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I. Levin, born in 1692; died in 1732.
2. Thomas.
3. Annie, who married John Rider in 1706.
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SECOND GENERATION.
Levin Hicks (1), who died in 1732, left the following chil- dren :
I. Levin, born in 1713, died in 1793; married Mary En- nalls, widow of Bartholomew Ennalls, daughter of Col. Henry Hooper, January 25, 1744, O. S.
2. Henry.
3. John.
4. Denwood.
5. Mary.
6. Mary.
THIRD GENERATION.
The children of Levin Hicks and Mary (Ennalls) (Hooper), his wife, were;
I. Mary, born March 5, 1745; died 1779; married Zach- ariah Campbell in 1765.
2. Levin, born August 17, 1748; died unmarried.
The children of Mary Hicks and Zachariah Campbell were:
I. Mary.
2. Isabella.
3. Elizabeth.
4. Levin Hicks, born in 1774; married, I, Mary Troup, daughter of Dr. John Troup, of County Kincardineshire, Scotland, in 1797; she died in 1811; 2, married Anna Maria Davis, daughter of Dr. William Worthington Davis and his wife, Margaret Muse.
Zachariah Campbell, above-named, came from Glasgow, Scotland, prior to the Revolution; first settled in Virginia, and later came to Vienna in Dorchester County, Md. His wife, Mary Hicks, was a niece of Gen. Henry Hooper.
Mary Hooper Hicks survived her daughter, Mary (Hicks) Campbell, and son-in-law, Zachariah Campbell. Their chil- dren were left to the guardianship of Dr. William Ennalls Hooper, eldest son of Gen. Henry Hooper, a most intimate friend and cousin to Mary Hicks Campbell, their mother.
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Levin Hicks, before named, whose second wife was Miss Anna Maria Davis, left the following named children by her :
I. Levin Hicks, Jr., who married Miss Mary Jones, of Hagerstown, Md.
2. Anna Maria, who married Dr. J. Winfield Henry, of Cambridge, Md. He was a son of John Campbell Henry, of "Hambrooks," and Mary (Steele) Henry, his wife.
HON. THOMAS HOLLIDAY HICKS. (Sketch Received from the Family.)
Hon. Thomas Holliday Hicks, ex-Governor of Mary- land and United States Senator, was born near East New Market, Md., on September 2, 1798; the eldest son of Henry C. and Mary (Sewell) Hicks, who were of English and Scotch descent, respectively. His father was an exten- sive planter and, as was the custom of his day, owned slaves He was kind to those under him, generous to all in need, charitable toward the erring and patriotic in citizenship. He and his wife were identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. In their family were thirteen children.
On the family estate, four miles from East New Market, the subject of this memoir grew to manhood, meantime at- tending the local subscription schools. Soon after attaining his majority he was made a Deputy Sheriff and continued in that position until 1824, when he was elected Sheriff of his county. Three years later he retired from office and settled upon a farm he had purchased on the Choptank River, during his residence there, being elected a member of the House of Delegates. In 1833 he removed to Vienna and succeeded his recently deceased brother, Horace Sewell Hicks, in the mercantile business and in running boats to Baltimore. For several years he was a Captain of a cavalry company of the State Militia. In the year 1836, on the Whig ticket, he was elected a member of the State Electoral College, which, under the old Constitution of Maryland, had the election of the State Senate and the Governor's Council. There being
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twenty-one Whigs and nineteen Democrats in the College, the election, requiring a two-thirds vote, created a deadlock and almost threw the State into anarchy. Three Democrats finally voted with the majority, a compromise was effected and the Senate was elected.
While in Annapolis as a member of the College Mr. Hicks was elected to the Legislature, which during the next session passed measures making the Senate and Council elective by the people. In 1837 he was a member of the Governor's Council, and the following year was appointed Register of Wills for Dorchester County by Governor Veazey, afterward being reappointed by successive Governors until the Consti- tution of 1851 made the office elective. He was a member of that convention though filling the office of Representative at the time.
On the death of Mr. Mitchell, in 1855, Mr. Hicks was made his successor as Register of Wills and filled that position alto- gether seventeen years, holding it until he became Gov- ernor. Nominated by the American party for the position of chief executive, he received the election and began his term of service January 1, 1857. It will be remembered that his administration covered a period of vital importance in the history of our country, and the efficient manner in which he discharged every duty soon brought him into national promi- nence. At that time Baltimore was in the hands of a lawless element, known as "Plug-Uglies," who controlled every elec- tion. Several respectable citizens in their efforts to take political matters out of their hands, succeeded in bringing the ringleaders to trial and convicting them of murder. Every conceivable influence was brought to bear on Governor Hicks to induce him to pardon the men, but he refused, and the offenders were executed.
