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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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BIOGRAPHIES GOL

180 oz. plate, a library of books, maps, and pam-
phlets); FB, £6,165.1.2. LAND: 1,419 acres in Tal-
bot and Queen Anne's counties.

GOLDSBOROUGH, JOHN (1711-1778). BORN
on Friday, October 12, 1711, in Talbot County;
fifth son. NATIVE, second generation. RESIDED: at
"Four Square," Talbot County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Robert Goldsborough (1660-
1746). MOTHER: Elizabeth (1678-1719/20), daugh-
ter of Nicholas Greenberry (1627-1697). UNCLE:
Charles Greenberry (1672-1713). HALF UNCLE:
Thomas Robins (1672-1721). AUNT: Ann Green-
berry, who married John Hammond (ca. 1665-
1742/43). BROTHERS: Robert (ca. 1704-1777);
Nicholas (ca. 1704-1756); Charles Goldsborough
(1707-1767); William Goldsborough (1709-1760);
Greenberry (1713-ca. 1716); Howes (1715-1746);
Greenberry (1717-1717); and (first name un-
known) (1718-1718). SISTERS: Ann (1698-ca.
1708); Elizabeth (ca. 1700-ca. 1708); and Mary
(1702-ca. 1742). FIRST COUSINS: Nicholas Golds-
borough (ca. 1689-1766); Elizabeth Ridgely (?-
1734), who married Thomas Worthington (ca.
1691-1753); Elizabeth Standley, who married sec-
ond, Thomas Robins (1672-1721). NEPHEWS: Ro-
bert Goldsborough IV (1740- 17 98); Howes Golds-
borough (1747-1797); William Goldsborough
(1750/51-1801); and Robert Goldsborough (1733-
1788). NIECE: Elizabeth Greenberry Goldsborough
(ca. 1731-1820), who married William Ennalls (?-
1785). MARRIED first, on October 31, 1733, Anne
(1715-1766), daughter of Foster Turbutt (1679-
1720/21); niece of William Turbutt (1683/84-
1739). Her brother was Henry (ca. 1703-?). Her
sisters were Sarah (1706-1773), who married Nich-
olas Goldsborough (ca. 1689-1766); Elizabeth (ca.
1708-?), who married Tench Francis (1701- 1758);
Mary Anne (1711-1794); Mary (1713-?); and Ra-
chel (1718-?). Her first cousins were Anna Maria
Turbutt, who married Edward Tilghman (1713-
1786); Elizabeth Turbutt (?-ca. 1760), who mar-
ried Thomas Harris (?-1760); Mary Anne Wright
(?-1747), who married William Hopper (1707-
1772); and Anne Wright (?-by 1754), who married
Edward Oldham (1709-1773). Her nephews were
Thomas Goldsborough (ca. 1728-1793); Howes
Goldsborough (1747-1797); and William Golds-
borough (1750/51-1801). Her nieces were Ann
Francis (1727-?), who married James Tilghman
(1716-1793); Ann Goldsborough (1732-?), who
married Edward Oldham (1709-1773). MARRIED
second, by 1774 Mary, widow of John Lockerman
(?-1766), of Queen Anne's County; daughter of
Richard Skinner and wife Katherine Sherwood.

CHILDREN. SONS Robert (ca. 1736-1770); John
(1740-1803), deputy commissary of Dorchester
County from 1765 to 1777, coroner of Dorchester
County in 1766, justice of Dorchester County
from 1766 to 1773, register of wills of Dorchester
County from 1777 to 1803, and commissioner of
tax of Dorchester County from 1783 to 1792, who
married in 1762 Caroline, daughter of Howes
Goldsborough (1715-1746) and wife Roseanna
Piper; Capt. Greenbury (1742-1829); Charles
(1744-1774), who married Ann, daughter of Ed-
ward Tilghman (1713-1786), and who was acci-
dentally killed in a shooting incident; William
(1759-1794), a first lieutenant in the Fourth Inde-
pendent Company of Talbot County Militia in
1776, who was nicknamed "Hessian Billy," be-
cause he killed three Hessian soldiers who simulta-
neously attacked him, he was also appointed a
major in the Talbot County Militia in 1794, joined
the Society of Cincinnati, and never married; and
Robert, a physician, who married Henrietta,
widow of Dr. John Bracco (ca. 1763-1794),
daughter of Joseph Nicholson, of Kent County,
and wife Mary. STEPSONS: Richard Lockerman (?-
1792), who married first, in 1775 Mary Darden,
and second, in 1779 Ann Wood; Jacob Looker-
man (1759-1839), who married first, in 1784 Elea-
nor Clarke, and second, in 1802 Mary, daughter of
Robert Harrison (1740-1802). DAUGHTERS:
Elizabeth (ca. 1735-ca. 1786), who married first,
John Campbell (?-ca. 1766), second, Benson Stain-
ton (?--ca. 1781), and third, Richard Kennard (?-
1796); Anne (1751-1781), who married Vincent
Loockerman, of Dover, Delaware; Henrietta Ma-
ria (ca. 1753-1839), who married Philip Francis
(1748-?), son of Tench Francis( 1701 -1758); Mary
(1755-1796), who married first, Benedict Brice
(1749-1786), and second, Dr. James Cooke (?-
1794); and Anna Maria, who married Arthur Em-
ory, of Queen Anne's County. STEPDAUGHTER:
Elizabeth Loockerman. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican,
St. Peter's Parish, Talbot County. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: probably a planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Talbot
County, 1742-1744, 1745 (Elections), 1745/46-
1748 (Elections Cv 1, 1-3, 4; Aggrievances Cv 1,
1-3, 4), 1749-1751 (Elections Cv-3; Aggrievances
Cv-3; Bills of Credit 1), 1751-1754 (Elections 1-6;
Grievances 1-6; Accounts 3-6), 1754-1757 (Elec-
tions 1-6; Grievances 1-6; Accounts 1-6), 1757-
1758 (Elections 1, Cv, 2; Grievances 1, Cv, 2; Ac-
counts 1, Cv, 2), 1758-1761 (Elections Cv 1, 1, Cv
2, 3, Cv 3; Grievances Cv 1, 1, Cv 2; Accounts Cv
1, 1, Cv 2, 3, Cv 3), 1762-1763 (Elections 1, 2;

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