History of Talbot County Maryland United States of America

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Daniel Martin, governor of Maryland, was born in Talbot county, Md., in 1780; son of Nicholas and Hannah Martin; grandson of Tristram and Mary (Oldham) Martin, and great-grandson of John and Ann (Goldsborough) Oldham. He was married, Feb. 6, 1816, to Mary Clare Maccubbin, of Annapolis, Md. He succeeded Joseph Kent as governor of Maryland in 1828, serving in that office one year. During his administration the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio canal was begun. He was defeated in 1829 by Thomas King Carroll, but was returned in 1830 and again served one year. He was a charter member of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in 1827, and a member of the Eastern Shore Agricultural society. He died in Talbot county, Md., July 11, 1831.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Philemon Dickinson, senator, was born in Crosiador?, Talbot county, Md., April 5, 1739; son of Chief Justice Samuel and Mary (Cadwalader) Dickinson, and brother of John Dickinson, president of Pennsylvania. These Dickinsons were descendants from Charles Dickinson, who died in London, England, in 1653, and left two sons, Quakers, who settled in Virginia in 1654, and removed to Maryland. Philemon removed to Dover, Del., in 1740 with his father and was educated in Philadelphia under Dr. Allison. He then engaged in farming on a large estate near Trenton, N.J. In 1767 he was married to Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas (1708-1779) and Hannah (Lambert) Cadwalader. He joined the Continental army as colonel of the Hunterdon county battalion, July, 1775, receiving a commission as brigadier-general in October of the same year. He was a delegate to the New Jersey provincial congress in 1776, and a member of the committee to draw up the constitution of the new state, declaring its independence from British rule as adopted July 2, 1776. With 400 men recruited from the farmers and mechanics of the neighborhood, he attacked a foraging party from the British army and secured their plunder loaded in forty wagons drawn by about 100 English draught horses. This affair occurred near Somerset Court House, N.J., Jan. 20, 1777. On June 6, 1777, he was made major-general of the New Jersey forces, and on November 27 he made an attack on Staten Island, receiving for his action the thanks of General Washington. His estate was plundered by the British and Hessian soldiers at the time of their occupation of Trenton. His bravery at the battle of Monmouth received acknowledgment from the commander-in-chief in his report to congress. He was chief signal officer of the middle department, 1778-79, and on July 4, 1778, he acted as second to General Cadwalader in his duel with General Conway. He was a delegate to the Continental congress from Delaware, 1782-83, being eligible as a property holder there, and was vice-president of the New Jersey state council, 1783-84. In December, 1784, he was a member of the commission selected by congress to determine a site for the national capitol. In March, 1790, when William Paterson resigned his seat in the U.S. senate, General Dickinson was chosen to succeed him, and served during the remainder of the let and throughout the 2d congresses, completing the term March 2, 1793. He then retired to "The Hermitage," his estate near Trenton, N.J., where he died, Feb. 4, 1809.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edward Lloyd, governor of Maryland, was born in "Wye House," Talbot county, Md., July 22, 1779; son of Edward and Elizabeth (Taylor) Lloyd. His father inherited and acquired an estate approximating 12,000 acres of land. The 5th Edward was a delegate to the state legislature, 1880-05;and was elected representative in the 9th U. S. congress, to fill the unexpired term of Joseph H. Nicholson, resigned, and re-elected to the 10th congress, serving from Dec. 1, 1806 to March 3, 1809. He was governor of Maryland, 1809-11; state senator, 1811 ; presidential elector, 1813, voting for James Madison; U.S. senator, 1819-26, having been re-elected in 1824 and resigned his seat in February, 1826, when he was succeeded by E. F. Chambers. He was a state senator, and president of the body 1826-31. He was married Nov. 30, 1797, to Sally Scott, danghter of Dr. James and Sarah (Maynadier) Murray and their son Edward was state senator and president of the senate, 1851-54. Governor Lloyd died in Annapolis, Md., June 2, 1834.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