The unchangeable decision of character noticeable at this time was still further in evidence at the outbreak of the Civil War, when the whole State was thrown into confusion; fam- ilies were divided in opinions and life itself was in constant peril. While others were terrified, he stood firm and un-
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wavering, maintaining his integrity to the end. His firmness of purpose earned for him the sobriquet of "Old Cæsar."
However determined and steadfast in purpose, he was withal kind and tender-hearted. For his friends he could not do enough. But his kindness did not cease there. Often, at the entreaties of their friends, he visited President Lincoln to ask for the release of sick and wounded Confederate prisoners of war. The President had such implicit confi- dence in him, his requests were always granted, feeling assured, that he would only intercede for worthy persons. He threw the weight of his influence on the side of the Union and endeavored to secure enlistments from his own State for the Federal Army. On the twenty-second of July, 1862, he was appointed by President Lincoln Brigadier-Gen- eral of Volunteers, and declined the appointment July 26, 1862.
On the close of his term as Governor in 1863 he was ap- pointed United States Senator by Governor Bradford, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. James Alfred Pierce. His appointment was ratified by the Legislature at the session of 1864, and he actively entered upon the responsible duties cf Senator. The continuance of the war made his counsel most necessary, and he was thoroughly identified with the Union party as one of its leaders. Although the owner of slaves, he voted for the ratification of the Constitution in 1864 and favored the abolition of slavery. In the autumn of 1863 he seriously sprained his ankle and erysipelas setting in, it was necessary to amputate his limb. He died Febru- ary 13, 1865, from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy, when at the height of his fame and usefulness.
Two days later his death was announced to the Senate, by his late colleague, Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland. In his remarks he paid this deserved tribute: "Ever courteous, kind and attentive, he possessed the esteem and confidence of us all. Endowed with a sound judgment and animated by a fervent patriotism, he supported every measure that prom- ised, in his opinion, to benefit the country in its existing
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emergency. In private, too, he was highly appreciated and by those who knew him intimately loved as a brother. By the society of his county, especially, will his loss be long and keenly felt and to his immediate family it will be irreparable."
Mr. Willey, of West Virginia, said among other things: "It has been my privilege to occupy a seat by the side of Governor Hicks ever since he entered this hall. I had, there- fore an opportunity not only to witness his course in relation to public affairs, but also to observe more closely the spirit and principle, the heart and motive (so to speak) which seemed to prompt and control his conduct. And I declare to you, sir, that I never knew a man whose simplicity, single- ness of purpose, whose evident sincerity, purity and unselfish- ness of aim to promote the honor and welfare of his country commanded more of my confidence and respect. I know not if he ever aspired to win the personal distinction and renown which men of great intellectual parts sometimes seem to seek with an ardor hardly secondary to the promo- tion of the national welfare; but to me he ever appeared to forget himself in the higher and holier purpose of securing the public good."
In the House of Representatives the death of Governor Hicks was announced February 15 by Mr. Webster, of Mary- land, who said, in part: "Governor Hicks was entirely a self- made man. He toiled up the mountain side unaided and reached height after height through his own manly exer- tions; but never did he break the bond which bound him to the people on the plain. He was essentially a man of the people, of them and from them; his instincts, his sympathies, affections, were all with them, and his exertions and labors in their behalf. The poorest and most friendless boy received from him as kindly a welcome as the men who held the most influential and important stations. The last note I ever re- ceived from him, only a few days before his death, was writ- ten to ask my aid for a poor man, a sailor disabled in the ser- vice of his country, and in it he regretted that his health would not permit him personally to render him as much as- sistance as he desired.
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"That, however, which has most distinguished him and endeared him to the people of Maryland, was his unselfish and unyielding patriotism. In him was illustrated the patri- otism that burned so purely in the hearts of the men of 1776. There was no personal sacrifice which he deemed too great to be made for his country. This was particularly illustrated in his course on the question of emancipation. Though holding a considerable number of slaves at the breaking out of the rebellion, and entering into the war with the impression that it ought to be so conducted as not to interfere with slavery, yet when he became convinced, as he afterward did, that the most vulnerable point in the rebellion was slavery, and that if we would crush the rebellion, we must strike at, and crush slavery, he did not hesitate to favor this policy both by the general government, and by his own State. A year ago, he favored the constitutional amendment lately passed, abolishing slavery throughout the States, and was the earnest friend of immediate emancipation in Mary- land, voting himself for the free constitution and urging others to unite with him in its support."
