The Testimonies for John and Margaret Dulany Montgomery - Page 1 - Transcript
To the Honble. Commissioners appointed to enquire into the Losses etc. of Amn. Loyalists
The Memorial of Danl. Dulany Son of Walter formerly of the City of Annapolis
in Maryland, but now of South Street Grosvenor Square.
Sheweth
That your Memorialist, having been educated chiefly in England
under the direction of a Father, who was himself a family remarkable for
their attachment to Government, and enjoyed an Office of chief Trust in Maryland,
was bred from his Infancy in an affectionate regard for Great Britain, in veneration
for her constitution and Laws.
That when the late American Troubles commenced, your Memorialist
did not swerve from those principles of Loyalty to the King, which, having been
thus early impressed upon his heart he firmly determined never to renounce
The in the progress of the Troubles, your Memorialist did all that could be
reasonably expected from an unprotected individual to discountenance the
seditions and to prevent the revolt by refusing to sign those associations, which
were intended to be at once incentives and badges of insurrection; & particularly,
when a near-relation thought it is Duty to oppose the beginning of mischief in
May 1774, by protesting against certain resolves of the City of Annapolis against the
payment of British Debts, your Memorialist lent him the aid of his name. That when
at length the ancient Government of Maryland was overthrown, and your Memorialist found
himself without protection from the insults of those who had usurped all power and to whom he
had by his formentioned conduct rendered himself obnoxious, he was obliged to relinquish his
family connections and large Estate in September 1775, and to seek an asylum in Great Britain.
Your Memorialist begs leave further to shew, that in pursuance of the foregoing measure
of necessity, he has been indicted as an adherent of the British Government, and his property has
been confiscated, some of which was sold by the State of Maryland as early as October 1781. That your
Memorialist having been yet unable to procure accurate documents from Maryland of the true state
of his affairs, he submits to the equity of this Board the following general enumeration of property which
he flatters himself he shall be able to show he has lost in consequence of his Loyalty to the King & attachmt,
to the British Government namely
Lands lying in Ann Arundel County, one tract called Pine Grove and Hinchliff’s Range contg. 1126 Acres
One other tract, called Flushing & Deep Point, 204 acres - A lot in the City of Annapolis whereon stands the
Family Dwelling house, Garden, and other valuable improvements - In the foregoing lands, lot & dwellg. house
the mother of the Memorialist had her dower - One unimproved lot in the City of Annapolis, lying near
the Dwelling house - Three brick warehouses, lying on the Dock at Annapolis - Two unimproved Lots in
the said City, no. 62 & 63 - A lot in the City of Annapolis whereon stands a large windmill and Granary, the
one undivided moiety of which belongs to a certain Daniel Wolstonholme -
Lands lying in Baltimore County - A Tract called the Vally of Jehosaphat, containing 2000 acres exclusive
of 500 acres, which the Memorialist having given to his sister Mrs. Mary Fitzhugh, has been confirmed by the
Assembly - A Tract of Land called Sewell, containing 2000 Acres, one thousand of which have been settled by the
assembly on the Memorialist’s two Sisters Rebecca Hanson & Catherine Belt—and to another Sister Margaret
Montgomery who left the Country, the Memorialist equally intended to give 500 acres - A Tract called Dulany’s
Park, containing 1714 acres, settled on the Memorialist’s Mother as her Dower. -
Lands lying in Harford County - A Tract called Charles’s Bounty, containing 1000 acres, settled
also on the Memorialist’s mother as her Dower - One undivided tenth share of the Lands, furnaces, forges,
with other erections, together with the Slaves Servants and Stock to the same belonging, being the property
of the Baltimore Iron Works Company; which tenth share has been seized by the new government, and is carried
on for the use of the State—about seventy House and plantation Negroes, Horses, Cattle, plantation utensils,
and Household Furniture. -
Your Memorialist therefore humbly prays this Board to consider his Case and to
make such report thereon that he may receive the Compensation intended by the said
Act of Parliament—and he will pray etc.
South Street }
Feby. 27th 1784} Daniel Dulany son of Walter
[Transcribed by Thomas Benner]
