3-9 TUBMAN MANKIN, son of Stephen Mankin and Mary Barker, was born at Port Tobacco, Charles County, MD on April 9, 1696, and died in 1747, leaving a large family. On September 24, 1701, Hope and Tubman Mankin were bound by their mother to Mr. George Tubman until they came to their respective ages.(1) On March 10, 1729/30, Tubman Mankin petitioned to have the care and tuition of his deceased brother Josiah Mankin's son Joseph, but the petition is found to have been rejected.(2) The reason, no doubt, was that Josiah had provided otherwise in his Will. He died in 1747, and on November 2, 1747, the Administrator's bond was issued to Jane Mankin, widow, administratrix; sureties being John Brooks and Charles Baker of Charles County in 250, dated August 1, 1747.(3) On December 30, 1748, is recorded the Account of Jane Mankin, Administratrix of Tubman Mankin "late of Charles County, deceased". Representatives are the widow and 10 children(4), viz: Elizabeth and Sarah Mankin of full age; James Mankin aged 21 in June next, Mary Mankin aged 18 in January next; Charles Mankin aged 16 in April next; Stephen Mankin, aged 11 in June next; Margaret Mankin aged 4 in January next; Josias Mankin aged 2 in November last.(5)
TUBMAN MANKIN married JANE YOPP, daughter of Roger Yopp, about 1723. John Alward of Charles County, by Will dated January 5, proved January 19, 1715, (Annaoplis, MD Lib. 14, folio 82) gave to son John Alward a cow; to daughter Margaret Malow, 2 cows, a feather bed &c., at day of marriage; to my granddaughter, Jane Yopp, a cow & calf, a feather bed & c., and all my land called Moore's Hope, Goodluck, & Partnership, at day of marriage - Should she died without issue, then to my grandson Charles Yopp, who is appointed executor. The Witnesses were Roger Yopp and William Peacock. Charles Yopp of Charles County MD made a Will January 5, 1717, proved April 21, 1719 (Annapolis, MD Lib. 15, folio 105) speaks of legacies left by his grandfather John Alward, to be delivered to Sarah Yopp, Jane Yopp, & Dorothy Brown as "my said grandfather appointed and desired." Leaves all wearing apparel to father Roger Yopp. Wife residuary legatee and executrix, with Witnesses Stephen Mankin, Margaret Mankin, and John Goley. On July 22, 1720 is found the Account of Thomas Matthews who married Susanna, executrix of Charles Yopp, late of Charles County, deceased.(see Accounts, Lib. 3, folio 109) On March 13, 1721, Jane Yopp chose as her guardian Mr. John Craxon.(see Charles County MD Records, Lib. K, no. 2, folio 236) Since Jane Yopp chose her guardian in 1721, she must have been of the legal age of 14 years, and it is apparent she married Tubman Mankin about 1723. This would be about the age of 16 years, usual in that period.
