL, born c. 1734, died 10 May 1794 in Baltimore account of his estate was filed it was filed by the executrix Elizabeth County. His wife Ruth died "Sunday morning last at an advanced age" Robinson. (from the Baltimore Maryland Journal of 3 April 1787). A Captain George Robinson was mentioned in a letter of William Septimus Noel took the Oath of Allegiance before William Lux. Johnson of Fells Point to the Council of Safety. The children of Septimus and Ruth were: a. Basil; b. James; c. Martha; The children of George Robinson were: a. George; b. Robert; c. d. Margaret. William. 79. NICHOLAS NORWOOD, probably son of Edward and Mary 85. CHARLES ROGERS died in Baltimore County in 1806, His wife was Norwood, died in Baltimore County in 1786. His wife was Nancy —. Sarah Hopkins. Her will was filed in February 1808. In January 1777 Nicholas Norwood was a second lieutenant in Captain Charles Rogers took the Oath of Allegiance before Benjamin Rogers in William Wilkinson's company. Baltimore County. The children of Nicholas and Nancy were: a. Edward; b. Elizabeth; c. The children of Charles and Sarah were: a. Sarah, married — Bailey; Mary; d. Sarah. b. Ann, Married — Martin; c. Mary, married — Lee; d. Catherine. 80. EDWARD OURSLER was born e. 1710 in England and died c. 1795 86. JOHN SHRANK died in Baltimore County about 1784. His wife's in Baltimore County. He married Ruth Owens on 21 November 1734 in name was Catherine. St. Paul's Parish. John and Catherine were the parents of: a. Catherine; b. John (age 16 in Edward Oursler took the Oath of Allegiance before Edward Cockey on June 1788, was apprenticed to John Gray, hatter); c. Elizabeth. 22 February 1778. The children of Edward and Ruth (Owens) Oursler were: a. Mary, born 87. NICHOLAS SLADE was born c. 1755/6 in Baltimore County and 9 May 1738, married Joseph Miller on 11 September 1759; b. Elizabeth, died after 1799 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He married Martha (or Polly) born 29 November 1739, married Benjamin Jarvis; c. Elam or Eli, born Amos. Original papers at Wilkes County show that on 5 August 1806 26 October 1741, married Ann Pemberton; d. Margaret, born 4 February Mauldin Amos and Polly Slade were administrators of the estate of 1743; e. Edward, born 6 February 1746; f. Jacob, born 5 July 1748; g. Nicholas Slade. Ormand, born 25 April 1749; h. Abraham, born 25 April 1749; i. One Nicholas Slade took the Oath of Allegiance before John Hall in Catherine, born 1 November 1751, married — Ware; j. William, born 31 Baltimore County while another Nicholas took the Oath before William July 1753, married Mary Parker on or about 14 January 1778; k. Lux. Charles, born 27 April 1755, married Martha McCandley/McKinley on Nicholas and Martha were the parents of: a. Polly; b. Belinda; c. or about 5 February 1778; 1. John, born 5 April 1758, married Sarah Nancy, married Newberry York; d. Sally; e. Patsy; f. Charlotte; g. Baker on or about 27 April 1782; m. Sarah, born 7 July 1761, married Susanna, married Jeptha York; h. Rebeckah; m. Josiah. James Grimes on or about 23 October 1779. 88. FRANCIS SMITH, died in September 1789. He married Alice —. 