Thought I had sent this, but can't find it... so resending From: A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al. Volume 426, Page 389 HALL, RICHARD (?-1688). IMMIGRATED, ca. 1658 as a free adult with his wife, perhaps from Virginia. RESIDED: in Calvert County. MARRIED Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SONS: Elisha Hall (1663-ca. 1716/17), who married in 1688 Sarah, widow of Jonas Wingfield and daughter of Richard Hooper; Joseph (1665-1705), who married Ann; Benjamin Hall (1667-1721), who married Mary (1678- 1742), widow of James Bowling (?-1693) and daughter of Thomas Brooke (1632-1676); and Aaron (1669-1704). DAUGHTERS: Rachel (1671- 1730), who married Walter Smith (?-1711); Elizabeth (1673-1743), who married first, Richard Evans, and second, Dr. James Kingsbury; Lucia (1675-?), who married John Smith (?-1738); and Sarah (1677-?), who married Robert Bradley (?- 1724). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE- LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Quaker. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: claimed rights in 1663 for trans- porting thirteen people (himself, his wife, and eleven others); he served five terms in the Assem- bly, one of the longest legislative records in seven- teenth-century Maryland; his two sons and three sons-in-law also served in the Assembly. OCCUPA- TIONAL PROFILE: carpenter; planter. PUBLIC CA- REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Cal- vert County, 1666, 1669, 1674-1674/75 (elected to the 3rd session; Laws 4), 1676-1682 (Accounts 1, 3), 1682-1684 (Accounts 2; Laws 2). WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 2,500 acres in 1666; over 3,700 acres by 1676. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on Au- gust 28, 1688. LAND: ca. 5,100 acres.