On August 4, 1749, Jane Mankin of Charles County, widow and relict of Tubman Mankin deceased and James Mankin of said County, eldest son of Tubman Mankin, conveyed to Peter Harrout part of two tracts called "Barker's Rest" and "Barker's Enlargement", which in the division between Josias, James, and Tubman Mankin (husband of said Jane and father of James) appears to be 631/4 acres. Susanna, wife of James Mankin releases dower.(see Charles County MD, Records, Lib. 45, folio 359)
TUBMAN MANKIN and JANE YOPP MANKIN had issue 10:
3-9-3 JAMES MANKIN, oldest son of Tubman Mankin and Jane Yopp Mankin, was born in Charles County, MD in June 1728. He married SUSANNAH MAYNOR, daughter of Henry and Susannah Maynor (Mayner) of Fairfax Monthly Meeting (Quaker) Waterford, Loudoun County, VA. He was a sailor, discharged from the "Shoreham" in November 1754 (per VA Admiralty Muster Rolls, VA Library). They were married prior to 1750. The following records are from the Quaker Archives:
"SUSANNAH MANKIN neglects attendance at meetings and does not use the Plain language." For this offense, she was dismissed. This was 1755, February 22nd. In 1747-48 she is mentioned as a daughter of Henry & Susannah Maynor.(6) Apparently James Mankin joined the Quaker Church. The Will of John Peirpoint of Frederick County, MD made June 21, 1753, and probated August 9, 1753, contains this item "Rich Richardson, Francis Peirpoint, and James Mankin subscribing witnesses solemnly affirm they being Quakers." On February 21, 1750 James Mankin and Susanna his wife of Charles County, conveyed to Charles Mankin of the same county 1/2 of "Goodluck", "Partnership", and "Moore's Hope" in Charles County. This was witnessed by Mary Darnall, and John Darnall.(7) Dr. Christopher Johnston writes:
"The line of proof is here quite clear - John Alward, by will dated January 1715, leaves Moore's Hope, Goodluck, and Partnership to his granddaughter Jane Yopp. Since in 1750 James Mankin deeds to his brother Charles these three tracts, devised by John Alward, it is clear that their mother, Jane, widow of Tubman Mankin, must have been Jane Yopp - the granddaughter and devisee of John Alward."
3-9-5 High Sheriff, CHARLES MANKIN, son of Tubman Mankin and Jane Yopp Mankin, was born in Charles County, Maryland in April 1733, and died in October 1810.
He became High Sheriff of Charles County, MD, later Tax Collector, Coroner, and he was the 1790 Census Enumerator for all of Charles County, Maryland.
On October 29, 1782, he was commissioned High Sheriff for Charles County.
On September 7, 1782, Bachel Forry of Charles County deeded some lots in
Port Tobacco to him.(8) Among properties he acquired, he purchased "Middleton's Rich Thickett" of 100 acres in Charles County.(9)Over the years he had owned many farms, including "Moore's Hope", "Good Luck" and "Partnership" (purchased from his brother James Mankin in 1750), and "Mankins Folly", "Mankins Venture", "Ramble", "Mankins and Latimers Gift." In 1782 from Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Signer of the Constitution, he bought the confiscated plantation of Richard Lee, Jr., called "Port Tobacco." Harry Wright Newman makes reference to him in his book on Charles County Gentry, pointing to a particular Court case in 1799, which records that Charles Mankin lost his appeal to the General Assembly on the issue of his relection in 1789. As High Sheriff, he was also the tax collector, and liable for any unpaid taxes he could not collect. Losing the election also cost him the opportunity to collect taxes in arears, not to mention the costs to him of the hearings before the Maryland Assembly. He ran the farms he acquired, but having lost his re-election, he lost everything to foreclosure in 1802:(10)
Foreclosure: Date: 1802/01/19
5423: Charles Wallace and Eleanor Davidson vs. Charles Mankin. CH. Mortgage foreclosure on Mankins Folly, Mankins Venture, Ramble, Mankins and Latimers Gift, slaves Aron, Ior, George, Ben, Charles, Lucy, Linder, Sarah, Jane, Henny, Rachel and Nancy.
Accession No.: 17,898-5423 MSA S512-7-5545 Location: 1/37/2/.
In his bid for re-election as Charles county Sheriff back in 1789, he and two others were thwarted by political rivals who won by offering free drinks and opening the taverns early in the afternoon to draw many citizens away from the voting polls. He complained to the Maryland State Assembly in a challenge to the legality of the county election, claiming that the county election of someone else had been accomplished by voting fraud. He put much effort into this legal battle that dragged on for years, taking the matter to the Maryland legislature several times. Having posted a bond secured by his huge landholdings, he lost his plantation to final foreclosure in 1802. Towards the end of his life, according to the US census of 1810, he may have ran the county poorhouse, or perhaps (more likely) he had a son and namesake who did. According to the Archives of Maryland, Daniel Jenifer, who owned "Retreat" on Poorhouse Road, purchased his farm after his death, and the plantation inventory is in the records at Marshall Hall. He is buried with his sons family in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, MD. He married MARY REGAN, born 1737 and died 1812, and she is also buried in Greenmount Cemetery.
