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Name | Benjamin Rumsey |
Address | , Maryland , United States |
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October 06, 1734
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Died | March 07, 1808
(73 years)
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Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modifed | Thomas Walker Feb 01, 2008 01:18pm |
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Info | RUMSEY, Benjamin, a Delegate from Maryland; born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md., October 6, 1734; attended Princeton College; member of the Maryland convention of December 29, 1775; was appointed by the provincial convention colonel of the Lower Battalion of Harford County in 1776; member of the council of safety in 1776; Member of the Continental Congress 1776-1777; chief justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1778 to 1805, when he resigned; died in Joppa, Harford County, Md., March 7, 1808; interment in the Old St. John’s Cemetery.
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