In the address of Mr. Creswell, of Maryland, was the fol- lowing tribute: "Notwithstanding the many disadvantages under which he labored, it is safe to say, that no man exerted a greater influence on the politics of Maryland, or has accom- plished more for the good of his state and fellow-citizens, in his day and generation than he. He chose his party be- cause of his approval of the principles which he proclaimed and then gave it his entire and cordial support. A disciple of Henry Clay, he accepted the teachings of the 'Sage of Ashland' as the axioms of his political creed. He was first a Democrat of the old school, then a Whig, then an Ameri- can, and on the formation of the Union party he threw his whole soul into that movement and labored unceasingly to promote its success. To all the parties to which he was suc- cessively attached he rendered the most important services. He was always looked up to as a leader."
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The City Council of Baltimore passed appropriate resolu- tions which were printed, together with the address of Sam- uel T. Hall, who alluded eloquently to the patriotic spirit of the Governor, his affection for State and nation. Suitable resolutions were also passed by the General Assembly of Maryland, before which body Mr. Carroll bore witness to the worth of the Governor's character. Among other things he said :
"The outbreak of the present rebellion found him in the gubernatorial chair of the State. Then it was that the char- acter of the man was fully developed. Then it was that his incorruptible integrity, his devoted patriotism and his lofty courage were subjected to the most severe tests. But no persuasion, however winning, no entreaties, however earnest, no threats however violent, could divert him from the path of his duty to his country. There he stood, faithful among the faithless. And while one after another of the Border States were driven into the whirlpool of secession and ruis, Maryland alone stood firm and unshaken amid the storms that assailed her, with the nation's flag still floating over her, and vowed her determination to stand under and by it. The immense results which hung upon his decision and bear- ing in this fearful crisis, results affecting not Maryland merely but the destiny of the whole nation, it is impossible, even now, sir, properly to estimate. When the passions and prejudices and jealousies of the hour shall have passed away, when the actions of men can be viewed in the calm, steady, truthful light of history, among the names posterity will delight to honor and cherish, few will be remembered with more gratitude than that of Governor Hicks."
The passing away of Governor Hicks was peaceful. He suffered an attack of paralysis Friday, February 10, and three days later the end came. On Saturday afternoon President Lincoln having heard of his serious illness, visited him and spent some time at his bedside. Many members of the Sen- ate and Congress also visited him. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and during his last hours was attended
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by Rev. B. H. Nadal, D.D., of Wesley Chapel. The latter gentleman, after talking to the dying man for some time, asked him if he was aware that his earthly career was about to close, and if so, to raise his hand. The hand at once went up. Again the minister asked: "If you rest upon Christ as our Saviour raise your hand." The hand was lifted once more and waved back and forth, as if in holy triumph. In half an hour from that time he became unconscious, and in a few hours his spirit passed to the God who gave it.
The funeral services were of a dignified character, appro- priate to the occasion. The procession included the Gover- nor of Maryland, the Mayor of Baltimore and the City Coun- cil, Senators and Congressmen, the President of the United States, heads of departments, the diplomatic corps, Judges of the United States, officers of the Executive Departments, officers of the Army and Navy, Mayor of Washington, and others equally prominent in public life. The coffin was borne into the Senate Chamber, where a large audience assembled, listened in profound silence to the eloquent address of Dr. Nadal, who chose for his theme, "And the king said unto his servant, know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?" The remains were interred for a time in the Congressional Cemetery, and thereafter removed to Dorchester County.
The first wife of Governor Hicks was Anne Thompson, by whom several children were born, of whom two daugh- ters lived to womanhood. Sallie A. Hicks married Rev. Henry Colclazer; she died at the age of 29 years, leaving three children, viz: Mrs. Annie H. Truss of Philadelphia; Henry Colclazer of Kansas and Etta M. Colclazer of Phila- delphia. The second daughter of Governor Hicks, Henri- etta Maria, died at the age of 25 years. The second wife, Leah A. Raleigh, left two children, viz: Thomas P. Hicks who died at the age of 21 years, and Nannie Hicks, who mar- ried Dr. George L. Hicks, to whom four sons were born, viz : Thomas Holliday Hicks, who is a paymaster in the U. S. Navy; Major George Luther Hicks, who is a surgeon in
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the U. S. Army Volunteers in the Philippine Islands (was appointed First Lieutenant in the Regular Army, by Presi- dent Roosevelt, in April, 1902); Dr. Fessenden Fairfax Hicks, a dentist in Cambridge, Md., and Chaplain Galloway Hicks, a boy at home.