81. JOHN OWINGS, son of Richard, was born c. 1719 in Baltimore He may be the same Francis Smith whose wife Elizabeth administered County, and died there on 30 September 1779. His wife Catherine died 5 the estate of Henry Finagan in October 1766. February 1826. In June 1777 a Francis Smith was on the muster roll of Captain Henry John Owings was a lieutenant in Captain Joshua Beall's Company of Sheaff s Company. Then in 1778 Francis Smith took the Oath of Maryland Militia during the French and Indian War. Allegiance before George Lindenberger. John and Catherine were the parents of: a. Joshua, born 3 September Francis Smith was the father of: a. Francis; b. Margaret; c. John. 1756; b. Rebecca, married Hugh Lynch on 19 October 1780; c. Ruth, married Captain Thomas Stinchcomb on 23 April 1788 (she may have 89. ROWLAND SMITH, Sr., died in Baltimore County in 1784. His married one Conway earlier); d. Rachel, married John Crooks on 16 wife's name was Mary —. October 1788; e. Benjamin, born 1767, died October 1794, married Ann Rowland Smith, Sr., took the Oath of Allegiance in 1778 before James Catherine, daughter og George Zimmerman on 8 December 1792; f. Calhoun. A Rowland Smith enlisted in July 1776 in Captain Philip Mary, born 1770, married Peter Barnet on 4 January 1790; g. Achsah, Grayvill's Company, but this may have been the son. July 1976 Revolutionary Biographies Page 11

Rowland Smith and his wife were the parents of: a Margaret, married 1798, died 16 February 1888, married Elizabeth Ann Walsh on 5 October (George:) Welch; b. Mary Magdalen, married 1) John Brackett, and 2) 1830; h. Isabella Maria, born 27 September 1803, married William H. William Brooks; c. Katherine, married 1) -- Hoke; 2) Henry Dare or Murray on 1 June 1839; i. Robert, born 20 April 1800, died 30 January Doer; d. Roland Jr., died before 1781; married c. 1772 Catherine 1875. Reister. 94. RICHARD TAYLOR, son of Thomas and Sarah (Price) Taylor, was 90. THOMAS SOLLERS died in Baltimore County on 3 January 1783. born 6 February 1738, died 1821 in Baltimore County. He married Anne He married Ariana Dorsey on 29 May 1766. She was born c. 1749, Stevenson. daughter of Basil and Sarah (Worthington) Dorsey. Arianna married The children of Richard and Anne were: a. Richard, born 26 March secondly Jacob Walters on or about 2 April 1785, and died in 1798 in 1768, died 14 July 1853, married Catherine Stansbury on 24 May 1806; Baltimore County. b. Sarah, born 9 April 1770, died 6 August 1849, married Joseph Thomas Sollers was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, a Daughaday on 8 June 1790; c. Mary, married John Pickett on 8 June second major in the Gunpowder Battalion of militia, a Justice of the 1808; d. Rachel, married Laban Welsh on or about 17, December 1804; Baltimore County Court, a Justice of the Peace, and Naval Officer of the e. Thomas Wilkinson, died 1834; married Ruth Stansbury on 31 January Port of Baltimore. 1799; f. Jemima, married Aquilla Carroll on 23 January 1806; g. Ann, Thomas and Arianna were the parents of: a. Thomas, born 22 April married Jesse Poteet on 16 November 1811; h. Gen. Joshua, born 1779, 1767, married Sarah Pennington on or about 25 April 1797; b. Sarah, died 12 November 1866, married Lydia Richards; i. Ruth, born c. 1780, born 2 September 1770, married John Trotten on or about 5 March 1793; married Benjamin Gatch on 26 February 1794; j. Samuel. c. Sabrett, born 24 August 1772, married Mary Dorsey; d. Basil, born 17 August 1774, married Susanna Owings in March 