Hemsley, William, 1737-1812

William Hemsley was the son of William Hemsley and Anna Maria Tilghman of Queen Anne's County, Maryland. He served as a Colonel of the Twentieth Battalion, Queen Annes County Militia during the American Revolution, and later in the Continental Congress of 1782 and 1783. He served as a member of the State senate 1779-1781, again in 1786, 1790, and 1800. In 1758, he married Henrietta Maria Earle and had three children, then in 1771, he married Sarah Williamson and had another five children. In the 1800 U.S. Census, he's living in a household of 86, and he enslaved 79 of those people. He is buried at a family cemetery at the Hemsley plantation Clover Fields.

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[Letter from John Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker, November 11, 1805, Vol. 1]

Letter from John Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker. The letter is from Vol. 1 of Charles N. Bancker's correspondence journal, which pertains to family and business matters and documents national economic and political issues related to the family's interests in banking, commerce, and shipbuilding. John writes about his travels and some business dealings.