CHARLES MANKIN and MARY REGAN had issue:
3-9-6 STEPHEN MANKIN, born June 1738, Charles County, MD b. Jun
1738 (Will dated 20 Nov 1780) Proved 15 Jan 1781, Executor: Edward Boswell,
signed by "Roby" and Charles Mankin. Left his niece Precious Boswell(17)
one Negro woman named Peg and household goods. Lived in Port Tobacco East
according to 1790 Census MD (I think this census was actually taken in
1775-8) with his brother, Charles.
3-9-7 RICHARD TUBMAN MANKIN, SR., son of Tubman Mankin and Jane Yopp Mankin,
was born in Charles County, MD in March 1742. He was witness to the Will of Francis Goodrich
of Charles County made October 14, 1756, probated May 10, 1768. He
is also mentioned in the 1766 Account of his brother Josias in the Records of Fairfax County
VA. He m.1 PRISCILLA (maiden name unknown).
Exciting new information contributed by descendant, Mrs. Carol Tucker gives revealing
information on Richard Tubman Mankin and his descendants. Patricia Andersen, Walter Arps, Joyce Candland, and Betty deKeyser have all contributed to the following research data. Richard Tubman Mankin, Sr. was deceased by Nov. 1804 when his widow posted bond in Charles County, MD for the administration of his estate. (Charles County MD Court Proceedings 1802-1806 pg. 204) Distribution was made 12 May 1807 to the widow Priscilla and to the following children. All are named in the distribution of the estate of RTM, Sr.(Chas. Co. Inventories 1802-1808 pg. 407) or in subsequent documents which prove the relationships
(research contributed by Betty deKeyser in April 2000):
3-9-8 MARGARET MANKIN, born in Charles County MD in January
1745.
3-9-9 JOHN MANKIN, son of Tubman Mankin and Jane Yopp Mankin,
was born in Charles County MD in January 1745(11).
He served as a Vestryman of Durham Parish, Charles County. In the Treasurer's
Account of Durham Parish, in 1780, he is recorded for the payments of 60
lbs. of tobacco tithe.(12) He is mentioned
in the Parish book for 2 taxables, and paying 30 lbs. of tobacco.(13)
Along with his brother Charles, he is mentioned in a lease dispute with
the Jesuits of St. Thomas Manor in Charles, County, MD. He married in Ann
Arundel County, MD in about 1769, MASA born about 1750 (said to
be a full-blooded Delaware Indian). They had issue 4 children:
3-9-10 JOSIAS MANKIN (Josiah) son of Tubman Mankin and
Jane Yopp, was born in Charles County, MD in November 1746. He married
MARY ? , and it is thought he did not have issue. One of the accounts
of his estate is recorded in Will Book C no. 1, pp. 31-33 in Fairfax County,
VA. This is September 1766 date. "The Estate of Mr. Josias Mankin .."
Among the items noted is "To paid RICHARD TUBMAN MANKIN the Balance
of Bond 9.7.2" In August 1767 is noted: "To expenses from Maryland
viz To ferriage to and from Maryland, 4.0." Also noted is this extensive
account, is "To paid Col. George Mason his rent rect L 9.3.7."
"To sundries sold the widow Mrs. Mankin 6.6.8." "To Mankin's claims, L
2.6.0." "By Mary Mankin for sundries ..." This was officially returned
on May 13, 1768, by Alednigo Adass, Administrator. From this it is apparent
that Josias Mankin and his wife moved to Fairfax County VA, and apparently
rented land from Col. George Mason of "Gunston Hall". The Appraisement
of his estate follows:(16)
Inventory of the Estate of Josiah Mankin
To 1 Feather bed & furniture & c. 4.10.0
Shown in 1881! He died at Sulpher City, Arkansas in 1881 at the great age of 111 Years old, the founder of the legendary Mankins family of the wild west.