John Dickinson, statesman, was born at Crosia-dor?, Talbot county, Md., Nov. 2, 1732; the second son of Samuel and Mary (Cadwalader) Dickinson. He was a direct descendant from Walter Dickinson, one of three sons of Charles Dickinson, who died in London, England, in 1653. These sons, being Quakers, left England in 1654 to escape imprisonment as nonconformists, settling first in Virginia. In 1659 Walter removed to Maryland, where he purchased a plantation and called it Crosiador?. In 1740, Samuel, grandson of Walter, and father of John Dickinson, removed from this plantation and settled on a large estate near Dover, Kent county, Del. He was a lawyer and judge of the county court and died in 1760. John was tutored by William Killen, a young Irishman, who subsequently became chief justice and chancellor of Delaware. In 1750 he began the study of law in the office of John Moland of Philadelphia, king's attorney and a provincial councillor in 1759. He was entered in the Middle Temple, London, as a student at law in 1753, and returning to Philadelphia in 1757 began the practice of his profession. He was a member of the assembly from the "Lower Counties," as Delaware was then called, 1760-62, and from the city of Philadelphia, 1762. Having taken sides with the proprietary governors against the descendants of William Penn he failed of re election, but regained his office in 1770. He was a delegate to the Colonial congress that met in philadelphia in 1775 to oppose the stamp act, and led in the deliberations of that body, drafting the famous "Declaration of the Causes of Taking up Arms," adopted by the congress. He opposed the stamp act, but counselled the continuation of the use of stamps until the act was repealed, denouncing the refusal to use them as revolutionary, as he also characterized the action of the "Boston tea party," and recommended that the tea destroyed should be paid for. He held the Boston port act unconstitutional. In June, 1774, he became chairman of the committee on correspondence and drafted the instructions of the delegates from Pennsylvania to the Continental congress. In the congress of 1774 he led the constitutional Whigs and drafted the first petition to the king and the address to the people of Canada. In the second Pennsylvania convention he was chairman of the committee of safety and defence, was chosen colonel of the first organized battalion, and prepared to march with it to the defence of New York, threatened by British invasion. Although he drafted and presented to congress the report of the committee that it had appointed to prepare a "Declaration announcing to the world our reasons at taking up arms against England," in the next congress he opposed its passage as inopportune and was not present when the instrument was signed. When Sir William Howe landed on Staten Island, Dickinson led five battalions of Philadelphia troops to New York to oppose the invasion. He was not returned as a delegate to congress by reason of his refusal to vote for the Declaration of Independence, and when General Roberdeau was elected military commander and the Pennsylvania convention confirmed the election, he resigned his commission in the state militia. He was elected a delegate to the Continental congress by the colony of Delaware in November, 1776, but declined to serve. In the summer of 1777 he joined the militia of Kent county, Del., as a private soldier, was wounded in the skirmish at the Head of Elk and served in the battle of Brandywine. Immediately after the battle he was commissioned brigadier-general of the Delaware militia. He represented Delaware in the Continental congress, 1776-77, and again in 1779, but resigned in 1780 and was elected president of the supreme council of Delaware. In 1782 he returned to Philadelphia, was elected president of the council of Pennsylvania, and was twice re-elected. As president of the Annapolis convention he drafted the report to congress recommending a constitutional convention, and as a delegate to that convention insisted on equal representation of the states in the U.S. senate, irrespective of their area or population, and signed both the articles of confederation and the federal constitution. He advocated the early abolition of slavery in Delaware and opposed its admission to the territories. He was one of the founders of Dickinson college in 1783, and the institution was named for him. He was married, July 19, 1770, to Mary, daughter of Isaac Norris, speaker of the Pennsylvania assembly. He contributed to the support of the College of New Jersey and to the education of poor children in Wilmington, Del. With his wife he founded "The Society for the alleviation of the miseries of public prisons" and a free boarding school at Westtown, Pa. The College of New Jersey conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1769. He published: The Late Regulations Respecting the British Colonies on the Continent of America Considered (1765); Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle (1766), and letters under the name of Fabius, (1779). C.J. Stille wrote The Life and Times of John Dickinson (1891) at the request of the Pennsylvania historical society. He died in Wilmington, Del., Feb. 14, 1808.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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