1800; e. Mary, born 25 95. SAMUEL TAYLOR, son of Thomas and Sarah (Price) was born 1 July 1776; f. Dennis, born 23 March 1778; g. Arianna, born 9 December April 1740 and died 1 January 1789 in Baltimore County. On 21 April 1780, married Rev. Tobias Stansbury on 9 December 1799; h. Basil, 1763 he married Patience Tipton, born c. 1740, died 5 February 1821. born 6 November 1768, died 30 December 1771; Eleanor, born 24 Samuel Taylor took the Oath of Allegiance before James Calhoun. December 1782. Samuel and Patience were the parents of: a. Joseph, b. 22 April 1764; b. Samuel, born 11 December 1765; c. Richard, born 14 April 1767; d. Patience, born 10 April 1770; e. Isaac, born 8 February 1772; f. Mary, 91. WILLIAM STANSBURY, son of Daniel and Elizabeth, was born 20 born 8 March 1774; g. Rebecca, born 20 February 1776; h. Sarah, born 3 January 1716, and died 3 November 1788. He married Elizabeth, January 1778; Lillian, born 1 December 1779; j. Jacob, born 18 daughter of John Ensor on 14 February 1739/40. Elizabeth was born 12 February 1782; k. Ann, born 20 January 1784; 1. Elijah, born 12 October July 1721, and died 10 September 1799. 1786, married Sarah Hiss. The children of William and Elizabeth were: a. William (#92 see below); b. Abraham, died 1811; c. Isaac, born 2 July 1752, died October 96. JONATHAN TIPTON, son of Thomas and Sarah (Steptoe) Tipton, 1792; d. Jacob, born 14 March 1755, died 22 February 1812; e Elijah; f. was born 1723. In 1745 he married Eleanor Bryan or Bryant. John Ensor, born 1760, died 30 April 1841; g. Ruth, born 28 April 1744, Jonathan and Eleanor were the parents of: a. James; b. Bryan; c. died 2 June 1804, married James Edwards on 9 March 1775; h. Joshua; d. William; e. Jonathan, married Elizabeth Ford in 1772; f. Elizabeth. Benjamin; g. Sylvester; h. John; i. Lydia; j. Eleanor; k. Rachel.

92. WILLIAM STANSBURY, son of William (#91) and Elizabeth 97. JACOB UPPERCOE, Sr., died in Baltimore County in 1793. Jacob (Ensor) Stansbury, was born 4 April 1746 and died in 1825 in Baltimore was the father of: a. Jacob, Jr. (#98) below); b. Elizabeth, married County. He married Belinda, daughter of Abraham Cole. She was born William Null; c. Loveless, married Daniel Nelms. c. 1750, and died 7 April 1830. Both are buried at Taylor's Chapel Methodist Church on Hillen Road, Baltimore City. 98. JACOB UPPERCOE, Jr., son of Jacob (#97), was born c. 1766, and The children of William and Belinda were: a. Abraham, married died in November 1795 in Baltimore County. His wife was Catherine —, Rebecca —; b. Micajah; c. Elizabeth, married 1) Samuel Devilbiss, and born c. 1768, died between 1850 and 1860 in Baltimore County. 2) Joshua Stevenson; d. Sarah, died 7 August 1834 age 51 years and 6 Jacob and Catherine were the parents of: a. Frederick, born c. 1786, months, married Josiah Brown on 18 November 1805; e. Ann, married married Margaret Byerly on 8 September 1809; b. Jacob, born c 1788, — Sproul; f. Ruth, married Nicholas H. Brown on or about 5 June 1809; died c. 1867, married Sarah Stocksdale on 30 September 1820; c. g. Charity, married William Alderson; h. William; i. Belinda; j. Daniel; Thomas, born c. 1790, married Mary Jones on 17 October 1817; d. k. Elijah, died 1813; married Elizabeth Eck on 7 March 1802. Catherine, born c. 1792, married George Fringer; e, John, born c. 1794.