December 16, 1766
Pursuant to an order of Fairfax Court dated June 1766,
we the subscribers being duly sworn before Sampson Darrell, Gent., did
meet and Appraise the Estate of JOSIAS MANKIN, Deceased as followeth.
To 1 Black Walnut oval Table 2.51 1.5.0
To 1 Small Tea Table 10/ 10.0
To 1 Chest 10/ 1 old Truck 7/ 17.0
To 1 iron pot and Hooks 1 frying pan 2/ 10.0
To 1 parcel of old pewter 11/ 11.0
To 1 box Iron & shearers (?) 10/ 10.0
To 1 Mans Saddle 0/ 0/0
To 4 old chairs 4/ 4.0
To 1 parcel of old cloaths 10/ 10.0
To 1 old Bed Rugg & Bedstead &c. 30/ 1.10.0
To 2 old ploughs & 2 hoes 11/3 11.3
To aparsell (sic) old tubbs & peggons 3/2 3.0
To 1 Horse 40/ 2.(torn)
To 6 shoats 251 1 Cow and 2 Earlings ú4.00 5.5.0
To 1 Negore Gars ú25 25.0.0
his
SAMUEL X JOHNSON 44.4.3
mark
3-9-5-1 ISAIAH MANKIN, son of Charles & Mary Mankin, was
born in Charles County, MD in 1779. He died April 14, 1864 at the home
of his son-in-law, Francis H. Jenks of Glen Park, NY at 87 years. He married
(1st) in Baltimore on January 16, 1800, NANCY HARRIS GARDNER, daughter of Mrs. Anne Gardner, born
1781, died October 9, 1813 and is buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore,
MD, and (2nd) Mrs. MARTHA (BININGER) GAUTIER, daughter of Abraham
Bininger of New York, and widow of Andrew Gautier. The marriage by Rev.
Benjamin Mortimer of New York is recorded in the Baltimore Patriot of October
17, 1814, p. 3, col. 3. Isaiah Mankin settled in Baltimore before he was
21 years of age, and engaged in mercantile business about 1799. He was
among the first to establish regular lines of commercial intercourse between
ports of this country, some of his vessels running between Baltimore and
New York on a regular schedule, which was unusual at that time. ISAIAH
MANKIN and his first wife, NANCY GARDNER had issue 6 children:
ISAIAH MANKIN and his second wife, MARTHA BINNINGER had issue 1;
3-9-7-1 War of 1812 Ensign RICHARD TUBMAN MANKIN, JR
m.1 MARY ____ . Richard Tubman Mankin, Jr. had a wife Mary indentified by her tombstone
at St. Paul's Piney Church which indicates she died 21 March 1809, age 24. It says, "In
memory of MARY MANKIN, Wife of RICH(d) T. MANKIN, who departed this life March 21,
1809, in the 24th Year of her Age" This would give this Mary Mankin's birth year of 1785,
When Richard Tubman Mankin, Jr. died in 1815 Benedicta Mankin declined to administer the
estate and requested that letters be granted to Samuel Chapman (Charles County Orphans Court
Proceedings 1815-1816 pg. 46). Benedicta Mankin is not further identified so it is not clear
whether she was a second wife or an adult daughter. Chapman posted bond on 1 Nov. 1815 (Ibid
pg. 56). An inventory of the estate was taken 9 Jan. 1816 (Ibid pg.283) but an account was not
rendered until 22 Mar 1820 (Ibid pg. 284). At that tiime there was no balance to distribute
to the heirs. Charles County Orphans Court Proceedings show that Guardian Bonds were posted by Malachi
Robey as guardian to Sophia Mankin and James Mankin while Daniel Carrington
was appointed guardian to Richard Mankin (Charles County Orphans Court Docket 1788-1824 pgs.
185, 186, & 189). These children are believed to be the offspring of Richard Tubman Mankin,
Jr. and his wife Mary. All three apppear in guardianship records, but without mention of the
father or mother! Further documentation is sought.
