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Richard Pearis was born in Ireland in 1725, the son of George and Sarah Pearis, who were Presbyterians of considerable affluence. [1] The family immigrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia when Richard was ten, and by 1750, Richard owned 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) of land near Winchester, where he lived with his wife Rhoda and three children.
Martin J. O'Malley, former governor of Maryland and 2016 candidate for president of the United States; William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence; Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Edgar Allan Poe, Maryland attorney general (1911–1915) John P. Poe Sr., Attorney General of Maryland (1891 ...
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This category includes people who were notable in the Province of Maryland prior to the era of American Revolution. That is, they were notable before about 1765. People who are primarily associated with the Revolutionary era are located Category:People of Maryland in the American Revolution, instead of this category.
Mercer also had several sisters and half-sisters who survived to adulthood, including Sarah Mercer (1738–1806) who married Col. Samuel Selden (1725–1791) of Stafford County, Mary Mercer (1740–1764) who married Daniel McCarty Jr. of Westmoreland County, Anna Mercer (1760–1787) who married Benjamin Harrison VI (1755–1799), Grace Mercer ...
Thomas was a vestryman of St. Paul's Parish, Calvert County. He was removed from his justiceship probably due to his opposition to the revolution Protestant Associators in 1689. He was nominated by Charles Calvert , 3rd Lord Baltimore to become a member of the first royal Council, commonly known as the Upper House, on August 26, 1691.
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Name Year Notability Ref. William T. Barry: 1803 Member of Kentucky House of Representatives (1807); U.S. representative for Kentucky (1810–11); U.S. senator for Kentucky (1814–16); member of the Kentucky Senate (1817–21); lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1820–24); Secretary of State of Kentucky (1824–25); U.S. Postmaster General (1829–35); ambassador to Spain (1835)