93. JAMES STIRLING was born in 1751 in Stirling, Scotland, and died 99. THOMAS USHER was born c. 1738, and died 24 January 1786 in 25 June 1820 in Baltimore. He married Elizabeth Gibson in Baltimore on his 49th year. He is buried n St. Paul's Cemetery in Baltimore. His wife's 21 May 1782. She was born in 1765 in Carlisle, and died 30 name was Catherine —. August 1817 in Baltimore and was the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Thomas and Catherine were the parents of: a. Thomas; b. Joseph; c. (Carnes) Gibson. James, died 26 June 1788; d. Ann, born e. 1771, died September 1789; e. James Stirling served in the Independent Troops with the calvary at the Robert; f. Samuel; g. Elizabeth; h. Sarah. siege of Yorktown and was decorated for bravery by General Greene. The children of James and Elizabeth (Gibson) Stirling were: a. Jane, 100. GIST VAUGHAN was born 1718, and died 27 June 1800 in born c. 1783, died unmarried 30 March 1834; b. James, born 1784, died Baltimore County. In 1740 he married Rachel —. unmarried 2 September 1821; c. William born 1787, died 25 September Vaughan was a major and served under Col. Thomas Gist, Jr. 1838, married Mary Greenwood on 27 June 1800; d. John, born 8 Gist and Rachel are said to have had nine children among whom were: December 1789, died 31 January 1816; e. Elizabeth, born 4 February a. Marie Ann, born 1741, married Richard Richards (possibly); b. John; 1792, died 1884, married Franklin Anderson on 10 November 1831; f. c. Benjamin; d. Nancy, married — Tracy; e. Gist, married Mary Thomas, born 4 June 1794, died by .1820; g. Archibald, born 13 July Richards. Page 12 Revolutionary Biographies July 1976

Additional Oaths of Fidelity Baltimore County 1778

1. The worshipful Charles Ridgely (of William) Returns, 24 Jan. 1778 42. Benjamin Wells 68. John Harrian (List of those who took the Oath of Fidelity to the State of Maryland, in 43. John Hancock 69. Nicholas Baker Margaret M. Hodges, "Unpublished Revolutionary Records of 44. Robert Longwall 70. John Palmer Maryland," ms. at Maryland Historical Society, vol. VI, pp. 27-28 45. Richard March, Sr. 71. Elam Baker 46. Henry Walker 72. Enoch Gordon 47. Richard Wellman 73. Benjamin Bartin 48. Cacob Gwar 74. William Ridgeway 2. John Ridgely (of Wm.) 22. Greenbury Morton 49. John Whiter 75. George Lanthrone 3. Reuben Shadwick 23. Robert Rick 50. Mich'l Ands. 76. Robert Stewart 4. John Stack 24. Rezin Porm 51. Mathias Brackley 77. Robert Long 5. Benjamin Baneker 25. James Thompson 52. Andrew Whittee 78. George Randoll 6. Samuel Wirt Waters 26. Johsua Black 53. Z. Mackubin, Jr. 79. Thomas Greenwood 7. Isaac Henry 27. Mosses Black, Jr. 54. James Marr 80. Chas. Croxall, Sr. 8. Chas. C. Hillard 28. Zacha. Mackubin 55. William Mart 81. John Batts 9. Walter Smith Parker 29. John Conaway 56. William Wright 82. Richard Edwards 10. John Bailey, Senr. 30. Henry Crooks 57. Charles Barton 83. Roger Robinson 11. Alexander Montgomery 31. Michael Richarts 58. James Whitefield 84. John Hubbart 12. Andrew Limebarker 32. Godlib Sharmiller 59. James Geffarde 85. Joshua Owings 13. Phillip Limbarker 33. John Tice 60. 86. Joseph Weston 14. Mosses Blackson 34. John Gardner 61. Samuel Morton 87. William Weston 15. William Shirwell 35. Otho White 62. Philip Waters 88. Henry Oaram 16. William Limbarker 36. John Young 63. Edward Morris 89. Thomas Dawn 17. Elam Bailey 37. Henry Lewis 64. Thomas Robinson 90. Thomas Griffin, Jr. 18. Ezekiel Bazill 38. John Coleman 65. Thomas Griffin 91. Charles Griffin 19. George Bailey 39. George Trogail 66. Henry Monk 92. Richard Pallan 20. John Lewis 40. John Coale 67. Francis Hardisty 93. John Robinson 21. Richard Williams 41. Elisha White

Society member Maurice L. Long of Brooklandville built a new cradle for The Bicentennial Quilt was formally presented to the Society at the June, an iron Liberty Bell originally cast for "Centennial 1876." The Cen- 1976 meeting. Chaired by Mrs. Frederick Leiter [second from left], the tennial Bell and its Bicentennial mounting were displayed during July at committee solved such questions as, "What kind of a roof does the Wye a bank in Timonium. Just another product of the Long hobby shop, a Mills school have?" and, "How do you applique SEPTEMBER?" former chicken house on Falls Road.