3-9-9-1 PETER MANKINS, SR., son of John & Masa Mankin, was
born in Charles County, September 19, 1770 at Cedar Point, MD. He died 30 Dec 1881 at Mankin (Washington Co.), Arkansas (now renamed Sulpher Springs, Arkansas) at 101 years. He married September 23, 1803 in Orange Co, NC, RACHEL BRACKEN, widow of (her 1st husband) Zachariah Lewis whom she had married July 18, 1796 in Orange Co, NC, and daughter of Isaac Bracken, Sr. and Rachel Stalcop. She died in 1849 in Washington Co, AR. ( Note: The following information was made available from the wonderful work of Jana Black and her work on the ancestry of Edith/Eda Mankin Mills Williams).
(18) 3-9-9-2 WALTER MANKINS, born bef. 1770 in VA, m1. in Floyd co., KY abt 1798, Millie Stalkup.
3-9-9-3 ELIZABETH MANKINS, daughter of John & Masa Mankin.
3-9-9-4 (perhaps) JOHN MANKINS, who m. Patsy Kirby in 1798.
Their children were as follows:
3-9-5-1-2 Civil War Brigadier General HENRY MANKIN was the son of ISAIAH MANKIN, and the
grandson of CHARLES MANKIN, of Charles County, MD, born December 9, 1804
in Baltimore, MD and died 1876. His childhood and youth were spent at his
father's country places "Chestnut Park" and "Warfield". His mother's early
death, which occurred before he was 9 years old, made a deep impression
upon him, and he formed a devoted attachment to his grandmother, Mrs. Gardner,
which continued until her death in 1837. He was sent to school to Dr. Gray,
a noted educator of that time, became very fond of his teacher, and happy
in the special interest shown in him. He had many ambitious dreams for
the future, and was especially anxious to go to West Point. The battle
of North Point and the attack on Fort McHenry occurred before he was 10
years old. His father's house was the gathering place and refuge for friends
and relatives who had fled from their homes. The scenes and the talk all
around him so excited him that he and a young cousin of the same age started
out secretly to "go and fight the British". Fortunately, they were chased
back by Maryland soldiers before they had gone far enough to be in danger.
From that time he was deeply interested in military matters, but all plans
for the future had to be put aside when financial difficulties compelled
his father to take him from school and put him in his counting house. Affection
for his father and his delight in ships and interest in the mercantile
problems of the day softened the disappointment, and he threw himself eagerly
into what became his life work. He afterwards entered the house of Clark
& Kellogg, a prominent firm in Baltimore, and was promoted to manager
and later made a partner, taking the business over entirely when Clark
and Kellogg retired. His energy and enterprise were now fully shown. His
ships were sent to many ports in Europe and Asia, taking a cargo in one
port and discharging it at another far away where such articles were needed.
An article in the Baltimore Sun newspaper headed "The Liverpool Packets,
The Days of the Baltimore Clippers" says:
"Previous to 1848 there
were no regular 'lines' between Baltimore and Liverpool. Ships came and
went in a desultory way but there were no regular sailing dates. In that
year Henry Mankin established a regular line of packet ships adapted to
passenger as well as freight traffic. the first Baltimore ship put on the
line was the Franconia, with Capt. Smith, familiarly known as "Long
John Smith" from his towering proportions. The line grew and prospered.
From the ship yards of Baltimore issued a fleet of vessels whose fame became
known world wide.For years the "lines" carried cargo between the two ports.
Many men still in active business recollect the long lines of drays and
wagons that daily lined Thames Street to take their turn at loading or
discharging. Each vessel brought several hundred immigrants who were distributed
along the street in groups awaiting wagons to convey them to the railroad
stations. It was a pleasure to Mr. Mankin that he was enabling strong healthy
men and women to find good homes in this country where their work was needed.
The benefit of others was always part of his plans, as when he arranged
and paid for earliest news of prices from New York it was posted up at
the Baltimore Corn Exchange for all to see."
In 1838 he had married SARAH ANN FOARD, daughter of Joseph R.