By Jane Wilcox he had a number of children, one of whom lived to manhood, viz: B. Chaplain Hicks, a bookkeeper in the Savings Bank of Baltimore, Md. He died at the age of 39 years. The visitor to Cambridge always notices with in- terest the statue in the cemetery which is a fitting memorial of Governor Hicks. However, the best memorial to his memory is in the hearts of his associates, some of whom still survive, and in the affection of the generation now prominent on the scene of action.
THE HOOPER FAMILY.
From Henry Hooper and Sarah, his wife, and son, Henry, Jr., who came into the Province of Maryland from England in 1651, and first settled in Calvert County, a lineage of numerous family branches have descended of prominent and useful people that represent to-day, by name and blood rela- tion, one of the largest families in the State.
About 1667 Henry Hooper and his family made Dorches- ter County their permanent home. On December 20, of that year, 100 acres of land was surveyed for Henry Hooper on Hooper's Island, near Hungar River. Subsequently, he and his son, Henry (2), acquired by certificates and grants, many tracts of land in different parts of the county amount- ing to thousands of acres. (See Land Record.) Henry Hooper (1) died in 1676, proven by his will.
In 1684 Henry Hooper (2) lived on Hooper's Island, proven by a witness before a council held at St. Mary's on February 27, making inquiry about the escape of Col. George Talbot, a prisoner in Virginia, who was by strategy taken from Gloucester County Jail February 10, 1684, by Madam Talbot, his wife, and her Irish servants. Roger Skreene,
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MONUMENT OF GOV. THOMAS HOLLIDAY HICKS. CAMBRIDGE CEMETERY.
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who was one of the crew on Madam Talbot's boat on which she went to Virginia, was one of the accused at court. He there testified that on their way up the Bay they stopped at Mr. Henry Hooper's, on Hooper's Island. Madam Tal- bot, with three of her crew and the witness went ashore to Mr. Henry Hooper's, where they got two pones of bread. The Dorchester County Rent Rolls show that Henry
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Hooper, Jr. (2) had surveyed "Hooper's Chance," 250 acres, January 18, 1669, and "Hooper's Lot," 350 acres, September 15, 1669, on Chickanocomico Creek, for himself, and also "Increase of the Homes," 100 acres, "August 12, 1669, for Henry Hooper, Jr., on Hooper's Island, in possession of Henry Hooper," evidently his father.
In the following data of the Hooper family, obtained in part from James S. Shepherd, Chief Deputy of Dorchester
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County Court, and from records elsewhere, the facts clearly show that from Henry Hooper (2), who had two wives, first, Elizabeth Denwood; second, Mary -, probably the sister of Joseph Ennalls, who married Dr. John Brooke's daugh- ter, all the Hoopers (of the white race) in Dorchester County descended. The land records of the county and wills made by members of the family are strong evidence of their relation- ship. They began to trade tracts of land with each other as early as 1712. In that year Henry Hooper, Jr. (3) gave a part of two tracts lying on Chickanocomico River, called "Hooper's Lot" and "Hooper's Fortune," to his father, Henry Hooper, Sr. (2) for a tract lying on the western side of Trans- quaking River, containing 300 acres, called "Porpeigham." In this land trade, Henry Hooper, Jr. (3) reserved a part of "Hooper's Lot" and also owned a tract on Chickanocomico River, called "Hooper's Chance," surveyed January 18, 1669, containing 250 acres, for Henry Hooper. In 1739, March 5, Henry Hooper, Jr. (3) traded a part of "Hooper's Chance" and "Hooper's Fortune" (a part of which he reserved when trading with his father in 1712), with Ann Ennalls, who accepted these tracts and gave in exchange a tract called "Nansemum," on Secretary Creek, containing 500 acres, which he embodied in Warwick Fort Manor, that year with numerous other tracts. On February 18, 1739, he gave Porpeigham (which he traded for with his father) to Samuel Hooper for his interest in "Hooper's Lot" and "Hooper's Fortune," lands in which both had interests by inheritance from their ancestor, Henry Hooper (2), who died in 1720.
(Genealogical Data from J. S. S.)
