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Lieut Peter Contee Hanson

Birth
Charles County, Maryland, USA
Death
Dec 1776 (aged 27–28)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Probably buried here-but location unkown
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Service record at Hietman's Register of Continental Officers .p.273

"Hnason, Peter Contee. {MD} 2d Lieutenant 1st Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp, July, 1776; 1st Lieutenant of Stevensons Maryland Rifle Battalion, 17th September 1776; wounded and taken prisoner at Fort Washington, 16th November 1776, and died in New York, December 1776, while a prisoner."

A brother of Peter was Alexander Condee Hanson
b.November 22, 1749 Frederick County maryland
d.January 16, 1806 Annapolis Maryland
Served as a Private Secretary to George Washington during the American revolution and was also a chancellor of Martland and a delegate to Constitution Ratification Convention. A Judge and author of "Laws of Maryland." Married to Rebecca Howard {1758-d.June 21, 1806} parents of Congressman Alexander Condee Hanson whose Brother-in-law Hammond Dorsey {1795-1823} married in 1815 to Elizabeth Pickering {b.November 21, 1793-d.August 11,1819} daugther of Congressman Timothy Pickering and Rebecca White

Another sibling of Peter was Jane Contee Hanson {1747-1781} married to Dr. Phillip Thomas {1747-1815} parents of John Hanson Thomas {1779-1815} member of Maryland legislature married to Mary Isham {1789-1844} daughter of Raleigh Isham and Elizabeth Marshall who was related to Chief Justice John Marshall; John Hanson Thomas and Mary isham were parents of John Hanson Thomas [1813-1881} whose wife Annie Campbell was descended from Col. William Fitzhugh {1651-1701}.


Ref .pp.149-150
Service record at Hietman's Register of Continental Officers .p.273

"Hnason, Peter Contee. {MD} 2d Lieutenant 1st Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp, July, 1776; 1st Lieutenant of Stevensons Maryland Rifle Battalion, 17th September 1776; wounded and taken prisoner at Fort Washington, 16th November 1776, and died in New York, December 1776, while a prisoner."

A brother of Peter was Alexander Condee Hanson
b.November 22, 1749 Frederick County maryland
d.January 16, 1806 Annapolis Maryland
Served as a Private Secretary to George Washington during the American revolution and was also a chancellor of Martland and a delegate to Constitution Ratification Convention. A Judge and author of "Laws of Maryland." Married to Rebecca Howard {1758-d.June 21, 1806} parents of Congressman Alexander Condee Hanson whose Brother-in-law Hammond Dorsey {1795-1823} married in 1815 to Elizabeth Pickering {b.November 21, 1793-d.August 11,1819} daugther of Congressman Timothy Pickering and Rebecca White

Another sibling of Peter was Jane Contee Hanson {1747-1781} married to Dr. Phillip Thomas {1747-1815} parents of John Hanson Thomas {1779-1815} member of Maryland legislature married to Mary Isham {1789-1844} daughter of Raleigh Isham and Elizabeth Marshall who was related to Chief Justice John Marshall; John Hanson Thomas and Mary isham were parents of John Hanson Thomas [1813-1881} whose wife Annie Campbell was descended from Col. William Fitzhugh {1651-1701}.


Ref .pp.149-150


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