Foard of Baltimore County, the family then living in Zanesville, OH. About
this time he bought Mount Pleasant, a country place lying north of Baltimore,
much of which is now included in Roland Park and in the village of Hampden.
He had dreamed in boyhood of owning it and he now made it his home, added
a considerable part of the valley of Stoney Run, set out many groups of
trees and a wealth of flowers. The place became noted for its beauty and
fragrance. He had early entered the Militia of Maryland, was promoted to
Colonel of his regiment, and in 1845 was made Brigadier General of the
14th Brigade by Governor Pratt. His commission sword and epaulets are preserved
at the State House in Annapolis. Happy in his home and in his occupation
he made large plans for the Church and for Baltimore, but these had all
to be given up. Foreseeing that Baltimore must develop towards the North,
he bought largely of land in that direction, but the growth came much more
slowly than he expected, and this and the effort to help friends involved
him in financial difficulties. Fearing that the knowledge of this would
damage the business he withdrew from the firm, turning it over to his brother-in-law,
Joseph O. Foard, whom he had made a partner. The firm was afterward known
as Foard & Rogers. He now devoted himself to the effort to clear and
develop the land. He formed the Hampden Association through which the title
to much property in Baltimore County is held, and had made some progress
in his plans when the Civil War came about, and all business stopped in
Baltimore. In this time of enforced idleness, poetical composition was
his great solace. His sympathies were strongly with the South, and he would
have been in the Southern Army, but could not leave his wife and daughters.
There had been no time for composition in his busy life. Now it was a relief
to put his strong feeling into verse. As business became more settled,
more progress was made with the Association, and now he started another
plan which he hoped would give to the men in the foundry and the mills
their own homes. He wrote to England for all particulars about the Building
Association recently started there. With difficulty, he persuaded a few
to join. They did not understand it, and feared the risk, but he kept the
books himself and attended to all the details and soon all fears vanished
and the men joined the Association eagerly as they saw the comfortable
homes rising in Hampden and Woodberry. Ground for the Church, the original
cemetery and part of the school lot were secured to St. Mary's Church,
Hampton, all that remained of the larger plans. For some years exhausting
work and exposure had seriously affected his strength, and on June 17,
1876, a sudden attack of congestion of the lungs ended his life at 72.
A life lived in communion with God and in unwavering trust in an Almighty
Father and a loving Saviour and Friend. There are three painted portraits
of the Mankin family who are buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore,
MD in the Baltimore Museum of Art. They were left to the museum by Olivia
Mankin, the last survivor of that family branch, it seems.
Catherine Mankin by Anna Peale, 1791 - 1878, oil 40" x 30"
HENRY MANKIN and SARAH FOARD had issue 5;
3-9-5-1-3 MARY MANKIN, married DR. WILLIAM A. CLENDINNEN
3-9-5-1-4 NANCY MANKIN, married FRANCIS H. JENCKS (thought to be his 1st wife, but could be his 2nd.) FRANCIS JENCKS and NANCY MANKIN
had issue 2;
3-9-5-1-5 ISAIAH MANKIN JR., born 1808, died June 10, 1837.
3-9-5-1-6 CHARLES MANKIN, 1813 dies with his mother (NHG) at birth.
3-9-5-1-7 CATHERINE EMBURY MANKIN, born 1818, died October 3, 1824.
