Thomas Ringgold, Jr.^{[1, 2]}

1744 - 1776  (31 years)

• Name	Thomas Ringgold
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	4 Dec 1744	Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Oct 1776
  Person ID	I1167639417	Master Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2007

  
  

  Father	Thomas Ringgold,   b. 5 Dec 1715, Maryland, United States ,   d. 1 Apr 1772, Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Earle,   b. 8 May 1725,   d. Jul 1794  (Age 69 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1734	St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1068927035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Galloway,   d. 20 Aug 1805  [5]
  Married	30 Oct 1766
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Ringgold,   b. 4 Sep 1768,   d. Mar 1818, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States  (Age 49 years) + 2. General Samuel Ringgold,   b. 15 Jan 1770, Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States ,   d. 18 Oct 1829, Frederick, Maryland, United States  (Age 59 years)   3. Anna Marie Ringgold,   b. 9 Mar 1772,   d. 21 Feb 1817  (Age 44 years)   4. Benjamin Ringgold,   b. 6 Mar 1774,   d. 24 Aug 1798, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States  (Age 24 years) + 5. Tench Ringgold,   b. 6 Mar 1776,   d. 1827  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2011
  Family ID	F1068927221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Dec 1744 - Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  He was one of the three delegates chosen to represent Maryland in the Continental Convention of 1765. He was a member of the Convention of Maryland which met at Annapolis in 1776. He was one of the earliest victims in Maryland of the opposition, during the early revolutionary period, to the importation of English goods.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1070432059] Ringgold in the United States, Mildred Cook Schoch, 18,19,22-25. An entry from George Washington's Diary: May 1773, 13: Dined on board the Annapolis at Chestertown, and Supped and lodged at Ringold's near Chestertown. [S5352052862] WIL MD Calendar of Wills, Wright, Jane Baldwin & F Edward, (Kohn & Pollock, Baltimore, MD, 1904+). Thomas RINGGOLD, Chester Town, Kent Co., merchant, made 15 Feb. 1774, pr. 6 Dec. 1776. To mother, 600 pounds sterling yearly, also her house and lots in Chester Town, stock, imported chariot & chariot horses, for life, in place of what testator's father left on the plantation "Eastern Neck." / To wife, house in Chester Town, houses on said land, "Scotch Point," and 600 pounds sterling yearly. / To three minor sons: to Thomas, all land in Kent Co.; to son Samuel, "Conegocheague Manor," & numbered tracts in Frederick Co.; & to son Benjamin, residue of land in Fredk. Co. & all lands in Queen Anne's Co. / To dau. Anna Maria. Wife & mother to be guardians of Anna Maria. / Samuel GALLOWAY, Jas. HOLLYDAY, Michael EARLE, & Wm. HAMSLEY to be guardians of sons. If all heirs dsp, to bro. & sis-in-law Benja. & Anne GALLOWAY; to Thomas Ringgold TILGHMAN, s/o Jas., Esq., of Philadelphia; to Tench TILGHMAN, Jas. WILLIAMSON, John CALLOWAY [sic, sp.], & Wm. HAMSLEY [sic, sp.], Jr.; & to cousins Rebecca THOMPSON; Mary, Charlotte, & Rebecca HEMSLEY, & Henrietta Maria WILLIAMSON; to cousins James & Wm., sons of uncle Wm. RINGGOLD, also to ch/o Uncle Richard _ & James EARLE. Wit. Jas. NICHOLSON, Jos. GALLOWAY, _ NICHOLSON, Jno. COMBS, Saml. HARRISON, Jr., Robt. PEMBERTON. Executorship renounced by Wm. HEMSLEY, Richard TILGHMAN, & Michael & Joseph EARLE. Widow Mary demanded her third. [S5352193459] Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777, Robert Barnes, Compiler, (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975). [S8072384418] Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850, Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp, (The Generations Network, Inc., 2004). [S2600187876] The Thomas Book, Lawrence Buckley Thomas, D.D., (The Henry T Thomas Company, 1896).