The son of Judge James Tilghman and Susanna Steuart.
Lieutenant Colonel in the Maryland Dragoons during the War of 1812 and fought at both the Battle of Bladensburg and Battle of North Point in 1814.
Rockland (Washington County)
Built in 1796 for Frisby Tilghman, Rockland is one of Washington County’s most significant historic sites. Frisby Tilghman was the eldest son of James Tilghman of Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Like many sons of planters from eastern Maryland, Frisby migrated to the western part of the state in the late eighteenth century, where land was plentiful and comparatively low-priced. Trained as a doctor, he married the wealthy Anna Maria Ringgold and turned his hand to farming instead. He helped found a local agricultural society and an academy and earned a reputation as a progressive farmer. Active in civic life, he served four terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, promoted the C&O Canal project, served on bank boards of directors, and formed and commanded a militia unit (he was known as Colonel Tilghman).
Children:
(1.) Sarah Tilghman, died in infancy.
(2.) Mary Tilghman.
(3.) George Tilghman.
(4.) Thomas Edward Tilghman.
(5.) Susan Ann Tilghman.
(6.) Frisby Tilghman, married Hanrietta Maria Hemsley.
(7.) Louisa Lamar Tilghman.
(8.) Margaret Ann Tilghman.
(9.) Ann Cheston Tilghman, married William Hollyday.
Lieutenant Colonel in the Maryland Dragoons during the War of 1812 and fought at both the Battle of Bladensburg and Battle of North Point in 1814.
Rockland (Washington County)
Built in 1796 for Frisby Tilghman, Rockland is one of Washington County’s most significant historic sites. Frisby Tilghman was the eldest son of James Tilghman of Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Like many sons of planters from eastern Maryland, Frisby migrated to the western part of the state in the late eighteenth century, where land was plentiful and comparatively low-priced. Trained as a doctor, he married the wealthy Anna Maria Ringgold and turned his hand to farming instead. He helped found a local agricultural society and an academy and earned a reputation as a progressive farmer. Active in civic life, he served four terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, promoted the C&O Canal project, served on bank boards of directors, and formed and commanded a militia unit (he was known as Colonel Tilghman).
Children:
(1.) Sarah Tilghman, died in infancy.
(2.) Mary Tilghman.
(3.) George Tilghman.
(4.) Thomas Edward Tilghman.
(5.) Susan Ann Tilghman.
(6.) Frisby Tilghman, married Hanrietta Maria Hemsley.
(7.) Louisa Lamar Tilghman.
(8.) Margaret Ann Tilghman.
(9.) Ann Cheston Tilghman, married William Hollyday.
The son of Judge James Tilghman and Susanna Steuart.
Lieutenant Colonel in the Maryland Dragoons during the War of 1812 and fought at both the Battle of Bladensburg and Battle of North Point in 1814.
Rockland (Washington County)
Built in 1796 for Frisby Tilghman, Rockland is one of Washington County’s most significant historic sites. Frisby Tilghman was the eldest son of James Tilghman of Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Like many sons of planters from eastern Maryland, Frisby migrated to the western part of the state in the late eighteenth century, where land was plentiful and comparatively low-priced. Trained as a doctor, he married the wealthy Anna Maria Ringgold and turned his hand to farming instead. He helped found a local agricultural society and an academy and earned a reputation as a progressive farmer. Active in civic life, he served four terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, promoted the C&O Canal project, served on bank boards of directors, and formed and commanded a militia unit (he was known as Colonel Tilghman).
Children:
(1.) Sarah Tilghman, died in infancy.
(2.) Mary Tilghman.
(3.) George Tilghman.
(4.) Thomas Edward Tilghman.
(5.) Susan Ann Tilghman.
(6.) Frisby Tilghman, married Hanrietta Maria Hemsley.
(7.) Louisa Lamar Tilghman.
(8.) Margaret Ann Tilghman.
(9.) Ann Cheston Tilghman, married William Hollyday.
Lieutenant Colonel in the Maryland Dragoons during the War of 1812 and fought at both the Battle of Bladensburg and Battle of North Point in 1814.
Rockland (Washington County)
Built in 1796 for Frisby Tilghman, Rockland is one of Washington County’s most significant historic sites. Frisby Tilghman was the eldest son of James Tilghman of Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Like many sons of planters from eastern Maryland, Frisby migrated to the western part of the state in the late eighteenth century, where land was plentiful and comparatively low-priced. Trained as a doctor, he married the wealthy Anna Maria Ringgold and turned his hand to farming instead. He helped found a local agricultural society and an academy and earned a reputation as a progressive farmer. Active in civic life, he served four terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, promoted the C&O Canal project, served on bank boards of directors, and formed and commanded a militia unit (he was known as Colonel Tilghman).
Children:
(1.) Sarah Tilghman, died in infancy.
(2.) Mary Tilghman.
(3.) George Tilghman.
(4.) Thomas Edward Tilghman.
(5.) Susan Ann Tilghman.
(6.) Frisby Tilghman, married Hanrietta Maria Hemsley.
(7.) Louisa Lamar Tilghman.
(8.) Margaret Ann Tilghman.
(9.) Ann Cheston Tilghman, married William Hollyday.
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