3-9-7-1-1 JAMES MANKIN, b.1801, D.after 1850. m.1 on 13 Feb 1833 Washington, DC Margaretta Dent, b.ca 1810 Charles Co., MD, D. 22 Mar 1838
Washington DC (bur: Charles Co MD). He m.2 on 31 Dec 1838 Washington DC. Deborah
Dent, b. 1817-18 Charles Co., MD, listed in 3rd Ward 1860 in Washington,
DC. He was age 20 in Orphans Court Guardian Docket - April Court 1821. This James
Mankin married the daughters of Alexander Dent (mentioned by Newman, Harry Wright, "Charles County Gentry" pg. 102), and who appears in the 1850 census of Washington DC. He was a native of Charles County MD. His parents died when he
was young leaving him with several sisters. He married (1st) on February
13, 1833 in Washington, DC to MARGARETTA DENT, daughter of Alexander Dent
(died 1830) and Violetta Brewer Dent of "Dent's Inheritance" in Charles
County. She died in 1837 and according to the Trinity Parish Records,
Charles County, MD was buried April 27, 1837 in the family cemetery on
"Dent's Inheritance". She was granddaughter of Gen. William Dent of the
Revolutionary War, and wife of Margaret Rettea (Smoot) Dent. He mother,
Violetta Brewer was daughter of John Brewer and Priscilla (Dent) Brewer. He
married (2nd) on December 31, 1838 in Washington, DC to DEBORAH DENT, sister
of his first wife. The parents of the Dent sisters, Alexander Dent and Violetta Brewer Dent, had (1) John Dent, married Sophia Herbert; (2) Henry Dent married Sarah Porter; (3)
Margaretta Dent married James Mankin; (4) Deborah Dent married James Mankin;
and (5) Grace Ann Dent died d.s.p. JAMES MANKIN and DEBORAH DENT had issue:
Notes: 1. Charles County MD Records, Lib. 20, folio 313
2. Charles County MD Records, Lib. 36, folio 363
3. Test. Proc. Lib. 32, folio 127
4. Only eight are mentioned, with John and Richard
Tubman left out, apparently. See Test. Proc. Lib. 32, folio 127, making
both birthdates uncertain.
5. Charles County MD Accounts, Lib 25, folio 250
6. See "Virginia Quaker Records" p. 530, by William
Wade Hinshaw
7. See Charles County MD Records, Lib. 45, folio
541
8. See Charles County MD Records, Lib. 64, folio
611
9. Charles County Gentry, Harry Wright Newman, 1940,
Wash., DC, p. 242
10. See the following from Maryland Archives:
Monday 24th. October 1791
Pres't. His Excellency John Eager Howard Esquire
Summonses issued to Basil Smith, Jeremiah Dyer, Samuel Richards, Leonard Dixon and Samuel Pickerell to testify on the Hearing before the Governor and Council this instant, of the Complaint of Charles Mankin, Benjamin Cawood and William Brawner that the election for Sheriffs of Charles County was not made fairly and freely agreeably to the Constitution and Form of Government. Agreeably to the order of the Board of the 10th, instant. Charles Mankin on behalf of the Petitioners against the late election in Charles County for Sheriffs, and James Simms the Sheriff elect, attended and the Board proceeded to enquire into the Complaints set forth in the Petition.
The Petitioners prayed for permission to amend their Petition, by specifying other objections to the said Election, which upon due consideration was allowed and the Petition was amended so as to read as follows— "To his Excellency the Governor and the honourable the Council of the State of Maryland—
The Memorial of Charles Mankin, Benjamin Cawood and William Brawner sheweth that your Memorialists were Candidates for the Office of Sheriff of Charles County at an election held there on the first Monday of October in the present year 1791. That the Justices attending the said Election and who acted as Judges thereof did not take the Oath of Judge of the Election as required by the Constitution and Laws of this State. The said Judges did not appoint a Clerk to [p. 346] take the Ballots as required by the 42nd. Article of the Form of Government nor were the said Ballots taken by a Clerk. That no Clerk to take the said Ballots was sworn and qualified according to the Constitution. That sundry voters were permitted to put in two Ballots from an idea that he might vote for two persons as Sheriff, and such Ballots were received by the Justices who acted as Judges aforesaid, whereby such voters had an opportunity of voting twice for the same Candidate that the Judges of the said Election Benjamin Contee and Henry Barnes, on the Thursday of the said Election adjourned the Polls at sundry times from about one o'clock of the said Day until midnight so that the polls were not open but very little more and by means thereof prevented very near three hundred voters from polling who were there ready and desirous to vote and frequently requested that the polls might be kept open – that a number of people were very noisy and riotous which was assigned by the Judges of the Election as a reason why they could not or wo'd. not keep the election open, and that the ballots as taken were looked at and examined by Henry Barnes – that James Simms also a Candidate and whom the Judges have declared elected Sheriff told his friends to take possession of the house and keep the same till midnight and that he would find them in grog – and that a number of people thereupon became very riotous. Your Memorialists pray that a Commission may not issue to the said James Simms as Sheriff of Charles County, but as three hundred or more voters were upon the Spot and desirous and willing to vote if not prevented by such ill conduct a new election may be had for the said Office of Sheriff and that a day may be appointed for your Memorialists to bring forward proof to substantiate the facts above set forth and your Memorialists will pray &ca.
Char's. Mankin
Wednesday 2d. November 1791
The Question was taken "that a new election for Sheriffs in Charles County be ordered
agreeably to the prayer of the Petition" determined in the Negative and Commission issued to James Simms the Sheriff elect as Sheriff of Charles County.
The Board then proceeded to tax the Costs arising on the aforesaid examination when it was determined that the three Petitioners and the Sheriff, should pay the Same in equal proportions – and that each of the Witnesses be allowed four Days itenerant charges.
11. As he is not mentioned in his father's will,
his birthdate is uncertain.
12. Abstracts of Early Protestant Episcopal Church
Records of Charles County, MD in the D.A.R. Library, Washington, DC. This
record was prepared by the Mary Washington Chapter, D.A.R., 1942.
13. Abstracts of Early Protestant Episcopal Church
Records of Charles County, MD in the D.A.R. Library, Washington, DC. This
record was prepared by the Mary Washington Chapter, D.A.R., 1942. Page
190.
14. L.D.S. Records for Maryland.
16. Will Book B no. 1, p. 423, Fairfax County VA
mark At a Court continued and held for Fairfax County THOS. TRIPLETT 16
December 1766. Ex. This Inventory was returned and ordered to be recorded
Teste G. GILBERT SIMPSON SENr. WAGONOR, Cl.Cur.
17. She was Prescilla Boswell, wife of James Boswell, b. abt. 1742 in MD., d.1785 in Charles County. They had a daughter Elizabeth b. 1770 who married John Allen.
See also Charles County Abstracts of Inventories: 18. More detail is available at Jana Black's website, including her contributers work as well as her own:
Ancestry of Edith/Eda Mankin Mills Williams
Henry Mankin & Daughters, circa 1850 by Alfred Miller, oil 37"x48"
Mrs. Henry Mankin & Child, Alfred Miller, oil oval 37" x 49"
The Council met.
The Hon'ble. Randolph B. Latimer
John Davidson
John Kilty Esquires
Benja. Cawood
Wm. Brawner [Jr.?]
The Council met.
Present as on yesterday.
John BOSWELL, 107.395, CH, 10 Oct., 13 Dec. 1771. Appr. Wm. SEMMES, Rd. TUBMAN. Next of kin Joseph BOSWELL. Admx. Sarah BOSWELL. Mr. John BOSWELL, 111.163, CH, 21 & 23 Dec. 1772. Appr. Rd. TUBMAN, John HANSON. Next of kin Wm. & Joseph BOSWELL. Admrs. Sarah BOSWELL & Chas. MANKIN.
Charles county Balance Books:
John BOSWELL, 6.292, CH., 19 Apr. 1772. Sureties John COVINGTON, Alex. ROBEY. Admrs. Mrs. Sarah BOSWELL, Chas. MANKIN. John BOSWELL, 6.161, CH, 22 S 1772. Sureties Thos. OWEN, Alex. ROBEY. Distributed to reps. unknown. Admx. Mrs. Sarah BOSWELL. John BOSWELL, 7.65, CH, 15 S 1776. Distribution to widow and twelve children (none named). Admx. Sarah BOSWELL, Chas. MANKIN. [These are listed separately but appear to refer to the same John.]
