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

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