Henry Hooper (1) came to Maryland in 1651 and settled on the Patuxent River in what is now Calvert County; 15th July, 1651, he enters rights for himself, Sarah, his wife, Eliz- abeth, Richard and Robert Hooper, his children, and Sarah Watson, John Taylor and Robert Stiles, "this present year"
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(Land Office, Lib. A. B. H., fol. 140). He was Justice of Calvert County in 1658 (Lib. S, fol. 139), and was commis- sioned Captain of the Calvert Militia, 3d June, 1658 (Md. Archives, iii, 344-347). Later he removed to Dorchester County, where he took up land as early as 1668 (Dorchester Rent Roll). 15th May, 1676, Henry Hooper (2), sole sur- viving son of Henry Hooper (1), late of Dorchester County, deceased, was granted administration on the estate of his said father, and Wm. Hill and John Cooper were appointed appraisers of the deceased's estate in Calvert, while Joseph Hanaway and Lewis Griffin were named appraisers for such portion of the estate as lay in Dorchester County (Test. Proc. Lib. 8, fol. 68-69). Capt. Henry Hooper and Sarah, his wife, had issue:
I. Richard Hooper, died 1673, in Calvert County. By Mary, his wife (who married, secondly, Capt. Thos. Clagett), he left two daughters, Sarah and Eleanor.
2. Henry Hooper (2), of Dorchester County, of whom further.
3. Sarah Hooper.
4. Elizabeth Hooper.
Henry Hooper (2), son of Henry and Sarah, came to Maryland with his parents in 1651. In a deposition made in 1706 (Dorchester Co. Rec., Lib. 2, fol. 153) he gives his age as 63 years. He was born, therefore, in 1643, and was almost eight years old at the time of his arrival. He settled in Dorchester County, where the Rent Roll shows that he pos- sessed a considerable landed estate. He was one of the Jus- tices of Dorchester County in 1669, '71, '74, '76, '79, '80, '85, '89 (Lib. R.R .; Lib. CD, fol. 431; Md. Archives, v, 52; xiii, 244; xv, 38, 69, 131, 326), and was Presiding Justice in 1694 (Lib. HD, No. 2). He also represented the county in the House of Burgesses in 1694 ("Old Kent," 380). Henry Hooper (2) was twice married, and his first wife was from Somerset County. The records of that county show that on the 4th of July, 1669, Henry Hooper (2) and Elizabeth Den- wood were married by Capt. William Thorne, "one of his
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Lordship's Justices for this county." This lady was the daughter of Levin Denwood and sister of Mrs. Roger Wool- ford. They had issue, with perhaps others:
I. Richard Hooper, married Anne, daughter of Wil- liam and Elizabeth (Winslow) Dorrington. He died before his father, leaving a son, Henry.
2. Mary Hooper, born 1674; married Henry Ennalls, March 31, 1695; died 27th July, 1745; was buried at "Eldon."
3. Elizabeth Hooper, married Matthew Travers.
The second wife of Henry Hooper (2) was named Mary, but it is uncertain who she was. In a power of attorney, 7th November, 1693, she calls Capt. Thomas Ennalls her brother (Dorchester Co. Rec., Lib. S, old fol. 39-40), but she was cer- tainly not his own sister (see Ennalls family). The names of her children point to a connection with the Woolford family, but here again the evidence is insufficient to warrant any positive statement. At any rate, Henry Hooper (2) and Mary, his wife, had the following children :
I. Henry Hooper (3), member of Council and Chief Jus- tice of the Provincial Court of Maryland. Died 20th April, 1767, aged 80; left issue.
2. Thomas Hooper, left issue.
3. John Hooper, died 1754; left issue.
4. Roger Hooper, married - Hicks.
5. James Hooper, born 1703; died 1789; of whom fur- ther.
6. Anne Hooper, married John Brome, of Calvert County. (This daughter may have been by the first wife.)
7. Mary Hooper, married - - Hicks.
8. Rosanna Hooper, married - Hodson.
9. Sarah Hooper, married Heyward.
10. Rebecca Hooper, married Hodson.
II. Priscilla Hooper, married John Stevens.
Henry Hooper (2) died in 1720, and his widow, Mary, in 1740.
James Hooper, son of Henry and Mary, was born 3d Octo- ber, 1703, and died 3d November, 1789. His wife's name
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was Mary. Besides his son John, he had a son, Samuel Hooper, to whom he conveyed some land in Dorchester County, 30th September, 1785 (Dorchester Co. Rec., Lib. N. H., No. 5, fol. 216). For the line of descent from him, see genealogy.
The loss of the early wills of Dorchester County makes it impossible to supply this part of the genealogy from record sources. Prior to 1777, duplicate copies of the wills are preserved at Annapolis.
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