Person ID: I1167639409
Thomas Ringgold
5 Dec 1715 – 1 Apr 1772
Male
Events
- Born
- 5 Dec 1715 — Maryland, United States
- Died
- 1 Apr 1772 — Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States1 source
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherThomas Ringgold, III, of Kent Co.9 Aug 1693 – 1 Apr 1772
- MotherRebecca Wilmer27 Jul 1696 – 1749
- ChildThomas Ringgold5 Dec 1715 – 1 Apr 1772
- ChildWilliam Ringgold, of Eastern Neck23 Feb 1723 – 1808
- ChildMary Rebecca RinggoldJun 1727 – Bef. 1767
- ChildSarah Ringgoldb. 3 Jan 1726
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 24 Oct 1734 — St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States
- FatherThomas Ringgold5 Dec 1715 – 1 Apr 1772
- MotherAnna Maria Earle8 May 1725 – Jul 1794
- ChildEdward Ringgold
- ChildWilliam Ringgold
- ChildThomas Ringgold, Jr.4 Dec 1744 – 26 Oct 1776
Notes
- Also known as "The Merchant".
- Member of Congress 1765. Member of the Legislature of Maryland 1762-68
- Financially supported Charles Wilson Peale (the artist of many of the famous founding fathers' images). In return, a portrait of Ringgold is said to exist, but I cannot find it.
Sources & citations
Death
- Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839
RINGGOLD, Mr. Thomas, one of the Delegates from Kent Co., died Wed., 1st inst.; late of Chester-Town. (April 9, 1772)