I've been seeing the name of Benjamin Tasker for years since most of my research is in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and PG Co.'s. He owned a massive amount of land in MD ... and now I know why. He was a descendant of Gov. Leonard Calvert through his daughter Anne Calvert. So all those lovely land grants of huge amounts of acreage, just keeping it in the family. His wife was a Bladen. Strange that he is buried at St. Anne's in the Circle in Annapolis, which is not a Catholic cemetery. It does, however, solve Gordon's question of why Benj. Tasker got such a huge land grant in Frederick Co.   Kathi Jones-Hudson, National Manager Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.usgwtombstones.org/ >________________________________ > From: "Dorinda @ MidMdRoots" <[email protected]> >To: MDFREDER List <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 6:47 PM >Subject: Re: [MDFR] Benj Tasker > > >You got me curious, so I googled Wikipedia >and discovered that a daughter of Benjamin Tasker Sr's >married Daniel Dulaney, the younger.  He had another >daughter who married Samuel Ogle,  All of these were >wealthy land owners with their wealth of land spreading >into Frederick County. >Genjamin Tasker Sr was the 21st Proprietory Governor >of Maryland.  I hadn't known about the marital connections >of these wealthy landowners before.  Interesting! > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tasker,_Sr. > > >=================== >www.MidMdRoots.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gordon Crooks >Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:02 PM >To: Md Fred >Subject: [MDFR] Benj Tasker > >Who was Benjamin Tasker who was granted 7000 acres in Frederick Co. in 1727 >probably by dear old nutty King George WHY ? I am told there is a book by >William on the history of Frederick Co. and there is some mention of this in >it. Just curious ! > >                    Gordon Crooks >Visit www.MidMdRoots.com >for Old Court Records, Tombstone >Inscriptions, Old Newspaper items, etc >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > >Visit www.MidMdRoots.com >for Old Court Records, Tombstone >Inscriptions, Old Newspaper items, etc >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >