Phillip Briscoe

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Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin; Fall 1992 Vol 33 No 4; Charles County Depositions, A - G, by Robert W. Barnes
BRISCOE, Philip, age 36, 23 Jan. 1755, s. of John Briscoe, dec.; CHLR E#3 1755-1756 49:137

Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin; Spring 1984 Vol 25 No 2; Charle sCo, Maryland: Probate Records and Inventories Part II 1753 - 1779; Transcribed by Ruth King and Carol Mitchell [Extracted from LDS microfilm #13741/3375 - 05. The first number is the page or folio number for the beginning of the document (spelling is as read) (the date is that of the Inventory) Charles County: Probate Records, Inventories, Book 1766 - 177 3
158: Dr. Francis Parnham - 4 Nov 1767 (Add Inv) - Robert Brent & Zachariah Bance kin - Philip Briscoe & Mary Briscoe his wife widow of decd

Old Kent: the Eastern Shore of Maryland; SEC. 67, F.
Chloe Hanson, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Hanson, m. Philip Briscoe, o fSt. Mary's County, and had child., viz., Dr. John Hanson Briscoe, Sam uelHanson Briscoe, who d. unm., Hanson Briscoe, and Eliza Storey Brisc oe.
Dr. John Hanson Briscoe, son of Philip Briscoe and Chloe Hanson, was born near the village of Chaptico, St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1752. A tthe age of eight years, he was sent to Edinburgh, Scotland, to receiv e aclassical and professional education. He was graduated at the Unive rsityof Edinburgh in 1773, and, returning to Chaptico, entered upon th epractice of his profession. On the 6th day of January 1776 he was elected, by the Convention of Maryland, Major in the Upper Battalion of St .Mary's County, Col. Jeremiah Jordan commanding. Soon after, he was commissioned Surgeon in the Continental Army, and served as such in the 2 dMaryland Regiment, Major General William Smallwood's Division, from which he and others withdrew, 11 January 1778, in consequence of some unwise Resolves of the Field Officers of that Division. Dr. Briscoe was then assigned to hospital duty. At the close of the Revolutionary War he was in charge of the Government Hospitals in the city of Philadelphia.
Upon the conclusion of the war, he returned to Chaptico, and died 26 Se p1796, without having received from the United States Government any compensation for his services, and which remain unpaid for to this day.
He m. Elizabeth Attaway Bond, and had child., viz., Thomas Briscoe, who m. his cousin, Eleanor Buchanan, Philip Briscoe, Dr. John Hanson Briscoe ,Cecilia Briscoe, who m. 1st Mr. Clagget, 2d Mr. Lyles, Ellen Briscoe, who m. Bernard Hooe of Virginia, and Elizabeth Attaway Briscoe, who m. 1st John Sothoren, and 2d Rev. A. M. Jones.
Dr. John Hanson Briscoe, son of Dr. John Hanson Briscoe and Elizabeth Attaway Bond, served as Captain in Gen. Steuart's Regiment during the wa rof 1812-14, was Judge of the Orphans' Court in St. Mary's County, and also in Baltimore City. He was appointed Naval Officer by President Pierce, and held that position at the time of his death, in 1853. He m., 23rd May 1823, Mary Key, and left a dau., Sophia Key Briscoe
Key and Allied Families
John Key, (1730-Aug. 1755), was a doctor, a graduate of Edinburgh, Scotland. He married Cecilia, daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown. Their Ch; Philip, (1750-1820), Susanna Gardiner, m. Col. Richard Bond, son of John and Elizabeth Bond, and Mary Attaway Key, she m. John Hanson Briscoe.

Family/Spouse: Chloe Hanson. Chloe (daughter of Samuel Hanson and Elizabeth Story) was born about 1723; died after 22 Oct 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hanson Briscoe was born about 1748 in St Mary's Co, Maryland; died on 12 Sep 1817 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, Maryland.
2. Elizabeth Story Briscoe was born about 1750; died on 17 Jun 1820 in Chaptico, Saint Mary Co, Maryland.
3. John Hanson Briscoe was born in 1752 in Chaptico, Saint Mary Co, Maryland; died on 26 Sep 1796 in Chaptico, Saint Mary Co, Maryland.
4. Samuel Hanson Briscoe was born in 1755; died on 21 Nov 1815 in Baltimore Co, Maryland.