Matthew Tilghman
(1718-1790)
BIRTH
February 17, 1718
PLACE
Queen Anne's County
DEATH
May 4, 1790
PLACE
Rich Neck Manor, Talbot County, Maryland, U.S.
FAMILY
WIFE
Anna Lloyd Tilghman
(1724-1794)
CHILDREN
Anna Maria Tilghman
(1755-1843)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
ANGLICAN
MEMBERSHIPS
MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY MEMBER
AWARDS
Matthew Tilghman was a Maryland planter and Revolutionary leader who lived from 1718 to 1790. He served in the colonial assembly and became its speaker, then led Maryland’s Revolutionary conventions and committees. A delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he returned to Annapolis in 1776 to help frame the state’s constitution and declaration of rights. He later served in the state senate. He died at Rich Neck, his Talbot County estate, and was buried there.
EARLY LIFE
Matthew Tilghman was born Feb 17, 1718 in Queen Anne's County. The external genealogical record identifies Richard Tilghman and Anna Maria Lloyd as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
Tilghman served in public office and led Maryland's Council of Safety.
CAREER
DEATH
Matthew Tilghman was a Maryland planter and Revolutionary leader who lived from 1718 to 1790. A delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he returned to Annapolis in 1776 to help frame the state’s constitution and declaration of rights. Tilghman served in public office and led Maryland's Council of Safety. He served there until 1783, and from 1780 to 1783 he was president of the Senate. In 1771 Tilghman acquired property near his Rich Neck Manor on Sherwood's Neck. In 1783 he retired from public life and attended to his properties. Tilghman died at his home Rich Neck Manor on May 4, 1790, and was buried in a family cemetery there. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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